1992 in Japan

	1992; in; Japan
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See also:	Other events of 1992; List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1992 in Japan.

Incumbents [edit]

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)

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.