1996 in Japan

none 1996 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 75px Other events of 1996 History of Japan Timeline Years Events in the year 1996 in Japan. The year 1996 corresponded to Heisei 8 (平成8年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: AkihitoAkihito Biography, Reign, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Akihito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Tomiichi Murayama (S–Ōita) until January 11, Ryūtarō Hashimoto (L–Okayama) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kōken Nosaka (S–Tottori) until January 11, Seiroku Kajiyama (L–Ibaraki) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tōru Miyoshi President of the House of Representatives: Takako Doi (S–Hyōgo) until September 27 (dissolution), Sōichirō Itō (L–Miyagi) from November 7 President of the House of Councillors: Jūrō Saitō (L–Mie) Diet sessions: 135th (extraordinary, January 11 to January 13), 136th (regular, January 22 to June 19), 137th (extraordinary, September 27, HR dissolved on same day), 138th (special, November 7 to November 12), 139th (extraordinary, November 29 to December 18) Governors Aichi Prefecture: Reiji Suzuki Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki Aomori Prefecture: Morio Kimura Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata Ehime Prefecture: Sadayuki Iga Fukui Prefecture: Yukio Kurita Fukuoka Prefecture: Wataru Asō Fukushima Prefecture: Eisaku Satō Gifu Prefecture: Taku Kajiwara Gunma Prefecture: Hiroyuki Kodera Hiroshima Prefecture: Yūzan Fujita Hokkaido: Tatsuya Hori Hyogo Prefecture: Toshitami Kaihara Ibaraki Prefecture: Masaru Hashimoto Ishikawa Prefecture: Masanori Tanimoto Iwate Prefecture: Hiroya Masuda Kagawa Prefecture: Jōichi Hirai Kagoshima Prefecture: Yoshiteru Tsuchiya (until 26 June); Tatsurō Suga (starting 31 July) Kanagawa Prefecture: Hiroshi Okazaki Kochi Prefecture: Daijiro Hashimoto Kumamoto Prefecture: Joji Fukushima Kyoto Prefecture: Teiichi Aramaki Mie Prefecture: Masayasu Kitagawa Miyagi Prefecture: Shirō Asano Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada Nara Prefecture: Yoshiya Kakimoto Niigata Prefecture: Ikuo Hirayama Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano (until 12 November); Masahiro Ishii (starting 12 November) Okinawa Prefecture: Masahide Ōta Osaka Prefecture: Knock Yokoyama Saga Prefecture: Isamu Imoto Saitama Prefecture: Yoshihiko Tsuchiya Shiga Prefecture: Minoru Inaba Shiname Prefecture: Nobuyoshi Sumita Shizuoka Prefecture: Yoshinobu Ishikawa Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe Tokushima Prefecture: Toshio Endo Tokyo: Yukio Aoshima Tottori Prefecture: Yuji Nishio Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki Wakayama Prefecture: Isamu Nishiguchi Yamagata Prefecture: Kazuo Takahashi Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai (until 22 August); Sekinari Nii (starting 22 August) Yamanashi Prefecture: Ken Amano Events January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister. February 10 – A boulder falls onto the Toyohama Tunnel in Furubira, Hokkaido, crushing a bus and several cars and resulting in 20 fatalities.http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/06/national/1996-hokkaido-tunnel-disaster-remembered/ 1996 Hokkaido tunnel disaster remembered 6 February 2006 23 April 2018 Japan Times Online live https://web.archive.org/web/20150102174046/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/06/national/1996-hokkaido-tunnel-disaster-remembered/ 2 January 2015 February 27 – Red and Green was released in Japan as the first game in the Pokémon series. April 1 – Tokyo Big Sight opens. June 13 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 crashes on takeoff from Fukuoka Airport, resulting in three fatalities.http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/1997/02/21/national/garuda-pilot-details-fukuoka-crash/ Garuda pilot details Fukuoka crash 21 February 1997 23 April 2018 Japan Times Online live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129064220/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/1997/02/21/national/garuda-pilot-details-fukuoka-crash/ 29 November 2014 June 23 – The Nintendo 64 home video game console is released in Japan. June 25 – A train on the Takayama Main Line collides with a fallen boulder, resulting in 16 injuries. July 16 – An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning in Sakai City resulted in 6309 schoolchildren and 92 school staff members from 62 municipal elementary schools falling ill.https://www.who.int/csr/don/1996_08_28/en/ WHO – 1996 – Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Japan – Update www.who.int 23 April 2018 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140320070134/http://www.who.int/csr/don/1996_08_28/en/ 20 March 2014 August 8 – Tokyo Opera City Tower is completed. September 29 – According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, three vehicles collided on Route 9 in Muraoka, Hyōgo Prefecture, with a total of 11 deaths.October 2023 November 12 – Skymark Airlines was established.October 2021 November 26 – Tamagotchi is released. December 6 – Gamahara Swamp Landslide disaster, A landslide recurs, during restoration work for landslide by heaviest rain hit in July 1995, borders between Nagano Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 14 workers lost their lives and 9 were wounded.[ja:蒲原沢土石流災害]（Japanese language edition） Retribute date on 4 October 2019. Births January 10 – Sakurako Ohara, actress and singer January 12 – Ai Hashimoto, actress and fashion model January 13 – Ami Inamura, gravure idol, and sportscaster February 7 – Mai Hagiwara, singer February 10 Shiori Niiyama, singer and songwriter Ukyo Shuto, professional baseball player February 16 – Nana Komatsu, actress and model February 18 – Ikumi Hisamatsu, fashion model and actresshttp://www.incent.jp/illume/model/hisamatsu/ 久松 郁実 ja 2 Mar 2017 April 3 – Mayo Hibi, tennis player May 18 – Yuki Kadono, snowboarder May 21 – Sarina Koga, volleyball player May 28 – Ayano Kudo, model and actress June 7 – Sayuri, singer-songwriter (d. 2024) June 11 Naoki Maeda, footballer Ayaka Sasaki, singer June 13 – Kocchi no Kento, singer-songwriter June 18 – Ayaka Miyoshi, actress and model三吉 彩花 https://www.amuse.co.jp/artist/A8268/ amuse.co.jp October 5, 2023 May 3, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230503203647/https://www.amuse.co.jp/artist/A8268/ live June 30 – Kazuma Okamoto, professional baseball player (Tokyo Giants) July 5 – Risa Shoji, figure skater July 18 – Shiina Natsukawa, voice actress and singer August 24 – Kenzo Shirai, gymnast September 6 – Rika Hongo, figure skater September 12 – Nakamura Umemaru, actor September 15 – Nao Furuhata, idol singer September 16 – Ryusei Yokohama, actor September 19 – Haruka Kodama, idol singer September 23 – Takashi Matsuo, actor October 8 – Sara Takanashi, ski jumper October 30; Mizuki Fukumura, singer Shori Sato, actor, model, singer and pop idol November 9 – Momo Hirai, singer and member of South Korean girl group Twice November 15 – Kanako Watanabe, swimmer November 16 – Hiroshi Kaino, professional baseball player November 18 – Saki Ogawa, singer December 2 – Minato Oike, BMX freestyle cyclistCycling BMX Freestyle OIKE Minato – Tokyo 2020 Olympics https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-bmx-freestyle/athlete-profile-n1313696-oike-minato.htm olympics.com 1 August 2021 en-us 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210801072808/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-bmx-freestyle/athlete-profile-n1313696-oike-minato.htm dead December 12 – Karen Miyama, actress December 13 – Miu Sato, figure skater December 29 – Sana Minatozaki, singer and member of South Korean girl group Twice Deaths January 7 – Tarō Okamoto, artist (b. 1911) January 8 – Michiya Mihashi, enka singer (b. 1930) February 5 – Hideo Oguni, writer (b. 1904)http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141254923 Notice de personne "Oguni, Hideo (1904-1996)" Person notice "Oguni, Hideo (1904-1996)" Bibliothèque nationale de France fr 4 November 2021 16 December 2022 February 12 – Ryōtarō Shiba, writer (b. 1923) February 20 – Tōru Takemitsu, composer (b. 1930) May 11 – Yasuko Namba, mountaineer, summited the Seven Summits (b. 1949) June 6 – Kusuo Kitamura, Olympic swimmer (b. 1917) July 30 – Arihiro Hase, actor (b. 1965) August 4 – Kiyoshi Atsumi, actor (Otoko wa Tsurai yo) (b. 1928) September 23 – Fujiko F. Fujio, cartoonist (b. 1933) September 29 – Shūsaku Endō, novelist (b. 1923) November 9 – Yoshimi Ueda, basketball player and administrator (b. 1906) See also 1996 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1996 References 1996 Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan Japan Japan Category:1990s in Japan