Events in the year 1997 in Japan Heisei 9 (平成9年) in the Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 2 – Oil spill in Sea of Japan near the Oki Islands from the Russian crude oil tanker, Nakhodka .[ 2] [ 3]
February 1 – 1997 Aisin fire
February 7 – MDM Corporation, as predecessor for Rakuten , founded in Tokyo .[page needed
March 1 – Osaka Dome , a baseball stadium in Osaka , is completed.
April 1 – The consumption tax rate is raised from 3 to 5%.
May 8 – The Japanese Diet passes the Ainu Culture Law and repeals the Ainu Protection Act.
May 30 – Nippon Kaigi is organized.
July 2 – Diamond Grace, a Japanese-operated Panamian-registered tanker[ 4] Tokyo Bay and caused an oil spill. Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto declared the incident a national emergency.[ 5]
July 10 – Debris blown by heavy rain in Harihara, Izumi, Kagoshima , kills 21, injures 13.[ 6]
July 12 – Hayao Miyazaki's anime film Princess Mononoke is released in cinemas.
October 1 – Nagano Shinkansen open between Takasaki to Nagano , with Tokyo to Nagano direct high-speed rail train start.October 11 – The mixed martial arts organization PRIDE Fighting Championships holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event Rickson Gracie defeats Nobuhiko Takada by armbar.November – Financial institutions bankruptcy is linked, include Yamaichi Securities , Hokkaido Takushoku Bank , Sanyo securities and Tokuyo City Bank.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
December 11 – Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties held in Kyoto . As a result of the meeting, the Kyoto Protocol to impose greenhouse gas emission reduction targets was adopted.[ 11] [ 12] December 16 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon ", an episode of the Pokémon TV series , is aired in Japan, inducing seizures in hundreds of Japanese children.[ 13] December 18 – Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line opens.[ 14] The Toyota Prius , the first hybrid vehicle to go into full production, is unveiled in Japan on October 24, and goes on sale in Japan on December 9. It comes to U.S. showrooms on July 11, 2000.[ 15]
Births
Naomi Osaka Shoma Uno January 7 – Ayumi Ishida , singer
January 10 – Ayuri Konno , actress
January 22 – Erika Ikuta , actress
February 1 – Yūki Takahashi , professional baseball pitcher
February 4 – Ayami Nakajō , actress and model
February 23 – Shiena Nishizawa , singer
March 4 – Daoko , singer
March 7 – Miki Honoka , actress
March 8 – Jurina Matsui , singer
March 24 – Mina , singer and member of K-pop girl group Twice
April 9 – Haruna Suzuki , figure skater
April 27 – Sayuki Takagi , singer
May 7 – Irori Maeda , singer
May 20 – Kaoru Mitoma , footballer
June 4
June 6 – Akane Yamaguchi , badminton player[citation needed
June 14 – Fujii Kaze , singer-songwriter
July 7 – Erina Ikuta , singer
July 10 – Rena Katō , singer
August 10 – Sara Takatsuki , actress, model and singer
September 3 – Hana Kimura , professional wrestler (d. 2020 )
September 6 – Tsukushi , professional wrestler
October 14 – Miru Shiroma , singer and model
October 16 – Naomi Osaka , tennis player
November 14 – Ibuki Kido , actress
November 20 – Erii Yamazaki , voice actress
November 23 – Akari Takeuchi , singer
December 17 – Shoma Uno , figure skater
December 20 – Suzuka Nakamoto , singer (Babymetal )
Deaths
February 17 – Ichimaru , Japanese recording artist and geisha (b. 1906 )
March 10 – Yorozuya Kinnosuke , actor (b. 1932 )
April 4 – Haruko Sugimura , actress (b. 1909 )
May 9 – Kazumi Kawai , actress (b. 1964 )
June 21 – Shintaro Katsu , actor (b. 1931 )
July 23 – Chūhei Nambu , athlete (b. 1904 )
August 1 – Norio Nagayama , spree killer and novelist (b. 1949 )
August 28 – Masaru Takumi , Japanese yakuza lord (b. 1936 )
September 30 – Nobuo Fujita , conducted only wartime aircraft-dropped bombing on continental United States of America (b. 1911 )
October 4 – Gunpei Yokoi , creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems (b. 1941 )
November 18 – Un'ichi Hiratsuka , print-maker (b. 1895 )
December 19 – Masaru Ibuka , electronics industrialist, co-founder of Sony (b. 1908 )
December 20 – Juzo Itami , film director (b. 1933 )
December 24 – Toshiro Mifune , actor (b. 1920 )
See also
References
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