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List of events
Events in the year 1991 in
Japan . It corresponds to
Heisei 3 (平成3年) in the
Japanese calendar .
January 1: Telephone numbers in
Tokyo are expanded from 7 digits to 8 digits
March 14: A under constructing to Hiroshima Astram Line bridge girder falling accident, kills 14, injures 9.
[4]
April 1:
Tokyo Metropolitan Government moved its offices from
Marunouchi to the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in
Shinjuku .
April 26: Self-Defense Forces dispatched to assist in the
Gulf War .
May 14:
Shigaraki train disaster – 42 fatalities, 614 injures in
Shiga Prefecture .
[5]
June 3:
Mount Unzen in
Nagasaki Prefecture saw a
pyroclastic flow , resulting in 43 deaths.
[6]
June 15: The
International Olympic Committee awards the
1998 Winter Olympics to
Nagano ,
Japan .
[7]
June 20:
Tohoku Shinkansen line is extended from
Ueno Station to
Tokyo Station .
July 13: 1991 Itoman special breach of trust case, six arrested by Japanese authorities.
[8]
July 31: Lotte Orions baseball team announces it will move to
Chiba and become the
Chiba Lotte Marines .
August 5:
Aerospatiale SA365N helicopter crash in
Muraoka, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture , 8 fatalities.
[9]
August 14 –
NTT Docomo was founded.
[10]
September 11:
USS Independence is based at
Yokosuka , becoming the
United States Navy 's only forward-deployed
aircraft carrier .
September 27:
Typhoon Mireille kills 45 people in Japan.
[11]
October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister.
November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet.
April 8:
Minami Takahashi , singer
April 11:
Erina Mano , J-pop singer
[20]
April 11:
Kenta Matsudaira , table tennis player
[21]
April 12:
Daisuke Kikuchi , footballer
[22]
April 15:
Daiki Arioka , singer
[23]
April 16:
Misato Ugaki , announcer
April 17:
Shinsaku Uesugi , FIDE master
[24]
April 20:
Yuko Shintake , artistic gymnast
April 29:
Misaki Doi , tennis player
[25]
May 3:
Narita Brian , racehorse (died
1998 )
[26]
July 3:
Tomomi Itano , singer, actress and idol
July 10:
Atsuko Maeda , singer
[29]
July 11:
Kentaro Sakaguchi , model and actor
July 12:
Tomoki Kameda , boxer
[30]
July 15:
Yuki Kashiwagi , singer, actress and idol
July 18:
Mizuki Yamamoto , model and actress
July 25:
Miyu Nagaoka , volleyball player
[31]
July 27:
Rena Matsui , singer and idol
July 28:
Rina Aizawa , actress
[32]
January 2:
Hiroshi Noma , author (b.
1915 )
[42]
January 29:
Yasushi Inoue , author (b.
1907 )
[43]
February 24:
Shingo Kanemoto , voice actor (b.
1932 )
[44]
May 15:
Shintaro Abe , politician (b.
1924 )
[45]
May 26:
Kisaburo Osawa , aikido teacher (b.
1910 )
[46]
June 3:
Takeshi Nagata , earth scientist (b.
1913 )
[47]
July 5:
Nobuo Nakamura , actor (b.
1908 )
[48]
July 11:
Hitoshi Igarashi , scholar (b.
1947 )
[49]
August 5:
Soichiro Honda , founder of Honda Motor Company (b.
1906 )
August 8:
Mitsuko Yoshikawa , actress (b.
1901 )
[50]
September 3:
Susumu Ishii , second kaicho (Godfather) of
Inagawa-kai (b.
1924 )
[51]
October 22:
Hachiro Kasuga ,
enka singer (b.
1924 )
[52]
November 12:
Keizō Hayashi , civil servant and military general (b.
1907 )
November 14:
Yoshikata Yoda , screenwriter (b.
1909 )
[53]
November 23:
Ken Uehara , film actor (b.
1909 )
[54]
November 27:
Yō Yoshimura , voice actor (b.
1909 )
[55]
Yen value: US$1 = ¥124.85 (December 31)
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"Shintaro Abe, Japanese Political Leader" . 15 May 1991. Retrieved 7 January 2014 .
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