1990 in Japan

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Events in the year 1990 in Japan.

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

Incumbents

• Emperor: Akihito
• Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu (L–Aichi)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Mayumi Moriyama (Councillor, L–Tochigi) until February 28, Misoji Sakamoto (L–Ishikawa)
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōichi Yaguchi until February 19, Ryōhachi Kusaba from February 20
• President of the House of Representatives: Hajime Tamura (L–Mie) until January 24, Yoshio Sakurauchi (L–Shimane) from February 27
• President of the House of Councillors: Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (L–Saitama)
• 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)

Events

• February 18: Elections for the House of Representatives.
• February 28: Second Kaifu cabinet formed.
• March 10: Keiyo Line opens between Tokyo and Chiba.
• April 1: International Flower Exposition opens in Osaka.
• August 13: Orix Braves baseball team announces that it will move to Kobe and become the Orix Blue Wave.
• December 29: Kaifu cabinet reshuffled.

Births

• February 15: Masashi Ebinuma, judoka
• March 26: Yuya Takaki, actor and singer
• April 5: Haruma Miura, actor and singer
• April 16: Risa Honma, idol
• July 3: Nana Iwasaka, volleyball player
• July 21: Sayuri Iwata, model
• August 6: Natsuko Aso, actress and singer
• August 13: Sae Miyazawa, idol
• September 25: Mao Asada, figure skater
• November 15: Erika Yazawa, gravure idol
• November 15: Kanata Hongō, actor and model
• December 2: Hikaru Yaotome, singer and songwriter
• December 10: Shoya Tomizawa, motorcycle rider (d. 2010)
• December 23: Yu Horiuchi, wrestler

Deaths

• January 26: Prince Higashikuni, former prime minister
• June 13: Michiyo Kogure. film actress
• June 15: Nobuo Arai, swimmer
• September 1: Edwin O. Reischauer, former U.S. ambassador
• November 5: Shunkichi Kikuchi, photographer
• December 4: Naoto Tajima, athlete
• December 28: Seiji Hisamatsu, film director

Statistics

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