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2018 in Japan

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{{Year in Japan|2018}}

The following is an overview of the year 2018 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}}

=Governors=

Events

=January=

File:Utsunomiya Heavy Snow.jpg, Tochigi Prefecture on 22 January]]

  • 22 to 23 January : A heavy snowfall hits around Tokyo Metropolitan Area. According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan in a confirmed report, 956 people were injured.[http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/6fcb591ec78e9859edfe9e0b5b428be0166e2db0.pdf 1月22日からの大雪等による被害状況等について（第6報）] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320231534/http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/6fcb591ec78e9859edfe9e0b5b428be0166e2db0.pdf |date=2018-03-20 }} Format:PDF. Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan(Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  • 23 January : Mount Kusatsu-Shirane erupts. According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan in a confirmed report, 1 fatality results and 11 people are injured in Gunma Prefecture.[http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/e4b5e771fd12f6b9045013da136fda61a167e7cf.pdf 本白根山の火山活動による被害及び消防機関等の対応状況等（第9報）] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320231540/http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/e4b5e771fd12f6b9045013da136fda61a167e7cf.pdf |date=2018-03-20 }} Format:PDF. Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan(Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  • 31 January : A fire burns an elderly support facility in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan in a confirmed report, 11 people died, with three injured.[http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/855bba271251647586a6ca53324ef05578bb6f4e.pdf 札幌市下宿火災（第4報）] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320231708/http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/855bba271251647586a6ca53324ef05578bb6f4e.pdf |date=2018-03-20 }} Format:PDF. Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan(Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 20 March 2018.

=February=

  • 5 to 8 February : A heavy snowfall hits the Sea of Japan. According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan in a confirmed report, 22 people died, with 320 injures.[http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/71496d17c34512ec7346ace1f542be66c47663dc.pdf 2月4日からの大雪等による被害状況等について（第15報）] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230940/http://www.fdma.go.jp/bn/71496d17c34512ec7346ace1f542be66c47663dc.pdf |date=2018-03-20 }} Format:PDF. Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan(Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 20 March 2018.

=March=

  • 1 to 12 March : According to the Japan Meteorological Agency in a confirmed report, a volcano erupts in Shinmoedake, Kyushu Island.[http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vois/data/tokyo/STOCK/weekly_report/2018/2018w11/2018w11.htm 平成30年 No. 11 週間火山概況（3月9日～3月15日）] Japan Meteorological Agency (Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 20 March 2018.[http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vois/data/tokyo/STOCK/weekly_report/2018/2018w10/2018w10.htm 平成30年 No. 10 週間火山概況（3月2日～3月8日）] Japan Meteorological Agency (Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  • 12 March : According to the Japanese Government, an official confirmed that the Japan Ministry of Finance rewrote 14 decision documents in accordance with the response about a cooperative school in Osaka Prefecture to the National Assembly in 2017.森友学園問題 (Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  • 13 March : According to the Japan Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, an official report confirmed the Kumano cherry tree (Kumanozakura) as a new species Cherry tree (Sakura). The tree was discovered widely throughout the Kii peninsula. The last new type of Sakura tree found in Japan was in 1915.[https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL3G53JPL3GULFA014.html 新種の野生サクラ確認 103年ぶり、紀伊半島で] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630025022/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL3G53JPL3GULFA014.html |date=2018-06-30 }} The Asahi Shimbun(Japanese Language edition) Retrieved 20 March 2018.

=April=

  • 8 April : According to National Police Agency of Japan official confirmed report, a thirty-eight years old men arrested on suspicion of five local residents murdered, and suspects confessed in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture.{{page needed|date=May 2018}}
  • 9 April : A Richer Scale 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit in Oda, Shimane Prefecture, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan in a confirmed report, nine persons were injured.{{page needed|date=May 2018}}
  • 11 April : According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan in a confirmed report, a sudden landslide occurred on a mountain slope in Yabakei, Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, where six person fatalities in the incident.{{page needed|date=May 2018}}
  • 19 April : According to a Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed report, Mount Iou erupted for the first time since 1768 in border between Miyazaki Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture.:ja:硫黄山 (宮崎県)#近年の活動 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 14 May 2018.

=May=

=June=

File:Ibaraki Earthquake.jpg, in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture on 18 June.]]

  • 9 June - According to the Japan National Police Agency in a confirmed report, 22-year-old unemployed Ichiro Kojima was detained by police after stabbing 3 passengers, killing one, on a bullet train leading from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka, nearby Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. {{page needed|date=July 2018}}
  • 18 June - 2018 Osaka earthquake, According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency in a confirmed report, a 5.5 Richter scale earthquake killed four and injured 434 people in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture.{{page needed|date=July 2018}}
  • 26 June - According to Japan National Police Agency confirmed report, a man murdered the police officer in policebox, depriving the handgun and escaping, after a man killed to a security guard man near a nearby elementary school in Toyama City. A twenty-two years old detained, after critical condition by with attempted suicide.{{page needed|date=July 2018}}
  • 29 June - According to Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed report, a F2 level tornado hit in around area of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture. According to local government official confirmed, many houses were collapsed and damaged, total eight person were wounded.{{page needed|date=July 2018}}

=July=

  • 28 June – 9 July: 2018 Japan floods - Heavy floods was started in western areas of Japan, most in the Hiroshima Prefecture, which has been hit by torrential rain. As of 20 July, 225 people were killed, another 13 were declared missing and 1.5 million people were displaced.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weather-japan/japan-flood-toll-nears-200-sun-scorches-thousands-battling-thirst-idUSKBN1K20BJ|title=Japan faces 'frequent' disasters as flood toll reaches 200|first=Kiyoshi|last=Takenaka|website=Reuters |date=12 July 2018 |access-date=12 July 2018}}
  • 9 July – 26 August: The 2018 Northeast Asia heat wave kills least 116 people, due to heat-related causes, and at least 22,000 more suffer from heat strokes
  • 20 July: Mamoru Hosoda's Japanese animated film Mirai is released in cinema
  • 26 July: A fire at under constructing technology centre fire in Tama City, Tokyo. According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, total five workers fatalities with 42 injured.:ja:多摩テクノロジービルディング建設現場火災 (Japanese language) Retibute date 2 August 2018.

=August=

=September=

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File:25th Anniversary Namie Amuro Live.jpg

=October=

=November=

  • 19 November - According to Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Prosecutors Department official confirmed report, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan Motor, was arrested by the prosecutor special authority for alleged false statement of the securities report that he declared the compensation inexorably. Ghosn president position and position of representative director of Nissan, succeeded at the Board of Directors on 22 November.{{page needed|date=December 2018}}
  • 23 November - Osaka decide on the venue on Expo 2025 the winner at BIE's 164th General Assembly.{{page needed|date=December 2018}}
  • 26 November - According to Japan National Police Agency confirmed report, six person were murdered, with a suspicion suicide onto Gokase River, in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture.{{page needed|date=December 2018}}

=December=

  • 26 December - Japan announced that since the International Whaling Commission IWC failed its duty to promote sustainable hunting, which is one of its stated goals, Japan is withdrawing its membership and will resume commercial hunting in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone from July 2019, but will cease whaling activities in the Antarctic Ocean.[https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/25/asia/japan-withdrawal-international-whaling-commission-intl/index.html "IWC withdrawal: Japan to resume commercial whaling in 2019"]. Euan McKirdy, Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura. CNN News. 26 December 2018.[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/world/asia/japan-whaling-withdrawal.html "Japan to Resume Commercial Whaling, Defying International Ban"]. The New York Times. 26 December 2018.
  • 27 December - Japan executes two more prisoners, bringing 2018 executions to 15 taking annual total to highest since 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-death-row-inmates-hanged-bringing-2018-executions-to-15|title=2 death row inmates hanged, bringing 2018 executions to 15|website=Japan Today}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/asia/japan-capital-punishment-intl/index.html|title=Japan executes two more prisoners|author=Emiko Jozuka and Junko Ogura|website=CNN|date=27 December 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/World/News/japan-hangs-two-for-murder-bringing-2018-executions-to-15-20181227|title=Japan hangs two for murder, bringing 2018 executions to 15|website=News24}}

The Nobel Prize

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Deaths

=January=

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  • January 1 – Katsuhikari Toshio, sumo wrestler (b. 1942)
  • January 4 – Senichi Hoshino, baseball player and manager (b. 1947){{cite news |url= https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/01/06/baseball/japanese-baseball/former-npb-star-pitcher-manager-senichi-hoshino-dies/ |title= Former NPB star pitcher, manager Senichi Hoshino dies at 70 |date=6 January 2018 |website = japantimes.co.jp |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=6 January 2018 }}
  • January 5 – Mikio Fujioka, guitarist (b. 1981)
  • January 7 – Marley Carib, manga artist (b. 1947){{cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-15/old-boy-manga-author-caribu-marley-passes-away/.126435 |title=Old Boy Manga Author Caribu Marley Passes Away |website= animenewsnetwork.com |publisher=Anime News Network |date=15 January 2018 |access-date=23 February 2018 }}
  • January 11 – Sumiko Iwao, psychologist and educator (b. 1935)
  • January 14 – Yosuke Natsuki, actor (b. 1936)
  • January 18 – Yasuo Tanaka, astrophysicist (b. 1931)
  • January 20 – Miyako Sumiyoshi, speed skater (b. 1987){{cite news |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180123/p2a/00m/0na/018000c |title=Sochi Olympic speed skater Sumiyoshi found dead in home |website=mainichi.jp |publisher=Mainichi Shimbun |date=23 January 2018 |access-date=23 February 2018 }}
  • January 21 – Tsukasa Hosaka, football player and manager (b. 1937)
  • January 26
  • Hiromu Nonaka, politician (b. 1925){{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/politics-diplomacy/hiromu-nonaka-abe-critic-former-government-spokesman-dies-92/ |title=Hiromu Nonaka, Abe critic and former government spokesman, dies at 92 |website=japantimes.co.jp |publisher=The Japan Times |date=26 January 2018 |access-date=23 February 2018 }}
  • Yukiaki Okabe, freestyle swimmer (b. 1941)
  • January 27 – Tadashi Sawashima, film director (b. 1926)
  • January 31
  • Tadashi Sasaki, engineer (b. 1915)
  • Itokin, musician (b. 1979)

=February=

  • February 4 – Takuya Iwasaki, archaeologist (b. 1929)
  • February 5 – Yoshihide Kozai, astronomer (b. 1928)
  • February 10
  • Michiko Ishimure, novelist (b. 1927){{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/10/national/michiko-ishimure-award-winning-author-raised-public-awareness-minamata-disease-dies-90/ |title=Michiko Ishimure, award-winning author who raised public awareness of Minamata disease, dies at 90 |website=japantimes.co.jp |publisher=The Japan Times |date=10 February 2018 |access-date=23 February 2018 }}
  • Tamio Kawachi, actor (b. 1938)
  • 18 February – Eido Tai Shimano, Buddhist monk (b. 1932)
  • February 20
  • Jiichiro Date, freestyle wrestler (b. 1952).{{Cite web |url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/sports/othersports/927550/ |title=モントリオール五輪金メダリスト・伊達治一郎さん転落死 |date=22 February 2018 |website=東スポＷeb - 東京スポーツ新聞社 |language=ja |access-date=12 July 2018 |archive-date=23 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171507/https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/sports/othersports/927550/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Tōta Kaneko, poet (b. 1919)
  • February 21 – Ren Osugi, actor (b. 1951){{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/22/entertainment-news/japanese-actor-ren-osugi-famed-roles-takeshi-kitanos-yakuza-films-dies-66/ |title=Japanese actor Ren Osugi, famed for his roles in Takeshi Kitano's yakuza films, dies at 66 |website=japantimes.co.jp |publisher=The Japan Times |date=22 February 2018 |access-date=23 February 2018 }}

=March=

=April=

=May=

=June=

  • June 18 – Go Kato, actor (b. 1938)

=July=

  • July 2 – Katsura Utamaru, rakugo comedian (b. 1936)
  • July 6
  • Shoko Asahara, doomsday cult leader (b. 1955).
  • Seiichi Endo, cult member and criminal (b. 1960).
  • Yoshihiro Inoue, cult member and criminal (b. 1969).
  • Kimishige Ishizaka, immunologist (b. 1925).{{Cite news|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL763R21L76ULBJ008.html|title=石坂公成さんが死去 アレルギー発症の仕組み解明：朝日新聞デジタル|date=6 July 2018|work=Asahi News|access-date=8 July 2018 |language=ja-JP}}
  • Tomomitsu Niimi, cult member and criminal (b. 1964).{{Cite news |url = https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180706_21/ |title = Sources: 7 former Aum cult members executed |website = nhk.or.jp |date = 6 July 2018 |access-date = 8 July 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180706062138/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180706_21/ |archive-date = 6 July 2018 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}
  • July 19 – Shinobu Hashimoto, screenwriter (b. 1918)
  • July 21 – Ryu Matsumoto, politician (b. 1951).{{Cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180721/k00/00e/010/268000c|title=訃報：松本龍さん67歳=元民主党衆院議員、元復興担当相|website=毎日新聞}}

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=November=

=December=

Elections

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=AKB48 Senbatsu Sousenkyo=

  • The 53rd single 10th Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo was held on Nagoya Stadium, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on June 16, 2018

Final Senbatsu Results:

  • 1. Jurina Matsui (Over-all center girl, SKE48-Team S)
  • 2. Akari Suda (SKE48)
  • 3. Sakura Miyawaki (HKT48)
  • 4. Yuka Ogino (NGT48)
  • 5. Nana Okada (AKB48/STU48)
  • 6. Yui Yokoyama (AKB48)
  • 7. Tomu Mutou (AKB48)

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