2016 in Japan

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Japan.

2016
in
Japan

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See also:Other events of 2016
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Incumbents

Events

January

February

  • February 17 - launch of Hitomi (satellite), ChubuSat-2, ChubuSat-3 and Horyu-4 using a H-IIA 202 space launch vehicle

March

April

May

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

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, 6th district[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 3 - A 24-year old woman from Qingdao, China, was stabbed by her roommate's ex-boyfriend.
  • 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.
  • 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

Sports

Deaths

April

May

June

July

October

December

See also

References

  1. "Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. House of Representatives: National Diet sessions (in Japanese)
  3. 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
  4. IUPAC News
  5. Asahi Shimbun, May 27: 71人が届け出、沖縄県議選告示 基地問題争点に
  6. Kagoshima prefectural government, election commission: national, prefectural and municipal elections due in 2016
  7. 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
  8. Tokyo metropolitan government, election commission: National, prefectural and municipal elections in 2016
  9. Weaver, Sarah Jane (August 21, 2016). "President Russell M. Nelson dedicates Sapporo Japan Temple". Deseret News. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  10. ja:大口病院連続点滴中毒死事件 Japanese language Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  11. Jiji press, May 17: 10月16日投開票=新潟知事選
  12. ja:鳥取県中部地震 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 30, 2017
  13. 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
  14. Toyama prefectural government, election commission: Election schedules
  15. 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
  16. Jiji Press, August 26: 栃木知事選、11月20日投開票
  17. ja:糸魚川市大規模火災’’’ (Japanese language) ’’’ Retrieved date on March 21, 2016
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