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New Japan National Stadium open. Hungarian Cultural Center in Tokyo opened (see also Hungary–Japan relations). [41] 2020 24 January: First confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo. [42] 3 February: Ariake Arena open. March: Ultimately postponement of 2020 Summer Olympics to July 2021 announced due to COVID-19 concerns.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the House of Councillors election. 2002: 31 May-30 June: 2002 FIFA World Cup are held in Japan and South Korea. 2003: 9 November: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the general elections at the second time. 9 December: Japan send troops to Iraq during the Iraq War (2003–11).
In 2011, Japan's sports ministry started considering renovating the National Stadium if the city were to win the bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [286] In 2013, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted Tokyo to host the 2020 Summer Olympics . [ 287 ]
Japanese athletes have won 542 medals at the Summer Olympic Games (except art competitions), with the most gold medals won in judo, gymnastics, wrestling, and swimming, as of the end of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Japan has also won 76 medals at the Winter Olympic Games. Its most successful Olympics is the 2020 Games hosted in Tokyo.
List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
The historiography of Japan (日本史学史 Nihon shigakushi) is the study of methods and hypotheses formulated in the study and literature of the history of Japan. The earliest work of Japanese history is attributed to Prince Shōtoku , who is said to have written the Tennōki and the Kokki in 620 CE.
Ii Naosuke (井伊 直弼, November 29, 1815 – March 24, 1860) [1] was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death, when he was assassinated in the Sakuradamon Incident on March 24, 1860.
Japanese Olympics may refer to: Japan at the Olympics; 1940 Summer Olympics, awarded to Tokyo, moved to Helsinki first, then cancelled due to World War II; 1964 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan; 1972 Winter Olympics, held in Sapporo, Japan; 1998 Winter Olympics, held in Nagano, Japan; Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics