1966 in Japan

none 1966 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1966 History of Japan Timeline Years Events from the year 1966 in Japan. Under the Japanese calendar, this year is known as Shōwa 41. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Tomisaburo Hashimoto until August 1, Kiichi Aichi until December 3, Kenji Fukunaga Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kisaburo Yokota until August 5, Masatoshi Yokota from August 6 President of the House of Representatives: Kikuchirō Yamaguchi until December 3, Kentarō Ayabe until December 26 President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune Governors Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu Fukui Prefecture: Eizō Kita Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura Gifu Prefecture: Yukiyasu Matsuno (until 16 October); Saburō Hirano (starting 17 October) Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda Hiroshima Prefecture: Iduo Nagano Hokkaido: Kingo Machimura Hyogo Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida 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: Shintaro Takahashi Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture: Juichiro Tsukada (until 28 March); Shiro Watari (starting 8 May) Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita Okayama Prefecture: Takenori Kato Osaka Prefecture: Gisen Satō Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara Shiga Prefecture: Kyujiro Taniguchi (until 6 December); Kinichiro Nozaki (starting 7 December) Shimane Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi 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 January 9 – The Kanai Building fire in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture leaves 12 dead, 14 injured. February 4 -All Nippon Airways Flight 60 crashes into Tokyo Bay, killing all 133 people on board. March 4 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 crashes while landing at night with poor visibility at Tokyo International Airport, with 64 out of 72 on board killed. March 5 – BOAC Flight 911 crashes while encountering severe Clear-air turbulence over Mount Fuji shortly after taking off from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 124 on board. March 11 – A spa hotel caught fire in Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, causing 30 deaths, 29 injuries, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report.:ja:菊富士ホテル火災 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 1 August 2020. March 25 – Hachinohe Rinkai Line was opened. April 1 – Japan switches to the Metric system. April 26 – Japan's biggest postwar public transportation strike. June 28 – Typhoon Kit hit eastern Honshu, kills 83 persons, injures 91 persons, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed reported.January 2025 June 30 &ndash； July 2 &ndash； A first The Beatles concert show in Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo,January 2025 August 22 – Frontier Tea Product Manufacturing, as predecessor of Ito En founded in Shizuoka City.May 2020 September 25 – Two typhoons Helen and Ida landed in Japan on same days, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, total 317 persons were human fatalities with 824 persons were hurt.:ja:昭和41年台風第24号、第25号 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on July 6, 2020. November 11 – All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashes into the Seto Inland Sea, killing all 50 on board. Undated Yamanashi Women's Junior College is founded. Japanese birth rates plummeted due to the superstition that girls born in the year of the Fire Horse will grow up to kill their husbands. Births January 5 – Yuri Amano, voice actress January 17 – Jyoji Morikawa, author and illustrator January 17 – Hiroko Mita, actress January 28 – Seiji Mizushima, anime director January 31 – Nobuyuki Hoshino, former professional baseball pitcher February 4 – Kyōko Koizumi, actress and singer February 5 – Maiko Kawakami, actress March 7 – Atsushi Sakurai, singer (died 2023) April 3 – Mina Tominaga, voice actress April 19 – El Samurai, professional wrestler April 27 – Yoshihiro Togashi, author and illustratorYuYu Hakusho Uncovered: The Unofficial Guide Fujie, Kazuhisa Wyman, Walt amp 2005 DH Publishing Inc Tokyo, Japan 11–2 June 26 – Yūko Minaguchi, voice actress July 11 – Kentaro Miura, manga artist (died 2021)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/arts/kentaro-miura-dead.html Kentaro Miura, Creator of Epic Manga 'Berserk,' Dies at 54 May 25, 2021 Alex Traub New York Times May 30, 2022 July 12 – Taiji Sawada, musician (died 2011) July 15 – Masatoshi Nagase, actress July 25 – Wataru Takagi, voice actor July 28 – Shikao Suga, singer August 4 – Kensuke Sasaki, professional wrestler August 14 – Honami Suzuki, actressSuzuki Honami https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8+%E4%BF%9D%E5%A5%88%E7%BE%8E-1801287 Kotobanku Asahi Shinbun 24 April 2018 August 30 – Mikako Kotani, former synchronised swimming athlete September 2 – Yu Hayami, singer and actress September 11 – Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan, wife of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan October 8 – Toshiro Yufune, former professional baseball pitcher October 27 – Masanobu Takashima, actor October 31 – Koji Kanemoto, professional wrestler November 2 – Yoshinari Ogawa, professional wrestler November 6 – Kae Araki, voice actress November 13 – Mieharu, actor November 28 – Narumi Yasuda, actress December 12 – Último Dragón, professional wrestler December 17 – Yuko Arimori, former marathon runner December 22 – Sayuri Kokusho, actress December 27 – Masahiro Fukuda, former footballer Deaths January 10 – Nishizō Tsukahara, admiral (b. 1887) March 6 – Michitaro Tozuka, admiral (b. 1890) Nishida Hiroshi http://admiral31.world.coocan.jp/e/px38.htm#v018 Imperial Japanese Navy, Totsuka Michitarō 17 August 2022 22 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250222041048/http://admiral31.world.coocan.jp/e/px38.htm#v018 dead April 23 – George Ohsawa, dietist, founder of Macrobiotics (b. 1893)Michio Kushi & Alex Jack (2003) Diet for a Strong Heart: Michio Kushi's Macrobiotic Dietary Guidelines, St. Martin's Griffin. June 7 – Yoshishige Abe, philosopher and politician (b. 1883) June 15 – Sankichi Takahashi, admiral (b. 1882) July 12 – D.T. Suzuki, philosopher (b. 1870) September 12 – Aketo Nakamura, general (b. 1889) September 13 – Tomoshige Samejima, admiral (b. 1889) November 9 – Jisaburō Ozawa, admiral (b. 1886) November 14 – Zengo Yoshida, admiral (b. 1885) See also 1966 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1966 1966 in Japanese music References 1966 in Category:1960s in Japan Category:1966 by country Category:1966 in Asia