Year in Japan

2005 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 17 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Mar 20 2005 Fukuoka earthquake 福岡県西方沖地震 · Earthquake — earthquake in Japan

Reading the year 2005 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 2005 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 17 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 2005年 (2005ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 21st century for its neighbours.