2005 in Japan

2005
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Japan

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Events in the year 2005 in Japan.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

Expo 2005 in Aichi

April

May

June

  • June 23
    • 60th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa - a ceremony to remember the dead is held at the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Park.
    • The first case of the H5N2 virus in Japan is discovered on a chicken farm in Jōsō, Ibaraki.

July

  • July 15: Two tankers collide in the Kumano Sea, with one bursting into flames, resulting in one death.

August

  • August 8: Postal service privatization, the keystone of Prime Minister Koizumi's platform, is voted down in the House of Councillors. Later in the day, Koizumi announces the dissolution of the House of Representatives and snap elections to be held the following month.7
  • August 24: The Tsukuba Express line opens.

September

October

  • October 1: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is formed by the merger of two Japanese banking conglomerates.
  • October 14: The Postal Privatisation Bill enters the Diet.
  • October 17: Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine for the first time since 2004.
  • October 31: Koizumi reshuffles his cabinet, naming Shinzo Abe as Chief Cabinet Secretary, Heizo Takenaka as Minister of Internal Affairs and Taro Aso as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

November

December

Date Unknown

Japanese official abandoned national project and development of superconducting passenger ferry Techno Superliner, due to high fuel cost.

Deaths

See also

Statistics

  • Wealthiest person in Japan: Nobutada Saji (net worth US$5.8 billion)

References

  1. McCurry, Justin (1 December 2017). "Akihito to become first Japanese emperor to abdicate in 200 years". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. "Powerful Earthquake in Japan". Fox News. 20 March 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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