Year in Japan

2007 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 19 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jul 16 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake 新潟県中越沖地震 · Earthquake — earthquake struck Niigata prefecture, Japan on 16 July 2007

Reading the year 2007 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 2007 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 19 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 2007年 (2007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.