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List of events
Events in the year 2002 in
Japan.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January
- January 15:
UFJ Bank founded via the merger of the Sanwa Bank, Ltd., the Tokai Bank, Ltd. and Toyo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
- January 29: Prime Minister Koizumi fires Foreign Minister
Makiko Tanaka.
February
- February 1:
Yoriko Kawaguchi is appointed foreign minister; her previous portfolio of Environment Minister is assumed by
Hiroshi Oki.
- February 19: U.S. president
George W. Bush addresses a joint session of the Diet.
March
April
May
June
- June 11:
Solar eclipse visible throughout Japan.
- June 24:
Chiyoda ward in Tokyo bans smoking while walking in public.
- June 30
August
- August 30: The last
Mazda 626 rolls off the production line after 23 years. Its successor, the
6, enters production on October 1.
September
October
- October 15: Five Japanese abductees return from North Korea.
November
December
The Nobel Prize
Births
Deaths
- March 8:
Sanji Hase, voice actor
- April 10:
Yuji Hyakutake, amateur astronomer
- May 13:
Morihiro Saito, aikidoka
- May 16:
Shoichi Arai, professional wrestling promoter
- May 24:
Toshihito Ito, actor
- May 25:
Genichi Kawakami, president of Yamaha Corporation from 1950 to 1977
- June 13:
Hideo Murata, rōkyoku and enka singer
- June 15:
Hideo Murota, actor
- September 12:
Mitsuo Ikeda, wrestler
- October 12:
Nozomi Momoi, AV idol
- November 15:
Sohn Kee-chung, marathon runner
- December 15:
Mr. C.B., thoroughbred racehorse
- December 21:
Prince Takamado
- December 28:
Koreyoshi Kurahara, screenwriter and director
See also
References