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Incumbents

Emperor: Akihito
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)

Events

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 2: 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 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.

Births

January 12 - Aika Mitsui, singer
January 29 - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, singer and model
February 23 - Kasumi Ishikawa, table tennis player
March 24 - Ryo Ryusei, actor
April 1 - Keito Okamoto, singer
April 11 - Yūji Takahashi, footballer
May 9 - Ryosuke Yamada, actor and singer
May 10 - Mirai Shida, actress
June 15 - Kanna Arihara, singer
August 3 – Yurina Kumai, singer
August 4 – Alan Shirahama, singer, dancer and actor
August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, child actress
August 10 - Yuto Nakajima, singer
August 31 – Haruka Imai, figure skater
November 26 – Erena Ono, singer
November 30 – Yuri Chinen, singer and actor
December 25 - Emi Takei, actress, model and singer

Deaths

January 22: Kōbō Abe, author
February 9: Saburo Okita, former foreign minister
February 28: Ishirō Honda, film director
April 2: Masaichi Niimi, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War
July 3: Tadao Yoshida, founder of the YKK Group, the world's largest zipper manufacturer
July 10: Masuji Ibuse, writer
August 6: Genkei Masamune, botanist
August 21: Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer
October 29: Masahiro Makino, film director
November 14: Sanzo Nosaka, one of the founders of the Japanese Communist Party
December 16: Kakuei Tanaka, former Prime Minister
December 20: Iichirō Hatoyama, politician and diplomat

Statistics

Yen value: US$1 = ¥109.91 (December 1)

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

1993 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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