2013 Israeli legislative election, Government formation
On 19 February Netanyahu reached a coalition deal with Tzipi Livni, in which Hatnua agreed to join the coalition and Livni would be named as Justice Minister, placing her in charge of negotiations with the Palestinians. This was Netanyahu's first coalition deal. Likud Yisrael Beiteinu and Hatnua together controlled 37 seats, 24 short of the 61 needed to form a government. The Jewish Home issued a statement criticizing the coalition and saying that Livni's inclusion made the Bennett-led party less likely to join.


2013 Israeli legislative election, Government formation
Yesh Atid and The Jewish Home announced a pact that neither would join the government without the other. This prevented Netanyahu from forming a coalition with only one of those parties along with the Haredi parties (Shas and United Torah Judaism), though Yesh Atid's Lapid was quoted as saying he would not join a government with the Haredim and such a scenario was considered unlikely given Yesh Atid's platform of ending Haredi exemptions from military service and personal animosities between the parties' leaders. On 25 February Likud announced that it had invited Yesh Atid and The Jewish Home to join the government. Netanyahu needed the support of both parties to have enough support to form a government.


2013 Israeli legislative election, Government formation
By 5 March, Shas and UTJ had reportedly been informed they would not be joining the government. Yesh Atid began demanding more policy changes for the next government: public transportation on the Sabbath, an easier process for conversion to Judaism, and changes to the Chief Rabbinate.


2013 Israeli legislative election, Government formation
A coalition of Likud Yisrael Beiteinu, Yesh Atid, The Jewish Home, and Hatnua was announced on 14 March 2013. This coalition won a vote of confidence in the Knesset on 18 March, and was sworn in later that day.


2013 Israeli municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Israel on 22 October 2013. Turnout was low, with only 43% of those eligible voting, compared to 51% in 2008.


2013 Israeli municipal elections
In Jerusalem, the incumbent Nir Barkat won re-election with 52% against challenger Moshe Lion, who gained 45%, as did the Tel Aviv incumbent Mayor Ron Huldai against the Knesset member Nitzan Horowitz from the Meretz Party.


2013 Israeli protests
In 2013, several independent protests occurred in Israel. In May, the Tal Law ruling in 2012 led to protests by Haredi against conscription. Again in November, Bedouins in the Negev called for a Day of Rage against their displacement.


2013 Israeli protests, Haredi protests
Following announcements that the new government plans to gradually incorporate the Haredi Jewish population of Israel into the country's armed forces, there were widespread protests against the government and the draft. On 16 May of that year, between 15,000 and 30,000 Haredim demonstrated outside an IDF recruiting office in Jerusalem. Some allegedly threw stones and bottles at police and called them Nazis.


2013 Israeli protests, Bedouin protests
The Prawer-Begin plan to move Bedouins out of unrecognised villages, which the government has termed "illegal" and a "land grab," is intended to move them to state-planned towns. Former General Doron Almog, who is tasked with implementing the plan, said: "The idea is to ... better integrate Jews and Bedouins; to bring many more Bedouins to our work force; to employ and educate many more women for employment; and to build new communities; and to expand some of the current communities and make them modern." Its stated aim is also to "modernise" the Bedouin and improve their quality of life. US$340m has been allocated over five years for the project.


2013 Israeli protests, Bedouin protests
A Day of Protest was called against the plan that organisers said would evict 40,000 Bedouin citizens from their homes and into impoverished townships. The main protest was scheduled to be held near the Bedouin township of Hura on 30 November, with other protests planned in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and in several other cities across Europe, North America and the Middle East.


2013 Israeli protests, Bedouin protests
Bedouin activist Huda Abu-Obeid said: "The government is trying to present the plan as 'in the best interest of the Bedouin', while with one hand it is acting to destroy Bedouin villages… and with the other it is building new Jewish localities in the Negev, some of these in the very same places where the [Bedouin] villages stand today."


2013 Israeli protests, Bedouin protests
Following expectation the plan would fail a Knesset vote it was canceled. Benny Begin, who jointly formulated the plan, said: "Right and left, Arabs and Jews joined forces - while exploiting the plight of many Bedouin - to heat things up for political gain. There is no majority in the coalition for the bill. [ But Netanyahu agreed to] carry out the development plan for Bedouin settlements in the coming years."


2013 Italian Athletics Championships
The 2013 Italian Athletics Championships was the 103rd edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Milan on 26–28 July 2013.


2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships was the 44th edition of the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships and were held in Ancona.


2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships, Records
In this edition of the championships have fallen three national records: Michael Tumi (6.51 in male 60 metres), Silvano Chesani (2.33 m in male high jump) and the junior Roberta Bruni (4.60 m in female pole vault).


2013 Italian Figure Skating Championships
The 2013 Italian Figure Skating Championships (Italian: Campionati Italiani Assoluti 2013 Pattinaggio Di Figura Su Ghiaccio) was held in Milan from December 19 through 22, 2012. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the senior and junior levels. The results are among the criteria used to choose Italy's teams for ISU Championships. On 5 December 2012, the Italian federation released the final selection criteria for the 2013 World Championships, 2013 European Championships, and 2013 World Junior Championships.


2013 Italian Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men
The Italian Federation selected Zandron for the European Championships and Bacchini for the World Championships but the president decided Bacchini should be sent to both.


2013 Italian Grand Prix
The 2013 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 September 2013 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. The race was the 12th round of the 2013 season, and the 83rd running of the Italian Grand Prix.


2013 Italian Grand Prix
Prior to the weekend, Red Bull revealed that Daniel Ricciardo will be driving alongside Sebastian Vettel in 2014, taking over from Mark Webber, who is moving to the Porsche Sportscar programme. Furthermore, Felipe Massa announced two days after the race that he will leave Ferrari at the end of 2013 after eight years with the team. On the next day, the Scuderia announced that former Ferrari driver and 2007 champion Kimi Räikkönen will take Massa's place.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its hardest two compounds, with the orange-banded hard compound tyre being the harder "prime" tyre, and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. This is the same tyre allocation as for the 2012 Italian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull looked strong in all three practice sessions prior to qualifying. The two biggest threats to a Vettel pole position, apart for Vettel's teammate Mark Webber, were Lewis Hamilton and, quite surprisingly, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who had strong pace on a single lap Saturday morning, an area where Ferrari struggled throughout the season. Three-time 2013 pole-sitter Nico Rosberg had really poor mileage in the final practice session due to overheating and was unlikely to fight for pole because of this.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Q1
Drivers eliminated in the first qualifying session were both drivers from Caterham and Marussia as well as Valtteri Bottas of Williams and Sauber's Esteban Gutiérrez. Several drivers were out on track early on option tyres, including 2007 champion Kimi Räikkönen and Jean-Éric Vergne.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Q2
The second qualifying session was the stage of a few surprises. First, both Lotus drivers were eliminated at the end of the 15 minutes session. Qualifying has never been the strength of the E21 this season, especially on the lowest downforce track of the season. The biggest disappointment of the session was the elimination of Hamilton's Mercedes. The five-time 2013 pole-sitter had an off at the exit of Curva Parabolica on his first flying lap and was impeded by Adrian Sutil on his second attempt at the entrance of the same turn. The German was later handed a three-place grid penalty for the race. It was the first time that Hamilton failed to make a Q3 appearance since the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix. As a result, Hamilton's streak of consecutive Q3 appearances ended at 66.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Q3
Both Ferraris and Red Bulls were out early as well as Rosberg's Mercedes. The red cars were using their towing tactic, which they practiced a lot during free practice. Vettel was the fastest man of that group with a time of 1:23.859. All ten cars then went out on track, either for a second run or for a first. Rosberg and Ricciardo were out first in the second wave as they opted for a two-flying lap run. Webber improved his time on his second run, but stayed second behind Vettel while the German also improved his fastest time to 1:23.755.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Q3
Nico Hülkenberg set up for a massively impressive third place, especially with his teammate early exit in Q1. Ferrari's towing tactic did not do any good as the red cars could only manage fourth and fifth, with Felipe Massa in front of Alonso. Rosberg took a respectable sixth, considering his misfortune of Saturday morning. Ricciardo again showed great qualifying pace with seventh despite running wide at turn six. The McLaren duo could only manage eight and ninth, with Sergio Pérez in front, while Vergne had to settle for tenth with an off that was a near carbon copy of Hamilton's in Q2 at Curva Parabolica.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Race
At the start, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel led the race from pole position with Felipe Massa jumping up into second position, ahead of Mark Webber and teammate Fernando Alonso. Further down the order, Lotus' Kimi Räikkönen was forced to put his left wheels on the grass to avoid Sergio Pérez on the approach of Variante del Rettifilo, preventing the Finn to brake in time and to avoid running in the back of the Mexican's McLaren. Räikkönen had to pit for a new front wing at the end of the first lap.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Race
More drama unfolded during the first lap as Paul di Resta ran into the back of Romain Grosjean's Lotus. The Scot lost his front left wheel and retired his car on the spot, while Grosjean's car was left unscathed by the incident. On lap three, Alonso made his move on Webber at Variante della Roggia for third place and the Spaniard later passed his teammate at Variante del Rettifilo on lap eight for second place.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Race
Lewis Hamilton picked up a slow puncture early on in the race as well as radio problems. This meant that his team could not tell him about the tire problem and had to communicate with him with the help of pit boards throughout the rest of the race. Hamilton's one stop strategy became a two-stopper because of the slow puncture and rejoined the track almost at the back of the grid. Further ahead, Jean-Éric Vergne was on his way to a points finish until his transmission failed on lap fifteen.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Race
Later on, Webber managed to leapfrog Massa during the pit stops. The impressive Nico Hülkenberg managed to stay in front of Nico Rosberg for a net fifth place, but the recovering Hamilton passed both Germans at Curva Biassono and at Variante del Rettifilo respectively, though the Briton had to stop again because of his earlier tire problem. Räikkönen was also recovering from his first-lap clash with Pérez, taking advantage of a battle between Esteban Gutiérrez and Adrian Sutil, although Hamilton passed the three of them after his second pit stop. The Briton then quickly caught the McLaren duo and overtook them almost as quickly. Räikkönen also overtook Pérez and went after Jenson Button for tenth and the last championship point.


2013 Italian Grand Prix, Race
At the end of his 52nd lap, Sutil pulled into the Force India garage and retired with a brake problem. He was classified 16th, as he had completed 90% of the winner's race distance. A lap later, Sebastian Vettel crossed the start/finish line to win the 2013 Italian Grand Prix, his sixth win of the season, ahead of Alonso and teammate Webber. Massa drove to a respectable fourth, while Hülkenberg successfully beat Rosberg to the flag for a strong fifth place. Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of the great top speed of his Toro Rosso to successfully fight off Grosjean for a solid seventh. Hamilton recovered from his slow puncture to pick up ninth, while Button managed to hold Räikkönen behind him for tenth.


2013 Italian Open (tennis)
The  2013 Italian Open (also known as the 2013 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 70th edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place from 13 to 19 May 2013.


2013 Italian Open (tennis), ATP main draw entrants, Doubles, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Italian Open (tennis), WTA main draw entrants, Doubles, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Italian Open – Men's Doubles
Marcel Granollers and Marc López were the defending champions, but lost to Santiago González and Scott Lipsky in the quarterfinals. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2013 Italian Open – Men's Singles
Defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in the final, 6–1, 6–3, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2013 Italian Open. It was his record-extending seventh Italian Open title.


2013 Italian Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round :


2013 Italian Open – Women's Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions. They reached the final this year, but lost to unseeded pair Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].


2013 Italian Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2013 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew in the quarterfinals due to illness.


2013 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams won her second Internazionali BNL d'Italia title, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final, 6–1, 6–3. Williams won without dropping a set, without dropping more than three games per set, and without dropping more than four games per match.


2013 Italian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2013 Italian Senate election in Lombardy
Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on February 24, 2013. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 2013 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.


2013 Italian Senate election in Lombardy
Lombardy obtained two more seats to the Senate, following the redistricting subsequent to the 2011 Census. For the first time in history, a senatorial election was paired with a regional election.


2013 Italian Senate election in Lombardy
The election was won by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and the Northern League, differently as it happened at national level and hugely contributing to create that hung parliament which was the general result of the 2013 vote. All the two coalitions lost votes to the newly created Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo and, in a minor scale, to the Civic Choice of incumbent PM Mario Monti. Ten  provinces gave a plurality to the centre-right coalition, while the provinces of Milan and Mantua preferred Bersani's alliance.


2013 Italian Senate election in Lombardy, Electoral law
The electoral law for the Senate was established in 2005 by the Calderoli Law, and it is a form of semi-proportional representation. A party presents its own closed list and it can join other parties in alliances. The coalition which receives a plurality automatically wins at least 27 seats. Respecting this condition, seats are divided between coalitions, and subsequently to party lists, using the largest remainder method with a Hare quota. To receive seats, a party must overcome the barrage of 8% of the vote if it contests a single race, or of 3% of the vote if it runs in alliance.


2013 Italian general election
A general election took place on 24–25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 17th Parliament of the Italian Republic.


2013 Italian general election
The centre-left alliance Italy Common Good led by the Democratic Party obtained a clear majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, thanks to a majority bonus that has effectively trebled the number of seats assigned to the winning force, while in the popular vote it narrowly defeated the center-right alliance of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Close behind, the new anti-establishment Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo became the third force, clearly ahead of the centrist coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti.


2013 Italian general election
In the Senate, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. Eventually a grand coalition between Italy Common Good, the Berlusconi coalition, and the center was formed. Berlusconi and his allies withdrew support of the coalition and formed a new Forza Italia six months later, which meant that the PD dominated the government coalition until the 2018 election.


2013 Italian general election, Background
Following the European sovereign debt crisis, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned from his position in November 2011. He was replaced as Prime Minister by technocratic Senator for Life Mario Monti.


2013 Italian general election, Background
In December 2012, Berlusconi announced his intention to run for Prime Minister for a sixth time. Shortly after, his party, People of Freedom (PdL), withdrew endorsement for Monti's Cabinet and Monti announced he would resign after sending the annual budget to parliament, which was expected by Christmas. The Constitution of Italy then requires an election to be held within 70 days of the dissolution of parliament by President Giorgio Napolitano. Monti's resignation came after he said that, following the PdL's withdrawal, he "matured [to] the conviction that we could not continue like this any longer," and that he could not govern with a loss of support for his platform.


2013 Italian general election, Background
During Monti's tenure, Italy had faced tax increases and state spending cuts, as well as reforms intended to improve the competitiveness of the Italian economy. On the other hand, PdL parliamentary party leader Angelino Alfano told parliament on 7 December that Italy's debt, unemployment, and tax rates had risen in contrast to the economy since Monti became prime minister. In the approximately one year since Monti took office, unemployment rose by almost two percent.


2013 Italian general election, Background
Previously Monti had controversially told the rising tide of youth unemployment to forget about a steady job for life, saying such is "monotonous [anyway and] it's nice to change and take on challenges." He also called for changes to Article 18 of the 1970 Workers Statute that forbids companies with over 15 employees from sacking an employee without "just cause", saying that it "can be pernicious for Italy's growth."


2013 Italian general election, Background
The same reforms and austerity-focused policies which upset many Italians are perceived to have improved international confidence in Italy. Monti was supported by other Eurozone leaders, such as Germany's Angela Merkel and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Merkel's spokesman, Georg Streiter, said that she had "always worked well" with Monti and "had a relationship of esteem"; however, when asked about Berlusconi, he said it was not up to him to decide domestic politics of other countries.


2013 Italian general election, Background
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble added that he did not foresee "any destabilization in the euro-zone [but] expect[ed] Italy to keep going forward by respecting its European commitments." In reaction, financial markets fell on speculation of further instability; while, specifically, Italian 10-year bond yields rose by 0.4% to reach 4.87% and the Italian stock exchange's flagship index dropped by over 3.5%.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
From the summer of 2012, a number of parties and movements from the so-called "Third Pole" of the political spectrum, including Pier Ferdinando Casini's Union of the Centre (UdC), Gianfranco Fini's Future and Freedom (FLI), Luca Cordero di Montezemolo's Toward the Third Republic (VTR), as well as a number of other politicians from both PD and PdL, pushed for direct involvement of Mario Monti in an election. Monti's statement that he would resign after the budget was passed, was suggested by Reuters to be indicative of him seeking to run for office.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
Monti also told a press conference in France that "populism" was dangerous, and he further said that a failure to pass the budget "would render more serious the government crisis, also at a European level" and that his resignation would then be "irrevocable." The two largest parties in parliament, the PdL and the Democratic Party (PD) said they would be willing to work together to expedite passage of the budget.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
PD Secretary Pier Luigi Bersani said: "Faced with the irresponsibility of the right that betrayed a commitment it made a year ago before the whole country [...] Monti responded with an act of dignity that we profoundly respect." PD Deputy Secretary Enrico Letta said of the PdL's withdrawal from the government that "the financial markets will judge this latest outburst by Berlusconi and they certainly will not judge it positively." Bersani had won the centre-left primary election shortly before the PdL withdrew from the government.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
Following a defeat in the primary, Mayor of Florence Matteo Renzi ruled out an approach, in writing, from Berlusconi's PdL to join the party during the election. In the following weeks, both PD and Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) announced their intention to hold primary elections for MP candidates on 29 and 30 December.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
The possibility of Monti directly involving himself in the election was seen as increasingly likely after the government crisis in December later that year, as Monti was invited to a European People's Party meeting at which Berlusconi was present too. A few days later, Monti published a political agenda for Italy, dubbed the "Monti agenda", and offered it to all political parties. After the Third Pole promptly agreed to use it as their own platform for the upcoming elections, talks started regarding a direct involvement of Monti as premiership candidate.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
On 28 December 2012, following a 4-hour meeting and after being publicly backed by the Vatican regarding a potential bid, Monti publicly announced his candidacy as head of the Third Pole, which ran in the Senate as a unique component provisionally named "Monti's Agenda for Italy", and in the Lower House as a coalition of several components.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
Berlusconi said the platform his party would run on includes opposition to Monti's economic performance, which he said put Italy into a "recessive spiral without end." He also told the media, on the sidelines of AC Milan's practice session (the football club he owns along with Mediaset, the largest media outlet in the country): "I race to win. To win, everyone said there had to be a tested leader. It's not that we did not look for one. We did, and how! But there isn't one [...] I'm doing it out of a sense of responsibility." Berlusconi and Five Star Movement (M5S) leader Beppe Grillo criticised the euro-zone and Germany's influence on European policy. Grillo wrote that the average Italian "is literally terrified about the prospects of five more years of Monti-like rule."


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
On 8 December 2012, a new political party formed around a think tank named "Fermare il Declino" (Stop the Decline), on an initiative by the economic journalist Oscar Giannino and supported by various economists. On 19 December 2012, the name "FARE per Fermare il Declino" ("ACT to Stop The Decline") was chosen, and a list was presented with Oscar Giannino as PM candidate. The party's programme was also introduced, roughly inspiring to reduce the role of the State in the economy, reduce the national debt through disposing redundant assets, and to propose market liberalizations and privatizations.


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
On 29 December 2012, a new coalition, Civil Revolution (RC), was formed with the support of Italy of Values (IdV), Orange Movement (MA), Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) and Federation of the Greens (FdV). It is led by celebrity magistrate Antonio Ingroia and Mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris. FdS co-leader Paolo Ferrero said it would be a "Fourth Pole" that would bring new hope for the left. Civil Revolution attempted to solicit M5S to join them, saying "the door is open." Grillo, however, turned them down, writing on his blog "is the door for M5S open? Well, thank you, but close the door again, please."


2013 Italian general election, Campaign
On 7 January 2013, Berlusconi announced he had penned a coalition agreement with the Northern League (LN); as part of it, PdL will support Roberto Maroni's bid for the presidency of Lombardy, and he will run as "leader of the coalition", but suggested he could accept a role as Minister of Economy under a cabinet headed by another PdL member, such as Angelino Alfano. Later that day, LN leader Maroni confirmed his party will not support a new candidacy of Berlusconi as Prime Minister in the case of an electoral win.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system
The electoral system had been last reformed by Law no. 270, 21 December 2005.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies
For the election of the lower house, all seats in the Chamber of Deputies (excluding one deputy for the region of Aosta Valley and twelve deputies for Italians residing abroad) are allocated based on the national vote in a form of party-list proportional representation with a series of thresholds encouraging parties to form coalitions. Voters cast one vote for a closed list, meaning they cannot express a preference for individual candidates.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies
Parties can choose to run in coalitions. Seats are first allocated based on coalition votes, then divided among parties belonging to the same coalition by the largest remainder method. To guarantee a working majority, the coalition or party that obtains a plurality of the vote, but fewer than 340 seats, is assigned additional seats to reach that number, which is roughly 54% of all seats.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies
The autonomous region of Aosta Valley elects one deputy through a first-past-the-post system. Italians abroad are divided into four constituencies, which elect a total of twelve seats based on proportional representation.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system, Senate
For the election of the upper house, a similar system is used. However, the results are based on regional, rather than national, vote. This means the coalition or party that wins a plurality of votes in each region is guaranteed a majority of the seats assigned to that region. As this mechanism is region-based, opposing parties or coalitions may benefit from the majority bonus in different regions. It therefore does not guarantee any party or coalition a majority in the Senate.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system, Senate
Three regions have exceptions to the system detailed above. In the region of Molise, that is granted two seats in the Senate, seats are allocated proportionally, with no majority bonus. The region of Aosta Valley, which elects one senator, uses a first-past-the-post system. Finally, the region of Trentino-South Tyrol elects seven senators with a mixed-member proportional system: six senators are elected in six single-member constituencies, while the seventh is allocated to the most underrepresented list based on the regional votes.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system, Senate
Six seats in the Senate are assigned to Italians living abroad and are allocated using the same system used for the Chamber of Deputies.


2013 Italian general election, Electoral system, Constitutionality
At the end of 2013, Italy's Constitutional Court declared that this electoral law failed to meet a number of constitutional requirements. The electoral system for the Chamber of Deputies was later reformed by Law no. 52, 6 May 2015 (commonly called Italicum).


2013 Italian general election, Results for the Chamber of Deputies, Aosta Valley
The autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy, elects one member to the Chamber of Deputies through a direct first-past-the-post election. Some parties that formed electoral coalitions in Italy, might have opted to run against one another (or form different coalitions) in this particular region.


2013 Italian general election, Results for the Chamber of Deputies, Italians abroad
Twelve members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad. Two members are elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean), four members for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago), five members for Europe, and one member for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and may also cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation.


2013 Italian general election, Results for the Chamber of Deputies, Italians abroad
The electoral law allows for parties to form different coalitions on the lists abroad, compared to the lists in Italy. In the 2013 election, this freedom was used by Left Ecology Freedom to provide a list as an independent party, instead of making themselves available as part of the mainlands coalition with Democratic Party.


2013 Italian general election, Results for the Senate of the Republic, Aosta Valley
The semi-autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy, elects one member to the Senate through a direct first-past-the-post election. Some parties that formed electoral coalitions in Italy, might have opted to run against one another (or form different coalitions) in this particular region.


2013 Italian general election, Results for the Senate of the Republic, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol
The semi-autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige in north Italy, including South Tyrol, elects seven members to the Italian Senate through its six constituencies. Each constituency elects one senator by first-past-the post, while the seventh seat attributed to the region is filled by the most underrepresented party based on the overall regional result (mixed-member proportional system). Some parties that formed electoral coalitions in Italy, might have opted to run against one another (or form different coalitions) in this particular region.


2013 Italian general election, Results for the Senate of the Republic, Italians abroad
Six members of the Senate are elected by Italians abroad. One member is elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean), two members for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago), two members for Europe, and one member for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and may also cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation.


2013 Italian general election, Results for the Senate of the Republic, Italians abroad
The election law allow for parties to form other electoral coalitions on the lists abroad, compared to the lists in Italy. In the 2013 electional list for the Senate all parties were listed independently without any coalitions formed. None of the parties were neither in internal coalitions at the mainland; so in 2013 the electoral situation abroad actually was not different compared to the electoral situation at the mainland.


2013 Italian general election, Reactions
In most of the rest of Europe, Bersani would have had more than enough support to form a government in his own right, as Italy Common Good won a decisive majority in the Chamber of Deputies. However, in Italy, unlike in most other parliamentary democracies, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate have equal power. Governments must thus maintain the confidence of both houses, and require a majority in both houses to pass legislation. As Italy Common Good was 35 seats short of a majority in the Senate, it could not form government on its own.


2013 Italian general election, Reactions
Bersani said that Italy was in a "dramatic situation". Italian and global shares fell as the result became clear, with the value of the euro also dropping. Strong results for anti-austerity parties were interpreted as showing popular opposition to the austerity measures of the Monti government, with the populist Five Star Movement considered to have had a strong election. Analysts were uncertain as to how this new party would behave in the legislature.


2013 Italian general election, Reactions
On 26 February La Repubblica ran the headline "Boost for Grillo: Italy ungovernable", whilst Il Giornale described Berlusconi's result as a miracle. Il Messaggero declared that "The winner is ungovernability".


2013 Italian general election, Government formation
Formal talks to form a new government were expected to start on 10 March with the official confirmation of the results and the convening of parliament. The formation task immediately turned out to be tough due to the absence of a clear majority in the Senate, with Giorgio Napolitano being unable to dissolve the Parliament due to constitutional constraints forbidding a president from doing so during the last six months of his term.


2013 Italian general election, Government formation
On 22 March, after the election of house speakers Laura Boldrini and Piero Grasso, and after two days of consultations with all the parliamentary groups, Napolitano designated Pier Luigi Bersani with the task of forming a new government. Bersani immediately ruled out the possibility of a grand coalition with Berlusconi's right-wing coalition, and instead tried to form a minority government supported by the Five Star Movement. On 28 March, after formal talks with Napolitano, Bersani admitted there was no chance to form such a government. Given the troubles in forming a majority coalition, Napolitano then decided to directly form two informal bipartisan commissions with the task of agreeing on a number of shared reforms


2013 Italian general election, Government formation
At the same time, a new presidential election was called for 18 April. However, the lack of a clear majority turned out to be problematic also in this scenario, as the first five ballots failed to elect a candidate. The Democratic Party split into several factions due to internal conflicts involving the support of party candidates Franco Marini and Romano Prodi, leading to Bersani's resignation as party leader. On the sixth ballot, in an unprecedented move, Napolitano was elected for a second term as Italian president.


2013 Italian general election, Government formation
Successively, Napolitano started talks again and on 24 April appointed the Democratic Party's deputy secretary Enrico Letta as designated prime minister on 28 April, he announced that he had managed to form a grand coalition of his Democratic Party, the People of Freedom, Civic Choice, the Union of the Centre and the Radicals that would take office and seek a vote of confidence the next day. The same day as the swearing-in a gunman opened fire at the prime minister's office, Palazzo Chigi, injuring two police officers. Letta told parliament in his inaugural speech "Italy is dying from austerity alone. Growth policies cannot wait." He added that there would not be a property tax imposed and that a "fairer" system for the less affluent was being worked. He also won the vote of confidence by 453 votes to 153.


2013 Italian general election in Aosta Valley
The Italian general election of 2013 took place on 24–25 March 2013.


2013 Italian general election in Aosta Valley
In its two single-seat constituencies, Aosta Valley elected Rudi Marguerettaz (Edelweiss, Aosta Valley) to the Chamber of Deputies and Albert Lanièce (Valdostan Union, Aosta Valley coalition) to the Senate.


2013 Italian general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The Italian general election of 2013 took place on 24–25 February 2013.


2013 Italian general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
In Trentino the centre-left came first, but Civic Choice, which included Lorenzo Dellai's Union for Trentino, had a strong showing. In South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party was confirmed as the largest party, but Die Freiheitlichen had their best result ever in a general election.


2013 Italian general election in Veneto
The Italian general election of 2013 took place on 24–25 March 2013.


2013 Italian general election in Veneto
The election was won in Veneto by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord (31.8%), which by the way lost almost a half of its electorate from 2008. The Five Star Movement was the largest party with 26.3%, followed by the Democratic Party (21.3%) and The People of Freedom (18.7%). Lega Nord, the party of President Luca Zaia, fell from 27.1% to 10.5%. Despite coming third in Veneto, the centre-left coalition led by the Democratic Party obtained the most Chamber seats due to the national majority premium, while the centre-right won the regional majority premium in the Senate race.


2013 Italian local elections
The 2013 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on  26–27 May, with a second round on 9–10 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 720 municipalities: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 720 municipalities, 20 were provincial capitals and only 171 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).


2013 Italian local elections
In Friuli-Venezia Giulia the elections were held on 21–22 April with a second ballot on 5–6 May; all of 13 municipalities of the region voted for a new mayor and a new City Council concurrently with the Regional elections.


2013 Italian local elections
In Sicily the elections were held on 9–10 June with a second ballot on 23–24 June.


2013 Italian local elections
There weren't provincial elections around Italy because of their abolition (also in Sicily, since 2012), except for Friuli-Venezia Giulia: in this region citizens elected a new president and a new Provincial Council in Province of Udine.


2013 Italian local elections, Voting System
All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same voting system. Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.


2013 Italian local elections, Voting System
The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.


2013 Italian local elections, Results
Majority of each coalition in 92 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:


2013 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2013 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Mugello Circuit in Scarperia on 2 June 2013.


2013 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Jorge Lorenzo took the victory, ahead of pole sitter Dani Pedrosa, and Cal Crutchlow. Valentino Rossi and Álvaro Bautista collided on lap 1, the barriers being torn apart on impact, and Marc Márquez slid wide into the gravel trap with 3 laps to go, suffering his first MotoGP retirement, whilst riding in a comfortable second place.


2013 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.


2013 Italian presidential election
The Italian presidential election of 2013 was held in Italy on 18–20 April. The result was the re-election of Giorgio Napolitano, the first time a President had been elected for a second term.


2013 Italian presidential election
Only members of Parliament and regional delegates were entitled to vote, most of these electors having been elected in the 2013 general election. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.


2013 Italian presidential election, Procedure
In accordance to the Italian Constitution, the election was held in the form of a secret ballot, with the Senators, the Deputies and 58 regional representatives entitled to vote. The election was held in the Palazzo Montecitorio, home of the Chamber of Deputies, with the capacity of the building expanded for the purpose. The first three ballots required a two-thirds majority of the 1,007 voters in order to elect a president, or 672 votes. Starting from the fourth ballot, an absolute majority was required for candidates to be elected, or 504 votes. The presidential mandate lasts seven years. The term of the incumbent president, Giorgio Napolitano, was due to end on 15 May 2013.


2013 Italian presidential election, Procedure
The election was presided over by the President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini, who proceeded to the public counting of the votes, and by the President of the Senate Pietro Grasso.


2013 Italian presidential election, Chronology
On 16 April 2013 the Five Star Movement (M5S) announced its support for investigative journalist Milena Gabanelli, and the party's leader Beppe Grillo indicated that the party might be willing to form a coalition government with the centre-left coalition if she were elected president with the coalition's support. On 17 April, after Gabanelli and Gino Strada withdrew from consideration, the M5S announced its support for Stefano Rodotà, a former President of the Data Protection Authority, member of the Chamber of Deputies, Member of the European Parliament, and president of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).


2013 Italian presidential election, Chronology
On 17 April Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party (PD), put forward Franco Marini, a former leader of the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions (CISL), leader of the Italian People's Party (PPI) and President of the Italian Senate, as his party's candidate for president. Marini was selected having received the support of centre-right parties, notably The People of Freedom (PdL), Civic Choice (SC), Lega Nord (LN) and the Union of the Centre (UdC). However, Matteo Renzi, mayor of Florence and leader of a party minority, several Democratic Party lawmakers and Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) stated that they would not support Marini.


2013 Italian presidential election, Chronology
On 18 April Marini received just 521 votes in the first ballot, short of the 672 needed, as more than 200 centre-left delegates rebelled. In the run-up of the second ballot Marini's candidacy was retired. The first two rounds' inconclusive results were interpreted as showing turmoil within the centre-left. As results of apparent jokes by electors, a number of implausible candidates, such as football manager Roberto Mancini and porn star Rocco Siffredi, received individual votes.


2013 Italian presidential election, Chronology
On 19 April the PD and SEL selected Romano Prodi, a former Prime Minister and President of the European Commission, to be their candidate in the fourth ballot. Despite the fact that his candidacy had received unanimous support among the two parties' delegates, Prodi obtained only 395 votes in the fourth ballot as more than 100 centre-left electors did not vote for him. After the vote, Bersani announced his resignation from party secretary and Prodi pulled out of the race.


2013 Italian presidential election, Chronology
On 20 April incumbent President Giorgio Napolitano, holder of the post since 2006, agreed to run for another term in an attempt to break the parliamentary deadlock with the aim of safeguarding the continuity of the country's institutions.


2013 Italian presidential election, Results
In the first three ballots the required majority was 672 votes. Further ballots require a simple majority of electors, in this case 504 votes.


2013 Italian presidential election, Results
Berlusconi and his coalition refused to support the PD's Fourth Round choice of Romano Prodi, claiming he was unacceptable as a compromise candidate. As a result, leaders from all political parties except for Beppe Grillo turned to Napolitano and held discussions with him in order to convince him to run again. Even though he had openly stated his refusal to consider running again in an interview a week before, Napolitano reluctantly agreed, and the party leaders subsequently urged electors to back him as a show of unity.


2013 Italian presidential election, Results
Napolitano was comfortably re-elected, having garnered the support of centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani, former Prime Minister and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi, and interim PM and centrist Mario Monti.


2013 Italian presidential election, Reactions
After the election results were announced, demonstrations took place outside Palazzo Montecitorio against the re-election of Napolitano. A sizable number of protesters were supporters of the Five Star Movement led by Beppe Grillo. Grillo himself condemned Napolitano's re-election, claiming this was a "coup d'état."


2013 Italian presidential election, Reactions
Pier Luigi Bersani promised to resign as leader of the PD in response to the lack of support within his coalition for Romano Prodi, the party's preference for president on the fourth ballot. Following his resignation, former trade union leader Guglielmo Epifani was elected in his place on 11 May 2013.


2013 Italian regional elections
A round of regional elections in Italy took place during 2013 in seven regions out of twenty including Lazio, Lombardy and Molise (24 and 25 February), and 3 autonomous regions: Friuli-Venezia Giulia (21 and 22 April), Aosta Valley (26 May), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (27 October) and Basilicata (17 and 18 November).


2013 Italian social protests
In 2013, protests occurred in many parts of Italy, starting on 15 November and ending on 18 December although several protests continued until February.


2013 Italian social protests
Usual targets have been the government, high taxation, red tape, established parties, the European Union, the Euro, the Common Agricultural Policy, and Globalization. The protesters' goals include the overthrow of Enrico Letta's government, the resignation of President Giorgio Napolitano and the dissolution of Parliament. Some went so far as to propose the formation of a military junta to lead the country out of Eurozone.


2013 Italian social protests
The whole protests, including rallies, demonstrations and blockades of highways and rail service, were dubbed by journalists Pitchfork protests from the name of one of the leading participants: the Sicilian-based "Pitchforks Movement", which has been active in Sicily since 2011 and was characterised by an autonomist streak. In the 2012 Sicilian regional election the Pitchforks supported either Mariano Ferro (candidate for "People of Pitchworks") or Cateno De Luca (candidate for "Sicilian Revolution"), who both hailed from the Movement for the Autonomies and received a combined 2.5% of the vote.


2013 Italian social protests
Several groups, sometimes in conflict one with another, have animated protests, benefiting from a loose or non-existent coordination. They included a diverse bunch of groups: the original Pitchfork Movement, associations of truck drivers, environmental activists, farmers, entrepreneurs, unemployed people, football fans, minor political parties (including New Force and CasaPound, two far-right movements), and a plethora of local groups. The European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs (LIFE), a libertarian and mainly Venetian nationalist organization led by Lucio Chiavegato (a former president of Veneto State), has been playing a big role in Veneto.


2013 Italian social protests
The committee which organized the first protests, the "National Coordination 9 December 2013", was led by Mariano Ferro, Lucio Chiavegato and Danilo Calvani (a farmer from Lazio).


2013 Italian social protests
In December 2013, Pitchfork spokesman Andrea Zunino claimed that Italy was a "slave" to Jewish bankers; this anti-Semitic remark was widely condemned. As a result of this and of neo-fascist infiltrations, Ferro and Chiavegato, who distanced himself from neo-fascists and Italian nationalists, decided not to take part to the 18 December demonstration in Rome.


2013 Italian social protests
In March 2014 Chiavegato announced that the 9 December Movement had been dissolved and that he would concentrate again on Veneto only.


2013 Italian social protests
In April, Chiavegato and other leading members of the LIFE were arrested, along with other Venetian separatists (including Franco Rocchetta and two members of the Venetian Most Serene Government), for suspected crimes including criminal association for terrorism and subversion of the democratic order. Chiavegato, who endured a 17-day hunger strike in jail, was released on 18 April, along with Rocchetta and most of the others, as the tribunal of Brescia did not uphold the accusations.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
Thousands of students protested in major university centers in the country against proposed spending cuts in the 2014 budget. Scuffles broke out with riot police at some marches as protesters rallied in Rome, Turin and Palermo.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
On 26 November 2013 Trasportounito, a truckers' union, announced a strike which would take place from 9 December through 13 December. On 4 December 2013 thousands of people gathered in Brenner, the Austrian-Italian border, to protest the counterfeited goods imported abroad.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
Thousands of farmers, lorry drivers, pensioners and unemployed people have taken to the streets in Italy as part of a series of protests against the government and the European Union. Demonstrators stopped train services by walking on the tracks while striking lorry drivers disrupted traffic by driving slowly and blocking roads.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
In Turin, police officers used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who had been throwing rocks and bottles at the headquarters of Italy's tax collection agency. Two demonstrators were arrested for violence. An additional number of 32 people were given police warnings for blocking roads.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
In Savona, near Genova, protesters broke into a bookshop urging the owner to "shut down the store and set fire to the books".


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
On 11 December, violence erupted in Milan when 20 Ajax fans, who had arrived in the city for the Champions League game against AC Milan, got off their bus and hurled beer cans and insults at the demonstrators in the central Loreto Square. Police intervened quickly to break up the fighting, but five Ajax supporters and an Italian peddler were injured.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
In Rome, hundreds of students clashed with police and threw firecrackers outside a university where government ministers were attending a conference. "Our university isn’t a catwalk for those who peddle austerity" read a banner. Clashes have been also reported in Ventimiglia, a locality on the Italian-French border.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
A group of protesters of the neo-fascist movement CasaPound attacked the headquarters of the European Union in Rome. The leader of the movement, Simone Di Stefano, ripped the EU flag from the balcony of the building and replaced it with the Italian one. The protesters have been charged by the police and, after tough fighting, ten of them, including Di Stefano, have been arrested.


2013 Italian social protests, Timeline
After the renouncement of Mariano Ferro and Lucio Chiavegato to take part to the demonstration in Rome, Danilo Calvani, the leader of Lazio's factions of the movement, remained the only one to participate to it. Simone Di Stefano, the Vice-President of the neo-fascist CasaPound said that his movement will take part to the protest. The Ministry of the Interior deployed 2,000 police officers to maintain security.


2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
The 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament is an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia from August 5–10, 2013. As in the previous three years, the venues are Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Easton Arena in Piešťany.


2013 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
The 2013 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series was held at Robertson Field at Satow Stadium on the campus of Columbia University in New York, New York on May 4, 2013. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions, Columbia and Dartmouth. Columbia won their second series championship in two games and claimed the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2013 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
Through the 2013 championship, Dartmouth had appeared in the Ivy League Championship Series every year since 2008, winning in 2009 and 2010.


2013 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2013 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Tournament took place May 3 to May 5 at Schoellkopf Field in  Ithaca, New York. The winner of the tournament received the Ivy League 's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Four teams from the Ivy League conference competed in the single elimination tournament. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record.


2013 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Tournament, Standings
Only the top four teams in the Ivy League conference advanced to the Ivy League Conference Tournament.


2013 Ivy League men's soccer season
The 2013 Ivy League men's soccer season will be the 59th season of men's college soccer in the conference. The league will be part of the 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cornell Big Red are the defending champions.


2013 J.League Cup
The 2013 J.League Cup, also known as the 2013 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, was the 38th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 21st edition under the current J.League Cup format.


2013 J.League Cup, Format
Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Urawa Red Diamonds and Vegalta Sendai were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2013 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.


2013 J.League Cup Final
2013 J.League Cup Final was the 21st final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on November 2, 2013. Kashiwa Reysol won the championship.


2013 J.League Division 1
The 2013 J.League Division 1 season was the 48th season of Japanese top-flight football and 21st since the establishment of the J.League. The season began on 2 March and finished on 7 December.


2013 J.League Division 1, Clubs
Vissel Kobe, Gamba Osaka and Consadole Sapporo were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. Consadole Sapporo returned to J2 after only one season in the top flight, while Vissel Kobe was relegated after six seasons in the top flight. Gamba Osaka, instead, was relegated for the first time since the creation of J. League in 1993 and first time since their forerunners, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated to the second Division of Japan Soccer League after the 1986–87 season.


2013 J.League Division 1, Clubs
The three relegated teams were replaced by 2012 J.League Division 2 champions Ventforet Kofu, runners-up Shonan Bellmare and sixth-placed and play-off winner team Oita Trinita. Kofu made an immediate return to the top division, while Shonan after a two-year absence. In the end, Oita beat JEF United Chiba in the playoff final and returned in J1 after three seasons in the second division. Due to Oita's promotion, it will be the first time to have 2 clubs in the top-flight league competitions from Kyushu since 2006, and Kansai region will have only one club competing in the top flight first time since 1994 season due to Kobe and Gamba's relegations.


2013 J.League Division 1, Attendances
Updated to games played on 7 December 2013Source: Notes:† Team played previous season in J2.


2013 J.League Division 2
The 2013 J.League Division 2 season is the 42nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 15th season since the establishment of J2 League. The regular season began on 3 March and ended on 24 November, followed by the promotion play-offs among four clubs ranked between 3rd and 6th at the end of regular season. Gamba Osaka became champions, and Vissel Kobe became runners-up, both returned to J1 immediately after one season at J2. The other promoted team is third runners-up (fourth placers) Tokushima Vortis, who won the promotion playoff final, defeating Kyoto Sanga FC. With the win, Vortis are making their J1 debut, becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league.


2013 J.League Division 2, Clubs
Ventforet Kofu and Shonan Bellmare, champions and runners-up in the previous season, and Oita Trinita, winners of the promotion play-offs for 2012, were promoted to J1, then Consadole Sapporo, Vissel Kobe, and Gamba Osaka were relegated to J2 instead. Sapporo returned to J2 only after one season in the top-flight, and Kobe returned to J2 second time after 2006 season, while Gamba suffers their very first relegation to the second-tier after J.League Division 2 was established in 1999, and the first relegation since their former organization, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated after the 1986–87 season of JSL.


2013 J.League Division 2, Clubs
V-Varen Nagasaki, champions of the 2012 Japan Football League, are promoted to J2 while F.C. Machida Zelvia, promoted to J2 from the previous season and ranked 22nd, were relegated back to 2013 Japan Football League only after spending one season in J2.


2013 J.League Division 2, Clubs
In February, Thespa Kusatsu changed their name to Thespakusatsu Gunma.


2013 J.League Division 2, Play-offs, Promotion Playoffs to Division 1
Teams that finished 3rd to 6th participate in play-off series for the last J1 promotion berth.


2013 J.League Division 2, Play-offs, Promotion Playoffs to Division 1, Semifinals
If the score is tied after 90 minutes, no extra time is played and the winner is the team with the best league ranking.


2013 J.League Division 2, Play-offs, JFL Relegation Playoffs
The last-placed Gainare Tottori faced 2013 Japan Football League runners-up Kamatamare Sanuki in a two-legged playoff series.


2013 JAF Grand Prix
The 2013 JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup was the final racing event for both the 2013 Super GT season and the 2013 Super Formula season. It took place over November 23 and November 24, 2013 at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, Background
The JAF Grand Prix would be the last time the current model GT500 and the current model Super Formula cars would race, as Super GT would move to unified regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, while the Swift SF13 would be replaced by the Dallara SF14 for the 2014 Super Formula season.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, Background
The Balance of Performance in GT300 was once again adjusted, the GTA decided to adopt the balance of performance for GT3 cars from the Blancpain Endurance Series.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, Background
Unlike the eight points-scoring races in Super GT, the Fuji Sprint Cup was run under slightly different rules.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, Background
38 cars were entered in the two Super GT classes, 15 in GT500 and 23 in GT300. The #96 Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 returning to the series after having last raced in the 2013 Fuji GT 300km, while the #35 Nismo Global Athlete Team made its only appearance of the season, with Alex Buncombe and Lucas Ordóñez driving. Neither the #52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 or the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 were entered for the JAF Grand Prix, however JLOC put Hideki Yamauchi and Hiroki Yoshimoto, the drivers of the #87 car into their #88 car.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, Background
In Super Formula with the exception of André Lotterer and Loïc Duval returning to the cars they had driven for part of the season, there were no other driver changes.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, GT300 Race 1 results
The first GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, GT500 Race 1 results
The first GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, Super Formula results
The Super Formula race was held on November 24, 2013. Race result is as follows.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, GT300 Race 2 results
The second GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.


2013 JAF Grand Prix, GT500 Race 2 results
The second GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.


2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana
The 2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Champaign, United States between 11 and 17 November 2013.


2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players got into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Doubles
Devin Britton and Austin Krajicek were the defending champions but Britton decided not to participate. Krajicek partnered with Tennys Sandgren, but lost in the final to the British pairing of Edward Corrie and  Daniel Smethurst 7–6(7–5), 0–6, [10–7].


2013 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Singles
Tim Smyczek was the defending champion but lost to Erik Crepaldi in the first round. Unseeded American Tennys Sandgren won the title defeating Australian 7th seed Samuel Groth 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5).


2013 JX28
2013 JX28 (also known as 2006 KZ39) is an Atira asteroid, a type of Aten asteroid, that orbits entirely within Earth's orbit. It orbits very close to the Sun, having the fourth smallest semi-major axis of any minor planet in the Solar System. At its closest, it is only 0.26 AU (39,000,000 km; 24,000,000 mi) from the Sun, but more than 100 minor planets have a smaller perihelion distance.


2013 JX28
Despite being officially classified as a near-Earth object, 2013 JX28 has a MOID (minimum orbit intersection distance) with Earth of ~0.067 AU, making it highly unlikely to ever hit Earth. For comparison, the Moon orbits Earth at about 1/26th this distance.


2013 JX28, Physical characteristics
2013 JX28 has an absolute magnitude (H) of 20.1, which means it is rather small, with the size being approximately 300 meters based on an assumed albedo of 0.15. Its albedo is not known, so a size estimate is not certain. Assuming the albedo is between 0.05 and 0.25, it is somewhere between 260–580 meters in diameter.


2013 JX28, Physical characteristics
163693 Atira, an asteroid with an orbit similar to 2013 JX28, for comparison, has an absolute magnitude of 16.28 and is notably larger.


2013 JX28, Close approaches
As a near-Earth object, 2013 JX28 often comes within 0.1 AU (15,000,000 km; 9,300,000 mi)] of Earth. On 29 April 2014, it traveled to 0.0843 AU from Earth, about 33 times further than the Moon. Below is a list of close approaches until 2100 where 2013 JX28 travels closer than 0.1 AU to Earth.


2013 Jackson State Tigers football team
The 2013 Jackson State Tigers football team  represented Jackson State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by eighth year head coach Rick Comegy and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the SWAC East Division. Jackson State returned as the defending East Division Champs. The Tigers finished the season with an 8–4 record, as East Division Champions and with a loss against Southern in the SWAC Championship Game.


2013 Jackson State Tigers football team
On Media Day, Jackson State was picked to finish second in the Eastern Division of the SWAC. They had two players, Defensive Lineman Tedderick Terrell and Defensive Back Qua Cox selected the Pre-Season All-SWAC 1st Team Defense. Running backs Tommy Gooden and Rakeem Sims, offensive lineman Jordan Arthur, linebacker Todd Wilcher, and defensive back Cameron Loeffler were selected as All-SWAC 2nd Team members.


2013 Jackson State Tigers football team, Media
Jackson State games were broadcast on 95.5 Hallelujah FM. All Jackson State games were also streamed online at no cost via Yahoo!.


2013 Jackson mayoral election
The 2013 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on June 4, 2013, alongside other Jackson municipal races. City councilman Chokwe Lumumba was elected mayor in a landslide in the general election after defeating Jonathan Lee and incumbent mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. in the primary.


2013 Jacksonville Dolphins football team
The 2013 Jacksonville Dolphins football team represented Jacksonville University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Kerwin Bell and played their home games at D. B. Milne Field. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in sixth place.


2013 Jacksonville Jaguars season
The 2013 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise's 19th season in the National Football League, the first under general manager David Caldwell, and the first under head coach Gus Bradley. Although they missed the playoffs and started 0-8, the Jaguars improved upon their then-franchise-worst 2–14 record from 2012; but failed to improve their 1-7 home record from last year. Much like 2012, the root of their victories were intra-division. The Jaguars also gained a close non-divisional victory over the Browns to finish 4–12.


2013 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Roster changes, Undrafted rookie free agents
The following is a list of notable rookie free agents signed after the 2013 NFL Draft:


2013 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Schedule, Regular season
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. #  Blue/Red indicates the International Series game in London.


2013 Jacksonville Sharks season
The 2013 Jacksonville Sharks season was the fourth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Les Moss and played their home games at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. After winning the South Division for the fourth consecutive year, the Sharks were eliminated in the conference championship game by the Philadelphia Soul for the second straight year.


2013 Jacksonville Sharks season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated August 7, 201324 Active, 12 Inactive


2013 Jacksonville Sharks season, Standings
z - Clinched division and conference's best recordx - Clinched playoff berth


2013 Jacksonville Sharks season, Schedule, Regular season
The Sharks began the season on the road against the Tampa Bay Storm on March 24. Their first home game was on April 12 against the New Orleans VooDoo. They closed the regular season against the Storm at home on July 27.


2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
The 2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Bill Clark and played their home games at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Jacksonville Stat had a record of 11–4 on the season with a 5–3 mark in OVC play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Samford and McNeese State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Eastern Washington.


2013 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
On January 21, 2014, Clark resigned to become the head coach at UAB.


2013 Jakarta flood
The 2013 Jakarta flood was a flood in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, which, in addition to areas in downtown Jakarta, also affected several other areas surrounding the city, such as West Java and Banten.


2013 Jakarta flood, History
Severe floods have been reported to have hit Jakarta in the past, including in 1621, 1654, 1918, 1942, 1976, 1996, 2002 and 2007. An important part of the flooding problem is caused by the fact that a substantial part of Jakarta is low-lying. Around 24,000 ha (about 240 square km) of the main part of Jakarta is estimated to be below sea level. Flooding can become severe if heavy rain happens to coincide with high tides. When this happens, high tides tend to push water into low-lying areas just as the run off from rains in upland areas such as nearby Bogor is flowing down into the Jakarta area.


2013 Jakarta flood, Duration
The flood in 2013 began on Tuesday, 15 January 2013, in some parts of the city as a result of heavy rain and waterways clogged with garbage and other kinds of debris. Serious flooding began along several main thoroughfares of Jakarta. A 30-meter-long section of Jakarta's West Flood Canal dike on Jalan Johannes Latuharhary in Menteng collapsed. This breach quickly caused flooding in nearby areas. Military personnel, the Jakarta public works agency, and public order officers joined forces to quickly replace the collapsed dike section with a temporary retaining wall made of rocks and sandbags. Workers finished rebuilding a section of a canal dike.


2013 Jakarta flood, Duration
The clearing of the land above Jakarta has been identified as a major contributor to Jakarta's water table and flooding issues. Jakarta has a very bad sewage system due to the disposing of trash in roads and sidewalks. There were 47 deaths reported.


2013 Jakarta flood, Transport
The city's main airport was open but many roads leading to it were reportedly blocked. The flooding disrupted train services from Manggarai Station in South Jakarta to Tanah Abang Station in Central Jakarta. Most commuter trains and buses were suspended, and roads were difficult to access.


2013 Jakarta flood, Transport
Flooding was reported at the presidential palace, forcing the postponement of a meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his visiting Argentine counterpart, Cristina Fernandez.


2013 Jakarta flood, Evacuations
Evacuations were carried out in parts of Jakarta. An estimated 20,000 people were evacuated 17 January 2013


2013 Jakarta flood, Nationwide flooding
Other parts of Indonesia, from Sumatra to Sulawesi, have also seen seasonal flooding, though it is most acute in the capital city, Jakarta. Five died in Sulawesi, while another 4 died in Semarang by flood electrocution. Yogyakarta is on high alert for lahars, as some 70 million cubic meters of volcanic material still cling to the slopes of Mount Merapi, and heavy rains could trigger an avalanche.


2013 Jalisco Open
The 2013 Jalisco Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Guadalajara, Mexico between 8 and 14 April 2013.


2013 Jalisco Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Jalisco Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Jalisco Open – Doubles
James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals. Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić won the title by defeating Samuel Groth and John-Patrick Smith 5–7, 6–2, [13–11] in the final.


2013 Jalisco Open – Singles
Thiago Alves was the defending champion but chose to compete in the 2013 Taroii Open de Tênis instead. Alex Bogomolov Jr. won the title after defeating Rajeev Ram 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 in the final.


2013 Jalpaiguri bombing
On 26 December 2013, a bomb blast took place in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal that killed five persons and injured five others. Militants of Kamtapur Liberation Organization are suspected to be behind the bombing.


2013 James Madison Dukes football team
The 2013 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th year head coach Mickey Matthews and play their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium and Zane Showker Field. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2013 James Madison Dukes football team
On November 25, head coach Mickey Matthews was fired. He had a record of 109–71 in 15 seasons and won the FCS National Championship in 2004.


2013 Japan Championships in Athletics
The 97th Japan Championships in Athletics (第97回日本陸上競技選手権大会, Dai 97 kai Nihon Rikujō Kyōgi Sensyuken Taikai) were held at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu. Organised by JAAF, the three-day competition took place from June 7–9 and served as the national championships in track and field for the Japan. The competition was for the qualifying trial for the Japan team at the 2013 World Championships.


2013 Japan Championships in Athletics
During the competition, 3 new championship records were set in the events. Koji Murofushi won the hummer throw's national champions for nineteen consecutive years. For the Most Valuable Player of the Championships, Ryota Yamagata and Hitomi Niiya were selected.


2013 Japan Football League
The 2013 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第15回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Jūgo-kai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu)   is the 17th season of the third tier of the Japanese football, and the 15th season since the establishment of Japan Football League. It started on 10 March and finished on 24 November.


2013 Japan Football League, Clubs
Due to unfortunate withdrawal of Arte Takasaki, the previous season has featured only 17 teams, but for 2013 the league has brought the number of teams back to 18. After having another team (Sagawa Shiga) ceasing its operations and withdrawing after the season, the league has welcomed into its ranks two newcomers, SC Sagamihara and Fukushima United. Both clubs are looking forward to eventual J. League promotion, with Sagamihara holding the associate membership status, and Fukushima having applied for it in 2007, though unsuccessfully.


2013 Japan Football League, Clubs
Last season has for the first time ever featured direct exchange of teams between JFL and J. League. JFL champions and J. League associate members V-Varen Nagasaki were promoted at the expense of Machida Zelvia, who returned to JFL after only a single season in J2.


2013 Japan Football League, Clubs
Tochigi Uva were on the brink of relegation, as their play-off series against Norbritz Hokkaido was tied after two rounds. It was decided in penalty shootout, which Tochigi club has won 4–1 and retained their place in the JFL.


2013 Japan Football League, Clubs
On 26 February Blaublitz Akita and Zweigen Kanazawa were granted J. League associate membership status, bringing the number of such clubs to six, an all-time high mark for the league. On 20 August YSCC Yokohama's application was also granted by J. League, further increasing associate members count to seven. It raised again to 10 members after another J. League board session on 16 September, when applications of Fukushima United, FC Ryukyu and Fujieda MYFC were approved.


2013 Japan Football League, Attendances
Updated to games played on 24 November 2013Source: Japan Football League: , Notes:† Team played previous season in J2‡ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.


2013 Japan Football League, Post-season promotion and relegation, J2 Promotion playoffs
After conclusion of the JFL and J2 seasons, playoffs for participation in 2014 J2 season were contested by lowest-placed J2 club Gainare Tottori and Kamatamare Sanuki, who possess J2 license and have finished second in JFL. The playoffs took place on 1 and 8 December.


2013 Japan Football League, Post-season promotion and relegation, J2 Promotion playoffs
Kamatamare Sanuki won the playoffs on aggregate and were promoted to 2014 J. League Division 2. Gainare Tottori were relegated to the newly created 2014 J3 League.


2013 Japan Football League, Post-season promotion and relegation, Promotion from Regional Leagues
After 10 of 18 teams were set to leave JFL for the newly created J3, the league announced that it would suffer a contraction and only 14 teams would participate in 2014. The league accommodated all winners of the Regional League promotion series and accepted applications from other Regional clubs that were willing to participate in the nationwide league.


2013 Japan Football League, Post-season promotion and relegation, Promotion from Regional Leagues
The top three spots of the Regional League promotion series were occupied by Grulla Morioka, Fagiano Okayama Next and FC Kagoshima respectively, and Volca Kagoshima took the last spot. However, the Morioka club has been chosen by J. League for participation in the 2014 J3 season, and both Kagoshima clubs have announced their post-season merger to Kagoshima United. On 4 December the league announced the final list of promoted teams:


2013 Japan Golf Tour
The 2013 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 14 March to 8 December 2013. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships. The first two events of the year, played in Thailand and Indonesia, were co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour, the first time this has happened with the Japan Golf Tour.


2013 Japan Golf Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2013 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships and the World Golf Championships). Most tournaments are played in Japan.


2013 Japan Series
The 2013 Konami Japan Series was the 64th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) championship series known colloquially as the Japan Series. The best-of-seven playoff was won by the Pacific League champion Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in seven games over the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. It was the Eagles' first Japan Series appearance and their first win since the team's creation in 2005. The series began on Saturday, October 26, 2013 and ended on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at the Miyagi Baseball Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Eagles' starting pitcher Manabu Mima, who was the winning pitcher in Games 3 and 7, was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player (MVP).


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Yomiuri Giants' starter Tetsuya Utsumi and relievers Scott Mathieson, Tetsuya Yamaguchi and Kentaro Nishimura combined on a nine-hit shutout to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and take one-game lead in the Series. Even though they failed to score in the game, the Eagles had several scoring opportunities. Their leadoff man reached base in six innings and they also ended six innings with at least one runner in scoring position. Eagles' rookie-starter Takahiro Norimoto performed well, holding the Giants to only four hits through eight and a third innings.


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Giants' two runs came from a Hisayoshi Chono RBI-single in the fifth inning and Shuichi Murata's solo homerun in the top of the eighth. In the bottom half of the inning, Giants' outfielder Yoshiyuki Kamei stopped a potential game-tying play by making an impressive catch at the wall to retire Kazuo Matsui with runners on first and second with two outs.


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Tying the Series at a game a piece, Eagle's ace Masahiro Tanaka earned a victory in Game 2 by striking out 12 in his complete game performance. The game's first run came with Ginji Akaminai's RBI single for the Eagles in the sixth inning. In the bottom of the next inning, with runners on first and third, Kazuya Fujita hit a ground ball to second base. Giants' second baseman Takayuki Terauchi fielded the ball and threw it to first base in an attempt to throw out a head-first-sliding Fujita.


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
First base umpire Kenjiro Mori called Fujita safe, however replays showed that he should have been out as the ball reached the base first. Giants' manager Tatsunori Hara came onto the field to argue the call with Mori but the call stood. Mori's blown call was exaggerated when Terauchi hit what should have been a game-tying solo home run the next inning.


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 3
After collecting only two runs on nine hits in each of the Series' first two games, the Eagles capitalized on 13 hits in Game 3 getting five runs and the victory. Giants' starter Toshiya Sugiuchi was removed from the game in only the second inning after giving up four runs. Eagles' starter Manabu Mima held the Giants to just four singles and no runs through 52⁄3 innings before leaving the game after being hit in the left foot with a ball hit by Shinnosuke Abe. Mima was relieved by Ken Ray, who pitched though the eighth inning and gave up the Giants' only run, a Kenji Yano leadoff, solo home run in the eighth inning.


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 5
After blowing a save in the ninth inning, the Eagles came back to win Game 5 in 10 innings. They led the majority of the game after scoring two runs off of Tetsuya Utsumi in the second. Rakuten starter Wataru Karashima and Takahiro Norimoto pitched five innings a piece. Karashima got through the first four innings without giving up a hit and allowed his first and only hit in the fifth inning. Relieving Karashima, Norimoto blew the game's save opportunity in the ninth only to earn a win in the tenth inning. Yomiuri's Shuichi Murata scored both of the Giants' runs off of Norimoto. His first RBI came from a solo home run in the seventh inning and his game-tying RBI hit came in the ninth sending the game into extra innings.


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the top of the tenth inning, Norimoto drew a lead off walk from Yomiuri reliever Kentaro Nishimura. He went on to reach second base on a sacrifice bunt by Takero Okajima. Next, Kazuya Fujita was hit in the calf with a pitch and took first base. Rakuten then took the lead with a single from Ginji Akaminai. On Akaminai's single, Fujita went from first to third but was then taken out and replaced by pinch runner Toshihito Abe. Abe then scored on Andruw Jones' infield single giving the Eagles an insurance run. Norimoto pitched a hitless bottom half of the inning to win the game.


2013 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Rakuten brought home their first Japan Series win after their Game 7 home win over the Giants. Eagles' starter Mima pitched for six innings and gave up only one hit, struck out five and walked three. Norimoto then relieved Mima to pitch two scoreless innings, and Tanaka came in to close out the ninth earning him a save. Tanaka's one-inning save came the day after he pitched a 160-pitch complete game loss. The Giants' offensive problems throughout the series hurt them again in Game 7 where they hit only 5 singles and were shutout. The Eagles immediately took the lead in the first inning on a run-scoring error by Giants' shortstop Hayato Sakamoto. The following inning, they added to their lead with Takero Okajima’s RBI-double. The final insurance run came with Akihisa Makida's solo home run in the fourth inning.


2013 Japan Sevens
The 2013 Japan Sevens was the second edition of the tournament and the seventh tournament of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series. The host stadium was the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.


2013 Japan Sevens
South Africa won the title by defeating New Zealand 24–19 in the final.


2013 Japan Sevens, Format
The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.


2013 Japan Super Series
The 2013 Japan Super Series was the eighth super series tournament of the 2013 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan from 17–22 September 2013 and had a total purse of $200,000.


2013 Japan national football team
The Japan national football team in 2013, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, competed in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup and the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, in amongst international friendly matches both at home and abroad, as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup.


2013 Japan women's national football team
This page records the details of the Japan women's national football team in 2013.


2013 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
The 2013 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 35th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It was the first Formula Three championship that accepted new FIA Formula 3 engine rules.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix
The 2013 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 13 October 2013 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. The race was the fifteenth round of the 2013 season, and marked the 39th running of the Japanese Grand Prix. The race, contested over 53 laps, was won by Sebastian Vettel, driving a Red Bull after starting from second on the grid.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix
Mark Webber, who started on pole position, settled for second after being forced to switch to a three stop strategy, which in the end was not successful. Romain Grosjean took his second podium in succession in third position for Lotus F1. This was Red Bull's 14th one-two finish in Formula One.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix
The result meant that the title was not sealed at Suzuka but Vettel could seal it with 5th place at the next race in India. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso stretched his lead to 30 points over Kimi Räikkönen but was still 90 behind Vettel's total. Räikkönen in turn also increased his lead over Lewis Hamilton to 16 points after the Briton retired from puncture damage after colliding with Vettel on lap one. The result also meant that only Alonso could deprive Vettel of becoming world champion as Hamilton and Räikkönen fell out of contention.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its Orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the White-banded Medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as opposed to the previous year where hard and soft selection were provided. Jules Bianchi and Charles Pic were each given ten-place grid penalties after stewards found they had been speeding behind the safety car at the previous round in Korea. Both drivers were reprimanded for their actions, and automatically received a ten-place grid penalty as it was their third reprimand of the season.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Free Practice
Free Practice 1 saw Heikki Kovalainen drive for Caterham, in place of Charles Pic. The session was not without incident, as both Jules Bianchi (Marussia), Giedo van der Garde (Caterham) both went off at the exit of the second Degner corner. As a result of his accident, Bianchi was forced to sit out of Free Practice 2, while his car was repaired. Pastor Maldonado suffered a loose wheel up at Spoon Curve. Williams were later fined €60,000 for failing to attach the wheel properly. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the session, with teammate Nico Rosberg behind him.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Free Practice
Free Practice 2 saw Pastor Maldonado also going off at the second Degner corner, where he became stuck in the gravel. Sergio Pérez lost control of his McLaren going into Spoon, and slid backwards and made heavy contact with the tyre barrier. Fernando Alonso spun at the second Degner corner, but he was able to continue. Kimi Räikkönen spun into the gravel trap at the Dunlop corner and was forced to end his session. This time championship leader Sebastian Vettel finished the session fastest, with teammate Mark Webber behind him.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
In a first, Charles Pic was given a drive-through penalty for leaving the pits when the red light was displayed at the pit exit during qualifying. The penalty was to be served during the first five laps of the race.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, Romain Grosjean made a superb start to lead into the first corner, behind him there was drama with Mark Webber making contact with Lewis Hamilton causing the latter to have a puncture, also there was a collision between the Marussia of Jules Bianchi and the Caterham of Giedo van der Garde sending both cars into the barriers at the first corner, fortunately both cars were removed quickly so no safety car was needed. Hamilton pitted to change his punctured tyre but retired on lap 7 with floor damage.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Grosjean led until the pit stops but careful tyre management from Sebastian Vettel during the second phase of the race meant he was able to pass Grosjean and go on to win the race. On the penultimate lap Webber then caught and passed Grosjean to make it a Red Bull 1-2, with Grosjean having to settle for 3rd. Fernando Alonso claimed 4th with Nico Hülkenberg in fifth. Kimi Raikkionen managed 6th although he was some 40 seconds behind his teammate Grosjean. Esteban Gutierrez had the strongest race of his career with 7th beating Nico Rosberg who had to serve a drive through penalty for an unsafe release in the pits.


2013 Japanese Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
Notes:  — Adrian Sutil received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. However, he chose he demoted two-five places for causing a deliberate accident at the previous race. — Charles Pic and Jules Bianchi received ten-place grid penalties for receiving three reprimands over the season. However, due to Sutil's grid penalty Pic and Bianchi were promoted to 20th and 21st respectively.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 21, 2013 to elect the members of the upper house of the National Diet. In the previous elections in 2010, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party, but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013, the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background
Japan had been in a "twisted parliament" situation since 2007, in which neither major party controlled both houses of the Diet of Japan, leading to political paralysis on a number of issues. Shinzo Abe led the Liberal Democratic Party to victory in the December 2012 general election after several years in the opposition. In campaigning to win control of the House of Councillors, Abe sought to resolve the "twisted parliament" problem for the next three years.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background
Just prior to the election, the U.S. dollar fell against the yen on expectations of more momentum for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary easing to fight deflation and boost growth for the export-dominant economy of Japan. Abe's LDP and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, were tipped to win a majority and end years of parliamentary stalemate so as to enable economic reforms. However, his critics suggested that a strong mandate could even make Abe complacent.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, Opinion polling
In the run-up to the election, various organizations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions for the 48 proportional seats. Polls are listed in chronological order, showing the oldest first.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, Results
The ruling coalition won 76 seats and now holds a total of 135 seats in the House of Councillors ending the divided Diet.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, Results
Of the 31 single-member districts the LDP won 29; only in Iwate and Okinawa, opposition incumbents could hold their seats. The ten two-member districts elected ten LDP and ten opposition members; in several prefectures the second seat went to parties other than the DPJ: In Hyōgo to the JRP, in Miyagi to YP and in Kyōto to the JCP. Twelve of the 22 seats in three-, four and five-member districts went to LDP and Kōmeitō candidates. In the nationwide proportional race, the coalition parties won 25 seats, the opposition parties 23.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, Results, Summary
Differences between party and parliamentary group membership in the post-election opening session: Two independents caucus with the NRP, President Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP – Fukui), Vice-President Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ – Yamanashi) and Keiko Itokazu (OSMP – Okinawa) are independents in terms of parliamentary group.


2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, Results, Results by electoral district
Abbreviations and translations used in this table for (nominating – endorsing) parties:


2013 Japanese Regional Leagues
The 2013 Japanese Regional Leagues were a competition between parallel association football leagues ranking at the bottom of the Japan Football League.


2013 Japanese Super Cup
The 2013 Japanese Super Cup was held on 23 February 2013 between the 2012 J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the 2012 Emperor's Cup winner Kashiwa Reysol. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match 1–0 after a Hisato Satō goal.


2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeen round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 27 October 2013. Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race to gain Yamaha its 200th victory in the 500cc/MotoGP class. Pol Espargaró clinched the Moto2 world title after title contenders Scott Redding and Esteve Rabat crashed out in the race.


2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
This was Valentino Rossi's 200th race in the 500cc/MotoGP class.


2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, Moto2
The first attempt to run the race was interrupted on the opening lap, following an incident involving Scott Redding, Álex Mariñelarena and Esteve Rabat. For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 23 to 15 laps.


2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.


2013 Japanese television dramas
This is a list of Japanese television dramas shown within Japan during the year of 2013.


2013 Jelajah Malaysia
The 2013 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 26 to 30 June 2013. There were five stages with a total of 856.1 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2012–13 UCI Asia Tour calendar.


2013 Jelajah Malaysia
Loh Sea Keong of Malaysia won the race, followed by Sergey Kuzmin of Kazakhstan second and Kiril Pozdnyakov of Russia third overall. Mohamed Harrif Salleh of Malaysia won the points classification and Mohamed Zamri Salleh of Malaysia won the mountains classification. Synergy Baku Cycling Project won the team classification.


2013 Jelajah Malaysia, List of teams and riders
A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2013 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 116 riders, a total of 107 riders made it to the finish in Putra Square, Putrajaya.