2013 in Japan
Events in the year 2013 in Japan. == Incumbents == Emperor: Akihito Prime Minister: Shinzō Abe (L–Yamaguchi) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yoshihide Suga (L–Kanagawa) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Hironobu Takesaki President of the House of Representatives: Bunmei Ibuki (L–Kyoto) President of the House of Councillors: Kenji Hirata (D–Gifu) until July 28, Masaaki Yamazaki from August 2 Diet sessions: 183rd (regular, January 28 to June 26), 184th (extraordinary, August 2 to August 7), 185th (extraordinary, October 15 to December 8) === 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 Gifu Prefecture: Hajime Furuta Gunma Prefecture: Masaaki Osawa Hiroshima Prefecture: Hidehiko Yuzaki Hokkaido: Harumi Takahashi Hyogo Prefecture: Toshizō Ido Ibaraki Prefecture: Masaru Hashimoto Ishikawa Prefecture: Masanori Tanimoto Iwate Prefecture: Takuya Tasso Kagawa Prefecture: Naruto Uzumaki 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 Osaka Prefecture: Ichirō Matsui Saga Prefecture: Yasushi Furukawa Saitama Prefecture: Kiyoshi Ueda Shiga Prefecture: Yukiko Kada Shiname Prefecture: Zenbe Mizoguchi Shizuoka Prefecture: Heita Kawakatsu Tochigi Prefecture: Tomikazu Fukuda Tokushima Prefecture: Kamon Iizumi Tokyo: Naoki Inose (until 24 December); Tatsumi Ando (starting 24 December) 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 == === January === January 9 – Early reports show Japan’s economy is expected to recover slowly in 2013 under "Abenomics," with fiscal stimulus, monetary easing, and a weaker yen.