- 1992 in Japan
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year=1992
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dn3=2020s1992 was the fourth year ofHeisei inJapan .Incumbents
* Emperor:
Akihito
* Prime Minister:Kiichi Miyazawa Events
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January 8 : US PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush vomits in PM Miyazawa's lap during a state dinner.
*March 14 : "Nozomi" services begin on theTokaido Shinkansen .
*March 25 :Huis ten Bosch opens inNagasaki Prefecture .
*April 1 :Chiba City is divided into wards.
*April 1 : Taiyo Kobe Mitsui Bank renames itself toSakura Bank .
*May 2 : Civil servants are granted a two-day weekend for the first time.
*May 22 :Japan New Party founded.
*July 1 :Yamagata Shinkansen opens.
*July 26 : In upper house elections, the LDP holds on to a slim coalition majority.
*October 23 : Emperor Akihito visits thePeople's Republic of China for the first time.
*October 29 –November 8 : Finals of the1992 AFC Asian Cup held in Japan. TheJapan national football team defeat the defending champions, Saudi Arabia, in the final inHiroshima .Deaths
* January 2:
Yutaka Ozaki , rock star
* May 27:Machiko Hasegawa , illustrator
* August 4:Seicho Matsumoto , author
* August 12:Kenji Nakagami , author
* September 5:Yasuji Mori , animatortatistics
*Yen value: US$1 = ¥111.85 (Dec. 31)
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