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List of events
The following is an overview of the year
2017 in
Japan .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January
March
April
May
June
July
A debris flow caused by heavy rain in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture on 7 July 2017.
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
Shunichiro Okano
Jiro Taniguchi
Seijun Suzuki
Peggy Hayama
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu
Kaoru Yosano
Yoko Nogiwa
Haruo Nakajima
Atsutoshi Nishida
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]
References
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"Akihito | Biography, Reign, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
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"Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-PM injured after reported gunshot attack" . BBC News . 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022 .
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ja:東燃ゼネラル石油#不祥事#コンプライアンス違反など (Japanese Lanmguage) Retrieved date on September 13, 2017.
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ja:日本の航空事故#2010年代#2017年 (Japanese Lanmguage) Retrieved date on September 13, 2017.
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ja:桜島#火山活動史#2006年以降-昭和火口活動期 (Japanese Lanmguage) Retrieved date on September 13, 2017.
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ja:平成29年7月九州北部豪雨 (Japanese Language) Retrieved date on September 13, 2017.
^ Tokyo, Agencies in (October 31, 2017).
"Japan police investigate possible serial killer in Tokyo suburb" . the Guardian .
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"NHK World Radio Japan" . NHK . Archived from
the original on 2017-11-01.
^ Kaori Enjoji and Ben Westcott (December 2017).
"Akihito to become first Japanese Emperor to abdicate in 200 years" . CNN .
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Ibaraki prefectural electoral commission :
Gubernatorial and assembly by-election 2017
^
Kahoku Shimpō , June 21, 2017:
<宮城知事選>10月5日告示、22日投票
Archived 2017-08-16 at the
Wayback Machine
^
Hiroshima prefectural electoral commission :
Schedule of the 2017 gubernatorial election
Archived 2017-07-30 at the
Wayback Machine
^ 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
Archived 2017-02-02 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Chiba city electoral commission:
Election schedules
^ Sendai city electoral commission:
Election schedules
Archived 2017-03-25 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Yokohama city electoral commission:
2017 mayoral election schedule
Archived 2017-03-25 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Sakai city electoral commission:
2017 mayoral and assembly by-election schedule
Archived 2017-04-24 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Okayama city electoral commission:
Election schedules
Archived 2017-03-25 at the
Wayback Machine
^ Kawasaki city electoral commission:
2017 mayoral and assembly by-election schedule
Archived 2017-08-16 at the
Wayback Machine
^
Kōbe Shimbun , July 5, 2017:
神戸市長選日程決まる 10月22日投開票
^ Katsushika "city" electoral commission:
Elections
Archived 2017-11-09 at the
Wayback Machine