Year in Japan

2009 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 21 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Aug 11 2009 Shizuoka earthquake 駿河湾地震 · Natural disaster — earthquake in Japan

Reading the year 2009 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 2009 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 21 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 2009年 (2009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.