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Japan in 1980

Historical records for Japan in 1980, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

10Records
9Events
7Named people
1Places
5Categories

Historical records

March

31 March 1980Economy of JapanZenko Suzuki

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Japan has a record trade deficit of $14.4 billion

June

12 June 1980Death of Masayoshi OhiraMasayoshi Ohira

Tokyo · Government / Government of Japan

Death of Masayoshi Ohira during the election

12 June 1980ElectionMasayoshi Ohira

Tokyo · Government / Government of Japan

Death of Masayoshi Ohira during the election

12 June 1980Prime Minister of JapanMasayoshi Ito

Government / Government of Japan

Appointed caretaker Prime Minister of Japan, after the death Masayoshi Ohira

July

17 July 1980Prime Minister of JapanZenko Suzuki

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term

Other Events

1980Director of Finance & Public AdministrationRyutaro Hashimoto

Politics / Liberal-Democratic Party

Appointed Director of Finance & Public Administration

1980Double FantasyYoko Ono

Arts / Popular Music

John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" with Yoko Ono

1980Golden Palm-KurosawaAkira Kurosawa

Arts / Cinema

Awarded the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival for Kagemusha

1980KagemushaAkira Kurosawa

Arts / Cinema

Kurosawas Kagemusha

1980ZigeunerweisenSeijun Suzuki

Arts / Cinema

Seijun Suzuki makes a comeback, beginning with Zigeunerweisen

Names involved

Akira KurosawaMasayoshi ItoMasayoshi OhiraRyutaro HashimotoSeijun SuzukiYoko OnoZenko Suzuki

Places involved

Tokyo

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.