2004 in Japan

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2004
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Events in the year 2004 in Japan.

2004 was the population "peak" of Japan—the last year in which the national population increased.[1]

Incumbents[edit]

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

Kyushu Shinkansen opened in March.

January[edit]

February[edit]

  • February 8: The Ground Self-Defense Force's main unit of the SDF dispatched to Iraq enters Samawah, Iraq.
  • February 12: The Tokyo District Court has ruled two years in prison and five years in prison for former member of the House of Representatives Kiyomi Tsujimoto who was accused of fraudulent misappropriation of secretary salary. Neither the prosecution nor the defendant appealed, and the ruling was finalized on March 26.
  • February 17: Avian influenza virus infection in pet chicken (chabo) was confirmed in Kokonoe-cho, Oita Prefecture (the second case this year following Yamaguchi).
  • February 27: Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara is given the death penalty.

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

  • June 1: An 11-year-old girl kills her classmate at a Sasebo elementary school.

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

  • September 3: World Rally Championship held in Japan for the first time.
  • September 8: Typhoon Songda hit in western Honshu area, according to official document figure, 45 person fatalities, with injures 1324.[6]
  • September 17: Japanese baseball players announce a weekend strike, the first baseball strike in Japanese history.
  • September 27: Koizumi reshuffles his cabinet.
  • September 29–30: Typhoon Meari, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, 27 persons were human fatalities and 95 persons wounded.[citation needed]

October[edit]

The Chūetsu earthquake struck Niigata in October.

November[edit]

December[edit]

December 2: The Nintendo DS (top) is released in Japan. December 12: The PlayStation Portable (bottom) is released in Japan.

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Statistics[edit]

  • GDP: ¥504 trillion (+1.4%)
  • Nikkei 225: High 12,163.89; low 10,365.40
  • Wealthiest person in Japan: Nobutada Saji (net worth US$6.9 billion)
  • Yen: High ¥101.83/USD; low ¥114.80/USD

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Banyan. "Japan's demography The incredible shrinking country". The Economist. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The case of the killer nurse". Japan Today. 2004-04-06. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  4. ^ ja:平成16年7月新潟・福島豪雨
  5. ^ ja:平成16年7月福井豪雨
  6. ^ ja:平成16年台風第18号
  7. ^ 人気子役・本田望結、将来は五輪目指す「金メダル獲りたい」. Oricon, Inc (in Japanese). 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2012-09-03.