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A United States Air Force V-22 Osprey crashes off the coast of Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture with six crew members onboard. A search and rescue operation has been launched, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
2023-11-29

In a resolution drafted by the UAE and Japan, the UN Security Council unanimously condemns the Taliban administration's ban on Afghan women working, including for the United Nations in Afghanistan, and calls on Taliban leaders to lift the ban immediately.
2023-04-27

Ten people are dead and 16 more are missing as a sightseeing boat sinks off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.
2022-04-23

Japan reports an outbreak of the H5N8 bird flu strain at a farm with about 11,000 egg-laying chickens in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture.
2021-11-16

Japan reports a record for the third consecutive day of 25,876 new cases of COVID-19.
2021-08-20

Kioxia, the Japanese computer memory manufacturer spun off from Toshiba, postpones its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, citing the volatility of the semiconductor industry caused by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. Its initial public offering, which would have launched on October 6, was projected to be Japan's largest for this year.
2020-09-28

Japan's emergency agencies declare a tsunami warning after an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 strikes off the east coast.
2013-10-25

Anti-Japanese protests spread in China over the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2012-09-15

500 Greenpeace environmentalists protest against the awarding of a tender for the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric project by dumping tonnes of manure at the National Electric Energy Agency's (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica, ANEEL) offices in Brasilia.
2010-04-21