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2009 in Japan

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{{Year in Japan|2009}}

Events in the year 2009 in Japan.

Incumbents

=Governors=

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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090103a2.html |title=93,000 Aomori homes waterless |date=2009-01-03 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108230524/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090103a2.html |archive-date=2009-01-08 |url-status=live }}
  • January 3 – Former Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata commits suicide in Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090105a6.html |title=Disgraced DPJ member dies in apparent suicide |date=2009-01-05 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224104/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090105a6.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=live }}
  • January 13 – Aid group worker Dr. Keiko Akahane returns to Japan following her release from three months in captivity in Somalia.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090114a7.html |title=Doctor back home after Somalia ordeal |date=2009-01-14 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224215/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090114a7.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090116a1.html |title=Nishimatsu linked to dubious donations |date=2009-01-16 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224249/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090116a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=live }}
  • January 23 – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches the world's first-ever Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, "Ibuki", from Tanegashima Space Center.{{cite web|title=Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C01%5C26%5Cstory_26-1-2009_pg14_2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924085802/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C01%5C26%5Cstory_26-1-2009_pg14_2 |archive-date=2009-09-24 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-08-21 }}

=February=

  • February 1 – Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture erupts.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090211a1.html |title=EDITORIAL Volcano watch on a budget |date=2009-02-11 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224316/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090211a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=live }}
  • February 2 – Mount Asama located between Gunma Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture erupts.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090203a5.html |title=Volcano alert system successful |date=2009-02-03 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224349/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090203a5.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090211a1.html |title=Kajima consultant held for alleged tax dodge |date=2009-02-11 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224357/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090211a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090214a2.html |title=Orix, Japan Post drop Kampo no Yado deal |date=2009-02-14 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224404/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090214a2.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=live }}
  • February 17 – Japanese Finance Minister Shōichi Nakagawa resigns over allegations of drunkenness at the press conference held after the G7 meeting in Rome.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlQO-kyvIEyrc0I90V5l0LFN7JTwD96DFUD01|title=Japan finance chief quits over alleged drunkenness|last=Hosaka|first=Tomoko A.|date=2009-02-17|agency=Associated Press|access-date=2009-02-18| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090220203124/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlQO-kyvIEyrc0I90V5l0LFN7JTwD96DFUD01| archive-date= 20 February 2009 | url-status= 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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090304a1.html |title=Key Ozawa aide arrested over illegal funds |date=2009-03-03 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224441/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090304a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090305a2.html |title=Cash handout a waste, many voters say |date=2009-03-05 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721084419/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090305a2.html |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=live }}
  • March 13 – Nonlife insurers Sompo Japan Insurance and Nipponkoa Insurance essentially agree to integrate their businesses in April 2010.{{cite news

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  • March 14 – Two JMSDF destroyers set sail for Somalia to patrol for pirates, embarking on the first overseas mission of its kind for Japan.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090315a1.html |title=Antipiracy task force heads for Somalia |date=2009-03-15 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224517/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090315a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
  • March 22 – The residence of former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in Oiso, Kanagawa is destroyed by fire.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090323a1.html |title=Famous Yoshida home gutted |date=2009-03-23 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224551/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090323a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090324a1.html |title=FedEx jet crashes at Narita; pilots die |date=2009-03-24 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606173033/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090324a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090401a9.html |title=Rakuten seeks TBS buyback |date=2009-04-01 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224628/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20090401a9.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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,{{cite web|url=http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/world/8395-us-outlines-plans-to-curb-nuke-weapons-.html |title=US outlines plans to curb nuke weapons |date=April 5, 2009 |work=Business Mirror |access-date=April 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214151425/http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/world/8395-us-outlines-plans-to-curb-nuke-weapons-.html |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |url-status=live }} prompting an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/?iref=mpstoryview |title=U.N. Security Council to meet on N. Korea launch |date=April 5, 2009 |work=Cable News Network |access-date=April 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805035025/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/?iref=mpstoryview |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=live }}
  • April 10 – The 50th Wedding anniversary of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090410f5.html |title=Imperial Couple happy on 50th anniversary |date=2009-04-10 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224755/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090410f5.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090422a1.html |title=Hayashi's death penalty finalized |date=2009-04-22 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606224844/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090422a1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=live }}
  • April 28 – "EXPO Y150", celebrating 150th anniversary of the opening of the Port of Yokohama, is held until September 27.{{cite news |url=http://event.yokohama150.org/en/about/index.html |title=153 Days of Exciting Experiences, Spanning the Centuries |publisher=The Association for 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Port of Yokohama |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917140613/http://event.yokohama150.org/en/about/index.html |archive-date=2009-09-17 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://idsc.nih.go.jp/disease/swine_influenza_e/idsc_e2009/epi_narita.html|title=Epidemiological investigation of a novel influenza A (H1N1) outbreak detected by entry screening, Narita, Japan, 2009 -- Preliminary report|date=2009-05-22|publisher=Infectious Disease Surveillance Center|access-date=2009-08-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090820031726/http://idsc.nih.go.jp/disease/swine_influenza_e/idsc_e2009/epi_narita.html| archive-date= 20 August 2009 | url-status= live}}
  • May 11 – Osaka Regional Court sentences Tetsuya Komuro to three years in prison with a five-year suspended sentence for fraud.{{cite news |url=http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/hot/archive/news/2009/05/20090525wek00m040014000c.html |title=Komuro gets suspended sentence |date=2009-05-25 |publisher=Mainichi Newspapers quoted from Mainichi Weekly |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930104528/http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/hot/archive/news/2009/05/20090525wek00m040014000c.html |archive-date=2012-09-30 |url-status=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 {{frac|7|1|2}}-year term ruled by Fukuoka Regional Court.{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200905160071.html |title=20-year term for fatal accident |date=2009-05-16 |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |access-date=2009-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164504/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200905160071.html |archive-date=May 20, 2009 }}
  • May 21 – Jury Law goes into effect.{{cite news|url=http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/wordpress/?p=110|title=Jury is still out on Japan's new lay judge system|date=2009-05-21|publisher=Kyodo News|access-date=2009-08-21}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=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.[http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090601-00000012-fsi-bus_all.view-000 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]{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=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.{{cite news|url=http://www.iatss.or.jp/pdf/research/33/33-1-02.pdf|title=elderly driving behAvior And cognitive functions |publisher=IATSS|access-date=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.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0728/1224251492461.html |title=Miscarriage of justice could be turning point for Japan's justice system |date=2009-07-28 |work=The Irish Times |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017031958/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0728/1224251492461.html |archive-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=live}}
  • June 4 – Inauguration of Shizuoka Airport.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090619a2.html |title=EDITORIAL Justifying a new airport |date=2009-07-19 |publisher=Japan Times |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622000839/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20090619a2.html |archive-date=2009-06-22 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090719a8.html|title=Police raid travel agency over fatal Hokkaido climbing tour|date=2009-07-19|publisher=Japan Times|access-date=2009-08-21}}

=July=

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  • 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/07/21/world/international-us-japan-election.html?ref=global-home |title=Japanese Parliament Is Dissolved |date=2009-07-21 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=2009-07-21}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}
  • July 21 – A massive heavy rain, following devastate flood and landslide in Hofu, Yamaguchi, 18 people lives. {{Citation needed|date=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 supposed to have longest-lasting solar eclipse, due to stormy conditions over the island around the time of the total solar eclipse.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_asia_eclipse |title=Full solar eclipse turns day to night in Asia |date=2009-07-22 |publisher=Yahoo! News quoted from The Associated Press |access-date=2009-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726043831/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_asia_eclipse |archive-date=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.{{cite news|url=http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/news/20090807wek00m040014000c.html |title=Mission Possible |date=2009-08-07 |publisher=Mainichi Newspapers quoted from Mainichi Weekly |access-date=2009-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921061210/http://mainichi.jp/life/weekly/news/20090807wek00m040014000c.html |archive-date=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.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
  • August 10 – A massive heavy rain, following devastate flood and landslide in Sayo, Hyogo, which killed 18 people. {{Citation needed|date=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.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/asia/12japan.html|title=Second Japanese Earthquake in Days Injures 100|date=2009-08-11 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2009-08-21 | first=Hiroko | last=Tabuchi | author-link=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".{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5812DV20090902 |work=Reuters |title=Japan's new first lady says rode UFO to Venus |date=September 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918061430/http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5812DV20090902 |archive-date=September 18, 2009 |url-status=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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8245483.stm |work=BBC News |title=Japan Democrats agree coalition |date=September 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912144555/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8245483.stm |archive-date=September 12, 2009 |url-status=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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/ex-finance-minister-nakagawa-found-dead-at-tokyo-home |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-09-01 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015140652/http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/ex%2Dfinance%2Dminister%2Dnakagawa%2Dfound%2Ddead%2Dat%2Dtokyo%2Dhome |archive-date=2009-10-15 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6860536.ece |location=London |work=The Times |title=Former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa found dead |date=October 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211013335/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6860536.ece |archive-date=December 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |first1=Sean |last1=O' Neill |first2=Fiona |last2=Hamilton }}
  • October 8 – At least two people are killed and dozens injured as Typhoon Melor makes landfall in Japan.{{cite web|title=Typhoon Melor kills 2, to hit Tohoku area tonight|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091008p2a00m0na024000c.html |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012034948/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091008p2a00m0na024000c.html |archive-date=October 12, 2009 }}
  • October 26 – The trial of Japanese singer and actress Noriko Sakai begins in Tokyo.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8326030.stm |work=BBC News |title=Japan pop star trial draws crowd |date=October 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818082548/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8326030.stm |archive-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=live }}

=November=

  • November 6 – Three people are hurt and a gunman takes his own life in a rare shooting incident in Yokohama, Japan.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8345953.stm |work=BBC News |title=Three hurt in rare Japan shooting |date=November 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109050533/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8345953.stm |archive-date=November 9, 2009 |url-status=live }}
  • November 8 – Thousands of people in Okinawa, Japan protest, demanding the removal of a U.S. military base.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8349083.stm |work=BBC News |title=Japanese protest against US base |date=November 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404085209/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8349083.stm |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |url-status=live }}
  • November 12 – The discovery of two sunken World War II Japanese submarines off Oahu, Hawaii, is announced.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/science/13wreck.html | work=The New York Times | title=2 Sunken Japanese Subs Are Found Off Hawaii | first=Henry | last=Fountain | date=November 13, 2009| access-date= 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.{{cite web |url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091113p2a00m0na002000c.html |title= 28 rescued after ferry runs aground off Mie Prefecture - the Mainichi Daily News|website=mdn.mainichi.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118081827/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091113p2a00m0na002000c.html |archive-date=November 18, 2009}}
  • November 28 – Japan launches its fifth spy satellite on the H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center.{{Cite web |last1=Yuasa |first1=Shino |last2=Writer |first2=Associated Press |date=2009-11-28 |title=Japan launches 5th spy satellite |url=https://phys.org/news/2009-11-japan-5th-spy-satellite.html |access-date=2021-12-19 |website=phys.org |language=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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8400836.stm |work=BBC News |title=Japan in $81bn stimulus package |date=December 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210052926/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8400836.stm |archive-date=December 10, 2009 |url-status=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-{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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