1991 in Japan

none 1991 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1991 History of Japan Timeline Years Events in the year 1991 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 3 (平成3年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: Akihitohttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/11626/Akihito Akihito (emperor of Japan [born 1933]) Encyclopædia Britannica 8 January 2014 Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu (L–Aichi) until November 5,http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/cabinet/76_e.html Toshiki Kaifu – The 76th and 77th Prime Minister kantei.go.jp 8 January 2014 Kiichi Miyazawahttp://www.britannica.com/biography/Miyazawa-Kiichi Kiichi Miyazawa (prime minister of Japan) Encyclopædia Britannica 8 January 2014 Chief Cabinet Secretary: Misoji Sakamoto (L–Ishikawa) until November 5, Kōichi Katō (L–Yamagata) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ryōhachi Kusaba President of the House of Representatives: Yoshio Sakurauchi (L–Shimane) President of the House of Councillors: Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (L–Saitama) until October 4, Yūji Osada (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) Governors Aichi Prefecture: Reiji Suzuki Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata Ehime Prefecture: Sadayuki Iga Fukui Prefecture: Yukio Kurita Fukuoka Prefecture: Hachiji Okuda Fukushima Prefecture: Eisaku Satō Gifu Prefecture: Taku Kajiwara Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu (until 12 June); Hiroyuki Kodera (starting 28 July) Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita Hokkaido: Takahiro Yokomichi Hyogo Prefecture: Toshitami Kaihara Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Nakamura (governor) ja 中村直 Tadashi Nakamura (until 29 April); Iwao Kudō (starting 29 April) Kagawa Prefecture: Jōichi Hirai Kagoshima Prefecture: Yoshiteru Tsuchiya Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi (until 6 December); Daijiro Hashimoto (starting 7 December) Kumamoto Prefecture: Morihiro Hosokawa (until 10 February); Joji Fukushima (starting 11 February) Kyoto Prefecture: Teiichi Aramaki Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa Miyagi Prefecture: Shuntarō Honma Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada Nara Prefecture: Shigekiyo Ueda (until 27 November); Yoshiya Kakimoto (starting 28 November) Niigata Prefecture: Kiyoshi Kaneko Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano Okinawa Prefecture: Masahide Ōta Osaka Prefecture: Sakae Kishi (until 22 April); Kazuo Nakagawa (starting 23 April) Saga Prefecture: Kumao Katsuki (until 22 April); Isamu Imoto (starting 23 April) Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata Shiga Prefecture: Minoru Inaba Shiname Prefecture: Nobuyoshi Sumita Shizuoka Prefecture: Shigeyoshi Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki Tokyo: Shun'ichi Suzuki Tottori Prefecture: Yuji Nishio Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai Yamanashi Prefecture: Kōmei Mochizuki (until 16 February); Ken Amano (starting 17 February) Events January 1: Telephone numbers in Tokyo are expanded from 7 digits to 8 digitsTokyo to Have Eight Digit Phone Numbers:... https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-12-fi-2209-story.html Los Angeles Times 19 May 2026 12 October 1990 March 14: A under constructing to Hiroshima Astram Line bridge girder falling accident, kills 14, injures 9.:ja:広島新交通システム橋桁落下事故 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.https://www.sozogaku.com/fkd/en/cfen/CA1000607.html Head-on Collision on Shigaraki Kogen Railway Failure Knowledge Database 8 January 2014 June 3: Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture saw a pyroclastic flow, resulting in 43 deaths.Mount Unzen June 15: The International Olympic Committee awards the 1998 Winter Olympics to Nagano, Japan.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1991/06/16/japan-wins-98-winter-games/ba3a05ca-5e23-4aa7-92fc-eb605413b22c/ Japan wins '98 Winter Olympics Washington Post 26 December 2022 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.:ja:イトマン事件 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.https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=76405 ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76405 Aviation Safety Network 18 December 2012 13 December 2014 August 14 – NTT Docomo was founded.Jain Vipul Patnaik Srikanta Vlădicescu Florin Popențiu Sethi Ishwar K. Recent Trends in Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices: Proceedings of ICCD 2018 2 October 2019 Springer Nature 978-981-13-9406-5 1063 https://books.google.com/books?id=vUuzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1063 en September 11: USS Independence (CV-62) arrives at Yokosuka, replacing the USS Midway (CV-41) as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.Crutch Mike CVW – US Navy Carrier Air Wing Aircraft 1975–2015 Michael Crutch/A9Aviation 2018 978-0-906339-10-7 7th 1 41 September 27: Typhoon Mireille kills 45 people in Japan.https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/29/world/japan-typhoon-kills-at-least-45.html Japan Typhoon Kills at Least 45 The New York Times 29 September 1991 8 January 2014 October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister. October 20: At the Japanese Grand Prix held at the Suzuka Circuit, Ayrton Senna wins his third and last F1 Drivers' Championship.Japan 1991 • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1991/japon.aspx 2025-03-14 www.statsf1.com November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet. Births January January 8: Asuka Hinoi, singerhttp://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/asukahinoi/ Asuka Hinoi's bio jpopasia.com 7 January 2014 January 14: Kana Ichikawa, sprinter January 19: Yu Takahashi, model and actressProfile http://mammoth-pro.com/talent/yu_takahashi.html Mammoth Website Mammoth 20 May 2017 ja https://web.archive.org/web/20160320045554/http://mammoth-pro.com/talent/yu_takahashi.html 20 March 2016 dead February February 4: Aya Ōmasa, fashion model and actresshttp://eigapedia.com/person/aya-omasa Aya Ōmasa description Eigapedia 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108002255/http://eigapedia.com/person/aya-omasa 2014-01-08 dead March March 4: Aoi Nakamura, actorhttp://www.lespros.co.jp/talent/artists/aoi_nakamura/index.html ja:中村蒼 アーティスト レプロエンタテインメント 20 May 2017 LesPros Entertainment ja https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055146/http://www.lespros.co.jp/talent/artists/aoi_nakamura/index.html 21 September 2013 deadhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3007114/ Aoi Nakamura (II) IMDb.com, Inc. 20 May 2017 March 10: Kenshi Yonezu, singer-songwriter March 14: Michiko Kashiwabara, cross country skierhttp://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=139906&type=result Michiko Kashiwabara info International Ski Federation 7 January 2014 March 14: Miu Nakamura, tarento and gravure idolhttp://eigapedia.com/person/miu-nakamura Miu Nakamura description Eigapedia 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108002534/http://eigapedia.com/person/miu-nakamura 2014-01-08 dead March 15: Kii Kitano, gravure idol and actress2463438 bio Kii Kitano. Retrieved 7 January 2014. March 28: Rin Asuka, actress April April 8: Minami Takahashi, singer April 11: Erina Mano, J-pop singerhttp://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/erinamano/ Erina Mano's bio jpopasia.com 7 January 2014 April 11: Kenta Matsudaira, table tennis playerhttp://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=105926 MATSUDAIRA Kenta ITTF 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108032720/http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=105926 2014-01-08 dead April 12: Daisuke Kikuchi, footballerhttp://www.goal.com/en/people/japan/89926/daisuke-kikuchi Daisuke Kikuchi goal.com 7 January 2014 April 15: Daiki Arioka, singerhttp://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/ariokadaiki/ Daiki Arioka's bio jpopasia.com 7 January 2014 April 16: Misato Ugaki, announcer April 17: Shinsaku Uesugi, FIDE masterhttp://www.whoislog.info/profile/shinsaku-uesugi.html Shinsaku Uesugi – Biography and facts whoislog.info 7 January 2014 8 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108004232/http://www.whoislog.info/profile/shinsaku-uesugi.html dead April 20: Yuko Shintake, artistic gymnast April 29: Misaki Doi, tennis playerhttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100081799 Misaki Doi player's details International Tennis Federation 7 January 2014 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140107223942/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100081799 dead May 3: Narita Brian, racehorse (died 1998)https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000249114/ Narita Brian (JPN) JBIS 7 January 2014 May May 24: Erika Umeda, singer May 26: Takumi Abe, football player May 29: Saori Hayami, voice actress and singerhttp://www.imenterprise.jp/data.php?id=66 Saori Hayami singer imenterprise.jp 7 January 2014 June June 15: Rina Takeda, actress and martial artist June 17: Yusei Kikuchi, baseball pitcher June 25: Kyousuke Hamao, actor and modelApril 2018 June 27: Haruka Yamazaki, voice actress and singer June 30: Kaho, actresshttps://www.stardust.co.jp/section3/profile/kaho.html Profile of Kaho stardust.co.jp 7 January 2014 July July 3: Tomomi Itano, singer, actress and idol July 10: Atsuko Maeda, singerhttp://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/maedaatsuko/ Atsuko Maeda's bio jpopasia.com 7 January 2014 July 11: Kentaro Sakaguchi, model and actor July 12: Tomoki Kameda, boxerhttps://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/472942 Tomoki Kameda at BoxRec BoxRec 7 January 2014 17 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150617042057/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=472942&cat=boxer live July 15: Yuki Kashiwagi, singer, actress and idol July 18: Mizuki Yamamoto, model and actress July 25: Miyu Nagaoka, volleyball playerhttp://www.vleague.or.jp/team_player_detail/id=37952 Miyu Nagaoka Player Details vleague.or.jp 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140107225304/http://www.vleague.or.jp/team_player_detail/id=37952 2014-01-07 dead July 27: Rena Matsui, singer and idol July 28: Rina Aizawa, actresshttp://aizawacorporation.webs.com/biography.htm Rina Aizawa Biography aizawacorporation.webs.com 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108002432/http://aizawacorporation.webs.com/biography.htm 2014-01-08 dead August August 3: Kaori Kawanaka, archerKaori KAWANAKA – Olympic Archery Japan https://www.olympic.org/kaori-kawanaka International Olympic Committee 11 April 2019 en 20 November 2016 August 16: Yūki Tokiwa, voice actorhttp://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=9164 Yūki Tokiwa – Voice Actor Profile Voice Chasers 7 January 2014 8 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108001933/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=9164 dead September September 17: Ryo Ishikawa, golfer October October 15: Sayaka Nakaya, idol October 16: Miori Takimoto, actress October 23: Princess Makohttps://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history03.html Children -> First Daughter (Princess Mako) kunaicho.go.jp 7 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070707084848/http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html 7 July 2007 October 26: Riho Iida, actress and child model October 27: Sōta Murakami, actor and voice actorhttps://ejje.weblio.jp/content/S%C5%8Dta+Murakami Sōta Murakami ejje.weblio.jp 7 January 2014 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 December 3: Masahiro Usui, actorhttp://eigapedia.com/person/masahiro-usui Masahiro Usui Description Eigapedia 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108002409/http://eigapedia.com/person/masahiro-usui 2014-01-08 dead December 7: Dori Sakurada, actor and singerhttps://artist.amuse.co.jp/artist/sakurada_dori/ Sakurada Dori – Actor artist.amuse.co.jp 7 January 2014 December 14: Mitsuki Takahata, actress and singer December 19: Sumire Uesaka, voice actress and singerhttp://www.spacecraft.co.jp/uesaka_sumire/ Sumire Uesaka details Space Craft Entertainment 14 March 2018 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830185821/http://www.spacecraft.co.jp/uesaka_sumire/ dead December 24: Shion Kokubun, figure skaterhttps://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010986.htm Shion Kokubun Biography International Skating Union 7 January 2014 December 30: Kurumi Nara, tennis playerhttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100064347 Kurumi NARA player's details International Tennis Federation 7 January 2014 8 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108001133/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100064347 dead Deaths January 2: Hiroshi Noma, author (b. 1915)http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/417289/Noma-Hiroshi Noma Hiroshi (Japanese author) Encyclopædia Britannica 7 January 2014 January 29: Yasushi Inoue, author (b. 1907)http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/288861/Inoue-Yasushi Inoue Yasushi (Japanese writer) Encyclopædia Britannica 7 January 2014 February 24: Shingo Kanemoto, voice actor (b. 1932)http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Shingo-Kanemoto/ SHINGO KANEMOTO – Info Behind the Voice Actors 7 January 2014 May 15: Shintaro Abe, politician (b. 1924)https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19910515/1283328/shintaro-abe-japanese-political-leader Shintaro Abe, Japanese Political Leader 15 May 1991 7 January 2014 May 26: Kisaburo Osawa, aikido teacher (b. 1910)http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia.php?entryID=532 Aikido Journal Encyclopedia of Aikido aikidojournal.com 7 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120204191546/http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia.php?entryID=532 4 February 2012 June 3: Takeshi Nagata, earth scientist (b. 1913)http://www.birth-death.com/-takeshi-nagata Takeshi Nagata – birthday, date of birth, date of death birth-death.com 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108040217/http://www.birth-death.com/-takeshi-nagata 2014-01-08 dead July 5: Nobuo Nakamura, actor (b. 1908)0620206 bio Nobuo Nakamura. Retrieved 7 January 2014. July 11: Hitoshi Igarashi, scholar (b. 1947)https://www.historyorb.com/deaths/july/11 Famous Deaths on 11th July HistoryOrb 7 January 2014 August 5: Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (b. 1906) August 8: Mitsuko Yoshikawa, actress (b. 1901)http://www.ovguide.com/mitsuko-yoshikawa-9202a8c04000641f800000000ad400ee Mitsuko Yoshikawa birth date/death date OVGuide 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108040544/http://www.ovguide.com/mitsuko-yoshikawa-9202a8c04000641f800000000ad400ee 2014-01-08 dead September 3: Susumu Ishii, second kaicho (Godfather) of Inagawa-kai (b. 1924)https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/04/world/susumu-ishii-japanese-gang-boss-linked-to-financial-scandals-67.html Susumu Ishii, Japanese Gang Boss Linked to Financial Scandals, 67 The New York Times 1991 October 22: Hachiro Kasuga, enka singer (b. 1924)http://www.ntv.co.jp/omoii-tv/today/081022.html The day that enka singer Hachiro Kasuga died Nippon Television 2008-10-22 7 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120223012651/http://www.ntv.co.jp/omoii-tv/today/081022.html 23 February 2012 November 12: Keizō Hayashi, civil servant and military general (b. 1907) November 14: Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (b. 1909)0406808 bio Yoshikata Yoda. Retrieved 7 January 2014. November 23: Ken Uehara, film actor (b. 1909)0879945 bio Ken Uehara. Retrieved 7 January 2014. November 27: Yō Yoshimura, voice actor (b. 1909)http://www.birth-death.com/-y-yoshimura Yō Yoshimura birthday, date of birth, date of death birth-death.com 7 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140108040555/http://www.birth-death.com/-y-yoshimura 2014-01-08 dead Statistics Yen value: US$1 = ¥124.85 (December 31) See also 1991 in Japanese football 1991 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1991 References 1991 in Category:1991 in Asia Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan Japan Category:1990s in Japan