2000 in Japan
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Japan.
Contents
Incumbents
- Emperor: Akihito
- Prime Minister: Keizo Obuchi (L–Gunma) until April 5, Yoshiro Mori (L–Ishikawa)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Mikio Aoki (Councillor, L–Shimane) until July 4, Hidenao Nakagawa (L–Hiroshima) until October 27, Yasuo Fukuda (L–Gunma)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Shigeru Yamaguchi
- President of the House of Representatives: Sōichirō Itō (L–Miyagi) until June 2, Tamisuke Watanuki (L–Toyama) from July 4
- President of the House of Councillors: Jūrō Saitō (L–Mie) until October 19, Yutaka Inoue (L–Chiba)
- Diet sessions: 147th (regular, January 20 to June 2), 148th (special, July 4 to July 6), 149th (extraordinary, July 28 to August 9), 150th (extraordinary, September 21 to December 1)
Events
January
- January 26: The Southern All-Stars release "Tsunami," the best-selling CD single in Japanese history.
February
- February 6: Osaka gubernatorial election - Osaka's first female governor, Fusae Ohta, is elected.
March
- March 5: Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2 goes on sale in Japan.
- March 8: Naka-Meguro train disaster
- March 31: Mount Usu in Hokkaido erupts for the first time in 23 years.
April
- April 1: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University opens in Ōita Prefecture.
- April 2: Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffers a massive stroke and is hospitalized.[1]
- April 4: Obuchi cabinet resigns.
- April 5: Yoshiro Mori is elected Prime Minister.
May
- May 14: Obuchi dies.[2]
- May 15: Yoshiro Mori makes his first major gaffe, referring to Japan as a "divine nation centering on the Emperor."[3]
June
- June 25: General election held.
July
- July 8: Volcanic eruption on Miyakejima.
- July 19: Bank of Japan issues the first 2,000-yen banknotes.
- July 21 - 23: G8 Summit held in Nago, Okinawa.[4]
August
- August 1: New 500-yen coins enter circulation.
September
- September 2: Miyakejima is evacuated as the eruption continues.
- September 19: The Mizuho Financial Group is established, becoming Japan's first bank holding company.
October
- October 1: The DDI Corporation, the KDD Corporation and the ODI Corporation merge to become KDDI.
- October 6: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits the city of Yonago, Tottori, injuring 182 people.[5]
- October 27: Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa resigns to take responsibility for a sex scandal he was embroiled in; Yasuo Fukuda is appointed in his place.
November
- November 8: Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu is arrested in Osaka.[6]
Births
- February 21: Yuto Miyazawa, child singer.
- August 5: Maya Bond, child singer-songwriter and drummer
Deaths
- January 22 — Masao Harada, athlete
- February 7 — Shiho Niiyama, voice actress
- March 7 — Masami Yoshida, javelin thrower
- April 7 — Masayuki Minami, volleyball player
- May 10 — Kaneto Shiozawa, voice actor
- May 13 — Jumbo Tsuruta, wrestler
- May 14 — Keizo Obuchi, prime minister
- June 16 — Empress Kōjun
- June 19 — Noboru Takeshita, politician
- June 22 — Osamu Takizawa, actor
- July 23 — Ogura Yuki, painter
- August 12 — Noboru Akiyama, baseball pitcher
- September 22 — Saburō Sakai, naval aviator and flying ace
- October 4 — Masaji Iguro, ski jumper
- October 13 — Masao Fujii, baseball player
- October 25 — Mochitsura Hashimoto, officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- October 31 — Kazuki Watanabe, musician
- November 30 - Kiyotaka Katsuta
References
- ↑ http://www.economist.com/node/348403
- ↑ http://www.economist.com/node/348403
- ↑ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/05/27/national/mori-sorry-but-stands-by-quote/#.U-FGFfldXSE
- ↑ http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/index.html
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- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1012780.stm
