Events in the year 1993 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 5 (平成5年)) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Akihito Prime Minister: Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima) until August 9, Hosokawa Morihiro (JNP–Kumamoto) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yōhei Kōno (L–Kanagawa) until August 9, Masayoshi Takemura (NPH–Shiga) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ryōhachi Kusaba President of the House of Representatives: Yoshio Sakurauchi (L–Shimane) until June 18, Takako Doi (S–Hyōgo) from August 6 President of the House of Councillors: Bunbē Hara (L–Tokyo) Diet sessions: 126th (regular, January 22 to June 18), 127th (special, August 5 to August 28), 128th (extraordinary, September 17 to 1994, January 29)
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 (until 28 November); Yūzan Fujita (starting 29 November) Hokkaido: Takahiro Yokomichi Hyogo Prefecture: Toshitami Kaihara Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi (until 11 August); Masaru Hashimoto (starting 26 September) 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 (until 4 October); Shirō Asano (starting 24 November) Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada Nara Prefecture: Yoshiya Kakimoto Niigata Prefecture: Ikuo Hirayama Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano Okinawa Prefecture: Masahide Ōta Osaka Prefecture: Kazuo Nakagawa Saga Prefecture: Isamu Imoto Saitama Prefecture: Yoshihiko Tsuchiya Shiga Prefecture: Minoru Inaba Shiname Prefecture: Nobuyoshi Sumita Shizuoka Prefecture: Shigeyoshi Saitō (until 23 June); Yoshinobu Ishikawa (starting 1 August) Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki (until 4 October); Toshio Endo (starting 4 October) Tokyo: Shun'ichi Suzuki Tottori Prefecture: Yuji Nishio Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki (until 2 February); Kazuo Takahashi (starting 14 February) Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai Yamanashi Prefecture: Ken Amano
Events January 15: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off the shore of Kushiro, Hokkaido; two people die and 966 are injured.:ja:釧路沖地震 (Japanese language) Retrieved on 28 November. January 27: Sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first non-Japanese participant to reach the rank of yokozuna. April 15: The 10th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Disneyland. May 15: The J-League is established. June 9: Crown Prince Naruhito marries Masako Owada. June 22: New Party Sakigake breaks away from the Liberal Democratic Party. July 7 - July 9: The G7 summit is held in Tokyo. July 16: The Yokohama Landmark Tower, Japan's tallest building until the opening of the Abeno Harukas skyscraper, is completed. July 18: General elections for the House of Representatives of Japan are held. The Liberal Democratic Party fails to secure a majority. August 1 to 6: Torrential rain and a resultant debris flow occur in the Kagoshima area of Kyushu Island. According to the report by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, 72 people died and 142 were injured.:ja:平成5年8月豪雨 (Japanese language) Retrieved on 28 November. August 3: The Kono Statement is issued by the Japanese government. August 6: Hosokawa Morihiro is elected as the Prime Minister of Japan. A non-Liberal Democratic Party coalition government composed of seven parties is formed. October 5: An accident on the Nankō Port Town Line, an automated people mover in Osaka, injures 215 people at Suminoekōen Station.
Births
January 6 – Taku Yashiro, voice actor January 12 Aika Mitsui, singer Yu Inaba, actor January 29 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, singer and model January 30 - Kodai Senga, professional baseball player February 11 - Takumi Ohshiro, professional baseball player February 13 - Kasumi Arimura, actress February 16 - Sōsuke Genda, professional baseball player February 20 - Nanami Hashimoto, idol singer, model, actress February 23 - Kasumi Ishikawa, table tennis player March 24 - Ryo Ryusei, actor April 1 - Keito Okamoto, singer April 11 - Yūji Takahashi, footballer April 26 - Kaoru Mitsumune, actress and model May 3 - Shuto Takajo, professional baseball player May 9 - Ryosuke Yamada, actor and singer May 10 - Mirai Shida, actress May 17 – Ayaka Sayama, gravure idol May 19 – Ryunosuke Kamiki, actor June 15 - Kanna Arihara, singer June 21 - Reni Takagi, idol July 2 - Yosuke Kishi, singer and actor July 13 - Rena Nōnen, actress and fashion model July 14 - Sayaka Yamamoto, singer and actress July 15 - Masataka Yoshida, professional baseball player July 30 - Miho Miyazaki, singer and actress August 3 – Yurina Kumai, singer August 4 – Alan Shirahama, singer, dancer and actor August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, child actress August 6 – Kaori Ishihara, voice actress August 9 - Kensuke Kondo, professional baseball player August 10 - Yuto Nakajima, singer August 24 – Aoi Koga, voice actress August 28 – Sora Amamiya, voice actress and singer. August 31 – Haruka Imai, figure skater September 1 - Shōta Imanaga, professional baseball player September 19 – Miyuki Watanabe, singer and model November 10 - Azusa Tadokoro, voice actress and singer November 15 - Saaya Irie, actress and model November 20 – Sumire Satō, actress and idol November 26 – Erena Ono, singer November 30 – Yuri Chinen, singer and actor December 7 - Kiyou Shimizu, karate martial artist December 15 - Yuko Araki, actress and model December 18 - Riria Kojima, actress December 23 - Ruriko Kojima, gravure idol and sportscaster December 24 - Mariya Nishiuchi, actress, model and singer-songwriter December 25 - Emi Takei, actress, model and singer December 28 - Yua Shinkawa, actress and model
Deaths
January 22: Kōbō Abe, author (b. 1924) February 9: Saburo Okita, former foreign minister (b. 1914) February 28: Ishirō Honda, film director (b. 1911) April 2: Masaichi Niimi, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War (b. 1887) July 3: Tadao Yoshida, founder of the YKK Group, the world's largest zipper manufacturer (b. 1908) July 10: Masuji Ibuse, writer (b. 1898) August 6: Genkei Masamune, botanist (b. 1899) August 21: Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (b. 1911) October 29: Masahiro Makino, film director (b. 1908) November 14: Sanzō Nosaka, one of the founders of the Japanese Communist Party (b. 1892) December 16: Kakuei Tanaka, former Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918) December 20: Iichirō Hatoyama, politician and diplomat (b. 1918)
Statistics Yen value: US$1 = ¥109.91 (December 1)
See also 1993 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1993
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