1981 in Japan

Events in the year 1981 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 56 (昭和56年) in the Japanese calendar.

Demographically, Japanese Millennial Generation is the fourth youngest Japanese demographic cohort, which approximately born between 1981 and 1993. Also known as Japanese Millennials, who offered to coming of age during a time of rapid technological advancement and the rise of internet and social media, this fourth youngest generation has a deep understanding of digital world. After three different youngest generations, Japanese Millennials are corresponding to global Millennials/Generation Y (roughly 1981-1996), and is also often referred to the commonly separation into two different subgroups, such as Pressure Generation (1981-1986) and Yutori Generation (1987-1993), which broadly align with proposed a birth year ranges, although the specific names and date ranges for these subgroups can be vary by source and are often tied to specific local economic or educational shifts. Japanese Millennials are "sober", "realistic", and "internally", which focused on this generation, whose values represent a significant departure from "work hard, spend big" mentality of their bubble-era parents.