Sources: Japan Times
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirms the entrances to the underground Natanz Nuclear Facility in Iran have been bombed. However, there are no signs of any increase in radiation at the facility. 2026-03-3
A 243 kg bluefin tuna is sold for a record {{JPY}}510 million (US$3.2 million) at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, Japan. 2026-01-5
The 2025 World Athletics Championships start in Tokyo, Japan. 2025-09-13
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya enters the Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing to board a flight to Belarus at Haneda Airport and asking for Japanese police protection. Her husband has left Belarus and entered Ukraine. The Japanese government says that it will take measures to protect Tsimanouskaya's stay as multiple European countries offer her asylum. 2021-08-2
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
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, the BBC's Tokyo correspondent, was detained in North Korea before being expelled by the government for "speaking very ill of the system". 2016-05-9
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
A three-day summit is held in Tokyo between the leaders of Japan and ASEAN that will likely discuss the recent encroachment of China. 2013-12-13
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks says levels of radioactive iodine in city tap water are two times the recommended limit for infants. 2011-03-23
A rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital. 2011-03-15