- 1964 in Japan
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dn3=1990s1964 was the 39th year of Showa in
Japan .1964 is considered a seminal year in modern Japanese history. The
Tokyo Olympics and first run of the bullet train reflected a society-wide sense that post-war reconstruction was over and that Japan had rejoined the international family of nations. Diplomatic negotiations underway this year between South Korea and Japan resulted in a formal normalization of relations the following year.Individuals born beginning around this date were often subsequently identified as "
shinjinrui " (or new people) because they had not experienced the suffering older generations had during World War II or the post-war period, and on the contrary, grew up in material plenty.Incumbents
*Emperor:
Hirohito
*Prime Minister:Hayato Ikeda ,Eisaku Sato
*Chief Cabinet Secretary :Yasumi Kurogane ,Zenko Suzuki ,Tomisaburo Hashimoto Events
*March 18: Hayakawa Electric (the predecessor of today's Sharp) and
Sony announce that they have completed a prototype electronic calculator using Japanese-manufactured diodes and transistors.
*March 24: U.S. ambassadorEdwin Reischauer is stabbed by a Japanese youth.
*April 1: Japanese citizens are permitted to freely travel overseas.
*April 12: Channel 12, the predecessor ofTV Tokyo , begins operations.
*June 16: An earthquake inNiigata Prefecture kills 12.
*September 17: TheTokyo Monorail begins operations.
*October 1: TheTōkaidō Shinkansen begins operations.
*October 10 - 24:1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo.
*October 25:Ikeda Hayato resigns as prime minister;Eisaku Sato is elected to replace him.
*November 9: Sato announces his first cabinet.
*November 17: The political partyKomeito is formed.Births
*March 18:
Yoko Kanno , pianist and songwriter
*July 24:Banana Yoshimoto , author
*September 23:Koshi Inaba , singer ofB'z
*December 13: hide, frontman of rock bandX Japan Deaths
*May 8:
Kichisaburo Nomura , politician and military leadertatistics
*Yen value: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed)
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