1983 in Japan

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Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma, 1st term until 27 December 2nd term from 27 December)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masaharu Gotōda (L–Tokushima) until December 27, Takao Fujinami (L–Mie)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Jirō Terata
President of the House of Representatives: Hajime Fukuda (L–Fukui) until November 28 Kenji Fukunaga (L–Saitama) from December 26
President of the House of Councillors: Masatoshi Tokunata (L–national) until July 9, Mutsuo Kimura (L–Okayama) from July 18
Diet sessions: 98th (regular session opened in December 1982, to May 26), 99th (extraordinary, July 18 to July 23), 100th (extraordinary, September 8 to November 28; note that the next regular Diet session was already scheduled to start on December 15 when the House was dissolved in the wake of Kakuei Tanaka's conviction in the Lockheed scandal case), 101st (special, December 26 to 1984)

Nintendo's Famicom

Korean Air Lines Flight 007
April 15 - Tokyo Disneyland opens.
April 19 - A C-1 transport plane crush off coast Toba, Mie Prefecture, according to official results to 14 person death by accident.^[1]
April 26 - A PS-1 transport plane crush runway at Iwakuni Airbase, (present day, Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport), Yamaguchi Prefecture, according to official death toll number was 11 persons.
May 26 - An earthquake and tsunami in northern Honshu causes 104 deaths and 163 injuries.
June 26 - House of Councillors election
July 15 - Nintendo's Famicom is released in Japan.
July 24 - A heavy massibie rain, following landslide with devastanding flood in Masuda and Tsuwano, Shimane, which 117 people died.
October 12 - Ex-Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka found guilty of accepting $2 million bribe from Lockheed Corporation, receives 4-year jail sentence.
November 11 - Ronald Reagan first US President to address Diet.
November 28 - In the wake of former Liberal Democratic Party president Kakuei Tanaka's conviction in the Lockheed scandal case, the House of Representatives is dissolved and early elections are called for December.
December 18 - In the 37th general election for the House of Representatives, Liberal Democrats lose their majority for the second time after the "Lockheed election" of 1976. Party president Yasuhiro Nakasone forms the first coalition government in party history with the New Liberal Club. Kakuei Tanaka defends his seat in Niigata 3rd district with a record result.

In anime, the winners of Animage's Anime Grand Prix were the film Crusher Joe for best work, episode 26 (Ai wa nagareru) of The Super Dimension Fortress Macross for best episode, Chirico Cuvie (voiced by Hozumi Gōda) from Armored Trooper Votoms for best male character, Misa Hayase (voiced by Mika Doi) from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross for best female character, Akira Kamiya for best voice actor, Mami Koyama for best voice actress and the opening of Ginga Hyōryū Vifam, Hello Vifam by TAO for best song.^[2] For a list of anime released in 1983 see Category:1983 anime.

In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Hidamari no Ki by Osamu Tezuka (general), Musashi no Ken by Motoka Murakami (shōnen), Kisshō Tennyo by Akimi Yoshida (shōjo) and Panku Ponk by Haruko Tachiiri (children).^[3] Domu: A Child's Dream by Katsuhiro Otomo won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1983 see Category:1983 manga.

In music, the 34th Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the White Team (men). Takashi Hosokawa won the 25th Japan Record Awards, held on December 31, and the FNS Music Festival.

In volleyball, Japan hosted and won the Men's and Women's Asian Volleyball Championship.

↑ ja:菅島事故(Japanese) Retrieved 7 November, 2016
↑ 第6回アニメグランプリ　［1984年6月号］ (in Japanese). Animage. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
↑ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

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