2019 in Japan


Events in the year 2019 in Japan.
In the history of Japan, it marks the last year of Heisei period, Heisei 31, after the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, and the beginning of the Reiwa period, Reiwa 1, from May 1 under the reign of his eldest son, current Japanese emperor Naruhito. Thus, 2019 corresponds to the transition between Heisei and Reiwa in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

In a last year of Heisei Memoriam, in between January and April 2019, among top 10 famous Japanese people who died peacefully, including Etsuko Ichihara, Fumiko Yonezawa, Kinryū Arimoto, Fumiko Hori, Junya Sato, Kōji Kitao, Yuya Uchida, Kenichi Hagiwara, Fuyumi Shiraishi, and Monkey Punch. In the first year of Reiwa Memoriam, in between April and December 2019, among top 15 famous Japanese people who died peacefully, including Machiko Kyō, Yasuo Furuhata, Atsushi Aoki, Seiko Tanabe, Tsuruko Yamazaki, Tadao Takashima, Johnny Kitagawa, Yukiya Amano, Sakahoko Nobushige, Masaichi Kaneda, Kaoru Yachigusa, Sadako Ogata, Yukihiro Takiguchi, Midori Kiuchi, and Yasuhiro Nakasone.