[Physcis] - Events in Japan [1980 - 1989]
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| Year | Events |
|---|---|
| Became top the world in car production. | |
| Manzai (stand up comedy) boom occurred. | |
| Kobe Port Island Exhibition so-called "Portopia '81" was opened in Kobe. | |
| Meteorological Satellite, Himawari 2, was launched. | |
| Wide-scale hotel fire broke out at Hotel New Japan. | |
| Tohoku Shinkansen line and Joetsu Shinkansen line was opened. | |
| Glico-Morinaga extortion case occurred. | |
| World science exposition opened in Tsukuba City. | |
| Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation was privatized and NTT was inaugurated. | |
| Japan Airlines' airplane crashed into the Osutaka mountain. | |
| Nintendo boomed. | |
| Law on equal jop opportunities for men and women was enforced. | |
| Volcano Mihara-yama erupted after an interval of 209 years. | |
| The Japanese National Railways was privatized and split up, and JR was inaugurated. | |
| Susumu Tonegawa received the Nobel Prize in Medicine. | |
| Recruit Cosmos shares-for-influence scandal became a political issue. | |
| Long undersea tunnel "Seikan tunnel"connecting Hokkaido and Honshu was inaugurated. | |
| First-ever roofed baseball studium "Tokyo Dome" was completed. | |
| Seto Bridge connecting Honshu and Shikoku was opened to traffic. | |
| Showa Emperor died. |
