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2022 In Japan
Events in the year 2022 in Japan. Incumbents *Emperor: Naruhito *Prime Minister: Fumio Kishida *Chief Cabinet Secretary: Hirokazu Matsuno *Chief Justice of Japan: Naoto Ōtani * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tadamori Ōshima *President of the House of Councillors: Akiko Santō Governors *Aichi Prefecture: Hideaki Omura *Akita Prefecture: Norihisa Satake *Aomori Prefecture: Shingo Mimura *Chiba Prefecture: Toshihito Kumagai *Ehime Prefecture: Tokihiro Nakamura *Fukui Prefecture: Tatsuji Sugimoto *Fukuoka Prefecture: Seitaro Hattori *Fukushima Prefecture: Masao Uchibori *Gifu Prefecture: Hajime Furuta *Gunma Prefecture: Ichita Yamamoto *Hiroshima Prefecture: Hidehiko Yuzaki *Hokkaido: Naomichi Suzuki *Hyogo Prefecture: Motohiko Saitō *Ibaraki Prefecture: Kazuhiko Ōigawa * Ishikawa: Masanori Tanimoto *Iwate Prefecture: Takuya Tasso *Kagawa Prefecture: Keizō Hamada *Kagoshima Prefecture: Kōichi Shiota *Kanagawa Prefecture: Yuji Kuroiwa *Kumamoto Prefecture: Ikuo K ...
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Emperor Of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power". Imperial Household Law governs the line of Succession to the Japanese throne, imperial succession. The emperor is sovereign immunity, immune from prosecution by the Supreme Court of Japan. He is also the head of the Shinto religion. In Japanese language, Japanese, the emperor is called , literally "Emperor of heaven or "Heavenly Sovereign". The Japanese Shinto religion holds him to be the direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. The emperor is also the head of all national Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan, Japanese orders, decorations, medals, and awards. In English, the use of the term for the emperor was once common but is now considered obsolete ...
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Tokihiro Nakamura
is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Ehime Prefecture, located in the Shikoku region of Japan. He succeeded Moriyuki Kato in the 2010 Ehime gubernatorial election. Nakamura has previously served as the mayor of Matsuyama, the largest city in Ehime and Shikoku, from 1999 to 2010. He has also represented Ehime in the national House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 and before that in the Ehime Prefectural Assembly from 1987 to 1990. After graduating from Keio University with a degree in law in 1982, he briefly entered Mitsubishi Corporation before commencing his political career, following in the footsteps of his father Tokio Nakamura, who also served in the House of Representatives from 1953 until 1960 and from 1963 until 1969 and then as mayor of Matsuyama from 1975 until 1991. Championships and accomplishments *DDT Pro-Wrestling **Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship The is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotio ...
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Masanori Tanimoto
is a Japanese politician who was the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ... between 1994 and 2022. After his first election, in 1994, he was reelected 6 times. In 2018 he won his seventh term of office. See also * Premium passport References External links * 1945 births Living people Politicians from Hyōgo Prefecture Kyoto University alumni Governors of Ishikawa Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub ...
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List Of Governors Of Ishikawa Prefecture
Appointed governors *Takatoshi Iwamura 1883-1890 *Shiba Sankarasu 1898-1900 *Kiichirō Kumagai 1914-1915 *Ōta Masahiro 1915-1916 *Jiro Yamagata 1922-1923 *Korekiyo Otsuka 1927 *Sukenari Yokoyama 1927 *Nakano Kunikazu 1929-1931 *Masasuke Kodama 1937-1938 *Shunsuke Kondo 1938-1939 *Narita Ichiro 1939-1940 Elected governors *Wakio Shibano 1947-1955 *Jujitsu Taya 1955-1963 *Yōichi Nakanishi 1963-1994 *Masanori Tanimoto 1994–2022 *Hiroshi Hase 2022-present {{Authority control Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...
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List Of Governors Of Ibaraki Prefecture
Appointed governors *Yamaoka Tesshū 1871 *Yamaguchi Tadasada 1872 *Nomura Motosuke 1872 *Toru Watanabe 1872-1873 *Seki Shinpei 1873-1875 *Unknown 1875-1877 *Tatsutaro Nomura 1877-1880 *Hitomi Katsutaro 1880-1885 *Shima 1885-1886 *Sadanori Yasuda 1886-1891 *Shoichiro Ishii 1891-1892 *Nobuaki Makino 1892-1893 * Chikaaki Takasaki 1893-1896 *Egi Kazuyuki 1896-1897 *Motohiro Onoda 1897-1898 *Kiyoshi Honba 1898-1899 *Fumi Kashiwada 1899-1900 *Kono Chuzo 1900-1903 *Teru Terahara 1903-1906 *Otsuka 1906-1907 *Mori Masataka 1907-1908 *Keisuke Sakanaka 1912-1917 *Yūichirō Chikaraishi 1917-1921 *Genjiro Moriya 1921-1923 *Shohei Fujinuma 1923-1924 *Tsugino Daisaburo 1924-1925 *Kaiichiro Suematsu 1925-1926 *Kihachiro Ito 1926-1927 *Sanosuke 1927 *Jiro Morioka 1927-1929 *Shozo Ushijima 1929-1931 *Tanaka 1931 *Seikichi Kimishima 1931-1932 *Abe Kashichi 1932-1935 *Ando Kyoushirou 1935-1937 *Nobuo Hayashi 1937-1938 *Shigeru Hamaza 1938-1939 *Tokitsugi Yoshinaga 1939-1941 *Kanichi Naito 1941-1942 ...
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Motohiko Saitō
is a Japanese politician and the 53rd governor of Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ... in Japan. References External links * * University of Tokyo alumni Politicians from Hyōgo Prefecture 1977 births Living people Governors of Hyōgo Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub ...
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Naomichi Suzuki
is a Japanese politician who currently serves as Governor of Hokkaidō. He previously served as mayor of Yūbari city for two consecutive terms from 2011 to 2019. He had also served in Regional Sovereignty Strategy Office of Cabinet Office and as a chief of General Affairs Division in General Affairs Department at Tokyo Governor's Office. Early life Suzuki was born in Kasukabe city of Saitama Prefecture and was raised in Misato City in the same Prefecture. He attended Misato High School in Misato City. He lived with his mother due to divorce of his parents. He wasn't able to attend college due to economic problems. At 18 years of age he passed the Tokyo Metropolitan Staff Employment Examination and entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in April 1999 as an employee. In April 2000, he took admission at Hosei University and graduated from law faculty of the university in 2004. In University he served as captain of boxing club and was runner-up in 2002 at National Sports To ...
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Governor Of Hokkaido
The is the head of the local government of Hokkaido, Japan's largest prefecture. The seat of the local government is located in Sapporo, the capital city of the prefecture. The current governor is Naomichi Suzuki. List of governors This is the list of the governors of Hokkaido. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Governors Of Hokkaido Hokkaido Prefecture Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...
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Hidehiko Yuzaki
is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. Early life and education Yuzaki was born October 4, 1965 in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima. He received his B.L. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1990 and his M.B.A. from the Stanford University School of Business in 1995. Yuzaki's paid job was as a part-time teacher at an after-school program to help students pass their admissions exams. Political career Yuzaki served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry before running for governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture. He was elected governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture on November 8, 2009 as the candidate of the member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP). Yuzaki has identified cultivating a culture of entrepreneurship in Hiroshima as a top priority in his political career. As governor of Hiroshima, he tried to forge new initiatives in the field of nuclear disarmament. On November 4, 2011, he announced a new plan to formulate a ...
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Governors Of Hiroshima Prefecture
Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture served from 1871, when the Japanese government abolished the position of the ''daimyō'' of Hiroshima. Until 1947, the governors of Hiroshima Prefecture were appointed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tokyo, but from 1947 onward they were elected. Appointed governors 1871–1947 * Viscount Kōno Togama 15 Aug – 15 Nov 1871 * Senbon Hisanobu 15 Nov – 27 Nov 1871 * Viscount Kōno Togama 27 Nov – 26 Dec 1871 * Date Muneoki 26 Dec 1871 – 25 Jan 1875 * Fujii Tsutomu 25 Jan 1875 – 6 Apr 1880 * Sadaaki Senda 6 Apr 1880 – 26 Dec 1889 * Baron Nabeshima Miki 26 Dec 1889 – 23 Apr 1896 * Orita Hiraochi 23 Apr 1896 – 7 Apr 1897 * Asada Tokunori 7 Apr 1897 – 14 May 1898 * Baron Takatoshi Iwamura 14 May – 28 Jul 1898 * Hattori Ichizo 28 Jul – 28 Dec 1898 * Egi Kazuyuki 28 Dec 1898 – 29 Jun 1903 * Tokuhisa Tsunenori 29 Jun 1903 – 25 Jan 1904 * Yamada Shunzō 25 Jan 1904 – 11 Jan 1907 * Tadashi Munakata 11 Jan 1907 – 28 Mar ...
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Ichita Yamamoto
is a Japanese politician who has been the governor of Gunma Prefecture since July 2019. He was a neoconservative Neoconservatism is a political movement that began in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party and with the growing New Left and coun ... member of the House of Councillors in Japan. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, he served as the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs from 2012 to 2019 on the Cabinet of Japan, second Abe cabinet. Overview Yamamoto who worked for an international organisation was elected after the death of his father Tomio Yamamoto who was a member of the House of Councillors. Ichita Yamamoto's great-grandfather founded the Kusatsu ryokan "Yamadaya". Ichita's grandfather was mayor of Kusatsu. Ichita's father, Tomio Yamamoto, started in the Kusatsu town council (19 ...
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Hajime Furuta
is the governor of Gifu Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2005 and reelected in 2009. A native of Gifu, Gifu, he was chosen as the final torchbearer for the National Sports Festival when it was held in Gifu while he was a senior at Gifu Prefectural Senior High School. He entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1971. Career in National Government During his time at MITI, he was sent to study at the École nationale d'administration in France. From 1994 to 1996, he served as the Executive Secretary to both Prime Ministers Tsutomu Hata and Tomiichi Murayama. Soon after he was appointed Director-General of the Economic Cooperation Department in the International Trade Bureau of MITI and later the Director-General for Commerce and Distribution Policy in the same ministry. In 2002, he was moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to head the Economic Cooperation Bureau after the move was r ...
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