Events in the year 1957 in Japan . It corresponds to Shōwa 32 (昭和32年)) in the Japanese calendar .
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An overview on 1957 Isahaya floods
April 1 – Yoyogi Seminar Cram School was founded.[4]
April 12 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a sightseeing boat Kitagawa Maru No 5 capsize by overcrowded off Onomichi , Hiroshima Prefecture , 113 persons perished, with 49 persons wounded.[5]
May 8 - Coca-Cola , full-scale sale start in Japan.[ page needed ]
June 20 – Toru Takemitsu 's Requiem for Strings is first performed, by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra .[6]
July 25 –28 - According to Japanese government official confirmed report, heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit around Isahaya , Kyushu Island . 992 persons lost their lives in mudslides and flooding.[7]
October 27 – According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency has official report, An apartment house caught fire by arsonist relative insurance fraud in Akishima , Tokyo , kills eight persons, injures six persons, Japan National Police Agency official report, a suspicion was arrested on March 8, 1958.[8]
November 15 - A first section Nagoya to Sakae of Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line operation started in Aichi Prefecture .[9] [ citation needed ]
January 18 – Yōko Akino , actress
January 19 – Fumi Saimon , comic artist
February 4 – Shigeru Ishiba , politician
March 8 – Mitsuko Horie , voice actress and singer[10]
March 10 – Yoshitaka Katori , former professional baseball pitcher
March 13 – Yoshihiko Takahashi , former professional baseball pitcher
April 19 – Nobuteru Ishihara , politician and son of Noriko and Shintaro Ishihara
May 8 – Rino Katase , actress
May 20 – Yoshihiko Noda , politician and Prime Minister of Japan
May 22 – Shinji Morisue , gymnast
June 1 – Yasuhiro Yamashita , chairman of Japan Olympic Comnitee and former judo-ka
June 10 – Hidetsugu Aneha , architect
June 24 – Hiroshi Ono , video game artist (d. 2021 )
July 12 – Kazunori Shinozuka , former professional baseball player
July 17 – Shinobu Ōtake , actress
July 29 – Fumio Kishida , 100th Prime Minister of Japan[11]
August 29 – Shirō Sagisu , composer[12]
September 12 – Keiko Toda voice actress
September 16 – Hideo Higashikokubaru , former governor of Miyazaki Prefecture and comedian
October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi , manga artist
October 16 – Tsuneyuki Nakajima , golfer
October 25 – Atsushi Ōnita , politician and former wrestler
October 30 – Jackie Sato , professional wrestler (d. 1999 )
November 25 – Akinobu Okada , former baseball manager and player
December 15 – Chō , voice actor
December 17 – Masako Natsume , actress (d. 1985 )
December 19 – Jūrōta Kosugi , voice actor
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"American Dream". Animage . 32 : 3–10. February 1981.