1986 in Japan

none December 2016 1986 1986 in Japan was the first year of the Japanese asset price bubble. Government incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masaharu Gotōda (L–Tokushima) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōichi Yaguchi President of the House of Representatives: Michita Sakata (L–Kumamoto) until June 2, Kenzaburō Hara (L–Hyōgo) from July 22 President of the House of Councillors: Mutsuo Kimura (L–Okayama) until July 22, Masaaki Fujita (L–Hiroshima) Diet sessions: 104th (regular session opened in December 1985, to May 22), 105th (extraordinary, June 2), 106th (special, July 22 to July 25), 107th (extraordinary, September 11 to December 20), 108th (regular, December 29 to 1987, May 27) Governors Aichi Prefecture: Reiji Suzuki Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Hachiji Okuda Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira Gifu Prefecture: Yosuke Uematsu Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita Hokkaido: Takahiro Yokomichi Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai (until 23 November); Toshitami Kaihara (starting 24 November) Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Nakamura (governor) ja 中村直 Tadashi Nakamura Kagawa Prefecture: Tadao Maekawa (until 4 September); Jōichi Hirai (starting 5 September) Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaname Kamada Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi Kumamoto Prefecture: Morihiro Hosokawa Kyoto Prefecture: Yukio Hayashida (until 15 April); Teiichi Aramaki (starting 16 April) Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada Nara Prefecture: Shigekiyo Ueda Niigata Prefecture: Takeo Kimi Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano Okinawa Prefecture: Junji Nishime Osaka Prefecture: Sakae Kishi Saga Prefecture: Kumao Katsuki Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura (until 16 June); Minoru Inaba (starting 20 July) Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto (until 6 July); Shigeyoshi Saitō (starting 7 July) 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 Events January 6: Major snowfall strikes Western Japan. Kagoshima was blanketed with 20 cm of snow.https://thetokyotourist.com/snow-in-tokyo/ Does it Snow in Tokyo? And When Does it Snow in Tokyo? 2018-07-19 The Tokyo Tourist en-US 2019-11-05 January 26: An avalanche hit Maseguchi, Mount Gongen, Niigata Prefecture. According to an official report of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, 13 people died and 9 others were injured.:ja:柵口雪崩災害 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on 8 December 2017. February 11: A fire broke out in a hotel in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture killing 24 people.https://gcoe.tus-fire.com/eng/ffsa/pdf/fire_report/c006_HotelDaitokanIzu.pdf 1986 Japan Hotel Fire March 23: Recorded snowfall in Tokyo area leads to a train collision on the Seibu Shinjuku Line. April: The Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law went into effect. This law prohibits gender discrimination with respect to vocational training, fringe benefits, retirement, and dismissal, and urges firms to try to equalise opportunity with regard to recruitment, hiring, job assignments, and promotion.Edwards Linda N. 1992 The status of women in Japan: Has the Equal Employment Opportunity Law made a difference? en 10.7916/D8X3550D May 4–6 1986 G7 Summit held in Tokyo.December 2019 July 6: Simultaneous elections for both houses of the Diet. July 22: Third Nakasone cabinet announced. August 2: The first Studio Ghibli film, "Laputa: Castle in the Sky", was released. August 5: Heavy torrential rain with floods hit the Abukuma River and surrounding area in Fukushima Prefecture. The Japan Fire Department Management Agency confirmed 20 people died and 107 were injured.Luo Pingping He Bin Takara Kaoru Xiong Yin E. Nover Daniel Duan Weili Fukushi Kensuke 2015-04-01 Historical assessment of Chinese and Japanese flood management policies and implications for managing future floods Environmental Science & Policy 48 265–277 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.12.015 1462-9011 free September 6: Takako Doi becomes the president of the Japan Socialist Party. She was the first female party leader in Japanese history.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Doi-Takako Doi Takako Japanese politician Encyclopedia Britannica en 2019-11-05 November 1: According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, seven religious group member burned bodies and mass suicide occurs on beach in Wakayama City.[:ja:真理の共教会#集団焼身自殺] (Japanese language edition) Ritrieved date on 18 December 2019 December 9: Beat Takeshi and his troupe were arrested for an attack on the editors of Friday magazine.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kitano-Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Biography, Movies, & Facts Encyclopedia Britannica en 2019-11-05 December 28: According to former Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, a violent storm hit and damage on not in service train in Amarube Viaduct, Sanin Line, Hyogo Prefecture, total six persons were lost to lives, another six persons were wounded.August 2021 Births January 1: Shōko Hamada, gravure idol and race queen January 5: Teppei Koike, singer and actorhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm1955987/ Teppei Koike IMDb 2019-11-05 January 7: Keisuke Funatani, footballer January 8: Maria Ozawa, adult video actress January 16: Ryutaro Matsumoto, wrestlerhttps://www.olympic.org/ryutaro-matsumoto Ryutaro MATSUMOTO – Olympic Japan 2016-06-25 International Olympic Committee en 2019-11-05 January 17: Yu Hasebe, actress and model January 23: Yukie Kawamura, gravure idol, tarento, and actress January 26: Matt Heafy, musician January 31: Hiroyuki Akimoto, judoka February 2: Miwa Asao, beach volleyball player February 10: Yui Ichikawa, model/performer February 15: Ami Koshimizu, voice actresshttps://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ami-Koshimizu/ Ami Koshimizu – 200 Character Images Behind The Voice Actors en-US 2019-11-05 February 19: Reon Kadena, model February 20: Rika Usami, karate martial artist February 22: Toshihiro Aoyama, footballer February 23: Kazuya Kamenashi, singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Shūji to Akira)https://kame-world.livejournal.com/profile kame_world – Profile kame-world.livejournal.com en-us 2019-11-05 February 25: Machiko Tezuka, idol February 26: Crystal Kay, singer and actress March 1: Ayumu Goromaru, rugby union player March 11: Mariko Shinoda, singer, actress, fashion model and idol (AKB48) March 13: Chiaki Kyan, gravure idol Kousuke Yonehara, singer and actor (Run&Gun) March 15: Megumi Kamionobe, footballer March 16: Daisuke Takahashi, figure skater April 1: Shunichi Miyamoto, musical artist and voice actor Yurika Nakamura, long-distance runner April 2: Kota Fujimoto, footballer April 6: Gōeidō Gōtarō, sumo wrestler Ryota Moriwaki, football player April 8: Erika Sawajiri, actress, model, and musician April 10: Yohei Sakai, football player April 13: Takashi Amano, footballer April 14: Anne Watanabe, fashion model Takuya Kawamura, professional basketball player April 16: Shinji Okazaki, football player April 20: Yuji Oe, football player April 22: Koji Hashimoto, football player April 30: Sachi Tainaka, singer May 1: Ryo Nurishi, football player May 2: Yusuke Araki, FIFA football referee May 12: Masaaki Higashiguchi May 27: Takafumi Akahoshi, football player May 19: Moa Arimoto, actress and model May 25: Takahiro Hōjō, actor and musician Juri Ueno, actress May 29: Kunihiro Yamashita, football player June 10: Hajime Hosogai, footballer June 13: Akihiro Ienaga, footballer Keisuke Honda, football player June 15: Momoko Ueda, golfer June 18: Shusaku Nishikawa, footballer June 28: Suzuko Mimori, actress, voice actress and singer July 4: Takahisa Masuda, actor, idol and singer July 18: Naoaki Aoyama, footballer July 31: Hiroki Kato, football player August 11: Kaori Fukuhara, voice actress August 16: Yu Darvish, baseball player August 22: Keiko Kitagawa, actress September 10: Ryuji Kamiyama, vocalist and actor (Run&Gun) September 11: Chise Nakamura, actress and gravure idol September 12: Yuto Nagatomo, footballer September 13: Kamui Kobayashi, racing driver September 14: Ai Takahashi, performer September 19: Manabu Mima, professional baseball pitcher September 22: Sayuri Yahagi, voice actress October 1: Sayaka Kanda, actress and singer (d. 2021) October 6: Yusuke Nakamura, football player October 7: Mako, voice actress October 14: Azusa Iwashimizu, footballer October 28: Aki Toyosaki, voice actress and singer October 29: Tina Yuzuki, AV idol November 20: Kōhei Horikoshi, manga artist November 26: Kanae Itō, voice actress and singer December 11: Manami Wakayama, idol December 19: Satoshi Ishii, judoka and mixed martial artist December 24: Satomi Ishihara, actress Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007 December 25: Aya Suzaki, voice actress and singer December 26: Mew Azama, model and actress December 28: Manami Watanabe, J-pop singer Deaths January 24: Masazumi Inada, lieutenant general in the Japanese Imperial Army (b. 1896) February 21: Shigechiyo Izumi, supercentenarian (b. 1865? or 1880?) February 24: Iwaichi Fujiwara, officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy (b. 1908) April 8: Yukiko Okada, idol singer (b. 1967) April 21: Matsunobori Shigeo, sumo wrestler (b. 1924) May 13: Katsuji Matsumoto, illustrator and shōjo manga artist (b. 1904) May 17: Masaji Kitano, medical doctor, microbiologist lieutenant general (b. 1894) June 26: Kunio Maekawa, architect (b. 1905) June 30: Soichi Ichida, philatelist (b. 1910) July 31: Chiune Sugihara, diplomat and 'Japanese Schindler' (b. 1900) September 10: Koji Shima, film director and screenwriter (b. 1901) September 26: Noboru Terada, freestyle swimmer (b. 1917) October 14: Takahiko Yamanouchi, theoretical physicist (b. 1902) October 25: Tadao Tannaka, mathematician (b. 1908) November 12: Fumiko Enchi, author (b. 1905) November 26: Kaku Takagawa, Go player (b. 1915) December 25: Hamao Umezawa, scientist (b. 1914) Statistics Yen value: US$1 = ¥153 (low) to ¥192 (high)https://www.inflationtool.com/japanese-yen/1986-to-present-value Value of 1986 Japanese Yen today – Inflation calculator www.inflationtool.com 2019-11-05https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/usd/USD-to-JPY U.S. Dollar to Japanese Yen Spot Exchange Rates for 1975 to 2019 from the Bank of England www.poundsterlinglive.com en-gb 2019-11-05 See also 1986 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1986 1986 in Japanese music References 1986 Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan Japan Category:1986 in Asia Category:1980s in Japan