2009 in Japan

none 2009 Events in the year 2009 in Japan. Incumbents Emperor – AkihitoAkihito Biography, Reign, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Akihito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister – Taro Aso (Liberal Democratic Party–Fukuoka) until September 16, Yukio Hatoyama (Democratic Party–Hokkaidō) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Takeo Kawamura (L–Yamaguchi) until September 16, Hirofumi Hirano (D–Ōsaka) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Hironobu Takesaki President of the House of Representatives: Yōhei Kōno (L–Kanagawa) until July 21, Takahiro Yokomichi (D–Hokkaidō) from September 16 President of the House of Councillors: Satsuki Eda (D–Okayama) Diet sessions: 171st (regular, January 5 to July 21), 172nd (special, September 16 to September 19), 173rd (extraordinary, October 26 to December 4) Governors Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Kanda Akita Prefecture: Sukeshiro Terata (until 19 April); Norihisa Satake (starting 20 April) Aomori Prefecture: Shingo Mimura Chiba Prefecture: Akiko Dōmoto (until 4 April); Kensaku Morita (starting 5 April) Ehime Prefecture: Moriyuki Kato Fukui Prefecture: Issei Nishikawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Wataru Asō Fukushima Prefecture: Yūhei Satō Gifu Prefecture: Hajime Furuta Gunma Prefecture: Masaaki Osawa Hiroshima Prefecture: Yūzan Fujita (until 29 November); Hidehiko Yuzaki (starting 29 November) Hokkaido: Harumi Takahashi Hyogo Prefecture: Toshizō Ido Ibaraki Prefecture: Masaru Hashimoto Ishikawa Prefecture: Masanori Tanimoto Iwate Prefecture: Takuya Tasso Kagawa Prefecture: Takeki Manabe Kagoshima Prefecture: Satoshi Mitazono Kanagawa Prefecture: Shigefumi Matsuzawa Kochi Prefecture: Masanao Ozaki Kumamoto Prefecture: Ikuo Kabashima Kyoto Prefecture: Keiji Yamada Mie Prefecture: Akihiko Noro Miyagi Prefecture: Yoshihiro Murai Miyazaki Prefecture: Hideo Higashikokubaru Nagano Prefecture: Jin Murai Nagasaki Prefecture: Genjirō Kaneko Nara Prefecture: Shōgo Arai Niigata Prefecture: Hirohiko Izumida Oita Prefecture: Katsusada Hirose Okayama Prefecture: Masahiro Ishii Okinawa Prefecture: Hirokazu Nakaima Osaka Prefecture:Tōru Hashimoto Saga Prefecture: Yasushi Furukawa Saitama Prefecture: Kiyoshi Ueda Shiga Prefecture: Yukiko Kada Shiname Prefecture: Zenbe Mizoguchi Shizuoka Prefecture: Yoshinobu Ishikawa (until 7 July); Heita Kawakatsu (starting 7 July) Tochigi Prefecture: Tomikazu Fukuda Tokushima Prefecture: Kamon Iizumi Tokyo: Shintarō Ishihara Tottori Prefecture: Shinji Hirai Toyama Prefecture: Takakazu Ishii Wakayama Prefecture: Yoshinobu Nisaka Yamagata Prefecture: Hiroshi Saitō (until 14 February); Mieko Yoshimura (starting 14 February) Yamaguchi Prefecture: Sekinari Nii Yamanashi Prefecture: Shōmei Yokouchi Events January January 1 – About 240,000 people in some 93,000 households in Hachinohe and six other municipalities in Aomori Prefecture have gone without water for one to six days because of a duct problem.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090103a2.html 93,000 Aomori homes waterless 2009-01-03 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090108230524/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090103a2.html 2009-01-08 live January 3 – Former Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata commits suicide in Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090105a6.html Disgraced DPJ member dies in apparent suicide 2009-01-05 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224104/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090105a6.html 2011-06-06 live January 13 – Aid group worker Dr. Keiko Akahane returns to Japan following her release from three months in captivity in Somalia.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090114a7.html Doctor back home after Somalia ordeal 2009-01-14 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224215/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090114a7.html 2011-06-06 live January 14 – Keiji Fujimaki, vice president of Nishimatsu Construction, and three others are arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange regulations for allegedly bringing in 70 million Yen in funds from abroad without reporting them to customs authorities.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090116a1.html Nishimatsu linked to dubious donations 2009-01-16 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224249/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090116a1.html 2011-06-06 live January 23 – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches the world's first-ever Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, "Ibuki", from Tanegashima Space Center.Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C01%5C26%5Cstory_26-1-2009_pg14_2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090924085802/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C01%5C26%5Cstory_26-1-2009_pg14_2 2009-09-24 live 2009-08-21 February February 1 – Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture erupts.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090211a1.html EDITORIAL Volcano watch on a budget 2009-02-11 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224316/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090211a1.html 2011-06-06 live February 2 – Mount Asama located between Gunma Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture erupts.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090203a5.html Volcano alert system successful 2009-02-03 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224349/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090203a5.html 2011-06-06 live February 10 – Norihisa Oga, president of Oita-based consultant firm Daiko, is arrested along with six others on suspicion of violating the corporation tax law by masterminding an elaborate tax dodge including slush funds funneled by Kajima Construction over the construction of two plants for Canon.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090211a1.html Kajima consultant held for alleged tax dodge 2009-02-11 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224357/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090211a1.html 2011-06-06 live February 13 – Japan Post and leasing firm Orix agree to cancel their controversial 10.9 billion yen deal involving sell-out of dozens of Kampo no Yado inns and housing facilities.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090214a2.html Orix, Japan Post drop Kampo no Yado deal 2009-02-14 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224404/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090214a2.html 2011-06-06 live February 17 – Japanese Finance Minister Shōichi Nakagawa resigns over allegations of drunkenness at the press conference held after the G7 meeting in Rome.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlQO-kyvIEyrc0I90V5l0LFN7JTwD96DFUD01 Japan finance chief quits over alleged drunkenness Hosaka Tomoko A. 2009-02-17 Associated Press 2009-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20090220203124/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlQO-kyvIEyrc0I90V5l0LFN7JTwD96DFUD01 20 February 2009 dead February 22 – "Departures" wins the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards. March March 1 – Kyushu Railway Company inaugurates SUGOCA rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system in Fukuoka Prefecture. March 3 – The chief secretary of Ichirō Ozawa, head of the DPJ is arrested on suspicion of accepting illegal corporate donations from Nishimatsu Construction.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090304a1.html Key Ozawa aide arrested over illegal funds 2009-03-03 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224441/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090304a1.html 2011-06-06 live March 4 – 2-trillion-yen stimulus plan, which allows one-time cash handout of 12,000 yen per person, and additional 8,000 yen for age 18 and under and 65 and older, is approved by a two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives, after rejection by the opposition-controlled House of Councillors.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090305a2.html Cash handout a waste, many voters say 2009-03-05 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721084419/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090305a2.html 2011-07-21 live March 13 – Nonlife insurers Sompo Japan Insurance and Nipponkoa Insurance essentially agree to integrate their businesses in April 2010.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090313a1.html Nipponkoa and Sompo to merge 2009-03-13 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224509/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090313a1.html 2011-06-06 live March 14 – Two JMSDF destroyers set sail for Somalia to patrol for pirates, embarking on the first overseas mission of its kind for Japan.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090315a1.html Antipiracy task force heads for Somalia 2009-03-15 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224517/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090315a1.html 2011-06-06 live March 19 – According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a Tamayura house for the elderly caught fire in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, ten people died, one person was wounded.July 2023 March 22 – The residence of former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in Oiso, Kanagawa is destroyed by fire.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090323a1.html Famous Yoshida home gutted 2009-03-23 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224551/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090323a1.html 2011-06-06 live March 23 – FedEx Express Flight 80 from Guangzhou, China, crashes on landing and burst into flames at Narita International Airport at 6:48 am, killing the pilot and copilot and closing the main runway for an entire day.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090324a1.html FedEx jet crashes at Narita; pilots die 2009-03-24 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606173033/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090324a1.html 2011-06-06 dead March 31 – The largest Internet mall operator Rakuten asks the Tokyo Broadcasting System to buy back its 19.83 percent stake, putting an end to its long dispute with TBS over the proposal.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090401a9.html Rakuten seeks TBS buyback 2009-04-01 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224628/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090401a9.html 2011-06-06 live April April 1 – Okayama becomes 18th City designated by government ordinance. April 5 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passes over mainland Japan,http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/world/8395-us-outlines-plans-to-curb-nuke-weapons-.html US outlines plans to curb nuke weapons April 5, 2009 Business Mirror April 5, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120214151425/http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/world/8395-us-outlines-plans-to-curb-nuke-weapons-.html February 14, 2012 live prompting an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/?iref=mpstoryview U.N. Security Council to meet on N. Korea launch April 5, 2009 Cable News Network April 5, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110805035025/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/?iref=mpstoryview August 5, 2011 live April 10 – The 50th Wedding anniversary of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090410f5.html Imperial Couple happy on 50th anniversary 2009-04-10 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224755/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090410f5.html 2011-06-06 live April 21 – The Supreme Court rejects Masumi Hayashi's not-guilty plea and finalizes death sentence for killing four people with arsenic-laced curry at a local summer festival in Wakayama in 1998.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090422a1.html Hayashi's death penalty finalized 2009-04-22 The Japan Times 2009-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224844/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090422a1.html 2011-06-06 live April 28 – "EXPO Y150", celebrating 150th anniversary of the opening of the Port of Yokohama, is held until September 27.http://event.yokohama150.org/en/about/index.html 153 Days of Exciting Experiences, Spanning the Centuries The Association for 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Port of Yokohama 2009-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090917140613/http://event.yokohama150.org/en/about/index.html 2009-09-17 dead May May 9 – 2009 flu pandemic:Three high-school students came back from Detroit, Michigan, United States to Narita International Airport are confirmed as first H1N1 influenza-infected case in Japan.http://idsc.nih.go.jp/disease/swine_influenza_e/idsc_e2009/epi_narita.html Epidemiological investigation of a novel influenza A (H1N1) outbreak detected by entry screening, Narita, Japan, 2009 -- Preliminary report 2009-05-22 Infectious Disease Surveillance Center 2009-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090820031726/http://idsc.nih.go.jp/disease/swine_influenza_e/idsc_e2009/epi_narita.html 20 August 2009 live May 11 – Osaka Regional Court sentences Tetsuya Komuro to three years in prison with a five-year suspended sentence for fraud.http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/hot/archive/news/2009/05/20090525wek00m040014000c.html Komuro gets suspended sentence 2009-05-25 Mainichi Newspapers quoted from Mainichi Weekly 2009-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120930104528/http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/hot/archive/news/2009/05/20090525wek00m040014000c.html 2012-09-30 dead May 15 – Fukuoka High Court sentences former Fukuoka city office worker who drank a "considerable amount of alcohol" before causing a traffic accident that killed three children in 2006, to twenty years in prison, dismissing a 7 1 2-year term ruled by Fukuoka Regional Court.http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200905160071.html 20-year term for fatal accident 2009-05-16 Asahi Shimbun 2009-08-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164504/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200905160071.html May 20, 2009 May 21 – Jury Law goes into effect.http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/wordpress/?p=110 Jury is still out on Japan's new lay judge system 2009-05-21 Kyodo News 2009-08-21April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes June June 1 – A modification of the law on sales of medications takes effect. The law classifies products into three categories and allows over-the-counter sales of two at convenience-stores and supermarkets with a registered sales agent present, while requiring a pharmacist to oversee sales of the third category. Convenience stores begin sales of vitamins, analgesics and cold remedies.コンビニ各社 大衆薬の販売開始 24時間対応や相談窓口設置（Copyright 2009 SANKEI DIGITAL INC.）（フジサンケイ ビジネスアイ） - Yahoo!ニュースSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes (Retrieved on June 2, 2009) June 1 – Amended Road Traffic Law, which requires 75 years or older people to take mandatory cognitive function tests upon renewal of their licenses, goes into effect.http://www.iatss.or.jp/pdf/research/33/33-1-02.pdf elderly driving behAvior And cognitive functions IATSS 2009-08-21 June 4 – Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office decides to release Toshikazu Sugaya, who allegedly sentenced indefinite imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi, after 17 years of imprisonment, due to the result of fresh DNA test which proved that his case was false imprisonment.https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0728/1224251492461.html Miscarriage of justice could be turning point for Japan's justice system 2009-07-28 The Irish Times 2009-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20121017031958/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0728/1224251492461.html 2012-10-17 live June 4 – Inauguration of Shizuoka Airport.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090619a2.html EDITORIAL Justifying a new airport 2009-07-19 Japan Times 2009-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622000839/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090619a2.html 2009-06-22 live June 16 – 10 climbers lost their lives in the Taisetsu mountain range in Hokkaido. Hokkaido Police raided the head office and a local branch of Amuse travel on suspicion of improper management of a guided tour on June 18.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090719a8.html Police raid travel agency over fatal Hokkaido climbing tour 2009-07-19 Japan Times 2009-08-21 July July 18 – Installation of "Kibo", the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station, is completed.http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/news/20090803wek00m040013000c.html Spacewalking astronauts prepare Kibo space lab 2009-08-03 Mainichi Newspapers and Associated Press 2009-08-21 September 2010 H3llBot July 21 – Prime Minister of Japan Taro Aso dissolves the House of Representatives of Japan, setting the date for the 45th General Election as August 30.https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/07/21/world/international-us-japan-election.html?ref=global-home Japanese Parliament Is Dissolved 2009-07-21 Reuters 2009-07-21 September 2010 RjwilmsiBot July 21 – A massive heavy rain, following considerable devastating flood and landslide in Hofu, Yamaguchi, claims 18 people's lives. August 2010 July 22 – Total Solar eclipse is observed in Iwo Jima and over the water around there. It was not observed from Akusekijima, in which was supposed to have the longest ever lasting solar eclipse, due to stormy conditions over the island around the time of the total solar eclipse.https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_asia_eclipse Full solar eclipse turns day to night in Asia 2009-07-22 Yahoo! News quoted from The Associated Press 2009-08-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090726043831/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_asia_eclipse July 26, 2009 July 31 – Astronaut Koichi Wakata returns to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour after 138 days of stay in the International Space Station.http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/news/20090807wek00m040014000c.html Mission Possible 2009-08-07 Mainichi Newspapers quoted from Mainichi Weekly 2009-08-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090921061210/http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/news/20090807wek00m040014000c.html September 21, 2009 August August 3 – The first trial by jury for over 60 years, first time under the new Jury system, is started at the Tokyo Regional Court.May 2023 August 10 – A massive heavy rain, following devastate flood and landslide in Sayo, Hyogo, which killed 18 people. August 2010 August 11 – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck Shizuoka Prefecture, killing one and more than 100 injured, part of the Tomei Expressway is collapsed due to landslide occurred right below.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/asia/12japan.html Second Japanese Earthquake in Days Injures 100 2009-08-11 The New York Times 2009-08-21 Hiroko Tabuchi Hiroko Tabuchi August 15 – 2009 flu pandemic:The first confirmed case of death by H1N1 influenza infection reported in Okinawa. September September 2 – Miyuki Hatoyama, Japan's new first lady, speaks of riding a UFO to Venus, calling it "a very beautiful place" and "really green".https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5812DV20090902 Reuters Japan's new first lady says rode UFO to Venus September 2, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090918061430/http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5812DV20090902 September 18, 2009 live September 9 – The Democratic Party of Japan agrees to form a coalition with two other parties, the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8245483.stm BBC News Japan Democrats agree coalition September 9, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090912144555/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8245483.stm September 12, 2009 live September 28 – A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) NAMC YS-11 a twin-engined turboprop transport crashed while landing at JMSDF Ozuki Air Field in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The landing in light rain, the aircraft suffered an overshoot of the runway and crashed through the airfield perimeter fence, crossing a service road and plunged nose-first into a rice field. The 11 JMSDF crew members of the aircraft were uninjured and the NAMC YS-11 aircraft suffered bent propellers. September 29 – Toyota launches a massive recall on many vehicles of its own, including those of its luxury brand, Lexus, relating to floor mats and how they may interfere with the functioning of the gas pedal. October October 4 – Shōichi Nakagawa, the former Japanese Finance Minister who resigned over apparent drunken behaviour at the 2009 G7 meeting in Rome, is found dead in Tokyo.http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/ex-finance-minister-nakagawa-found-dead-at-tokyo-home Archived copy 2010-09-01 http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015140652/http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/ex%2Dfinance%2Dminister%2Dnakagawa%2Dfound%2Ddead%2Dat%2Dtokyo%2Dhome 2009-10-15 dead http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6860536.ece London The Times Former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa found dead October 5, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20111211013335/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6860536.ece December 11, 2011 dead Sean O' Neill Fiona Hamilton October 8 – At least two people are killed and dozens injured as Typhoon Melor makes landfall in Japan.Typhoon Melor kills 2, to hit Tohoku area tonight http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091008p2a00m0na024000c.html September 1, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091012034948/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091008p2a00m0na024000c.html October 12, 2009 October 26 – The trial of Japanese singer and actress Noriko Sakai begins in Tokyo.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8326030.stm BBC News Japan pop star trial draws crowd October 26, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110818082548/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8326030.stm August 18, 2011 live November November 6 – Three people are hurt and a gunman takes his own life in a rare shooting incident in Yokohama, Japan.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8345953.stm BBC News Three hurt in rare Japan shooting November 6, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091109050533/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8345953.stm November 9, 2009 live November 8 – Thousands of people in Okinawa, Japan protest, demanding the removal of a U.S. military base.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8349083.stm BBC News Japanese protest against US base November 8, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20220404085209/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8349083.stm April 4, 2022 live November 12 – The discovery of two sunken World War II Japanese submarines off Oahu, Hawaii, is announced.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/science/13wreck.html The New York Times 2 Sunken Japanese Subs Are Found Off Hawaii Henry Fountain November 13, 2009 1 September 2010 November 13 – The Japan Coast Guard evacuates 28 passengers and crew from the Ariake commercial ferry after it rolls over onto its side in rough seas off Mie Prefecture in the Pacific Ocean.http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091113p2a00m0na002000c.html 28 rescued after ferry runs aground off Mie Prefecture – the Mainichi Daily News mdn.mainichi.jp https://web.archive.org/web/20091118081827/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091113p2a00m0na002000c.html November 18, 2009 November 28 – Japan launches its fifth spy satellite on the H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center.Yuasa Shino Writer Associated Press 2009-11-28 Japan launches 5th spy satellite https://phys.org/news/2009-11-japan-5th-spy-satellite.html 2021-12-19 phys.org en December December 8 – Japan unveils a new ¥7.2 trillion (US$80.6 billion) stimulus package to strengthen the country's economy amid signs it is weakening.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8400836.stm BBC News Japan in $81bn stimulus package December 8, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091210052926/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8400836.stm December 10, 2009 live December 8 – A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sikorsky HH-60H Seahawk Helicopter crashed and sank off the coast of Nagasaki. Two crewmembers were killed, while a third was rescued.http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/2-bodies-found-after-June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes msdf-helicopter-crash Prefectural elections January 25 – Yamagata gubernatorial election: Mieko Yoshimura, supported by Democrats, Social Democrats and Communists as well as some national level Liberal Democrats, narrowly beats LDP-supported incumbent governor Hiroshi Saitō. Gifu gubernatorial election: Incumbent Hajime Furuta wins reelection against only one Communist challenger. March 29 – Chiba gubernatorial election: Supported by parts of the Liberal Democratic Party, former actor Eiji Suzuki (stage name: Kensaku Morita) beats centre-left supported Taira Yoshida and three other contenders to succeed retiring two-term governor Akiko Dōmoto, a former Socialist Diet member. April 12 – Former Akita city mayor Norihisa Satake wins the Akita gubernatorial election against DPJ-supported Hiroshi Kawaguchi and two other candidates. Three-term governor Sukeshiro Terata had retired to eventually turn to national politics in 2010. July 5 – The Shizuoka gubernatorial election is held to elect a successor of Yoshinobu Ishikawa who had resigned over delays in the opening of the controversial Shizuoka airport. With support from centre-left parties, Heita Kawakatsu narrowly defeats centre-right supported former Councillor for Shizuoka Yukiko Sakamoto and two other candidates. In the Hyōgo gubernatorial election, governor Toshizō Ido is reelected with broad support from non-Communist parties. July 12 – In the most populous prefecture of Tokyo, the LDP suffers a major defeat, losing its status as strongest party in the assembly for the first time since the 1960s. The loss increases the pressure on LDP president Tarō Asō to resign or call early elections for the national lower house. August 30 – Ibaraki gubernatorial election: Masaru Hashimoto wins a fifth term against LDP supported Masato Obata and four other candidates. October 25 – In the Miyagi gubernatorial election, governor Yoshihiro Murai clearly defeats DPJ supported Yasuo Endō and a Communist to win a second term in office. November 8 – Former METI bureaucrat Hidehiko Yuzaki beats 4 other candidates in the Hiroshima gubernatorial election to succeed retiring Yūzan Fujita. Births December 5 – Sōya Kurokawa, actor Deaths January 3 – Hisayasu Nagata, politician (born 1969) March 1 – Takashi Ishimoto, butterfly swimmer (born 1935) March 8 – Takahiro Itō, actor and voice actor (born 1987) March 25 – Yukio Endō, gymnast (born 1937) May 26 – Kaoru Kurimoto, novelist (born 1953) June 11 – Sumire, model (born 1987) June 13 – Mitsuharu Misawa, wrestler (born 1962) June 22 – Jun Maki, copywriter (born 1948) June 27 – Nanae Sasaki, athlete (born 1956) July 5 – Takeo Doi, psychoanalyst (born 1920) July 21 – Yoshinori Kanada, animator (born 1952) August 3 – Reiko Ohara, actress (born 1946) August 9 – Jasmine You, musician (born 1979) August 18 – Hildegard Behrens, German opera singer (born 1937) September 11 – Yoshito Usui, manga artist October 4 – Shōichi Nakagawa, politician (born 1953) October 17 – Kazuhiko Katō, musician (born 1947) October 21 – Yōko Minamida, actress (born 1933) November 10 – Hisaya Morishige, actor and comedian (born 1913) November 13 – Hideo Den, news presenter and politician (born 1923) December 2 – Ikuo Hirayama, painter (born 1930) See also 2009 in Japanese music 2009 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 2009 References 2009 in Category:2000s in Asia Category:2009 by country Category:Years of the 21st century in Japan Category:2009 in Asia