1996
| January | The artist and Taro Okamoto die. (the 7th) Astronaut Koichi of Wacata embarks to space shuttle "Endeavor" of NASA. (the 11th) Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto Cabinet starts. (the 11th) The comedian, Yokoyama, and the sushi die of the alcoholic cirrhosis. (the 21st) |
| February | Five suspects are arrested due to the event from which it is robbed of one billion yen to the company chairman in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. (the 5th) 20 victims to whom bedrock drops sharply in Toyohama tunnel in Hokkaido(the 10th) The Shogi player and Zenji Hanyu achieve seven first-ever crowns. (the 14th) |
| March | The Green Cross Corp. Co. apologizes by the HIV-tainted blood scandal lawsuit, and reconciliation with the patient is approved. (the 14th) |
| April | The Mitsubishi Bank and The Bank of Tokyo amalgamate and bank "Tokyo-Mitsubishi bank" of the capital amount 53 trillion yen that ..good in the world.. becomes it is born. (the 1st) Defendant Aum Shinrikyo leader Chizuo Matsumoto's first hearing starts. (the 24th) The Nagano broadcasting and the helicopter of television Shinshu come in contact while covering the forest fire in Nagano Prefecture Koshoku City, it crashes, and two pilots and four journalists die. (the 27th) |
| May | The budget idea in fiscal year 1996 including 685 billion yen of the housing loan company processing is approved, and presidents of the land agent with the major debt mouth arrest it. (the 10th) The line of SMAP ..forest.. and secedes the member and the auto racer turnover is announced. (the 31st) |
| June | The actor and Frankie Sakai die of liver failure. (the 10th) Three dead who fail in take off in Fukuoka airport Indonesian Airways mail and blaze up(the 13th) |
| July | They are 11 dead come one after another damage similar besides food poisoning by Escherichia coli "O-157" is generated by the school lunch of Osaka Prefecture Sakai City, and the girl dies. (the 13th) Japan acquires the medal of three money silver six copper 5 by the Atlanta Olympics. (the 20th) 111 casualties where terrorism with explosives occurs in the vicinity of Olympic Stadium of Atlanta(the 27th) |
| August | The actor and Kiyoshi Atsumi died, and the People's Honor Award was presented. (the 4th) Crown Prince Charles in Britain is Princess Wales and divorces. (the 28th) |
| September | Pitcher Hideo Nomo of Dodgers achieves no hit no run first Japanese it in Major League in the United States. (the 17th) Cartoonist, Fujiko, and F and Fujio die of liver failure. (the 23rd) The writer and Shusaku Endo die of the respiratory failure due to pneumonia. (the 29th) |
| November | Saudi Airlines collides with the passenger plane of Kazakstan Airlines in New Delhi in India and the crash blazing up and 350 people die. (the 12th) |
| December | Aum follower and the Hayashiyasshiotoco suspect who is arranging special arrest it. (the 3rd) The former permanent vice-minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare is arrested on the suspicion of bribery. (the 4th) Genbaku Dome in Hiroshima Prefecture is specified for World Heritage. (the 5th) 14 victims where mud flow is generated in Nagano Prefecture Otari-son(the 6th) The Peruvian Japanese embassy official residence hostage occupation event and the Japanese embassy official residence in Peru are occupied by the leftist city guerrilla. (the 17th) 225 hostages are liberated from the Japanese embassy official residence. (the 22nd) |