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List of events
Events in the year 1972 in Japan . It corresponds to
Shōwa 47 (昭和47年) in the
Japanese calendar .
Incumbents Governors 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 .[
citation needed ]
May 12 –
Industrial robot brand ,
Fanuc was founded in
Yamanashi Prefecture .[
citation needed ]
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.
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July 5 -
Kakuei Tanaka replaces
Eisaku Satō as Prime Minister.
July 21 –
MOS Burger was founded.[
citation needed ]
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 lives were lost, and 714 people were injured.
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December 10 -
General election of 1972 -
Liberal Democratic Party win 271 out of 491 seats. Births
Junko Takeuchi
Yūko Miyamura
January 7 –
Tamakasuga Ryōji ,
sumo wrestler
January 8 –
Ryō Tamura , comedian
January 10 –
Shuntaro Furukawa , businessman
January 13
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 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
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 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
December 18 -
Shinji Takeda , actor
December 19 -
Hideki Niwa , politician
December 20 -
Takeshi Rikio , professional wrestler
December 22 -
Takayuki Yokoyama , football player
December 28 -
Shinobu Terajima , actress Deaths See also References
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