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 Kabashima Kochi Prefecture: Seiji Hamada Kyoto Prefecture: Takatoshi Nishiwaki 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: Hideyo Hanazumi Oita Prefecture: Katsusada Hirose Okayama Prefecture: Ryuta Ibaragi Okinawa Prefecture: Denny Tamaki Osaka Prefecture: Ichirō Matsui Saga Prefecture: Yoshinori Yamaguchi Saitama Prefecture: Motohiro Ōno Shiga Prefecture: Taizō Mikazuki Shimame Prefecture: Tatsuya Maruyama Shizuoka Prefecture: Heita Kawakatsu Tochigi Prefecture: Tomikazu Fukuda Tokushima Prefecture: Kamon Iizumi Tokyo Prefecture: Yuriko Koike Tottori Prefecture: Shinji Hirai Toyama Prefecture: Hachiro Nitta Wakayama Prefecture: Yoshinobu Nisaka Yamagata Prefecture: Mieko Yoshimura Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tsugumasa Muraoka Yamanashi Prefecture: Kotaro Nagasaki == Predicted and scheduled events == === January === January and February – Winter thunderstorm and heavy snow.