Year in Japan

1978 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 53 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Aug 12 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China 日本国と中華人民共和国との間の平和友好条約 · Peace treaty — peace treaty

Reading the year 1978 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1978 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 53 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 1978年 (1978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.