1994 in Japan

Incumbents

• Emperor: Akihito
• Prime Minister: Morihiro Hosokawa to April 28 Tsutomu Hata to June 30 Tomiichi Murayama
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masayoshi Takemura to April 28 Hiroshi Kumagai to June 30 Kōzō Igarashi
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ryōhachi Kusaba
• President of the House of Representatives: Takako Doi
• President of the House of Councillors: Bunbē Hara
• Diet sessions: 129th 130th 131st

  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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 13 - Kenzaburō Ōe receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.

  Births

• January 13 - Yuma Nakayama, actor and singer
• January 29 - Ayane Sakura, voice actress
• February 5 - Saki Nakajima, singer
• February 27 - Rie Takahashi, voice actress
• March 6 - Miwako Kakei, actress
• March 10 - Mariya Nagao, actress
• March 13 - Kento Nakajima, singer and actor
• March 26 - Mayu Watanabe, singer
• March 30 - Haruka Shimazaki, actress and singer
• April 4 - Risako Sugaya, singer
• April 12 - Airi Suzuki, pop singer, actress and model
• May 24: Daiya Seto, swimmer
• August 8: Kazuki Tanaka, professional baseball player
• August 18: Seiya Suzuki, professional baseball player
• April 25 - Hirona Yamazaki, actress
• June 15 - Rina Hidaka, voice actress
• June 21 - Chisato Okai, singer
• August 1 - Ayaka Wada,
• August 16 - Riho Takada, actress and model
• August 17 - Tasuku Hatanaka, actor and voice actor
• September 1 - Haruka Miyashita, volleyball player
• September 21 - Fumi Nikaidō, actress and fashion model
• October 30 - Miyū Tsuzurahara, voice actress and child actress
• November 7 - Haruna Iikubo, singer
• November 10 - Takuma Asano, footballer
• November 17 - Naoki Maeda, footballer
• December 7 - Yuzuru Hanyu, figure skater
• December 29 - Princess Kako of Akishino, Princess and daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino

  Deaths

• May 4 – Koto Matsudaira, diplomat
• May 21 – Masayoshi Ito, politician
• November 13 – Motoo Kimura, geneticist
• December 4 – Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player
• December 9 – Kinichiro Sakaguchi, agricultural chemist and microbiologist