1958 in Japan

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Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Nobusuke Kishi
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kiichi Aichi until June 12, Munenori Akagi
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
President of the House of Representatives: Shūji Masutani until April 25, Nirō Hoshijima from June 11 until December 13, Ryōgorō Katō
President of the House of Councillors: Tsuruhei Matsuno

March 9 - The Kanmon Tunnel opens, connecting Honshu and Kyushu by road for the first time.
May 2 - Nagasaki Flag incident - Ultra-nationalists pull down a Chinese flag hanging outside an exhibition of postage stamps in Nagasaki, freezing relations between China and Japan.^[1]
May 22 - General election of 1958 - The Liberal Democratic Party win 298 out of 467 seats.
August 2 - An All Nippon Airways Douglas DC-3 plunges in the sea close to the Izu Islands, killing all 33 occupants of the aircraft.^[2]
September 27 - Typhoon Ida kills at least 1,269 in Honshu.
October 14 - Construction of Tokyo Tower is completed.
December 27 - National Health Care Act of 1958.

January 20 - Masuo Amada, voice actor
February 1 - Ryō Horikawa, voice actor
March 10 - Hiroshi Yanaka, voice actor
April 7 - Shinobu Adachi, voice actress
April 14 - Junko Sakurada, actress and singer
April 21 - Yoshito Usui, manga artist, creator of Crayon Shin-chan
June 14 - Masami Yoshida, athlete
June 20 - Teiyū Ichiryūsai, voice actress
July 5 - Kyoko Terase, voice actress
July 22 - Tatsunori Hara, professional-baseball coach and player
August 2 - Shō Hayami, voice actor and singer
August 15 - Chiharu Suzuka, voice actress
September 8
- Mitsuru Miyamoto, voice actor
- Reiko Terashima, manga artist and illustrator
October 15 - Masako Katsuki, voice actress
October 23 - Hiroyuki Kinoshita, actor and voice actor
November 12 - Hiromi Iwasaki, singer
November 27 - Tetsuya Komuro, music producer and song writer
December 2 - Mina Asami, actress
December 26 - Mieko Harada, actress

↑ Ward, Rowena (July 2006). "Japanese government policy and the reality of the lives of the zanryū fujin". PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies 3 (2): 1. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "Accident description". http://aviation-safety.net/''. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

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1958 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau