2017 in Japan explained
The following is an overview of the year 2017 in Japan.
Incumbents
Akihito[1]
Shinzō Abe[2]
Governors
Hideaki Omura
Hidehiko Yuzaki
Harumi Takahashi
Masaru Hashimoto (until 26 September); Kazuhiko Ōigawa (starting 26 September)
Masanori Tanimoto
Yuji Kuroiwa
Ikuo Kabashima
Yoshihiro Murai
Shuichi Abe
Ryūichi Yoneyama
Ryuta Ibaragi
Takeshi Onaga
Ichirō Matsui
Yoshinori Yamaguchi
Taizō Mikazuki
Yuriko Koike
Events
January
March
April
May
June
- 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.
July
October
November
- November 1 – Shinzo Abe reappoints his government's cabinet ministers following his re-election as the Japanese prime minister.[8]
- Emperor Akihito announces that he intends to retire on April 30, 2019.[9]
December
- December 20 - Chen Shifeng was sentenced to 20 years in prison after the Jiang Ge Murder Case was solved.
- December 31 - American youtuber Logan Paul causes international backlash after filming a video in Aokigahara.
The Nobel Prize
Arts and entertainment
Sports
Deaths
January
- January 3, Shigeru Kōyama, actor (b. 1929)
- January 6, Kosei Kamo, tennis player (b. 1932)
- January 15, Kozo Kinomoto, football player (b. 1949)
- January 17, Tokio Kano, politician (b. 1935)
- January 21, Hiroki Matsukata, actor (b. 1942)
- January 22, Masaya Nakamura, businessman (b. 1925)
- January 25, Shunji Fujimura, actor (b. 1934)
February
- February 2, Shunichiro Okano, football player (b. 1931)
- February 3
- February 7, Miho Nakayama, comedian (b. 1938)
- February 8
- February 10, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, swimmer (b. 1939)
- February 11, Jiro Taniguchi, manga artist (b. 1947)
- February 13, Seijun Suzuki, filmmaker (b. 1923)
- February 19, Kyoko Hayashi, author (b. 1930)
- February 24, Fumio Karashima, jazz pianist (b. 1948)
- February 25, Toshio Nakanishi, musician (b. 1956)
March
- March 1
- March 4, Takashi Inoue, actor (b. 1960)
- March 7
- March 9, Kasugafuji Akihiro, sumo wrestler (b. 1966)
- March 13
- March 14, Tsunehiko Watase, actor (b. 1944)
- March 19, Tomiko Okazaki, politician (b. 1944)
- March 20, Shuntaro Hida, physician (b. 1917)
- March 22, Daisuke Satō, writer (b. 1964)
April
May
- May 3, Yumeji Tsukioka, actress (b. 1922)
- May 7, Yoshimitsu Banno, film director (b. 1931)
- May 10, Gaisi Takeuti, mathematician (b. 1926)
- May 15, Takeshi Kusaka, actor (b. 1931)
- May 18, Tatsuya Nōmi, actor (b. 1969)
- May 23, Kaoru Yosano, politician (b. 1938)
June
- June 6, Keiichi Tahara, photographer (b. 1951)
- June 12, Masahide Ōta, academic, politician (b. 1925)
- June 13, Yōko Nogiwa, actress (b. 1936)
- June 22, Mao Kobayashi, newscaster (b. 1982)
- June 23, Nobuyuki Ōuchi, shogi player (b. 1941)
- June 27, Ryoichi Jinnai, businessman (b. 1927)
- June 28, Shinji Mori, baseball player (b. 1974)
July
- July 4, Masatoshi Yoshino, geographer, climatologist (b. 1928)
- July 8, Seiji Yokoyama, musician (b. 1935)
- July 11, Keisuke Sagawa, actor (b. 1937)
- July 18, Shigeaki Hinohara, physician (b. 1911)
- July 24, Michiko Inukai, author, philanthropist (b. 1921)
- July 25, Tarō Kimura, politician (b. 1965)
August
- August 1, Shōgorō Nishimura, film director (b. 1930)
- August 3, Iwao Ōtani, recording engineer (b. 1919)
- August 7, Haruo Nakajima, actor (b. 1929)
- August 18, Tadayoshi Nagashima, politician (b. 1951)
- August 28, Tsutomu Hata, politician (b. 1935)
- August 30, Sumiteru Taniguchi, activist (b. 1929)
September
- September 7, Tsunenori Kawai, politician (b. 1937)
- September 8, Toshihiko Nakajima, actor (b. 1962)
- September 18, Kenji Watanabe, swimmer (b. 1969)
- September 25, Yoshitomo Tokugawa, photographer (b. 1950)
- September 29, Ryūji Saikachi, voice actor (b. 1928)
October
November
December
- December 2, Norihiko Hashida, musician (b. 1945)
- December 8, Atsutoshi Nishida, businessman (b. 1943)
- December 9, Heitaro Nakajima, engineer (b. 1921)
- December 14, Tamio Ōki, voice actor (b. 1928)
- December 15, Michiru Shimada, screenwriter (b. 1959)
- December 20, Kenichi Yamamoto, engineer and businessman (b. 1922)
- December 21, Chu Ishikawa, composer (b. 1966)
- December 28, Junko Maya, actress (b. 1942)
- December 30
Elections
National
- 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 gubernatorial[10]
- October 22: Miyagi gubernatorial[11]
- November 12: Hiroshima gubernatorial[12]
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 mayoral[13]
- May 28: Chiba, Chiba mayoral[14]
- July 23: Sendai, Miyagi mayoral[15]
- July 30: Yokohama, Kanagawa mayoral[16]
- September 24: Sakai, Osaka mayoral[17]
- October 1: Okayama, Okayama mayoral[18]
- October 22: Kawasaki, Kanagawa mayoral,[19] Kōbe, Hyōgo mayoral[20]
- before December 18/November 12 (ends of term; but both elections were held on the same day in 2013): Katsushika, Tokyo mayoral and legislative[21]
Notes and References
- Web site: Akihito Biography, Reign, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
- Web site: Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-PM injured after reported gunshot attack . BBC News . 8 July 2022 . 8 July 2022.
- [:ja:東燃ゼネラル石油#不祥事#コンプライアンス違反など]
- [:ja:日本の航空事故#2010年代#2017年]
- [:ja:桜島#火山活動史#2006年以降－昭和火口活動期]
- [:ja:平成29年7月九州北部豪雨]
- Web site: Japan police investigate possible serial killer in Tokyo suburb. Agencies in. Tokyo. October 31, 2017. the Guardian.
- News: NHK World Radio Japan . https://web.archive.org/web/20171101225632/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/upld/medias/en/radio/news/20171101200000_english_1.mp3 . 2017-11-01 . NHK.
- Web site: Akihito to become first Japanese Emperor to abdicate in 200 years. Kaori Enjoji and Ben Westcott. CNN. December 2017.
- [Ibaraki Prefectural Government|Ibaraki prefectural electoral commission]
- [Kahoku Shimpō]
- [Hiroshima Prefectural Government|Hiroshima prefectural electoral commission]
- Saitama city electoral commission, January 25 press release: さいたま市長選挙の選挙期日が決まりました
- Chiba city electoral commission: Election schedules
- Sendai city electoral commission: Election schedules
- Yokohama city electoral commission: 2017 mayoral election schedule
- Sakai city electoral commission: 2017 mayoral and assembly by-election schedule
- Okayama city electoral commission: Election schedules
- Kawasaki city electoral commission: 2017 mayoral and assembly by-election schedule
- [Kōbe Shimbun]
- Katsushika "city" electoral commission: Elections
