1957 in Japan
Events in the year 1957 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 32 in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
- Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
- Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki
- Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
- Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
- Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki
- Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake ; Zenichiro Satō
- Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
- Gunma Prefecture: Toshizo Takekoshi
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
- Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
- Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
- Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya
- Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe
- Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
- Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
- Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
- Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
- Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
- Miyagi Prefecture: Yasushi Onuma
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Jingo Futami
- Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
- Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
- Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
- Niigata Prefecture: Kazuo Kitamura
- Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
- Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
- Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
- Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
- Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara
- Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
- Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
- Tochigi Prefecture: Kiichi Ogawa
- Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara
- Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
- Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
- Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida
- Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
- April 1 - Yoyogi Seminar Cram School was founded.
- April 12 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a sightseeing boat Kitagawa Maru No 5 capsize by overcrowded off Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, 113 persons perished, with 49 persons wounded.
- May 8 - Coca-Cola, full-scale sale start in Japan.
- June 20 – Toru Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings is first performed, by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
- July 25–28 - According to Japanese government official confirmed report, heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit around Isahaya, Kyushu Island. 992 persons lost their lives in mudslides and flooding.
- October 27 - According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency has official report, An apartment house caught fire by arsonist relative insurance fraud in Akishima, Tokyo, kills eight persons, injures six persons, Japan National Police Agency official report, a suspicion was arrested on March 8, 1958.
- November 15 - A first section Nagoya to Sakae of Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line operation started in Aichi Prefecture.
Births
Many notable Japanese individuals from Young Japanese Baby Boom/Danso Generation were born in 1957, such as two former Japanese LDP Prime Ministers Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, Yoko Akino, Fumi Saimon, Mitsuko Horie, Nobuteru Ishihara, Rino Katase, Shinji Morisue, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Midori Kinouchi, Hiroshi Ono, Kazunori Shinozuka, Shinobu Ōtake, Shigeru Ban, Masahiro Hara, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, Shirō Sagisu, Keiko Toda, Rumiko Takahashi, Atsushi Ōnita, Akinobu Okada, and Jūrōta KosugiJanuary–March
- January 18 - Yōko Akino, actress
- January 19 - Fumi Saimon, comic artist
- February 4 - Shigeru Ishiba, former Prime Minister of Japan
- March 8 - Mitsuko Horie, actress, voice actress, and musician
- March 10 - Yoshitaka Katori, former professional baseball pitcher
- March 13 - Yoshihiko Takahashi, former professional baseball pitcher
April–June
- April 19 - Nobuteru Ishihara, politician and the son of Noriko and Shintaro Ishihara
- May 8 - Rino Katase, actress
- May 20 - Yoshihiko Noda, former Prime Minister of Japan
- May 22 - Shinji Morisue, gymnast
- June 1 - Yasuhiro Yamashita, chairman of Japan Olympic Comnitee and former judo-ka
- June 10
- * Hidetsugu Aneha, architect
- * Midori Kinouchi, retired idol musician, actress, and the wife of Naoto Takenaka
- June 24 - Hiroshi Ono, video game artist
July–September
- July 12 - Kazunori Shinozuka, former professional baseball player
- July 17 - Shinobu Ōtake, actress
- July 29 - Fumio Kishida, former Prime Minister of Japan
- August 5 - Shigeru Ban, architect
- August 8 - Masahiro Hara, engineer
- August 11 - Masayoshi Son, Korean-born entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and a co-founder of SoftBank Group
- August 29 - Shirō Sagisu, composer
- September 12 - Keiko Toda, actress, voice actress, musician, and narrator
- September 16 - Hideo Higashikokubaru, former governor of Miyazaki Prefecture and comedian
October–December
- October 9 - Yōsuke Isozaki, politician
- October 10 - Rumiko Takahashi, manga artist
- October 16 - Tsuneyuki Nakajima, golfer
- October 25 - Atsushi Ōnita, politician and former wrestler
- October 30 - Jackie Sato, professional wrestler
- November 25 - Akinobu Okada, former baseball manager and player
- December 15 - Chō, voice actor
- December 17 - Masako Natsume, actress
- December 19 - Jūrōta Kosugi, voice actor
Deaths
- January 18 - Tomitaro Makino, pioneering botanist
- January 25
- *Ichizō Kobayashi, businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings
- *Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and bacteriologist
- January 26 - Mamoru Shigemitsu, diplomat and politician
- September 22 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral