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Hundreds of flights are cancelled and the Japan Meteorological Agency issues an alert in Kagoshima Prefecture as Typhoon Shanshan is expected to make landfall over southwestern Japan.
2024-08-28

Prosecutors in Japan charge the 42-year-old accused killer of former prime minister Shinzo Abe with murder. Additional charges are expected after the man was found competent by psychiatrists earlier this week.
2023-01-13

A North Korean fishing boat collides with a Japanese Fisheries Agency vessel and sinks off Japan. At least 20 North Koreans are pulled from the water. The Japanese ship had been attempting to warn the North Korean vessel away from Japanese territory.
2019-10-7

The death toll in Japan from Typhoon Lionrock rises to 17 with several people still missing. Typhoon Namtheun is now threatening the main island of Kyushu.
2016-09-4

Japan imposes additional sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict and a visit by an aide of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to a contested island off the coast off northern Japan.
2014-09-24

Japan intends to increase spending for the Japan Self-Defense Forces and transform it into a modern military.
2013-12-17

The South Korean Yonhap news agency reports that the President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak is considering visiting the disputed Liancourt Rocks, which are also claimed by Japan.
2012-08-10

An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude occurs off the coast of Japan's Iwate prefecture.
2011-06-23

A United Nations nuclear safety team looking into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster claims that Japan underestimated the potential threat of tsunamis to nuclear power plants.
2011-06-1

Moody's Investor Services announces that Japan's local and foreign currency bond ratings under review because of the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-05-31