The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Japan.Year: Heisei 28
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
Junko Tabei
MikijirÅ Hira
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Japan.Year: Heisei 27
Imperial year: 2675
Satoru Iwata, a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and designer, and the 4th President of Nintendo, who died of bile duct cancer at the age of 55.