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South Koreans gather in central Seoul to protest against Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
2023-08-12

Japan reports a record of 795 new COVID-19 cases, surpass the previous single-day high set in April.
2020-07-22

A North Korean fishing boat collides with a Japanese Fisheries Agency vessel and sinks off Japan. At least 20 North Koreans are pulled from the water. The Japanese ship had been attempting to warn the North Korean vessel away from Japanese territory.
2019-10-7

North Korea fires a medium-range ballistic missile about 60 kilometers (37 miles) into its eastern waters, in the direction of Japan according to United States and South Korean officials.
2017-04-5

Voters in Japan go to the polls with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito partners looking for a two-thirds majority that will allow them to put forward a referendum to change the constitution. The governing parties won 70 of the 121 seats. [http:--www.sbs.com.au-news-article-2016-07-10-voting-starts-japan (AAP via SBS)], [https:--www.bloomberg.com-news-articles-2016-07-10-abe-set-to-win-majority-in-upper-house-election-nhk (Bloomberg)], [http:--www.crossroadstoday.com-story-32409632-japan-coalition-scores-bigger-than-expected-election-win (AP via Crossroads Today)]date=August 2019
2016-07-10

Tens of thousands of Japanese people demonstrate for the closure of Futenma airbase (MCAS) in crowded Ginowan, Okinawa. They also protest the deployment of twelve MV-22 Osprey aircraft. They consider the plane as the "most dangerous" in the world.
2012-09-9

Police in Japan arrest Katsuya Takahashi of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, the last fugitive wanted over the March 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people.
2012-06-15

Sayonara Genpatsu protest of 60,000 of anti-nuclear power in Japan.
2011-09-19

Another fire breaks out at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in northern Honshu, Japan.
2011-03-16

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