Sources: BBC
The 2025 World Athletics Championships start in Tokyo, Japan. 2025-09-13
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
Tokyo reports a record 602 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the prefecture to 45,529. 2020-12-10
The new Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako take part in a parade in central Tokyo as tens of thousands of onlookers line the streets in celebration of the emperor's enthronement. 2019-11-10
"Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" is released in Japan as fans of Haruki Murakami queue at midnight outside Tokyo bookshops. 2013-04-12
Japan's ambassador designate to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, dies after suddenly collapsing outside his home in Tokyo on Thursday. 2012-09-16
Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters form a human chain around the Japanese parliament in Tokyo. 2012-07-29
At least seven people die following a bus crash in Japan's Gunma Prefecture north of Tokyo. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120429_07.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019 2012-04-29