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The Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. Around 120 residents in two nearby towns are ordered to evacuate even though minimal damages are reported.
2022-07-24

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declares a state of emergency for the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the capital Tokyo and neighbouring prefectures such as Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama, from tomorrow until February 7. The government asks restaurants in those areas to close at 8 p.m. daily and also urges residents to limit non-essential travel.
2021-01-7

Typhoon Haishen approaches Japan, threatening the coasts of Okinawa and the island of Kyushu. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says the government is setting up a crisis response team and urges people to take precautions. Officials compare the typhoon to Typhoon Vera, which in 1959 killed more than 5,000 people.
2020-09-5

The Government of Japan intervenes to reduce the exchange rate of the Japanese yen with the United States dollar after the yen reached record highs.
2011-10-31

The Japanese government led by Prime Minister Naoto Kan announces that it is firing three senior bureaucrats responsible for nuclear energy policy as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster earlier this year.
2011-08-4

The Government of Japan submits a report to the International Atomic Energy Agency calling for revision of nuclear reactor design standards in the wake of the disaster.
2011-06-9

The Japanese government says that Tokyo Electric Power will have to compensate farmers for losses caused by the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.
2011-03-22

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

The Shinmoedake volcano on the Japanese island of Kyūshū erupts again with its biggest explosion since becoming active again.
2011-02-1

Volcano alert is raised for Mount Kirishima area in southern Kyushu, Japan, after the eruption of Shinmoedake, the film location of "You Only Live Twice".
2011-01-27