Year in Japan

1970 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Shōwa period (昭和時代, 1926 – 1989).

Era name: Shōwa era 昭和 (year 45 of the era)

What happened 出来事

North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題 · Occurrence — abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea from 1977-83

Reading the year 1970 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1970 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 45 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1970年 (1970ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 20th century for its neighbours.