2001 in Japan
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| Years in Japan: | 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 |
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| Years: | 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 |
2001 was the 13th year of Heisei in Japan.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Emperor: Akihito
- Prime Minister: Yoshiro Mori, Junichiro Koizumi
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuo Fukuda
- Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara
[edit] Events
- January 6: Nurse Daisuke Mori was arrested for an attempted murder of 11-year-old girl.[1]
- January 31: 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident
- February 9: The fishing boat Ehime Maru is struck by a U.S. submarine and sunk.
- March 31: Universal Studios Japan opens.
- April 1: Sakura Bank and Sumitomo Bank merge to form Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
- April 6: Japanese government institutes new overtime regulations.
- April 24: Junichiro Koizumi defeats Ryutaro Hashimoto in LDP polls to become prime minister.
- April 26: Koizumi announces his first cabinet, with Makiko Tanaka as foreign minister and Heizo Takenaka as Minister of State for the Economy.
- June 8: Osaka school massacre takes place.
- July 13: Osaka is removed on the first ballot for the site of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- July 20: Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away premieres; it becomes the first anime film to win an Academy Award.
- July 29: Japan upper house election, 2001.
- August 13: Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine.
- September 1: Myojo 56 building fire kills 44.
- September 4: Tokyo DisneySea opens.
- September 12: In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Nikkei 225 index drops below 10,000 for the first time since 1984.
- December 1: Princess Aiko, potential heiress to the Imperial throne, is born.
- December 9: Television performer Masashi Tashiro is arrested for peeping in a male bath-house.
- December 21: TIME removes Masashi Tashiro from its "Person of the Year" poll after 2channel users vote the "bad boy" performer into first place.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- July 28: Futaro Yamada, author
- December 22: Shizue Kato, politician and activist
[edit] References
- ^ "Killer nurse". Medical Serial Killers. http://medicalserialkillers.kaiserpapers.info/mori.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
