2018 in Japan

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

Contents

Incumbents

Governors

Events

January

heavy snow hit in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on 22 January Utsunomiya Heavy Snow.jpg
heavy snow hit in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on 22 January

February

March

April

May

June

Damage done by the 2018 Osaka earthquake, in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture on 18 June. Ibaraki Earthquake.jpg
Damage done by the 2018 Osaka earthquake, in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture on 18 June.

July

August

September

Accident occurs when the roof falls in Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, affective by Typhoon Jebi on 5 September 2018 Kansai Typhoon Shock 2018-09 (1).jpg
Accident occurs when the roof falls in Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, affective by Typhoon Jebi on 5 September 2018
Retired singer, Namie Amuro in 2017 25th Anniversary Namie Amuro Live.jpg
Retired singer, Namie Amuro in 2017

October

November

December

The Nobel Prize

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Deaths

January

Senichi Hoshino Hoshino sennichi.jpg
Senichi Hoshino
Isao Takahata Isao Takahata.jpg
Isao Takahata
Yukiji Asaoka Asaoka Yukiji.jpg
Yukiji Asaoka
Kimishige Ishizaka Kimishige Ishizaka 19971212.jpg
Kimishige Ishizaka
Shinobu Hashimoto Shinobu Hashimoto.jpg
Shinobu Hashimoto
Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa Tokyo Intl Filmfest 2005.jpg
Masahiko Tsugawa
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Takeshi Onaga
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Kirin Kiki

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Elections

National

Prefectural

Major municipal

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake</span> Earthquake in Japan

An earthquake measuring 6.6 Mw on the moment magnitude scale struck Iburi Subprefecture in southern Hokkaido, Japan, on 6 September 2018 at 3:08 a.m. JST. The earthquake's epicenter was near Tomakomai and occurred at a depth of 35.0 kilometers (21.7 mi). The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) registered a magnitude of 6.7 Mj and a maximum intensity of 7 on the shindo scale. Shaking from the earthquake was felt strongly in Hokkaido and Aomori Prefecture, and shaking was felt as far away as the Kantō region. Long period ground motion (LPGM) during the earthquake reached maximum of class 4 on the JMA LPGM intensity scales. The earthquake disrupted electrical service throughout Hokkaido, leaving 5.3 million residents without power. Forty-one people were confirmed dead and six hundred and ninety-one were injured. The event is officially known as Heisei san-jū-nen Hokkaidō Iburi tōbu jishin.

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