32 2016 disestablishments in Japan

Afun Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. The station closed on 4 December 2016.

Asagishi Station was a railway station on the Yamada Line in Morioka, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Opened in 1928, the station closed in March 2016.

Back to the Future: The Ride was a simulator ride located at the World Expo area of Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida; the Upper Lot area of Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California; and the San Francisco area of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan. Based on and inspired by the Back to the Future franchise, the ride is a mini-sequel to 1990's Back to the Future Part III. The ride first opened on May 2, 1991 at Universal Studios Florida; subsequent versions opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 12, 1993, and at Universal Studios Japan on March 31, 2001. In 2007, The Simpsons Ride was announced as a replacement ride for Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida.

The bj league was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official governing body of basketball in Japan. Over the next ten years the league saw continual expansion, with at least one new team joining every season, reaching 24 teams divided into two conferences in its final season in 2015–16. Turkish Airlines was the major sponsor of the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.

The Cassiopeia is a luxury charter train service in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. It used to operate as a Limited express from July 1999 until March 2016. It ran between Ueno Station in Tokyo and the city of Sapporo in the northern island of Hokkaido. The one-way journey took approximately 16½ hours.

The Democratic Party of Japan was a centrist political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016.

Doll Elements is a Japanese female idol group. It was formed as a unit consisting of 3rd generation trainees of the group Lovely Doll.

G-men is a Japanese gay lifestyle brand, and formerly a monthly magazine.

The Hakuchō and Super Hakuchō (スーパー白鳥) were Japanese limited express train services which operated between Shin-Aomori and Hakodate via the undersea Seikan Tunnel from December 2002 until March 2016. The services were operated by East Japan Railway Company and Hokkaido Railway Company respectively.

Hamamatsu University was a private university in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

The Hamanasu (はまなす) was an overnight express train service in Japan operated by Hokkaido Railway Company, which ran from Aomori to Sapporo via the Tsugaru Line, Kaikyō Line, Esashi Line, Hakodate Main Line, Muroran Main Line, and Chitose Line. The journey took approximately seven and a half hours. Following the withdrawal of the Ginga overnight express service between Tokyo and Osaka in 2008, the Hamanasu became the only locomotive-hauled express service in Japan. The service was discontinued in March 2016.

Hanasaki Station was a railway station on the Nemuro Main Line in Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1921, it closed in March 2015.

Happie Nuts was a gal fashion magazine published monthly in Japan by Inforest Publishing. Targeted at women in their late teens and early 20s, Happie Nuts was highly oriented toward the style of oneh-gal and dark-skin. Based in Tokyo, it was in circulation between 2004 and 2016.

Hashibetsu Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. The station closed on 4 December 2016.

Higashi-Oiwake Station was a railway station on the Sekisho Line in Abira, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1965, it closed in March 2016.

The Japan Innovation Party was a political party in Japan. It was launched on 22 September 2014, following the merger of the Japan Restoration Party headed by Tōru Hashimoto, and the Unity Party, led by Kenji Eda. On 27 March 2016 the party merged with the Democratic Party of Japan and Vision of Reform to form the Democratic Party (Minshintō).

Kami-Shirataki Station was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in October 1932, the station closed in March 2016.

Kanehana Station was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1914, the station closed in March 2016.

Kyū-Shirataki Station was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1947, the station closed in March 2016.

Mashike Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. The station closed on 4 December 2016.

Nobusha Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. The station closed on 4 December 2016.

Ōshida Station was a railway station on the Yamada Line in Morioka, Iwate, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Opened in 1928, the station closed in March 2016.

Reuke Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1921, the station closed on 4 December 2016.

SEALDs, short for Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy , was a student activist organisation in Japan that organised protests against the ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in 2015 and 2016. Its focus was on the security-related bills enacted in 2015 that allow the Japanese Self-Defense Force to be deployed overseas.

Segoshi Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. The station closed on 4 December 2016.

Shaguma Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1921, the station closed on 4 December 2016.

Shimo-Shirataki Station was a railway station on the Sekihoku Main Line in Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1929, the station closed in March 2016.

Shumombetsu Station was a railway station on the Rumoi Main Line in Mashike, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1963, the station closed on 4 December 2016.

StormRider was a simulator ride at Tokyo DisneySea. It simulated going into a weather storm in a futuristic airplane to dissipate the storm. The attraction opened on September 4, 2001, in the Port Discovery land of Tokyo DisneySea. The attraction closed on May 17, 2016, and replaced by a new Finding Nemo/Finding Dory simulator ride called Nemo & Friends SeaRider.

Tomisato Station was a railway station on the Sekisho Line in Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company. Opened in 1962, it closed in March 2016.

The Twilight Express was a limited express sleeping car train service operated by West Japan Railway Company in Japan from 1989 until March 2015. It ran between the city of Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido and Osaka in south-western Honshu, a distance of approximately 1,500 km (930 mi), with the journey taking between 22 and 23 hours. From May 2015 until March 2016, the train operated as a luxury cruise train between Osaka and Shimonoseki in western Japan.

Washinosu Station was a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line in Yakumo, Futami District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company until its closure on 25 March 2016.