Events from the year 1975 in Japan . It corresponds to Shōwa 50 (昭和50年) in the Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 1 – A hotel bus plunges into Lake Aoki in Nagano Prefecture , killing 24.
March 10 – Sanyo Shinkansen officially open between Okayama Station to Hakata Station of Fukuoka .[page needed ]
July 20 – opening of Expo '75 in Okinawa .
August 6 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a heavy massive rain, following debris flow hit in Mount Iwaki in Nakatsugaru District (present day of Hirosaki ), Aomori Prefecture , kill 21 persons with injure 31 persons.[ 2]
August 17–18 – Typhoon Phyllis , where hit on landslide , debris flow , flood swept hit in Kochi Prefecture , Shikoku Island , killing 77 persons and 209 persons injures, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management official confirmed report.[citation needed ]
November 2–8 – 1975 Japan Open Tennis Championships held in Tokyo.
November 3 – Miss International 1975 held at Expo Portside Theater, Motobu, Okinawa .
November 26 to December 3 – Japanese National Railways mandatory implementation an eight-day-long illegal "strike for the right to strike".[ 3]
December 12 – In Osaka International Airport of Itami , where takeoff and landing of civilian aircraft before 7 o'clock and after 21 o'clock was forbidden, that caused by noise complaints from residents triggered.[ 4]
December 31 – 17th Japan Record Awards held in Tokyo.
Films
Banned Book: Flesh Futon
Cruelty: Black Rose Torture
Dersu Uzala , directed by Akira Kurosawa
Graveyard of Honor , directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid , directed by Tomoharu Katsumata
Kamen Rider Amazon
Kamen Rider Stronger
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute , directed by Shohei Imamura
Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin
The Return of the Sister Street Fighter , directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Terror of Mechagodzilla , directed by Ishirō Honda
Tokyo Emmanuelle
Tora-san's Rise and Fall , directed by Yoji Yamada
Tora-san, the Intellectual , directed by Yoji Yamada
A Woman Called Sada Abe , directed by Noboru Tanaka
Births
January 1 – Eiichiro Oda , illustrator and author (One Piece )
January 6 – Yukana , voice actress and singer
January 8 – Reiko Chiba , actress
January 28 – Hiroshi Kamiya , voice actor
January 30 – Yumi Yoshimura , singer (Puffy Amiyumi )
February 6 – Tomoko Kawase , singer
February 16 – Nanase Aikawa , singer
February 17 – Michiko Kichise , actress
February 10 – Hiroki Kuroda , baseball pitcher
February 25 – Chiemi Chiba , voice actress
April 3
April 14 – Takayoshi Tanimoto , singer
April 16 – Megumi Ōhara , voice actress
April 27 – Kazuyoshi Funaki , ski jumper
May 19 – Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro , manga artist (Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! , Toriko )
May 26 – Tsuruno Takeshi , actor and singer
June 22 – Yuka Itaya , actress
July 5 – Ai Sugiyama , tennis player
July 11 – Riona Hazuki , actress
July 22 – Kenshin Kawakami , baseball pitcher
August 1 – Ryoko Yonekura , actress
August 11 – Kishō Taniyama , voice actor
August 24 – Hayato Sakurai , martial artist
August 28 – Yūko Gotō , voice actress
September 6 – Ryoko Tani , judoka
November 11 – Daisuke Ohata , rugby union player
November 15 – Hiromi Ominami , long-distance runner
November 16 – Yuki Uchida , actress
December 12 – Kuwashima Houko , voice actress
December 15 – Haruna Ikezawa , actress and voice actress
December 16 – Masaki Sumitani , television performer
December 30 – Yoma Komatsu , singer
Deaths
See also
References