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Incumbents

Emperor: Akihito
Prime Minister: Ryutaro Hashimoto (L–Okayama)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Seiroku Kajiyama (L–Ibaraki) until September 11, Kanezō Muraoka (L–Akita)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Toru Miyoshi until October 30, Shigeru Yamaguchi from October 31
President of the House of Representatives: Sōichirō Itō (L–Miyagi)
President of the House of Councillors: Jūrō Saitō (L–Mie)
Diet sessions: 140th (regular, January 20 to June 18), 141st (extraordinary, September 29 to December 12)

Events

January 2 – Oil spill in Sea of Japan near the Oki Islands from the Russian crude oil tanker, Nakhodka.^[1]^[2]
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.
July 10 – Debris blown by heavy rain in Harihara, Izumi, Kagoshima, kills 21, injures 13.^[3]
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.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
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.^[8]^[9]
December 16 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Pokémon TV series, is aired in Japan, inducing seizures in hundreds of Japanese children.^[10]
December 18 – Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line opens.^[11]
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.^[12]

Births

January 7 - Ayumi Ishida, singer
January 10 - Ayuri Konno, actress
February 4 - Ayami Nakajō, actress and model
March 7 - Miki Honoka, actress
March 8 - Jurina Matsui, singer
April 9 - Haruna Suzuki, figure skater
April 27 - Sayuki Takagi, singer
May 7 - Irori Maeda, singer
June 4
- Riho, professional wrestler
- Kana Nakanishi, singer
July 7 - Erina Ikuta, singer
July 10 - Rena Katō, singer
July 19 - Ohga Tanaka, actor
August 3 - Ayaka Wilson, Canadian-born actor
August 10 - Sara Takatsuki, actress, model and singer
September 6 - Tsukushi, professional wrestler
November 14 - Ibuki Kido, actress
November 23 - Akari Takeuchi, singer
December 17 - Shoma Uno, figure skater
December 20 - Suzuka Nakamoto, singer (Babymetal)

Deaths

January 24 - Gengan Tonaki, Japan's oldest living man (at the time)
May 9 - Kazumi Kawai, actress
July 23 - Chūhei Nambu, athlete
August 1 - Norio Nagayama, spree killer and novelist
September 30 - Nobuo Fujita, conducted only wartime aircraft-dropped bombing on continental United States of America
October 4 - Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems
November 18 - Un'ichi Hiratsuka, print-maker
December 19 - Masaru Ibuka, electronics industrialist, co-founder of Sony
December 20 - Juzo Itami, film director
December 24 - Toshiro Mifune, actor

References

↑ ja:ナホトカ号重油流出事故
↑ http://www.erc.pref.fukui.jp/news/Eoil.html
↑ ja:出水市針原地区土石流災害
↑ Securities
↑ Takushoku Bank
↑ ja:徳陽シティ銀行
↑ ja:三洋証券
↑ ja:京都議定書
↑ ja:第3回気候変動枠組条約締約国会議
↑ CNN (December 17, 1997). "Cartoon-based illness mystifies Japan". Retrieved 31 August 2014.
↑ Bay Aqua-Line
↑ Alex Taylor III (2006-02-24). "The Birth of the Prius - March 6, 2006". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2011-11-08.

1997 Year in Review – CNN

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