1991 in Japan
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Events in the year 1991 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Akihito[1]
- Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu (L–Aichi) until November 5,[2] Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima)[3]
- 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)
Events
- 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 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]
- 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.[9]
- October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister.
- November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet.
Births
January
- January 8: Asuka Hinoi, singer[10]
- January 19: Yu Takahashi, model and actress
February
March
- March 4: Aoi Nakamura, actor
- March 14: Michiko Kashiwabara, cross country skier[12]
- March 14: Miu Nakamura, tarento and gravure idol[13]
- March 15: Kii Kitano, gravure idol and actress[14]
- March 28: Rin Asuka, actress
April
- April 4: Yui Koike, gravure idol and actress[15]
- April 8: Minami Takahashi, singer
- April 11: Erina Mano, J-pop singer[16]
- April 11: Kenta Matsudaira, table tennis player[17]
- April 12: Daisuke Kikuchi, footballer[18]
- April 15: Daiki Arioka, singer[19]
- April 17: Shinsaku Uesugi, FIDE master[20]
- April 29: Misaki Doi, tennis player[21]
- May 3: Narita Brian, racehorse (died 1998)[22]
May
- May 24: Erika Umeda, singer
- May 26: Takumi Abe, football player
- May 29: Saori Hayami, voice actress and singer[23]
June
- June 15: Rina Takeda, actress and black belt
- June 18: Rei Okamoto, model and actress[24]
- June 25: Kyousuke Hamao, actor and model[25]
- June 30: Kaho, actress[26]
July
- July 3: Tomomi Itano, singer, actress and idol
- July 10: Atsuko Maeda, singer[27]
- July 12: Tomoki Kameda, boxer[28]
- July 15: Yuki Kashiwagi, singer, actress and idol
- July 18: Mizuki Yamamoto, model and actress
- July 25: Miyu Nagaoka, volleyball player[29]
- July 27
- Aive, idol
- Rena Matsui, singer and idol
- July 28: Rina Aizawa, actress[30]
August
- August 16: Yūki Tokiwa, voice actor[31]
September
- September 17: Ryo Ishikawa, golfer
October
- October 15: Sayaka Nakaya, idol
- October 16: Miori Takimoto, actress
- October 23: Princess Mako[32]
- October 26: Riho Iida, actress and child model
- October 27: Sōta Murakami, actor and voice actor[33]
November
- November 12: Takatoshi Abe, track and field athlete
- November 16: Tomomi Kasai, singer
- November 22: Saki Shimizu, singer
December
- December 3: Masahiro Usui, actor[34]
- December 7: Dori Sakurada, actor and singer[35][36]
- December 24: Shion Kokubun, figure skater[37]
- December 30: Kurumi Nara, tennis player[38]
Deaths
- January 2: Hiroshi Noma, author[39]
- January 29: Yasushi Inoue, author[40]
- February 24: Shingo Kanemoto, voice actor[41]
- May 15: Shintaro Abe, politician[42]
- May 26: Kisaburo Osawa, aikido teacher[43]
- June 3: Takeshi Nagata, earth scientist[44]
- July 5: Nobuo Nakamura, actor[45]
- July 11: Hitoshi Igarashi, scholar[46]
- August 5: Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company
- August 8: Mitsuko Yoshikawa, actress[47]
- September 3: Susumu Ishii, second kaicho (Godfather) of Inagawa-kai[48]
- October 22: Hachiro Kasuga, enka singer[49]
- November 12: Keizō Hayashi, civil servant and military general (b. 1907)
- November 14: Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter[50]
- November 23: Ken Uehara, film actor[51]
- November 27: Yō Yoshimura, voice actor[52]
Statistics
- Yen value: US$1 = ¥124.85 (December 31)
See also
References
- ↑ "Akihito (emperor of Japan [born 1933])". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Toshiki Kaifu - The 76th and 77th Prime Minister". kantei.go.jp. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Miyazawa Kiichi (prime minister of Japan)". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ ja:広島新交通システム橋桁落下事故
- ↑ "Head-on Collision on Shigaraki Kogen Railway". Failure Knowledge Database. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ Mount Unzen
- ↑ ja:イトマン事件
- ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76405". Aviation Safety Network. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Japan Typhoon Kills at Least 45". The New York Times. 29 September 1991. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Asuka Hinoi's bio". jpopasia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Aya Ōmasa description". Eigapedia. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Michiko Kashiwabara info". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Miu Nakamura description". Eigapedia. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Biography for Kii Kitano at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Yui Koike Biography". MyDramaList.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Erina Mano's bio". jpopasia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "MATSUDAIRA Kenta". ITTF. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Daisuke Kikuchi". goal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Daiki Arioka's bio". jpopasia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Shinsaku Uesugi - Biography and facts". whoislog.info. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Misaki Doi player's details". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Narita Brian (JPN)". JBIS. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Saori Hayami singer". imenterprise.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Biography for Rei Okamoto at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Hamao Kyousuke Biography". MyDramaList.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Profile of Kaho". stardust.co.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Atsuko Maeda's bio". jpopasia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Tomoki Kameda at BoxRec". BoxRec. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Miyu Nagaoka Player Details". vleague.or.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Rina Aizawa Biography". aizawacorporation.webs.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Yūki Tokiwa - Voice Actor Profile". Voice Chasers. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Children -> First Daughter (Princess Mako)". kunaicho.go.jp. Archived from the original on 26 July 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Sōta Murakami". ejje.weblio.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Masahiro Usui Description". Eigapedia. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Sakurada Dori - Actor". artist.amuse.co.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Sakurada Dori singer". MyDramaList.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Shion Kokubun Biography". International Skating Union. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Kurumi NARA player's details". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Noma Hiroshi (Japanese author)". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Inoue Yasushi (Japanese writer)". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "SHINGO KANEMOTO - Info". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Shintaro Abe, Japanese Political Leader". 15 May 1991. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Aikido Journal Encyclopedia of Aikido". aikidojournal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Takeshi Nagata - birthday, date of birth, date of death". birth-death.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Biography for Nobuo Nakamura at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Famous Deaths on 11th July". HistoryOrb. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Mitsuko Yoshikawa birth date/death date". OVGuide. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Susumu Ishii, Japanese Gang Boss Linked to Financial Scandals, 67". NYTimes.com. 1991.
- ↑ "The day that enka singer Hachiro Kasuga died". Nippon Television. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Biography for Yoshikata Yoda at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Biography for Ken Uehara at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Yō Yoshimura birthday, date of birth, date of death". birth-death.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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