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1964 in Japan

Events in the year 1964 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 39 (昭和39年) in the Japanese calendar.

1964 is considered a seminal year in modern Japanese history. The Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and the first run of bullet train reflected a society-wide sense that post-war reconstruction was over and that Japan had rejoined the international family of nations. Diplomatic negotiations underway this year between South Korea and Japan resulted in a formal normalization of relations the following year.

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Events

  • March 18: Hayakawa Electric (the predecessor of today's Sharp) and Sony announce that they have completed a prototype electronic calculator using Japanese-manufactured diodes and transistors.
  • March 24: U.S. ambassador Edwin Reischauer is stabbed by a Japanese youth.
  • April 1: Japanese citizens are permitted to freely travel overseas.
  • April 12: Channel 12, the predecessor of TV Tokyo, begins operations.
  • April 17 – Orient Lease, as predecessor of Orix Group founded in Osaka.
  • April 29 - The Keiō Dōbutsuen Line opens.
  • June 16: An earthquake in Niigata Prefecture kills 12.
  • July 14: According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a Katsushima Warehouse caught fire and explode in Shinagawa, Tokyo, total 19 person were human fatalities and 117 persons were wounded.
  • July 18: A heavy rain, following devastate flood and landslide in Shimane and Tottori Prefecture, at least 128 people lives.
  • August 18 – The International Olympic Committee bans South Africa from the Tokyo Olympics on the grounds that its teams are racially segregated.
  • September 17: The Tokyo Monorail begins operations.
  • October 1: The Tōkaidō Shinkansen begins operations.
  • October 10–24: 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. Judo introduced for the first time as an Olympic Game.
  • October 25: Ikeda Hayato resigns as prime minister; Eisaku Satō is elected to replace him.
  • November 9: Sato announces his first cabinet.
  • November 17: The political party Komeito is formed.
  • December 23: Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line was opened.

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Statistics

  • Yen value: US$1 = Â¥360 (fixed)

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