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Japan reports a record 236 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the number of cumulative COVID-19 cases surpasses four million.
2022-02-15

The Japanese Foreign Ministry will ban non-resident foreign nationals from entering Japan from December 28 until the end of January after several cases of a more infectious variant of SARS-CoV-2 were reported in the country. Japanese citizens and foreign residents will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days when they enter the country.
2020-12-26

Mauritius says it will seek "compensation from the owner and the insurer" of MV "Wakashio", which broke apart the previous day after leaking hundreds of tonnes of fuel oil. The Japanese company in charge of the ship pledged to compensate for the damage.
2020-08-16

Bob Weighton, aged 111, of Alton, Hampshire, England, is named the oldest living man in the world after the death of Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan at the age of 112.
2020-02-26

The death toll from flooding in Japan caused by Tropical Storm Etau rises to seven.
2015-09-13

Japan announces plans to resume whaling in the Antarctic during the southern hemisphere summer. Commercial whaling has been banned for over 30 years by the International Whaling Commission.
2015-06-22

Japan scrambles its fighter aircraft to intercept two Russian SU-27 fighter aircraft, claiming that they have violated its airspace off Rishiri Island. Russia denies its aircraft entered Japanese airspace.
2013-02-7

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurs off the coast of Japan near the city of Kamaishi, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami warning. 10 people are taken to hospital with injuries, no fatalities reported.
2012-12-7

Japanese police arrest a leading mob figure, Tadashi Irie, third-in-command of the Yamaguchi-gumi.
2010-12-1

Japan marks the 65th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The United States, which perpetrated the attack, upsets survivors by not sending an ambassador due to "scheduling reasons" this time, though France and the UK send representatives for the first time.
2010-08-9