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Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
Prime Minister: Masayoshi Ōhira (L–Kagawa, 2nd term from November 9)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Rokusuke Tanaka (L–Fukuoka) until November 9, Masayoshi Itō (L–Fukushima)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Masao Okahara until March 31, Takaaki Hattori from April 2
President of the House of Representatives: Shigeru Hori (L–Saga) until February 1, Hirokichi Nadao (L–Hiroshima) until September 7 and again from October 30
President of the House of Councillors: Ken Yasui (L–Tokyo)
Diet sessions: 87th (regular session opened in December 1978, to May 14), 88th (extraordinary, August 30 to September 7), 89th (special, October 30 to November 16), 90th (extraordinary, November 26 to December 11), 91st (regular, December 21 to 1980, May 19)

Events

June 28 – 29 – 5th G7 summit held in Tokyo.
July 1 – Sony Walkman goes on sale.
October 7 – Japanese general election, 1979
October 19 – 13 US Marines die in fire at Camp Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, caused by Typhoon Tip.

Popular culture

Arts and entertainment

In film, Vengeance Is Mine by Shōhei Imamura won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize, at the Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Award, Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko by Kazuhiko Hasegawa won Best film at the Yokohama Film Festival and at the Hochi Film Awards. For a list of Japanese films released in 1979 see Japanese films of 1979.

In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Doza no Ippon Tsuri by Yusuke Aoyagi (general) and Toward the Terra and Kaze to Ki no Uta by Keiko Takemiya (shōnen or shōjo).^[1] Tonda Couple by Kimio Yanagisawa (shōnen) and The Star of Cottonland by Yumiko Ōshima (shōjo) won the Kodansha Manga Award. For a list of manga released in 1979 see Category:1979 manga.

In music, the 30th Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the Red Team (women). Hideki Saijo won the FNS Music Festival and Judy Ongg won the 21st Japan Record Award.

In television, see: 1979 in Japanese television.

Japan hosted the Miss International 1979 beauty pageant, won by Filipina Melanie Marquez.

Sports

In athletics (track and field) Japan hosted the Asian Championships and was first in the medal table with 20 gold medals and a total of 59 medals.

In baseball Hiroshima Carp won the Japan Series.

In basketball Japan hosted the ABC Championship and won the second place behind China.

In football (soccer) Japan hosted the FIFA World Youth Championship, won by Argentina. Fujita Engineering won the Japan Soccer League. For the champions of the regional leagues see: 1979 Japanese Regional Leagues. For more see: 1979 in Japanese football.

Births

January 1: Koichi Domoto, idol and singer
January 3: Rie Tanaka, voice actress
January 7: Yōko Honna, voice actress
January 9: Tomiko Van, singer (Do As Infinity)
January 17: Masae Ueno, judoka
January 18: Sachiko Kojima, voice actress
February 2: Yuichi Tsuchiya, actor
February 19: Miki Furukawa, musician
March 8: Jasmine You, musician (died 2009)
March 26: Hiromi Uehara, jazz composer and pianist
April 4: Bunko Kanazawa, AV idol
April 10: Tsuyoshi Domoto, entertainer (KinKi Kids)
April 18: Yusuke Kamiji, actor
May 14: Jun Ideguchi, football player
May 28: Atsushi Nomi, baseball pitcher
May 30: Rie Kugimiya, voice actress and singer
June 9: Ryoko Kuninaka, actress and singer
June 18: Yumiko Kobayashi, voice actress
June 23: Shigeki Tsujimoto, football player
July 3: Sayuri Katayama, actress, singer and lyricist
July 16
- Mai Nakamura, backstroke swimmer
- Kinya Kotani, singer
July 21: Haruki Mizuno, AV and gravure idol
July 26: Yukihiro Aoba, football player
July 29: Kurumi Morishita, adult video actress
August 7: Seiji Koga, football player
August 8: Azumi Kawashima, AV idol
August 13: Taizō Sugimura, politician
August 28: Yuki Maeda, singer
September 18: Ryu Saito, football player
September 26: Naomichi Marufuji, professional wrestler
September 27: Shinji Ono, football player
September 30: Yuta Minami, football player
October 3: Yuri Ebihara, model and actress
October 6: Emi Naito, softball player
October 12: Rie Tomosaka, actress and popstar
October 18: Hikaru Kawamura, gravure idol
October 19: Hiromi Yanagihara, J-pop singer (died 1999)
October 30: Yukie Nakama, actress, singer, and idol
November 1: Atsuko Enomoto, voice actress
November 15: Aki Nawa, ten-pin bowler
November 24: Sachiyo Shibata, kickboxer
November 26: Tetsuya Oishi, football player
November 29: Shosei Koda, terrorism victim (died 2004)
December 7
- Hirokazu Otsubo, football player
- Ayako Fujitani, actress
December 9
- Aiko Uemura, freestyle skier
- Olivia Lufkin, singer-songwriter
December 23: Yukifumi Murakami, javelin thrower
December 25: Tatsuya Ishikawa, football player
December 26: Kazuhiko Ikematsu, wrestler
December 29: Moe Oshikiri, model

Unknown date

Junji Shiotsu, installation artist

Deaths

January 12: Shunsaku Kudō, Imperial Japanese Navy officer
January 29: Yusuke Hagihara, astronomer
February 24: Yoshie Shiratori, murderer
March 25: Akinoumi Setsuo, sumo wrestler
March 26: Iwao Matsuda, senior officer in the Imperial Japanese army
April 17: Yukio Tsuda, football player
May 23: Hiroshi Ohshita, professional baseball player
May 29: Eddie Imazu, art director
July 8: Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, physicist
July 20: Shōji Yamagishi, photography critic, curator, and magazine editor
July 27: Sōkichi Takagi, admiral and political figure
August 24: Shigeharu Nakano, author and Communist Party politician
August 25: Sōgen Asahina, Rinzai zen master
September 17: Mitsuru Yoshida, author and naval officer
September 30: Shiina Etsusaburo, foreign minister of Japan from 1964 to 1966
October 22: Mieko Kamiya, psychiatrist
November 16: Ichirō Saitō, film composer
December 25: Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher

References

↑ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-30.

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1979 in Asia

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