Events in the year 1976 in Japan. It corresponds to ShÃ
Âwa 51 (æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ51å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime minister: Takeo Miki (Liberal Democratic) until December 24, Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Ichitaro Ide until December 24, Sunao Sonoda
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tomokazu Murakami until May 24, Ekizo Fujibayashi from May 25
- President of the House of Representatives: ShigesaburÃ
 Maeo until December 9, Shigeru Hori from December 24
- President of the House of Councillors: KenzÃ
 KÃ
Âno
- Diet sessions: 77th (regular session opened on December 27, 1975, to May 24), 78th (extraordinary, September 16 to November 4), 79th (extraordinary, December 24 to December 28), 80th (regular, December 30 to June 9, 1977)
Governors
Events
- March 2 – A time bomb goes off in the lobby of the Hokkaido Government Main Building in Sapporo, killing 2 and injuring 95.
- March 23 –
- May 15 – According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a riot by motorbike gang group (BÃ
ÂsÃ
Âzoku) attack to police officer in ChuÃ
Â-ku, Kobe, the resulting to official, killed one journalist, twenty policemen were injured.
- June 26 – Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki was a controversial spectacle fight, held in Tokyo, between the boxing heavyweight champion, Ali, and Japanese professional wrestling champion, Inoki.
- September 6 – Soviet Air Force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, Hokkaido, requests political asylum in the United States.
- September 12 – Typhoon Fran, according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency of Japan confirmed report, 171 persons were killed and 537 injured.
- October 29 – A massive fire in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency confirmed report, one person was killed, 1,003 were injured, and 1,774 houses and buildings with 22.5 hectare (55.26 acre) were lost.
- December 5 – General election of 1976 - The Liberal Democratic Party win 249 out of 511 seats but lose 22 seats, majority control over the House of Representatives owing to the Lockheed scandal.
- December 24 – Prime Minister Takeo Miki resigns following poor results in the 1976 General election and is succeeded by Takeo Fukuda.
- Full date unknown:
- Helios Techno Holding Co., Ltd. is established.
Births
- January 4 – Shiro Amano, manga artist/writer
- January 5 – ShintarÃ
 Asanuma, voice actor
- January 12 – Miki Nakatani, actress
- January 28 – Emiko Kado, professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- February 14 – Juju, jazz singer
- February 16 – Kyo, rock musician
- February 27 – Yukari Tamura, voice actress and songwriter
- March 22 – Asako Toki, singer and songwriter
- March 30 – Ayako Kawasumi, voice actress
- April 2 – Daisuke Namikawa, voice actor
- April 10
- Yoshino Kimura, actress
- Norihiro Akahoshi, former professional baseball player
- April 17 – Taishi Mori, manga artist
- May 4 – Anza, singer and actress
- June 1 – KÃ
Âhei Murakami, actor
- June 11 – Gran Naniwa, professional wrestler
- June 29 – Haruka Igawa, actress
- July 4 – Daijiro Kato, motorcycle racer
- August 24 – Shinji Udaka, baseball player
- August 29 – Mieko Kawakami, singer and writer
- September 20 – Yui Horie, voice actress
- October 19 – Ryuji Imada, golfer
- November 19 – Jun Shibata, singer and songwriter
- December 18 – Koyuki, actress
Deaths
See also
References