Year in Japan

1999 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heisei period (平成時代, 1989 – 2019).

Era name: Heisei era 平成 (year 11 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sep 29 Shimonoseki Station massacre 下関通り魔殺人事件 · Massacre — mass stabbing and car ramming attack in Shimonoseki, Japan

Reading the year 1999 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1999 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 11 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1999年 (1999ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 20th century for its neighbours.