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Events in the year 1969 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Shigeru Hori
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Masatoshi Yokota until January 10, Kazuto Ishida from January 11
President of the House of Representatives: Mitsujirō Ishii until July 16, Takechiyo Matsuda from December 3 to December 27
President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi
Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei
Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura
Gifu Prefecture: Saburō Hirano
Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda
Hiroshima Prefecture: Iduo Nagano
Hokkaido: Kingo Machimura
Hyogo Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai
Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru
Kanagawa Prefecture: Bunwa Tsuda
Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Kōsaku Teramoto
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
Miyagi Prefecture: Shintaro Takahashi (until 27 March); Sōichirō Yamamoto (starting 28 March)
Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki
Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Shiro Watari
Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
Okayama Prefecture: Takenori Kato
Osaka Prefecture: Gisen Satō
Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda
Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara
Shiga Prefecture: Kinichiro Nozaki
Shiname Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe
Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama
Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa
Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi
Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe
Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba
Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida (until 1 December); Kokichi Nakada (starting 30 December)
Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi
Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto
Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

Events

January 5 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a bulk carrier Boriba Maru capsized off Nojimazaki Lighthouse, Chiba Prefecture, 31 crew were fatalities.^[2]
January 18 to 19 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a fierce battle between riot police unit and extreme and core university students in Yasuda Auditorium, Tokyo University, during the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. A total of 457 students were arrested and 757 injured.^[3]
February 5 - A resort hotel fire in Bandai-Atami Spa, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency, official confirmed report, 30 persons lost their lives, with 35 persons injured.^[4]
April 3- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, a gas explosion hit Moshiri coal mine in Akabira, Hokkaido, official resulting death toll is 19 persons, with 24 persons hurt. This mine officially shut down on April 30.^{[page needed]}
May 16 – Senon Security Service was founded, as predecessor name of FarEastern Security Service.^[5]
June 24 to July 11 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a torrential rain, following landslide hit in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, this natural disaster total death number of 89 person.^{[page needed]}
October 1 - The National Space Development Agency of Japan is established.
December 1 - Sumitomo Bank introduces Japan's first ATM.
December 27 - 1969 Japanese general election - Liberal Democratic Party win 47.6% of popular vote, Yoshirō Mori, Tsutomu Hata and Ichirō Ozawa all elected for first time

Births

January 27 - Cornelius, rock musician, singer and producer (Flipper's Guitar)
January 29 - Hyde, rock musician, singer and guitarist
February 6 – Masaharu Fukuyama, singer-songwriter and actor
February 11 – Takeshi Obata, manga artist
February 20 - Keiji Takayama, professional wrestler
March 12 - Akemi Okamura, voice actress
March 15 - Yutaka Take, jockey
March 27 - Satoshi Nakajima, former professional baseball player and current coach^{[citation needed]}
March 29 - Chiaki Ishikawa, singer See-Saw
April 11 - Chisato Moritaka, singer
April 18 - Sayako Kuroda, formerly Sayako, Princess Nori, daughter of Emperor Akihito
May 15 - Hideki Irabu, baseball player
May 18 – Noriyuki Makihara, singer-songwriter
June 4 - Takako Minekawa, musician, composer and writer
June 29 - Tōru Hashimoto, politician, lawyer, mayor of Osaka city and former leader of the Japan Innovation Party
July 8 - Sugizo, guitarist and singer
July 18 - Masanori Murakawa, professional wrestler
August 8 - Dick Togo, professional wrestler
August 13 - Midori Ito, figure skater
September 12 - Shigeki Maruyama, golfer
October 2 - Jun Akiyama, professional wrestler
October 3
- Yuriko Ishida, actress and essayist
- Tetsuya, musician
October 14 - Kōsuke Okano, voice actor
November 17 - Ryōtarō Okiayu, voice actor
November 20 - Sakura, musician
December 13 - Hideo Ishikawa, voice actor
December 20
- Chisa Yokoyama, voice actress
- Kenji Ogiwara, former nordic combined skier
- Tsugiharu Ogiwara, former nordic combined skier
December 24
- Taro Goto, footballer
- Ryuji Kato, footballer
- Miyuki Matsushita, voice actress
- Mariko Shiga, voice actress (d. 1989)

Deaths

April 26 - Morihei Ueshiba, martial artist and founder of Aikido (b. 1883)
June 1 - Michiyo Tsujimura, agricultural scientist (b. 1888)
July 9 - Raizō Tanaka, admiral (b. 1892)
July 17 - Ichikawa Raizō VIII, actor (b. 1931)

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ [:ja:ぼりばあ丸#沈没事故］‘‘‘(Japanese language edition)’’’ Retrieved date on 26 November 2019.
^ [:ja:東大安田講堂事件] ‘‘‘(Japanese language edition)’’’ Retrieved date on 26 November 2019.
^ ja:磐光ホテル#火災 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on October 3, 2017.
^ ja:セノン#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on June 22, 2020