1976 in Japan

Events in the year 1976 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 51 (昭和51年) in the Japanese calendar.

← 1975 1974 1973 1976 in Japan → 1977 1978 1979
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1976 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito[1]
• Prime minister: Takeo Miki (Liberal Democratic) until December 24, Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Ichitaro Ide until December 24, Sunao Sonoda
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tomokazu Murakami until May 24, Ekizo Fujibayashi from May 25
• President of the House of Representatives: Shigesaburō Maeo until December 9, Shigeru Hori from December 24
• President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
• Diet sessions: 77th (regular session opened in December 27, 1975, to May 24), 78th (extraordinary, September 16 to November 4), 79th (extraordinary, December 24 to December 28), 80th (regular, December 30 to June 9, 1977)

Events

A levee collapse, following to massibie flood by Typhoon Fran, near Nagara River, Gifu Prefecture, on 12 September

• March 2 – A time bomb goes off in the lobby of the Hokkaido Government Main Building in Sapporo, killing 2 and injuring 95.[2]
• June 26 – Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki was a controversial spectacle fight, held in Tokyo, between the boxing heavyweight champion, Ali, and Japanese professional wrestling champion, Inoki.
• September 6 – Soviet Air Force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, Hokkaido, requests political asylum in the United States.
• September 12 – Typhoon Fran, according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency of Japan confirmed report, 171 person were lost to lives, 537 were injures.[3]
• October 29 – A massive fire in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency confirmed report, a person lives, 1,003 person injures, 1,774 house and building with 22.5 hectare (55.26 acre) were lost.[4]
• December 5 – General election of 1976 - The Liberal Democratic Party win 249 out of 511 seats but lose 22 seats, majority control over the House of Representatives owing to the Lockheed scandal.
• December 24 – Prime Minister Takeo Miki resigns following poor results in the 1976 General election and is succeeded by Takeo Fukuda.

Births

Mieko Kawakami

• January 4 – Shiro Amano, manga artist/writer
• January 5 – Shintarō Asanuma, voice actor
• January 12 – Miki Nakatani, actress
• January 28 – Emiko Kado, professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• February 14 – Juju, jazz singer
• February 16 – Kyo, rock musician
• February 27 – Yukari Tamura, voice actress and songwriter
• March 22 – Asako Toki, singer and songwriter
• March 29 – Daisuke Namikawa, voice actor
• March 30 – Ayako Kawasumi, voice actress
• April 10 – Yoshino Kimura, actress
• April 17 – Taishi Mori, manga artist
• May 4 – Anza, singer and actress
• June 11 – Gran Naniwa, professional wrestler
• June 29 – Haruka Igawa, actress
• July 4 – Daijiro Kato, motorcycle racer
• August 29 – Mieko Kawakami, singer and writer
• September 20 – Yui Horie, voice actress
• October 19 – Ryuji Imada, golfer
• November 19 – Jun Shibata, singer and songwriter
• December 18 – Koyuki, actress

Deaths

• January 2 – Kazuo Dan, novelist and poet (b. 1912)
• January 19 – Hidetsugu Yagi, electrical engineer (b. 1886)
• January 27 – Kaneko Daiei, Buddhist philosopher (b. 1881)
• May 30 – Mitsuo Fuchida, aviator, naval officer and Christian evangelist (b. 1902)
• June 7 – Shigetarō Shimada, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II (b. 1883)

See also

• 1976 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 1976

References

1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. Kyodo (20 March 2007). "Retrial nixed for man condemned in '76 bombing". The Japan Times. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
3. ja:昭和51年台風第17号 (Japanese language) Retrieved on January 29, 2017.
4. ja:酒田大火 (Japanese language) Retrieved on January 29, 2017.