1972 in Japan

none 1972 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1972 History of Japan Timeline Years Events in the year 1972 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 47 (昭和47年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic) until July 7, Kakuei Tanaka (Liberal Democratic) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Noboru Takeshita until July 7, Susumu Nikaido Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kazuto Ishida President of the House of Representatives: Naka Funada until November 13, Umekichi Nakamura from December 22 President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno Governors Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura Gifu Prefecture: Saburō Hirano Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda Hiroshima Prefecture: Iduo Nagano Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru Kanagawa Prefecture: Bunwa Tsuda Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi Kumamoto Prefecture: Issei Sawada Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka (until 7 November); Ryōzō Tagawa (starting 24 December) Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa Nagasaki Prefecture: Kan'ichi Kubo Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture: Shiro Watari Oita Prefecture: Masaru Taki Okayama Prefecture: Takenori Kato (until 11 November); Shiro Nagano (starting 12 November) Okinawa Prefecture: Chōbyō Yara (starting 15 May) Osaka Prefecture: Ryōichi Kuroda Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara (until 12 July); Yawara Hata (starting 13 July) Shiga Prefecture: Kinichiro Nozaki Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba Toyama Prefecture: Kokichi Nakada Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe Events January 24 – Two hunters discover Yokoi Shōichi, a former lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army who lived in a cave in Guam for 28 years after the end of World War II. Upon his return to Japan on February 2, he proclaimed, "it is with much shame that I return." February 3–13 – The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Hokkaido. February 19–28 – Asama-Sanso incident occurs in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.July 2020 May 12 – Industrial robot brand, Fanuc was founded in Yamanashi Prefecture.November 2022 May 13 – A fire at the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka kills 118, injures 78. May 15 – Okinawa returned to Japan after being occupied by the United States military for 27 years. July 3 to 13 – A heavy torrential rain with debris flow hit Kyushu and Shikoku area, according to Fire and Disaster Management official confirmed report, 447 people were killed, while another 1056 person were injured.:ja:昭和47年7月豪雨 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 14, 2017. July 5 – Kakuei Tanaka replaces Eisaku Satō as Prime Minister. July 21 – MOS Burger was founded.June 2020 November 6 – An express passenger train caught fire in Hokuriku Rail Tunnel in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, according to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, 31 people died, and 714 people were injured.:ja:北陸トンネル列車火災事故 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 14, 2017. December 10 – General election of 1972 – Liberal Democratic Party win 271 out of 491 seats. Births right|thumb|150px|Junko Takeuchi right|thumb|150px|Yūko Miyamura January 7 – Tamakasuga Ryōji, sumo wrestler January 8 – Ryō Tamura, comedian January 10 – Shuntaro Furukawa, businessman January 13 Yukiko Iwai, voice actress Akinori Otsuka, baseball pitcher January 17 – Ken Hirai, singer-songwriter January 22 – Romi Park, voice actress January 24 – Junko Kubo, announcer and presenter January 28 – Tsuyoshi Shinjo, baseball player January 29 – Masaru Hamaguchi, comedian February 2 – Hisashi Tonomura, musician February 5 – Koriki Chōshū, comedian February 7 – Akiko Suwanai, violinist February 8 – Hiroshi Tsuchida, actor and voice actor February 17 – Yuki Isoya, singer March 10 – Takashi Fujii (Matthew Minami), television performer March 29 – Junichi Suwabe, voice actor April 5 – Junko Takeuchi, voice actress April 30 – Takako Tokiwa, voice actress May 6 – Naoko Takahashi, long-distance runner May 16 – Hideki Naganuma, DJ and composer長沼英樹 (Hideki Naganuma) https://genius.com/artists/Hideki-naganuma 2024-09-05 Genius en May 21 – Kaoru Fujino, voice actress May 30 – Sōichirō Hoshi, voice actor July 1 – Tetsu Inada, voice actor July 5 – Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Zainichi-Korean wrestler July 8 – Shōsuke Tanihara, actor July 14 – Masami Suzuki, voice actress July 19 – Naohito Fujiki, actor and singer July 27 Takako Fuji, actress Takashi Shimizu, director August 3 – Atsunori Inaba, baseball coach and former player August 14 – Takako Honda, voice actress August 20 – Anna Umemiya, model September 8 – Tomokazu Seki, voice actor September 10 – Rio Tahara, snowboarder September 20 – Sawa Suzuki, actress September 29 – Taizo Son, entrepreneur and investor October 7 – Masanari Mochida, slalom canoeist October 9 – Kōki Miyata, voice actor October 19 – Sayaka Aoki, voice actress October 21 – Masakazu Morita, voice actor October 29 – Takafumi Horie, entrepreneur November 1 – Naoki Yanagi, voice actor November 9 – Naomi Shindou, voice actor November 13 – Takuya Kimura, member of SMAP and actor December 3 – Saki Takaoka, actress December 4 – Yūko Miyamura, voice actress and singer December 12 – Arihito Muramatsu, baseball player December 13 – Jun Itoda, comedian December 14 – Kiriko Nananan, manga artist (d. 2024) December 18 – Shinji Takeda, actor December 20 Hideki Niwa, politician Takeshi Rikio, professional wrestler December 22 – Takayuki Yokoyama, football player December 28 – Shinobu Terajima, actress Deaths February 17 – Taiko Hirabayashi, writer (b. 1905) April 16 – Yasunari Kawabata, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) August 24 – Jinichi Kusaka, admiral (b. 1888) August 26 – Goroku Amemiya, photographer (b. 1886) October 4 – Tarō Shōji, popular song singer (b. 1898) See also 1972 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1972 1972 in Japanese music References 1972 in Category:1970s in Japan Category:1972 by country Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan Category:1972 in Asia