The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Japan. It corresponds to the year Heisei 12 in the Japanese calendar.

2000
in
Japan

Decades:
See also:Other events of 2000
History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

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Governors

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Events

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January

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February

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  • February 6: Osaka gubernatorial election - Osaka's first female governor, Fusae Ohta, is elected.

March

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April

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  • 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

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July

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August

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  • August 1: New 500-yen coins enter circulation.

September

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A torrential rain and flash flood in 2000 Nagoya flash flood

October

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November

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The Nobel Prize

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Keizo Obuchi". The Economist. 2000-05-18. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Mori sorry but stands by quote". The Japan Times Online. 2000-05-27.
  4. ^ [:ja:雪印集団食中毒事件] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 12 February, 2020.
  5. ^ "MOFA: Kyushu-Okinawa Summit". www.mofa.go.jp. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. ^ ja:東海豪雨 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 30, 2017
  7. ^ Semmane, Fethi; Cotton, Fabrice; Campillo, Michel (2005). "The 2000 Tottori earthquake: A shallow earthquake with no surface rupture and slip properties controlled by depth" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 110 (B3): 1, 2. doi:10.1029/2004jb003194.
  8. ^ "Japanese Red Army leader arrested". 8 November 2000. Retrieved 21 April 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.