1993 in Japan
Events in the year 1993 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 5 (平成5年)) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
    
- Emperor: Akihito[1]
 - 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 offshore of Kushiro, Hokkaido, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, two person were lost to lives with 966 person injures.[2]
 - January 27: Sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first non-Japanese to reach the rank of yokozuna.
 - April 15: 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: 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: A torrential rain and debris flow occur in Kagoshima area, Kyushu Island, according to a report by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, 72 people died and 142 were injured.[3]
 - August 3: Kono Statement issued by Japanese government.
 - August 6: Hosokawa Morihiro is elected as new Prime Minister of Japan. A non-Liberal Democratic Party coalition government composed of seven parties is formed.
 - October 5: According to former Japan Transport Ministry official announced, a people mover vehicle crush over stop position in Suminoekōen Station, Osaka City, resulting to 215 person were hurt.
 
Births
    
- January 6 – Taku Yashiro, voice actor
 - January 12 
- Aika Mitsui, singer
 - Yu Inaba, actor[4]
 
 - January 29 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, singer and model
 - January 30 - Kodai Senga, 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
 - 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 27 – 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[5]
 - November 20 – Sumire Satō, actress and idol[6]
 - November 26 – Erena Ono, singer[7]
 - November 30 – Yuri Chinen, singer and actor[8]
 - December 7 - Kiyou Shimizu, karate martial artist[9]
 - December 15 - Yuko Araki, actress and model[10]
 - December 18 - Riria, actress[11]
 - December 23 - Ruriko Kojima, gravure idol and sportscaster[12]
 - December 24 - Mariya Nishiuchi, actress, model and singer-songwriter[13]
 - December 25 - Emi Takei, actress, model and singer[14]
 - December 28 - Yua Shinkawa, actress and model[15]
 
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)[16][17]
 - December 16: Kakuei Tanaka, former Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)[18]
 - December 20: Iichirō Hatoyama, politician and diplomat (b. 1918)[19]
 
Statistics
    
- Yen value: US$1 = ¥109.91 (December 1)
 
References
    
- "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
 - ja:釧路沖地震 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on 28 November.
 - ja:平成5年8月豪雨 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on 28 November.
 - ""「マルチ」をめざすスターの原石" Town News (February 11, 2010)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
 - "田所 あずさ Azusa Tadokoro". Artists (in Japanese). HoriPro International. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
 - 佐藤 すみれ - すみれだより [sumire sato - from sumire] (in Japanese). DMM.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
 - 小野恵令奈 [Erena Ono]. AKB48 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
 - 知念侑李のプロフィール [Profile of Yuri Chinen]. Oricon News (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
 - "Kiyou Shimizu". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
 - 新木優子 [YUKO NIIGI] (in Japanese). Stardust Promotion, Inc. Stardust Music, Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
 - Official Profile at Kirin Pro at the Wayback Machine (archived May 17, 2008)
 - 小島瑠璃子 (コジマルリコ) [Ruriko Kojima (Kojima Riko)] (in Japanese). HoriPro Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
 - "Mariya Nishiuchi". Zimbio. Livingly Media, Inc. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
 - "Emi Takei". Zimbio. Livingly Media, Inc. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
 - "「Seventeen」卒業の新川優愛、モデル・女優としての活動を振り返る<プロフィール・略歴>" [Yuai Shinkawa, graduating from "Seventeen", looks back on her work as a model and actress <profile and biography>]. Model Press (in Japanese). Netnative Inc. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
 - Kirkup, James (16 November 1993). "Obituary: Sanzo Nosaka". People. The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
 - "Political Obituary, 1990-2007" (in Spanish). ZPC, Roberto Ortiz de Zárate. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
 - Sterngold, James (17 December 1993). "Kakuei Tanaka, 75, Ex-Premier and Political Force in Japan, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
 - "Iichiro Hatoyama; Ex-Foreign Minister, 75". The New York Times. Reuters. 20 December 1993. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
 
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