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Tokyo reports a record 539 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the metropolitan government, bringing the cumulative total since the pandemic began to 37,317 cases.
2020-11-21

An explosion at Japan's controversial Yasukuni Shrine for the war dead in Tokyo damages the ceiling and a wall of a public bathroom near the shrine’s southern entrance. No one was injured.
2015-11-23

April car sales in Japan rise by 92% year-over-year, a gain partially realized due to low sales in the wake of last year's earthquake and tsunami.
2012-05-1

The Government of Japan announces a $157 billion additional budget to cover the costs of recovering from March's earthquake and tsunami.
2011-10-21

Japanese automaker Toyota announces plans to fully restore production from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in October, one month earlier than previously announced.
2011-07-7

The Bank of Japan releases its Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment confirming that the recent 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami has had a negative effect on business confidence.
2011-04-4

Levels of radiation in Tokyo's water supply return to normal.
2011-03-26

Radiation levels 20km from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant measured at 1600 times normal levels.
2011-03-22

A small amount of radiation is found on vegetables exported from Japan to Taiwan but the amount is too small to harm human health. [http:--www.theguardian.pe.ca-Canada---World-Business-2011-03-20-article-2347183-Taiwan-says-radiation-detected-on-batch-of-Japanese-peas,-but-levels-not-harmful-1 (Canadian Press via "Prince Edward Island Guardian")]date=August 2019
2011-03-20

A magnitude 6.2 aftershock hits Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo.
2011-03-15