Today in Japan History (Part 8)
Sub-Topics: Tokyo
Historical Events
Results 701 - 727 of 727
1997-11-02 - Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup
1997-11-02 - USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International
1997-11-09 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
1997-11-09 - Toray Japan Queens Cup
1997-12-12 - Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 MPH
1998-02-07 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
1998-02-19 - US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
1998-02-22 - 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan
1998-05-13 - India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
1998-05-28 - Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
1999-07-23 - ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan.
1999-08-09 - The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem.
1999-09-30 - Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura, northeast of Tokyo.
2001-02-09 - The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
2001-03-19 - The Bank of Japan issued a monetary policy known as quantitative easing, which stimulated the Japanese economy after the burst of the dot-com bubble.
2003-09-25 - A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaidō, Japan.
2004-10-23 - A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
2005-03-20 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated.
2005-04-25 - 107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan.
2005-11-15 - Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
2006-07-04 - North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea.
2007-01-21 - Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.
2007-02-23 - Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2007-07-16 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occurs off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.
2007-09-12 - Shinzo Abe announces his intention to resign as Prime Minister of Japan.
2007-09-26 - Shinzo Abe formally ends his term as Prime Minister of Japan.
2008-04-20 - Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
Famous Birthdays
Results 701 - 800 of 1,078
1972-06-28 - Ryan Fujita, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972-07-08 - Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
1972-07-19 - Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
1972-07-24 - Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
1972-07-27 - Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
1972-08-05 - Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
1972-08-18 - Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer
1972-08-19 - Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer
1972-09-08 - Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
1972-10-11 - Kyoko Ina, Tokyo Japan, figure skater (1993 North Atlantic Sr champ)
1972-10-29 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur
1972-11-13 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
1972-11-29 - Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973-01-26 - Tatsuki Katayama, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1973-01-26 - Mayu Shinjo, Japanese mangaka
1973-02-01 - Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
1973-03-23 - Naoko Sawamatsu, Nishinomiya Japan, tennis star (1994 Singapore)
1973-04-05 - Yutaka Kawaguchi, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1973-04-06 - Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress/singer
1973-04-16 - Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer
1973-04-17 - Kaihō Ryōji, Japanese sumo wrestler
1973-05-08 - Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist
1973-06-19 - Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
1973-07-04 - Gackt, Japanese singer
1973-07-04 - Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver
1973-07-07 - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka
1973-08-14 - Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer
1973-09-03 - Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
1973-09-09 - Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
1973-09-18 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi)
1973-10-03 - Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress
1973-10-13 - Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress
1973-10-22 - Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
1973-10-26 - Taka Michinoku , Japanese professional wrestle
1973-11-19 - Ryukishi07, Japanese mystery writer
1973-11-19 - Takashi Matsumoto, Japanese photographer and business person
1973-12-19 - Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor
1973-12-27 - Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, US sprint cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973-12-31 - Hiroyuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1974-01-10 - Akari Kaida, Japanese composer
1974-02-12 - Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver
1974-02-17 - Kaoru, Japanese musician
1974-02-22 - Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star (1996 Hobart)
1974-05-05 - Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver
1974-05-09 - Shin Yahata, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1974-05-24 - Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
1974-06-12 - Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
1974-06-13 - Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
1974-07-25 - Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler
1974-08-28 - Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer
1974-08-29 - Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer
1974-09-23 - Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model
1974-10-08 - Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
1974-10-26 - LISA, Japanese musician
1974-11-08 - Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1974-11-08 - Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1974-11-24 - Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1974-12-04 - Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
1974-12-20 - Die, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1974-12-27 - Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor
1974-12-31 - Ryan Sakoda, Japanese American professional wrestler
1975-01-01 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist
1975-01-06 - Yukana, Japanese seiyū
1975-01-21 - Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
1975-01-30 - Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
1975-02-06 - Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
1975-02-10 - Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese born baseball player
1975-02-16 - Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer
1975-03-29 - Christopher Yule, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1975-04-03 - Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese professional baseball player
1975-04-03 - Koji Uehara, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
1975-05-19 - Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
1975-06-14 - Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing driver
1975-07-05 - Ai Sugiyama, Tokyo Japan, tennis star
1975-07-11 - Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress
1975-08-31 - Takahiro Suwa, Japanese professional wrestler
1975-09-07 - Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
1975-09-13 - Akihiro Asai, Japanese racing driver
1975-09-15 - Tsutsumi Otomo, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1975-11-22 - Aiko, Japanese singer
1975-12-11 - Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
1975-12-16 - Nawo Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
1975-12-18 - Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian
1975-12-25 - Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
1976-01-12 - Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
1976-01-28 - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1976-02-16 - Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey)
1976-02-16 - Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor
1976-03-10 - Kisaki, Japanese musician
1976-03-18 - Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player
1976-04-18 - Fayray, Japanese singer
1976-05-20 - Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
1976-05-29 - Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
1976-06-08 - Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
1976-06-28 - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
1976-07-04 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1976-08-27 - Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler
1976-09-20 - Yui Horie, Japanese seiyuu
1976-09-20 - Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer
1976-11-13 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
Famous Deaths
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