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Incumbents

Emperor: Akihito
Prime Minister: Yasuo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic Party–Gunma) to September 24 Taro Aso (L–Fukuoka)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Nobutaka Machimura (L–Hokkaidō) to September 24 Takeo Kawamura (L–Yamaguchi)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Nirō Shimada to November 21 Hironobu Takesaki from November 25
President of the House of Representatives: Yōhei Kōno (L–Kanagawa)
President of the House of Councillors: Satsuki Eda (D–Okayama)
Diet sessions: 168th (extraordinary session continued from 2007, to January 15), 169th (regular, January 18 to June 21), 170th (extraordinary, September 24 to December 25)

Events

A bridge which collapsed during the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake

January 31 - Nine people are hospitalized after eating gyōza made at the Tianyang Food Plant in China.^[1]
February 11 - Okinawa police arrest United States Marine Tyrone Hadnott and charge him with raping a middle-school girl.^[2]
February 19
- Kei Nishikori wins an ATP title. At age 18, he is the youngest player to win the title after Lleyton Hewitt won it at age 16 in 1998.^[3]
- A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago collides with fishing boat Seitoku Maru at 4:07 am, off the coast of Chiba Prefecture.^[4]
February 22
- The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force resumes fueling warships from the United States and its allies.^[5]
- Kazuyoshi Miura is arrested in Saipan on suspicion of involvement with the murder of his wife in 1981.^[6]
February 25 - The Supreme Court upheld life sentence of Daisuke Mori.^[7]
June 8 - The Akihabara massacre takes place in Tokyo. A man kills seven in an attack on a crowd using a truck and a dagger.^[8]
June 14 - the 2008 Iwate earthquake strikes northern Honshū, leaving two dead and hundreds injured.^[9]
June 17 - Serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki is executed by hanging.^[10]
July 7 - July 9 - G8 summit hosted by Japan.
September 6 - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announces his resignation.
September 24 - The Diet elects Taro Aso Prime Minister.
October - Toyota launches yet another Avensis at the 2008 Paris Motor Show to be built in Britain.
October 1 - Arson claims 15 lives in a pre-dawn fire at an adult-video shop in Osaka.^[11]
October 10 (U.S. Pacific Daylight Time) - Kazuyoshi Miura commits suicide in Los Angeles while under arrest on suspicion of involvement in the murder of his wife.^[12]
October 17 - Japan won their tenth nonpermanent seat for 2009 and 2010 sessions on the United Nations Security Council, defeating Iran by 158 votes to 32 in elections in the General Assembly^[13]

Deaths

January 17: Jinzō Toriumi, screenwriter
February 13: Kon Ichikawa, film director
February 29: Kenji Yanagiya, fighter ace of the Imperial Japanese Army
March 3: Taichirō Hirokawa, voice actor and narrator
March 11: Akemi Negishi, actress
April 2: Momoko Ishii, author
June 6: Saeko Himuro, novelist, essayist, and playwright
June 9: Kan Mukai, film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter
June 17: Tsutomu Miyazaki, serial killer
June 18: Miyuki Kanbe, model and actress
June 27: Daihachi Oguchi, drummer
August 2: Fujio Akatsuka, manga artist
August 4: Eri Kawai, singer
August 11: Arase Nagahide, sumo wrestler
August 14: Seiji Aochi, ski jumper
August 16: Masanobu Fukuoka, microbiologist
October 10: Kazuyoshi Miura, businessman
October 27: Frank Nagai, singer
November 7: Hidetaka Nishiyama, master of Shotokan karate
November 10: Kiyoshi Itō, mathematician
December 5: Shūichi Katō, critic
December 16: Ai Iijima, media personality and AV idol
Undated: Yoshinao Kodaira, officer and fighter ace

References

↑ Yoshida, Reiji (2008-01-31). "10 sick after eating tainted 'gyoza' from China". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
↑ Shimizu, Kaho (2008-02-13). "Okinawa rape case sparks resentment". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
↑ "Nishikori defeats Blake, captures first ATP title". The Japan Times. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
↑ "JCG hints destroyer was at fault in collision". 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
↑ "MSDF refueling mission resumed". The Japan Times. 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
↑ "Arrest warrant says Japanese businessman orchestrated wife's killing in Los Angeles". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
↑ "Top court dismisses nurse's protest over life sentence for murdering patient". HDR Japan. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
↑ McCurry, Justin (2008-06-10). "Japan: Killer of seven gave online warning of Tokyo rampage". London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
↑ Strong earthquake rattles Japan. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
↑ Japan hangs serial killer of young girls and 2 others. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
↑ Fire kills 15 in Japanese video shop - CNN.com
↑ NHKニュース　ロス疑惑三浦元社長が自殺. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
↑ 3 Nations Win Security Council Seats - New York Times

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