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2016 in Japan

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2016
in
Japan

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See also:Other events of 2016
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Japan.

Incumbents

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Governors

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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  • 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

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  • 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

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September

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  • 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

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November

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  • November 20[17] – Tochigi gubernatorial election

December

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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]

The Nobel Prize

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Culture

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Arts and entertainment

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Arts and entertainment

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Sports

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Deaths

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Kunio Hatoyama
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
Junko Tabei
Mikijirō Hira
Takahito, Prince Mikasa

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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See also

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References

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  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. ^ "JAXA | Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (PLANET-C)". JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
  5. ^ "IUPAC is naming the four new elements nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson". IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. June 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Asahi Shimbun, May 27: 71人が届け出、沖縄県議選告示 基地問題争点に
  7. ^ Kagoshima prefectural government, election commission: national, prefectural and municipal elections due in 2016
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Tokyo metropolitan government, election commission: National, prefectural and municipal elections in 2016
  10. ^ Weaver, Sarah Jane (August 21, 2016). "President Russell M. Nelson dedicates Sapporo Japan Temple". Deseret News. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  11. ^ ja:大口病院連続点滴中毒死事件 Japanese language Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  12. ^ Jiji press, May 17: 10月16日投開票=新潟知事選 Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ ja:鳥取県中部地震 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 30, 2017
  14. ^ 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
  15. ^ Toyama prefectural government, election commission: Election schedules
  16. ^ 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
  17. ^ Jiji Press, August 26: 栃木知事選、11月20日投開票 Archived 2016-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ ja:糸魚川市大規模火災’’’ (Japanese language) ’’’ Retrieved date on March 21, 2016