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List of events
Events in the year 1978 in Japan . It corresponds to
Shōwa 53 (昭和53年) in the
Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Emperor :
Hirohito
[1]
Prime minister :
Takeo Fukuda (
Liberal Democratic ) until December 7,
Masayoshi Ōhira (
Liberal Democratic )
Chief Cabinet Secretary :
Shintaro Abe until December 7, Rokusuke Tanaka
Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court : Masao Okahara
President of the
House of Representatives : Shigeru Hori
President of the
House of Councillors :
Ken Yasui
Diet sessions: 84th (regular session opened in December 19, 1977, to June 16), 85th (extraordinary, September 18 to October 21), 86th (extraordinary, December 6 to December 12), 87th (regular, December 22 to June 14, 1979)
Governors
Events
January 14 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, total of 25 people were dead, 211 people were wounded, a Richer Scale 6.7 earthquake and aftershocks damaged in
Izu Peninsula ,
Shizuoka Prefecture .
[2]
March 26 - Protesters destroy much of equipment in the
control tower of
Narita Airport with
Molotov cocktails , set to open in just four days.
April 6 –
Sunshine 60 has officially open in
Ikebukuro ,
Toshima , Tokyo, the tallest sky craper in Asia (Japan), until
63 Building in
Seoul , South Korea on July 27, 1985.[
citation needed ]
May 20, 1978 -
Narita International Airport opened
June 12 -
A large 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits offshore
Miyagi Prefecture and causes 28 deaths and 1,325 injuries.
[3]
July 30, 1978 - Okinawa Prefecture changed driving on the
Right-hand traffic to Left-hand traffic (
730 )
August 12 - The
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is concluded.
[4]
December 16 -
The Mystery of Mamo is released in cinemas.
Births
January–June
January 2 –
Toyoguchi Megumi , voice actress
January 6 –
January 7 –
Asami Imajuku , model, actress, and singer
January 9 –
Hassei Takano , actor
January 10 –
Kanako Mitsuhashi , voice actress
January 11 –
Kyoko Hamaguchi , freestyle wrestler
January 15 –
Vanilla Yamazaki ,
katsudō-benshi , voice actor, an actress
January 16 –
Hisanori Ōiwa , actor, stunt performer and suit actor
January 17
January 24 –
Tomokazu Myojin , football midfielder
January 26 –
Atsuko Kurusu , actress
January 27 –
Akiko Hinagata , actress and former
gravure idol .
February 4 –
Shingo Kawaguchi , actor
February 20 –
Ken Takeuchi , voice actor
February 21 –
Miki Sakai , actress and J-pop idol singer
February 23 –
Yuka Motohashi , actress
February 25
February 28 –
Rei Kikukawa , actress, model, and television presenter
March 1
March 8 –
Genki Sudo , mixed martial artist and a kickboxer
March 9 –
Ryosuke Sawai , baseball player
March 12 –
Arina Tanemura , manga artist
March 15 –
Takeru Kobayashi , competitive eater
March 18
March 20 –
Hanako Oku , singer
March 24
March 29 –
Hirotoki Onozawa , rugby union player
April 5 –
Yumie Funayama ,
curler
April 8 –
Daigo , e singer-songwriter, actor, talent, and voice actor
April 9
April 14 –
Kaori Muraji , classical guitarist
April 18 –
Ryōta Tsuzuki , football player
April 24 –
Kazunari Okayama , football player
April 26
April 27 –
Takahiro Suzuki , baseball player
May 1 –
Sachie Hara , actress and model
May 3 –
Dai Tamesue , hurdler athlete
May 4 –
Daisuke Ono , voice actor
May 8 –
Atsushi Sato , long-distance runner
May 10 –
Daisuke Yamai , basketball pitcher
May 11 –
Ushiomaru Motoyasu , sumo wrestler (d.
2019 )
October 2 –
Ayumi Hamasaki , singer, songwriter, actress and model
May 12 –
Masahiro Abe , baseball player
May 13 –
Junji Majima , voice actor
May 15
May 17 –
Norihiro Yamagishi , football player
May 18 –
Toru Yano , wrestler
May 23 –
Hideaki Kitajima , football player
June 1 –
Ayako Ikeda , singer-songwriter
June 2 –
Junko Yaginuma , announcer and model
June 5
June 12 –
Yumiko Shaku , actress and model
June 13 –
Mikako Ichikawa , actress and model
June 17 –
Kumiko Asō , actress
June 24 –
Shunsuke Nakamura , football player
June 25 –
Miki Nakao , backstroke swimmer
July –December
Ayumi Hamasaki
Manami Konishi
Ringo Sheena
July 3 –
Mizuki Noguchi , long-distance runner
[5]
July 4 –
Yusuke Murata manga artist
July 7
July 9 –
Osamu Hamanaka , baseball player
July 10 –
Kotaro Koizumi , actor
July 12 –
Yoshihito Ishii , baseball player
July 19 –
Atsushi Harada , actor
July 21 –
Kyoko Iwasaki , swimmer
July 22 –
Kyōko Hasegawa , actress and model
July 23 –
Takashi Yamamoto , swimmer
July 24 –
Sayo Aizawa , model
July 28 –
Hitomi Yaida , pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
August 4 –
Satoshi Hino , voice actor
August 8
August 12
August 24 –
Kentaro Sekimoto , baseball player
September 6
September 18 –
Kaoru Mori , manga artist
October 2 –
Ayumi Hamasaki , recording artist, actress, model, and entrepreneur
October 18
October 20 –
Nora Hirano , comedian
October 21 –
Mariko Ooe , newsroom announcer
October 25 –
Maria Takagi , actress
October 25 –
An Yong-hak ,
North Korean , football manager
October 27 –
Manami Konishi , rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actress
October 31 –
Mika Sugisaki , announcer, radio personality, entertainer, and actress
November 3 –
Koshiro Take , jockey
November 4 –
Akiko Abe , announcer and actress
November 7 –
Tomoya Nagase , singer and actor
November 8 –
Kensaku Kishida , actor
November 10 –
Akemi Kanda , voice actress
November 25
November 26 –
Fukuyama Jun voice actor
November 28 –
Tomohiro Nagatsuka cyclist
December 5 –
Michinao Yamamura , baseball player
December 7 –
Yasue Sato , actress and model
December 9 –
Chihiro Kusaka , voice actress
December 12 –
Hiroki Konno , comedian
December 23 –
Akiko Yada , actress
December 25 –
Miyuki Takahashi , volleyball player
December 26 –
Kaoru Sugayama , volleyball player
December 29 –
Noriko Aoyama , actress and former model
Deaths
January 5 –
Shōji Hamada , potter (b.
1894 )
February 7 –
Keizō Komura , admiral (b.
1896 )
March 1 –
Kiyoshi Oka , mathematician (b.
1901 )
March 5 –
Toshiko Higashikuni , daughter of
Emperor Meiji (b.
1896 )
April 29 –
Yukihiko Yasuda , painter (b.
1884 )
May 15 –
Kiku Amino , author and translator (b.
1900 )
May 30 –
Tetsu Katayama , politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Japan (b.
1887 )
June 6 –
Katué Kitasono , poet and photographer (b.
1902 )
July 10 –
Takashi Suzuki , politician (b.
1882 )
July 25 –
Masao Koga , composer (b.
1904 )
August 1 –
Kōgorō Uemura , businessman (b.
1892 )
September 9 –
Kaoru Abe , saxophonist (b.
1949 )
See also
References