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Events in the year 2008 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

  • Emperor: Akihito[1]
  • Prime Minister: Yasuo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic Party–Gunma) to September 24 Taro Aso (L–Fukuoka)
  • Chief Cabinet Secretary: Nobutaka Machimura (L–Hokkaidō) to September 24 Takeo Kawamura (L–Yamaguchi)
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: to November 21 Hironobu Takesaki from November 25
  • President of the House of Representatives: Yōhei Kōno (L–Kanagawa)
  • President of the House of Councillors: Satsuki Eda (D–Okayama)
  • Diet sessions: 168th (extraordinary session continued from 2007, to January 15), 169th (regular, January 18 to June 21), 170th (extraordinary, September 24 to December 25)

Governors[]

Events[]

A bridge which collapsed during the 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake
  • January 31 – Nine people are hospitalized after eating gyōza made at the Tianyang Food Plant in China.[2]
  • February 11 – Okinawa police arrest United States Marine Tyrone Hadnott and charge him with raping a middle-school girl.[3]
  • February 19
    • Kei Nishikori wins an ATP title. At age 18, he is the youngest player to win the title after Lleyton Hewitt won it at age 16 in 1998.[4]
    • A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago collides with fishing boat Seitoku Maru at 4:07 am, off the coast of Chiba Prefecture.[5]
  • February 22
    • The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force resumes fueling warships from the United States and its allies.[6]
    • Kazuyoshi Miura is arrested in Saipan on suspicion of involvement with the murder of his wife in 1981.[7]
  • February 25 – The Supreme Court upheld life sentence of Daisuke Mori.[8]
  • June 8 – The Akihabara massacre takes place in Tokyo. A man kills seven in an attack on a crowd using a truck and a dagger.[9]
  • June 14 – the 2008 Iwate earthquake strikes northern Honshū, leaving two dead and hundreds injured.[10]
  • June 17 – Serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki is executed by hanging.[11]
  • July 7 – July 9 – G8 summit hosted by Japan.
  • September 6 – Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announces his resignation.
  • September 24 – The Diet elects Taro Aso Prime Minister.
  • October – Toyota launches yet another Avensis at the 2008 Paris Motor Show to be built in Britain.
  • October 1 – Arson claims 15 lives in a pre-dawn fire at an adult-video shop in Osaka.[12]
  • October 10 (U.S. Pacific Daylight Time) – Kazuyoshi Miura commits suicide in Los Angeles while under arrest on suspicion of involvement in the murder of his wife.[13]
  • October 17 – Japan won their tenth nonpermanent seat for 2009 and 2010 sessions on the United Nations Security Council, defeating Iran by 158 votes to 32 in elections in the General Assembly[14]

The Nobel Prize[]

  • Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi (physicist), Toshihide Maskawa: 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics winners.

Deaths[]

  • January 16: Tamako Kataoka, painter
  • January 17: Jinzō Toriumi, screenwriter
  • February 13: Kon Ichikawa, film director
  • February 29: Kenji Yanagiya, fighter ace of the Imperial Japanese Army
  • March 3: Taichirō Hirokawa, voice actor and narrator
  • March 11: Akemi Negishi, actress
  • April 2: Momoko Ishii, author
  • June 6: Saeko Himuro, novelist, essayist, and playwright
  • June 9: Kan Mukai, film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter
  • June 17: Tsutomu Miyazaki, serial killer
  • June 18: Miyuki Kanbe, model and actress
  • June 27: Daihachi Oguchi, drummer
  • August 2: Fujio Akatsuka, manga artist
  • August 4: Eri Kawai, singer
  • August 11: Arase Nagahide, sumo wrestler
  • August 14: Seiji Aochi, ski jumper
  • August 16: Masanobu Fukuoka, microbiologist
  • October 10: Kazuyoshi Miura, businessman
  • October 27: Frank Nagai, singer
  • November 7: Hidetaka Nishiyama, master of Shotokan karate
  • November 10: Kiyoshi Itō, mathematician
  • December 5: Shūichi Katō, critic
  • December 16: Ai Iijima, media personality and AV idol
  • Undated: Yoshinao Kodaira, officer and fighter ace

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ Yoshida, Reiji (2008-01-31). "10 sick after eating tainted 'gyoza' from China". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  3. ^ Shimizu, Kaho (2008-02-13). "Okinawa rape case sparks resentment". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  4. ^ "Nishikori defeats Blake, captures first ATP title". The Japan Times. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  5. ^ "JCG hints destroyer was at fault in collision". 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  6. ^ "MSDF refueling mission resumed". The Japan Times. 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  7. ^ "Arrest warrant says Japanese businessman orchestrated wife's killing in Los Angeles". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  8. ^ "Top court dismisses nurse's protest over life sentence for murdering patient". HDR Japan. 2008-03-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  9. ^ McCurry, Justin (2008-06-10). "Japan: Killer of seven gave online warning of Tokyo rampage". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  10. ^ Strong earthquake rattles Japan. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  11. ^ Japan hangs serial killer of young girls and 2 others. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
  12. ^ "Fire kills 15 in Japanese video shop – CNN.com".
  13. ^ NHKニュース　ロス疑惑 三浦元社長が自殺 Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
  14. ^ MacFarquhar, Neil (October 17, 2008). "3 Nations Win Security Council Seats" – via NYTimes.com.
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