ESPN Golf Online
Wednesday, November 1

The tournament began in 1973 as the LPGA Japan Classic, becoming an official event as the Mizuno Japan Classic in 1976, the Mazda Japan Classic in 1980, the Toray Japan Queens Cup in 1993, the Japan Classic in 1998 and the Mizuno Classic in 1999 (x-won in playoff; y-weather-shortened).

Past champions
Year	Winner	Score	Course
1999	Maria Hjorth	201 (15-under)	Seta GC
1998	x-Hiromi Kobayashi	205 (11-under)	Musashigaoka GC
1997	Liselotte Neumann	205 (11-under)	Seta GC
1996	x-Mayumi Hirase	212 (4-under)	Tone GC
1995	Woo-Soon Ko	207 (9-under)	Seta GC
1994	x-Woo-Soon Ko	206 (7-under)	Oak Hills CC
1993	Betsy King	205 (11-under)	Lions CC
1992	x-Betsy King	205 (11-under)	Musashigaoka GC
1991	Liselotte Neumann	211 (5-under)	Seta GC
1990	y-Debbie Massey	133 (11-under)	Musashigaoka GC
1989	Elaine Crosby	205 (11-under)	Seta GC
1988	x-Patty Sheehan	206 (10-under)	Musashigaoka GC
1987	Yuko Moriguchi	206 (10-under)	Musashigaoka GC
1986	x-Ai-Yu Tu	213 (3-under)	Lions CC
1985	Jane Blalock	206 (10-under)	Musashigaoka GC
1984	Nayoko Yoshikawa	210 (6-under)	Hiroshima CC
1983	Pat Bradley	207 (9-under)	Musashigaoka GC
1982	Nancy Lopez	207 (9-under)	Meishin-Yokaichi CC
1981	Patty Sheehan	213 (9-under)	Sagamihara GC
1980	Tatsuko Ohsako	213 (9-under)	Hanayashiki GC
1979	Amy Alcott	211 (11-under)	Hanayashiki GC
1978	x-Michiko Okada	216 (6-under)	Hanayashiki GC
1977	Debbie Massey	220 (2-under)	Hanayashiki GC
1976	Donna Caponi	217 (6-under)	Hanayashiki GC