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1994 in Japan

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{{Year in Japan|1994}}

Events in the year 1994 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 6 (平成6年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

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Events

  • April 25 – The Shinjuku Park Tower, designed by Kenzo Tange and featured in the film Lost in Translation, is completed.
  • April 26 – China Airlines Flight 140, an Airbus A300, crashes while landing at Nagoya Airfield, killing 264 people. It is the second deadliest aviation incident in Japan, as well as the third deadliest involving an Airbus A300.{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/country.php?id=JA|title=Japan air safety profile|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=2019-05-30|archive-date=2005-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307081942/http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/country.php?id=JA|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=Airbus A300|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/Airbus-A300/index|access-date=2019-05-30|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2019-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530010334/https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/Airbus-A300/index|url-status=live}}
  • June to October – A heatwave hit and water shortage around Japan, according to Japan Weathfare and Ministry official announced, total 579 person death by heat-stroke in Japan.:ja:1994年の猛暑(日本) (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 24, 2017.
  • June 28 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult execute the first sarin gas attack at Matsumoto, Japan, killing 8 and injuring 200.
  • August – The office of the Prime Minister establishes a website.
  • August 2 – While riding a moped, Takeshi Kitano is involved in a collision with a car in Shinjuku and is seriously injured.
  • August 5 – A bank 541 million-yen robbery incident in Kobe, according to National Police Agency of Japan confirmed report, there are no arrest on suspicion in incident.:ja:福徳銀行5億円強奪事件 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 24, 2017.
  • September 4 – Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan opens. All international services are transferred from Itami to Kansai.
  • October 2–October 16 – The Asian Games are held in Hiroshima.{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/58/81/article212058158.shtml |title=Hiroshima 1994 Asian Games (Photos attached) |access-date=2011-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617120725/http://en.beijing2008.cn/58/81/article212058158.shtml |archive-date=2013-06-17 }}
  • October 13 – Kenzaburō Ōe receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • December 28; At least three people die after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Aomori and Iwate prefectures.{{cite web |url=https://www.hp1039.jishin.go.jp/eqchreng/4-2-4.htm |title=(4)The 1994 Earthquake far off the Coast of Sanriku (December 28, 1994, M 7.5) |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=www.hp1039.jishin.go.jp |archive-date=2024-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416021233/https://www.hp1039.jishin.go.jp/eqchreng/4-2-4.htm |url-status=live }}

Births

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Deaths

See also

References

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