1962 in Japan

none 1962 Events in the year 1962 in Japan. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime minister: Hayato Ikeda (Liberal Democratic) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masayoshi Ōhira until July 18, Yasumi Kurogane Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kisaburo Yokota President of the House of Representatives: Ichirō Kiyose President of the House of Councillors: Tsuruhei Matsuno until August 6, Yūzō Shigemune Governors Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata (until 2 November); Hisaaki Kano (starting 2 November) Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu Fukui Prefecture: Eizō Kita Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki Fukushima Prefecture: Zenichiro Satō Gifu Prefecture: Yukiyasu Matsuno Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara (until 13 April); Iduo Nagano (starting 29 May) Hokkaido: Kingo Machimura Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto (until 6 October); Motohiko Kanai (starting 24 November) Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi Kumamoto Prefecture: Kōsaku Teramoto Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka Miyagi Prefecture: Yoshio Miura Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture: Juichiro Tsukada Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki Osaka Prefecture: Gisen Satō Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara Shiga Prefecture: Kyujiro Taniguchi Shiname Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara Tokyo: Ryōtarō Azuma Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano Events May 3 – Mikawashima train crash – A freight train and two passenger trains collide near Mikawashima Station in Arakawa, Tokyo, resulting in 160 deaths. May 17 – Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma halts the sale of the drug Thalidomide. May 29 – Tobu Department Store in Tokyo-Ikebukuro was open.June 2020 November 9 – An All Nippon Airways Vickers Viscount plane crashes in Aichi Prefecture while en route to Nagoya Airport, killing all 4 occupants of the aircraft. November 18 – Two tankers, the smaller Munakata Maru 1 owned by Idemitsu Kosan and the larger Thrard Brovig, collide in the Keihin canal in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, causing the deaths of 40 crew members from both ships. Unknown Date – Kotobuki Foods, as predecessor of Skylark (すかいらーく) Restaurant founded in Nishitokyo, Tokyo.May 2020 Births January 20 IKKO, make-up artist Sakiko Tamagawa, voice actress February 1 – Takashi Murakami, pop artist February 25 – Junko Ogata, serial killer March 10 – Seiko Matsuda, pop singer/songwriter March 13 – Shoko Sawada, singer-songwriter March 18 – Kazuhiro Mizoguchi, javelin thrower March 30 – Yōko Ogawa, writer April 12 – Nobuhiko Takada, mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler April 30 – Seiji Maehara, politician May 5 – Kaoru Wada, composer May 31 – Noriko Hidaka, voice actress June 10 – Akie Abe, radio DJ June 11 – Toshihiko Seki, voice actor June 18 – Mitsuharu Misawa, professional wrestler (d. 2009) July 19 – Aya Kitō, writer (d. 1988) August 8 – Yūji Machi, voice actor August 21 – Tsutomu Miyazaki, serial killer (d. 2008) September 4 – Shinya Yamanaka, physician and researcher September 13 – Hisao Egawa, voice actor October 12 – Ko Matsushita, conductor October 15 – Yasutoshi Nishimura, politician October 21 – Miki Itō, voice actress October 27 – Jun'ichi Kanemaru, voice actor November 14 – Atsuko Tanaka, voice actress (d. 2024) November 27 – Marumi Shiraishi, actress December 1 – Shozo Hayashiya IX, rakugoka, tarento and voice actor December 23 – Keiji Mutoh, professional wrestler Deaths January 20 – Shizue Tatsuta, film actor (b. 1903).Kinema Junpōsha 日本映画俳優全集・女優編 Complete Works of Japanese Film Actors and Actresses Tōkyō Kinema Junpōsha 1980 425 22823615 JA September 7 – Eiji Yoshikawa, writer and novelist (b. 1892) October 21 – Kinnosuke Ogura, mathematician, historian of mathematics (b. 1885) See also List of Japanese films of 1962 1962 in Japanese music References 1962 Japan Category:1960s in Japan Japan