Events in the year 1991 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 3 (平成3年) in the Japanese calendar.
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- January 1: Telephone numbers in Tokyo are expanded from 7 digits to 8 digits
- March 14: A under constructing to Hiroshima Astram Line bridge girder falling accident, kills 14, injures 9.[4]
- April 1: Tokyo Metropolitan Government moved its offices from Marunouchi to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku.
- April 26: Self-Defense Forces dispatched to assist in the Gulf War.
- May 14: Shigaraki train disaster – 42 fatalities, 614 injures in Shiga Prefecture.[5]
- June 3: Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture saw a pyroclastic flow, resulting in 43 deaths.[6]
- June 15: The International Olympic Committee awards the 1998 Winter Olympics to Nagano, Japan.[7]
- June 20: Tohoku Shinkansen line is extended from Ueno Station to Tokyo Station.
- July 13: 1991 Itoman special breach of trust case, six arrested by Japanese authorities.[8]
- July 31: Lotte Orions baseball team announces it will move to Chiba and become the Chiba Lotte Marines.
- August 5: Aerospatiale SA365N helicopter crash in Muraoka, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture, 8 fatalities.[9]
- August 14 – NTT Docomo was founded.[10]
- September 11: USS Independence is based at Yokosuka, becoming the United States Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
- September 27: Typhoon Mireille kills 45 people in Japan.[11]
- October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister.
- November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet.
April
- April 8: Minami Takahashi, singer
- April 11: Erina Mano, J-pop singer[20]
- April 11: Kenta Matsudaira, table tennis player[21]
- April 12: Daisuke Kikuchi, footballer[22]
- April 15: Daiki Arioka, singer[23]
- April 16: Misato Ugaki, announcer
- April 17: Shinsaku Uesugi, FIDE master[24]
- April 20: Yuko Shintake, artistic gymnast
- April 29: Misaki Doi, tennis player[25]
- May 3: Narita Brian, racehorse (died 1998)[26]
July
- July 3: Tomomi Itano, singer, actress and idol
- July 10: Atsuko Maeda, singer[29]
- July 11: Kentaro Sakaguchi, model and actor
- July 12: Tomoki Kameda, boxer[30]
- July 15: Yuki Kashiwagi, singer, actress and idol
- July 18: Mizuki Yamamoto, model and actress
- July 25: Miyu Nagaoka, volleyball player[31]
- July 27: Rena Matsui, singer and idol
- July 28: Rina Aizawa, actress[32]
- January 2: Hiroshi Noma, author (b. 1915)[42]
- January 29: Yasushi Inoue, author (b. 1907)[43]
- February 24: Shingo Kanemoto, voice actor (b. 1932)[44]
- May 15: Shintaro Abe, politician (b. 1924)[45]
- May 26: Kisaburo Osawa, aikido teacher (b. 1910)[46]
- June 3: Takeshi Nagata, earth scientist (b. 1913)[47]
- July 5: Nobuo Nakamura, actor (b. 1908)[48]
- July 11: Hitoshi Igarashi, scholar (b. 1947)[49]
- August 5: Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company (b. 1906)
- August 8: Mitsuko Yoshikawa, actress (b. 1901)[50]
- September 3: Susumu Ishii, second kaicho (Godfather) of Inagawa-kai (b. 1924)[51]
- October 22: Hachiro Kasuga, enka singer (b. 1924)[52]
- November 12: Keizō Hayashi, civil servant and military general (b. 1907)
- November 14: Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (b. 1909)[53]
- November 23: Ken Uehara, film actor (b. 1909)[54]
- November 27: Yō Yoshimura, voice actor (b. 1909)[55]
- Yen value: US$1 = ¥124.85 (December 31)
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