1987 in Japan - Events

Events

  • February 9: First public float of NTT.
  • April 1: Japanese National Railways are privatized and become the Japan Railways Group companies.
  • November 6: Noboru Takeshita becomes prime minister.

During 1987:

  • NTT began the first mobile phone service in Japan.
  • Shoko Asahara founded Aum Shinrikyo.
  • Construction began on Kansai International Airport.
  • Susumu Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Read more about this topic:  1987 In Japan

Famous quotes containing the word events:

    “At all events there is in Brooklyn
    something that makes me feel at home.”
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    “There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.”
    —Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)

    “The phenomenon of nature is more splendid than the daily events of nature, certainly, so then the twentieth century is splendid.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)