Year in Japan

1994 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heisei period (平成時代, 1989 – 2019).

Era name: Heisei era 平成 (year 6 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Dec 28 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake 三陸はるか沖地震 · Natural disaster — earthquake

Reading the year 1994 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1994 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 6 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1994年 (1994ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 20th century for its neighbours.