1977 in Japan

Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
See also:	Other events of 1977; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1977 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 52 (昭和52年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito[1]
Prime minister: Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Sunao Sonoda until November 28, Shintaro Abe
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ekizo Fujibayashi until August 25, Masao Okahara from August 26
President of the House of Representatives: Shigeru Hori
President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno until July 3, Ken Yasui from July 28
Diet sessions: 80th (regular session opened in December 30, 1976, to June 9), 81st (extraordinary, July 27 to August 3), 82nd (extraordinary, September 29 to November 25), 83rd (extraordinary, December 7 to December 10), 84th (regular, December 19 to June 16, 1978)

January 4 - Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station, killing two.
June 15 - Outbreak of cholera in Arida, Wakayama prefecture.[2]
August 7 - Mount Usu erupts.
September 9 - Typhoon Babe strikes Okinoerabujima.
September 19 - Yutaka Kume is abducted by North Korean agents in Noto Peninsula - beginning of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.

"Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
"有田市を中心として発生したコレラ" [Outbreak of cholera around Arida] (in Japanese). Infectious Disease Surveillance Center. Archived from the original on 2011-04-18. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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