Heisei era

, also known as the **Heisei era**, is the  after _Shōwa and before Reiwa_. This period started in February 1989 and ended on April 30, 2019 with the emperor's abdication. During this time, the emperor was ,

## Events of the Heisei period

The years in which Akihito has been the Japanese monarch comprise this period or era.
- **1990** (_Heisei 2_): Expo 1990 in Hyōgo Prefecture
- **1992** (_Heisei 4_): Emperor Akihito traveled to China, the first time a Japanese monarch to visit.
- **1993** (_Heisei 5_): 19th G7 summit in Tokyo
- **1998** (_Heisei 10_): 1998 Winter Olympics
- **2000** (_Heisei 12_): 26th G8 summit in Okinawa
- **2008** (_Heisei 20_): 34th G8 summit in Hokkaido

## Disasters

- **January 17, 1995** (_Heisei 7, 17th day of the 1st month_): Kobe Earthquake.

- **11 March 2011** (_Heisei 23, 11th day of the 3rd month_): A magnitude 9.0 earthquake caused a great tsunami, known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and consequently created the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

- **15 March 2011** (_Heisei 23, 15th day of the 3rd month_): Emperor Akihito made his first national television address. He said, "I hope from the bottom of my heart that the people will, hand in hand, treat each other with compassion and overcome these difficult times."

### Politics

- **1989** (_Heisei 1_): Emperor Shōwa died; and Noboru Takeshita was the Prime Minister during the time of transition.
- **1989** (_Heisei 1_): Sosuke Uno became 75th Prime Minister
- **1989** (_Heisei 1_): Toshiki Kaifu became 76th Prime Minister
- **1990** (_Heisei 2_): Kaifu became 77th Prime Minister
- **1991** (_Heisei 3_): Kiichi Miyazawa became 78th Prime Minister
- **1993** (_Heisei 5_): Morihiro Hosokawa became 79th Prime Minister
- **1994** (_Heisei 6_): Tsutomu Hata became 80th Prime Minister
- **1994** (_Heisei 6_): Tomiichi Murayama became 81st Prime Minister
- **1996** (_Heisei 8_): Ryutaro Hashimoto became 82nd Prime Minister
- **1996** (_Heisei 8_): Hashimoto became 83rd Prime Minister
- **1998** (_Heisei 10_): Keizo Obuchi became 84th Prime Minister
- **2000** (_Heisei 12_): Yoshiro Mori became 85th Prime Minister
- **2000** (_Heisei 12_): Mori became 86th Prime Minister
- **2001** (_Heisei 13_): Junichiro Koizumi became 87th Prime Minister
- **2003** (_Heisei 15_): Koizumi became 88th Prime Minister
- **2005** (_Heisei 17_): Koizumi became 89th Prime Minister
- **2006** (_Heisei 18_): Shinzo Abe became 90th Prime Minister
- **2007** (_Heisei 19_): Yasuo Fukuda became 91st Prime Minister
- **2008** (_Heisei 20_): Taro Aso became 92nd Prime Minister
- **2009** (_Heisei 21_): Yukio Hatoyama became 93rd Prime Minister
- **2010** (_Heisei 22_): Naoto Kan became 94th Prime Minister
- **2011** (_Heisei 23_): Yoshihiko Noda became 95th Prime Minister
- **2012** (_Heisei 24_): Shinzo Abe became 96th Prime Minister
- **2013** (_Heisei 25_) Abe is the prime minister.
- **2014** (_Heisei 26_) Abe is the prime minister.
- **2015** (_Heisei 27_) Abe is the prime minister.
- **2016** (_Heisei 28_) Abe is the prime minister.
- **2017** (_Heisei 29_) Abe is the prime minister.
- **2018** (_Heisei 30_) Abe is the prime minister.
- **2019** (_Heisei 31_) Abe is the prime minister.

## Related pages

- 100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei period)
- List of emperors of Japan
- Japanese era name

## Other websites

- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

|Heisei|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th|10th|11th|12th|13th|14th|15th|16th|17th|18th|19th|20th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||1989|1990|1991|1992|1993|1994|1995|1996|1997|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|
|Heisei|21st|22nd|23rd|24th|25th|26th|27th|28th|29th|30th|31st|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||2009|2010|2011|2012|2013|2014|2015|2016|2017|2018|2019|