1991 in Japan

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See also:	Other events of 1991 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1991 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Akihito
Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu (L–Aichi) until November 5, Kiichi Miyazawa (L–Hiroshima)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Misoji Sakamoto (L–Ishikawa) until November 5, Kōichi Katō (L–Yamagata)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ryōhachi Kusaba
President of the House of Representatives: Yoshio Sakurauchi (L–Shimane)
President of the House of Councillors: Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (L–Saitama) until October 4, Yūji Osada (L–proportional)
Diet sessions: 120th (regular session opened in December 1990, to May 8), 121st (extraordinary, August 5 to October 4), 122nd (extraordinary, November 5 to December 21)

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.
June 20: Tohoku Shinkansen line is extended from Ueno Station to Tokyo Station.
July 31: Lotte Orions baseball team announces it will move to Chiba and become the Chiba Lotte Marines.
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.
October 3: Kaifu resigns as prime minister.
November 5: Miyazawa announces his first cabinet.

Years in Japan (1868–present)

Meiji period (1868–1912)

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Taishō period (1912–1926)

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Shōwa period (1926–1989)

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Heisei period (1989–present)

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