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List of events
The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 2001 in
Japan . It corresponds to the year
Heisei
13 (平成13年 or 平成十三年) in the
Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Junichiro Koizumi became prime minister in April.
January
February
February 9: The fishing boat
Ehime Maru is struck by a U.S. submarine and sunk.
March
April
June
July
August
September
October
December
December 1:
Princess Aiko , potential heiress to the Imperial throne, is born.
December 9: Television performer
Masashi Tashiro is arrested for peeping in a male bath-house.
December 21:
TIME removes Masashi Tashiro from its "
Person of the Year " poll after
2channel users vote the "bad boy" performer into first place.
The Nobel Prize
Births
January 2:
Wakaba Higuchi , figure skater
February 2:
Maria Makino , pop singer
February 4:
Fūka Haruna , actress
May 24:
Noa Tsurushima , actress
May 28:
Rikako Sasaki , singer
June 18:
Nako Yabuki , singer
June 19:
Natsumi Sakai , swimmer
June 25:
Yurina Hirate , idol singer
August 4:
Seishiro Kato , actor
August 31:
Nana Mori , actress
October 1:
Pankun , chimpanzee
October 6:
Hitomi Honda , singer
November 3:
Rōki Sasaki , professional baseball pitcher (
Chiba Marines )[
citation needed ]
December 1:
Princess Aiko , the daughter and only child of
Crown Prince Naruhito and
Crown Princess Masako
Deaths
March 9:
Mitsuo Kagawa , archaeologist (b.
1923 )
April 7:
Yasuhira Kiyohara , lieutenant of the
Imperial army (b.
1914 )
May 17:
Hyōichi Kōno , adventurer (b.
1958 )
July 24:
Hiroshi Tsuburaya , actor (b.
1964 )
July 28:
Futaro Yamada , author (b.
1922 )
August 25:
Ginzō Matsuo , voice actor (b.
1951 )
September 9:
Shinji Sōmai , film director (b.
1948 )
September 28:
Isao Inokuma ,
judoka (b.
1938 )
September 30:
Takasi Tokioka , zoologist (b.
1913 )
October 11:
Fuku Akino , painter (b.
1908 )
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November 7:
Sachiko Hidari , film actress (b.
1930 )
November 15:
Satoru Kobayashi , film director (b. 1930)
November 30:
Kikutaro Baba ,
malacologist (b.
1905 )
December 20:
Kōji Nanbara , actor (b.
1927 )
December 22:
Shizue Kato , politician and activist (b.
1897 )
December 29:
Takashi Asahina , conductor (b.
1908 )
See also
References