January 1–March 28 – According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries official confirmed report, at least 82 livestock farm place were bird flu, resulting H5N1 type from death bodies positive test on nationwide, and 9.9 million chickens were culling by Japan Self Ground Defense Force.[2]
January 22 – Four people are killed and three others are feared dead in an apartment fire in Kobe.[6]
January 25 – A Hong Kong-registered ship carrying 22 people capsizes off the waters of Japan. 13 crew members are rescued, but two later died, and nine are still missing.[7]
January 29 – A 17-year-old student was filmed licking a soy sauce bottle, and then his finger which he then used to prod on sushi in the food chain Sushiro.[8] Outrage spread across Japan, starting a series of pranks across the country referred to as "sushi terrorism".[9]
February
Mitsubishi SpaceJet complete withdraw announcement on February 7
February 3 – An Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister of Fumio Kishida, Masayoshi Arai [ja] said "I would not want to live next to, or look at the homosexual".[10][11] He was fired the following day. [1]
February 6 – According to Mitsubishi Aircraft has official announcement, Mitsubishi SpaceJet has complete withdraw from manufacture, sales and development.[12]
March
March 15 – YouTuber and former MP Yoshikazu Higashitani is expelled by the House of Councillors for never attending parliament.[13] An arrest warrant was requested for him the following day.[14]
April 15 – The assassination attempt is made on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida when what was described as a "smoke bomb" was thrown towards his direction and detonated, while he was delivering speech in Wakayama. But he was unhurt from that bomb.[18]
May
A damage at 2023 Ishikawa earthquakeA members attend to general meeting on 2023 G7 Summit in Japan
May 5 –
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits Singapore and met Singaporean Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong. They also discussed how Singapore and Japan could further expand and deepen cooperation in areas of mutual interest such as the economy, digitalisation, energy, and sustainability.
2023 Ishikawa earthquake. According to USGS official report, a Richter Scale 6.2 magnitude earthquake, followed by many aftershocks, hit in Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture. According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report, 1 person died and 48 people were wounded.[citation needed]
May 11 – According to USGS official report, a Richter Scale 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit in Tokyo Metropolitan area, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report, nine persons were wounded.[citation needed]
June 16 – The Japanese Diet passes the bill to understand LGBTQ, raises the age of consent from 13 to 16, and criminalizes voyeurism.[20][21]
June 18 – According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a regular route bus and a truck carrying livestock were collision in Yakumo, Hokkaido, a five persons were human fatalities with twelve persons were hurt,[22][23]
July 4 – UN's nuclear watchdog approves plans to release water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.[24]
July 8 – Japan marked the 1st anniversary of the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated while he giving at the parliamentary election speech in Nara in July 2022.[citation needed]
11 July – Floods and mudslides killed at least six in southwestern Japan and injured 19. Five people have been reported missing.[25]
July 30 – According to official confirmed report, Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival has return since 2022. However, a many visitor remain behind venue after midnight, cause the suburban train service hour ended.[citation needed]
September 8–9 – According to Japan Fire and Disasters Management Agency official confirmed report, Tropical Storm Yunyeung relative heavy massibie rain with flash flood, levee collapse hit in Iwaki, Kitaibaraki and Boso Peninsula, total a person human fatalities and 21 persons were injure.[citation needed]
October 31 – According to JNPA official announced, two men were hurt by handgun at Toda General Hospital, following two employee were hostage trap in post office in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, all hostage was without hurt with later freed, and 86 years age were arrested on suspicion for violence on handgun use.[32]
November 23 – The High Court of Seoul orders Japan to pay compensation of ₩200 million (around ¥22 million or US$154,000) to 16 comfort women during World War II, overturning a previous ruling that denied the women's claims due to sovereign immunity.[34]
The Tokyo High Court rules that the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO will be solely responsible for compensating evacuees, while reducing the amount by half of what a lower court had initially ordered, and absolved the government of any liability.[37]
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