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Incumbents

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)

Events

January 8: US President George H. W. Bush vomits in Prime Minister 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.
- 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 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

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
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
July 3: Maasa Sudo, singer
July 12: Anna Ishibashi, model and actress
July 15: Koharu Kusumi, J-pop singer, voice actress, and model
August 23: Yuka Kono, figure skater
August 25: Miyabi Natsuyaki, singer
September 3: Sachie Ishizu, tennis player
September 7: Suzuka Morita, model and actress
September 28: Koko Tsurumi, artistic gymnast
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
November 20: Maiha Ishimura, singer
December 14: Ryo Miyaichi, footballer

Deaths

April 25: Yutaka Ozaki, songwriter and rock star
May 24: Hitoshi Ogawa, racing car driver
May 27: Machiko Hasegawa, illustrator
May 29: Yoshitoshi Mori, artist
June 8: Sakae Ōba, officer of the Imperial Japanese Army
August 4: Seicho Matsumoto, author
August 12: Kenji Nakagami, author
September 5: Yasuji Mori, animator

Statistics

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

Years in Japan (1868–present)

Meiji period (1868–1912)

1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

Taishō period (1912–1926)

1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Shōwa period (1926–1989)

1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Heisei period (1989–present)

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1992 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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