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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
↑ Semmane, Fethi; Cotton, Fabrice; Campillo, Michel. "The 2000 Tottori earthquake: A shallow earthquake with no surface rupture and slip properties controlled by depth". Journal of Geophysical Research. 110 (B3): 1, 2. doi:10.1029/2004jb003194. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1012780.stm

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