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Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery.
2022-08-17

The Japanese government announces that it will place Tokyo and 12 other prefectures under a quasi-state of emergency from January 21 to February 13 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases due to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, with the country reporting a record for the second consecutive day of 41,487 new cases of COVID-19.
2022-01-19

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the Japanese government issue a joint statement indicating that spectators will be banned at Paralympic venues in Tokyo and other prefectures that are currently under a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19.
2021-08-16

Tokyo reports a record 2,848 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
2021-07-27

An expert committee of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine releases a report, concluding that "directed" microwave radiation was the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China.
2020-12-6

In Tokyo, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says his country is “very disappointed” with Japan's decision to resume whaling, but this dispute should not be allowed to hurt the two countries' special strategic ties. Malcolm Turnbull, who replaced Tony Abbott in September, is on his first visit to Japan which will include talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
2015-12-18

Books related to Anne Frank are vandalized across public libraries in Tokyo, Japan.
2014-02-21

Tokyo residents demand that the city's municipal government return private donations it had amassed in order to purchase three of the disputed Senkaku Islands. The central government preempted Tokyo's move by acquiring the islands itself earlier this month. [http:--mainichi.jp-english-english-newsselect-news-20120927p2a00m0na004000c.html ("Mainichi Shimbun")]date=August 2019
2012-09-27

A rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital.
2011-03-15

Spain extradites Rifat Hadziahmetovic, an alleged member of the Pink Panthers, to Japan in relation to a 2007 jewel robbery in Tokyo.
2010-08-14