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Events in the year '''1989 in [[Japan]]'''. In the [[history of Japan]], it marks the final year of the [[Shōwa era|Shōwa period]], '''Shōwa 64''', upon the [[Death and state funeral of Hirohito|death]] of [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] on January 7, and the beginning of the [[Heisei era|Heisei period]], '''Heisei 1''' (平成元年 Heisei gannen, gannen means "first year"), from January 8 under the reign of his eldest son, [[Akihito|the current Emperor Emeritus]]. Thus, 1989 corresponds to the transition between Shōwa and Heisei periods in the [[Japanese calendar]].
Events in the year '''1989 in [[Japan]]'''.


1989 was the first year of [[Heisei]] in Japan as well as the all-time peak of the [[Nikkei 225]] stock market average.
1989 was the first year of [[Heisei era]] in Japan as well as the all-time peak of the [[Nikkei 225]] stock market average until being surpassed in [[2024 in Japan|2024]].


==Incumbents==
==Incumbents==
*[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]:
*[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]:
**[[Hirohito|Shōwa]] (until January 7)<ref name=Hirohito>{{cite web |title=Hirohito {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Hirohito|Shōwa]] until January 7
**[[Akihito]] (starting January 7)<ref>{{cite web |title=Akihito {{!}} Biography, Reign, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Akihito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Akihito]] from January 7
*[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]:
*[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]:
**[[Noboru Takeshita]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|L]]–Shimane) until June 3
**[[Noboru Takeshita]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]–Shimane) (until June 3)
**[[Sōsuke Uno]] (L–Shiga) from June 3 until August 10
**[[Sōsuke Uno]] (Liberal Democratic–Shiga) (June 3 – August 10)
**[[Toshiki Kaifu]] (L–Aichi) from August 10
**[[Toshiki Kaifu]] (Liberal Democratic–Aichi) (starting August 10)
*[[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]: [[Keizo Obuchi]] (L–Gunma) until June 3, [[Tokuo Yamashita]] (L–Saga) until August 25, [[Mayumi Moriyama]] (Councillor, L–Tochigi)
*[[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]: [[Keizo Obuchi]] (Liberal Democratic–Gunma) until June 3, [[Tokuo Yamashita]] (Liberal Democratic–Saga) until August 25, [[Mayumi Moriyama]] (Councillor, Liberal Democratic–Tochigi)
* Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Japan|Supreme Court]]: [[Kōichi Yaguchi]]
* Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Japan|Supreme Court]]: [[Kōichi Yaguchi]]
* President of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]]: [[Kenzaburō Hara]] (L–Hyōgo) until June 2, [[Hajime Tamura]] (L–Mie)
* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives (Japan)|Speaker]] of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]: [[Kenzaburō Hara]] (Liberal Democratic–Hyōgo) until June 2, [[Hajime Tamura]] (Liberal Democratic–Mie)
* President of the [[House of Councillors]]: [[Yoshihiko Tsuchiya]] (L–Saitama) until July 9 and again from August 7
* [[President of the House of Councillors|President]] of the [[House of Councillors]]: [[Yoshihiko Tsuchiya]] (Liberal Democratic–Saitama) until July 9 and again from August 7
* [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] sessions: 114th (regular session opened in December 1988, to June 22), 115th (extraordinary, August 7 to August 12), 116th (extraordinary, September 28 to December 16), 117th (regular, December 25 to 1990, January 24)
* [[National Diet]] sessions: 114th (regular session opened in December 1988, to June 22), 115th (extraordinary, August 7 to August 12), 116th (extraordinary, September 28 to December 16), 117th (regular, December 25 to 1990, January 24)
===Governors===
*[[List of governors of Aichi Prefecture|Aichi Prefecture]]: [[Reiji Suzuki]]
*Akita Prefecture: [[Kikuji Sasaki]]
*Aomori Prefecture: [[Masaya Kitamura]]
*Chiba Prefecture: [[Takeshi Numata]]
*Ehime Prefecture: [[Sadayuki Iga]]
*Fukui Prefecture: [[Yukio Kurita]]
*Fukuoka Prefecture: [[Hachiji Okuda]]
*Fukushima Prefecture: [[Eisaku Satō]]
*Gifu Prefecture: [[Yosuke Uematsu]] (until 5 February); [[Taku Kajiwara]] (starting 6 February)
*Gunma Prefecture: [[Ichiro Shimizu]]
*[[Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima Prefecture]]: [[Toranosuke Takeshita]]
*[[Governor of Hokkaido|Hokkaido]]: [[Takahiro Yokomichi]]
*Hyogo Prefecture: [[Toshitami Kaihara]]
*[[List of governors of Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki Prefecture]]: [[Fujio Takeuchi]]
*[[List of governors of Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa Prefecture]]: [[Yōichi Nakanishi]]
*Iwate Prefecture: {{Interlanguage link|Tadashi Nakamura (governor)|ja|中村直|lt=Tadashi Nakamura}}
*Kagawa Prefecture: [[Jōichi Hirai]]
*Kagoshima Prefecture: [[Kaname Kamada]] (until 27 February); [[Yoshiteru Tsuchiya]] (starting 27 February)
*[[List of governors of Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa Prefecture]]: [[Kazuji Nagasu]]
*Kochi Prefecture: [[Chikara Nakauchi]]
*[[List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto Prefecture]]: [[Morihiro Hosokawa]]
*[[List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto Prefecture]]: [[Teiichi Aramaki]]
*Mie Prefecture: [[Ryōzō Tagawa]]
*[[List of governors of Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi Prefecture]]: [[Sōichirō Yamamoto]] (until 28 March); [[Shuntarō Honma]] (starting 28 March)
*Miyazaki Prefecture: [[Suketaka Matsukata]]
*[[List of governors of Nagano Prefecture|Nagano Prefecture]]: [[Gorō Yoshimura]]
*Nagasaki Prefecture: [[Isamu Takada]]
*Nara Prefecture: [[Shigekiyo Ueda]]
*[[List of governors of Niigata Prefecture|Niigata Prefecture]]: [[Takeo Kimi]] (until 13 April); [[Kiyoshi Kaneko]] (starting 4 June)
*Oita Prefecture: [[Morihiko Hiramatsu]]
*[[List of governors of Okayama Prefecture|Okayama Prefecture]]: [[Shiro Nagano]]
*[[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa Prefecture]]: [[Junji Nishime]]
*[[List of governors of Osaka|Osaka Prefecture]]: [[Sakae Kishi]]
*[[List of governors of Saga Prefecture|Saga Prefecture]]: [[Kumao Katsuki]]
*[[List of governors of Saitama Prefecture|Saitama Prefecture]]: [[Yawara Hata]]
*[[List of governors of Shiga Prefecture|Shiga Prefecture]]: [[Minoru Inaba]]
*Shiname Prefecture: [[Nobuyoshi Sumita]]
*Shizuoka Prefecture: [[Shigeyoshi Saitō]]
*Tochigi Prefecture: [[Fumio Watanabe]]
*Tokushima Prefecture: [[Shinzo Miki]]
*[[Governor of Tokyo|Tokyo]]: [[Shunichi Suzuki (governor)|Shun'ichi Suzuki]]
*Tottori Prefecture: [[Yuji Nishio]]
*Toyama Prefecture: [[Yutaka Nakaoki]]
*Wakayama Prefecture: [[Shirō Kariya]]
*Yamagata Prefecture: [[Seiichirō Itagaki]]
*Yamaguchi Prefecture: [[Toru Hirai]]
*Yamanashi Prefecture: [[Kōmei Mochizuki]]


==Events==
==Events==
=== January ===
=== January ===
* January 7
* January 7: [[Emperor Hirohito]] dies; Prince [[Akihito]] becomes Emperor.
** [[Death and state funeral of Hirohito|Death of Hirohito]]: At 7:55 am, Imperial Household Agency announces that Emperor Hirohito has died peacefully, aged 87.
* January 8: [[Heisei era]] officially begins.
** [[Akihito]] becomes 125th [[Emperor of Japan]] upon the death of his father.
* January 8: [[Shōwa era]] ends and [[Heisei era]] officially begins.


=== February ===
=== February ===
* February 7: Last public performance by singer [[Misora Hibari]] held in [[Kitakyushu]].
* February 7: Last public performance by singer [[Misora Hibari]] held in [[Kitakyushu]].
* February 13: The [[Recruit scandal]] breaks, and the company's former president is arrested.
* February 13: The [[Recruit scandal]] breaks, and the company's former president is arrested.
* February 24: [[Death and state funeral of Hirohito#State funeral|State funeral of Hirohito]]: A funeral is held at [[Shinjuku Gyo-en]]. Emperor Shōwa is buried at [[Musashi Imperial Graveyard]] alongside his parents, [[Emperor Taishō]] and [[Empress Teimei]].


=== April ===
=== April ===
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** Japan introduces its first national [[consumption tax]] of three percent.
** Japan introduces its first national [[consumption tax]] of three percent.
**[[Sendai]] becomes a [[city designated by government ordinance]].
**[[Sendai]] becomes a [[city designated by government ordinance]].
* April 25: [[Noboru Takeshita]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] following a stock-trading scandal.
* April 25: [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Noboru Takeshita]] announces his resignation following a [[Recruit scandal|stock-trading scandal]].
* April 26: The [[Dragon Ball Z]] [[anime]] series starts on [[Fuji TV]].
* April 26: The [[Dragon Ball Z]] [[anime]] series starts on [[Fuji TV]].


=== June ===
=== June ===
* June 1: 100th anniversary of the foundation of [[Fukuoka City]].
* June 1: 100th anniversary of the foundation of [[Fukuoka City]].
* June 2: Takeshita cabinet resigns, [[Sōsuke Uno]] becomes Prime Minister.
* June 2: [[Takeshita Cabinet|Takeshita cabinet]] resigns, [[Sōsuke Uno]] becomes Prime Minister.


=== July ===
=== July ===
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* July 16: A large-scale landslides occurred, following to a microbus crushed by rockfall prevention in [[Echizen, Fukui|Echizen, Fukui Prefecture]], according to official confirmed report, 15 people fatalities.
* July 16: A large-scale landslides occurred, following to a microbus crushed by rockfall prevention in [[Echizen, Fukui|Echizen, Fukui Prefecture]], according to official confirmed report, 15 people fatalities.
* July 23
* July 23
** In the [[1989 Japanese House of Councillors election|15th regular election]] for the [[House of Councillors]], Liberal Democrats lose their majority for the first time in party history. In the ensuing "twisted Diet" (''nejire kokkai''), it must cooperate with the [[Japanese Socialist Party|Socialist]]-led opposition as it does not hold a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives. The Uno cabinet resigns.
** [[Tsutomu Miyazaki]] is arrested.
** In the [[Japanese House of Councillors election, 1989|15th regular election]] for the House of Councillors, Liberal Democrats lose their majority for the first time in party history. In the ensuing "twisted Diet" (''nejire kokkai''), it must cooperate with the [[Japanese Socialist Party|Socialist]]-led opposition as it does not hold a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives. The Uno cabinet resigns.


=== August ===
=== August ===
* August 8: Reformist [[Toshiki Kaifu]] from the small Kōmoto faction is elected LDP president with 279 votes against [[Yoshirō Hayashi]] (Nikaidō group, a breakaway group from the Takeshita faction, 120 votes) and [[Shintarō Ishihara]] (formerly with his own faction that merged into the Abe faction in 1984, 48 votes)<ref>Liberal Democratic Party: [http://www.jimin.jp/aboutus/history/prime_minister/index.html Historical party president and presidential election results]</ref>
* August 8: Reformist [[Toshiki Kaifu]] from the small Kōmoto faction is elected LDP president with 279 votes against [[Yoshiro Hayashi (politician)|Yoshirō Hayashi]] (Nikaidō group, a breakaway group from the Takeshita faction, 120 votes) and [[Shintarō Ishihara]] (formerly with his own faction that merged into the Abe faction in 1984, 48 votes)<ref>Liberal Democratic Party: [http://www.jimin.jp/aboutus/history/prime_minister/index.html Historical party president and presidential election results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015013155/http://www.jimin.jp/aboutus/history/prime_minister/index.html |date=2011-10-15 }}</ref>
* August 9: First Kaifu cabinet formed and formally appointed one day later.
* August 9: First Kaifu cabinet formed and formally appointed one day later.


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=== November ===
=== November ===
* November 4: [[Sakamoto family murder]] - [[Aum Shinrikyo]] murders a lawyer, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, as well as his wife, Satoko, and infant son, Tatsuhiko, who had been working on a lawsuit against the religious group.
* November 4: [[Sakamoto family murder]] - [[Aum Shinrikyo]] murders a lawyer, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, as well as his wife, Satoko, and infant son, Tatsuhiko, who had been working on a lawsuit against the religious group.
* November 22: The [[RENGO|Japan Trade Union Confederation]], or "RENGO", is founded with the merger of the Japan Confederation of Labor (Dōmei) and the Federation of Independent Labor Unions (Chūritsu Rōren).
* November 22: The [[RENGO|Japan Trade Union Confederation]], or "RENGO", is founded with the merger of the Japan Confederation of Labor (Dōmei) and the Federation of Independent Labor Unions (Chūritsu Rōren).


=== December ===
=== December ===
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==Births==
==Births==
* January 3: [[Kōhei Uchimura]], gymnast
* January 3 – [[Kōhei Uchimura]], gymnast
* January 25: [[Mikako Tabe]], stage and film actress
* January 25 – [[Mikako Tabe]], stage and film actress
* February 2 – [[Shuhei Fukuda]], professional baseball player
* February 25: [[Kana Hanazawa]], actress and singer
* February 25: [[Kana Hanazawa]], actress and singer
* March 17: [[Shinji Kagawa]], football player
* March 17 – [[Shinji Kagawa]], football player
* March 18: [[Kana Nishino]], singer-songwriter
* March 18 – [[Kana Nishino]], singer-songwriter
* March 23: [[Natsuna Watanabe]], actress and model
* March 23 – [[Natsuna Watanabe]], actress and model
* April 8: [[Hitomi Takahashi (singer)|Hitomi Takahashi]], singer
* April 8 – [[Hitomi Takahashi (singer)|Hitomi Takahashi]], singer
* April 11 – [[Yoshihiro Maru]], professional baseball player
* May 30: [[Yui Ishikawa]], actress and voice actress
* May 30
* July 9: [[Kiyono Yasuno]], voice actress
**[[Yui Ishikawa]], actress and voice actress
* July 13: [[Sayumi Michishige]], singer
**[[Akiyo Noguchi]], professional rock climber
*September 29: [[Makoto Furukawa]], voice actor
* June 5 – [[Megumi Nakajima]], voice actress and singer
*November 11
* June 7 – [[Seiji Kobayashi]], professional baseball player
* June 23 – [[Ayana Taketatsu]], voice actress and singer
* July 9 – [[Kiyono Yasuno]], voice actress and singer
* July 13 – [[Sayumi Michishige]], singer
* September 7 – [[Daiki Yamashita]], voice actor
* September 17 – [[Yuhei Nakaushiro]], baseball player
* September 26 – [[Chinami Suzuki]], model, television host, and actress
* September 29 – [[Makoto Furukawa]], voice actor
* October 11 – [[Tomoyuki Sugano]], professional baseball pitcher
* October 21 – [[May'n]], singer
* November 11
** [[Reina Tanaka]], singer
** [[Reina Tanaka]], singer
** [[Chiaki Omigawa]], voice actress and actress
** [[Chiaki Omigawa]], voice actress and actress
* November 23 – [[Shinya Kayama]], professional baseball player
*December 27: [[Maaya Uchida]], actress, voice actress and singer
*December 29: [[Kei Nishikori]], tennis player
* December 27 – [[Maaya Uchida]], actress, voice actress and singer
* December 29 – [[Kei Nishikori]], tennis player
<gallery>
File:Shinji Kagawa'14.JPG|[[Shinji Kagawa]]
File:菅野智之 (51003568461) (cropped).jpg|[[Tomoyuki Sugano]]
</gallery>


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
* January 4: [[Junko Furuta]], murder victim (b. [[1971 in Japan|1971]])
* January 4 – [[Junko Furuta]], murder victim (b. [[1971 in Japan|1971]])
* January 7: [[Emperor Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] (b. [[1901 in Japan|1901]])
* January 7 – [[Emperor Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] (b. [[1901 in Japan|1901]])<ref name=Hirohito />
* January 31: [[Yasushi Akutagawa]], composer and conductor (b. [[1925 in Japan|1925]])
* January 31 – [[Yasushi Akutagawa]], composer and conductor (b. [[1925 in Japan|1925]])
* February 9: [[Osamu Tezuka]], [[Mangaka|manga artist]] (b. [[1928 in Japan|1928]])
* February 9 – [[Osamu Tezuka]], [[Mangaka|manga artist]] (b. [[1928 in Japan|1928]])
* April 27: [[Konosuke Matsushita]], founder of [[Matsushita Electric]] (b. [[1894 in Japan|1894]])
* April 27 – [[Konosuke Matsushita]], founder of [[Matsushita Electric]] (b. [[1894 in Japan|1894]])
* May 15:
* May 15
**[[Noriko Tsukase]], voice actress (b. [[1945 in Japan|1945]])
**[[Noriko Tsukase]], voice actress (b. [[1945 in Japan|1945]])
**[[Yae Ibuka]], nurse (b. [[1897 in Japan|1897]])
**[[Yae Ibuka]], nurse (b. [[1897 in Japan|1897]])
* June 2: [[Takeo Watanabe]], musician and composer (b. [[1933 in Japan|1933]])
* June 2 – [[Takeo Watanabe]], musician and composer (b. [[1933 in Japan|1933]])
* June 24: [[Hibari Misora]], singer and actress (b. [[1937 in Japan|1937]])
* June 24 – [[Hibari Misora]], singer and actress (b. [[1937 in Japan|1937]])
* August 15: [[Minoru Genda]], military aviator and politician (b. [[1904 in Japan|1904]])
* August 15 – [[Minoru Genda]], military aviator and politician (b. [[1904 in Japan|1904]])
* August 18: [[Yuji Koseki]], composer (b. [[1909 in Japan|1909]])
* August 18 – [[Yuji Koseki]], composer (b. [[1909 in Japan|1909]])
* October 26 – [[Kumeko Urabe]], film actor (b. [[1902 in Japan|1902]]).<ref>{{cite web|title="おばあちゃんアイドル"の浦辺粂子 浴衣に引火し火傷死|trans-title="Grandma Idol" Kumeko Urabe Yukata ignites and burns to death|website=Nikkan Gendai|date=20 June 2018|url=https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/geinox/139588|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410190619/https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/geinox/139588|archive-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>
* November 6: [[Yūsaku Matsuda]], actor (b. [[1949 in Japan|1949]])
* December 12: [[Suiho Tagawa]], manga artist (b. [[1899 in Japan|1899]])
* November 6 – [[Yūsaku Matsuda]], actor (b. [[1949 in Japan|1949]])
* December 30: [[Yasuji Miyazaki]], Olympic swimmer (b. [[1916 in Japan|1916]])
* December 12 – [[Suiho Tagawa]], manga artist (b. [[1899 in Japan|1899]])
* December 30 – [[Yasuji Miyazaki]], Olympic swimmer (b. [[1916 in Japan|1916]])


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
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==External links==
==External links==
*''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Anatomy_of_Gray.html?id=bKIGjkF4-OoC&redir_esc=y/ Anatomy of Gray, Google Books]''
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bKIGjkF4-OoC Anatomy of Gray, Google Books]''


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Events in the year 1989 in Japan. In the history of Japan, it marks the final year of the Shōwa period, Shōwa 64, upon the death of Emperor Shōwa on January 7, and the beginning of the Heisei period, Heisei 1 (平成元年 Heisei gannen, gannen means "first year"), from January 8 under the reign of his eldest son, the current Emperor Emeritus. Thus, 1989 corresponds to the transition between Shōwa and Heisei periods in the Japanese calendar.

1989 was the first year of Heisei era in Japan as well as the all-time peak of the Nikkei 225 stock market average until being surpassed in 2024.

Incumbents

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Governors

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Events

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January

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February

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April

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June

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July

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  • July 1: 100th anniversary of the foundations of Kōfu and Gifu City.
  • July 12: 100th anniversary of the foundation of Akita City.
  • July 16: A large-scale landslides occurred, following to a microbus crushed by rockfall prevention in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, according to official confirmed report, 15 people fatalities.
  • July 23
    • In the 15th regular election for the House of Councillors, Liberal Democrats lose their majority for the first time in party history. In the ensuing "twisted Diet" (nejire kokkai), it must cooperate with the Socialist-led opposition as it does not hold a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives. The Uno cabinet resigns.

August

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  • August 8: Reformist Toshiki Kaifu from the small Kōmoto faction is elected LDP president with 279 votes against Yoshirō Hayashi (Nikaidō group, a breakaway group from the Takeshita faction, 120 votes) and Shintarō Ishihara (formerly with his own faction that merged into the Abe faction in 1984, 48 votes)[3]
  • August 9: First Kaifu cabinet formed and formally appointed one day later.

September

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October

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November

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  • November 4: Sakamoto family murder - Aum Shinrikyo murders a lawyer, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, as well as his wife, Satoko, and infant son, Tatsuhiko, who had been working on a lawsuit against the religious group.
  • November 22: The Japan Trade Union Confederation, or "RENGO", is founded with the merger of the Japan Confederation of Labor (Dōmei) and the Federation of Independent Labor Unions (Chūritsu Rōren).

December

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Births

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Deaths

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Statistics

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  • Yen value: US$1 = ¥127 (low) to ¥144 (high)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ Liberal Democratic Party: Historical party president and presidential election results Archived 2011-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ ""おばあちゃんアイドル"の浦辺粂子 浴衣に引火し火傷死" ["Grandma Idol" Kumeko Urabe Yukata ignites and burns to death]. Nikkan Gendai. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021.
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