2006 in Japan - Events

Events

  • January 16 - Tokyo prosecutors raid Livedoor for suspected violations of securities laws.
  • January 18 - Following the Livedoor raid, the Tokyo Stock Exchange is overloaded with sell orders and is forced to stop trading.
  • January 23 - Livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie and three other company officials are arrested and placed in detention.
  • February 1 - Transit operators in the Kansai region introduce the PiTaPa contactless fare card system.
  • February 6 - Construction Ministry officials cite Toyoko Inns for multiple violations of building codes and disability access laws.
  • February 23 - 2006 Winter Olympics Shizuka Arakawa Gold medal acquisition.
  • March 3–5 - Asian round of the World Baseball Classic is held at the Tokyo Dome.
  • March 4 - Softbank announces its intention to purchase the Japanese subsidiary of Vodafone.
  • April 7 - Ichirō Ozawa is elected president of the Democratic Party of Japan.
  • April 26 - Takahumi Horie is released from custody.
  • April 26 - Hidetsugu Aneha is arrested for his role in the Structural Calculation Forgery Problem.
  • May 1 - The new Corporations Act goes into effect, abolishing yugen kaisha and altering kabushiki kaisha.
  • June - Minato Ward 2006 elevator accident, a 16 year old student killed in Minato, Tokyo
  • June 5 - Yoshiaki Murakami, manager of the Murakami Fund, is arrested for insider trading.
  • June 15 - A cross-party organization of 135 Diet members led by Taku Yamasaki proposes a secular replacement for Yasukuni Shrine.
  • July 14 - Bank of Japan abolishes the zero interest rate policy.
  • July 20 - A memorandum from an Imperial Household Agency official is published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun showing that Emperor Hirohito refused to visit Yasukuni Shrine after Class A war criminals were added to its rolls.
  • August 9 - Beef imported from the United States goes on sale in Japan for the first time in months following a lengthy ban.
  • August 14 - A blackout occurs throughout Tokyo, Chiba and Saitama during the morning rush hour after a barge-mounted crane disrupts a high-voltage line.
  • August 15 - On the anniversary of the end of World War II, Koizumi makes his final visit to Yasukuni Shrine.
  • August 16 - A fishing boat is fired upon after crossing into Russian-claimed waters off the east coast of Hokkaidō.
  • September 22 - Junichiro Koizumi's term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party expires.
  • December 2 - Nintendo's Wii is released in Japan.


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