2002 in Japan

2002 in Japan

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2002 was the 14th year of Heisei 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.
*January 29: Koizumi fires Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka.
*February 1: Yoriko Kawaguchi is appointed foreign minister; her previous portfolio of Environment Minister is assumed by Hiroshi Oki.
*February 19: U.S. president George W. Bush addresses a joint session of the Diet.
*March 7: Futoshi Matsunaga and Junko Ogata are arrested for confinement of a 17-year-old girl. They are arrested for seven murders later.
*April 1: Mizuho Bank founded.
*April 1: Domestic Violence Prevention Act becomes effective.
*April 21: E231 series trains are introduced on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo.
*May 31: World Cup Korea/Japan 2002 begins.
*June 11: Solar eclipse visible throughout Japan.
*June 30: World Cup ends.
*June 30: Izumi Garden Tower is completed.
*September 17: Koizumi visits North Korea; Kim Jong-il admits to the North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens.
*October 15: Five Japanese abductees return from North Korea.
*December 1: Tōhoku Shinkansen extension to Hachinohe Station opens.
*December 1: Saikyo Line and Rinkai Line extensions to Osaki Station open, allowing through service.
*December 1: Iwate Ginga Railway and Aoimori Railway begin operations.

Deaths

*April 10: Yuji Hyakutake, amateur astronomer
*November 15: Sohn Kee-chung, marathon runner
*December 21: Prince Takamado


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