1976 in Japan
List of events
Events in the year 1976 in Japan . It corresponds to Shōwa 51 (昭和51年) in the Japanese calendar .
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 on 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)
Governors
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]
May 15 – According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a riot by motorbike gang group (Bōsōzoku ) attack to police officer in Chuō-ku, Kobe , the resulting to official, killed one journalist, twenty policemen were injured.[3]
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 persons were killed and 537 injured.[4]
October 29 – A massive fire in Sakata , Yamagata Prefecture , according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency confirmed report, one person was killed, 1,003 were injured, and 1,774 houses and buildings with 22.5 hectare (55.26 acre) were lost.[5]
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 .
Full date unknown:
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
April 17 – Taishi Mori , manga artist
May 4 – Anza , singer and actress
June 1 – Kōhei Murakami , actor
June 11 – Gran Naniwa , professional wrestler
June 29 – Haruka Igawa , actress
July 4 – Daijiro Kato , motorcycle racer
August 24 – Shinji Udaka , baseball player
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
See also
References