1986 in Japan

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1986 was the 61st year of Showa in Japan. It was the first year of the Japanese asset price bubble.

Incumbents

*Emperor: Hirohito
*Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone

Events

*January 6: Major snowfall strikes western Japan: Kagoshima is blanketed with 20 cm.
*March 23: Record snowfall in the Tokyo area leads to a train collision on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.
*July 6: Simultaneous elections for both houses of the Diet.
*July 22: Third Nakasone cabinet announced.
*September 6: Takako Doi becomes president of the Japan Socialist Party: she is the first female party leader in Japanese history.
*December 9: Beat Takeshi and his troupe are arrested for an attack on the editors of "Friday" magazine.

Births

*February 2: Miwa Asao, beach volleyball player
*February 10: Yui Ichikawa, model/performer
*February 19: Reon Kadena, model
*March 8: Princess Tsuguko
*March 16: Daisuke Takahashi, figure skater
*September 14: Ai Takahashi, performer

Deaths

*Februarty 16: Ryusaburo Umehara, artist
*February 21: Shigechiyo Izumi, oldest man in the world
*April 8: Yukiko Okada, idol singer
*July 31: Chiune Sugihara, diplomat and 'Japanese Schindler'
*November 2: Fumiko Enchi, author

tatistics

*Yen value: US$1 = ¥153 (low) to ¥192 (high)