1992 in Japan

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Events in the year 1992 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Akihito
• 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)

Events

• January 8: US President George H. W. Bush vomits in PM Miyazawa's lap during a state dinner.
• March 7: Sailor Moon anime series starts 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.
• April 1: Taiyo Kobe Mitsui Bank renames itself to Sakura Bank.
• 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 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
• April 13: Daichi Hashimoto, wrestler
• April 25: Kyosuke Ikeda, actor and voice actor
• May 1: You Kikkawa, singer
• May 22: Chinami Tokunaga, J-pop singer
• July 12: Anna Ishibashi, model and actress
• July 15: Koharu Kusumi, J-pop singer, voice actress, and model
• August 23: Yuka Kono, figure skater
• September 3: Sachie Ishizu, tennis player
• September 7: Suzuka Morita, model and actress
• November 20: Maiha Ishimura

Deaths

• April 25: Yutaka Ozaki, rock star
• May 24: Hitoshi Ogawa, racing car driver
• May 27: Machiko Hasegawa, illustrator
• May 29: Yoshitoshi Mori, artist
• June 8: Sakae Ōba, officer of the Imperial Japanese Army
• August 4: Seicho Matsumoto, author
• August 12: Kenji Nakagami, author
• September 5: Yasuji Mori, animator

Statistics

• Yen value: US$1 = ¥111.85 (Dec. 31)