1969 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1969 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
• Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary

Shigeru Hori

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Masatoshi Yokota until January 10, Kazuto Ishida from January 11
• President of the House of Representatives: Mitsujirō Ishii until July 16, Takechiyo Matsuda from December 3 to December 27
• President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

• • • • • • • Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura
    • Gifu Prefecture: Saburō Hirano Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda Hiroshima Prefecture

• Hokkaido

• • Hyogo Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai Ibaraki Prefecture

• Ishikawa Prefecture

• • • • Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru Kanagawa Prefecture

• • Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi Kumamoto Prefecture

• Kyoto Prefecture

• • Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka Miyagi Prefecture

Shintaro Takahashi (until 27 March); Sōichirō Yamamoto (starting 28 March)

• • Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki Nagano Prefecture

• • • Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture

Shiro Watari

• • Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita Okayama Prefecture

• Osaka Prefecture

• Saga Prefecture

• Saitama Prefecture

• Shiga Prefecture

• • • • • Shiname Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi Tokyo

• • Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida (until 1 December); Kokichi Nakada (starting 30 December)
    • • Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

Events

• January 5 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a bulk carrier Boriba Maru capsized off Nojimazaki Lighthouse, Chiba Prefecture, 31 crew were fatalities.^[2]
• January 18 to 19 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a fierce battle between riot police unit and extreme and core university students in Yasuda Auditorium, Tokyo University, during the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. A total of 457 students were arrested and 757 injured.^[3]
• February 5 - A resort hotel fire in Bandai-Atami Spa, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency, official confirmed report, 30 persons lost their lives, with 35 persons injured.^[4]
• April 3- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, a gas explosion hit Moshiri coal mine in Akabira, Hokkaido, official resulting death toll is 19 persons, with 24 persons hurt. This mine officially shut down on April 30.
• May 16  - Senon Security Service was founded, as predecessor name of FarEastern Security Service.^[5]
• June 24 to July 11 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a torrential rain, following landslide hit in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, this natural disaster total death number of 89 person.
• October 1 - The National Space Development Agency of Japan is established.
• December 1 - Sumitomo Bank introduces Japan's first ATM.
• December 27 - 1969 Japanese general election - Liberal Democratic Party win 47.6% of popular vote, Yoshirō Mori, Tsutomu Hata and Ichirō Ozawa all elected for first time

Births

• January 27 - Cornelius, rock musician, singer and producer (Flipper's Guitar)
• January 29 - Hyde, rock musician, singer and guitarist
• February 6  - Masaharu Fukuyama, singer-songwriter and actor
• February 11 – Takeshi Obata, manga artist
• February 20 - Keiji Takayama, professional wrestler
• March 12 - Akemi Okamura, voice actress
• March 15 - Yutaka Take, jockey
• March 29 - Chiaki Ishikawa, singer See-Saw
• April 11 - Chisato Moritaka, singer
  • April 18 - Sayako Kuroda, formerly Sayako, Princess Nori, daughter of Emperor Akihito May 15 - Hideki Irabu, baseball player
• May 18  - Noriyuki Makihara, singer-songwriter
• June 4 - Takako Minekawa, musician, composer and writer
• June 29 - Tōru Hashimoto, politician, lawyer, mayor of Osaka city and former leader of the Japan Innovation Party
• July 8 - Sugizo, guitarist and singer
• July 18 - Masanori Murakawa, professional wrestler
• August 8 - Dick Togo, professional wrestler
• August 13 - Midori Ito, figure skater
• September 12 - Shigeki Maruyama, golfer
• October 2 - Jun Akiyama, professional wrestler
• October 3
  • Yuriko Ishida, actress and essayist
  • Tetsuya, musician
• October 14 - Kōsuke Okano, voice actor
• November 17 - Ryōtarō Okiayu, voice actor
• November 20 - Sakura, musician
• December 13 - Hideo Ishikawa, voice actor
• December 20
  • Chisa Yokoyama, voice actress
  • Kenji Ogiwara, former nordic combined skier
  • Tsugiharu Ogiwara, former nordic combined skier
• December 24
  • Taro Goto, footballer
  • Ryuji Kato, footballer
  • Miyuki Matsushita, voice actress
  • Mariko Shiga, voice actress (d. 1989)

Deaths

• April 26 - Morihei Ueshiba, martial artist and founder of Aikido (b. 1883)
• June 1 - Michiyo Tsujimura, agricultural scientist (b. 1888)
• July 9 - Raizō Tanaka, admiral (b. 1892)
• July 17 - Ichikawa Raizō VIII, actor (b. 1931)

See also

• 1969 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 1969

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.

2. ja:ぼりばあ丸#沈没事故］‘‘‘(Japanese language edition)’’’ Retrieved date on 26 November 2019.

3. ja:東大安田講堂事件

4. [:ja:磐光ホテル#火災]
5. [:ja:セノン#沿革]