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A Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft collides with a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 aircraft and bursts into flames at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. All 379 occupants aboard the Japan Airlines flight are evacuated, while five of the six occupants aboard the Coast Guard aircraft are killed.
2024-01-2

Japan issues heat stroke warnings in 20 of its prefectures due to near-record high temperatures, reaching nearly 40 C in some areas, with the country's meteorological agency indicating the possibility of surpassing the highest ever recorded temperature of 41.1 C.
2023-07-16

Japan rejects the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons after all nuclear powers boycott the treaty. This rejection happened days after the United Nations said there was enough signatories for it to go into effect and following pressure from atomic bomb survivors to adopt it. Japan states it is unrealistic to pursue the treaty with both nuclear and non-nuclear states being sharply divided over it, and instead the country will serve as a bridge to narrow the gap between the two sides.
2020-10-26

The death toll of the heat wave in Japan rises to 57, while 18,347 others are hospitalized.
2019-08-7

The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 209 and 28 missing.
2018-07-12

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Tottori Prefecture in western Japan. Local media report that there are 14 injuries in Kurayoshi. Tottori is Japan's least populous prefecture.
2016-10-21

Typhoon Man-yi hits central Japan with concerns raised about a possible impact on the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
2013-09-16

Japan approves additional sanctions against Iran due to concerns over Iran's nuclear program.
2010-09-3

The United Arab Emirates says the incident in which the Japanese tanker, the MV "M. Star", was damaged in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman last week involved an explosives-laden dinghy.
2010-08-6

Japanese air carrier Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection.
2010-01-19