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Events in the year 1958 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 33 (昭和33年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime minister: Nobusuke Kishi^[2]
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kiichi Aichi until June 12, Munenori Akagi
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
President of the House of Representatives: Shūji Masutani until April 25, Nirō Hoshijima from June 11 until December 13, Ryōgorō Katō
President of the House of Councillors: Tsuruhei Matsuno

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki
Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane
Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki
Fukushima Prefecture: Zenichiro Satō
Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto (until 16 October); Yukiyasu Matsuno (starting 17 October)
Gunma Prefecture: Toshizo Takekoshi
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya
Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
Miyagi Prefecture: Yasushi Onuma
Miyazaki Prefecture: Jingo Futami
Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka (until 14 January); Katsuya Sato (starting 2 March)
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Kazuo Kitamura
Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara
Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori (until 6 December); Kyujiro Taniguchi (starting 7 December)
Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
Tochigi Prefecture: Kiichi Ogawa
Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara
Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo (until 10 November); Jirō Ishiba (starting 3 December)
Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida
Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

January 26 – According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a passenger ferry Nankai Maru capsized Kii Channel, between Wakayama City to Tokushima City, total 167 persons drowned.^[3]
March 1 – Two medium-size airlines, FarEastern Airways of Japan and Nippon Helicopter Transport, are merged to become All Nippon Airways (ANA) which begins operation in Japan.^[4]
March 9 – The Kanmon Tunnel opens, connecting Honshu and Kyushu by road for the first time.
April Unknown date – Ohyama Blow Manufacturing, as predecessor of Iris Ohyama was founded.^{[citation needed]}
May 2 – Nagasaki Flag incident - Ultra-nationalists pull down a Chinese flag hanging outside an exhibition of postage stamps in Nagasaki, freezing relations between China and Japan.^[5]
May 22 – General election of 1958 - The Liberal Democratic Party win 298 out of 467 seats.
June 24 – According to official Japanese government confirmed report, a large scale eruption in Mount Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, killed a total of twelve persons, and wounded 28.^{[page needed]}
August 2 – An All Nippon Airways Douglas DC-3 plunges in the sea close to the Izu Islands, killing all 33 occupants of the aircraft.^[6]
August 25 – Instant noodles go on sale for the first time in Japan.
September 27 – Typhoon Ida kills at least 1,269 in Honshu.
October 14 – Construction of Tokyo Tower is completed.
November 10 – According to Japan Meteorological Agency official confirmed report, a large scale erupted in Mount Asama, Gunma Prefecture, ash height maximum 8,000 meters.^{[page needed]}
December 23 – Tokyo Tower is opened to the public for the first time, at a final cost of ¥2.8 billion ($8.4 million in 1958).^[7]^[8]
December 27 – National Health Care Act of 1958.
unknown date - The Japanese 10 yen coin ceases having serrated edges after a 5-year period beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since have smooth edges.

Births

January 5 – Junko Yagami, singer and songwriter
January 20 – Masuo Amada, voice actor
January 30 – Sayuri Ishikawa, enka singer
February 1 – Ryō Horikawa, voice actor
February 4 – Saburō Tokitō, singer and actor
February 11 – Shinobu Satouchi, voice actor
March 10 – Hiroshi Yanaka, voice actor
April 1 – Hiromi Kawakami, author and writer
April 7 – Shinobu Adachi, voice actress
April 12 – Hyōichi Kōno, adventurer (d. 2001)
April 14 – Junko Sakurada, actress and singer
April 21 – Yoshito Usui, manga artist, creator of Crayon Shin-chan (d. 2009)
May 2 – Yasushi Akimoto, record producer, lyricist and television writer
May 11 – Sayuri Kume, singer-songwriter^[9]
June 14 – Masami Yoshida, javelin thrower (d. 2000)
June 20 – Teiyū Ichiryūsai, voice actress
July 5 – Kyoko Terase, voice actress
July 22 – Tatsunori Hara, professional-baseball coach and player
August 2 – Shō Hayami, voice actor and singer
August 15 – Chiharu Suzuka, voice actress
September 8
- Mitsuru Miyamoto, voice actor
- Reiko Terashima, manga artist and illustrator
October 15 – Masako Katsuki, voice actress
October 23 – Hiroyuki Kinoshita, actor and voice actor
October 24 – Hatsuhiko Tsuji, professional baseball m coach and former player
November 12 – Hiromi Iwasaki, singer
November 27 – Tetsuya Komuro, music producer and songwriter
December 2 – Mina Asami, actress
December 26 – Mieko Harada, actress