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List of events
Events in the year
1999 in
Japan . It corresponds to the year
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
References