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Events in the year 2025 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Naruhito
• Prime Minister: Shigeru Ishiba (Liberal Democratic)

Arts and entertainment

• 2025 in anime
• 2025 in Japanese music
• 2025 in Japanese television
• List of 2025 box office number-one films in Japan
• List of Japanese films of 2025

Events

January

• 3 January – U.S. President Joe Biden blocks the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel. ^[1]
• 10 January – Eight students are injured in a hammer attack inside the Tama campus of Hosei University in Machida, Tokyo. A 22-year old South Korean national is arrested. ^[2]
• 22 January – One person is killed while two others are injured in a knife attack outside Nagano Station. ^[3]
• 27 January – Koichi Minato and Shuji Kanoh resign as the respective president and chair of Fuji Television amid criticism over the network's handling of a sexual abuse scandal involving television personality Masahiro Nakai. ^[4]
• 28 January – A sinkhole appears in a road intersection in Yashio, Saitama, swallowing up a truck being driven by an elderly man who remains missing. ^[5]
• 29 January – Japan suspends funding for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in response to its publication of a report in 2024 calling for the revision of Japanese imperial succession law to allow women to become empresses regnant. ^[6]

February

• 3 February – Former MP Tamotsu Shiiki is sentenced to a five-year suspended prison sentence for raping an underage girl at a karaoke parlor in Tokyo in August 2024. ^[7]
• 17 February – The Taliban conducts a diplomatic visit to Japan for the first time since taking power in Afghanistan in 2021. ^[8]
• 19 February – Ryūji Kimura is convicted and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for the attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida in 2023. ^[9]
• 21 February – The Cabinet approves a bill to allow bears spotted in urban areas to be shot at hunters' discretion following an increase in encounters and attacks on humans. ^[10]
• 26 February – The Ōfunato wildfire starts in Iwate Prefecture. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency estimates over 80 homes have been destroyed. ^[11]
• 27 February – The body of a man is found by police on a road within the Ōfunato wildfire evacuation zone. ^[12]
• 28 February – The Ōfunato wildfire grows to cover over 1,200 ha (3,000 acres), making it the largest wildfire on record in Japan. ^[13]

March

• 4 March – The Ōfunato wildfire reaches 2,600 ha (6,400 acres) with over 2,000 firefighters from 14 prefectures fighting the blaze. ^[11]
• 4 March – Yuji Iwasawa is elected as President of the International Court of Justice. ^[14]

Scheduled and upcoming events

• 13 April – 13 October – Expo 2025 will be held in Osaka. ^[15]
• 27 July – 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election

Sports

• 13–21 September – The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held in Tokyo.
• 6 April – 2025 Formula One World Championship is held at 2025 Japanese Grand Prix
• 17–18 May – 2024–25 Formula E World Championship is held at 2025 Tokyo ePrix
• 28 September – 2025 MotoGP World Championship is held at 2025 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2025 F4 Japanese Championship
• 2025 Super Formula Championship
• 2025 Super Formula Lights
• 2025 Super GT Series
• 2025 in Japanese football
• 2025 J1 League
• 2025 J2 League
• 2025 J3 League
• 2025 Japan Football League
• 2025 Japanese Regional Leagues
• 2025 Japanese Super Cup
• 2025 Emperor's Cup
• 2025 J.League Cup

Deaths

January

• 1 January:
  • Nagano Hull, professional boxing manager (b. 1925) ^[16]
  • Setsuko Tamaki, peace activist, former Himeyuri alumni association president (b. 1926) ^[17]
• 3 January:
  • Hiroshi Hara, architect (b. 1936) ^[18]
  • Yuji Sawa, politician, MP (b. 1948) ^[19]
• 4 January:
  • Riro, sea otter (b. 2007) ^[20]
  • Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi, Olympic diver (b. 1938) ^[21]
• 9 January - MAYA MAXX, painter (b. 1961) ^[22]
• 16 January - Shoji Ueda, cinematographer (b. 1938) ^[23]
• 21 January - Keiichi Suzuki, speed skater (b. 1942) ^[24]
• 25 January - Ikujiro Nonaka, theorist and academician (b. 1935) ^[25]
• 26 January - Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor (b. 1941) ^[26]
• 28 January - Takuro Morinaga, economist (b. 1957)
• 29 January - Atomu Shimojō, actor (b. 1946)

February

• 2 February - Nobumasa Konagai  [ ja ], manga editor (b. 1930) ^[27]
• 3 February - Yoshio Yoshida, baseball player (b. 1933)
• 16 February - Osamu Miyawaki, businessman, founder of anime figure manufacturer Kaiyodo (b. 1928) ^[28]
• 28 February - Osamu Nishimura, professional wrestler (b. 1971) ^[29]

March

• 1 March - Monta Mino, television presenter (b. 1944) ^[30]

See also

Country overviews

• Japan
• History of Japan
• Outline of Japan
• Government of Japan
• Politics of Japan
• Years in Japan
• Timeline of Japanese history

Related timelines for current period

• 2025
• 2020s
• 2020s in political history

References

1. Tita, Bob; Lucey, Catherine (3 January 2025). "Biden Blocks Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. "8 students injured in hammer attack at univ. campus in Tokyo suburbs". Kyodo News. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
3. "1 person is killed and 2 injured in stabbing outside Nagano station in central Japan". AP News. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
4. "Executives at Japan's Fuji TV and parent firm resign over a sex scandal linked to a former star". AP News. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
5. "2-week search ends for trapped driver inside sinkhole near Tokyo". Kyodo News. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
6. "Japan to halt funding for a UN women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession". AP News. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
7. "Ex-Japan lawmaker gets suspended term for raping middle school girl". Kyodo News . 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
8. "Afghanistan's Taliban makes debut diplomatic trip to Japan". Al Jazeera. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
9. "Man jailed for attempted murder of former Japan PM". BBC. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
10. "Man jailed for attempted murder of former Japan PM". France 24. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
11. "岩手県大船渡市の林野火災による被害及び 消防機関等の対応状況（第１３報）" (PDF). Fire and Disaster Management Agency (in Japanese). 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
12. Young, Jin Yu; Ueno, Hisako (2 March 2025). "Japan Fights Its Largest Wildfire in More Than 30 Years". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 4 March 2025.
13. "岩手県大船渡市の林野火災による被害及び 消防機関等の対応状況（第８報）" (PDF). Fire and Disaster Management Agency (in Japanese). 28 February 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
14. "Japanese judge elected chief of International Court of Justice". Kyodo News . 4 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
15. "Osaka Is World Expo 2025 Host". Japan Forward. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
16. "帝拳ジムを支えたマネジャー長野ハルさんが死去 老衰のため９９歳で". スポーツ報知. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
17. "【訃報】ひめゆり同窓会前会長 玉城節子さん死去 全学徒の会活動にも尽力". OKITIVE (in Japanese). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
18. "建築家の原広司さん死去、８８歳…ＪＲ京都駅ビルや梅田スカイビルを手がける". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
19. 政治家情報 〜沢 雄二〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2007.
20. 松本, 光央 (4 January 2025). "ラッコのリロ、死ぬ 17歳 国内で飼育中のラッコは2頭に 福岡" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun.
21. "水泳飛び込みで五輪3度出場、馬淵かの子さん死去 寺内健さん、玉井陸斗ら指導". 神戸新聞NEXT (in Japanese). 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
22. "岩見沢在住・画家マヤさん死去 芸術通じ美流渡振興 催し企画や企業看板制作". 北海道新聞. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
23. 上田正治さん死去　映画撮影監督 (in Japanese)
24. スケートの鈴木恵一さん死去 500m元世界記録保持者. nordot.app (in Japanese). 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
25. "野中郁次郎氏が死去 知識経営の権威、「失敗の本質」". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
26. 指揮者 秋山和慶さん 死去 84歳 国内外のオーケストラで活躍 (in Japanese)
27. 「スケバン刑事」「ガラスの仮面」担当…白泉社創業メンバーの小長井信昌氏死去、９４歳. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 17 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
28. Mateo, Alex (19 February 2025). "Anime Figure Manufacturer Kaiyodo's Founder Osamu Miyawaki Dies at 96". Anime News Network . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
29. "プロレスラーで文京区議会議員の西村修さんが５３歳で死去 ２０２４年からステージ４の食道がんで闘病". Tokyo Sports. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
30. "【訃報】フリーアナウンサー・みのもんたさん（80）死去　きょう未明家族に見守られ…今年1月に飲食店で食事をのどに詰まらせ救急搬送". Livedoor News (in Japanese). TBS News Dig. 1 March 2025. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025.

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