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Events in the year 2022 in Japan.
Incumbents[edit]
- Emperor: Naruhito[1]
- Prime Minister: Fumio Kishida
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hirokazu Matsuno
- Chief Justice of Japan: Naoto Ōtani
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tadamori Ōshima
- President of the House of Councillors: Akiko Santō
Governors[edit]
- 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
Ongoing events[edit]
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
January[edit]
- January and February – winter storm and heavy snow. There were at least 93 human fatalities and 1,580 injuries, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency.[citation needed]
- January 15 – According to a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department report, a 17-year-old student attacked 3 people with a knife outside of University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo[2]
- January 22 – According to USGS report, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit near costal Saiki, Oita, southeastern Kyushu Island, followed by aftershocks. 13 people were wounded according to the Japan Fire and Disasters Management Agency.[3]
February[edit]
Japanese athletes compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
- February 11 – A rice cracker confectionery manufacturing factory caught fire in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, and six factory workers died.[4]
- February 27 – former prime minister Shinzo Abe proposed that Japan should consider a nuclear sharing arrangement with the US similar to NATO.[5] This includes housing American nuclear weapons on Japanese soil for deterrence.[5] This plan comes in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5][6][6]
March[edit]
- March 16 – 2022 Fukushima earthquake
- March 27 – A submarine volcano hit on Funka-asane, North Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, where 23,000 foot (7,000 meters) ash hit on nearby area, onto next day, according to Japan Meteorological Agency official confirmed report.[citation needed]
April[edit]
- April 3 – June 29 – A Maedachi Honzon major religious event (善光寺御開帳) start in Zenko-ji, Nagano Prefecture, original date period for April 4 to May 30, 2021, due affective for COVID-19 pandemic prevent and postponed.[citation needed]
- April 10 – In Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki throws a perfect game, the first in 28 years and the 16th in NPB history. Sasaki tied an existing NPB record by striking out 19 batters, and set a new record by striking out 13 consecutive batters.[7]
- April 23 – According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a sightseeing ferry Kazu I, sank nearby Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, total 26 person were lost to lives.[citation needed]
May[edit]
- May 3–5 – According to official confirmed report, a many traditional festival and events were resumed nationwide since 2019, interrupting COVID-19 pandemic prevention, including Hakata Dontaku, Hamamatsu Kite Festival, Hiroshima Flower Festival and others, however, Tado Festival in Mie Prefecture is not held since 2020.[citation needed]
- May 9 – According to Tokyo Firefighter Department official confirmed report, a house caught fire in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, in an incident caused by suicide arson, five persons were human fatalities.[citation needed]
- May 11 – The Economic Security Promotion Law was enacted to House of Councillors, and this system start from April 2023.[citation needed]
- May 13 – According to Teikoku Data Bank and Tokyo Commerce Research were confirm report, audio brand[disambiguation needed] Onkyo has bankruptcy processing start and defunct[disambiguation needed].[citation needed]
June[edit]
- June 2–3 – According to Japan Meteorological Agency and Japan Weather News Television official confirmed report, a massive hail fallen in Gunma, Saitama, Chiba Prefecture, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency report, 91 persons were hurt.[citation needed]
- June 19 – According to USGS official confirmed report, a Richer scale 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit on Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, total seven persons were wounded, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.[citation needed]
- June 25 – According to Japan Meteorological Agency official confirmed report, a Celsius 40.2 degrees (Fahicnheit 104.36 degrees) high temperature record hit in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, as highest temperature record on June in Japan, since first observation record of JMA, since 1872, as same place another Celsius 40.0 (Fahicnheit 104.0 degrees) recorded observed on June 29.[citation needed]
July[edit]
- July 8 – Former prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot dead in an assassination in Nara, Kansai region.[8][9]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
December[edit]
Arts and entertainment[edit]
- 2022 in anime
- 2022 in Japanese music
- 2022 in Japanese television
- List of 2022 box office number-one films in Japan
- List of Japanese films of 2022
Sports[edit]
- September 11 – 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship is held at 2022 6 Hours of Fuji
- September 25 – 2022 MotoGP World Championship is held at 2022 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
- October 9 – 2022 Formula One World Championship is held at 2022 Japanese Grand Prix
- 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (Japan)
- 2022 in Japanese football
- 2022 J1 League
- 2022 J2 League
- 2022 J3 League
- 2022 Japan Football League
- 2022 Japanese Regional Leagues
- 2022 Japanese Super Cup
- 2022 Emperor's Cup
- 2022 J.League Cup
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- January 8 – Kazuo Takahashi, politician (b. 1930)
- January 9
- Toshiki Kaifu, politician (b. 1931)
- Akira Inoue, film director (b. 1928)
- January 10 – Shinji Mizushima, manga artist (b. 1939)
- January 29 – Kohei Yoshiyuki, photographer (b. 1946)
February[edit]
- February 1 – Shintaro Ishihara, politician and writer (b. 1932)
- February 8 – Toshiya Ueda, voice actor (b. 1933)
- February 20 – Teruhiko Saigō, singer and actor (b. 1947)
- February 26 – Yūsuke Kawazu, actor (b. 1935)
- February 28 – Norihiro Inoue, actor (b. 1958)
March[edit]
- March 3 – Kyotaro Nishimura, novelist (b. 1930)
- March 14 – Akira Takarada, actor (b. 1934)
- March 16 – Kunimitsu Takahashi, former professional motorcycle, racing driver and team manager (b. 1940)
- March 17 – Tadao Sato, film critic (b. 1930)
- March 21 – Shinji Aoyama, film director (b. 1964)
- March 31 – Kei Yamamoto, actor (b. 1940)
April[edit]
- April 7 – Fujiko A. Fujio, manga artist (b. 1934)
- April 8 – Minori Matsushima, voice actress (b. 1940)
- April 18 – Shirō Sasaki, film producer (b. 1939)
- April 19 – Kane Tanaka, supercentenarian (oldest verified Japanese person and the second oldest verified person ever) (b. 1903)
May[edit]
- May 3 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, actor (b. 1955)
- May 11 – Ryuhei Ueshima, comedian (b. 1961)
- May 14 – Ryo Kawamura, television announcer (b. 1967)
- May 22 – Takashi Ishii, film director (b. 1946)
June[edit]
- June 2 – Nobuyuki Idei, former Sony CEO (b. 1937)
- June 11 – Kumiko Takizawa, voice actress (b. 1952)
- June 23 – Chumei Watanabe, composer (b. 1925)
- June 27
- Teruyoshi Nakano, special effects director (b. 1935)
- Yuki Katsuragi, singer (b. 1949)
- June 28 – Asao Sano, actor (b. 1925)
July[edit]
- July 1 – Akiko Nomura, actress (b. 1927)
- July 6 – Kazuki Takahashi, manga artist (b. 1961)
- July 8 – Shinzo Abe, politician (b. 1954)[10][11]
- July 10 – Hirohisa Fujii, politician (b. 1932)
- July 25 – Yoko Shimada, actress (b. 1953)
See also[edit]
Country overviews[edit]
Related timelines for current period[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Naruhito | Reign, History, & Family | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ ja:東京大学前刺傷事件 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on February 6, 2022.
- ^ ja:日向灘地震 (2022年) (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on February 3, 2022.
- ^ "Death toll from fire at Niigata rice cracker plant rises to 6 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c "A New Nuclear Debate in Japan". The Wall Street Journal. March 1, 2022. Archived from the original on March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "Will Ukraine invasion push Japan to go nuclear?". BBC. March 27, 2022. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022.
- ^ (Kyodo News)
- ^ Rich, Motoko (July 8, 2022). "Shinzo Abe, Japan's Longest-Serving Prime Minister, Dies at 67". The New York Times.
- ^ McCurry, Justin (July 8, 2022). "Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, dies after being shot". The Guardian.
- ^ "Abe Shinzo | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ Sugiyama, Satoshi; Kim, Chang-Ran (July 8, 2022). "Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, assassinated at a campaign stop". Reuters.
External links[edit]
Media related to 2022 in Japan at Wikimedia Commons
