1991 in Japan

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Events in the year 1991 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Akihito
• Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu (L–Aichi) until November 5, Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima)
• 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

• 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.
• June 20: Tohoku Shinkansen line is extended from Ueno Station to Tokyo Station.
• July 31: Lotte Orions baseball team announces it will move to Chiba and become the Chiba Lotte Marines.
• 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.
• October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister.
• November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet.

Births

• January 8: Asuka Hinoi, singer
• February 4: Aya Ōmasa, fashion model and actress
• March 14: Michiko Kashiwabara, cross country skier
• March 14: Miu Nakamura, tarento and gravure idol
• March 15: Kii Kitano, gravure idol and actress
• April 4: Yui Koike, gravure idol and actress
• April 11: Erina Mano, J-pop singer
• April 11: Kenta Matsudaira, table tennis player
• April 12: Daisuke Kikuchi, footballer
• April 15: Daiki Arioka, singer
• April 17: Shinsaku Uesugi, FIDE master
• April 29: Misaki Doi, tennis player
• May 3: Narita Brian, racehorse (d. 1998)
• May 29: Saori Hayami, voice actress and singer
• June 18: Rei Okamoto, model and actress
• June 30: Kaho, actress
• July 10: Atsuko Maeda, singer
• July 12: Tomoki Kameda, boxer
• July 25: Miyu Nagaoka, volleyball player
• July 28: Rina Aizawa, actress
• August 16: Yūki Tokiwa, voice actor
• October 15: Sayaka Nakaya, idol
• October 23: Princess Mako
• October 26: Riho Iida, actress and child model
• October 27: Sōta Murakami, actor and voice actor
• December 3: Masahiro Usui, actor
• December 7: Dori Sakurada, actor and singer
• December 24: Shion Kokubun, figure skater
• December 30: Kurumi Nara, tennis player

Deaths

• January 2: Hiroshi Noma, author
• January 29: Yasushi Inoue, author
• February 24: Shingo Kanemoto, voice actor
• March 24: Kazuyoshi Oimatsu, figure skater and coach
• May 15: Shintaro Abe, politician
• May 26: Kisaburo Osawa, aikido teacher
• June 3: Takeshi Nagata, earth scientist
• July 5: Nobuo Nakamura, actor
• July 11: Hitoshi Igarashi, scholar
• August 5: Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company
• August 8: Mitsuko Yoshikawa, actress
• September 3: Susumu Ishii, second kaicho (Godfather) of Inagawa-kai
• October 22: Hachiro Kasuga, enka singer
• November 14: Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter
• November 23: Ken Uehara, film actor
• November 27: Yō Yoshimura, voice actor

Statistics

• Yen value: US$1 = ¥124.85 (Dec. 31)