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{{Year in Japan|2017}}

The following is an overview of the year 2017 in Japan.

Incumbents

  • Emperor: Akihito{{cite web |title=Akihito {{!}} Biography, Reign, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Akihito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}
  • Prime Minister: Shinzō Abe{{cite web |title=Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-PM injured after reported gunshot attack |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62089486 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 July 2022 |date=8 July 2022}}

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Events

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  • June 1 - According to Japan National Police Agency confirmed report, eight person arrested for violating customs law, who brought the equivalent of about 200 kg of gold, about 8.2 million US dollars to the fishing port without permission in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture.{{page needed|date=September 2017}}

=July=

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=October=

  • October 22 - 2017 Japanese general election elections were held.
  • October 30 - Suspected serial killer Takahiro Shiraishi is arrested in Tokyo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/31/japan-man-arrested-nine-bodies-severed-heads-found-in-flat|title=Japan police investigate possible serial killer in Tokyo suburb|first=Agencies in|last=Tokyo|date=October 31, 2017|website=the Guardian}}

=November=

  • November 1 – Shinzo Abe reappoints his government's cabinet ministers following his re-election as the Japanese prime minister.{{Cite news |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/upld/medias/en/radio/news/20171101200000_english_1.mp3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101225632/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/upld/medias/en/radio/news/20171101200000_english_1.mp3 |archive-date=2017-11-01 |title=NHK World Radio Japan |work=NHK}}
  • Emperor Akihito announces that he intends to retire on April 30, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/asia/japan-emperor-akihito-abdication-intl/index.html|title=Akihito to become first Japanese Emperor to abdicate in 200 years|author=Kaori Enjoji and Ben Westcott|website=CNN|date=December 2017}}

=December=

  • December 20 - Chen Shifeng was sentenced to 20 years in prison after the Jiang Ge Murder Case was solved.

The Nobel Prize

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Deaths

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Elections

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  • October 22: By-elections to the National Diet; 2 vacancies as of July 31, both from the House of Representatives: Ehime 3rd district and Aomori 4th district

= Prefectural =

  • January 22: Yamagata gubernatorial (w/o vote)
  • January 29: Gifu gubernatorial
  • March 26: Chiba gubernatorial
  • April 9: Akita gubernatorial
  • June 25: Shizuoka gubernatorial
  • July 2: Tokyo legislative, Hyōgo gubernatorial
  • August 27: Ibaraki gubernatorialIbaraki prefectural electoral commission: [https://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/somu/shichoson/senkyo/senkan/2017chijisen.html Gubernatorial and assembly by-election 2017]
  • October 22: Miyagi gubernatorialKahoku Shimpō, June 21, 2017: [http://www.kahoku.co.jp/tohokunews/201706/20170621_11005.html ＜宮城知事選＞10月5日告示、22日投票] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816003540/http://www.kahoku.co.jp/tohokunews/201706/20170621_11005.html |date=2017-08-16 }}
  • November 12: Hiroshima gubernatorialHiroshima prefectural electoral commission: [https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/sennkyokannriiinkai/29chijisentoukijitu.html Schedule of the 2017 gubernatorial election] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730074149/https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/sennkyokannriiinkai/29chijisentoukijitu.html|date=2017-07-30}}

= Major municipal =

Elections in the 20 designated major cities and the 23 special wards/"cities":

  • January 29: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka legislative
  • February 5: Chiyoda, Tokyo mayoral
  • March 26: Shizuoka, Shizuoka legislative
  • April 23: Nagoya, Aichi mayoral
  • May 21: Saitama, Saitama mayoralSaitama city electoral commission, January 25 press release: [http://www.city.saitama.jp/006/009/008/p021070.html さいたま市長選挙の選挙期日が決まりました] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202062715/http://www.city.saitama.jp/006/009/008/p021070.html |date=2017-02-02 }}
  • May 28: Chiba, Chiba mayoralChiba city electoral commission: [https://www.city.chiba.jp/senkyokanri/nittei.html Election schedules]
  • July 23: Sendai, Miyagi mayoralSendai city electoral commission: [http://www.city.sendai.jp/senkyokanri-kanri/shise/senkyo/senkyo/yote.html Election schedules] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201439/http://www.city.sendai.jp/senkyokanri-kanri/shise/senkyo/senkyo/yote.html |date=2017-03-25 }}
  • July 30: Yokohama, Kanagawa mayoralYokohama city electoral commission: [http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/senkyo/what/shityousenkyokijitu.pdf 2017 mayoral election schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201924/http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/senkyo/what/shityousenkyokijitu.pdf |date=2017-03-25 }}
  • September 24: Sakai, Osaka mayoralSakai city electoral commission: [http://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/shisei/senkyo/oshirase/senkyo_H290924.html 2017 mayoral and assembly by-election schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424085310/http://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/shisei/senkyo/oshirase/senkyo_H290924.html |date=2017-04-24 }}
  • October 1: Okayama, Okayama mayoralOkayama city electoral commission: [http://www.city.okayama.jp/senkyo/senkyo_00029.html Election schedules] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202017/http://www.city.okayama.jp/senkyo/senkyo_00029.html |date=2017-03-25 }}
  • October 22: Kawasaki, Kanagawa mayoral,Kawasaki city electoral commission: [http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/910/page/0000087227.html 2017 mayoral and assembly by-election schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816011309/http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/910/page/0000087227.html |date=2017-08-16 }} Kōbe, Hyōgo mayoralKōbe Shimbun, July 5, 2017: [https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/shakai/201707/0010343855.shtml 神戸市長選日程決まる 10月22日投開票]
  • before December 18/November 12 (ends of term; but both elections were held on the same day in 2013): Katsushika, Tokyo mayoral and legislativeKatsushika "city" electoral commission: [http://www.city.katsushika.lg.jp/information/1000080/1005822/1005831.html Elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109110918/http://www.city.katsushika.lg.jp/information/1000080/1005822/1005831.html |date=2017-11-09 }}

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