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.

Incumbents

Governors

Events

Kyushu Shinkansen opened in March.

January

February

  • 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

April

May

June

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

July

August

September

  • 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.
  • September 17: Japanese baseball players announce a weekend strike, the first baseball strike in Japanese history.
  • September 27: Koizumi reshuffles his cabinet.

October

The Chūetsu earthquake struck Niigata in October.

November

December

Births

Deaths

Statistics

  • 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


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