Events in the year 1987 in Japan.
1987 was the second year of the Japanese asset price bubble: land values in Tokyo rose more than 85 percent between July 1986 and July 1987.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (LâÂÂGunma) until November 6, Noboru Takeshita (LâÂÂShimane)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masaharu GotÃ
Âda (LâÂÂTokushima) until November 6, KeizÃ
 Obuchi (LâÂÂGunma)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: KÃ
Âichi Yaguchi
- President of the House of Representatives: KenzaburÃ
 Hara (LâÂÂHyÃ
Âgo)
- President of the House of Councillors: Masaaki Fujita (LâÂÂHiroshima)
- Diet sessions: 108th (regular session opened in December 1986, to May 27), 109th (extraordinary, July 6 to September 19), 110th (extraordinary, November 6 to November 11), 111th (extraordinary, November 27 to December 12), 112th (regular, December 28 to 1988, May 25)
Governors
Events
During 1987:
Births
- January 3: Nana Yanagisawa, actress and fashion model
- January 8: Saori GotÃ
Â, voice actress
- January 23: Yuto Nakamura, football player
- February 12: Asami Tano, Japanese voice actress
- February 15: Azumi Yamamoto, voice actress
- March 12: Hiroomi Tosaka, Singer
- March 15: Momoko Shibuya, actress
- March 24: Yuma Asami, adult video actress
- March 25: Nobunari Oda, figure skater
- March 26: YUI, singer-songwriter
- April 17: Nami Sano, manga artist (died 2023)
- April 27: Anne Suzuki, actress
- May 2
- Miyu Uehara, gravure idol and television personality (died 2011)
- Nana Kitade, singer
- May 7: Asami Konno, J-pop singer
- May 20: Taku Takeuchi, ski jumper
- May 22
- Takuya Eguchi, voice actor
- Tao Okamoto, model
- June 3: Masami Nagasawa, actress
- June 17: Nozomi Tsuji, performer
- June 19: Miho Fukuhara, singer
- June 25: Takahiro ItÃ
Â, actor and voice actor (died 2009)
- July 3: Mikie Hara, gravure idol and actress
- July 11
- Shigeaki Kato, singer
- Shun Yamaguchi, professional baseball player
- July 17: Mio Nishimaki, wrestler
- July 27: Kozue Akimoto, model
- July 28: Sumire, model (died 2009)
- August 16: Eri Kitamura, voice actress and singer
- August 24: Daichi Miura, singer and dancer
- September 11: Kaori Matsumoto, judoka
- September 21: Elly, Dancer and Rapper
- September 28: Sho Uchida, freestyle swimmer
- October 1: Hiroki Aiba, actor, dancer, and singer
- October 3: Asami Kitagawa, swimmer
- October 4: Atomu Tanaka, football player
- October 8: Aya Hirano, voice actress and singer
- October 15: Mizuho Sakaguchi, footballer
- October 23: Miyuu Sawai, model, actress, and idol
- October 23: Naomi Watanabe, actress and comedian
- October 27: Thelma Aoyama, J-Pop and R&B singer
- October 29: Makoto Ogawa, pop singer
- November 11: Yuya Tegoshi, singer
- November 12: Kengo Kora, actor
- November 27: Yuria Haga, model and actress
- December 18
- Miki Ando, figure skater
- Ayaka, singer
- Yuki Furukawa, actor
- December 19: Shuko Aoyama, Japanese tennis player
- December 20
- Yutaka Otsuka, baseball player
- Michihiro Yasuda, football player
Deaths
- January 21: Ikki Kajiwara, author, manga writer, and film producer (b. 1936)
- February 3: Prince Takamatsu (b. 1905)
- March 8: Iwao Yamawaki, photographer (b. 1898)
- April 5: Tsuneko Nakazato, novelist (b. 1909)
- April 15: Masatoshi Nakayama, master of Shotokan karate (b. 1913)
- April 21: Haruyasu Nakajima, baseball player (b. 1909)
- May 10: Sadamichi Hirasawa, tempera painter (b. 1892)
- June 6: Mori Mari, author (b. 1903)
- June 16: KÃ
Âji Tsuruta, actor (b. 1924)
- July 17: Yujiro Ishihara, actor (b. 1934)
- July 20: IchirÃ
 Arishima, comedian and actor (b. 1916)
- August 5: Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, novelist, art critic, and translator of French literature (b. 1928)
- August 7: Nobusuke Kishi, former prime minister (b. 1896)
- August 10: Prince Yamashina Takehiko (b. 1898)
- August 16: Sumiko Kurishima, actress and master of traditional Japanese dance (b. 1902)
- November 11: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, actor (b. 1936)
- December 29: Jun Ishikawa, author (b. 1899)
Statistics
- Yen value: US$1 = ÃÂ¥122 (low) to ÃÂ¥152 (high)
See also
References