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List of events
Events in the year 1995 in
Japan. It corresponds to
Heisei 7 (平成7年) in the
Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Damage in
Sannomiya resulting from the
Great Hanshin earthquake.
Kasumigaseki Station, one of the many stations affected during the
Sarin gas attack.
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January 17 – The 6.9 Mw
Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern
Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum
Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
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February 21 – An
MSDF helicopter falls into the
Bungo Channel, causing 11 deaths.
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March 20 - Members of the
Aum Shinrikyo religious cult carry out a
Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 12 and injuring more than 6,000.
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March 30 – A police officer tries to assassinate Takaji Kunimatsu, Commissioner General of the
National Police Agency, outside his home in
Arakawa Ward, Tokyo.
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April 9 - In a series of gubernatorial elections held across Japan,
Yukio Aoshima and
Knock Yokoyama become governors of
Tokyo and
Osaka respectively.
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May 12 – A bomb goes off in a men's public lavatory on the third floor of the Terminal 2 building of
New Tokyo International Airport,
Narita.
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May 16 - Japanese police besiege the headquarters of
Aum Shinrikyo in
Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture at the foot of
Mount Fuji and arrest cult leader
Shoko Asahara.
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May 31 -
Governor of Tokyo
Yukio Aoshima cancels a costly "World City" exposition that Governor
Shun'ichi Suzuki planned to have held in
Odaiba in 1996, which had formed the bulk of the basis for Aoshima's gubernatorial campaign.
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June 22 -
Japanese police rescue 365 hostages from a hijacked
All Nippon Airways Flight 857 (
Boeing 747-200) at
Hakodate airport. The hijacker, Fumio Kutsumi, was armed with a screw driver and demanded the release of
Shoko Asahara.
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July 23 -
House of Councillors election held. The recently created
New Frontier Party replaced the
Japanese Socialist Party as the second largest political party in Japan, and entered coalition with the
Liberal Democratic Party. The Socialists lost many seats in this election.
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July 30 – During an armed robbery at a
Hachioji, Tokyo supermarket, three female employees are killed.
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September 4 –
1995 Okinawa rape incident: Three U.S. servicemen serving at Camp Hansen on
Okinawa kidnap and gang rape a 12-year-old Japanese girl. The incident led to further
debate over the continued presence of U.S. forces in Japan.
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October 26 -
Mitsubishi Motors releases the
Mitsubishi Pajero Junior
mini SUV.
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November 18 -
November 19 -
APEC summit held in
Osaka, the first in Japan.
Births
Mayu Matsuoka
Yui Sakuma
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January 16 -
Takumi Minamino, footballer
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January 24 -
Yū Wakui, Japanese voice actor
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January 25 -
Masaya Matsumoto, footballer
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January 26 –
Seiya Matsubara, professional baseball player
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January 30 -
Misaki Iwasa, singer
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February 3 -
Tao Tsuchiya, actress
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February 8 -
Naoki Yoshikawa, professional baseball player
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February 10 -
Haruna Kawaguchi, actress and model
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February 12
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February 13 -
Ayame Koike, actress
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February 16
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March 6 -
Aimyon, singer-songwriter
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March 7 -
Fuma Kikuchi, actor, dancer and singer
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March 10 -
Yui Sakuma, model and actress
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March 11 -
Kazuki Fukai, footballer
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March 12 -
Kanon Fukuda, singer and voice actress
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March 13 -
Ryutarou Akimoto, actor and model
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March 15 -
Momoka Ariyasu, singer
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March 17 -
Akari Hayami, actress, model and singer
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March 28 -
Kouji Miura, manga artist
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April 6 -
Ryutaro Morimoto, singer
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April 14 -
Yukiko Fujisawa, figure skater
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June 2 -
Evelyn Mawuli, basketball player
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June 4 -
Shiori Tamai, singer
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June 8 -
Akari Saho, musician
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June 9 -
Shintaro Yokota, baseball player (d. 2023)
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June 12 -
Mao Murakami, dancer
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June 17 -
Aoi Morikawa, actress and model
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July 2 -
Tomoko Kanazawa, pop singer
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July 30 -
Yuhi, wrestler
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August 8 -
Miyabi Oba, figure skater
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August 15 -
Yui Ogura, actress, pop idol and singer
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August 24 -
Anna Doi, sprinter
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September 12 -
Kako Tomotaki, figure skater
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September 14 -
Kazuto Taguchi, professional baseball player
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September 22
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September 23 -
Aimi Kobayashi, pianist
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October 26 -
Yuta Nakamoto, pop idol and singer
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October 29 -
Taku Hiraoka, snowboarder
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November 2 -
Rei Takahashi, professional baseball player
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November 7 -
Runa Natsui, actress
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November 19 -
Asuka Teramoto, gymnast
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December 2 -
Inori Minase, actress, voice actress and singer
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December 3 -
Anna Iriyama, singer
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December 15 -
Yoshihide Kiryū, track and field sprinter
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December 29 -
Rina Ikoma, singer
Deaths
See also
References