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Japan in 1991

Historical records for Japan in 1991, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records
4Events
4Named people
1Places
4Categories

Historical records

November

5 November 1991Prime Minister of JapanKichi Miyazawa

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan

Other Events

1991Carbon Nanotubes by Electron MicroscopySumio Iijima

Tsukuba · Science / Technology

Uses high-resolution electron microscopy to identify multiwalled carbon nanotubes, opening a major field of nanoscale electronic materials.

1991Economy of JapanRyutaro Hashimoto

Politics / Liberal-Democratic Party

Hashimoto orders a commission from the private sector to look into improving the Japanese market for foreign competition & opens it up to trade

1991Rhapsody in AugustAkira Kurosawa

Arts / Cinema

Kurosawas Rhapsody in August

Names involved

Akira KurosawaKichi MiyazawaRyutaro HashimotoSumio Iijima

Places involved

Tsukuba

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.