2001 in Japan

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2001
in
Japan

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See also:Other events of 2001
History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 2001 in Japan. It corresponds to the year Heisei 13 (平成13年 or 平成十三年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents[edit]

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

Junichiro Koizumi became prime minister in April.

January[edit]

February[edit]

  • February 9: The fishing boat Ehime Maru is struck by a U.S. submarine and sunk.

March[edit]

April[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

December[edit]

  • 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.

The Nobel Prize[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Killer nurse". Medical Serial Killers. Retrieved 2008-03-21.[permanent dead link]
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  4. ^ "Tokyo DisneySea Project". OLC Group. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  5. ^ "Obituary: Fuku Akino". The Japan Times Online. 2001-10-12. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-12-11.