1992 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1992 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 4 (平成4年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Akihito^[1]
Prime Minister: Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kōichi Katō (L–Yamagata) until December 12, Yōhei Kōno (L–Kanagawa)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ryōhachi Kusaba
President of the House of Representatives: Yoshio Sakurauchi (L–Shimane)
President of the House of Councillors: Yūji Osada (L–proportional) until July 9, Bunbē Hara (L–Tokyo) from August 7
Diet sessions: 123rd (regular, January 24 to June 21), 124th (extraordinary, August 7 to August 11), 125th (extraordinary, October 30 to December 10)

Governors

Aichi Prefecture

- - - - Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata Ehime Prefecture: Sadayuki Iga Fukui Prefecture: Yukio Kurita
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Hachiji Okuda Fukushima Prefecture: Eisaku Satō
  - Gifu Prefecture: Taku Kajiwara Gunma Prefecture: Hiroyuki Kodera Hiroshima Prefecture

Hokkaido

- Hyogo Prefecture: Toshitami Kaihara Ibaraki Prefecture

Ishikawa Prefecture

- - - Iwate Prefecture: Iwao Kudō Kagawa Prefecture: Jōichi Hirai Kagoshima Prefecture: Yoshiteru Tsuchiya Kanagawa Prefecture

- Kochi Prefecture: Daijiro Hashimoto Kumamoto Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

- Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa Miyagi Prefecture

- Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture

- Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada Nara Prefecture: Yoshiya Kakimoto
Niigata Prefecture

Kiyoshi Kaneko (until 9 September); Ikuo Hirayama (starting 25 October)

- Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu Okayama Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

Masahide Ōta

Osaka Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture

Yawara Hata (until 12 July); Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (starting 12 July)

Shiga Prefecture

- - Shiname Prefecture: Nobuyoshi Sumita Shizuoka Prefecture: Shigeyoshi Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe
- Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki Tokyo

- Tottori Prefecture: Yuji Nishio Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki
  - - Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai Yamanashi Prefecture: Ken Amano

Events

January 8: US President George H. W. Bush vomits in Prime Minister Miyazawa's lap during a state dinner.
January 12: According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a settlement ship Fukujin-maru, carrying 46 passengers and crew, capsizes off Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 37 persons were rescued, 9 persons were their lost to lives.
January 13: Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
March 7: Sailor Moon began broadcasting on TV Asahi.
March 14: Nozomi services begin on the Tokaido Shinkansen.
March 25: Huis ten Bosch opens in Nagasaki Prefecture.
April 1
- Chiba City is divided into wards.
- Taiyo Kobe Mitsui Bank renames itself to Sakura Bank.
April 27: Kirby's Dream Land, the first video game in the Kirby series by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory and the debut of Kirby himself, is released.
May 2: Civil servants are granted a two-day weekend for the first time.
May 22: Japan New Party founded.
July 1: Yamagata Shinkansen opens.
July 26: In Upper House elections, the LDP holds on to a slim coalition majority.
October 14: Liberal Democratic Party member Shin Kanemaru resigns over the receipt of illegal payments from Sagawa Express.
October 23: Emperor Akihito visits the People's Republic of China for the first time.
October 29–November 8: Finals of the 1992 AFC Asian Cup held in Japan. The Japan national football team defeat the defending champions, Saudi Arabia, in the final in Hiroshima.

Births

January 6: Hiroya, kickboxer
January 12: Mao Kobayashi, idol
February 1: Mao Ichimichi, actress
February 7: Maimi Yajima, singer
February 26: Ai Shinozaki, gravure idol and singer
March 6: Momoko Tsugunaga, singer
March 11: Nao Tōyama, voice actress and singer
March 21: Erena Mizusawa, model and actress
March 25: Machico, singer and voice actress
March 27: Aoi Yūki, voice actress
April 13: Daichi Hashimoto, professional wrestler
April 25: Kyosuke Ikeda, actor and voice actor
May 1: You Kikkawa, singer
May 22: Chinami Tokunaga, J-pop singer
May 28: Gaku Shibasaki, footballer
June 27: Tsubasa Honda, actress and model
July 3: Maasa Sudo, singer
July 12: Anna Ishibashi, model and actress
July 15:
- Hokutōfuji Daiki, sumo wrestler
- Koharu Kusumi, J-pop singer, voice actress, and model
July 16: Tetsuto Yamada, baseball player
August 5: Yasutaka Uchiyama, tennis player
August 6: Saori Ōnishi, voice actress
August 10: Ari Ozawa, voice actress
August 16: Zawachin, model
August 18: Riko Narumi, actress and model
August 20: Mai Shiraishi, idol singer and model
August 23: Yuka Kono, figure skater
August 25: Miyabi Natsuyaki, singer
August 27
- Ayame Goriki, actress, singer and model
- Sayuri Matsumura, idol singer, model
September 3: Sachie Ishizu, tennis player
September 7: Suzuka Morita, model and actress
September 28: Koko Tsurumi, artistic gymnast
October 2: Yasuaki Yamasaki, professional baseball player
October 3: Aina Hashimoto, singer, actress and voice actress
October 4: Shun Miyazato, actor and voice actor
October 5: Hirotaka Chiba, actor and voice actor
October 19: Shiho, actress and model
October 27: Taiko Katono, actor and model
November 5: Takuya Kai, baseball player
November 15: Minami Minegishi, singer and actress
November 20: Maiha Ishimura, singer
November 25: Haru Nomura, golfer
December 8: Yui Yokoyama, singer and actress
December 14: Ryo Miyaichi, footballer
December 20: Shuta Tonosaki, professional baseball player
December 22: Shiori Kutsuna, actress and idol

Deaths

April 25: Yutaka Ozaki, songwriter and rock star (b. 1965)
May 11: Taku Izumi, composer (b. 1930)^[2]
May 22: Lee Yangji, author (b. 1955)
May 24: Hitoshi Ogawa, racing car driver (b. 1956)
May 27: Machiko Hasegawa, illustrator (b. 1920)
May 29: Yoshitoshi Mori, artist (b. 1898)
June 8: Sakae Ōba, officer of the Imperial Japanese Army (b. 1914)
June 10: Hachidai Nakamura, composer (b. 1931)^[3]
July 5: Toshirō Oumi, singer, composer (b. 1918)^[4]
August 4: Seicho Matsumoto, author (b. 1909)
August 12: Kenji Nakagami, author (b. 1946)
September 5: Yasuji Mori, animator (b. 1925)
September 25: Kazuko Matsuo, singer (b. 1935)^[5]

Statistics

Yen value: US$1 = ¥111.85 (December 31)

Notes and References

Web site: Akihito Biography, Reign, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
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