1. Incumbents

2. Events

3. Births

4. Deaths

5. See also

6. References

Events in the year 1974 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 49 (昭和49年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

Births

• February 7 -
  • Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, hip-hop producer
  • Yō Yoshida, actress
• 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
• June 17 - Mikiyo Ōno, model, actress and J-pop singer
• 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

• March 1 – Kōtarō Tanaka, jurist and law professor (b. 1890)
• August 11 – Fusako Kitashirakawa, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji (b. 1890)
• December 24 – Sentarō Ōmori, admiral (b. 1892)

See also

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

References

• The Make-Up
• The make-up
• The Make-up
• The make up
• The Make-Up discography
• The make-up of make-up artists
• The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas
• The Making of a Martyr
• The Making of A Martyr
• The Making of a Moonie
• The making of a moonie
• The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing?
• The Making of an American
• The Making of Dancin Movin Shakin
• The Making of Fanny and Alexander
• The Making Of Freak Out! Project/Object
• The Making of 'Gemini'
• The Making of Me
• The Making of Me (album)
• The Making of Milwaukee
• The Making of Motives
• The Making of Mr. Buechner's Dream
• The Making of Mr Buechner's Dream
• The Making of Mr. Spoons
• The Making of Mr. Spoons (album)