President of the
House of Representatives: Michita Sakata (L–Kumamoto) until June 2, Kenzaburō Hara (L–Hyōgo) from July 22
President of the
House of Councillors: Mutsuo Kimura (L–Okayama) until July 22, Masaaki Fujita (L–Hiroshima)
Diet sessions: 104th (regular session opened in December 1985, to May 22), 105th (extraordinary, June 2), 106th (special, July 22 to July 25), 107th (extraordinary, September 11 to December 20), 108th (regular, December 29 to 1987, May 27)
January 6: Major snowfall strikes Western Japan.
Kagoshima was blanketed with 20 cm of snow.[2]
January 26: An
avalanche hit Maseguchi, Mount Gongen,
Niigata Prefecture. According to an official report of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, 13 people died and 9 others were injured.[3]
March 23: Recorded snowfall in
Tokyo area leads to a train collision on the
Seibu Shinjuku Line.
April: The
Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law went into effect. This law prohibits
gender discrimination with respect to vocational training, fringe benefits, retirement, and dismissal, and urges firms to try to equalise opportunity with regard to recruitment, hiring, job assignments, and promotion.[5]
July 6: Simultaneous elections for both houses of the
Diet.
July 22: Third Nakasone cabinet announced.
August 2: The first Studio Ghibli film, "Laputa:
Castle in the Sky", was released.
August 5: Heavy torrential rain with floods hit the
Abukuma River and surrounding area in
Fukushima Prefecture. The Japan Fire Department Management Agency confirmed 20 people died and 107 were injured.[6]
September 6:
Takako Doi becomes the president of the
Japan Socialist Party. She was the first female party leader in Japanese history.[7]
November 1: According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, seven religious group member burned bodies and mass suicide occurs on beach in
Wakayama City.[8]
December 9:
Beat Takeshi and his troupe were arrested for an attack on the editors of Friday magazine.[9]
^Edwards, Linda N. (1992). "The status of women in Japan: Has the Equal Employment Opportunity Law made a difference?".
doi:
10.7916/D8X3550D. {{
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President of the
House of Representatives: Michita Sakata (L–Kumamoto) until June 2, Kenzaburō Hara (L–Hyōgo) from July 22
President of the
House of Councillors: Mutsuo Kimura (L–Okayama) until July 22, Masaaki Fujita (L–Hiroshima)
Diet sessions: 104th (regular session opened in December 1985, to May 22), 105th (extraordinary, June 2), 106th (special, July 22 to July 25), 107th (extraordinary, September 11 to December 20), 108th (regular, December 29 to 1987, May 27)
January 6: Major snowfall strikes Western Japan.
Kagoshima was blanketed with 20 cm of snow.[2]
January 26: An
avalanche hit Maseguchi, Mount Gongen,
Niigata Prefecture. According to an official report of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, 13 people died and 9 others were injured.[3]
March 23: Recorded snowfall in
Tokyo area leads to a train collision on the
Seibu Shinjuku Line.
April: The
Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law went into effect. This law prohibits
gender discrimination with respect to vocational training, fringe benefits, retirement, and dismissal, and urges firms to try to equalise opportunity with regard to recruitment, hiring, job assignments, and promotion.[5]
July 6: Simultaneous elections for both houses of the
Diet.
July 22: Third Nakasone cabinet announced.
August 2: The first Studio Ghibli film, "Laputa:
Castle in the Sky", was released.
August 5: Heavy torrential rain with floods hit the
Abukuma River and surrounding area in
Fukushima Prefecture. The Japan Fire Department Management Agency confirmed 20 people died and 107 were injured.[6]
September 6:
Takako Doi becomes the president of the
Japan Socialist Party. She was the first female party leader in Japanese history.[7]
November 1: According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, seven religious group member burned bodies and mass suicide occurs on beach in
Wakayama City.[8]
December 9:
Beat Takeshi and his troupe were arrested for an attack on the editors of Friday magazine.[9]
^Edwards, Linda N. (1992). "The status of women in Japan: Has the Equal Employment Opportunity Law made a difference?".
doi:
10.7916/D8X3550D. {{
cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (
help)