2016 in Japan
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Japan.
- Year: Heisei 28
Incumbents[]
- Emperor: Akihito[1]
- Prime Minister: Shinzō Abe (L–Yamaguchi)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yoshihide Suga (L–Kanagawa)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Itsurō Terada
- President of the House of Representatives: Tadamori Oshima (L–Aomori)
- President of the House of Councillors: Masaaki Yamazaki (L–Fukui) until July 25, Chūichi Date (L-Hokkaidō) from August 1
- National Diets: 190th (regular session, January 4–June 1), 191st (extraordinary session, August 1–3), 192nd (extraordinary session, September 26–November 30 [unless extended or cut short by lower house dissolution])[2]
Events[]
January[]
- Record snowfall and the first Sumo tournament win in a decade for a Japanese rikishi, amid turmoil on the Nikkei 225 and a political scandal involving Abe's cabinet. (See Akira Amari)
- Filmmaker and dolphin activist Ric O'Barry was refused entry to the country and was held prior to deportation.
February[]
- February 17 - launch of Hitomi (satellite), , and using a H-IIA 202 space launch vehicle
March[]
- March 11 - Japan commemorates the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent of Fukushima nuclear disaster.
- March 25 - Kyoto Tamba Kogen Quasi-National Park is established
- March 25 - Asagishi, Hanasaki (Hokkaido), Higashi-Oiwake, Kami-Shirataki, Kanehana, Kyū-Shirataki, Ōshida, Shimo-Shirataki, Tomisato and Washinosu stations are closed
- March 26 - Higashi-Himeji, Nishi-kumamoto, Ishinomakiayumino, Odasakae and Maya stations opens
- March 26 - Hokkaido Shinkansen starts its service from Shin-Aomori Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
- March 26 - opens
- March 27 – Kumamoto gubernatorial election: Incumbent Ikuo Kabashima reelected for a third term[3]
- March 27 - Democratic Party (Japan) is established
April[]
- April 2 - Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum opens
- April 16 – A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Kumamoto prefecture, and kills at least 50 people and 3,129 injured.
- April 24 – National Diet, House of Representatives: By-elections in Hokkaido 5th district and in Kyoto 3rd district
May[]
- May 1–2 - G7 Kitakyushu Energy Ministerial Meeting
- May 23 - Akatsuki (spacecraft) begins a scientific mission at Venus after a troubled 5-years travel[4]
- May 26–27 – The 42nd G7 summit was held on Kashiko Island
June[]
- IUPAC declared the element 113 Ununtrium as Nihonium, first element in the periodic table whose name is derived from Japan.[5]
- June 5[6] – Okinawa assembly election: Governor Onaga's anti-base, left-wing supporters expand their majority
July[]
- July 10 – National Diet, House of Councillors: 24th regular election
- July 10[7] – Kagoshima gubernatorial election
- July 23 – Tatsuo Hirano, independent member of the House of Councillors from Iwate, joins the Liberal Democratic Party, giving the party the first majority of its own since the 1989 election defeat[8]
- July 26 - A knife attack in Sagamihara kills 19 people and injures up to 50.
- July 31[9] – Tokyo gubernatorial, assembly by-elections
August[]
- Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- August 21: Russell M. Nelson dedicates the Sapporo Japan Temple, the 151st LDS temple and third LDS temple in Japan.[10]
September[]
- July to September - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, 48 hospitalized patients were die, administer disinfectant liquid diamitol giving for hospitalized patients in hospital, Yokohama. On 7 July 2018, a nurse of the main criminal detained and confessed, according to JNPA.[11]
October[]
- October 16[12] – Niigata gubernatorial election
- October 21 - A Richer Scale 6.2 earthquake, with aftershocks in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, 30 persons were wounded.[13]
- October 23[14] – Okayama gubernatorial election
- October 23[15] – Toyama gubernatorial election
- October 23 – National Diet, House of Representatives: By-elections in Fukuoka, [16] and in Tokyo, 10th district
- October 25 - Two explosions in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, kill at least one person and injure three others. Local media report that a 72-year-old ex-military officer is responsible for the blasts. A fire the same day destroyed the suspect's house. (The Guardian), (BBC)
November[]
- November 20[17] – Tochigi gubernatorial election
December[]
5th: Abe declares his historic plan to visit Pearl Harbor
- December 18 - A bottoming net fishing boat Daifuku Maru capsized off coast Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, according to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, nine people lost to lives.[page needed]
- December 22 - A massive fire in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, according to Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 17 person wounded.[18]
Culture[]
Arts and entertainment[]
- List of 2016 box office number-one films in Japan
- March 4 - 39th Japan Academy Prize
- March 12 - 10th Seiyu Awards
Sports[]
- Gamba Osaka U-23 Japanese football team is established
- Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Japan at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
- Japan at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2016 J1 League
- 2016 Japan Super Series
- 2016 Tokyo Darts Masters
- Fantastica Mania 2016
- 2016 Asian Cycling Championships
- 2016 Kangaroo Cup
- 2016 Kurume Best Amenity Cup
- 2016 NHK Trophy
- 2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
- 2016 Tokyo Marathon
- World Series of Fighting GC: Japan 1
Other[]
Deaths[]
January[]
February[]
March[]
April[]
- April 3, Kōji Wada, rock singer (b. 1974)
May[]
- May 5, Isao Tomita, composer (b. 1932)
- May 17, Yūko Mizutani, voice actress (b. 1964)
June[]
- June 21, Kunio Hatoyama, politician (b. 1948)
July[]
- July 31, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, sumo wrestler (b. 1955)
August[]
September[]
October[]
- October 20, Junko Tabei, mountaineer (b. 1939)
- October 23, Mikijirō Hira, actor (b. 1933)
November[]
- November 29, , announcer (b. 1926)
December[]
- December 29, Jinpachi Nezu, actor (b. 1947)
See also[]
- 2016 in anime
- 2016 in Japanese music
- 2016 in Japanese television
- List of Japanese films of 2016
References[]
- ^ "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ House of Representatives: National Diet sessions (in Japanese)
- ^ Asahi Shimbun, March 27: 熊本県知事選、蒲島氏が３選 新顔２人を大差で破る
- ^ "JAXA | Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (PLANET-C)". JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
- ^ "IUPAC is naming the four new elements nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson". IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. June 8, 2016.
- ^ Asahi Shimbun, May 27: ７１人が届け出、沖縄県議選告示 基地問題争点に
- ^ Kagoshima prefectural government, election commission: national, prefectural and municipal elections due in 2016
- ^ Asahi Shimbun Digital, July 24, 21016: 自民、２７年ぶり参院単独過半数 平野・元復興相が入党
- ^ Tokyo metropolitan government, election commission: National, prefectural and municipal elections in 2016
- ^ Weaver, Sarah Jane (August 21, 2016). "President Russell M. Nelson dedicates Sapporo Japan Temple". Deseret News. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ ja:大口病院連続点滴中毒死事件 Japanese language Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ Jiji press, May 17: １０月１６日投開票＝新潟知事選
- ^ ja:鳥取県中部地震 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 30, 2017
- ^ Okayama prefectural government, election commission, May 25: 岡山県知事選挙等の日程を決定しました Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Toyama prefectural government, election commission: Election schedules
- ^ Nishi-Nippon Shimbun, June 22, 2016 evening edition: 鳩山邦夫元総務相が死去 政治家一族、衆院福岡６区 Archived 2016-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jiji Press, August 26: 栃木知事選、１１月２０日投開票
- ^ ja:糸魚川市大規模火災’’’ (Japanese language) ’’’ Retrieved date on March 21, 2016
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