54 1989 establishments in Japan

Akita Senshū Museum of Art opened in Akita, Japan in 1989.

The Asahi Beer Hall is one of the buildings of the Asahi Breweries headquarters located on the east bank of the Sumida River in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.

The Botanic Gardens of Toyama are botanical gardens located at 42 Kamikutsuwada, Fuchu-machi, Nei-gun, Toyama, Toyama, Japan. They are open daily except Thursdays; an admission fee is charged.

Briobecca Urayasu are a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Urayasu, Chiba. They play in the Kantō Soccer League.

The British School in Tokyo is an international school in central Tokyo with over 1,100 students from over 65 nationalities. BST takes students aged 3–18 that have been rated in all eight areas examined by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). A third of BST students are neither British nor Japanese and there are no entry requirements other than fluency in English. The curriculum follows the National Curriculum.

Cosmo Clock 21 is a 112.5 metre tall ferris wheel at the Cosmo World amusement park in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama, Japan. When it first opened, it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel, until the completion of the 108-metre (354 ft) Igosu 108 in Shiga, Japan, in 1992.

The Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park, also known as the Hokkaido Kannon, as well as the Byakue Kannon, is the third-tallest statue in Japan and is the tenth-tallest statue in the world, tied with the Grand Buddha at Ling Shan. It was the tallest statue in the world when it opened in 1989 at 88 metres (289 ft), holding the world record until 1991.

Dandelion Racing is a Japanese racing team, mainly running in Super Formula. The team was founded by Kiyoshi Muraoka in 1989 as "Dandelion Racing Project".

DMBQ is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, whose name stands for Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet. They are influenced by British and American rock music of the early 1970s, especially bands such as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin.

Football Club Machida Zelvia is a Japanese football club based in Machida, Tokyo.

Feel Young is a monthly josei manga magazine published by Shōdensha in Japan. Manga artists whose stories have run in this magazine include Moyoco Anno, Mitsue Aoki, Mitsukazu Mihara, Kiriko Nananan, Mari Okazaki, Erica Sakurazawa, Ebine Yamaji, and others.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their first show on October 6, 1989. In the late 1990s, FMW had a brief working agreement with Extreme Championship Wrestling, and as well had 14 DVDs released in the U.S. by Tokyopop. On March 4, 2015, FMW was resurrected under the name Chō Sentō Puroresu FMW . With the resurrected FMW not holding any events since 2018, Onita announced in 2021 that he would be starting Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion in which the promotion would specialize in exploding death matches.

Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples first opened as the Hakodate City Museum of Northern Peoples and Ishikawa Takuboku (函館市北方民族・石川啄木資料館) in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1989. Located in the former Bank of Japan Hakodate Branch building of 1926, after the transfer out of materials relating to the poet to the Hakodate City Museum of Literature , the museum reopened in its current guise in April 1993. It displays objects that were formerly part of the collection of the Hakodate City Museum , including materials relating to the Orok as well as 750 items used in the daily life of the Ainu that have been jointly designated an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

The Hayakawa's S-F Magazine Reader's Award is an annual poll conducted by Hayakawa's S-F Magazine for the best Japanese short story, illustrator, and foreign short story, voted by the readers from their issues in the previous year. The honor has been awarded since 1989.

The Heisei era is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito, when his son, Akihito, acceded to the throne as the 125th Emperor. In accordance with Japanese customs, Hirohito was posthumously renamed "Emperor Shōwa" on 31 January 1989. Heisei translates to "peace everywhere".

The Heisei Chikuho Railway Co. Ltd. (平成筑豊鉄道株式会社) is a third-sector operator of four railway lines in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The railway's nickname is Heichiku.

Himeyuri Peace Museum opened in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1989. Located within Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park, it is dedicated to the Himeyuri Student Corps during the Battle of Okinawa and to the ideal of Peace.

The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan. The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.

Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History is a prefectural museum in Fukuyama, Japan, dedicated to the history and culture of the Setouchi region. It has a particular focus upon the medieval settlement of Kusado Sengen. The museum opened in the grounds of Fukuyama Castle in 1989.

Infiniti is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Nissan. Infiniti officially started selling vehicles on November 8, 1989, in North America. The marketing network for Infiniti-branded vehicles included dealers in over 50 countries in the 2010s. As of 2020, there were 25 markets served by new car dealers. The main markets are North America and China.

Ishinomaki Senshu University , an affiliated university of Senshu University, is a private university in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, established in 1989. The predecessor Senshu University was founded in 1880.

The Kanazawa Seaside Line is an automated guideway transit line operated by Yokohama Seaside Line Co., Ltd. which operates between Shin-Sugita in Isogo Ward to Kanazawa-Hakkei in Kanazawa Ward in Yokohama. It opened on July 5, 1989.

Kasai Rinkai Park is a park in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan, it contains Diamond and flower ferris wheel, form the tallest ferris wheel in the world. which officially opened on 1 June 1989. The park includes a bird sanctuary and the Tokyo Sea Life Park aquarium. It was built on reclaimed land which includes two manmade islands, an observation deck and a hotel. It is the second-largest park in the 23 wards of Tokyo.

Katagiri Dam is a dam in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1989.

Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota. The Lexus brand is marketed in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide and is Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. It has ranked among the 10 largest Japanese global brands in market value. Lexus is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. Operational centers are located in Brussels, Belgium, and Plano, Texas, United States.

Makuhari Messe (幕張メッセ) is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba city, in the northwest corner of Chiba prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. Makuhari is the name of the area, and Messe is a German language word meaning "trade fair".

Miyakojima City Museum opened as the Hirara City Museum of History and Folklore (平良市歴史民俗資料館) in Hirara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1989. Upon the merger of Hirara into Miyakojima in 2005, the museum reopened as the Miyakojima City Museum. It is dedicated to the area's natural history, history, folkways, and culture.

Nagashima Museum opened in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1989, the centenary of the City's official foundation. Located on a hill overlooking Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay, at an elevation of 110 metres, the Museum's collection of some thousand objects amassed by businessman Nagashima Kōsuke , includes works by Kuroda Seiki, Rodin, and Chagall, as well as Satsuma ware.

The Nagoya Congress Center is a multi-purpose convention center, in the city of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

The Okawa Museum of Art is an art gallery in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan that concentrates on modern Japanese art.

The Osaka Science Museum is a science museum in Naka-no-shima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The museum is located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, above Osaka's subterranean National Museum of Art. Opened in 1989, the museum was constructed to mark the 100th anniversary of Osaka City. The construction was funded through a 6.5 billion yen donation toward building costs from Kansai Electric. Its theme is "The Universe and Energy". Before the war a similar museum opened in 1937. It was known as the Osaka City Electricity Science Museum and it was both the first science museum and the first planetarium in Japan.

The Pillows are a Japanese alternative rock band formed in 1989. The group has released 22 studio albums, several EPs and compilations, and over 40 singles. Outside Japan, they are best known as the group responsible for the soundtrack to the FLCL OVA series.

Rhymester is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of MCs Mummy-D and Utamaru, and DJ Jin.

Saitama Women's Junior College is a private women's junior college in Hidaka, Saitama, Japan, established in 1989.

The Sakura-dōri Line is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Nakamura Kuyakusho Station in Nakamura Ward to Tokushige in Midori Ward, all within Nagoya. The Sakura-dōri Line's color on maps is red. In 2004, the city started to change all station signs. The new signs have a station name followed by a single letter and a number. In the case of Sakura-dōri Line, the letter is S. Officially, the line is called Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 6 . All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card.

Sigh is a Japanese experimental metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1989. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands. They gradually shifted from a traditional extreme metal sound to a more experimental, avant-garde style employing symphonic, world music, and progressive elements. Their most recent album, Heir to Despair, was released in 2018.

Star Tours was a motion simulator attraction at several Disney theme parks, based on the successful Star Wars film series created by George Lucas. Set in the Star Wars universe, the attraction sent guests on an excursion trip to Endor, whilst being caught in an altercation between the New Republic and an Imperial Remnant. The attraction featured Captain "Rex" RX-24 along with series regulars R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Hitachi (ひたち) is a limited express train service operated in Japan by East Japan Railway Company on the Jōban Line between Shinagawa Station / Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture. The Tokiwa service follows the same route but makes additional stops.

Tadami Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Tadami River near Tadami in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1981 and 1989 for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation and controlling the outflows of the Tagokura Dam. It supports a 65 MW power station.

Tama University is a private university in Tama, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1989.

The Tobu Museum is a railway museum in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in May 1989, and is operated by Tobu Railway.

Tokyo Sea Life Park is a public aquarium located in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. It is located in Kasai Rinkai Park in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, and Kasai Rinkai Bird Garden is also located in the park. It can be accessed from Kasai-Rinkai Park Station. The Predecessor is the Ueno Aquarium, which was set up in the Ueno Zoo. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi.

Tokyo Wild Bird Park is a park located in Ōta Ward, Tokyo.

The Toyota Automobile Museum is a large museum showcasing Toyota's storied past. It is a large complex located in Nagakute city, a city close to Nagoya, Japan.

The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Japanese All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.

The Twilight Express was a limited express sleeping car train service operated by West Japan Railway Company in Japan from 1989 until March 2015. It ran between the city of Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido and Osaka in south-western Honshu, a distance of approximately 1,500 km (930 mi), with the journey taking between 22 and 23 hours. From May 2015 until March 2016, the train operated as a luxury cruise train between Osaka and Shimonoseki in western Japan.

United Arrows is a Japanese clothing brand founded in 1989 by Yasuto Kamoshita, Hirofumi Kurino and Osamu Shigematsu. Its sub-brand Camoshita United Arrows was established in 2007. The brand has collaborated with New Balance, The North Face, Dr. Martens, adidas, HUF, and others.

The Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum was established in 1989 as part of the cultural building boom in Yamagata celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the city. Located about 20 minutes by train from Yamagata Station, it sits on the south side of the steep river valley facing Yamadera to the north, the historic temple founded in 860 which is one of the area's most beloved sacred sites and top sightseeing destinations.

The Yamasa Institute is a private Japanese Language school located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture.

Yokohama Arena is an indoor arena located in Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five-minute walk from the closest station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway.

The Yokohama Bay Bridge is an 860 metres (2,820 ft) cable stayed bridge in Yokohama, Japan. Opened September 27, 1989, it crosses Tokyo Bay with a span of 460 metres. The toll is ¥600. The bridge is part of the Bayshore Route of the Shuto Expressway.

Yokohama Museum of Art , founded in 1989, is located in the futuristic Minato Mirai 21 district of the Japanese city Yokohama, next to the Yokohama Landmark Tower.

Yokohama Port Museum , formerly known as Yokohama Maritime Museum is a museum in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located are located in the Nippon Maru Memorial Park, which is found in the Minato Mirai 21 District Nishi-ku ward of the central business district.

Yokohama Sōei Junior College is a private junior college in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, established in 1989.