2018 in Japan


The following is an overview of the year 2018 in Japan.

Incumbents

January

June

  • 9 June - According to the Japan National Police Agency in a confirmed report, 22-year-old unemployed Ichiro Kojima was detained by police after stabbing 3 passengers, killing one, on a bullet train leading from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka, nearby Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture.
  • 18 June - 2018 [Osaka earthquake], According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency in a confirmed report, a 5.5 Richter scale earthquake killed four and injured 434 people in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture.
  • 26 June - According to Japan National Police Agency confirmed report, a man murdered the police officer in policebox, depriving the handgun and escaping, after a man killed to a security guard man near a nearby elementary school in Toyama City. A twenty-two years old detained, after critical condition by with attempted suicide.
  • 29 June - According to Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed report, a F2 level tornado hit in around area of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture. According to local government official confirmed, many houses were collapsed and damaged, total eight person were wounded.

    July

  • 28 June – 9 July: 2018 Japan floods - Heavy floods was started in western areas of Japan, most in the Hiroshima Prefecture, which has been hit by torrential rain. As of 20 July, 225 people were killed, another 13 were declared missing and 1.5 million people were displaced.
  • 9 July – 26 August: The 2018 Northeast Asia heat wave kills least 116 people, due to heat-related causes, and at least 22,000 more suffer from heat strokes
  • 20 July: Mamoru Hosoda's Japanese animated film Mirai is released in cinema
  • 26 July: A fire at under constructing technology centre fire in Tama City, Tokyo. According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, total five workers fatalities with 42 injured.

    August

  • 9 August: According to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism official confirmed report, nine people lost their lives when a Bell 412EP helicopter crashed into forest site, Nakanojo, Gunma Prefecture.

    September

  • 4 September: Typhoon Jebi. Storm surge in Osaka Bay inundated Kansai International Airport and pushed a tanker vessel into the bridge that connects the artificial island to the mainland, damaging it. According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report, strong wind and damage around Kansai area resulted in thirteen fatalities and 912 people receiving injuries.
  • 6 September: 2018 [Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake], A Richter scale 6.6 earthquake created a region-wide power outage, because of damage to a thermal power station in the hard-hit town, Atsuma. According to a Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report, 41 people were killed and 692 people were wounded.
  • 16 September: Namie Amuro, a famous pop singer, officially retired after 25 years in the entertainment industry.
  • 20 September: Prime Minister Shinzō Abe won the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership] for a new 3-year term.

    October

November

January

Prefectural

Final Senbatsu Results:
  • *1. Jurina Matsui
  • *2. Akari Suda
  • *3. Sakura Miyawaki
  • *4. Yuka Ogino
  • *5. Nana Okada
  • *6. Yui Yokoyama
  • *7. Tomu Mutou