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| Election Nakasone, Yasuhiro |  |
| The LDP loses its majority in the lower house |
| Election Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| Wins a record landslide vote in the Niigata Prefecture |
| Film Imamura Imamura, Shohei | |
| Shohei Imamura wins the Golden Palm at Cannes for The Ballad of Narayama |
| Government Nakasone, Yasuhiro | |
| The LDP & Nakasone form a coalition with the New Liberal Club |
| Health Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| Tokyo Suffers a stroke & loses power to the Takeshita, Kanemaru & Ozawa faction |
| Prime Minister Nakasone, Yasuhiro | |
| 27th Dec Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term |
| Trial of Tanaka Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| Oct Tokyo Appeals & s released on bail, refuses to give up seat in Diet |
| 12th Oct Tokyo Convicted of accepting bribes from Lockheed while Prime Minister |
| 12th Oct Tokyo Sentenced to 4 yrs in prison & a 500 million Yen fine |
