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1986 was the 61st year of Showa in Japan. It was the first year of the Japanese asset price bubble.
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- 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.
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- Yen value: US$1 = ¥153 (low) to ¥192 (high)