Year in Japan
2000 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 12 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Oct 6 2000 Tottori earthquake 鳥取県西部地震 · Natural disaster — On October 6, 2000, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near Yonago and Matsue in Tottori Prefecture,
Reading the year 2000 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 2000 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 12 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 2000年 (2000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.