Events in the year 1957 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 32 (昭和32年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Hirohito Prime Minister: Tanzan Ishibashi (until 31 January), then Kishi Nobusuke
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake (until 25 July); Zenichiro Satō (starting 25 August) Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto Gunma Prefecture: Toshizo Takekoshi Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka Miyagi Prefecture: Yasushi Onuma Miyazaki Prefecture: Jingo Futami Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture: Kazuo Kitamura Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Kiichi Ogawa Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
April 1 – Yoyogi Seminar Cram School was founded.:ja:代々木ゼミナール#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 16 June 2020. April 12 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a sightseeing boat Kitagawa Maru No 5 capsize by overcrowded off Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, 113 persons perished, with 49 persons wounded.[:ja:第五北川丸事故] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 6 January 2020. May 8 - Coca-Cola, full-scale sale start in Japan. June 20 – Toru Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings is first performed, by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. July 25–28 - According to Japanese government official confirmed report, heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit around Isahaya, Kyushu Island. 992 persons lost their lives in mudslides and flooding.[:ja:諫早豪雨] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 6 January 2019. October 27 – According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency has official report, An apartment house caught fire by arsonist relative insurance fraud in Akishima, Tokyo, kills eight persons, injures six persons, Japan National Police Agency official report, a suspicion was arrested on March 8, 1958.:ja:昭和郷アパート放火事件 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on September 14, 2023. November 15 - A first section Nagoya to Sakae of Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line operation started in Aichi Prefecture.
Births
Many notable Japanese individuals from Young Japanese Baby Boom/Danso Generation were born in 1957, such as two former Japanese LDP Prime Ministers Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, Issei Noro, Wakashimazu Mutsuo, Gakuryū Ishii, Yoko Akino, Fumi Saimon, Kōsuke Morita, Hiroko Kuniya, Satoshi Takebe, Mitsuko Horie, Shinobu Kitayama, Kazuko Fujita, Amii Ozaki, Izumi "Mimi" Kobayashi, Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Nobuteru Ishihara, Yoko Kawanami, Kenji Kawai, Kow Otani, Rino Katase, Koji Suzuki, Shinji Morisue, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Midori Kinouchi, Hiroshi Ono, Kazuyo Matsui, Kazunori Shinozuka, Shinobu Ōtake, Kazuya Kamiya, Shigeru Ban, Masahiro Hara, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, Nobumitsu Yuhara, Shirō Sagisu, Keiko Masuda, Keiko Toda, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Kazunori Tamano, Tomoko Hoshino, Rumiko Takahashi, Gen Nakatani, Atsushi Ōnita, Jackie Sato, Yukihiko Imasaki, Akinobu Okada, Yumi Maruyama, Yutaka Hagawa, Gorō Matsui, Chō, Masako Natsume, Jūrōta Kosugi, and Hitomi Tohyama
January–March January 1 – Issei Noro, guitarist, songwriter, producer, and composer January 12 – Wakashimazu Mutsuo, former sumo wrestler January 15 – Gakuryu Ishii, director and writer January 18 – Yōko Akino, actress January 19 – Kimie Hatano, politician Fumi Saimon, comic artist Kimie Hatano, politician January 23 – Kōsuke Morita, experimental nuclear physicist January 25 – Michiharu Kusunoki, manga artist February 3 – Hiroko Kuniya, journalist and presenter February 4 – Shigeru Ishiba, former Prime Minister of Japan February 12 – Satoshi Takebe, musician, keyboardist, arranger, music director, and producer February 16 – Yuji Fujimoto, politician February 28 – Masayoshi Hamada, politician March 3 – Yoshinobu Murase, biathlete March 6 – Yoshiyuki Matsuoka, retired judo practitioner March 8 – Mitsuko Horie, actress, voice actress, and musician March 9 – Shinobu Kitayama, social psychologist March 10 – Yoshitaka Katori, former professional baseball pitcher March 13 – Yoshihiko Takahashi, former professional baseball pitcher March 18 – Kazuko Fujita, shōjo manga artist March 19 – Amii Ozaki, musician March 23 – Koji Okajima, figure skating coach and former competitive pair skater March 25 – Izumi "Mimi" Kobayashi, singer and composer
April–June April 2 – Kiyoshi Ejima, politician April 4 – Nobuyoshi Kuwano (a.k.a. Kuwa-man), television performer and former member of Rats & Star April 19 – Nobuteru Ishihara, politician and the son of Noriko and Shintaro Ishihara April 22 – Yoko Kawanami, voice actress (d. 2025) April 23 – Kenji Kawai, music composer and arranger May 1 – Kow Otani, music composer May 8 – Rino Katase, actress May 13 – Koji Suzuki, writer May 20 – Yoshihiko Noda, former Prime Minister of Japan May 22 – Shinji Morisue, gymnast June 1 – Yasuhiro Yamashita, chairman of Japan Olympic Comnitee and former judo-ka June 5 – Shinya Adachi, politician June 7 – Yasuko Watanabe, TEPCO worker (d. 1997) June 10 Hidetsugu Aneha, architect Midori Kinouchi, retired idol musician, actress, and the wife of Naoto Takenaka June 22 – Tsuyoshi Fukui, retired tennis player and former Japan Davis Cup team member June 24 – Hiroshi Ono, video game artist (d. 2021) June 25 – Kazuyo Matsui, actress, investor, businesswoman, and essayist
July–September July 12 – Kazunori Shinozuka, former professional baseball player July 13 – Koji Yasumi, former rugby union player July 17 – Shinobu Ōtake, actress, musician, woman talent, and television presenter July 20 – Kazuya Kamiya, economist July 22 – Hitoshi Goto, politician July 26 – Yuko Asuka, actress (d. 2011) July 29 – Fumio Kishida, former Prime Minister of Japan July 30 – Kenyu Horiuchi, voice actor August 3 – Masayoshi Nataniya, politician August 5 – Shigeru Ban, architect August 8 – Masahiro Hara, engineer August 11 Kazuaki Ichimura, speed skater Masayoshi Son, Korean-born Japanese entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and a co-founder of SoftBank Group August 14 – Nobumitsu Yuhara, professional golfer August 29 – Shirō Sagisu, composer September 1 Harumitsu Hamano, professional golfer Masahiko Ito, businessman September 2 – Keiko Masuda, pop musician and actress September 4 – Etsuji Arai, politician September 8 – Yoshihiko Isozaki, politician September 12 – Keiko Toda, actress, voice actress, musician, and narrator September 16 – Hideo Higashikokubaru, former governor of Miyazaki Prefecture and comedian September 18 – Tsuyoshi Ujiki, actor and entertainer September 25 – Kazunori Tamano, tap dancer, choreographer, director, and writer
October–December October 3 – Tomoko Hoshino, actress and essayist October 4 – Yasuhiko Funago, politician October 5 – Junichi Usui, retired long jumper October 9 – Yōsuke Isozaki, politician October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, manga artist October 14 – Gen Nakatani, politician October 15 – Kimio Sugimoto, former volleyball player October 16 – Tsuneyuki Nakajima, golfer October 25 – Atsushi Ōnita, politician and former wrestler October 30 – Jackie Sato, professional wrestler (d. 1999) November 8 – Koji Tomita, diplomat November 10 – Yukihiko Imasaki, Chief Justice of Japan November 11 – Manabu Matsuda, politician, finance bureaucrat, and university professor November 12 – Fumiko Takano, manga artist November 25 – Akinobu Okada, former baseball manager and player November 30 – Yumi Maruyama, former volleyball player December 8 – Yutaka Hagawa, professional golfer December 11 – Gorō Matsui, lyricist December 15 – Chō, voice actor December 17 – Masako Natsume, actress (d. 1985) December 19 – Jūrōta Kosugi, voice actor December 25 – Tadashi Maeda, banker December 28 Hisashi Yokoshima, retired racing driver Hitomi Tohyama, musician
Unknown date Masao Yamamoto, freelance photographer
Deaths January 18 – Tomitaro Makino, pioneering botanist (b. 1862) January 25 Ichizō Kobayashi, businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873) Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871) January 26 – Mamoru Shigemitsu, diplomat and politician (b. 1887) September 22 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
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