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1958 in Japan

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{{Year in Japan|1958}}

Events in the year 1958 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 33 (昭和33年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

  • Emperor: Hirohito{{cite web |title=Hirohito {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}
  • Prime minister: Nobusuke Kishi{{cite book |last1=Helms |first1=Ludger |title=Poor Leadership and Bad Governance: Reassessing Presidents and Prime Ministers in North America, Europe and Japan |date=2012 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=978-0-85793-273-0 |page=178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20P_fLri4uUC&pg=PA178 |language=en}}
  • 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

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Events

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  • January 26 – According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a passenger ferry Nankai Maru capsized Kii Channel, between Wakayama City to Tokushima City, total 167 persons drowned.[:ja:南海丸遭難事故] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date 7 January 2019.
  • March 1 – Two medium-size airlines, FarEastern Airways of Japan and Nippon Helicopter Transport, are merged to become All Nippon Airways (ANA) which begins operation in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.ana.co.jp/group/en/about-us/anapace/ |title=ANA Group History |access-date=July 10, 2020 }}
  • March 9 – The Kanmon Tunnel opens, connecting Honshu and Kyushu by road for the first time.
  • April Unknown date – Ohyama Blow Manufacturing, as predecessor of Iris Ohyama was founded.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
  • 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.{{cite journal|last1=Ward|first1=Rowena|title=Japanese government policy and the reality of the lives of the zanryū fujin|journal=PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies|date=July 2006|volume=3|issue=2|page=1|doi=10.5130/portal.v3i2.142|url=http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/viewFile/142/294|access-date=25 December 2014|doi-access=free}}
  • May 22 – General election of 1958 - The Liberal Democratic Party win 298 out of 467 seats.
  • June 24 – According to official Japanese government confirmed report, a large scale eruption in Mount Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, killed a total of twelve persons, and wounded 28.{{page needed|date=January 2020}}
  • 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.{{cite web|title=Accident description|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580812-1|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=25 December 2014}}
  • August 25 – Instant noodles go on sale for the first time in Japan.
  • September 27 – Typhoon Ida kills at least 1,269 in Honshu.
  • October 14 – Construction of Tokyo Tower is completed.
  • November 10 – According to Japan Meteorological Agency official confirmed report, a large scale erupted in Mount Asama, Gunma Prefecture, ash height maximum 8,000 meters.{{page needed|date=January 2020}}
  • December 23 – Tokyo Tower is opened to the public for the first time, at a final cost of ¥2.8 billion ($8.4 million in 1958).{{cite web|title=Tokyo Tower goes from futuristic hope to symbol of the good old days |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/asia/tokyo.php |author=Fackler, Martin |work=International Herald Tribune |date=30 December 2008 |access-date=21 January 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.colliers.com/Content/Attachments/Japan/tokyo_tower1.pdf |title=Tokyo Tower vs. Super Tower: Crossed Signals? |publisher=Colliers International |access-date=21 January 2009 |date=October 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612093857/http://www.colliers.com/Content/Attachments/Japan/tokyo_tower1.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}
  • December 27 – National Health Care Act of 1958.
  • unknown date - The Japanese 10 yen coin ceases having serrated edges after a 5-year period beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since have smooth edges.

Births

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Deaths

See also

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