Marcos dies in Hawaii in 1989.

Emperor Akihito is crowned Emperor of Japan in 1989.

In 1989, the nation of Burma, under the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) changes its name to Myanmar.

Deng Xao Ping institutes economic reforms in China, but suppresses student dissidents.

On June 3, 1989, Chinese authorities order soldiers to attack a peaceful crowd of some 100,000 student demonstrators in Beijing's central Tiananmen Square killing hundreds, wounding thousands and arresting thousands more.

Vietnam withdraws most of its troops from Cambodia in 1989 in an effort to win US recognition.