Year in Japan

1984 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 59 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sep 14 1984 Nagano earthquake 長野県西部地震 · Earthquake — earthquake struck Nagano prefecture, Japan on September 14, 1984 (local time)

Reading the year 1984 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1984 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 59 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 1984年 (1984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.