2000 in Japan

Years in Japan:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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Years:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

2000 was the 12th year of Heisei in Japan.

[edit] Incumbents

January 26: The Southern All-Stars release "Tsunami," the best-selling CD single in Japanese history.
April 1: Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University opens in Ōita Prefecture.
April 2: Prime Minister Obuchi suffers a massive stroke and is hospitalized.
April 4: Obuchi cabinet resigns.
April 5: Yoshiro Mori is elected prime minister.
May 14: Obuchi dies.
May 15: Mori makes his first major gaffe, referring to Japan as a "nation of gods with the Emperor at its center."
June 25: Japan general election, 2000.
July 8: Volcanic eruption on Miyakejima.
July 19: Bank of Japan issues the first 2,000-yen banknotes.
July 21: G8 Summit held in Okinawa.
August 1: New 500-yen coins enter circulation.
September 2: Miyakejima is evacuated as the eruption continues.
November 8: Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu is arrested in Osaka.