List of years in Japan
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This is a list of years in Japan
. See also the timeline of Japanese history
. For only articles about years in Japan that have been written, see :Category:Years in Japan.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Timeline of Japanese history
This is a timeline of Japanese history. To read about the background to these events, see History of Japan. See also the list of Emperors of Japan and Prime Ministers of Japan and the list of years in Japan....
. For only articles about years in Japan that have been written, see :Category:Years in Japan.
Twenty-first century
- 2010s: 20102010 in Japan- Incumbents :* Emperor – Akihito* Prime Minister – Yukio Hatoyama until June 8, Naoto Kan * Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hirofumi Hirano until January 7, Yoshito Sengoku* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-Events:...
20112011 in Japan- Incumbents :* Emperor – Akihito* Prime Minister – Naoto Kan until September 2, Yoshihiko Noda* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yoshito Sengoku until January 14, Yukio Edano* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-Events:...
2012 - 2000s: 20002000 in JapanEvents in the year 2000 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:...
20012001 in Japan-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Yoshiro Mori, Junichiro Koizumi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuo Fukuda* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-Events:*January 6: Nurse Daisuke Mori was arrested for an attempted murder of 11-year-old girl....
20022002 in JapanEvents in the year 2002 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuo Fukuda* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-Events:*January 15: UFJ Bank founded....
20032003 in JapanEvents in the year 2003 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuo Fukuda* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-Events:*January - Toyota launches all-new Avensis to be built in Britain....
20042004 in JapanEvents in the year 2004 in Japan.2004 was the population "peak" of Japan—the last year in which the national population increased.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi...
20052005 in JapanEvents in the year 2005 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hiroyuki Hosoda, Shinzo Abe* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-Events:...
20062006 in JapanEvents in the year 2006 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Shinzo Abe* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara* Emperor: Akihito-Events:...
20072007 in Japan-Incumbents:* Emperor – Akihito* Prime Minister – Shinzō Abe until September 26, Yasuo Fukuda * Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuhisa Shiozaki until August 27, Kaoru Yosano until September 26, Nobutaka Machimura...
20082008 in Japan-Incumbents:* Emperor – Akihito* Prime Minister – Yasuo Fukuda until September 24, Taro Aso * Chief Cabinet Secretary: Nobutaka Machimura until September 24, Takeo Kawamura* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara...
20092009 in Japan- Incumbents :* Emperor – Akihito* Prime Minister – Taro Aso until September 16, Yukio Hatoyama * Chief Cabinet Secretary: Takeo Kawamura until September 16, Hirofumi Hirano* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-January:...
Twentieth century
- 1990s: 19901990 in JapanEvents in the year 1990 in Japan.1990 was the last year of the Japanese asset price bubble.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu-Events:* February 18: Elections for the House of Representatives....
19911991 in JapanEvents in the year 1991 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Toshiki Kaifu, Kiichi Miyazawa-Events:* April 1: Tokyo Metropolitan Government moved its offices from Marunouchi to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku....
19921992 in JapanEvents in the year 1992 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Kiichi Miyazawa-Events:* January 8: US President George H. W...
19931993 in Japan-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Kiichi Miyazawa and Hosokawa Morihiro-Events:* July 7: G7 summit is held in Tokyo.* July 18: General elections for the House of Representatives of Japan are held. The Liberal Democratic Party fails to secure a majority.* August 6: Hosokawa Morihiro is...
199419951996199719981998 in Japan-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Ryutaro Hashimoto, Keizo Obuchi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kanezo Muraoka, Hiromu Nonaka-Events:* February 7–February 22 - The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano....
19991999 in JapanEvents in the year 1999 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Keizo Obuchi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hiromu Nonaka, Mikio Aoki* Governor of Tokyo: Yukio Aoshima, Shintaro Ishihara-Events:... - 1980s: 19801980 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: Masayoshi Ōhira , Zenko Suzuki-Events:*Japanese general election, 1980*Japanese House of Councillors election, 1980-Arts and entertainment:...
19811981 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: Zenko Suzuki-Arts and entertainment:In film, Station by Yasuo Furuhata won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize, Enrai by Kichitaro Negishi won Best film at the Hochi Film Awards, Muddy River by Kôhei Oguri won Best film at the Blue Ribbon...
19821982 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: Zenko Suzuki , Yasuhiro Nakasone-Arts and entertainment:In anime, the winners of the Anime Grand Prix were the TV series Six God Combination Godmars for best work, an episode of Urusei Yatsura for best episode, Takeru Myoujin from Six God Combination...
19831983 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone 1st term until 27 December, 2nd term from 27 December-Events:* General election* Korean Air Lines Flight 007* June 26 - House of Councillors election...
19841984 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone -Events:*Glico Morinaga case*Market Oriented Sector Selective talks*September 13 – Otaki earthquake-Arts and entertainment:...
19851985 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone -Events:*January 28 - A charter bus, carrying students on a ski tour plunges into a river in Nagano, 28 people perished. *March 17 – September 16 – Expo '85...
19861986 in JapanEvents in the year 1986 in Japan.1986 was the first year of the Japanese asset price bubble.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito*Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone-Events:...
19871987 in JapanEvents in the year 1987 in Japan.1987 was the second year of the Japanese asset price bubble: land values in Tokyo rose more than 85 percent between July 1986 and July 1987.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito...
19881988 in JapanEvents in the year 1988 in Japan.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito*Prime Minister: Noboru Takeshita*Chief Cabinet Secretary: Keizo Obuchi-Events:*March 13: Seikan Tunnel opens.*March 17: Tokyo Dome completed....
19891989 in JapanEvents in the year 1989 in Japan.1989 was the first year of Heisei in Japan as well as the all-time peak of the Nikkei 225 stock market average.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito, Akihito*Prime Minister: Noboru Takeshita, Toshiki Kaifu... - 1970s: 19701971197219731974197519761977197819791979 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: Masayoshi Ōhira-Events:*5th G7 summit*Typhoon Tip*Japanese general election, 1979-Arts and entertainment:...
- 1960s: 196019611962196319641964 in JapanEvents in the year 1964 in Japan.1964 is considered a seminal year in modern Japanese history. The Tokyo Olympics and first run of the bullet train reflected a society-wide sense that post-war reconstruction was over and that Japan had rejoined the international family of nations...
19651966196719681969 - 1950s: 1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
- 1940s: 1940194119421943194419451945 in JapanEvents in the year 1945 in Japan.1945 was the last year of World War II and the first year of the Allied occupation.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito*Prime Minister: Kuniaki Koiso, Kantarō Suzuki, Prince Higashikuni, Kijuro Shidehara...
19461946 in JapanEvents in the year 1946 in Japan.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito*Prime Minister: Kijuro Shidehara, Shigeru Yoshida*Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur-Events:...
19471947 in JapanEvents in the year 1947 in Japan.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito*Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida, Tetsu Katayama*Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur-Events:...
19481948 in Japan-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito*Prime Minister: Tetsu Katayama, Hitoshi Ashida, Shigeru Yoshida*Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur-Events:*March 10: Hitoshi Ashida becomes prime minister*May 1: Japan Coast Guard founded....
19491949 in JapanEvents in the year 1949 in Japan.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito*Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida*Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur-Events:*May 16: Opening of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.... - 1930s: 1930193119321933193419351936193719381939
- 1920s: 1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
- 1910s: 1910191119121913191419151916191719181919
- 1900s: 1900190119021903190419051906190719081909
Nineteenth century
- 1890s: 1890189118921893189418951896189718981899
- 1880s: 1880188118821883188418851886188718881889