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) ^ "Akihito (emperor of Japan [born 1933])" . 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Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Profile" . Mammoth Website (in Japanese). Mammoth. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017 . ^ "Aya Ōmasa description" . Eigapedia. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ 中村蒼 アーティスト レプロエンタテインメント (in Japanese). LesPros Entertainment. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2017 . ^ "Aoi Nakamura (II)" . IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 20 May 2017 . ^ "Michiko Kashiwabara info" . International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Miu Nakamura description" . Eigapedia. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ Biography for Kii Kitano at IMDb . Retrieved 7 January 2014. ^ "Erina Mano's bio" . jpopasia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "MATSUDAIRA Kenta" . ITTF. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Daisuke Kikuchi" . goal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Daiki Arioka's bio" . jpopasia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Shinsaku Uesugi – Biography and facts" . whoislog.info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Misaki Doi player's details" . International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Narita Brian (JPN)" . JBIS. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Saori Hayami singer" . imenterprise.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Profile of Kaho" . stardust.co.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Atsuko Maeda's bio" . jpopasia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Tomoki Kameda at BoxRec" . BoxRec. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Miyu Nagaoka Player Details" . vleague.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Rina Aizawa Biography" . aizawacorporation.webs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Kaori KAWANAKA – Olympic Archery | Japan" . International Olympic Committee . 20 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019 . ^ "Yūki Tokiwa – Voice Actor Profile" . Voice Chasers. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Children -> First Daughter (Princess Mako)" . kunaicho.go.jp. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Sōta Murakami" . ejje.weblio.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Masahiro Usui Description" . Eigapedia. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Sakurada Dori – Actor" . artist.amuse.co.jp. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Sumire Uesaka details" . Space Craft Entertainment. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2018 . ^ "Shion Kokubun Biography" . International Skating Union. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Kurumi NARA player's details" . International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Noma Hiroshi (Japanese author)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Inoue Yasushi (Japanese writer)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "SHINGO KANEMOTO – Info" . Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Shintaro Abe, Japanese Political Leader" . 15 May 1991. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Aikido Journal Encyclopedia of Aikido" . aikidojournal.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Takeshi Nagata – birthday, date of birth, date of death" . birth-death.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ Biography for Nobuo Nakamura at IMDb . Retrieved 7 January 2014. ^ "Famous Deaths on 11th July" . HistoryOrb. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Mitsuko Yoshikawa birth date/death date" . OVGuide. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ "Susumu Ishii, Japanese Gang Boss Linked to Financial Scandals, 67" . The New York Times . 1991. ^ "The day that enka singer Hachiro Kasuga died" . Nippon Television . 2008-10-22. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014 . ^ Biography for Yoshikata Yoda at IMDb . Retrieved 7 January 2014. ^ Biography for Ken Uehara at IMDb . Retrieved 7 January 2014. ^ "Yō Yoshimura birthday, date of birth, date of death" . birth-death.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 7 January 2014 .