2012年

2012年 — 韩国: 19 December. Park Geun-hye, a daughter of Park Chung Hee, is elected as first female and the 11th president of South Korea / 中国: July — The Three Gorges Dam went into operation / 日本: December — Shinzo Abe is inaugurated as the 98th Prime Minister of Japan / 美国: Hurricane Sandy strikes the Eastern Seaboard

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韩国大韩民国 1948–	中国中华人民共和国 1949–	日本平成 1989–2019	美国美国 1776–
19 December. Park Geun-hye, a daughter of Park Chung Hee, is elected as first female and the 11th president of South Korea.EN 3월 15일 한미 FTA 발효KO 2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea. 2011Kim Jong Il dies, Kim Jong Un takes over as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The National Intelligence Service accuses pro-unification lawmakers of being spies. One of the members was a former Democratic Party representative. In a move indicative of the heavy-handedness of the Park regime, the party is outlawed and key party members are imprisoned. 201112월 17일 김정일 사망, 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장 집권(조선민주주의인민공화국) 2011무역 1조 달러 돌파 201312 December. North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, executes his uncle and major North Korean politician, Jang Song-thaek. 20132월 25일 박근혜 대통령 취임, 박근혜 정부 출범 201416 April. Sinking of MV Sewol, where 304 people, mostly students, die. 2014세계 수학자 대회 201412월 19일 통합진보당 위헌정당해산 사건 (대한민국 최초의 정당 해산사건) 201411월 중국과 FTA 협상 체결 20144월 16일 진도 팽목항에서 세월호 침몰, 사망자 304명	July — The Three Gorges Dam went into operation.EN 月25日，中国第一艘航空母舰“辽宁号”正式交付使用。月11日，莫言获得诺贝尔文学奖，成为首位获此殊荣的中国籍作家。月16日，“神舟九号”载人飞船搭载景海鹏、刘旺、刘洋三位航天员发射升空，与天宫一号对接，于6月29日返回地球。 Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual PerformancesEN 2012年彝良地震 August — 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations: Anti-Japanese protests took place in China due to the Senkaku Islands dispute.EN 月8日-14日，中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会在北京召开，习近平在11月15日召开的中共十八届一中全会上当选中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括李克强、张德江、俞正声、刘云山、王岐山、张高丽（参见：中国共产党第十八届中央委员会）。此后，大规模反腐败运动展开，但外界对此也有“清洗政治对手”、“选择性反腐”的质疑。 2012年扬州地震 2012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件月6日，原重庆市公安局局长王立军私自进入美国驻成都总领事馆（“王立军事件”），引发中国巨大政治变动，后续事件包括薄熙来事件和周永康案。馬英九當選第13任總統。第8屆立委選舉。薄熙来、周永康等被捕。11月15日，習近平當選中國共產黨中央委員會總書記及中國共產黨中央軍事委員會主席。月，湖南衡阳发生大规模贿选案件。月，北京特大暴雨造成79人死亡、160.2万人受灾，经济损失116.4亿元。 2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。 2010中國2010年上海世界博覽會 20102010年玉樹地震 2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。 20102010年高雄地震 2010中国―东盟自由贸易区启动。海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議（ECFA）簽訂。上海舉辦世界博覽會。臺北縣升格為新北市，臺南縣市、高雄縣市、臺中縣市分別合併升格為直轄市。 2010리강 사건 2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。 2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。 2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。 2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。 2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。 2010月-10月，上海世博会。 2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。 2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。 2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。 2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。 2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。 20112011年缅甸地震 20112011年錫金地震 20112011年盈江地震 2011月29日，“天宫一号”实验性空间站发射升空，后于2018年4月结束任务、落入大气层。 2011烏坎事件 2011月1日，“神舟八号”无人飞船顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于11月17日返回地球。 20112011年喀什暴力恐怖袭击事件 20112011年和田市“7·18”暴力恐怖袭击事件 2011October — The 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China was commemorated. 2011Central Tibetan Administration general election 2011月，中国红十字会爆发重大丑闻“郭美美事件 ”。 2011月14日，大连市爆发上万人参加的反对PX项目游行。 2011月，内蒙古抗议示威事件。 2011月，深圳举办“2011年世界大学生夏季运动会”。 2011月，微博实行实名制。 2011月起，中国南方水灾，至少105人死亡，63人失踪。 2011月，北斗二号导航系统开始为中国及周边地区用户提供服务。 2011月23日，甬台温铁路列车追尾事故，造成40人死亡、上百人受伤。 2011月起，中国秋季洪涝灾害，共造成97人死亡、21人失踪。 20111月1日中俄原油管道投入运行。中國國內生產總值超越日本成為全球第二大經濟體。蓬莱19-3油田溢油事故。深圳举办世界大学生夏季运动会。10月10日，中華民國100年國慶。 2013One Belt, One Road was proposed to connect and cooperate among countries primarily between China and rest of Eurasia. 2013月14日，“嫦娥三号”和“玉兔号”完成首次月面软着陆和月面巡视勘探。 2013月28日，北京发生天安门金水桥恐怖袭击案，五人死亡。 2013月11日，“神舟十号”载人飞船搭载聂海胜、张晓光、王亚平三位航天员顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于6月26日返回地球。 2013China–Russia floods 20132013年巴楚县“4·23”暴力恐怖袭击事件 20132013年3月南投地震 20132013年6月南投地震 2013深化国防和军队改革 2013September — The Shanghai Free-Trade Zone was established. 2013月3日，吉林寶源豐禽業公司因液氨泄漏發生火災，造成121人死亡，77人受傷。 2013月5日-17日，在第十二届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，习近平当选中华人民共和国主席，李克强当选中华人民共和国国务院总理。 2013月16日，辽宁抚顺“8·16”特大洪灾，共造成76人死亡、88人失踪。 2013月7日，廈門BRT快1線發生公車起火事故，造成47人死亡、34人受傷，事故原因認定為自殺式縱火襲擊。 2013月25日，中国共产党总书记习近平在北京会见中国国民党荣誉主席连战及随访的台湾各界人士，是首次“习连会”。 2013月20日，四川省芦山“4·20”7.0级强烈地震（雅安大地震），造成196人死亡。 20134月20日芦山地震。洪仲丘事件。臺紐經濟合作協定（ANZTEC）、臺星經濟合作協定（ASTEP）簽訂。 2013月28日，第十二届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议通过《关于废止有关劳动教养法律规定的决定》，劳教制度正式废止。 20142014年鲁甸地震 20142014年昆明火车站暴力恐怖袭击事件 2014March — Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan, students occupy the Legislative Yuan force to halt the enforcement of Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement. 2014月3日，云南昭通市鲁甸县发生6.5级地震，617人死亡。 20142014年盈江地震 20142014年5月6日广州火车站暴力袭击事件 2014月2日，江苏昆山中荣工厂爆炸事故造成146人死亡。 20142014年康定地震 20142014年于田地震 2014Yarkand violence 2014月27日，中央军委原副主席徐才厚涉嫌受贿犯罪案件侦查终结，后被开除党籍军籍。 2014月31日，上海外滩陈毅广场在跨年活动期间发生人群践踏事故，造成36死49伤。 2014月-12月，香港爆发争取真普选的“雨伞革命”。 2014月28日，新疆莎车县发生严重恐怖袭击，造成37名民众遇害，59名暴徒被击毙。 2014China became the world's second largest economy. 2014月22日，新疆乌鲁木齐发生严重暴力恐怖事件，43人死亡。 2014月10日-11日，亚太经合组织第二十二次领导人非正式会议（APEC峰会）在北京举行。 2014月16日-28日，第二届夏季青年奥林匹克运动会在江苏南京举行。2014年秋，香港爆发要求真普选的“雨伞革命”。 2014月1日，云南昆明发生恐怖袭击事件，造成30余人死亡。 2014月24日，国家信访局发布《引导逐级走访办法》，明确不受理越级上访。 2014月8日，飞往北京的马来西亚航空370号班机失联，马航MH370事件引发国际高度关注，机上239人（大部分乘客为中国公民）下落不明。 20143月1日昆明火车站恐怖袭击。香港雨傘革命。台灣太陽花學運。7月23日复兴航空222号班机空难。九合一選舉。	December — Shinzo Abe is inaugurated as the 98th Prime Minister of Japan.EN 2012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件 Fantastic BabysEN December — Shinzo Abe wins the general election for the first time.EN 2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked. 2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election. 20102010年父岛地震 20102010年羽曳野市枪击事件 20102010年福島地震 2010일본 구제역 확산 2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan. 2010(平成22年) 20112011年4月福島地震 20112011年靜岡地震 2011榮村地震 2011March — Japan gets hit with the (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, etc.), which claimed the lives of 20,000 people. 2011March — Japan Self-Defense Force Base was established in Djibouti. 2011January and March — The Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the third tallest tower in the world, which opened in 2012. 2013Minamata Convention on Mercury 20132013年淡路島地震 2013July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the House of Councillors election at the first time. 20132013年北海道地震 2013September — During the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Japan is awarded the rights to host 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games for the first time since the Reiwa period. Istanbul and Madrid were other contenders. 2013December — The State Secrecy Law passes the National Diet. 2013June to October — 2013 Japanese heatwave, according to Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare official confirmed report, 1,077 people lost their lives to heatwave, caused by heat stroke, second worst heatwave disaster in Japan. 2013January — Abenomics and Japanese policies are enacted to handle the consequences of the Lost Decade. Japanese aging population has begun to decrease since July 2010. 2014March — The International Court of Justice ruled that Japan's whaling program violated the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. The court found that the operations were not for research purposes and ordered Japan to halt the program. 2014March — Abeno Harukas opens in Abeno-ku, Osaka, becoming the tallest building in Japan. 2014September — The Mount Ontake eruption began and killed 63 people. It was the worst volcanic disaster since 1991. 2014April — Consumption tax increases to eight percent from five percent since 1997. 20142014年长野地震 2014December — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the general election for the second time. 2014伊予灘地震 2014August — 2014 Hiroshima landslides: According to several news reports, there were 74 fatalities in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima. 2014August — According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, the first dengue fever outbreak in the country since 1945 occurred. 153 people showed the same symptoms by October, mainly in the Greater Tokyo Area in the Kantō region. 2014March — During the 2012–2013 PC remote control incident in Japan, a 31-year-old male suspect was released on bail for the first time in almost a year from the Tokyo Detention Center. However, following a prosecutorial claim, the Tokyo District Court revoked his bail on 19 May, and the suspect was imprisoned in the Tokyo Detention Center on 20 May.	Hurricane Sandy strikes the Eastern Seaboard.EN A gunman kills 12 and injures 70 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.EN California Proposition 39EN U.S. presidential election, 2012: Barack Obama reelected president, Joe Biden reelected vice president.EN Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa WilliamsEN U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucusesEN Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucusesEN American Samoa Republican presidential caucusesEN campaignEN January 20, 2013 – President Obama and Vice President Biden begin their second terms.EN 2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history. 2010Times Square car bombing attempt 2010California Proposition 19 20102010年尤里卡地震 2010더 투나잇 쇼 사태 2010Illinois earthquake 2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats. 2011Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs. 2011Virginia earthquake 2011Joplin tornado 2011STS-135: The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981. 2011A tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1,000, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting 2011The ATF gunwalking scandal emerged, wherein thousands of guns were allowed to "walk" through interdiction to Mexico, supposedly to aid in the capture of criminals. 2011Oklahoma earthquake 2011Colorado earthquake 2011A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina. 2011Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman went on a shooting spree, killing federal judge John Roll and five other people, and wounding at least 13 others, at an event Giffords was hosting in suburban Tucson, Arizona. 2011Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage. 2011Casey Marie Anthony is acquitted of all charges related to the death of her daughter, Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served. 2013서아프리카 에볼라 유행 2013Black Lives Matter emerges as a political movement, protesting against widespread racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system. 2013Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency. 2013The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history burns nearly 16,000 acres and kills two people. 2013A tornado devastates suburbs near Oklahoma City, killing 24. 2013The Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned the federal recognition of same-sex marriages and refused to recognize the legal standing of proponents of Proposition 8, which resulted in the re-legalization of same-sex marriage in California. 2013Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators. Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then led Boston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after. 2013Christopher Dorner murders three people in Southern California, starting the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. His spree ends in Big Bear Lake, California where he barricades himself in a cabin, kills a second officer, before committing suicide. 20142014年南納帕地震 2014Deja Vu Tour 2014The Republicans win the Senate in the Midterm elections. 2014A grand jury decides not to charge Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown inciting protests and riots against racism and police brutality in the St. Louis area Causing riot.

韩国大韩民国 1948–

中国中华人民共和国 1949–

日本平成 1989–2019

美国美国 1776–

19 December. Park Geun-hye, a daughter of Park Chung Hee, is elected as first female and the 11th president of South Korea.EN
3월 15일 한미 FTA 발효KO

2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea.
2011Kim Jong Il dies, Kim Jong Un takes over as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The National Intelligence Service accuses pro-unification lawmakers of being spies. One of the members was a former Democratic Party representative. In a move indicative of the heavy-handedness of the Park regime, the party is outlawed and key party members are imprisoned.
201112월 17일 김정일 사망, 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장 집권(조선민주주의인민공화국)
2011무역 1조 달러 돌파
201312 December. North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, executes his uncle and major North Korean politician, Jang Song-thaek.
20132월 25일 박근혜 대통령 취임, 박근혜 정부 출범
201416 April. Sinking of MV Sewol, where 304 people, mostly students, die.
2014세계 수학자 대회
201412월 19일 통합진보당 위헌정당해산 사건 (대한민국 최초의 정당 해산사건)
201411월 중국과 FTA 협상 체결
20144월 16일 진도 팽목항에서 세월호 침몰, 사망자 304명

July — The Three Gorges Dam went into operation.EN
月25日，中国第一艘航空母舰“辽宁号”正式交付使用。
月11日，莫言获得诺贝尔文学奖，成为首位获此殊荣的中国籍作家。
月16日，“神舟九号”载人飞船搭载景海鹏、刘旺、刘洋三位航天员发射升空，与天宫一号对接，于6月29日返回地球。
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual PerformancesEN
2012年彝良地震
August — 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations: Anti-Japanese protests took place in China due to the Senkaku Islands dispute.EN
月8日-14日，中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会在北京召开，习近平在11月15日召开的中共十八届一中全会上当选中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括李克强、张德江、俞正声、刘云山、王岐山、张高丽（参见：中国共产党第十八届中央委员会）。此后，大规模反腐败运动展开，但外界对此也有“清洗政治对手”、“选择性反腐”的质疑。
2012年扬州地震
2012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件
月6日，原重庆市公安局局长王立军私自进入美国驻成都总领事馆（“王立军事件”），引发中国巨大政治变动，后续事件包括薄熙来事件和周永康案。
馬英九當選第13任總統。第8屆立委選舉。薄熙来、周永康等被捕。11月15日，習近平當選中國共產黨中央委員會總書記及中國共產黨中央軍事委員會主席。
月，湖南衡阳发生大规模贿选案件。
月，北京特大暴雨造成79人死亡、160.2万人受灾，经济损失116.4亿元。

2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。
2010中國2010年上海世界博覽會
20102010年玉樹地震
2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。
20102010年高雄地震
2010中国―东盟自由贸易区启动。海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議（ECFA）簽訂。上海舉辦世界博覽會。臺北縣升格為新北市，臺南縣市、高雄縣市、臺中縣市分別合併升格為直轄市。
2010리강 사건
2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。
2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。
2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。
2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。
2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。
2010月-10月，上海世博会。
2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。
2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。
2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。
2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。
2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。
20112011年缅甸地震
20112011年錫金地震
20112011年盈江地震
2011月29日，“天宫一号”实验性空间站发射升空，后于2018年4月结束任务、落入大气层。
2011烏坎事件
2011月1日，“神舟八号”无人飞船顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于11月17日返回地球。
20112011年喀什暴力恐怖袭击事件
20112011年和田市“7·18”暴力恐怖袭击事件
2011October — The 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China was commemorated.
2011Central Tibetan Administration general election
2011月，中国红十字会爆发重大丑闻“郭美美事件 ”。
2011月14日，大连市爆发上万人参加的反对PX项目游行。
2011月，内蒙古抗议示威事件。
2011月，深圳举办“2011年世界大学生夏季运动会”。
2011月，微博实行实名制。
2011月起，中国南方水灾，至少105人死亡，63人失踪。
2011月，北斗二号导航系统开始为中国及周边地区用户提供服务。
2011月23日，甬台温铁路列车追尾事故，造成40人死亡、上百人受伤。
2011月起，中国秋季洪涝灾害，共造成97人死亡、21人失踪。
20111月1日中俄原油管道投入运行。中國國內生產總值超越日本成為全球第二大經濟體。蓬莱19-3油田溢油事故。深圳举办世界大学生夏季运动会。10月10日，中華民國100年國慶。
2013One Belt, One Road was proposed to connect and cooperate among countries primarily between China and rest of Eurasia.
2013月14日，“嫦娥三号”和“玉兔号”完成首次月面软着陆和月面巡视勘探。
2013月28日，北京发生天安门金水桥恐怖袭击案，五人死亡。
2013月11日，“神舟十号”载人飞船搭载聂海胜、张晓光、王亚平三位航天员顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于6月26日返回地球。
2013China–Russia floods
20132013年巴楚县“4·23”暴力恐怖袭击事件
20132013年3月南投地震
20132013年6月南投地震
2013深化国防和军队改革
2013September — The Shanghai Free-Trade Zone was established.
2013月3日，吉林寶源豐禽業公司因液氨泄漏發生火災，造成121人死亡，77人受傷。
2013月5日-17日，在第十二届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，习近平当选中华人民共和国主席，李克强当选中华人民共和国国务院总理。
2013月16日，辽宁抚顺“8·16”特大洪灾，共造成76人死亡、88人失踪。
2013月7日，廈門BRT快1線發生公車起火事故，造成47人死亡、34人受傷，事故原因認定為自殺式縱火襲擊。
2013月25日，中国共产党总书记习近平在北京会见中国国民党荣誉主席连战及随访的台湾各界人士，是首次“习连会”。
2013月20日，四川省芦山“4·20”7.0级强烈地震（雅安大地震），造成196人死亡。
20134月20日芦山地震。洪仲丘事件。臺紐經濟合作協定（ANZTEC）、臺星經濟合作協定（ASTEP）簽訂。
2013月28日，第十二届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议通过《关于废止有关劳动教养法律规定的决定》，劳教制度正式废止。
20142014年鲁甸地震
20142014年昆明火车站暴力恐怖袭击事件
2014March — Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan, students occupy the Legislative Yuan force to halt the enforcement of Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement.
2014月3日，云南昭通市鲁甸县发生6.5级地震，617人死亡。
20142014年盈江地震
20142014年5月6日广州火车站暴力袭击事件
2014月2日，江苏昆山中荣工厂爆炸事故造成146人死亡。
20142014年康定地震
20142014年于田地震
2014Yarkand violence
2014月27日，中央军委原副主席徐才厚涉嫌受贿犯罪案件侦查终结，后被开除党籍军籍。
2014月31日，上海外滩陈毅广场在跨年活动期间发生人群践踏事故，造成36死49伤。
2014月-12月，香港爆发争取真普选的“雨伞革命”。
2014月28日，新疆莎车县发生严重恐怖袭击，造成37名民众遇害，59名暴徒被击毙。
2014China became the world's second largest economy.
2014月22日，新疆乌鲁木齐发生严重暴力恐怖事件，43人死亡。
2014月10日-11日，亚太经合组织第二十二次领导人非正式会议（APEC峰会）在北京举行。
2014月16日-28日，第二届夏季青年奥林匹克运动会在江苏南京举行。2014年秋，香港爆发要求真普选的“雨伞革命”。
2014月1日，云南昆明发生恐怖袭击事件，造成30余人死亡。
2014月24日，国家信访局发布《引导逐级走访办法》，明确不受理越级上访。
2014月8日，飞往北京的马来西亚航空370号班机失联，马航MH370事件引发国际高度关注，机上239人（大部分乘客为中国公民）下落不明。
20143月1日昆明火车站恐怖袭击。香港雨傘革命。台灣太陽花學運。7月23日复兴航空222号班机空难。九合一選舉。

December — Shinzo Abe is inaugurated as the 98th Prime Minister of Japan.EN
2012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件
Fantastic BabysEN
December — Shinzo Abe wins the general election for the first time.EN

2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked.
2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election.
20102010年父岛地震
20102010年羽曳野市枪击事件
20102010年福島地震
2010일본 구제역 확산
2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan.
2010(平成22年)
20112011年4月福島地震
20112011年靜岡地震
2011榮村地震
2011March — Japan gets hit with the (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, etc.), which claimed the lives of 20,000 people.
2011March — Japan Self-Defense Force Base was established in Djibouti.
2011January and March — The Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the third tallest tower in the world, which opened in 2012.
2013Minamata Convention on Mercury
20132013年淡路島地震
2013July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the House of Councillors election at the first time.
20132013年北海道地震
2013September — During the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Japan is awarded the rights to host 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games for the first time since the Reiwa period. Istanbul and Madrid were other contenders.
2013December — The State Secrecy Law passes the National Diet.
2013June to October — 2013 Japanese heatwave, according to Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare official confirmed report, 1,077 people lost their lives to heatwave, caused by heat stroke, second worst heatwave disaster in Japan.
2013January — Abenomics and Japanese policies are enacted to handle the consequences of the Lost Decade. Japanese aging population has begun to decrease since July 2010.
2014March — The International Court of Justice ruled that Japan's whaling program violated the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. The court found that the operations were not for research purposes and ordered Japan to halt the program.
2014March — Abeno Harukas opens in Abeno-ku, Osaka, becoming the tallest building in Japan.
2014September — The Mount Ontake eruption began and killed 63 people. It was the worst volcanic disaster since 1991.
2014April — Consumption tax increases to eight percent from five percent since 1997.
20142014年长野地震
2014December — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the general election for the second time.
2014伊予灘地震
2014August — 2014 Hiroshima landslides: According to several news reports, there were 74 fatalities in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima.
2014August — According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, the first dengue fever outbreak in the country since 1945 occurred. 153 people showed the same symptoms by October, mainly in the Greater Tokyo Area in the Kantō region.
2014March — During the 2012–2013 PC remote control incident in Japan, a 31-year-old male suspect was released on bail for the first time in almost a year from the Tokyo Detention Center. However, following a prosecutorial claim, the Tokyo District Court revoked his bail on 19 May, and the suspect was imprisoned in the Tokyo Detention Center on 20 May.

Hurricane Sandy strikes the Eastern Seaboard.EN
A gunman kills 12 and injures 70 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.EN
California Proposition 39EN
U.S. presidential election, 2012: Barack Obama reelected president, Joe Biden reelected vice president.EN
Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa WilliamsEN
U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucusesEN
Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucusesEN
American Samoa Republican presidential caucusesEN
campaignEN
January 20, 2013 – President Obama and Vice President Biden begin their second terms.EN

2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
2010Times Square car bombing attempt
2010California Proposition 19
20102010年尤里卡地震
2010더 투나잇 쇼 사태
2010Illinois earthquake
2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
2011Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs.
2011Virginia earthquake
2011Joplin tornado
2011STS-135: The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.
2011A tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1,000, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting
2011The ATF gunwalking scandal emerged, wherein thousands of guns were allowed to "walk" through interdiction to Mexico, supposedly to aid in the capture of criminals.
2011Oklahoma earthquake
2011Colorado earthquake
2011A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.
2011Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman went on a shooting spree, killing federal judge John Roll and five other people, and wounding at least 13 others, at an event Giffords was hosting in suburban Tucson, Arizona.
2011Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage.
2011Casey Marie Anthony is acquitted of all charges related to the death of her daughter, Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served.
2013서아프리카 에볼라 유행
2013Black Lives Matter emerges as a political movement, protesting against widespread racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
2013Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
2013The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history burns nearly 16,000 acres and kills two people.
2013A tornado devastates suburbs near Oklahoma City, killing 24.
2013The Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned the federal recognition of same-sex marriages and refused to recognize the legal standing of proponents of Proposition 8, which resulted in the re-legalization of same-sex marriage in California.
2013Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators. Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then led Boston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after.
2013Christopher Dorner murders three people in Southern California, starting the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. His spree ends in Big Bear Lake, California where he barricades himself in a cabin, kills a second officer, before committing suicide.
20142014年南納帕地震
2014Deja Vu Tour
2014The Republicans win the Senate in the Midterm elections.
2014A grand jury decides not to charge Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown inciting protests and riots against racism and police brutality in the St. Louis area Causing riot.