- 1989 in Japan
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dn3=2010s1989 was the 64th year of Showa and first year ofHeisei inJapan . It was the fourth year of theJapanese asset price bubble and was the all-time peak of theeconomy of Japan .Incumbents
*Emperor:
Hirohito ,Akihito
*Prime Minister:Noboru Takeshita ,Toshiki Kaifu
*Chief Cabinet Secretary :Keizo Obuchi ,Tokuo Yamashita ,Mayumi Moriyama Events
* January 7: Emperor Hirohito dies; Prince Akihito becomes Emperor.
* January 8:Heisei era officially begins.
* February 7: Last public performance by singerMisora Hibari held inKitakyushu .
* February 13: TheRecruit scandal breaks, and the company's former president is arrested.
* April 1: Japan introduces its first nationalconsumption tax of three percent.
* April 1:Sendai becomes acity designated by government ordinance .
* June 2: Takeshita cabinet resigns.
* July 23:Tsutomu Miyazaki is arrested.
* August 9: First Kaifu cabinet formed.
* September 27:Yokohama Bay Bridge opens.
* December 29: TheNikkei 225 index of theTokyo Stock Exchange reaches its all-time record high of 38,915.87.Deaths
* January 7:
Emperor Hirohito
* February 9:Osamu Tezuka , manga artist
* April 27:Konosuke Matsushita , founder ofMatsushita Electric
* June 24:Hibari Misora , singer and actress
* November 6:Yusaku Matsuda , actor
* December 12:Suiho Tagawa , manga artisttatistics
*Yen value: US$1 = ¥127 (low) to ¥144 (high)
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