Events in the year 2007 in Japan .
Incumbents
Emperor – Akihito [ 1] Prime Minister – Shinzō Abe (Liberal Democratic Party –Yamaguchi) until September 26, Yasuo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic Party –Gunma)Chief Cabinet Secretary : Yasuhisa Shiozaki (L–Ehime) to August 27, Kaoru Yosano (L–Tokyo) to September 26, Nobutaka Machimura (L–Hokkaidō)Chief Justice of the Supreme Court : Nirō Shimada
President of the House of Representatives : Yōhei Kōno (L–Kanagawa)
President of the House of Councillors : Chikage Ōgi (L–proportional) until July 28, Satsuki Eda (D –Okayama)
Diet sessions: 166th (regular, January 25 to July 5), 167th (extraordinary, August 7 to August 10), 168th (extraordinary, September 10 to 2008, January 15)
Governors
Events
The launch of SELENE , 14 September 2007
January
January 23 – A rare eel-like creature identified as a frilled shark is discovered in Japan by fishermen.[ 2]
February
February 20 – A power outage strikes the central area of Nagoya .
March
April
April 1 – Niigata and Hamamatsu become cities designated by government ordinance .
April 8 – Voters go to the polls in Japan for the first phase of the unified local elections including 13 gubernatorial elections, 44 prefectural assembly elections and 4 mayoral races in major cities.[ 5]
April 10 – The government of Japan extends economic sanctions against the North Korean government by an additional six months, citing a lack of progress in resolving kidnapping cases of Japanese citizens.[ 6]
April 16 – The United States , Japan and India carry out a joint naval exercise in the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to increase strategic cooperation.
April 17 – Iccho Ito , the mayor of Nagasaki , Japan , is shot at least twice outside his re-election campaign headquarters. The assassin, Tetsuya Shiroo , is alleged to be a senior member of a local gang affiliated to the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate .[ 7] Nagasaki University Hospital, where he died early the next morning due to loss of blood.
April 22 – In the second phase of the unified local elections, hundreds of municipal elections and two by-elections for the national Diet are held.
April 25 – Japanese police raid the offices of a pro-North Korean group in relation to the alleged kidnapping of two children in the 1970s.[ 8]
May
June
June 1 – Archaeologists discover a 2,100-year-old melon in Shiga Prefecture .[ 12]
June 21 – Japan changes the name of Iwo Jima to its original name, Iwo To , to reflect the wishes of its original inhabitants.[ 13]
July
August
September
November
December
December 19 – A 32-year-old police sergeant shoots himself inside a kōban in front of Tokyo Station .
Births
Deaths
January 5 – Momofuku Ando , inventor of Instant noodles and Cup Noodles , founder of Nissin Foods
January 8 – Iwao Takamoto , animator
April 18 – Iccho Itoh , mayor of Nagasaki
May 3 – Knock Yokoyama , comedian and politician
May 27 – Izumi Sakai , singer
May 28 – Toshikatsu Matsuoka , politician
June 28 – Kiichi Miyazawa , 78th Prime Minister
July 18 – Kenji Miyamoto , politician[ 23]
August 28 – Miyoshi Umeki , actress
September 7 – Kenji Nagai , journalist (b. 1957 )[ 24]
October 7 – Norifumi Abe , motorcycle road racer
October 12 – Kurokawa Kisho , architect
November 13 – Kazuhisa Inao , baseball player
See also
References
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