1973 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1973 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 48 (昭和48年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor

Hirohito^[1]

Prime minister

Kakuei Tanaka (Liberal Democratic)

Chief Cabinet Secretary

Susumu Nikaido

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kazuto Ishida until May 19, Tomokazu Murakami from May 21
President of the House of Representatives: Umekichi Nakamura until May 29, Shigesaburō Maeo
President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
Diet sessions: 71st (extraordinary session opened on December 22, 1972, to September 27), 72nd (regular, December 1 to June 3, 1974)

Governors

Aichi Prefecture

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

Iduo Nagano (until 10 November); Hiroshi Miyazawa (starting 16 December)

Hokkaido

Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai
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: Ryōzō Tagawa Miyagi Prefecture

- Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki Nagano Prefecture

- - Nagasaki Prefecture: Kan'ichi Kubo Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture

Shiro Watari

- Oita Prefecture: Masaru Taki Okayama Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture

Shiga Prefecture

- - - - Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi Tokyo

Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba (until 22 February); Kōzō Hirabayashi (starting 27 March)
- - Toyama Prefecture: Kokichi Nakada Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko (until 27 September); Seiichirō Itagaki (starting 17 October)
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

Events

January 1 - Health care for those over 70 years of age is made free of charge
March 8 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Yawata General Hospital fire in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, total 13 patients were fatalities.
March 19 - Konami is established.
July 23 - Nidec was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Densan (Electric Industry) Corporation.
August 17 - Miyama Real Estate, as predecessor of Leopalace founded in Nakano, Tokyo.^[2]
September 25 - According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a caught fire at under construction for department store in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, kill six construction workers, in an incident caused bx a security guardman has arson acting.
October 27 - A retailer CGC Group founded.
November 29 - Fire breaks out in Taiyo department store in Kumamoto City, killing over a hundred.

Births

January 2 - Michiyo Nakajima, actress, voice actress and former pop singer.
January 11 - Eri Fukatsu, actress
January 16 - Maki Miyamae, pop singer
January 18 - Shinobu Nakayama, singer and former pop singer
January 31 - Shingo Katayama, golfer
February 1 - Makiko Ohmoto, voice actress
February 7 - Mie Sonozaki, voice actress
February 9 - Yoshitomo Tani, former professional baseball player
February 11 - Haruhi Terada, voice actress
February 28 - Masato Tanaka, professional wrestler^[3]
March 6 - Rumi Ochiai, voice actress
March 7 - Eiji Takemoto, voice actor
March 24 - Sakura Tange, voice actress and singer
March 27 - Sayaka Aoki, comedian
April 6 - Rie Miyazawa, actress and singer
April 21 - Katsuyuki Konishi, voice actor
May 8 - Hiromu Arakawa, manga artist
May 16 - Kōsuke Toriumi, voice actor
May 18 - Kaz Hayashi, professional wrestler
May 29 - Tomoko Kaneda, voice actress and J-pop singer
June 12 - Mitsuki Saiga, voice actress
June 18 - Yumi Kakazu, voice actress
June 19 - Yuko Nakazawa, singer
June 30 - Hidetada Yamagishi, bodybuilder
July 2 - Makoto Kosaka, former professional baseball player
July 4 - Gackt, singer-songwriter and actor
July 7 - Natsuki Takaya, manga artist
July 16 - Yoshihiko Hakamada, actor
July 17
- Takeshi Kaneshiro, Taiwanese/Japanese actor
- Daimaou Kosaka, comedian
August 13 - Ryōko Shinohara, actress
August 31 - Kaori Mizumori, enka singer
September 1 - Rieko Miura, actress and singer
September 9 - Kazuhisa Ishii, baseball player
September 18 - Ami Onuki, singer
October 11 - Daisuke Sakaguchi, voice actor
October 13 - Nanako Matsushima, actress and model
October 14 - Masato Sakai, actor
October 20 - Tomoka Shibasaki, writer
October 22 - Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
October 26 - Taka Michinoku, professional wrestler^[4]
November 6 - Rumi Shishido, voice actress and singer
December 11 - Yūko Obuchi, politician and cabinet minister
December 19 - Takashi Sorimachi, actor and singer
December 25 - Daisuke Miura, professional baseball coach and former pitcher

Deaths

April 25 - Tanzan Ishibashi, journalist and politician (b. 1884)
May 2 - Akiko Seki, soprano (b. 1899)
September 15 - Saburō Matsukata, journalist, businessman and mountaineer (b. 1899)
September 18 - Ken Harada, first Japanese diplomat to the Holy See (b. 1893)
October 7 - Masayuki Mori, actor (b. 1911)
November 7 - Kiyohide Shima, admiral (b. 1890)
November 23 - Sesue Hayakawa, actor (b. 1886)

Notes and References

Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
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Web site: Masato Tanaka profile. 2014-10-12. Online World of Wrestling.
Web site: Takaみちのく. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. June 1, 2013. ja.