1991 in Japan

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Events in the year 1991 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 3 (平成3年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents[]

  • Emperor: Akihito[1]
  • Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu (L–Aichi) until November 5,[2] Kiichi Miyazawa [3]
  • Chief Cabinet Secretary: (L–Ishikawa) until November 5, Kōichi Katō (L–Yamagata)
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:
  • President of the House of Representatives: Yoshio Sakurauchi (L–Shimane)
  • President of the House of Councillors: (L–Saitama) until October 4, (L–proportional)
  • Diet sessions: 120th (regular session opened in December 1990, to May 8), 121st (extraordinary, August 5 to October 4), 122nd (extraordinary, November 5 to December 21)

Events[]

  • January 1: Telephone numbers in Tokyo are expanded from 7 digits to 8 digits
  • March 14: A under constructing to Hiroshima Astram Line bridge girder falling accident, kills 14, injures 9.[4]
  • April 1: Tokyo Metropolitan Government moved its offices from Marunouchi to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku.
  • April 26: Self-Defense Forces dispatched to assist in the Gulf War.
  • May 14: Shigaraki train disaster – 42 fatalities, 614 injures in Shiga Prefecture.[5]
  • June 3: Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture saw a pyroclastic flow, resulting in 43 deaths.[6]
  • June 15: The International Olympic Committee awards the 1998 Winter Olympics to Nagano, Japan.
  • June 20: Tohoku Shinkansen line is extended from Ueno Station to Tokyo Station.
  • July 13: 1991 Itoman special breach of trust case, six arrested by Japanese authorities.[7]
  • July 31: Lotte Orions baseball team announces it will move to Chiba and become the Chiba Lotte Marines.
  • August 5: Aerospatiale SA365N helicopter crash in Muraoka, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture, 8 fatalities.[8]
  • August 14 – NTT Docomo was founded.[9]
  • September 11: USS Independence is based at Yokosuka, becoming the United States Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
  • September 27: Typhoon Mireille kills 45 people in Japan.[10]
  • October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister.
  • November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet.

Births[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

  • March 4: Aoi Nakamura, actor[14][15]
  • March 10: Kenshi Yonezu, singer-songwriter
  • March 14: Michiko Kashiwabara, cross country skier[16]
  • March 14: Miu Nakamura, tarento and gravure idol[17]
  • March 15: Kii Kitano, gravure idol and actress[18]
  • March 28: Rin Asuka, actress

April[]

May[]

  • May 24: Erika Umeda, singer
  • May 26: Takumi Abe, football player
  • May 29: Saori Hayami, voice actress and singer[26]

June[]

  • June 15: Rina Takeda, actress and black belt
  • June 18: Rei Okamoto, model and actress[27]
  • June 25: Kyousuke Hamao, actor and model[citation needed]
  • June 27: Haruka Yamazaki, voice actress and singer
  • June 30: Kaho, actress[28]

July[]

  • July 3: Tomomi Itano, singer, actress and idol
  • July 10: Atsuko Maeda, singer[29]
  • July 12: Tomoki Kameda, boxer[30]
  • July 15: Yuki Kashiwagi, singer, actress and idol
  • July 18: Mizuki Yamamoto, model and actress
  • July 25: Miyu Nagaoka, volleyball player[31]
  • July 27: Rena Matsui, singer and idol
  • July 28: Rina Aizawa, actress[32]

August[]

September[]

  • September 17: Ryo Ishikawa, golfer

October[]

  • October 15: Sayaka Nakaya, idol
  • October 16: Miori Takimoto, actress
  • October 23: Princess Mako[35]
  • October 26: Riho Iida, actress and child model
  • October 27: Sōta Murakami, actor and voice actor[36]

November[]

  • November 12: Takatoshi Abe, track and field athlete
  • November 16: Tomomi Kasai, singer
  • November 19: Genki Yamamoto, cyclist
  • November 22: Saki Shimizu, singer
  • November 26: Yoshi Tsutsugo, professional baseball player
  • November 28: Mayuko Kawakita, actress and model

December[]

Deaths[]

  • January 2: Hiroshi Noma, author (b. 1915)[42]
  • January 29: Yasushi Inoue, author (b. 1907)[43]
  • February 24: Shingo Kanemoto, voice actor (b. 1932)[44]
  • May 15: Shintaro Abe, politician (b. 1924)[45]
  • May 26: Kisaburo Osawa, aikido teacher (b. 1910)[46]
  • June 3: Takeshi Nagata, earth scientist (b. 1913)[47]
  • July 5: Nobuo Nakamura, actor (b. 1908)[48]
  • July 11: Hitoshi Igarashi, scholar (b. 1947)[49]
  • August 5: Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (b. 1906)
  • August 8: Mitsuko Yoshikawa, actress (b. 1901)[50]
  • September 3: Susumu Ishii, second kaicho (Godfather) of Inagawa-kai (b. 1924)[51]
  • October 22: Hachiro Kasuga, enka singer (b. 1924)[52]
  • November 12: Keizō Hayashi, civil servant and military general (b. 1907)
  • November 14: Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (b. 1909)[53]
  • November 23: Ken Uehara, film actor (b. 1909)[54]
  • November 27: Yō Yoshimura, voice actor (b. 1909)[55]

Statistics[]

  • Yen value: US$1 = ¥124.85 (December 31)

See also[]

References[]

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