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List of events
Events in the year 1972 in Japan . It corresponds to Shōwa 47Japanese calendar .
Incumbents [ edit ] Governors [ edit ] January 24 - Two hunters discover Yokoi Shōichi , a former lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army who lived in a cave in Guam for 28 years after the end of World War II. Upon his return to Japan on February 2, he proclaimed, "it is with much shame that I return."
February 3–13 - The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo , Hokkaido .
February 19-28 – Asama-Sanso incident occurs in Karuizawa , Nagano Prefecture .[citation needed
May 12 – Industrial robot brand , Fanuc was founded in Yamanashi Prefecture .[citation needed
May 13 - A fire at the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka kills 118, injures 78.
May 15 - Okinawa returned to Japan after being occupied by the United States military for 27 years.
July 3 to 13 - A heavy torrential rain with debris flow hit Kyushu and Shikoku area, according to Fire and Disaster Management official confirmed report, 447 people were killed, while another 1056 person were injured.[2]
July 5 - Kakuei Tanaka replaces Eisaku Satō as Prime Minister.
July 21 – MOS Burger was founded.[citation needed
November 6 - An express passenger train caught fire in Hokuriku Rail Tunnel in Tsuruga , Fukui Prefecture , according to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, 31 lives were lost, and 714 people were injured.[3]
December 10 - General election of 1972 - Liberal Democratic Party win 271 out of 491 seats. Junko Takeuchi Yūko Miyamura January 7 – Tamakasuga Ryōji , sumo wrestler
January 8 – Ryō Tamura , comedian
January 10 – Shuntaro Furukawa , businessman
January 13
January 17 – Ken Hirai , singer-songwriter
January 22 - Romi Park , voice actress
January 24 – Junko Kubo , announcer and presenter
January 28 – Tsuyoshi Shinjo , baseball player
January 29 – Masaru Hamaguchi , comedian
February 2 – Hisashi Tonomura , musician
February 5 – Koriki Chōshū , comedian
February 7 – Akiko Suwanai , violinist
February 8 – Hiroshi Tsuchida , actor and voice actor
February 17 - Yuki Isoya , singer
March 10 - Takashi Fujii (Matthew Minami) , television performer
March 29 - Junichi Suwabe , voice actor
April 5 - Junko Takeuchi , voice actress
April 30 - Takako Tokiwa , voice actress
May 6 - Naoko Takahashi , long-distance runner
May 21 - Kaoru Fujino , voice actress
May 30 - Sōichirō Hoshi , voice actor
July 1 – Tetsu Inada , voice actor
July 5 - Tatsuhito Takaiwa , Zainichi-Korean wrestler
July 8 - Shōsuke Tanihara , actor
July 14 - Masami Suzuki , voice actress
July 19 – Naohito Fujiki , actor and singer
July 27
August 3 - Atsunori Inaba , baseball coach and former player
August 14 - Takako Honda , voice actress
August 20 - Anna Umemiya , model
September 8 - Tomokazu Seki , voice actor
September 10 - Rio Tahara , snowboarder
September 20 – Sawa Suzuki , actress
September 29 – Taizo Son , entrepreneur and investor
October 9 - Kōki Miyata , voice actor
October 19 - Sayaka Aoki , voice actress
October 21 - Masakazu Morita , voice actor
October 29 - Takafumi Horie , entrepreneur
November 1 - Naoki Yanagi , voice actor
November 9 - Naomi Shindou , voice actor
November 13 - Takuya Kimura , member of SMAP and actor
December 3 - Saki Takaoka , actress
December 4 - Yūko Miyamura , voice actress and singer
December 12 - Arihito Muramatsu , baseball player
December 13 - Jun Itoda , comedian
December 14 - Kiriko Nananan , manga artist
December 18 - Shinji Takeda , actor
December 19 - Hideki Niwa , politician
December 20 - Takeshi Rikio , professional wrestler
December 22 - Takayuki Yokoyama , football player
December 28 - Shinobu Terajima , actress See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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