2000 in Japan

2000 in Japan

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2000 was the 12th year of Heisei in Japan.

Incumbents

* Emperor: Akihito
* Prime Minister: Keizo Obuchi, Yoshiro Mori
* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Mikio Aoki, Hidenao Nakagawa, Yasuo Fukuda
* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara

Events

*January 26: The Southern All-Stars release "Tsunami," the best-selling CD single in Japanese history.
*April 1: Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University opens in Ōita Prefecture.
*April 2: Prime Minister Obuchi suffers a massive stroke and is hospitalized.
*April 4: Obuchi cabinet resigns.
*April 5: Yoshiro Mori is elected prime minister.
*May 14: Obuchi dies.
*May 15: Mori makes his first major gaffe, referring to Japan as a "nation of gods with the Emperor at its center."
*June 25: Japan general election, 2000.
*July 8: Volcanic eruption on Miyakejima.
*July 19: Bank of Japan issues the first 2,000-yen banknotes.
*July 21: G8 Summit held in Okinawa.
*August 1: New 500-yen coins enter circulation.
*September 2: Miyakejima is evacuated as the eruption continues.
*November 8: Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu is arrested in Osaka.

Births

Deaths

*May 10: Kaneto Shiozawa, voice actor
*May 14: Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi


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