1991 in Japan
Events in the year 1991 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 3 (平成3年) in the Japanese calendar.
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See also: | Other events of 1991 History of Japan • Timeline • Years |
Incumbents
- Emperor: Akihito[1]
- Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu (L–Aichi) until November 5,[2] Kiichi Miyazawa [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
- January 1: Telephone numbers in Tokyo are expanded from 7 digits to 8 digits
- 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 15: The International Olympic Committee awards the 1998 Winter Olympics to Nagano, Japan.
- 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]
- August 14 – NTT Docomo was founded.[9]
- 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.[10]
- October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister.
- November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet.
Births
January
- January 8: Asuka Hinoi, singer[11]
- January 14: Kana Ichikawa, sprinter
- January 19: Yu Takahashi, model and actress[12]
March
- March 4: Aoi Nakamura, actor[14][15]
- March 10: Kenshi Yonezu, singer-songwriter
- March 14: Michiko Kashiwabara, cross country skier[16]
- March 14: Miu Nakamura, tarento and gravure idol[17]
- March 15: Kii Kitano, gravure idol and actress[18]
- March 28: Rin Asuka, actress
April
- April 8: Minami Takahashi, singer
- April 11: Erina Mano, J-pop singer[19]
- April 11: Kenta Matsudaira, table tennis player[20]
- April 12: Daisuke Kikuchi, footballer[21]
- April 15: Daiki Arioka, singer[22]
- April 16: Misato Ugaki, announcer
- April 17: Shinsaku Uesugi, FIDE master[23]
- April 20: Yuko Shintake, artistic gymnast
- April 29: Misaki Doi, tennis player[24]
- May 3: Narita Brian, racehorse (died 1998)[25]
May
- May 24: Erika Umeda, singer
- May 26: Takumi Abe, football player
- May 29: Saori Hayami, voice actress and singer[26]
June
- June 15: Rina Takeda, actress and black belt
- June 18: Rei Okamoto, model and actress[27]
- June 25: Kyousuke Hamao, actor and model
- June 27: Haruka Yamazaki, voice actress and singer
- June 30: Kaho, actress[28]
July
- July 3: Tomomi Itano, singer, actress and idol
- July 10: Atsuko Maeda, singer[29]
- July 12: Tomoki Kameda, boxer[30]
- July 15: Yuki Kashiwagi, singer, actress and idol
- July 18: Mizuki Yamamoto, model and actress
- July 25: Miyu Nagaoka, volleyball player[31]
- July 27: Rena Matsui, singer and idol
- July 28: Rina Aizawa, actress[32]
August
- August 3: Kaori Kawanaka, archer[33]
- August 16: Yūki Tokiwa, voice actor[34]
September
- September 17: Ryo Ishikawa, golfer
October
- October 15: Sayaka Nakaya, idol
- October 16: Miori Takimoto, actress
- October 23: Princess Mako[35]
- October 26: Riho Iida, actress and child model
- October 27: Sōta Murakami, actor and voice actor[36]
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, actor[37]
- December 7: Dori Sakurada, actor and singer[38]
- December 19: Sumire Uesaka, voice actress and singer[39]
- December 24: Shion Kokubun, figure skater[40]
- December 30: Kurumi Nara, tennis player[41]
Deaths
- January 2: Hiroshi Noma, author (b. 1915)[42]
- January 29: Yasushi Inoue, author (b. 1907)[43]
- February 24: Shingo Kanemoto, voice actor (b. 1932)[44]
- May 15: Shintaro Abe, politician (b. 1924)[45]
- May 26: Kisaburo Osawa, aikido teacher (b. 1910)[46]
- June 3: Takeshi Nagata, earth scientist (b. 1913)[47]
- July 5: Nobuo Nakamura, actor (b. 1908)[48]
- July 11: Hitoshi Igarashi, scholar (b. 1947)[49]
- August 5: Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (b. 1906)
- August 8: Mitsuko Yoshikawa, actress (b. 1901)[50]
- September 3: Susumu Ishii, second kaicho (Godfather) of Inagawa-kai (b. 1924)[51]
- October 22: Hachiro Kasuga, enka singer (b. 1924)[52]
- November 12: Keizō Hayashi, civil servant and military general (b. 1907)
- November 14: Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (b. 1909)[53]
- November 23: Ken Uehara, film actor (b. 1909)[54]
- November 27: Yō Yoshimura, voice actor (b. 1909)[55]
Statistics
- Yen value: US$1 = ¥124.85 (December 31)
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