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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)

    • 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.
  • April 4: Obuchi cabinet resigns.
  • April 5: Yoshiro Mori is elected Prime Minister.

    • May

  • May 14: Obuchi dies.
  • May 15: Yoshiro Mori makes his first major gaffe, referring to Japan as a "divine nation centering on the Emperor."

    • 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.

    • 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.
  • 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.

    • 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

    2000 in Japan Wikipedia
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