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List of events
Events in the year 2013 in
Japan .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Mount Fuji and
Tokyo Skytree
January –
January 2013 Northwest Pacific bomb cyclone causes 1,600 injuries across Japan.
March 17 –
Chiba gubernatorial election –
Kensaku Morita retains governorship of prefecture.
April 28 – By-election for House of Councillors in
Yamaguchi –
Kiyoshi Ejima is elected to the House.
June to October – 2013 Japanese heatwave, according to
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare official confirmed report, 1,077 person lost to lives, caused by
heat stroke , second worst
heatwave disaster in Japan.
[2]
June 16 –
Shizuoka gubernatorial election –
Heita Kawakatsu re-elected.
June 23 –
Tokyo legislative election – The
Democratic Party of Japan loses control of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly to the
Liberal Democratic Party .
July 21 –
2013 Japanese House of Councillors election ,
Hyōgo gubernatorial election
August 15 – An explosion at the 2013
Fukuchiyama Firework Festival event kills 3, injures 59.
September 7 – The
125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina award the rights to host the
2020 Summer Olympics in
Tokyo over
Istanbul and
Madrid .
September 8 –
Ibaraki gubernatorial election –
Masaru Hashimoto enters his sixth term as governor.
October 11 – A fire at the Abe Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital in
Hakata-ku, Fukuoka kills 10 and injures 5.
[3]
[4]
October –
Typhoon Wipha kills at least 17 people in
Ōshima, Tokyo ; at the request of governor
Naoki Inose ,
GSDF troops are dispatched. On the mainland, the storm causes major traffic disruptions and kills one woman in
Machida, Tokyo .
[5]
October 27 –
Miyagi gubernatorial election: Incumbent governor
Yoshihiro Murai 's only challenger is
JCP -supported lawyer
Masaaki Satō .
[6]
November 10
[7] –
Hiroshima gubernatorial election –
Hidehiko Yuzaki re-elected.
December 6 –
Special Secrecy Law passes the
National Diet
[8]
December 19 –
Naoki Inose announces his resignation as
Governor of Tokyo following allegations of dubious loans from the
Tokushukai medical group
[9]
Economy
January 1, 2013 –
Japan Exchange Group (JPX), the resulting entity of the merger between the holding companies of the
Tokyo and
Osaka bourses, was launched.
January 4, 2013 – JPX was listed on the first section of the Tokyo bourse.
Popular culture
Arts and entertainment
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For an overview of
anime , see
2013 in anime . For Japanese
films first released this year, see the
list of Japanese films of 2013 . For an overview of
manga , see
2013 in manga . For an overview of music, see
2013 in Japanese music . For an overview of
television , see
2013 in Japanese television . For the
Japanese television dramas that debuted this year, see
2013 Japanese television dramas
Sports
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(April 2013 )
In
athletics , the
2013 Tokyo Marathon was won by
Dennis Kimetto (men) and
Aberu Kebede (women).
For an overview of
association football , see
2013 in Japanese football . For the national team, see
Japan national football team in 2013 .
In
curling , Japan hosted the
2013 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships , won by
China (men) and
Japan (women).
In
figure skating , Japan hosted the
2013 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships , won by
Kevin Reynolds (men's singles),
Mao Asada (ladies' singles),
Meagan Duhamel and
Eric Radford (pair skating) and
Meryl Davis and
Charlie White (ice dancing). It will also host the
2013 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating .
In
motorsport , see
2013 All-Japan Formula Three season ,
2013 Super Formula season and
2013 Super GT season .
In
rugby union , the
2012–13 Top League was won by
Suntory Sungoliath . In the
2013 Japan Sevens ,
South Africa won the Cup. See also the
49th Japan National University Rugby Championship
In
tennis , the
2013 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was won by
John Millman (singles) and
Purav Raja and
Divij Sharan (doubles).
Deaths
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(April 2013 )
January 15 –
Nagisa Oshima , director
[10]
February 18 –
Chieko Honda , voice actress (b.
1963 )
[11]
April 4 –
Noboru Yamaguchi , writer
[12]
April 29 –
Shinji Maki , comedian
June 12 –
Jiroemon Kimura , supercentenarian, oldest man ever, world's oldest living person (b.
1897 )
September 2 –
Makoto Moroi , composer
September 19 –
Hiroshi Yamauchi , businessman (b.
1927 )
October 28 –
Tetsuharu Kawakami , baseball player (b.
1920 )
November 13 –
Chieko Aioi , actress
See also
References
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"Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
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ja:2013年の猛暑 (日本) (Japanese language) Retrieved date on July 26, 2017.
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ja:福岡市整形外科医院火災
^ Kyodo; AFP-JIJI (October 11, 2013).
"Pre-dawn blaze guts hospital for aged in Fukuoka, kills 10" . The Japan Times. Retrieved 12 June 2015 .
^ The Japan Times, October 16:
Typhoon leaves 18 dead on Tokyo isle, in metro area. 42 still missing on Izu-Oshima as dozens of houses collapse
^ Yomiuri Shimbun, October 10, 2013:
宮城県知事選告示、現職と新人の計2人が届け出
^ Hiroshima electoral commission:
広島県知事選挙及び広島県議会議員補欠選挙の選挙期日等について
Archived 2013-10-17 at the
Wayback Machine
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"特定秘密保護法が成立…参院、賛成多数で可決" . 読売新聞. December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013 .
^ Kameda, Masaaki (March 19, 2013).
"Inose calling it quits over money scandal" . The Japan Times. Retrieved 12 June 2015 .
^ Bergan, Ronald (15 January 2013).
"Nagisa Oshima obituary" . the Guardian . Retrieved 19 April 2018 .
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"Voice Actress Chieko Honda Passes Away" .
Anime News Network . 22 February 2013.
Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2013 .
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"Zero no Tsukaima Author Noboru Yamaguchi Passes Away" .
Anime News Network . 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-03-11 .