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Japan in 1970

Historical records for Japan in 1970, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
9Events
6Named people
2Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

14 January 1970Prime Minister of JapanEisaku Sato

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term

November

November 1970MarriageYoko Ono

Amsterdam · Arts / Popular Music

Yoko Ono and John Lennon celebrate their honeymoon by staging a "bed-in" for peace in Amsterdam

Other Events

1970Death of Yukio MisimaYukio Misima

Arts / Literature

Death of Yukio Misima, suicide

1970Director GeneralYasuhiro Nakasone

Tokyo · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Appointed Director General of the Defence Agency

1970DodesukadenAkira Kurosawa

Arts / Cinema

Kurosawas Dodesukaden

1970Runaway HorsesYukio Mishima

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Runaway Horses"

1970Security TreatyEisaku Sato

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

The Security Treaty is extended

1970SuicideYukio Misima

Arts / Literature

Death of Yukio Misima, suicide. A protest against national corruption & loss of the Samurai warrior tradition

1970Treaty of SecurityEisaku Sato

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

The Security Treaty is extended

Names involved

Akira KurosawaEisaku SatoYasuhiro NakasoneYoko OnoYukio MishimaYukio Misima

Places involved

AmsterdamTokyo

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.