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Events from the year 1970 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Shigeru Hori
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kazuto Ishida
- President of the House of Representatives: Naka Funada from January 14
- President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune
Events
- March 15–September 13 – Expo '70 in Osaka.
- March 31 – Hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351
- April 8 – Gas explosion at subway construction site in Osaka kills 79, injures over 400.
- May 13 – According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a suspicion man shot dead by Japanese authority after two-days, with another all passengers and crew freed, a passenger ferry Prince hijacking off Kurushima Straight, Seto Inland Sea.[1]
- June 29 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a Ryōmō General hospital fire, resulting to 17 person fatalities with 10 person injures, in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture.
- October – Mitsubishi Motors is founded. The Mitsubishi keiretsu had already begun making cars as far back as 1917, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had made many vehicles in the postwar era, but the actual company would not be founded until this date.
Births
- January 19 – Udo Suzuki, comedian
- March 21 – Shiho Niiyama, voice actress (d. 2000)
- April 5 – Miho Hatori, singer-songwriter
- April 23 – Sadao Abe, actor
- April 25 – Tomoko Kawakami, voice actress (d. 2011)
- May 25 – Satsuki Yukino, voice actress,
- May 26 – Nobuhiro Watsuki, manga artist
- September 13 – Susumu Chiba, voice actor
- September 19
- Yuka Imai, voice actress
- Takanori Nishikawa, singer
- September 25 – Aja Kong, professional wrestler
- September 26 – Yukio Iketani, gymnast
- September 27 – Yoshiharu Habu, professional shogi player
- September 28 – Kimiko Date-Krumm, tennis player
- September 29 – Yoshihiro Tajiri, professional wrestler
- October 8 – Tetsuya Nomura, video game creator and film director
Deaths
- January 25 – Eiji Tsuburaya, film director and special effects designer (b. 1901)
- November 25 – Yukio Mishima and Masakatsu Morita (b. 1925)
See also
References
- ↑ ja:瀬戸内シージャック事件 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on June 2, 2017.
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