1987 in Japan

none June 2018 1987 Events in the year 1987 in Japan. 1987 was the second year of the Japanese asset price bubble: land values in Tokyo rose more than 85 percent between July 1986 and July 1987. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito - emperor of Japan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 12 June 2018 en Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma) until November 6, Noboru Takeshita (L–Shimane) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masaharu Gotōda (L–Tokushima) until November 6, Keizō Obuchi (L–Gunma) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōichi Yaguchi President of the House of Representatives: Kenzaburō Hara (L–Hyōgo) President of the House of Councillors: Masaaki Fujita (L–Hiroshima) Diet sessions: 108th (regular session opened in December 1986, to May 27), 109th (extraordinary, July 6 to September 19), 110th (extraordinary, November 6 to November 11), 111th (extraordinary, November 27 to December 12), 112th (regular, December 28 to 1988, May 25) Governors Aichi Prefecture: Reiji Suzuki Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi (until 27 January); Sadayuki Iga (starting 28 January) Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa (until 23 April); Yukio Kurita (starting 23 April) 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: Toshitami Kaihara Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Nakamura (governor) ja 中村直 Tadashi Nakamura Kagawa Prefecture: Jōichi Hirai Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaname Kamada Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi Kumamoto Prefecture: Morihiro Hosokawa Kyoto Prefecture: Teiichi Aramaki 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: Minoru Inaba Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu (until 29 April); Nobuyoshi Sumita (starting 30 April) 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 Events January 27: Construction began on Kansai International Airport. February 9: First public float of NTT. March 17: Asahi beer starts selling Asahi Super Dry. April 1: Japanese National Railways is privatized and becomes the seven Japan Railways Group companies. April 4: The Ariake Coliseum in Koto Ward, Tokyo, is completed. June 1: Asahi TV starts broadcasting the popular short factual television programme See the World by Train (世界の車窓から) June 6: A Shojuen elderly nursing home fire in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. according to Japanese Fire and Disaster Management agency confirmed report, 17 person lost to lives.May 2017 July 12: Metal Gear is released by Konami. July 23: 1987 Tokyo Metropolitan area power outage, where 2.8 million household affected, which restore spent more three and half hours, according to Japanese government confirmed report.:ja:1987年7月23日首都圏大停電 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on May 26, 2017. October 1: Nippon Gakki Company Ltd. (Japan Musical Instrument Manufacturing Corporation) is renamed to Yamaha Corporation and Konishiroku Honten is renamed to Konica (Konica Minolta). October 12: Susumu Tonegawa wins the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. October 30: NEC releases the PC Engine home video game console. November 6: Noboru Takeshita becomes prime minister. December 15: Production I.G is founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto. December 17: Rockman is released for the Family Computer. During 1987: NTT began the first mobile phone service in Japan. Shoko Asahara founded Aum Shinrikyo. Teikyo University of Technology and Science founded in Chiba City, as predecessor of Teikyo Heisei University.June 2020 Births right|thumb|150px|Kozue Akimoto January 3: Nana Yanagisawa, actress and fashion model January 8: Saori Gotō, voice actress January 23: Yuto Nakamura, football player February 12: Asami Tano, Japanese voice actress February 15: Azumi Yamamoto, voice actress March 12: Hiroomi Tosaka, Singer March 15: Momoko Shibuya, actress March 24: Yuma Asami, adult video actress March 25: Nobunari Oda, figure skater March 26: YUI, singer-songwriter April 17: Nami Sano, manga artist (died 2023) April 27: Anne Suzuki, actress May 2 Miyu Uehara, gravure idol and television personality (died 2011) Nana Kitade, singer May 7: Asami Konno, J-pop singer May 20: Taku Takeuchi, ski jumper May 22 Takuya Eguchi, voice actor Tao Okamoto, model June 3: Masami Nagasawa, actress June 17: Nozomi Tsuji, performer June 19: Miho Fukuhara, singer June 25: Takahiro Itō, actor and voice actor (died 2009) July 3: Mikie Hara, gravure idol and actress July 11 Shigeaki Kato, singer Shun Yamaguchi, professional baseball player July 17: Mio Nishimaki, wrestler July 27: Kozue Akimoto, model July 28: Sumire, model (died 2009) August 16: Eri Kitamura, voice actress and singer August 24: Daichi Miura, singer and dancer September 11: Kaori Matsumoto, judoka September 21: Elly, Dancer and Rapper September 28: Sho Uchida, freestyle swimmer October 1: Hiroki Aiba, actor, dancer, and singer October 3: Asami Kitagawa, swimmer October 4: Atomu Tanaka, football player October 8: Aya Hirano, voice actress and singer October 15: Mizuho Sakaguchi, footballer October 23: Miyuu Sawai, model, actress, and idol October 23: Naomi Watanabe, actress and comedian October 27: Thelma Aoyama, J-Pop and R&B singer October 29: Makoto Ogawa, pop singer November 11: Yuya Tegoshi, singer November 12: Kengo Kora, actor November 27: Yuria Haga, model and actress December 18 Miki Ando, figure skater00005594 Miki Ando Ayaka, singer Yuki Furukawa, actor December 19: Shuko Aoyama, Japanese tennis playerShuko Aoyama https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315086/name wtatennis.com December 20 Yutaka Otsuka, baseball player Michihiro Yasuda, football player Deaths January 21: Ikki Kajiwara, author, manga writer, and film producer (b. 1936) February 3: Prince Takamatsu (b. 1905) March 8: Iwao Yamawaki, photographer (b. 1898) April 5: Tsuneko Nakazato, novelist (b. 1909) April 15: Masatoshi Nakayama, master of Shotokan karate (b. 1913) April 21: Haruyasu Nakajima, baseball player (b. 1909) May 10: Sadamichi Hirasawa, tempera painter (b. 1892) June 6: Mori Mari, author (b. 1903) June 16: Kōji Tsuruta, actor (b. 1924) July 17: Yujiro Ishihara, actor (b. 1934) July 20: Ichirō Arishima, comedian and actor (b. 1916) August 5: Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, novelist, art critic, and translator of French literature (b. 1928) August 7: Nobusuke Kishi, former prime minister (b. 1896)Kishi Nobusuke prime minister of Japan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kishi-Nobusuke Encyclopedia Britannica 17 June 2020 en August 10: Prince Yamashina Takehiko (b. 1898) August 16: Sumiko Kurishima, actress and master of traditional Japanese dance (b. 1902) November 11: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, actor (b. 1936) December 29: Jun Ishikawa, author (b. 1899) Statistics Yen value: US$1 = ¥122 (low) to ¥152 (high) See also 1987 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1987 1987 in Japanese music References 1987 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan Japan Category:1987 in Asia Category:1980s in Japan