Sources: Bloomberg
Rallies in support of Palestine take place around the world, including in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, and Spain. 2023-10-12
An avalanche on Mount Norikura in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, kills two people, including American skier Kyle Smaine. 2023-01-29
The Bank of Japan reports that inflation in Japan increased by 4.0% in December, the highest recorded increase since 1981. 2023-01-20
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces the extension of the state of emergency in nine prefectures for three weeks until June 20, the last day of emergency in Okinawa Prefecture, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to remain high. 2021-05-28
AstraZeneca announces that they would resume vaccine trials in Japan. 2020-10-2
The governments of the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands protest the start of Japan's whaling season off the coast of Antarctica. 2011-12-14
The Shinmoedake volcano on the Japanese island of Kyūshū erupts again with its biggest explosion since becoming active again. 2011-02-1
Finance Ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meet in Tokyo, Japan. 2010-11-6
An investigation by "The Sunday Times" alleges that Japan has bribed smaller nations in exchange for their vote to resume whaling at the International Whaling Commission. 2010-06-13
Analysts predict the 2011 bankruptcy of one of the world's largest economies, Japan, with a public debt figure larger than any other industrialised nation. 2010-04-11