National Diets: 190th (regular session, January 4–June 1), 191st (extraordinary session, August 1–3), 192nd (extraordinary session, September 26–November 30 [unless extended or cut short by lower house dissolution])[2]
Record snowfall and the first
Sumo tournament win in a decade for a Japanese
rikishi, amid turmoil on the
Nikkei 225 and a political scandal involving Abe's cabinet. (See
Akira Amari)
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 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 25 - Two explosions in a park in the
Japanese city of
Utsunomiya,
Tochigi Prefecture, kill at least one person and injure three others. Local media report that a 72-year-old ex-
military officer is responsible for the blasts. A fire the same day destroyed the suspect's house.
(The Guardian),
(BBC)
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]