Events in the year 1973 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 48 (昭和48年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Hirohito 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: Mikine Kuwahara 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: Naohiro Dōgakinai Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru Kanagawa Prefecture: Bunwa Tsuda Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi 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: Shiro Watari Oita Prefecture: Masaru Taki Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano Okinawa Prefecture: Chōbyō Yara Osaka Prefecture: Ryōichi Kuroda Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata Shiga Prefecture: Kinichiro Nozaki Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe 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.:ja:レオパレス21#概要 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on May 7, 2020. 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 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 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)
See also 1973 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1973 1973 in Japanese music
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