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{{Year in Japan|1990}}
{{Year in Japan|1990}}
Events in the year '''1990 in [[Japan]]'''.
Events in the year '''1990 in [[Japan]]'''. It corresponds to '''[[Heisei period|Heisei]] 2''' (平成2年) in the [[Japanese calendar]].


1990 was the last year of the [[Japanese asset price bubble]].
1990 was the last year of the [[Japanese asset price bubble]].


==Incumbents==
==Incumbents==
* [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]: [[Akihito]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Akihito {{!}} Biography, Reign, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Akihito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]: [[Akihito]]
* [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]: [[Toshiki Kaifu]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|L]]–Aichi)
* [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]: [[Toshiki Kaifu]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|L]]–Aichi)
* [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]: [[Mayumi Moriyama]] (Councillor, L–Tochigi) until February 28, [[Misoji Sakamoto]] (L–Ishikawa)
* [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]: [[Mayumi Moriyama]] (Councillor, L–Tochigi) until February 28, [[Misoji Sakamoto]] (L–Ishikawa)
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* President of the [[House of Councillors]]: [[Yoshihiko Tsuchiya]] (L–Saitama)
* President of the [[House of Councillors]]: [[Yoshihiko Tsuchiya]] (L–Saitama)
* [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] sessions: 117th (regular session opened in December 1989, to January 24), 118th (special, February 27 to June 26), 119th (extraordinary, October 12 to November 10), 120th (regular, December 10 to 1991, May 8)
* [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] sessions: 117th (regular session opened in December 1989, to January 24), 118th (special, February 27 to June 26), 119th (extraordinary, October 12 to November 10), 120th (regular, December 10 to 1991, May 8)

===Governors===
*[[List of governors of Aichi Prefecture|Aichi Prefecture]]: [[Reiji Suzuki]]
*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: [[Ichiro Shimizu]]
*[[Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima Prefecture]]: [[Toranosuke Takeshita]]
*[[Governor of Hokkaido|Hokkaido]]: [[Takahiro Yokomichi]]
*Hyogo Prefecture: [[Toshitami Kaihara]]
*[[List of governors of Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki Prefecture]]: [[Fujio Takeuchi]]
*[[List of governors of Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa Prefecture]]: [[Yōichi Nakanishi]]
*Iwate Prefecture: {{Interlanguage link|Tadashi Nakamura (governor)|ja|中村直|lt=Tadashi Nakamura}}
*Kagawa Prefecture: [[Jōichi Hirai]]
*Kagoshima Prefecture: [[Yoshiteru Tsuchiya]]
*[[List of governors of Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa Prefecture]]: [[Kazuji Nagasu]]
*Kochi Prefecture: [[Chikara Nakauchi]]
*[[List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto Prefecture]]: [[Morihiro Hosokawa]]
*[[List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto Prefecture]]: [[Teiichi Aramaki]]
*Mie Prefecture: [[Ryōzō Tagawa]]
*[[List of governors of Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi Prefecture]]: [[Shuntarō Honma]]
*Miyazaki Prefecture: [[Suketaka Matsukata]]
*[[List of governors of Nagano Prefecture|Nagano Prefecture]]: [[Gorō Yoshimura]]
*Nagasaki Prefecture: [[Isamu Takada]]
*Nara Prefecture: [[Shigekiyo Ueda]]
*[[List of governors of Niigata Prefecture|Niigata Prefecture]]: [[Kiyoshi Kaneko]]
*Oita Prefecture: [[Morihiko Hiramatsu]]
*[[List of governors of Okayama Prefecture|Okayama Prefecture]]: [[Shiro Nagano]]
*[[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa Prefecture]]: [[Junji Nishime]] (until 9 December); [[Masahide Ōta]] (starting 10 December)
*[[List of governors of Osaka|Osaka Prefecture]]: [[Sakae Kishi]]
*[[List of governors of Saga Prefecture|Saga Prefecture]]: [[Kumao Katsuki]]
*[[List of governors of Saitama Prefecture|Saitama Prefecture]]: [[Yawara Hata]]
*[[List of governors of Shiga Prefecture|Shiga Prefecture]]: [[Minoru Inaba]]
*Shiname Prefecture: [[Nobuyoshi Sumita]]
*Shizuoka Prefecture: [[Shigeyoshi Saitō]]
*Tochigi Prefecture: [[Fumio Watanabe]]
*Tokushima Prefecture: [[Shinzo Miki]]
*[[Governor of Tokyo|Tokyo]]: [[Shunichi Suzuki (governor)|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==
==Events==
* February 18: [[Japanese general election, 1990|Elections for the House of Representatives]].
* February 18: [[1990 Japanese general election|Elections for the House of Representatives]].
* February 28: Second Kaifu cabinet formed.
* February 28: Second Kaifu cabinet formed.
* March 10: [[Keiyo Line]] opens between Tokyo and Chiba.
* March 10: [[Keiyo Line]] opens between Tokyo and Chiba.
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* June 29: [[Fumihito, Prince Akishino]], second son of [[Emperor Akihito]], weds [[Kiko Kawashima]].
* June 29: [[Fumihito, Prince Akishino]], second son of [[Emperor Akihito]], weds [[Kiko Kawashima]].
* July 2: A heavy torrential rain and landslide hit in Aso-Kujyu area, part of [[Oita Prefecture]] and [[Kumamoto Prefecture]], according to Fire and Disaster Management agency official confirmed report, 32 person fatalities with 109 person injures.{{page needed|date=May 2017}}
* July 2: A heavy torrential rain and landslide hit in Aso-Kujyu area, part of [[Oita Prefecture]] and [[Kumamoto Prefecture]], according to Fire and Disaster Management agency official confirmed report, 32 person fatalities with 109 person injures.{{page needed|date=May 2017}}
* August 13: Orix Braves baseball team announces that it will move to [[Kobe]] and become the [[Orix Blue Wave]].
* August 13: Orix Braves baseball team announces that it will move to [[Kobe]] and become the [[Orix BlueWave]].
* September 19 &ndash; 20: According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, [[Typhoon Flo (1990)|Typhoon Flo]], hit powerful strong wind, flash flood, tornado hit in around [[Honshu]], total 44 person were death, 197 person were hurt.{{page needed|date=February 2020}}
* September 27: A [[MBB/Kawasaki BK 117]] [[helicopter]] crash into mountain in [[Hyūga, Miyazaki|Hyuga]], [[Miyazaki Prefecture]], according to [[Japan Transport Safety Board]] official confirmed report, 10 persons were lost to lives.{{page needed|date=March 2017}}
* September 27: A [[MBB/Kawasaki BK 117]] [[helicopter]] crash into mountain in [[Hyūga, Miyazaki|Hyuga]], [[Miyazaki Prefecture]], according to [[Japan Transport Safety Board]] official confirmed report, 10 persons were lost to lives.{{page needed|date=March 2017}}
* November 12: [[Akihito]] is enthroned as [[Emperor of Japan]].
* November 12: [[Akihito]] is enthroned as [[Emperor of Japan]].
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==Births==
==Births==
* January 24: [[Mao Abe]], singer-songwriter
* January 24
**[[Mao Abe]], singer-songwriter
**[[Ryosuke Irie]], swimmer
* January 31: [[Kota Yabu]] singer and actor
* January 31: [[Kota Yabu]] singer and actor
* February 4: [[Haruka Tomatsu]], voice actress
* February 4: [[Haruka Tomatsu]], voice actress
* February 15: [[Masashi Ebinuma]], judoka
* February 15
**[[Masashi Ebinuma]], judoka
**[[Rina Sumioka]], singer-songwriter.
* March 11: [[Ryosuke Kikuchi]], professional baseball player
* March 17: [[Tamamori Yuta]], actor and singer
* March 17: [[Tamamori Yuta]], actor and singer
* March 24: [[Izumi Kato]], swimmer
* March 26: [[Yuya Takaki]], actor and singer
* March 26: [[Yuya Takaki]], actor and singer
* April 5: [[Haruma Miura]], actor and singer
* April 5: [[Haruma Miura]], actor and singer (d. [[2020 in Japan|2020]])
* April 16: [[Risa Honma]], idol
* April 16: [[Risa Honma]], idol
* April 21: [[Abroad in Japan]], British-born Youtuber based in Japan
* May 22: [[An Byong-jun]], [[Demographics of North Korea|North Korean]], footballer
* June 1: [[Rie Murakawa]], voice actress and singer
* June 1: [[Rie Murakawa]], voice actress and singer
* June 15: [[Miwa (singer)|Miwa]], singer
* June 15: [[Miwa (singer)|Miwa]], singer
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* June 29: [[Sayuri Sugawara]], singer
* June 29: [[Sayuri Sugawara]], singer
* July 3: [[Nana Iwasaka]], volleyball player
* July 3: [[Nana Iwasaka]], volleyball player
* July 11: [[Risa Shinnabe]], volleyball player
* July 21: [[Sayuri Iwata]], model
* July 21: [[Sayuri Iwata]], model
* August 3: [[Chiemi Blouson]], comedian
* August 6: [[Natsuko Aso]], actress and singer
* August 6: [[Natsuko Aso]], actress and singer
* August 13: [[Sae Miyazawa]], idol
* August 13: [[Sae Miyazawa]], idol
* September 19: [[Saki Fukuda]], actress
* September 19: [[Saki Fukuda]], actress
* September 23: [[:ja:鍵谷陽平|Yōhei Kagitani]], professional baseball pitcher
* September 25: [[Mao Asada]], figure skater
* September 25: [[Mao Asada]], figure skater
* September 27: [[Atsumi Tanezaki]], voice actress
* September 27: [[Atsumi Tanezaki]], voice actress
* October 4: [[Saki (musician)|Saki]], guitarist and songwriter
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* November 15: [[Erika Yazawa]], gravure idol
* November 15: [[Kanata Hongō]], actor and model
*November 12: [[Hideto Asamura]], professional baseball player
* November 15
**[[Kanata Hongō]], actor and model
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**[[Erika Yazawa]], gravure idol
* November 28: [[Hayato Katsuki]], race walker
* December 2: [[Hikaru Yaotome]], singer and songwriter
* December 2: [[Hikaru Yaotome]], singer and songwriter
* December 10: [[Shoya Tomizawa]], motorcycle rider (d. [[2010 in Japan|2010]])
* December 10: [[Shoya Tomizawa]], motorcycle rider (d. [[2010 in Japan|2010]])
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
* January 20: [[Prince Higashikuni]], former prime minister
* January 20: [[Prince Higashikuni]], prime minister of Japan (b. [[1887 in Japan|1887]])
* April 13: [[:ja:木島則夫|Norio Kijima]], announcer and politician (b. [[1925 in Japan|1925]])
* June 13: [[Michiyo Kogure]], film actress
* June 15: [[Nobuo Arai]], swimmer
* June 13: [[Michiyo Kogure]], film actress (b. [[1918 in Japan|1918]])
* June 15: [[Nobuo Arai]], swimmer (b. [[1909 in Japan|1909]])
* July 23: [[Kenjiro Takayanagi]], television engineer, creator of the world's first all-electronic television receiver
* July 23: [[Kenjiro Takayanagi]], television engineer, creator of the world's first all-electronic television receiver (b. [[1899 in Japan|1899]])
* September 1: [[Edwin O. Reischauer]], former U.S. ambassador
* September 25: [[Togyu Okumura]], modern painter
* September 1: [[Edwin O. Reischauer]], former U.S. ambassador (b. [[1910 in Japan|1910]])
* September 25: [[Togyu Okumura]], modern painter (b. [[1889 in Japan|1889]])
* November 5: [[Shunkichi Kikuchi]], photographer
* November 5: [[Shunkichi Kikuchi]], photographer (b. [[1916 in Japan|1916]])
* December 4: [[Naoto Tajima]], athlete
* December 28: [[Seiji Hisamatsu]], film director
* December 4: [[Naoto Tajima]], athlete (b. [[1912 in Japan|1912]])
* December 28: [[Seiji Hisamatsu]], film director (b. [[1912 in Japan|1912]])


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
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==External links==
{{Japan year nav}}
{{Japan year nav}}
{{Asia topic| 1990 in}}
{{Asia topic| 1990 in}}
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[[Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan]]
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in Japan]]
[[Category:1990 by country|Japan]]
[[Category:1990 by country|Japan]]
[[Category:1990 in Asia]]
[[Category:1990s in Japan]]


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Events in the year 1990 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 2 (平成2年) in the Japanese calendar.

1990 was the last year of the Japanese asset price bubble.

Incumbents

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Governors

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Events

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Births

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Deaths

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Statistics

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  • Yen value: US$1 = ¥129 (low) to ¥159 (high)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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