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* [[May 4]] – [[Koto Matsudaira]], diplomat (b. [[1903 in Japan|1903]]) |
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* [[May 21]] – [[Masayoshi Ito]], politician (b. [[1913 in Japan|1913]]) |
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* [[November 13]] – [[Motoo Kimura]], geneticist (b. [[1924 in Japan|1924]]) |
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* [[December 4]] – [[Ichiro Ogimura]], table tennis player (b. [[1932 in Japan|1932]]) |
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* [[December 9]] – [[Kinichiro Sakaguchi]], agricultural chemist and microbiologist (b. [[1897 in Japan|1897]]) |
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Events in the year 1994 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 6 (平成6年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Akihito[1]
- Prime Minister: Morihiro Hosokawa (JNP–Kumamoto) to April 28 Tsutomu Hata (JRP–Nagano) to June 30 Tomiichi Murayama (S–Ōita)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masayoshi Takemura (NPH–Shiga) to April 28 Hiroshi Kumagai (JRP–Shizuoka) to June 30 Kōzō Igarashi (S–Hokkaidō)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ryōhachi Kusaba
- President of the House of Representatives: Takako Doi (S–Hyōgo)
- President of the House of Councillors: Bunbē Hara (L–Tokyo)
- Diet sessions: 129th (regular, January 31 to June 29) 130th (extraordinary, July 18 to July 22) 131st (extraordinary, September 30 to December 9)[2]
Events
- April 25 – The Shinjuku Park Tower, designed by Kenzo Tange and featured in the film Lost in Translation, is completed.
- April 26 – China Airlines Flight 140, an Airbus A300, crashes while landing at Nagoya Airfield, killing 264 people
- June to October – A heatwave hit and water shortage around Japan, according to Japan Weathfare and Ministry official announced, total 579 person death by heat-stroke in Japan.[3]
- June 28 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult execute the first sarin gas attack at Matsumoto, Japan, killing 8 and injuring 200.
- August – The office of the Prime Minister establishes a website.
- August 2 – While riding a moped, Takeshi Kitano is involved in a collision with a car in Shinjuku and is seriously injured.
- August 5 – A bank 541 million-yen robbery incident in Kobe, according to National Police Agency of Japan confirmed report, there are no arrest on suspicion in incident.[4]
- September 4 – Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan opens. All international services are transferred from Itami to Kansai.
- October 2 - October 16 – The Asian Games are held in Hiroshima.[5]
- October 13 – Kenzaburō Ōe receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Births
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- January 13 – Yuma Nakayama, actor and singer
- January 29 – Ayane Sakura, voice actress
- February 5 – Saki Nakajima, singer
- February 27 – Rie Takahashi, voice actress
- March 6 – Miwako Kakei, actress
- March 10 – Mariya Nagao, actress
- March 26 – Mayu Watanabe, singer
- March 30 – Haruka Shimazaki, singer
- April 4 – Risako Sugaya, singer
- April 12 – Airi Suzuki, pop singer, actress and model
- August 18: Seiya Suzuki, professional baseball player
- April 25 – Hirona Yamazaki, actress
- June 15 – Rina Hidaka, voice actress
- June 21 – Chisato Okai, singer
- August 1 – Ayaka Wada,
- August 16 – Riho Takada, actress and model
- August 17 – Tasuku Hatanaka, actor and voice actor
- September 1 – Haruka Miyashita, volleyball player
- September 21 – Fumi Nikaidō, actress and fashion model
- October 30 – Miyū Tsuzurahara, voice actress and child actress
- November 7 – Haruna Iikubo, singer
- November 10 – Takuma Asano, footballer
- November 17 – Naoki Maeda, footballer
- December 7 – Yuzuru Hanyu, figure skater
- December 29 – Princess Kako of Akishino, Princess and daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino
Deaths
- May 4 – Koto Matsudaira, diplomat (b. 1903)
- May 21 – Masayoshi Ito, politician (b. 1913)
- November 13 – Motoo Kimura, geneticist (b. 1924)
- December 4 – Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player (b. 1932)
- December 9 – Kinichiro Sakaguchi, agricultural chemist and microbiologist (b. 1897)
See also
References
- ^ "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ House of Representatives: List of Diet sessions Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Template:Ja icon
- ^ ja:1994年の猛暑(日本) (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 24, 2017.
- ^ ja:福徳銀行５億円強奪事件 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
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