2023 in Japan
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Events in the year 2023 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Naruhito[1]
- Prime Minister: Fumio Kishida
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hirokazu Matsuno
- Chief Justice of Japan: Saburo Tokura
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tadamori Ōshima
- President of the House of Councillors: Akiko Santō
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Hideaki Omura
- Akita Prefecture: Norihisa Satake
- Aomori Prefecture: Shingo Mimura
- Chiba Prefecture: Toshihito Kumagai
- Ehime Prefecture: Tokihiro Nakamura
- Fukui Prefecture: Tatsuji Sugimoto
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Seitaro Hattori
- Fukushima Prefecture: Masao Uchibori
- Gifu Prefecture: Hajime Furuta
- Gunma Prefecture: Ichita Yamamoto
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Hidehiko Yuzaki
- Hokkaido: Naomichi Suzuki
- Hyogo Prefecture: Motohiko Saitō
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Kazuhiko Ōigawa
- Ishikawa: Masanori Tanimoto
- Iwate Prefecture: Takuya Tasso
- Kagawa Prefecture: Keizō Hamada
- Kagoshima Prefecture: Kōichi Shiota
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Yuji Kuroiwa
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Ikuo Kabashima
- Kochi Prefecture: Seiji Hamada
- Kyoto Prefecture: Takatoshi Nishiwaki
- Mie Prefecture: Eikei Suzuki
- Miyagi Prefecture: Yoshihiro Murai
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Shunji Kōno
- Nagano Prefecture: Shuichi Abe
- Nagasaki Prefecture: Hōdō Nakamura
- Nara Prefecture: Shōgo Arai
- Niigata Prefecture: Hideyo Hanazumi
- Oita Prefecture: Katsusada Hirose
- Okayama Prefecture: Ryuta Ibaragi
- Okinawa Prefecture: Denny Tamaki
- Osaka Prefecture: Ichirō Matsui
- Saga Prefecture: Yoshinori Yamaguchi
- Saitama Prefecture: Motohiro Ōno
- Shiga Prefecture: Taizō Mikazuki
- Shimame Prefecture: Tatsuya Maruyama
- Shizuoka Prefecture: Heita Kawakatsu
- Tochigi Prefecture: Tomikazu Fukuda
- Tokushima Prefecture: Kamon Iizumi
- Tokyo Prefecture: Yuriko Koike
- Tottori Prefecture: Shinji Hirai
- Toyama Prefecture: Hachiro Nitta
- Wakayama Prefecture: Yoshinobu Nisaka
- Yamagata Prefecture: Mieko Yoshimura
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tsugumasa Muraoka
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Kotaro Nagasaki
Events
January
- January 1–March 28 – According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries official confirmed report, at least 82 livestock farm place were bird flu, resulting H5N1 type from death bodies positive test on nationwide, and 9.9 million chickens were culling by Japan Self Ground Defense Force.[2]
- January 13 – According to the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japanese prosecutors indicts Tetsuya Yamagami for the suspect of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on July 8, 2022 in Nara.[citation needed]
- January 19 – According to official confirmed report, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University were merged, new name is Tokyo Institute Science University, that start on April 2024.[3]
- January 20 – The Bank of Japan reports that inflation in Japan increased by 4.0% in December, the highest recorded increase since 1981.[4]
- January 22 – Four people are killed and three others are feared dead in an apartment fire in Kobe.[5]
- January 25 – A Hong Kong-registered ship carrying 22 people capsizes off the waters of Japan. 13 crew members are rescued, but two later died, and nine are still missing.[6]
- January 29 – A 17-year-old student was filmed licking a soy sauce bottle, and then his finger which he then used to prod on sushi in the food chain Sushiro.[7] Outrage spread across Japan, starting a series of pranks across the country referred to as "sushi terrorism".[8]
February
- February 3 – A Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister of Fumio Kishida, Masayoshi Arai said "I would not want to live next to, or look at the homosexual".[9][10] He was fired the following day. [1]
- February 7 – According to Mitsubishi Aircraft has official announcement, Mitsubishi SpaceJet has complete withdraw from manufacture, sales and develops,[citation needed]
March
- March 15 – YouTuber and former MP Yoshikazu Higashitani is expelled by the House of Councillors for never attending parliament.[11] An arrest warrant was requested for him the following day.[12]
April
- April 6 – A Mitsubishi UH-60JA helicopter of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force crashes off the coast of Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, with 10 people on board.[13][14]
- April 13 – North Korea launches a ballistic missile toward northern Japan, prompting evacuation orders in Hokkaido.[15]
- April 15 – An attack is made on Fumio Kishida when what was described as a "smoke bomb" was thrown towards his direction and detonated, while he was in Wakayama to deliver a speech. He was left unharmed.[16]
May
- May 5 – According to USGS official report, a Richer Scale 6.2 magnitude earthquake, following to many aftershocks hit in Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report, a person was died, 48 people were wounded.[citation needed]
- May 11 – According to USGS official report, a Richer Scale 5.2 magunitude ertthquake hit in Tokyo Metropolitan area, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report, nine persons were wounded.[citation needed]
- May 19–21 – 49th G7 summit held in Hiroshima.[citation needed]
- May 25 – Four people including two policemen were killed in a stabbing and shooting incident in Nakano. [17]
June
- June 2–3 – According to Japan Meteorological Agency official confirmed report, a heavy massive torrential rain, affective Typhoon Mawar hit in Japan, many places occur on flash flood, levee collapse, landslide hit in Tokyo Metropolitan area, Kii Peninsula and Hamamatsu, which kill 7 persons with injure 45 persons, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report,[citation needed]
- June 4 – A former member of House of Councilors, Yoshikazu Higashitani arrested suspicion for repeating habitual personal intimidation by own YouTube, on way to Japan, escape from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to Japan National Police Agency and Interpol announced.[citation needed]
- June 14 – 2023 Japan military facility shooting
- June 16 – The Japanese Diet passes the bill to understand LGBTQ, raises the age of consent from 13 to 16, and criminalizes voyeurism.[18][19]
Arts and entertainment
- 2023 in anime
- 2023 in Japanese music
- 2023 in Japanese television
- List of 2023 box office number-one films in Japan
- List of Japanese films of 2023
Sports
- September 10 – 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship is held at 2023 6 Hours of Fuji
- September 24 – 2023 Formula One World Championship is held at 2023 Japanese Grand Prix
- October 1 – 2023 MotoGP World Championship is held at 2023 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
- 2023 F4 Japanese Championship
- 2023 Super Formula Championship
- 2023 Super Formula Lights
- 2023 Super GT Series
- 2022 AFC Champions League Final (Japan)
- 2023 in Japanese football
- 2023 J1 League
- 2023 J2 League
- 2023 J3 League
- 2023 Japan Football League
- 2023 Japanese Regional Leagues
- 2023 Japanese Super Cup
- 2023 Emperor's Cup
- 2023 J.League Cup
Deaths
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January
- January 1 – Tetsuo Hasegawa, actor (b. 1938)[20]
- January 11 – Yukihiro Takahashi, musician (b. 1952)
- January 23 – Hiromitsu Kadota, baseball player (b. 1948)
February
- February 5 – Takako Sasuga, voice actress (b. 1936)
- February 7 – Hiroki Nakata, shogi player (b. 1964)
- February 10 – Satoshi Iriki, baseball player (b. 1967)
- February 13 – Leiji Matsumoto, animator and manga artist (b. 1938)[21]
- February 14 – Shoichiro Toyoda, business executive (b. 1925)
- February 15 – Shōzō Iizuka, voice actor (b. 1933)
- February 16 – Maon Kurosaki, singer and songwriter (b. 1988)
- February 25 – Mitsuo Senda, voice actor (b. 1940)
March
- March 2 – Ryuho Okawa, religious leader (b. 1956)
- March 5
- Takahiro Kimura, animator, illustrator and character designer (b. 1964)[22]
- Kenzaburō Ōe, writer (b. 1935)
- March 9 – Chikage Oogi, actress and politician (b. 1933)
- March 11 – Chen Kenichi, chef (b. 1956)
- March 22 – Jirō Dan, actor (b. 1949)
- March 23 – Tomoko Naraoka, actress (b. 1929)
- March 28 – Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer, record producer, and actor (b. 1952)
April
- April 1 – Yasumichi Kushida, voice actor (b. 1976)
- April 5 – Masanori Hata, zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker (b. 1935)
May
- May 11 – Futoshi Nakanishi, baseball player (b. 1933)
June
- June 11
- Mikio Aoki, politician (b. 1934)
- Sadao Nakajima, film director (b. 1934)
- June 12 – Shigeru Sugishita, baseball player (b. 1925)
- June 16 – Manabu Kitabeppu, baseball player (b. 1957)
See also
Country overviews
Related timelines for current period
References
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- ^ "Record 10 million birds culled in Japan as avian flu spreads". The Japan Times. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ "【受付終了】新大学の名称案をご提案ください". 東京工業大学 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ "Cost of living: Japan inflation jumps to new 41-year high". BBC News. January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ "Four killed and three others feared dead in predawn fire at Kobe apartment". The Japan Times. January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ "Cargo ship sinks off Japan, leaving two dead, nine missing". Reuters. January 25, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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