Events from the year 1965 in Japan.
Incumbents Emperor: Hirohito Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Tomisaburo Hashimoto Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kisaburo Yokota President of the House of Representatives: Naka Funada until December 20, Kikuchirō Yamaguchi 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: Eizō Kita Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura Gifu Prefecture: Yukiyasu Matsuno 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: Katsushi Terazono Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi Kumamoto Prefecture: Kōsaku Teramoto Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka Miyagi Prefecture: Yoshio Miura (until 8 February); Shintaro Takahashi (starting 31 March) Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture: Juichiro Tsukada Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita Okayama Prefecture: Takenori Kato Osaka Prefecture: Gisen Satō Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara Shiga Prefecture: Kyujiro Taniguchi Shiname Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara (until 15 September); Yasunobu Takeichi (starting 9 October) Tokyo: Ryōtarō Azuma Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events February 14 - An All Nippon Airways Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes into Mount Nakanoone in Shizuoka Prefecture, killing both occupants of the plane. February 22 - A gas explosion at a coal mine in Hokkaido kills 61. June 1 - Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Prefecture kills 237. June 22 - Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea signed in Tokyo. August 1 - According to an official confirmed report from the Japan Coast Guard, the cruise ship Yasoshima Maru collided with a runaway tugboat and capsized in Osaka Bay, total 20 passenger and crew were lost to lives. September 18 - Comet Ikeya–Seki first sighted by Japanese astronomers. October 7 - Seven Japanese fishing boat capsized near Agrihan Island by Typhoon Carmen, According to an official confirmed report from the JCG, total 209 crew were fatalities. October 15 - Meijō Line begins operations. Unknown date – Kyoto Sangyo University was founded.
Births January 5 - Rei Sakuma, voice actress January 14 - Shouhei Kusaka (Born Hiroshi Tokoro), actor of 1989 Metal Hero Series Kidou Keiji Jiban. February 18 – Masaki Saito, former professional baseball pitcher March 20 - Taeko Kawata, voice actress March 21 - Wakana Yamazaki, voice actress April 15 - Sōichi Noguchi, astronaut April 22 - Arihiro Hase, actor and voice actor (d. 1996) May 2 - Aohisa Takayasu, actor of 1992 Super Sentai Series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. May 8 - Momoko Sakura, Japanese manga artist (Chibi Maruko-chan) (d. 2018) May 10 - Kiyoyuki Yanada, voice actor May 13 - Hikari Ōta, comedian May 23 - Kappei Yamaguchi, voice actor May 24 - Shinichiro Watanabe, anime director May 31 - Yōko Sōmi, voice actress June 6 - Megumi Ogata, voice actress and singer June 11 - Yasuko Sawaguchi, actress July 3 - Shinya Hashimoto, professional wrestler (d. 2005) July 13 - Akina Nakamori, pop singer and actress. August 2 - Hisanobu Watanabe, baseball player and coach August 18 Kōji Kikkawa, singer Ikue Ōtani, voice actress August 28 - Satoshi Tajiri, video game designer, creator of Pokémon September 27 - Robert Baldwin, actor October 4 - Michiko Neya, voice actress October 7 - Kumiko Watanabe, voice actress November 20 Yoshiki, rock composer, pianist and drummer (X Japan) Takeshi Kusao, voice actor November 21 - Yuriko Yamaguchi, voice actress November 29 - Yutaka Ozaki, songwriter and rock star (d. 1992) November 30 - Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan December 7 - Teruyuki Kagawa, actor December 8 - Kotono Mitsuishi, voice actress December 26 - Toshihide Wakamatsu, actor of 1991 Super Sentai Series Chojin Sentai Jetman.
Deaths March 4 – Hachirō Arita, politician (b. 1884) July 19 – Haruo Umezaki, writer (b. 1915) July 28 – Rampo Edogawa, author and critic (b. 1894) July 30 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, writer, novelist (b. 1886) August 13 – Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister (b. 1899) December 27 – Morita Fukui, lawyer, prosecutor, politician and first Commissioner of baseball in Japan (b. 1885) December 29 – Kosaku Yamada, composer and conductor (b. 1886)
See also 1965 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1965 1965 in Japanese music
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