1977 in Japan

Events in the year 1977 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 52 in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Takeo Fukuda
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Sunao Sonoda until November 28, Shintaro Abe
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ekizo Fujibayashi until August 25, Masao Okahara from August 26
President of the House of Representatives: Shigeru Hori
President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno until July 3, Ken Yasui from July 28
Diet sessions: 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Nakaya
Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi
Chiba Prefecture: Kiichi Kawakami
Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi
Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei
Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira
Gifu Prefecture: vacant ; Yosuke Uematsu
Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroshi Miyazawa
Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai
Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai
Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida
Kagawa Prefecture: Tadao Maekawa
Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru ; Kaname Kamada
Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu
Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Issei Sawada
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa
Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto
Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki
Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
Nagasaki Prefecture: Kan'ichi Kubo
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Takeo Kimi
Oita Prefecture: Masaru Taki
Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano
Okinawa Prefecture: Koichi Taira
Osaka Prefecture: Ryōichi Kuroda
Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda
Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata
Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura
Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto
Tochigi Prefecture: Yuzuru Funada
Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi
Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe
Tottori Prefecture: Kōzō Hirabayashi
Toyama Prefecture: Kokichi Nakada
Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya
Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai
Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

Events

January to February - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency, a widely heavy snow and avalanche, affective winter storm hit around nationwide, resulting to official confirmed report, total 101 person were human fatalities and 834 persons were wounded.
January 4 - Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station, killing two.
March 3 - Japan Business Federation Attack Incident
June 15 - Outbreak of cholera in Arida, Wakayama prefecture.
August 7 - Mount Usu erupts.
September 9 - Typhoon Babe strikes Okinoerabujima.
September 19 - Yutaka Kume is abducted by North Korean agents in Noto Peninsula - beginning of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.

Births

January 3 - Mayumi Iizuka, voice actress
January 22 - Hidetoshi Nakata, footballer
January 30 - Takahiro Arai, former professional baseball player
February 10 - Morihiro Hashimoto, darts player
March 15 - Norifumi Yamamoto, mixed martial artist
April 27 - Dai Fujikura, composer
April 29 - Daisuke Amaya, indie game developer
May 8 - Chiaki Takahashi, voice actress
May 26 - Misaki Ito, actress
June 22 - Ryōko Ono, voice actress
June 25 - Naoya Tsukahara, gymnast
June 26 - Tite Kubo, manga artist, creator of BLEACH
August 13 - Miho Konishi, actress
August 22 - Miho Kanno, actress and singer
August 23 - Kenta Miyake, voice actor
August 25 - Masumi Asano, voice actress
August 30 - Sayori Ishizuka, voice actress
September 6 - Kiyoshi Hikawa, enka singer
September 15 - Angela Aki, singer-songwriter
September 20 - Namie Amuro, singer
September 23 - Nozomi Momoi, Japanese AV idol, and murder victim
September 25 - Atsushi Aoki, Japanese professional wrestler
October 1 - Christel Takigawa, television presenter
December 6 - Miwa Yasuda, voice actress

Deaths

March 21 - Kinuyo Tanaka, actress
March 31 - Yasuji Kamada, photographer
December 19 - Takeo Kurita, admiral