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Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma, 2nd term)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Takao Fujinami (L–Mie)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Jirō Terata
President of the House of Representatives: Kenji Fukunaga (L–Saitama)
President of the House of Councillors: Mutsuo Kimura (L–Okayama)
Diet sessions: 101st (special session opened in December 1983, to August 8), 102nd (regular, December 1 through 1985, June 25)

Events

January 18 - 83 are killed during an explosion at the Mitsui Miike coal mine in Ōmuta, Fukuoka.
Glico Morinaga case
Market Oriented Sector Selective talks
September 13 – Otaki earthquake

Popular culture

Arts and entertainment

In film, The Funeral by Juzo Itami won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize and at the Hochi Film Awards, MacArthur's Children by Masahiro Shinoda won Best film at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mahjong hōrōki by Makoto Wada won Best film at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1984 see Japanese films of 1984.

In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Human Crossing by Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane (general), Futari Daka and Area 88 by Kaoru Shintani (shōnen), Yume no Ishibumi by Toshie Kihara (shōjo) and Kinnikuman by Yudetamago (children).^[1] X+Y by Moto Hagio won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1984 see Category:1984 manga.

In music, the 35th Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the Red Team (women). Hiroshi Itsuki won the 26th Japan Record Awards, held on December 31, and the FNS Music Festival.

In television, see: 1984 in Japanese television.

Japan hosted the Miss International 1984 beauty pageant, won by Guatemalan Ilma Urrutia.

Sports

At the 1984 Summer Olympics Japan ranked 7th with 10 gold medals. At the Winter Olympics Japan ranked 14th with one silver medal.

In football (soccer), Japan hosted the 1984 Intercontinental Cup. Yomiuri won the Japan Soccer League. For the champions of the regional leagues see: 1984 Japanese Regional Leagues.

Births

January 1 – Hideki Asai, baseball player
January 30 – Yushi Aida, baseball player
February 1 – Risa Wataya, novelist
February 19 – Masaru Akiba, football player
February 21 – Karina Nose, model, actress
March 6 – Becky, singer, model, actress
March 8 – Eri Yamada, softball player
April 6 – Takahiro Aoh, boxer
April 7 – Hiroko Shimabukuro, singer
April 21 – Taku Akahoshi, football player
May 1 - Keiichiro Koyama, singer
May 7 - Miyuki Kanbe, model and actress (died 2008)
May 17 – Sakurako Terada, curler
May 22 - Chihiro Hara, AV actress
June 4 – Aoi, singer-songwriter
June 5 – Hiromi Matsunaga, bowling player
June 7 – Shu Abe, football player
June 12 – Kyoco, actress
June 13 - Kaori Icho, wrestler
June 13 – Ryuji Akiba, football player
June 16 – Emiri Miyasaka, model
June 26 – Emi Tawata, singer
June 29 – Keiji Obiki, baseball player
July 4 – Jin Akanishi, actor, singer-songwriter
July 8 – Nobu Naruse, cross-country skier
July 16 – Hayanari Shimoda, race car driver
July 22 – Nii, musician
July 24 – Hajime Ohara, professional wrestler
July 25 – Kenji Narisako, hurdler
July 25 – Akie Uegaki, handball player
August 3 – Erika Araki, volleyball player
August 5 – Takamasa Anai, judoka
August 12 – Yua Aida, model and AV idol
August 19 – Ryota Aoki, football player
August 21 – Nonaka Emi, ice hockey player
August 27 – Miyuki Akiyama, volleyball player
September 8 – Kenta Abe, baseball player
September 13 – Junichi Sawayashiki, kickboxer
September 22 – Yukiya Arashiro, road bicycle racer
October 5 – Yutaro Abe, football player
October 7 – Toma Ikuta, actor
October 8 – Jun Ando, football player
October 9 – Ryunosuke Okamoto, football player
October 10 – Chiaki Kuriyama, actress, model
October 13 – Misono, singer-songwriter
October 22 – Takuya Asao, baseball player
October 24 – Kaela Kimura, singer, model
November 3 – Ryo Nishikido, actor, singer
November 10 – Moe Meguro, curler
November 10 – Riko Tachibana, AV idol
November 21 – Masatomo Kuba, football player
November 28 – Sayuri Yoshii, speed skater
December 5 – Shuhei Aoyama, motorcycle racer
December 17 - Asuka Fukuda, J-pop singer
December 23 – Manabu Soya, professional wrestler

Unknown date

T-cophony, musician

Deaths

March 16 - Kayo Yamaguchi, painter
April 6 - Kazuo Hasegawa, film actor
April 9 - Masashi Amenomori, voice actor
May 5 – Takanori Yoshioka, sprinter
May 25 - Jūrō Gotō, Major-General in the Japanese Imperial Army
June 15 – Michio Takeyama, writer, literary critic
June 23 – Yatarō Kurokawa, actor
July 25 – Akihiko Hirata, actor
November 13 - Shizo Kanakuri, marathon runner
November 21 - Kōsaku Takii, writer

Unknown date

Hiroyuki Tajima, printmaker
Keisuke Serizawa, textile designer

References

↑ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-24.

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