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Events in the year 2011 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor – Akihito
- Prime Minister – Naoto Kan (Democratic Party)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yoshito Sengoku until January 14, Yukio Edano
- Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara
Events
- January and February – 2011 cold wave and heavy snow in Japan; according to officials, at least 127 people die, 1465 are injured. Many vehicles stuck in snow in Yonago, Aizuwakamatsu and Fukui. [citation needed]
- January 14 – Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan reshuffles his Cabinet.[1]
- January 22 – An unmanned Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle HTV-2 Resupply Craft was launched atop the H-IIB rocket on a mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.[2]
- February 6 - The Japan Sumo Association cancels the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in light of a match fixing scandal, the first time the event has been canceled since 1946. [3][4]
- February 26 - Nintendo's first 3D portable game console "Nintendo 3DS" is released in Japan.[5]
- March 7 - Seiji Maehara resigns as Foreign Minister of Japan after becoming involved in an illegal political donation scandal.[6]
- March 9 - Takeaki Matsumoto is sworn in as the Foreign Minister of Japan replacing Seiji Maehara who resigned following a political donations scandal.[7]
- March 11 - An 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits offshore of Japan's Miyagi prefecture, resulting in tsunami waves as high as 10 metres[8][9], causing an accident at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
- March 12 - Kyushu Shinkansen open between Yatsushiro and Hakata of Fukuoka, with start to direct high-speed train, between Osaka to Kagoshima. [citation needed]
- March 23 - Tokyo tap water contaminated by radiation. [10]
- March 25 - Vegetables grown in Tokyo contaminated by radiation.[11]
- March 31 - The Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka was due to be closed on this date, but remained open through June 2011 to house people displaced by the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear alert.
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February 26: Nintendo's first 3D portable game console "Nintendo 3DS" is released in Japan -
March 7: Seiji Maehara resigns as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan after a scandal over political donations. -
March 11: An 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits offshore of Japan's Miyagi prefecture, resulting in tsunami waves as high as 10 metres. -
Tsunami flooding on the Sendai Airport runway -
Fukushima I nuclear accidents: Satellite image taken on 16 March of the four damaged reactor buildings
- May 4 - Osaka Station City, which largest terminal shopping mall in Japan, include cinema complex, department store, and commercial facilities are open. [citation needed]
- May 12 - Worst heist in Japan, 604-million yen robbery, in which a 36 year-old security company's workers are injured in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Six mens are arrested on suspicion the heist on July 31.
- June 19 - Termination of service for 1000-yen for unlimited rides for vehicles with ETC at expressway by nationwide (exclude Tohoku region) has been over two years and three months. [citation needed]
- July 17 - The Japan women's national football team defeats the United States women's national football team on penalties, after a 2-2 extra-time scoreline, to win the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
- July 21 - Tatsuya Ichihashi is sentenced to life in prison for the Murder of Lindsay Hawker.
Predicted and scheduled events
- April 10 - first phase of the Japanese 17th unified regional elections.
- April 24 - second phase of the Japanese 17th unified regional elections.
- July 24 - Analog television broadcasts are scheduled to end; stations will be required to send their signals digitally.
Unknown dates
- The Tokyo Sky Tree in Sumida, Tokyo is scheduled to be completed in 2011.
Deaths
- January 3 – Nakamura Tomijyuro V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor.[12]
- January 5 – Keijiro Yamashita, Japanese rockabilly singer.[13]
- January 11 – Kozo Haraguchi, 100, Japanese track and field athlete, respiratory failure.[14]
- January 14 – Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Japanese actor, acute subdural hematoma.[15]
- January 14 – Ben Wada, 80, Japanese television director, esophageal cancer.[16]
- January 17 – Shinichiro Sakurai, 81, Japanese automotive engineer, heart failure.[17]
- February 5 – Hiroko Nagata, 65, Japanese radical and murderer, vice-chairman of United Red Army.[18]
- February 13 – Nobutoshi Kihara, Japanese electronics engineer for Sony.[19]
- April 17 – Osamu Dezaki, 67, director of anime, lung cancer. [20]
- April 21 – Yoshiko Tanaka, 55, actress, breast cancer. [21]
- April 23 - Norio Ohga, 81, businessman and CEO of Sony.
- May 2 - Shigeo Yaegashi, 78, footballer.
- May 12 – Miyu Uehara, 24, gravure idol and television personality, suicide. [22]
- May 16 - Kiyoshi Kodama, 77, actor.
- May 18 - Seiseki Abe, 96, shodo and aikido teacher.
- May 21 - Hiroyuki Nagato, 77, actor.
- June 6 - Masashi Ohuchi, 67, Olympic weightlifter.
- June 9 - Tomoko Kawakami, 41, voice actress.
- June 28 - Osamu Kobayashi, 76, voice actor and executive director.
- July 5 - Shinji Wada, 61, mangaka.
- July 9 - Hideo Tanaka, 78, director.
- July 17 - Takaji Mori, 67, footballer.
- July 19 - Yoshio Harada, 71, actor.
- July 26 - Sakyo Komatsu, 80, fiction writer [citation needed]
- July 27 - Hideki Irabu, 42, baseball pitcher [citation needed]
- August 4 - Naoki Matsuda, 34, football player [citation needed]
- August 5 - Takehiko Maeda, 82, TV personality [citation needed]
- August 10 - Mimi Hiyoshi, 64, singer [citation needed]
- August 15 - Toru Shoriki, 92, former CEO of Yomiuri Newspaper with baseball owner of Tokyo Yomiuri Giants [citation needed]
- August 21 - Muga Takewaki, 67, actor [citation needed]
References
- ^ (AP via Yahoo! News)
- ^ "Japan launches unmanned rocket". CNN. January 22, 2011.
- ^ (Daily Yomiuri Online)
- ^ (BBC)
- ^ Harris, Craig (2010-09-28). "Nintendo Conference 2010 Details". IGN.
- ^ (Wall Street Journal)
- ^ (Xinhua)
- ^ (Canadian Press via Google News)
- ^ (AP via ABC News America)
- ^ Anxiety in Japan Over Radiation in Tap Water - ABC News
- ^ NHK WORLD English
- ^ ７４歳で長女誕生 人間国宝 中村富十郎さん逝く（芸能） ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex ニュース
- ^ ページが見つかりません - SANSPO.COM
- ^ 元世界記録の原口幸三さん死去 高齢者の陸上短距離選手 / 西スポ・西日本新聞スポーツ
- ^ Actor Toshiyuki Hosokawa dies at 70
- ^ [1]
- ^ 時事ドットコム
- ^ Condemned '70s radical Nagata dies | The Japan Times Online
- ^ "Nobutoshi Kihara". The Daily Telegraph. London. February 21, 2011.
- ^ "「あしたのジョー」「ベルばら」アニメ監督の出崎統さんが死去 ６７歳、肺がん
- ^ 元キャンディーズの田中好子さん死去 55歳
- ^ 'Poverty Idol' Uehara, found dead
