1965 in Japan

← 1964 1963 1962 1965 in Japan → 1966 1967 1968
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1965 List of years in Japan

Events from the year 1965 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Tomisaburo Hashimoto
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kisaburo Yokota
• President of the House of Representatives: Naka Funada until December 20, Kikuchirō Yamaguchi
• President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune

Events

• February 14 - An All Nippon Airways Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes into Mount Nakanoone in Shizuoka Prefecture, killing both occupants of the plane.
• February 22 - A gas explosion at a coal mine in Hokkaido kills 61.
• June 1 - Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Prefecture kills 237.
• June 22 - Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea signed in Tokyo.
• September 18 - Comet Ikeya–Seki first sighted by Japanese astronomers.
• October 15 - Meijō Line begins operations.

Births

• January 14 - Shouhei Kusaka (Born Hiroshi Tokoro), actor of 1989 Metal Hero Series Kidou Keiji Jiban.
• March 20 - Taeko Kawata, voice actress
• March 21 - Wakana Yamazaki, voice actress
• May 2 - Aohisa Takayasu, actor of 1992 Super Sentai Series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
• May 10 - Kiyoyuki Yanada, voice actor
• May 13 - Hikari Ōta, comedian
• May 23 - Kappei Yamaguchi, voice actor
• May 24 - Shinichiro Watanabe, anime director
• May 31 - Yoko Soumi, voice actress
• June 6 - Megumi Ogata, voice actress and singer
• July 3 - Shinya Hashimoto, professional wrestler
• August 2 - Hisanobu Watanabe, baseball player and coach
• August 18
  • Kōji Kikkawa, singer
  • Ikue Ōtani, voice actress
• August 28 - Satoshi Tajiri, video game designer, creator of Pokémon
• October 4 - Michiko Neya, voice actress
• October 7 - Kumiko Watanabe, voice actress
• November 20
  • Yoshiki Hayashi, rock composer, pianist and drummer (X Japan)
  • Takeshi Kusao, voice actor
• November 21 - Yuriko Yamaguchi, voice actress
• December 7 - Teruyuki Kagawa, actor
• December 8 - Kotono Mitsuishi, voice actress
• December 13 - Yūji Oda, singer and actor
• December 26 - Toshihide Wakamatsu, actor of 1991 Super Sentai Series Chojin Sentai Jetman.

Deaths

• July 28 - Rampo Edogawa, author and critic
• August 13 - Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister
• December 27 - Morita Fukui, lawyer, prosecutor, politician and first Commissioner of baseball in Japan
• December 29 - Kosaku Yamada, composer and conductor

See also

• 1965 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 1965

References