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An avalanche on Mount Norikura in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, kills two people, including American skier Kyle Smaine.
2023-01-29

Mauritius declares a state of environmental emergency after the Japanese-owned ship MV "Wakashio" ran aground offshore days ago and began spilling tons of fuel.
2020-08-8

Prosecutors in Japan announce they are officially seeking the death penalty against Satoshi Uematsu for stabbing 19 disabled people to death in 2016.
2020-02-17

The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 126, with over 86 people still reported missing.
2018-07-9

Authorities arrest a Japanese man for killing as many as 48 elderly patients at the Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama.
2016-10-2

North Korea threatens to attack American military bases in Japan in response to the use of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea.
2013-03-21

The governments of the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands protest the start of Japan's whaling season off the coast of Antarctica.
2011-12-14

Rice futures trading on the Tokyo Grain Exchange is suspended following fears that the Japanese crop has been contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
2011-08-8

The Shinmoedake volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan explodes again.
2011-03-13

Nearly 100,000 people rally in Okinawa, Japan, demanding the removal of an American base from the island.
2010-04-25