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Showbiz and General Topics |
Cultural and Community Interchange |
General Events |
| 1992 |
Irish topic became a trend of Hollywood movies
"Far and Away" was released in Japan
"Patriot Games" was released in Japan
"Bram Stoker's Dracula" was released in Japan
("The Commitments" was released in Japan in Dec. 1991) |
The first St. Patrick's Day Parade in Japan
The first Celtic Festival |
Barcelona Olympics (Summer) /
Albertville Olympics (Winter) |
| 1993 |
"The Crying Game" was a hit with Boy George's song
Roddy Doyle won the Booker Prize for the novel "Paddy Clark Ha Ha
Ha" |
The INJ Hibernian Players' first show |
J League (football league) started |
| 1994 |
Success of Irish movie directors continues:
"In the Name of the Father" was released in Japan
"Interview with the Vampire" was released in Japan |
The Celtic Society of Japan was formed |
Kansai Airport opened / FIFA World Cup America /
Lillehammer Olympics |
| 1995 |
The Cranberries' first concert in Japan
Pierce Brosnan became 007 and "GoldenEye" was released in Japan
Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize for Literature |
 The first Irish Pub in Tokyo opened in Roppongi
President Mary Robinson visited Japan
Ireland-Japan Friendly Club (website) opened |
the Great Hanshin Earthquake /
Hideo Nomo joined Dogers of Major League Baseball |
| 1996 |
Clannad's first concert in Japan
The Corrs' first concert in Japan |
The first Asian Gaelic Games
Irish Culture Society was formed
The Taoiseach Bruton visited Japan for the 5th EU Summit |
Atlanta Olympics |
| 1997 |
"Michael Collins" was released in Japan; A film about Irish history became a major Hollywood movie.
"The Devil's Own" was released in Japan
"Titanic" was released in Japan, which interested many Japanese
people in Irish dancing and music |
Travel writing on Ireland by Isao Moriyasu (Tokyo Shoseki) attracted many
Japanese to Ireland
A band from Tokyo community, "Yer Mot's a Dog" made the first
gig |
Hong Kong Handover /
Death of Princess Diana |
| 1998 |
Enya won Japan Gold Disc Award
U2 came to Japan for Popmart Tour |
Arrival of Irish bobsled team for Nagano
A Japanese book [Crazy About Dancing in Ireland] by Rieko Yamashita (Tokyo
Shoseki) boosted popularity of Irish Dancing |
Nagano Olympics /
FIFA World Cup France |
| 1999 |
Riverdance made the first show in Japan |
Japan Rose entered Rose of Tralee competition. |
Nuclear accident in Tokai-mura |
| 2000 |
"Angela's Ashes" was released in Japan |
Japan team's first victory for Asian Gaelic Games tournament
Japanese national Rugby team went to Ireland |
Sydney Olympics |
| 2001 |
Westlife's first concert in Japan |
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Events of September 11 |
| 2002 |
Irish team for FIFA World Cup (Korea-Japan) came and made it to second
round
"Gangs of New York" was released in Japan |
Izumo and Chiba hosted the Irish national football team for the World Cup
 |
Introduction of Euro coins and notes / Salt Lake City Olympics |
| 2003 |
Hibernian Players' director, Stephen J Martin published the first book,
"Superchick".
Miss Ireland was crowned Miss World 2003 |
Special Olympics Japan team went to Ireland for Summer games
Popularity of Irish Pubs became genuine after the World Cup
The first St. Patrick's Day Parade Kyoto |
Iraqi War / Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster |
| 2004 |
Ireland was named best country in a quality of life survey by the Economist
magazine
Blooms Day 100th Anniversary |
The first Irish Trad Festival
Irish U-16 football team came for Toyota International Youth Football Championship
The Taoiseach Ahern visited Japan for the 13th EU-Japan Summit
The first St. Patrick's Day Parade Yokohama, and Ise |
Athens Olympics / Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami /
Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake |
| 2005 |
Irish National Rugby team came to Japan for friendly matches
The Pogues was reunited and had concerts in Japan |
President Mary McAleese visited Japan
The Japanese Emperor and Empress visited Ireland
The first St. Patrick's Day Parade Nagoya |
Expo 2005 Aichi Japan /
Shunsuke Nakamura joined the Celtic Football Club of Scotland |
| 2006 |
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
based on C. S. Lewis' novel was released in Japan
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Beckett
and... |
The first St. Patrick's Day Parade Sendai
15th Anniversary of St. Patrick's Day Parade Tokyo |
Torino Winter Olympics /
Japan became the first champion of World Baseball Classics |
2006 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Tokyo was 15th Anniversary. So, we put
together a list of events made an impact on Irish and friends community
in Japan. If we are forgetting something please forgive us.
St. Patrick's Day in Japan
