Sources: Bloomberg
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
An explosion destroys a restaurant in Kōriyama, Japan, killing one person and injuring another 18. A gas leak is suspected to be the cause of the accident. 2020-07-30
Japan announces it will cancel ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus. 2020-03-3
The number of people confirmed killed in central and eastern Japan by Typhoon Hagibis rises to 66, with 15 people still missing and more than 200 injured. 2019-10-15
Nissan chairman and former CEO Carlos Ghosn is arrested in Japan for breaching the country's financial trading laws, prompting Nissan to recommend that he and director Greg Kelly step down for misconduct. Ghosn is also the chairman and CEO of Renault. 2018-11-19
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker hold a summit in Tokyo and sign a deal creating an open trade zone between their states. 2018-07-17
Former millionaire Chisako Kakehi (also known as Japan's "Black Widow") is sentenced to death for the murder of 3 men which included a husband. 2017-11-7
The United States, Japan, and the European Union file a case against China at the WTO regarding export restrictions on rare earth metals. 2012-03-13
The bodies of two dead workers are found at the afflicted Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. 2011-04-3
The first solar sail is unfurled by Japanese space organization JAXA. 2010-06-10