1999 in Japan
Events in the year 1999 in Japan Heisei 11 in the Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 1: Telephone numbers in Osaka are extended to ten digits, and mobile phone numbers throughout Japan are extended to eleven.
March 3: The Bank of Japan announces its zero interest rate policy .
April 11: 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election - Shintaro Ishihara is elected governor of Tokyo.
June 29: Heavy rainfall in Hiroshima Prefecture causes hundreds of landslides and kills 24 people.[ 2]
July 1: NTT is divided into a holding company, NTT, and three telecom companies, NTT East, NTT West and NTT Communications.
July 23: ANA Flight 61 survives a hijacking attempt and lands safely.
July 31: Rock band Glay gathers about the audiences of 200,000 people at a specially installed pay parking lot of Makuhari Messe in Chiba and hold a Japanese historical concert.
August 9: The Act on National Flag and Anthem is passed.
September 8: Hiroshi Zota randomly attacks passers-by near Ikebukuro Station with a hammer and kitchen knife, killing two and injuring eight.[ 3]
September 25: According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, Typhoon Bart hit tidal wave occurs in Shiranui, Kumamoto Prefecture , tornado occurs in Toyohashi , Aichi Prefecture , total 31 persons killed and 1,218 injured.[page needed
September 29: Yasuaki Uwabe drives a car into Shimonoseki Station and then stabs people, killing five, before being arrested.[ 3]
September 30: According to Japanese government official confirmed report, JCO Tokaimura nuclear accident occurs in Ibaraki Prefecture , total two workers fatalities.[page needed
November 10: Diet of Japan holds its first Question Time .
December 4: Yamagata Shinkansen extension to Shinjō Station opens.
Births
February 3: Kanna Hashimoto , J-Pop singer (Rev. from DVL ) and actress
February 7: Tamaki Matsumoto , child actress.
March 12 : Sakura Oda , singer.
April 15 : Hisanori Yasuda , professional baseball player[citation needed
April 23 : Sumire Morohoshi , actress.
May 7: Masaki Sato , J-Pop singer.
May 9: Nozomi Ōhashi , child actor and singer.
June 20: Yui Mizuno , singer/dancer (Babymetal ).
June 29: Taisei Ota , professional baseball pitcher
July 4: Moa Kikuchi , singer/dancer (Babymetal ).
August 8: Sera Azuma , fencer[ 4]
August 22: Mun In-ju , North Korean footballer
September 24: Mei Nagano , actress.
October 27: Haruka Kudō , singer.
October 28: Ai Yoshikawa , actress.
November 13: Kotona Hayashi , volleyball player.
December 22: Tomori Kusunoki , voice actress
Deaths
January 31: Shohei Baba , professional wrestler (b. 1938 )
February 21: Hideo Itokawa , rocket scientist (b. 1912 )
March 11: Kaoru Tada , manga artist (b. 1960 )
March 23: Kazue Takahashi , voice actress (b. 1929 )
March 27: Hiroyuki Okita , actor (b. 1963 )[citation needed
April 9: Emiko Kado , professional wrestler (b. 1976 )
April 13: Masaji Kiyokawa , backstroke swimmer (b. 1913 )
April 19: Shijaku Katsura , rakugo performer (b. 1939 )
April 29: Denzo Ishizaki , supercentenarian (b. 1886 (or 1884 ?))
May 6: Kaii Higashiyama , painter (b. 1908 )
June 21: Ukyō Kamimura (Kami), musician (b. 1972 )
June 24: Kōzō Murashita , singer and songwriter (b. 1953 )
July 16: Hiromi Yanagihara , J-pop singer (b. 1979 )
July 21: Jun Etō , literary critic (b. 1932 )
August 2: Meisei Goto , author (b. 1932 )
August 9: Jackie Sato , professional wrestler (b. 1957 )
September 16: Utaemon Ichikawa , actor (b. 1907 )
September 22
October 3: Akio Morita , businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation (b. 1921 )
October 12 – Ayako Miura , novelist (b. 1922 )
October 26: Kazuhito Komatsu , murder victim (b. 1978 )
November 1: Minoru Chiaki , actor (b. 1917 )
November 3
November 9 – Yoshinori Yagi , author (b. 1911 )
November 29
December 4: Daishōhō Masami , sumo wrestler (b. 1967 )
See also
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