# 1993 in Japan

Events in the year 1993 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 5 (平成5年)) in the Japanese calendar.

## 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)

### Governors

* 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: Taku Kajiwara
* Gunma Prefecture: Hiroyuki Kodera
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita (until 28 November); Yūzan Fujita (starting 29 November)
* Hokkaido: Takahiro Yokomichi
* Hyogo Prefecture: Toshitami Kaihara
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi (until 11 August); Masaru Hashimoto (starting 26 September)
* Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
* Iwate Prefecture: Iwao Kudō
* Kagawa Prefecture: Jōichi Hirai
* Kagoshima Prefecture: Yoshiteru Tsuchiya
* Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu
* Kochi Prefecture: Daijiro Hashimoto
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Joji Fukushima
* Kyoto Prefecture: Teiichi Aramaki
* Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa
* Miyagi Prefecture: Shuntarō Honma (until 4 October); Shirō Asano (starting 24 November)
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata
* Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura
* Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada
* Nara Prefecture: Yoshiya Kakimoto
* Niigata Prefecture: Ikuo Hirayama
* Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu
* Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano
* Okinawa Prefecture: Masahide Ōta
* Osaka Prefecture: Kazuo Nakagawa
* Saga Prefecture: Isamu Imoto
* Saitama Prefecture: Yoshihiko Tsuchiya
* Shiga Prefecture: Minoru Inaba
* Shiname Prefecture: Nobuyoshi Sumita
* Shizuoka Prefecture: Shigeyoshi Saitō (until 23 June); Yoshinobu Ishikawa (starting 1 August)
* Tochigi Prefecture: Fumio Watanabe
* Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki (until 4 October); Toshio Endo (starting 4 October)
* Tokyo: Shun'ichi Suzuki
* Tottori Prefecture: Yuji Nishio
* Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki
* Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya
* Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki (until 2 February); Kazuo Takahashi (starting 14 February)
* Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai
* Yamanashi Prefecture: Ken Amano

## Events

* January 15: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the shore of Kushiro, Hokkaido. Two people died and 966 were injured.
* 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 9: 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 1 to 6: A torrential rain and debris flow occur in Kagoshima area, Kyushu Island, according to a report by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, 72 people died and 142 were injured.
* August 3: Kono Statement issued by Japanese government.
* August 6: Hosokawa Morihiro is elected as the Prime Minister of Japan. A non-Liberal Democratic Party coalition government composed of seven parties is formed.
* October 5: An accident on the Nankō Port Town Line, an automated people mover in Osaka, injures 215 people at Suminoekōen Station.

## Births

* January 6 – Taku Yashiro, voice actor
* January 12
** Aika Mitsui, singer
** Yu Inaba, actor
* January 29 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, singer and model
* January 30 - Kodai Senga, professional baseball player
* February 11 - Takumi Ohshiro, professional baseball player
* February 13 - Kasumi Arimura, actress
* February 16 - Sōsuke Genda, professional baseball player
* February 20 - Nanami Hashimoto, idol singer, model, actress
* February 23 - Kasumi Ishikawa, table tennis player
* March 24 - Ryo Ryusei, actor
* April 1 - Keito Okamoto, singer
* April 11 - Yūji Takahashi, footballer
* April 26 - Kaoru Mitsumune, actress and model
* May 3 - Shuto Takajo, professional baseball player
* May 9 - Ryosuke Yamada, actor and singer
* May 10 - Mirai Shida, actress
* May 17 – Ayaka Sayama, gravure idol
* June 15 - Kanna Arihara, singer
* June 21 - Reni Takagi, idol
* July 2 - Yosuke Kishi, singer and actor
* July 13 - Rena Nōnen, actress and fashion model
* July 14 - Sayaka Yamamoto, singer and actress
* July 15 - Masataka Yoshida, professional baseball player
* July 30 - Miho Miyazaki, singer and actress
* August 3 – Yurina Kumai, singer
* August 4 – Alan Shirahama, singer, dancer and actor
* August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, child actress
* August 6 – Kaori Ishihara, voice actress
* August 9 - Kensuke Kondo, professional baseball player
* August 10 - Yuto Nakajima, singer
* August 28 – Sora Amamiya, voice actress and singer.
* August 31 – Haruka Imai, figure skater
* September 1 - Shōta Imanaga, professional baseball player
* September 19 – Miyuki Watanabe, singer and model
* November 10 - Azusa Tadokoro, voice actress and singer
* November 20 – Sumire Satō, actress and idol
* November 26 – Erena Ono, singer
* November 30 – Yuri Chinen, singer and actor
* December 7 - Kiyou Shimizu, karate martial artist
* December 15 - Yuko Araki, actress and model
* December 18 - Riria, actress
* December 23 - Ruriko Kojima, gravure idol and sportscaster
* December 24 - Mariya Nishiuchi, actress, model and singer-songwriter
* December 25 - Emi Takei, actress, model and singer
* December 28 - Yua Shinkawa, actress and model

## Deaths

* January 22: Kōbō Abe, author (b. 1924)
* February 9: Saburo Okita, former foreign minister (b. 1914)
* February 28: Ishirō Honda, film director (b. 1911)
* April 2: Masaichi Niimi, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War (b. 1887)
* July 3: Tadao Yoshida, founder of the YKK Group, the world's largest zipper manufacturer (b. 1908)
* July 10: Masuji Ibuse, writer (b. 1898)
* August 6: Genkei Masamune, botanist (b. 1899)
* August 21: Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (b. 1911)
* October 29: Masahiro Makino, film director (b. 1908)
* November 14: Sanzō Nosaka, one of the founders of the Japanese Communist Party (b. 1892)
* December 16: Kakuei Tanaka, former Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
* December 20: Iichirō Hatoyama, politician and diplomat (b. 1918)

## Statistics

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