1968 in Japan

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See also:

Other events of 1968
List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1968 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Toshio Kimura until November 30, Shigeru Hori
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Masatoshi Yokota
President of the House of Representatives: Mitsujirō Ishii
President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune

Events

April

April 1: 1968 Hyūga-nada earthquake
April 1: Abukuma Express line opened
April 12: Kasumigaseki Building opened, was the first modern office skyscraper and tallest building in Tokyo until 1970.

May

May 16: 1968 Tokachi earthquake

June

June 16: Terrorist incident on the Yokosuka Line kills 1.
June 26: Bonin Islands returned to Japan by United States Navy after 23-year occupation.

July

July 1: Postal code system adopted in Japan.
July 7: Shintaro Ishihara and others are elected to the House of Councillors.

October

October 21: New Left forces occupy Shinjuku Station for International Anti-War Day. Arrests are made.

December

December 10: 300 million yen robbery
December 27: Toei Mita Line opened.

Births

July 5: Ken Akamatsu

Deaths

January 9: Kōkichi Tsuburaya
July 19: Kan Shimozawa

See also

References

Years in Japan (1868–present)

Meiji period (1868–1912)

1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

Taishō period (1912–1926)

1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Shōwa period (1926–1989)

1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Heisei period (1989–present)

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1968 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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