1989 in Japan

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1989 was the 64th year of Showa and first year of Heisei in Japan. It was the fourth year of the Japanese asset price bubble and was the all-time peak of the economy 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 singer Misora Hibari held in Kitakyushu.
* February 13: The Recruit scandal breaks, and the company's former president is arrested.
* April 1: Japan introduces its first national consumption tax of three percent.
* April 1: Sendai becomes a city 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: The Nikkei 225 index of the Tokyo 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 of Matsushita Electric
* June 24: Hibari Misora, singer and actress
* November 6: Yusaku Matsuda, actor
* December 12: Suiho Tagawa, manga artist

tatistics

*Yen value: US$1 = ¥127 (low) to ¥144 (high)