* 1972 – Yuichi Nishimura, Japan referee football player

Although Japan eventually recognized the People's Republic in 1972, shortly after Kakuei Tanaka succeeded Sato as Prime Minister of Japan, the memory of this relationship was strong enough to be reported by The New York Times ( April 15, 1978 ) as a significant factor inhibiting trade between Japan and the mainland.

* 1972 – The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.

The earliest association between anime and adult animation occurred prior to the 1972 release of Fritz the Cat when American distributors attempted to cash in on the publicity garnered from the rating by rushing out dubbed versions of two other adult animations from Japan, both of which featured an X rating in their advertising material: Senya ichiya monogatari and Kureopatora, retitled One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, respectively.

In September 1972 Hoshino began a partnership with Elger Guitars to import guitars from Japan.

On 29 September 1972, Japan and China signed a treaty establishing diplomatic relations between the states.

Current relations are guided by the 1972 Japan – PRC Joint Communique.

* 1972 – Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan.

Category: 1972 establishments in Japan

* 1972 – Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.

After taking bronze in 1964 and silver in 1968, Japan finally won the gold for men's volleyball in 1972.

* February 3 – February 13 – The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Japan.

In 1972, PCB production plants existed in Austria, the then Federal Republic of Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain, USSR, and USA.

In Japan, PCBs were first produced by Kanegafuchi Chemical Co. Ltd. ( Kaneka ) in 1954 and production continued until 1972 when the Japanese government banned the production, use, and import of PCBs.

* 1972 – Paul Simon ( UK, Japan, Norway )

* The Fragile Blossom: Crisis and Change in Japan, New York: Harper and Row ( 1972 ), ISBN 0-06-010468-6

He was jailed by the Kuomintang government for more than five years ( from 1972 and 1976, and again from 1981 to 1982 ) after helping a pro-Taiwan independence political prisoner, Peng Ming-min, escape to Japan in 1963.

DAT was not the first digital audio tape ; pulse-code modulation ( PCM ) was used in Japan by Denon in 1972 for the mastering and production of analogue phonograph records, using a 2-inch Quadruplex-format videotape recorder for its transport, but this was not developed into a consumer product.

* 1972 Live in Japan ( Pink Elephant )

Seibu developed the first CNC wire EDM machine 1972 and the first system manufactured in Japan.

By 1972 the United Red Army in Japan was finished and the Shigenobu group dependent on the PFLP for financing, training and weaponry.

* Larry Martin, competitor in cross-country skiing at the 1972 Olympic games in Sapporo, Japan.

* 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1972 – United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.

* American Airlines Flight 96 ( 1972 )

* 1972 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.

* 1972 – A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.

Other well-known designs were Continental Airlines ( 1968 ), Dixie ( 1969 ), and United Way ( 1972 ).

The airline reverted back to its abbreviated English brand name Saudia ( used from 1972 to 1996 ) from Saudi Arabian Airlines ( historic name in use until 1971 and reintroduced in 1997 ) on 29 May 2012, the name was changed to celebrate the company's entry into the SkyTeam airline alliance on that day, and it was a part of a larger rebranding initiative.

On June 23, 1972, Martin J. McNally hijacked American Airlines Flight 119 from St. Louis to Tulsa.

The south side of the concourse was used by Northeast Airlines until its 1972 merger with Delta Air Lines.

* Airlines of the United States Since 1914 ( Putnam & Co., 1972 )

* On 27 November 1972 Japan Airlines Flight 446, a DC-8-62, crashed while in an initial climb on a route from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Tokyo International Airport ( Haneda ).

* On 14 June 1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 471, which originated at Don Mueang, crashed outside of New Delhi's Palam International Airport, killing 82 of 87 occupants ; 10 of 11 crew members and 72 of 76 passengers died, and 3 people on the ground died.

Category: Airlines established in 1972

In 1972, Northeast Airlines was bought out by Delta Air Lines, who remain at the Jetport to this day.

Hunt's wife, Dorothy, was killed in the December 8, 1972 plane crash of United Airlines Flight 553 in Chicago.

The airline changed its name to Mohawk Airlines in 1952 and merged with Allegheny Airlines in 1972.

Goose N4763C was purchased from Alaska Coastal Airlines in 1972.

Instead, it was leased to Turkish Airlines on December 10, 1972 as TC-JAV.

In 1972, American Airlines Flight 96, another DC-10, had its cargo hatch open and separate in flight.

JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft ( registration YU-AHT ) which exploded shortly after overflying NDB Hermsdorf, East Germany, while en route from Stockholm to Belgrade on 26 January 1972.

He is most famous for his leadership of Texas International Airlines and its successor holding company Texas Air Corporation between 1972 and 1990, through which he formed or acquired a number of major U. S. airlines including Continental Airlines, Eastern Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, New York Air and Peoplexpress Airlines.