1988 in Japan

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Events in the year 1988 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime Minister: Noboru Takeshita (L–Shimane)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Keizo 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) until September 30, Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (L–Saitama)
• Diet sessions: 112th (regular session opened in December 1987, until May 25), 113th (extraordinary, July 19 to December 28), 114th (regular, December 30 to 1989, June 22)

Events

• March 13: Seikan Tunnel opens.
• March 17: Tokyo Dome completed.
• April 4 and 5: Rock band Boøwy hold a last concert in Tokyo Dome and break up.
• April 10: Great Seto Bridge opens.
• June 18: Asahi Shimbun breaks the Recruit scandal.
• July 16: The anime film Akira is released.
• July 23: A fishing boat Fuji Maru One collision with a submarine Nadashio, following a fishing boat sank in Tokyo Bay. 30 people death with 17 injures in this crash.^{[citation needed]}
• September 14: Daiei purchases the Nankai Hawks baseball team: they become the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.
• October 19: Orix purchases the Hankyu Braves baseball team: they become the Orix Braves.
• December 9: Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa resigns amid the Recruit scandal.
• December 27: Takeshita announces a realigned cabinet.

Births

• January 1: Saori Hara, AV idol, model, and actress
• January 8: Ryuichi Dogaki, football player
• January 28: Seiya Sanada, wrestler
• February 5: Ayaka Noda, gravure idol
• February 7: Ai Kago, performer
• February 8: Nozomi Sasaki, glamour model
• February 12: Nana Eikura, model, actress, and occasional radio show host
• February 19: Miyu Irino, voice actor
• February 26: Hitomi Niiya, long-distance runner
• March 22: Noriko Kijima, gravure idol and actress
• March 27: Atsuto Uchida, footballer
• April 5: Asumi Nakata, child model and voice actress
• May 1: Takeshi Suzuki, alphine skier
• May 18: Tatsuma Ito, tennis player
• May 26: Akito Watabe, Nordic combined skier
• May 28: Meisa Kuroki, actress, model, and singer
• June 26: Rina Nakanishi, AV idol and former idol singer
• June 28: Gaku Hamada, film and television actor
• September 2: Keisuke Kato, actor and entertainer
• September 7: Daiki Sato, footballer (d. 2010)
• September 13: Nobuyuki Tsujii, pianist and composer
• September 18: Yuichi Sugita, tennis player
• September 20: Chiaki Satō, actress
• September 29: Osama Elsamni, football player
• October 6: Maki Horikita, actress and endorser
• October 20: Risa Niigaki, J-pop singer
• November 1: Ai Fukuhara, table tennis player
• November 7: Kim Chae-Hwa, figure skater
• November 8: Honami Tajima, actress
• November 26: Yumi Kobayashi, fashion model
• December 19: Mami Matsuyama, idol
• December 23: Eri Kamei, J-pop singer
• December 26: Kayo Satoh, model and television personality
• December 28: Yuya Toyoda, actor and entertainer

Deaths

• January 2: Yukio Kasahara, general
• March 1: Yoshi Kato, film actor
• April 10: Shigeo Sugiura, freestyle swimmer
• May 23: Aya Kitō, writer
• June 14: Prince Kan'in Haruhito, career officer
• August 4: Toshio Doko, business leader
• November 4: Takeo Miki, politician
• November 14: Takeo Miki, former prime minister
• November 23: Kenzō Masaoka, anime creator
• December 30: Takeo Fujisawa, businessman

Statistics

• Yen value: US$1 = ¥122 (low) to ¥135 (high)