Sources: BBC
A man stabs passengers riding the Odakyū Odawara Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, injuring 10 people. The suspect, a man in his 30s, is arrested after turning himself in at a convenience store. 2021-08-6
Japan reports a record 15,263 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 5,042 cases in Tokyo, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 987,163. 2021-08-5
Japan detects a new variant from 91 cases in the Kanto region and two cases at airports. In addition, an infection cluster is detected at a Tokyo immigration facility. 2021-02-19
Tokyo reports a new single-day record of 493 new cases, surpassing the previous record set in August and bringing the cumulative number of cases in the prefecture to over 35,000. 2020-11-18
Tokyo reports a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases, with 293 new cases. 2020-07-17
After the Summer Olympics is postponed, the Tokyo station's Olympic countdown clock displaying the number of days until the Games (a local tourist attraction) is switched to show the current date and time. 2020-03-24
Yōichi Masuzoe resigns as the Governor of the Japanese capital Tokyo over a political funding scandal. He was due to face a no-confidence motion in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly later today. 2016-06-15
A report by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation claims that the Japanese government considered the evacuation of Tokyo during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. 2012-02-27
Japanese anti-nuclear protests following the Fukushima I nuclear accidents: Hundreds of farmers protest against Japan's atomic crisis, outside the TEPCO head office in Tokyo. 2011-04-26
Levels of radiation in Tokyo's water supply return to normal. 2011-03-26