← 1991 1990 1989 1992 in Japan → 1993 1994 1995
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See also:	Other events of 1992 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1992 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 4 (平成4年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Akihito^[1]
• 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 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.
• 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

Tsubasa Honda

Yui Yokoyama

Shiori Kutsuna

• 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^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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

Toshirō Oumi

• April 25: Yutaka Ozaki, songwriter and rock star (b. 1965)
• May 11: Taku Izumi, composer (b. 1930)^[4]
• 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)^[5]
• July 5: Toshirō Oumi, singer, composer (b. 1918)^[6]
• 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)^[7]

Statistics

• Yen value: US$1 = ¥111.85 (December 31)

See also

• 1992 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 1992

References