1969 in Japan

Events in the year 1969 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Hirohito
 * Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
 * Chief Cabinet Secretary: Shigeru Hori
 * Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Masatoshi Yokota until January 10, Kazuto Ishida from January 11
 * President of the House of Representatives: Mitsujirō Ishii until July 16, Takechiyo Matsuda from December 3 to December 27
 * President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
 * Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
 * Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi
 * Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō
 * Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
 * Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
 * Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura
 * Gifu Prefecture: Saburō Hirano
 * Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Iduo Nagano
 * Hokkaido: Kingo Machimura
 * Hyogo Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami
 * Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
 * Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
 * Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru
 * Kanagawa Prefecture: Bunwa Tsuda
 * Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Kōsaku Teramoto
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
 * Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Shintaro Takahashi (until 27 March); Sōichirō Yamamoto (starting 28 March)
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki
 * Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
 * Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato
 * Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
 * Niigata Prefecture: Shiro Watari
 * Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
 * Okayama Prefecture: Takenori Kato
 * Osaka Prefecture: Gisen Satō
 * Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda
 * Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara
 * Shiga Prefecture: Kinichiro Nozaki
 * Shiname Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe
 * Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa
 * Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi
 * Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe
 * Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba
 * Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida (until 1 December); Kokichi Nakada (starting 30 December)
 * Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
 * Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto
 * Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

Events

 * January 5 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a bulk carrier Boriba Maru capsized off Nojimazaki Lighthouse, Chiba Prefecture, 31 crew were fatalities.
 * January 18 to 19 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a fierce battle between riot police unit and extreme and core university students in Yasuda Auditorium, Tokyo University, during the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. A total of 457 students were arrested and 757 injured.
 * February 5 - A resort hotel fire in Bandai-Atami Spa, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency, official confirmed report, 30 persons lost their lives, with 35 persons injured.
 * April 3- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, a gas explosion hit Moshiri coal mine in Akabira, Hokkaido, official resulting death toll is 19 persons, with 24 persons hurt. This mine officially shut down on April 30.
 * May 16 – Senon Security Service was founded, as predecessor name of FarEastern Security Service.
 * June 24 to July 11 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a torrential rain, following landslide hit in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, this natural disaster total death number of 89 person.
 * October 1 - The National Space Development Agency of Japan is established.
 * December 1 - Sumitomo Bank introduces Japan's first ATM.
 * December 27 - 1969 Japanese general election - Liberal Democratic Party win 47.6% of popular vote, Yoshirō Mori, Tsutomu Hata and Ichirō Ozawa all elected for first time

Births

 * January 27 - Cornelius, rock musician, singer and producer (Flipper's Guitar)
 * January 29 - Hyde, rock musician, singer and guitarist
 * February 6 – Masaharu Fukuyama, singer-songwriter and actor
 * February 11 – Takeshi Obata, manga artist
 * February 20 - Keiji Takayama, professional wrestler
 * March 12 - Akemi Okamura, voice actress
 * March 15 - Yutaka Take, jockey
 * March 29 - Chiaki Ishikawa, singer See-Saw
 * April 11 - Chisato Moritaka, singer
 * April 18 - Sayako Kuroda, formerly Sayako, Princess Nori, daughter of Emperor Akihito
 * May 15 - Hideki Irabu, baseball player
 * May 18 – Noriyuki Makihara, singer-songwriter
 * June 4 - Takako Minekawa, musician, composer and writer
 * June 29 - Tōru Hashimoto, politician, lawyer, mayor of Osaka city and former leader of the Japan Innovation Party
 * July 8 - Sugizo, guitarist and singer
 * July 18 - Masanori Murakawa, professional wrestler
 * August 8 - Dick Togo, professional wrestler
 * August 13 - Midori Ito, figure skater
 * September 12 - Shigeki Maruyama, golfer
 * October 2 - Jun Akiyama, professional wrestler
 * October 3
 * Yuriko Ishida, actress and essayist
 * Tetsuya, musician
 * October 14 - Kōsuke Okano, voice actor
 * November 17 - Ryōtarō Okiayu, voice actor
 * November 20 - Sakura, musician
 * December 13 - Hideo Ishikawa, voice actor
 * December 20
 * Chisa Yokoyama, voice actress
 * Kenji Ogiwara, former nordic combined skier
 * Tsugiharu Ogiwara, former nordic combined skier
 * December 24
 * Taro Goto, footballer
 * Ryuji Kato, footballer
 * Miyuki Matsushita, voice actress
 * Mariko Shiga, voice actress (d. 1989)

Deaths

 * April 26 - Morihei Ueshiba, martial artist and founder of Aikido (b. 1883)
 * June 1 - Michiyo Tsujimura, agricultural scientist (b. 1888)
 * July 9 - Raizō Tanaka, admiral (b. 1892)
 * July 17 - Ichikawa Raizō VIII, actor (b. 1931)