1974 in Japan

← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in Japan → 1975 1976 1977
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1974 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1974 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime minister: Kakuei Tanaka (Liberal Democratic) until December 9, Takeo Miki (Liberal Democratic)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Susumu Nikaido until November 11, Noboru Takeshita until December 9, Ichitaro Ide
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tomokazu Murakami
• President of the House of Representatives: Shigesaburō Maeo
• President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
• Diet sessions: 72nd (regular session opened in December 1, 1973, to June 3), 73rd (extraordinary, July 24 to July 31), 74th (extraordinary, December 9 to December 25), 75th (regular, December 27 to July 4, 1975)

Events

• May 9 - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes the Izu Peninsula, killing 30 and injuring 102.
• August 30 - A powerful bomb blast in Marunouchi business area, Tokyo, according to official confirmed resulting, 8 person fatalities, 376 were injures.^[1]
• November 9 - A LPG carrier, Juyo Maru 10 collision with Liberian cargo ship Pacific Ares, following caught fire in Tokyo Bay, according to Marine Safety Agency of Japan confirmed official, 33 persons lost to lives.^[2]

Births

• February 7 - Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, hip-hop producer
• February 27 - Hiroyasu Shimizu, speed skater
• March 28 - Daisuke Kishio, voice actor
• March 30 - Miho Komatsu, pop singer and songwriter
• June 13 - Takahiro Sakurai, voice actor
• October 8 - Koji Murofushi, hammer thrower
• November 8 - Masashi Kishimoto, manga author
• December 4 - Tadahito Iguchi, baseball player
• December 27 - Fumiko Orikasa, voice actress and singer

Deaths

• December 24 - Sentarō Ōmori, admiral

See also

• 1974 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 1974

References