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See also: | Other events of 2021 History of Japan • Timeline • Years |
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Events in the year 2021 in Japan.
The second year was largely defined by COVID-19 pandemic that caused the national economy to go into recession, and would continue until October 1, 2021 (when the fourth state of emergency ends).
Politically, Liberal Democratic Party leader Fumio Kishida was officially elected as 100th Prime Minister of Japan on October 4, 2021 after winning a majority of votes in both houses of parliament. The new cabinet members under Kishida, who succeeds Yoshihide Suga than one year of Shinzo Abe, are likely due to be announced later in the day.[ citation needed ]
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In the third year of Reiwa Memoriam despite Japanese demographic and aging crisis, and with COVID-19 pandemic in the country, among top 20 famous Japanese people who passed away peacefully due to illness and old age, including Seizō Fukumoto, Tochinoumi Teruyoshi, Shūichirō Moriyama, Isamu Akasaki, Masakazu Tamura, Osamu Kobayashi, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Takashi Tachibana, Ei-ichi Negishi, Takeshi Terauchi, Toshihide Maskawa, Jerry Fujio, Shinichiro Sawai, Wataru Takeshita, Takao Saito, Koichi Sugiyama, Mayumi Moriyama, Toshihiro Iijima, and Princess Kiko's father Tatsuhiko Kawashima. While unfortunately, among other famous Japanese people who died of tragic events, including Toshiro Kandagawa, Kōbō Kenichi, and Sonny Chiba from COVID-19 infections, and Sayaka Kanda from suicide.