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Events in the year 1968 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Toshio Kimura until November 30, Shigeru Hori
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Masatoshi Yokota
President of the House of Representatives: Mitsujirō Ishii
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
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
Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi
Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto
Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

Events

January

January 23 – Mushi (Osamu Tezuka) Production, as predecessor of Tezuka Production was founded.^{[citation needed]}
Unknown date: Komeda Coffeehouse, as known well coffeehouse chain in nationwide, founded in Nagoya.^[2]

February

February 19: 1968–69 Japanese university protests sparked over a dispute within the University of Tokyo medical school.

March

March 2: Fuji-Q Highland officially open in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture.^{[page needed]}

April

April 1: 1968 Hyūga-nada earthquake
April 1: Abukuma Express line opened
April 12: Kasumigaseki Building opened, was the first modern office skyscraper and tallest building in Tokyo until 1970.
April 15: Tōmei Expressway opened

May

May 16: 1968 Tokachi earthquake

June

June 16: Terrorist incident on the Yokosuka Line kills 1.
June 26: Bonin Islands returned to Japan by United States Navy after 23-year occupation.

July

July 1: Postal code system adopted in Japan.
July 7: Shintaro Ishihara and others are elected to the House of Councillors.

August

August 18: 1968 Hida river bus accident, two charter buses occur debris flow, following push into Hida River, Gifu Prefecture, due after heavy torrential rain. According to local official confirmed report, 104 people lost to lives with one of worst road accident in Northeast Asia.^[3]

October

October: Golgo 13, which becomes the longest-running ongoing manga, makes its debut on Big Comic.
October 21: New Left forces occupy Shinjuku Station for International Anti-War Day. Arrests are made.

November

November 2: A resort hotel fire in Arima Spa, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, 30 person lost to lives, with 44 person wounded.^[4]

December

December 10: 300 million yen robbery
December 27: Toei Mita Line opened.

Births

January 1: Miki Higashino, pianist and composer
January 22: Heath, musician (d. 2023)
February 22: Kazuhiro Sasaki, former Japan professional and Major League Baseball pitcher
April 1
- Masumi Kuwata, former professional baseball pitcher
- Ryōta Takeda, politician
April 11: Yōichi Okabayashi, former professional baseball pitcher
May 1: Akiko Kijimuta, former tennis player
May 4: Momoko Kikuchi, actress and singer
July 5: Ken Akamatsu
November 12: Aya Hisakawa, voice actress
November 25: Shingo Takatsu, professional baseball coach and former pitcher
December 25: Koichi Ogata, former baseball manager and player

Deaths

January 9: Kōkichi Tsuburaya, athlete (b. 1940)
January 29: Tsuguharu Foujita, painter (b. 1886)
July 19: Kan Shimozawa, novelist (b. 1892)
September 23: Kogo Noda, screenwriter (b. 1893)

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ ja:コメダ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 9 May 2020.
^ ja:飛騨川バス転落事故 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on July 18, 2017.
^ ja:池之坊満月城火災 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on October 3, 2017.

[1] "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[2] :コメダ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 9 May 2020.

[3] :飛騨川バス転落事故 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on July 18, 2017.

[4] :池之坊満月城火災 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on October 3, 2017.

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1968 in Japan

Incumbents

Governors

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

October

November

December

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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