2014 in Japan

none December 2020 2014 Events in the year 2014 in Japan. Incumbents Emperor: AkihitoAkihito Biography, Reign, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Akihito Encyclopedia Britannica March 27, 2019 en Prime Minister: Shinzō Abe (L–Yamaguchi) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yoshihide Suga (L–Kanagawa) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Hironobu Takesaki until March 31, Itsurō Terada from April 1 President of the House of Representatives: Bunmei Ibuki (L–Kyōto) until November 21,House of Representatives (Japanese): Presidents and Vice Presidents Nobutaka Machimura (L–Hokkaidō) from December 24 President of the House of Councillors: Masaaki Yamazaki (L–Fukui) Diet sessions: 186th (regular, January 26 to June 22), 187th (extraordinary, September 29 to November 21), 188th (special, December 24 to 26)House of Representatives (Japanese): National Diet Sessions Governors Aichi Prefecture: Hideaki Omura Akita Prefecture: Norihisa Satake Aomori Prefecture: Shingo Mimura Chiba Prefecture: Kensaku Morita Ehime Prefecture: Tokihiro Nakamura Fukui Prefecture: Issei Nishikawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Hiroshi Ogawa Fukushima Prefecture: Yūhei Satō (until 11 November); Masao Uchibori (starting 11 November) Gifu Prefecture: Hajime Furuta Gunma Prefecture: Masaaki Osawa Hiroshima Prefecture: Hidehiko Yuzaki Hokkaido: Harumi Takahashi Hyogo Prefecture: Toshizō Ido Ibaraki: Masaru Hashimoto Ishikawa: Masanori Tanimoto Iwate Prefecture: Takuya Tasso Kagawa Prefecture: Keizō Hamada Kagoshima Prefecture: Satoshi Mitazono Kanagawa Prefecture: Yuji Kuroiwa Kochi Prefecture: Masanao Ozaki Kumamoto Prefecture: Ikuo Kabashima Kyoto Prefecture: Keiji Yamada Mie Prefecture: Eikei Suzuki Miyagi Prefecture: Yoshihiro Murai Miyazaki Prefecture: Shunji Kōno Nagano Prefecture: Shuichi Abe Nagasaki Prefecture: Hōdō Nakamura Nara Prefecture: Shōgo Arai Niigata Prefecture: Hirohiko Izumida Oita Prefecture: Katsusada Hirose Okayama Prefecture: Ryuta Ibaragi Okinawa Prefecture: Hirokazu Nakaima (until 9 December); Takeshi Onaga (starting 10 December) Osaka Prefecture: Ichirō Matsui Saga Prefecture: Yasushi Furukawa (until 25 November); Hiroki Sakai (starting 25 November) Saitama Prefecture: Kiyoshi Ueda Shiga Prefecture: Yukiko Kada (until 20 July); Taizō Mikazuki (starting 20 July) Shiname Prefecture: Zenbe Mizoguchi Shizuoka Prefecture: Heita Kawakatsu Tochigi Prefecture: Tomikazu Fukuda Tokushima Prefecture: Kamon Iizumi Tokyo: Tatsumi Ando (until 25 February); Yōichi Masuzoe (starting 25 February) Tottori Prefecture: Shinji Hirai Toyama Prefecture: Takakazu Ishii Wakayama Prefecture: Yoshinobu Nisaka Yamagata Prefecture: Mieko Yoshimura Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tsugumasa Muraoka Yamanashi Prefecture: Shōmei Yokouchi Events Electoral calendar National elections (if necessary) April and October: By-elections to both houses of the National Diet 2014 Japanese general election Prefectural elections (gubernatorial and general assembly elections only, not including assembly by-elections) February 2: Nagasaki gubernatorialNagasaki Prefectural electoral commission: Gubernatorial election schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20171127215249/http://www.pref.nagasaki.jp/object/kenkaranooshirase/oshirase/113346.html November 27, 2017 February 9: Tokyo gubernatorialTokyo Metropolitan electoral commission: gubernatorial election schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100522/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/topics/h26chijisenkyo.pdf September 24, 2015 February 23: Yamaguchi gubernatorialYamaguchi Prefectural electoral commission: gubernatorial election and assembly by-election schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20140115130231/http://www.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/gyosei/senkyo/tijisenkyo.htm January 15, 2014 March 16: Ishikawa gubernatorialhttp://www.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/senkan/index.html 石川県選挙管理委員会 石川県 April 6:Jiji Press, December 9, 2013: 来年4月6日投開票=京都知事選 Kyoto gubernatorial in or before July (expires July 19):National Governors Association: List of governors https://web.archive.org/web/20140128123909/http://www.nga.gr.jp/tijifile/filetop.html January 28, 2014 Shiga gubernatorial in or before August (expires August 31): Nagano gubernatorial in or before September (expires September 4): Kagawa gubernatorial in or before November (expires November 11): Fukushima gubernatorial in or before November (expires November 30): Ehime gubernatorial in or before December (expires December 9): Okinawa gubernatorial in or before December (expires December 16): Wakayama gubernatorial in or before January 2015 (expires January 7, 2015; previous election in December 2010http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/senkan/index2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150214203937/http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/senkan/index2.html dead Ibaraki Prefectural electoral commission February 14, 2015): Ibaraki assembly in or before January 2015 (expires January 20, 2015; previous election in December 2010): Miyazaki gubernatorial Municipal elections in designated major cities and special wards (not including assembly by-elections) June 8: Nakano City mayoralNakano City electoral commission: Mayoral election schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185528/http://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/dept/711000/d017228.html February 1, 2014 in or before July (expires July 10):Tokyo Metropolitan electoral commission: Mandate expiry dates for mayors and assemblies of all municipalities in Tokyo https://web.archive.org/web/20151119222128/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/schedule/schedule04.html November 19, 2015 Suginami City mayoral in or before October (expires October 7): Shinagawa City mayoral in or before November (expires November 23): Shinjuku City mayoral in or before November (expires November 17):Niigata Prefectural electoral commission: Mandate expiry dates for mayors and assemblies of all municipalities in Niigata Niigata City mayoral in or before November (expires December 2):Kumamoto Prefectural electoral commission: Mandate expiry dates for mayors and assemblies of all municipalities in Kumamoto https://web.archive.org/web/20131215051359/http://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/uploaded/attachment/83940.pdf December 15, 2013 Kumamoto City mayoral in or before December (expires December 6):Fukuoka City electoral commission: Elections in Fukuoka City Fukuoka City mayoral Additional early elections may be caused by resignations, deaths, recalls, no-confidence votes, etc. Other Events January 9 – Mitsubishi Materials Yokkaichi plant explosion, kills five persons, with injures 12 in Mie Prefecture. January 25–2, 013 frozen food pesticide contamination incident, in Gunma Prefecture, arrested on suspicion of fraudulent means obstruction of business man of contract employees was mixed the pesticide malathion by Japanese authority. February – 2014 Japan heavy snowfall, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency in Japan confirmed report, 95 persons fatalities, with 1,770 are injures, most of the victims is the snow removal work during the snow removal of the roof. February 15–2, 014 Motosumiyoshi commuter trains accident, injures 19 people in Tokyu Toyoko Line, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. March 5 – 2012–2013 PC remote control incident in Japan, a suspect man of 31-year-old bail for the first time in almost a year from the Tokyo Detention Center of the receiving destination, however, the prosecution claimed the bail revocation on May 19, suspects the Tokyo District Court, a suspect man imprisoned in the Tokyo Detention Center on May 20. March 8 – Abeno Harukas open in Abeno-ku, Osaka, the tallest (exclude freestanding) structure in Japan. March 31 – In court that the International Court of Justice, the world complained as the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling violation research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean in Japan, research whaling in Japan said, "not for research purposes", and certification treaty violation, ruling order so that it is not carried out in future. April 1 – Consumption tax is up to 8% from 5% since 1997.August 2014 August 20 – 2014 Hiroshima landslides, according to official confirmed report, 74 people fatalities in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima. August 27 – According to Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare official confirmed report, a first dengue fever patient cases in the country since 1945, or later, 153 people are same symptoms by October, mainly, Tokyo metropolitan area. September 27 – 2014 eruption of Mount Ontake, according to official confirmed report, 63 people fatalities and worst eruption disaster since 1991. November 22 – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake injured 46 people in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, according to a Fire and Disaster Management Agency official. December 3 – An asteroid sample return mission Hayabusa2 launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima prefecture.December 2014 The Nobel Prize Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, and Hiroshi Amano: 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics winners. Popular culture Arts and entertainment For events in anime, see 2014 in anime. For events in manga, see 2014 in manga. For events in music, see 2014 in Japanese music. For events in television, see 2014 in Japanese television. For Japanese films released this year, see List of Japanese films of 2014 and for films that reached number-one at the Japanese box office, see List of 2014 box office number-one films in Japan. Sports For the Japanese participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics, see Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Deaths January January 1 – Tokuo Yamashita, 94, politician, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, natural causes.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG1252LCG12TTHB00B.html 山下徳夫・元運輸相が死去 January 2 Higashifushimi Kunihide, 103, Buddhist monk.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASF0TKY201401010021.html 東伏見慈洽さん死去 天皇陛下の叔父 January 2, 2014 January 1, 2014 https://archive.today/20140101063946/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASF0TKY201401010021.html dead Yōko Mitsui, 78, poet, liver failure.http://mainichi.jp/select/news/m20140103k0000m060037000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192408/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/m20140103k0000m060037000c.html dead 訃報:三井葉子さん78歳=詩人 January 2, 2014 January 3 Yashiki Takajin, 64, singer-songwriter and television presenter, esophageal cancer.https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140107/oth14010723040029-n1.html やしきたかじんさん死去...食道がんで休養中 SANKEI DIGITAL INC SANSPO.COM Yasuki Hamano, 62, anime media expert and university professor, stroke.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-04/tokyo-university-professor-and-anime/media-expert-yasuki-hamano-passes-away Tokyo University Professor & Anime/Media Expert Yasuki Hamano Passes Away Anime News Network January 4 – Shigeyuki Imai, 81, composer, esophageal cancer. January 6 – Tesshin Okada, 21, boxer, subdural hematoma.https://supersport.com/boxing/international/news/140106/Japanese_boxer_dies_after_debut https://web.archive.org/web/20140123032002/http://www.supersport.com/boxing/international/news/140106/Japanese_boxer_dies_after_debut dead Japanese boxer dies after debut January 23, 2014 supersport.com January 11 – Keiko Awaji, 80, actress (Stray Dog, The Bridges at Toko-Ri), esophageal cancer.Actress Awaji dies January 12 – Tsunetoshi Tanaka, 88, politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1972, 1980–1996).http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG1F61QLG1FPFIB00H.html 元衆院議員の田中恒利さん死去 旧社会党 March 2, 2014 February 9, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140209190731/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG1F61QLG1FPFIB00H.html dead January 15 – Hiroshi Yoshino, 87, poet, pneumonia.http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20140120k0000e040207000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140201214151/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20140120k0000e040207000c.html dead 訃報:吉野弘さん87歳=詩人 February 1, 2014 January 16 Masahide Sakuma, 61, musician (Plastics) and music producer (Glay and Judy and Mary), stomach cancer.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/01/28/music/music-scene-loses-a-legend-after-plastics-member-masahide-sakuma-dies/ Music scene loses a legend after Plastics' member Masahide Sakuma dies Ian Martin January 28, 2014 The Japan Times Masaya Takahashi, 83, actor, respiratory failure.俳優の高橋昌也さんが死去 https://web.archive.org/web/20140429031746/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20140122-OHT1T00102.htm April 29, 2014 スポーツ報知 2014年1月22日閲覧 ja Hiroo Onoda, 91, Imperial Army World War II intelligence officer, did not surrender until 1974, heart failure due to complications of pneumonia.http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/17/world/asia/japan-philippines-ww2-soldier-dies/ Hiroo Onoda, Japanese soldier who long refused to surrender, dies at 91 CNN January 17, 2014 January 17, 2014 Mullen, Jethro and Yoko Wakatsuk Hiroo Onoda: Japanese soldier who took three decades to surrender, dies Justin McCurry The Guardian January 17, 2014 January 17, 2014 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/17/hiroo-onoda-japanese-soldier-dies January 17 Saizo Kishimoto, 85, yakuza (Yamaguchi-gumi).http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/shakai/201401/0006643701.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20140123025405/http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/shakai/201401/0006643701.shtml dead 山口組元幹部 岸本才三元組長が死亡 January 23, 2014 Seizō Katō, 86, voice actor, bladder cancer.Anime News Network: Transformers Voice Actor Seizō Katō Passes Away January 18 – Takao Iwami, 78, Japanese political pundit, pneumonia.http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140118p2a00m0na023000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140201174907/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140118p2a00m0na023000c.html dead Obituary: Takao Iwami, special advisor to The Mainichi Newspapers, dies at 78 February 1, 2014 January 19 Yukio Funai, 81, management consultant, pneumonia. Tsutomu Kawabuchi, 88, ice hockey player and coach, IIHF Hall of Fame. January 20 Kiyoharu Ishiwata, 73, politician, member of the House of Councilors (1989–2001), heart failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=pol_30&k=2014012300913 https://archive.today/20140123124003/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=pol_30&k=2014012300913 dead 石渡清元氏死去 (元自民党参院議員) January 23, 2014 Tsuyoshi Nara, 81, linguist (Bengali scholar), lung cancer. January 23 Umon Sanyūtei, 65, rakugo comedian, stomach cancer. Katsuyo Kobayashi, 76, food critic (Iron Chef), multiple organ failure.https://justhungry.com/katsuyo-kobayashi-1937-2014 Katsuyo Kobayashi, 1937-2014 January 29, 2014 JustHungry January 27 Masaaki Tsukada, 74, voice actor (Bleach, One Piece).Anime News Network: Bleach Genryusai Voice Actor Masaaki Tsukuda Passes Away Ichirō Nagai, 82, voice actor (Sazae-san, Space Battleship Yamato), heart attack due to coronary artery disease.Anime News Network: Ranma's Happosai Voice Actor Ichirō Nagai Passes Awayhttps://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp0-20140128-1249895.html 「サザエさん」波平役の永井一郎さん急死 - 芸能ニュース nikkansports.com Masako Bandō, 55, novelist, winner of the Naoki Prize (1996).http://news.silobreaker.com/awardwinning-japanese-novelist-bando-dies-at-55-5_2267692732426223691 https://archive.today/20140226085455/http://news.silobreaker.com/awardwinning-japanese-novelist-bando-dies-at-55-5_2267692732426223691 dead Award-winning Japanese novelist Bando dies at 55 February 26, 2014 January 28 Kazuhiko Sakazaki, 76, baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), stomach cancer.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG1Y6F9XG1YUTQP01M.html ja:坂崎一彦さん死去 天覧試合で長嶋氏と連続本塁打 Asahi Shimbun ja February 2, 2014 Gudo Wafu Nishijima, 94, Zen Buddhist priest and teacher.http://sweepingzen.com/obituary-gudo-wafu-nishijima/ OBITUARY: Gudo Wafu Nishijima March 2, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102029/http://sweepingzen.com/obituary-gudo-wafu-nishijima/ February 2, 2014 dead February February 3 – Hiroyuki Suzuki, 68, architectural historian, pneumonia.http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20140207k0000m040074000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064914/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20140207k0000m040074000c.html dead 訃報:鈴木博之さん68歳=建築史家、東京駅復元に尽力 February 22, 2014 February 6 – Tōru Mori, 78, baseball player, hepatocellular carcinoma.元中日4番・森徹氏、78歳で死去 https://web.archive.org/web/20140208024233/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/baseball/npb/news/20140206-OHT1T00081.htm February 8, 2014 ja February 10 – Hōzan Yamamoto, 76, musician.http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140210/sot14021013400003-n1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140223232453/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140210/sot14021013400003-n1.html dead 人間国宝の尺八奏者・山本邦山さんが死去 映画音楽なども担当 February 23, 2014 February 13 – Ken'ichi Yamamoto, 57, novelist, lung cancer.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014021300651 https://archive.today/20140214084032/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014021300651 dead 山本兼一さん死去=「利休にたずねよ」で直木賞 February 14, 2014 February 17 – Kokichi Shimoinaba, 87, politician (Minister of Justice), sepsis.http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140221/ex-justice-minister-shimoinaba-dies-at-87 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306082954/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140221/ex-justice-minister-shimoinaba-dies-at-87 dead Ex-Justice Minister Shimoinaba dies at 87 March 6, 2016 February 19 – Toshiko D'Elia, 84, Japanese-born American long-distance runner, brain cancer.https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/sports/toshiko-delia-gritty-runner-dies-at-84.html Toshiko d'Elia Dies at 84; Gritty Runner Was Champion in an Age Group Frank Litsky The New York Times February 21, 2014 NYTimes.com February 26 – Fumio Yamamoto, 79, news presenter, alveolar hemorrhage.元TBSアナウンサー山本文郎さんが死去 79歳 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016070150/http://gendai.net/articles/view/geino/148294 October 16, 2014 ja February 28 – Michio Mado, 104, poet.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG2V54F3G2VUCLV00B.html 詩人まど・みちおさん死去 104歳、「ぞうさん」など March 2, 2014 February 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140228082331/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG2V54F3G2VUCLV00B.html dead March March 8 – Runa Akiyama, 59, voice actress, heart failure.http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140312-00000324-oric-ent https://web.archive.org/web/20140312060550/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140312-00000324-oric-ent dead 声優・あきやまるなさん死去 がんこちゃん、「ハットリくん」夢子ちゃんなど March 12, 2014 March 12 – Kyojin Ōnishi, 97, writer.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG3D53Y9G3DUCLV00J.html 作家の大西巨人さん死去 97歳、小説「神聖喜劇」 March 14 – Ken Utsui, 82, actor (Super Giant).http://www.47news.jp/CN/201403/CN2014031401002710.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140314234851/http://www.47news.jp/CN/201403/CN2014031401002710.html dead 俳優の宇津井健さんが死去 「赤い」シリーズで父親役 March 14, 2014 March 16 – Yukio Fujimaki, 54, politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 2012), hemorrhagic shock.http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140316/opposition-upper-house-member-yukio-fujimaki-dies-at-5 Opposition upper house member Yukio Fujimaki dies at 54 April 5, 2014 March 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307084803/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140316/opposition-upper-house-member-yukio-fujimaki-dies-at-5 dead March 29 – Masato Masuda, 49, video game designer (Fire Pro Wrestling).https://kotaku.com/the-man-behind-fire-pro-wrestling-has-died-1558077760 The Man Behind Fire Pro Wrestling Has Died Kotaku April 4, 2014 April April 11 – Minoru Sano, 63, chef, multiple organ failure.https://www.j-cast.com/2014/04/11201939.html 「ラーメンの鬼」佐野実氏が死去 63歳 April 11, 2014 J-CAST ニュース April 20 – Yoshio Shinozuka, 90, Imperial Army soldier (Unit 731).http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG4P52RDG4PUDCB00K.html 篠塚良雄さん死去 旧日本軍731部隊員で証言者 May May 1 – Kōji Yada, 81, voice actor (Dragon Ball Z, GeGeGe no Kitarou (2nd Series), One Piece), kidney failure.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-01/one-piece-voice-actor-kouji-yada-passes-away One Piece Voice Actor Kouji Yada Passes Away Anime News Network May 11 – Yuji Kodama, 82, leprosy and human rights activist, lung cancer.http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140511p2g00m0dm001000c.html Yuji Kodama, leprosy activist, dies at 82 May 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140512230947/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140511p2g00m0dm001000c.html May 12, 2014 dead May 15 – Noribumi Suzuki, 80, film director (Torakku Yarō).http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG5J7G0XG5JUCVL02L.html 映画監督の鈴木則文さん死去 「トラック野郎」シリーズ May 18 – Kaiketsu Masateru, 66, sumo wrestler (Ozeki) and executive, Chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (2010–2012), ischemic heart disease.http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140519p2g00m0sp005000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140519063309/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140519p2g00m0sp005000c.html dead Former JSA Chairman, ex-ozeki Kaiketsu dies at 66 May 19, 2014 May 25 – Kōichi Ōtani, 90, writer.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014052600340 大谷晃一氏死去(作家、元帝塚山学院大学長) June 6, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060431/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014052600340 dead May 27 – Kōji Kojima, 83, Olympic volleyball coach (1972), pneumonia.Volleyball coach Kojima, 83, dies May 29 – Mitsugu Hara, 79, baseball manager, managed two National Championships, heart failure.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/06/01/baseball/japanese-baseball/yomiuri-skippers-father-dies-79/ Yomiuri skipper's father dies at 79 June 1, 2014 The Japan Times June June 1 Tarō Naka, 92, poet, pneumonia.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG6171PBG61UCVL001.html 詩人の那珂太郎さん死去 June 6, 2014 June 24, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140624215106/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG6171PBG61UCVL001.html dead Yuri Kochiyama, 93, Japanese American internment camp detainee and civil rights activist, natural causes.http://nepr.net/news/2014/06/02/japanese-american-activist-and-malcolm-x-ally-dies-at-93/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160322121010/http://nepr.net/news/2014/06/02/japanese-american-activist-and-malcolm-x-ally-dies-at-93/ dead Japanese-American Activist And Malcolm X Ally Dies At 93 March 22, 2016 June 2 – Gorō Nishida, 70, mathematician, septic shock.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c https://archive.today/20140603125316/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014060300732 dead 時事ドットコム：西田吾郎氏死去（京都大名誉教授・代数トポロジー、京都大元副学長） June 3, 2014 March 2, 2014 June 3 Itsuko Ueda, 85, fashion designer, heart failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014060400847 デザイナーの植田いつ子さん死去 June 6, 2014 February 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160204184244/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014060400847 dead Kaneyasu Marutani, 94, politician, member of the House of Councillors (1977–1989).http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG6355CTG63IIPE01Q.html 元参院議員の丸谷金保さん死去 June 6, 2014 June 18, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140618151123/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG6355CTG63IIPE01Q.html dead June 4 Yasuo Masumoto, 67, industrial and farm machinery executive, chairman and president of Kubota.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-04/kubota-president-and-chairman-masumoto-found-dead-in-tokyo-hotel Kubota President and Chairman Masumoto Found Dead in Tokyo Hotel June 4, 2014 www.bloomberg.com Ryūzō Hayashi, 70, actor (Early Spring Story), kidney failure.http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20140609p2g00m0et036000c.html Veteran actor Ryuzo Hayashi dies at 70 June 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140708000159/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20140609p2g00m0et036000c.html July 8, 2014 dead June 8 Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, 66, royal, acute heart failure.May 2023 Taruhi Furuta, 86, writer and critic, heart failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014060900660 児童文学作家の古田足日氏死去 June 11, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053817/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014060900660 dead June 10 – Sōhei Kondō, 92, genetician, multiple organ failurehttp://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014061900905 近藤宗平氏死去(大阪大名誉教授・分子放射線生物学) June 20, 2014 June 19, 2014 https://archive.today/20140619143057/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014061900905 dead June 11 Kunie Iwahashi, 74, writer, peritonitis.http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20140612-OYT1T50114.html 作家の岩橋邦枝さん死去...女性文学者の評伝など June 20, 2014 June 14, 2014 https://archive.today/20140614061319/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20140612-OYT1T50114.html dead Kōbun Kurata, 74, poet, colorectal cancer.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014061200697 倉田紘文氏死去(俳人) June 20, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055909/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014061200697 dead Hiroyuki Nakagawa, 77, composer, lung cancer.https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG1603N_W4A610C1000000/ 中川博之氏が死去 作曲家 June 16, 2014 日本経済新聞 Fujio Morita, 86, cinematographer (Nemuri Kyoshirō), glioblastoma.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014061600302 森田富士郎氏死去=映画撮影監 June 20, 2014 June 16, 2014 https://archive.today/20140616060802/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014061600302 dead June 13 – Tadahiko Hirano, 76, baritone, heart attack.バリトン歌手 平野忠彦氏死去 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235513/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/140614/ent14061411450012-n1.htm March 3, 2016 ja June 20 – Akio Yokoyama, 83, actor (Otōto), pneumonia.俳優の横山あきお氏が死去 83歳 漫才コンビから転向、映画・テレビで活躍 https://web.archive.org/web/20160109162232/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/140623/ent14062314400008-n1.htm January 9, 2016 ja June 21 Hiroaki Fujii, 88, producer, heart failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014062300572 藤井浩明氏死去=映画プロデューサー July 5, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113543/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014062300572 dead Yukio Fukamachi, 83, producer and director.http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20140622/k10015412411000.html https://archive.today/20140623024213/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20140622/k10015412411000.html dead 演出家の深町幸男さん死去 June 23, 2014 Chūzō Ichiko, 101, historian.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014062600721 市古宙三氏死去(お茶の水女子大名誉教授・中国史、元学長) July 5, 2014 June 26, 2014 https://archive.today/20140626102207/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014062600721 dead Yozo Ishikawa, 88, politician, Director General of the Defense Agency, member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo, acute respiratory failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201406/2014062200004 時事ドットコム：元防衛庁長官の石川要三氏死去 July 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715004818/http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201406%2F2014062200004 July 15, 2014 January 1, 2022 live June 23 – Ichirō Komatsu, 63, Japanese civil servant and diplomat, Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, Ambassador to Switzerland and France.http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001374790 Ex-Cabinet Legislation Bureau head Komatsu dies at 63 June 27 – Haruhiko Saitō, 73, actor (Kaitō Ruby).http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20140628/k10015587021000.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140628203353/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20140628/k10015587021000.html dead 俳優の斎藤晴彦さん死去 自宅近くで倒れ搬送 June 28, 2014 July July 3 Haruichiban, 47, entertainer, cirrhosis.猪木さんものまね芸人、春一番さんが死去 https://web.archive.org/web/20140704033213/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/140703/ent14070320350005-n1.htm July 4, 2014 ja Mazakazu Koayashi, 44, hang-glider, flight collision during competition.https://xcmag.com/news/tragedy-as-mazakazu-koayashi-dies-in-hg-worlds-accident/ Tragedy as Mazakazu Koayashi dies in Annecy Mondial 2014 accident - Cross Country Magazine – In the Core since 1988 July 4, 2014 July 5 – Masamitsu Iwamoto, 85, politician (House of Councillors), stroke.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071900150 岩本政光氏死去(元自民党参院議員) August 4, 2014 July 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140729003539/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071900150 dead July 9 – Yuzuru Ninagawa, 89, scholar of French literature, pneumonia.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071600544 蜷川譲氏死去(フランス文学者) August 4, 2014 February 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160204184244/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071600544 dead July 10 – On Kawara, 81, conceptual artist.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-kawara-dead_n_5575565 On Kawara, Japanese Conceptual Artist, Dies At 81 Mallika Rao July 10, 2014 HuffPost July 14 – Yūsuke Fukada, 82, writer (Naoki Prize), pneumonia.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071900148 深田祐介さん死去=「炎熱商人」で直木賞 August 4, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065554/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071900148 dead July 18 Gankurō Ōtaya, 60, entertainer, intracranial hemorrhage.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071900303 太田家元九郎さん死去(津軽三味線演奏家、漫談家) August 4, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063110/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014071900303 dead Makoto Sakuma, 79, Self-Defense Forces official, heart attack.http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20140719k0000m060039000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140731092344/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20140719k0000m060039000c.html dead 訃報:佐久間一さん79歳=元統合幕僚会議議長 July 31, 2014 July 20 – Kazuo Ichiriki, 88, sumo executive, Chairman of Yokozuna Deliberation Council (1999–2001).http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG7N4SDGG7NUNHB00W.html 元横審委員長・一力一夫さん死去 元河北新報社長 July 25 – Fusao Ōkubo, 92, writer and editor (Gunzo), duodenal papilla cancer.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG7X5210G7XUCVL01W.html 作家の大久保房男さん死去 「群像」元編集長 August 4, 2014 January 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150123192303/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG7X5210G7XUCVL01W.html dead July 27 – Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, 107, Japanese-born American Rinzai Zen teacher.https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2014/07/joshu-sasaki-dies.html Joshu Sasaki Dies Monkey Mind July 28, 2014 July 31 – Shigefumi Fukatsu, 46, playwright and theater producer, lung cancer.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014073101026 深津篤史氏死去(劇作家、演出家) August 4, 2014 August 6, 2014 https://archive.today/20140806185025/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014073101026 dead August August 3 – Hiroshi Obi, 54, manga artist (Ganbare Goemon), brain stem hemorrhage.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-03/ganbare-goemon-manga-artist-hiroshi-obi-passes-away/.77240 Ganbare Goemon Manga Artist Hiroshi Obi Passes Away Anime News Network August 5 – Yoshiki Sasai, 52, biologist (RIKEN), apparent suicide by hanging.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-05/stem-cell-scientist-linked-with-retracted-studies-dies https://web.archive.org/web/20140808004111/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-05/stem-cell-scientist-linked-with-retracted-studies-dies dead August 8, 2014 Stem-Cell Scientist Linked With Retracted Studies Dies August 7 – Mitsuo Higashinaka, 90, politician, member of the House of Representatives for Osaka's 2nd District (1969–2000), lung cancer.東中光雄氏死去 元衆院議員 90歳 https://web.archive.org/web/20140811092137/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/140811/stt14081114550002-n1.htm August 11, 2014 ja August 9 – Yasuyuki Nakai, 60, baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), esophageal cancer.https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/f-bb-tp0-20140809-1348457.html 元巨人の中井康之さんが食道がんで死去 - プロ野球ニュース nikkansports.com August 12 – Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, 64, sumo wrestler, lung cancer.http://mainichi.jp/sports/news/20140812k0000e050243000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140813013811/http://mainichi.jp/sports/news/20140812k0000e050243000c.html dead 訃報:山本順一さん64歳=前時津風親方 August 13, 2014 (death announced on this date) August 15 – Harutoshi Funabashi, 66, anti-nuclear activist, subarachnoid hemorrhage.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014081600208 舩橋晴俊氏死去（法政大社会学部教授・環境社会学） August 30, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083041/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014081600208 dead August 16 – Gen Kida, philosopher, pneumonia.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014081700094 木田元氏死去（哲学者、中央大名誉教授） August 30, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113527/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014081700094 dead August 17 – Toshio Mishima, 87, singer, hypoxia.https://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2014/08/18/0007248825.shtml ハワイアン歌謡の三島敏夫さん死去/デイリースポーツ online デイリースポーツ online August 18 – Nobuyuki Sekiyama, 80, politician, member of the House of Representatives for Niigata's 1st district (1983–1996), stomach cancer.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014081900264 https://archive.today/20140819062030/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014081900264 dead 関山信之氏死去（元社会党衆院議員） August 19, 2014 August 20 – Aiko Miyawaki, 84, sculptor, pancreatic cancer.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG8R6X52G8RUCLV007.html?iref=com_alist_6_03 彫刻家の宮脇愛子さん死去 抽象彫刻「うつろひ」 August 26 Chūsei Sone 76, film director (Angel Guts: Red Classroom), pneumonia.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014082600838 https://archive.today/20140826225156/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014082600838 dead 曽根中生氏死去=映画監督 August 26, 2014 Masakane Yonekura, 80, actor and stage director, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.Actor, stage director Yonekura dies at 80 September September 4 – Ichirō Satsuki, 95, rōkyoku performer.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG9501WQG94UCLV012.html 浪曲師の五月一朗さん死去 文化庁芸術祭優秀賞を受賞 September 6 – Yoko Yamaguchi, 77, songwriter and novelist, winner of the 1985 Naoki Prize, respiratory failure.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/16/national/songwriter-literary-award-winner-yoko-yamaguchi-dies-77/ Lyricist and literary award winner Yoko Yamaguchi dies at 77 September 16, 2014 The Japan Times September 7 – Yoshiko Ōtaka, 94, Chinese-born Japanese actress (Eternity) and singer, member of the House of Councillors (1974–1992), heart failure. September 10 – Yoshinori Sakai, 69, athlete, lit cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympics, cerebral hemorrhage. September 14 – Takatada Ihara, 85, television producer and director, heart disease.https://www.news24.jp/articles/2014/09/15/07259178.html "ゲバゲバ！"など制作 井原高忠さん死去日テレNEWS24 日テレNEWS24 September 15 – Iwao Akiyama, 93, printmaker.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014091800259 https://archive.today/20140918060116/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014091800259 dead 版画家の秋山巌氏死去 September 18, 2014 September 17 – Wakachichibu Komei, 75, sumo wrestler.http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Rikishi.aspx?shikona=+Wakachichibu,&heya=-1&shusshin=-1&b=-1&high=-1&hd=-1&entry=-1&intai=-1&sort=1 Wakachichibu Komei Rikishi Information sumodb.sumogames.de September 20 – Kazusuke Ogawa, 84, literary critic, stomach cancer.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG9Q4K71G9QUCVL00W.html 文芸評論家の小川和佑さん死去 September 26, 2014 September 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074435/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG9Q4K71G9QUCVL00W.html dead October October 2 – Yoshikazu Sakamoto, 87, political scientist, heart failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014100700321 https://archive.today/20141007152140/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014100700321 dead 坂本義和氏が死去=国際政治学者、87歳 October 7, 2014 October 5 – Katsumi Ōyama, 82, stage and television producer (Omoide Zukuri), multiple organ failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014100800323 大山勝美氏死去=演出家、テレビプロデューサー November 1, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060144/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014100800323 dead October 10 – Ichirō Satake, 86, mathematician, respiratory failure.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014102000767 https://archive.today/20141020143959/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014102000767 dead 佐武一郎氏死去（東北大名誉教授・整数論、微分幾何学） October 20, 2014 October 17 Daisuke Oku, 38, footballer (Jubilo Iwata, Yokohama F. Marinos), traffic collision.https://www.foxsports.com/ FOX Sports - Sports News, Scores, Schedules, & Videos FOX Sports Anna Nakagawa, 49, actress (A Sign Days), uterine cancer.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c https://archive.today/20141018140054/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014101800138 dead 時事ドットコム：中川安奈さん死去=「敦煌」、舞台で活躍 October 18, 2014 March 2, 2014 Masaru Emoto, 71, author.http://www.beyondword.com/blog/dr.-masaru-emoto-1943-2014 Dr. Masaru Emoto, 1943–2014 November 1, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923090023/http://www.beyondword.com/blog/dr.-masaru-emoto-1943-2014 September 23, 2015 dead October 21 – Yasumasa Narasaki, 86, politician, member of the House of Councilors (1992–1998), pneumonia.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c https://archive.today/20141022101540/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014102200564 dead 時事ドットコム：楢崎泰昌氏死去（元自民党参院議員） October 22, 2014 March 2, 2014 October 25 – Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, 93, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Naha (1972–1997).http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bishigami.html Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami [Catholic-Hierarchy] catholic-hierarchy.org October 26 Genpei Akasegawa, 77, author and artist, sepsis.http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASGBV5H8TGBVUCLV00D.html 赤瀬川原平さん死去 「老人力」「超芸術トマソン」 Hisahiko Okazaki, 84, diplomat and political commentator.http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014102700746 https://archive.today/20141027220034/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2014102700746 dead 岡崎元駐タイ大使が死去、84歳=安倍首相の外交ブレーン October 27, 2014 October 28 – Koichiro Kimura, 44, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, pneumonia.http://battle-news.com/?p=1611 W☆ING、リングス、DDTなどで活躍した木村浩一郎さんが死去 バトル・ニュース October 30 – Mitsuyo Miura, 90, writer, sepsis.三浦光世さん死去 90歳 作家・綾子さん支えた夫 ja October 31 – Hitoshi Motoshima, 92, politician, Mayor of Nagasaki (1979–1995).Former Nagasaki Mayor Motoshima, once wounded by a rightist for emperor comment, dies at 92 https://web.archive.org/web/20141204150011/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201410310163 December 4, 2014 November November 1 – Kazuko Yanaga, 67, voice actress (Ace wo Nerae!, Armored Trooper Votoms & Yu Yu Hakusho), sepsis.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-04/voice-actress-kazuko-yanaga-passes-away/.80646 Voice Actress Kazuko Yanaga Passes Away Anime News Network November 4 – Admire Rakti, 6, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, won Caulfield Cup (2014), cardiac arrest.https://www.theage.com.au/sport/racing/melbourne-cup-2014-lastplaced-admire-rakti-dies-20141104-11gpjk.html Melbourne Cup 2014: Last-placed Admire Rakti dies Patrick Bartley, Adam Pengilly and Ronny Lerner November 4, 2014 The Age November 6 – Naoki Tanemura, 78, railway writer.http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20141109k0000m060098000c.html?inb=tw https://web.archive.org/web/20141109132416/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20141109k0000m060098000c.html?inb=tw dead 訃報:種村直樹さん78歳=鉄道作家 November 9, 2014 November 10 – Ken Takakura, 83, actor (The Yakuza, Black Rain), malignant lymphoma.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/18/national/renowned-japanese-actor-ken-takakura-dies-83/ Renowned Japanese actor Ken Takakura dies at 83 Mark Thompson November 18, 2014 The Japan Times November 17 – Rokurō Naya, 82, voice actor (Saint Seiya, Yu Yu Hakusho, Eureka Seven: AO).https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-17/crayon-shin-chan-eureka-seven-ao-voice-actor-rokuro-naya-passes-away/.81140 Crayon Shin-chan/Eureka Seven AO Voice Actor Rokuro Naya Passes Away Anime News Network November 28 – Bunta Sugawara, 81, actor (Torakku Yarō, Spirited Away), liver cancer.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/01/national/yakuza-film-veteran-bunta-sugawara-dies-81/ Yakuza film veteran Bunta Sugawara dies at 81 December 1, 2014 The Japan Times November 30 – Go Seigen, 100, Chinese-born Japanese Go player.http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001757079 Go master Seigen Go dies December 16, 2014 December 1, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141201074552/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001757079 dead December December 5 – Koichi Kawakita, 72, special effects director (Godzilla vs. Biollante).http://www.scified.com/site/we-all-wear-suits---japanese-sci-fi--fantasy/heisei-godzilla-special-effects-director-koichi-kawakita-passes-away https://web.archive.org/web/20141214210939/http://www.scified.com/site/we-all-wear-suits---japanese-sci-fi--fantasy/heisei-godzilla-special-effects-director-koichi-kawakita-passes-away dead Heisei Godzilla Special Effects Director Koichi Kawakita Passes Away December 14, 2014 December 13 – Taitetsu Unno, 85, Shin Buddhist scholar and author.https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/taitetsu-unno-shin-buddhist-scholar-and-minister-dies-85/ Taitetsu Unno, Shin Buddhist Scholar and Minister, Dies at 85 December 15, 2014 Tricycle: The Buddhist Review See also 2014 in Japanese music 2014 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 2014 References 3 2014 in Japan Category:Years of the 21st century in Japan Category:2010s in Japan Japan