Sources: Japan Times
The Tokyo District Court sentences Kyota Hattori to 23 years in prison for attempted murder and arson on a train in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, in October 2021. 2023-07-31
Japan officially lifts the COVID-19 state of emergency in Aichi, Gifu, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka prefectures due to a decrease in the number of cases, while Tokyo and surrounding areas will remain in a state of emergency until at least March 7. 2021-02-28
Tokyo claims a record 1,591 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the prefecture to 66,343. 2021-01-6
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces that the Go To Travel campaign will be suspended nationwide from December 28 to January 11. He also says that Tokyo and Nagoya will be removed as eligible destinations for the campaign. 2020-12-14
Tokyo reports a monthly record of 9,857 cases in November, surpassing the previous record set in August. 2020-11-30
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
A man self-immolates aboard a "Nozomi" Shinkansen train running from Tokyo to Osaka; the man and another passenger die. Eleven others were reported injured. 2015-06-30
Russia and Japan schedule a sub-cabinet level meeting for October in Tokyo to discuss the Kuril Islands dispute. 2012-09-26
A rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital. 2011-03-15
Finance Ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meet in Tokyo, Japan. 2010-11-6