1976 in Japan

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Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Takeo Miki (Liberal Democratic) until December 24, Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Ichitaro Ide until December 24, Sunao Sonoda
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tomokazu Murakami until May 24, Ekizo Fujibayashi from May 25
President of the House of Representatives: Shigesaburō Maeo until December 9, Shigeru Hori from December 24
President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
Diet sessions: 77th (regular session opened in December 27, 1975, to May 24), 78th (extraordinary, September 16 to November 4), 79th (extraordinary, December 24 to December 28), 80th (regular, December 30 to June 9, 1977)

March 2 - A time bomb goes off in the lobby of the Hokkaido Government Main Building in Sapporo, killing 2 and injuring 95.^[1]
September 6 - Soviet Air Force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, Hokkaido, requests political asylum in the United States.
December 5 - General election of 1976 - The Liberal Democratic Party win 249 out of 511 seats but lose 22 seats, majority control over the House of Representatives owing to the Lockheed scandal.

↑ Kyodo (20 March 2007). "Retrial nixed for man condemned in ’76 bombing". The Japan Times. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

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