Events in the year 1992 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 4 (平成4年) in the Japanese calendar.
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)
Governors 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: Hiroyuki Kodera Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita Hokkaido: Takahiro Yokomichi Hyogo Prefecture: Toshitami Kaihara Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi Iwate Prefecture: Iwao Kudō Kagawa Prefecture: Jōichi Hirai Kagoshima Prefecture: Yoshiteru Tsuchiya Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu Kochi Prefecture: Daijiro Hashimoto Kumamoto Prefecture: Joji Fukushima Kyoto Prefecture: Teiichi Aramaki Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa Miyagi Prefecture: Shuntarō Honma Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada Nara Prefecture: Yoshiya Kakimoto Niigata Prefecture: Kiyoshi Kaneko (until 9 September); Ikuo Hirayama (starting 25 October) Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano Okinawa Prefecture: Masahide Ōta Osaka Prefecture: Kazuo Nakagawa Saga Prefecture: Isamu Imoto Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata (until 12 July); Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (starting 12 July) Shiga Prefecture: Minoru Inaba Shiname Prefecture: Nobuyoshi Sumita Shizuoka Prefecture: Shigeyoshi Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki Tokyo: 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: Ken Amano
Events January 8: US President George H. W. Bush vomits in Prime Minister Miyazawa's lap during a state dinner. January 12: According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a settlement ship Fukujin-maru, carrying 46 passengers and crew, capsizes off Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 37 persons were rescued, 9 persons were their lost to lives. January 13: Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. March 7: Sailor Moon began broadcasting 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. Taiyo Kobe Mitsui Bank renames itself to Sakura Bank. April 27: Kirby's Dream Land, the first video game in the Kirby series by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory and the debut of Kirby himself, is released. 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. August 27: Super Mario Kart, the first video game in the Mario Kart series by Nintendo, is released. October 14: Liberal Democratic Party member Shin Kanemaru resigns over the receipt of illegal payments from Sagawa Express. 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 February 7: Maimi Yajima, singer February 26: Ai Shinozaki, gravure idol and singer March 6: Momoko Tsugunaga, singer March 11: Nao Tōyama, voice actress and singer March 21: Erena Mizusawa, model and actress March 25: Machico, singer and voice actress March 27: Aoi Yūki, voice actress April 13: Daichi Hashimoto, professional wrestler April 25: Kyosuke Ikeda, actor and voice actor May 1: You Kikkawa, singer May 22: Chinami Tokunaga, J-pop singer May 28: Gaku Shibasaki, footballer June 27: Tsubasa Honda, actress and model July 3: Maasa Sudo, singer July 12: Anna Ishibashi, model and actress July 15: Hokutōfuji Daiki, sumo wrestler Koharu Kusumi, J-pop singer, voice actress, and model July 16: Tetsuto Yamada, baseball player August 5: Yasutaka Uchiyama, tennis player August 6: Saori Ōnishi, voice actress August 10: Ari Ozawa, voice actress August 16: Zawachin, model August 18: Riko Narumi, actress and model August 20: Mai Shiraishi, idol singer and model August 23: Yuka Kono, figure skater August 25: Miyabi Natsuyaki, singer August 27 Ayame Goriki, actress, singer and model Sayuri Matsumura, idol singer, model September 3: Sachie Ishizu, tennis player September 7: Suzuka Morita, model and actress September 28: Koko Tsurumi, artistic gymnast October 2: Yasuaki Yamasaki, professional baseball player October 3: Aina Hashimoto, singer, actress and voice actress October 4: Shun Miyazato, actor and voice actor October 5: Hirotaka Chiba, actor and voice actor October 19: Shiho, actress and model October 27: Taiko Katono, actor and model November 5: Takuya Kai, baseball player November 15: Minami Minegishi, singer and actress November 20: Maiha Ishimura, singer November 25: Haru Nomura, golfer December 8: Yui Yokoyama, singer and actress December 14: Ryo Miyaichi, footballer December 20: Shuta Tonosaki, professional baseball player December 22: Shiori Kutsuna, actress and idol
Deaths
April 25: Yutaka Ozaki, songwriter and rock star (b. 1965) May 11: Taku Izumi, composer (b. 1930):ja:いずみたく (Japanese language edition) Retrieved 21 November 2018 May 22: Lee Yangji, author (b. 1955) May 24: Hitoshi Ogawa, racing car driver (b. 1956) May 27: Machiko Hasegawa, illustrator (b. 1920) May 29: Yoshitoshi Mori, artist (b. 1898) June 8: Sakae Ōba, officer of the Imperial Japanese Army (b. 1914) June 10: Hachidai Nakamura, composer (b. 1931):ja:中村八大 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved 21 November 2018 July 5: Toshirō Oumi, singer, composer (b. 1918):ja:近江俊郎 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved 21 November 2018 August 4: Seicho Matsumoto, author (b. 1909) August 12: Kenji Nakagami, author (b. 1946) September 5: Yasuji Mori, animator (b. 1925) September 25: Kazuko Matsuo, singer (b. 1935):ja:松尾和子 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved 21 November 2018
Statistics Yen value: US$1 = ¥111.85 (December 31)
See also 1992 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1992
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