Sources: BBC
Japan begins administering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for medical staff and care workers for the elderly. 2022-07-23
The Osaka District Court rules that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is not "unconstitutional" in a ruling on a lawsuit filed by two male couples and one female couple. 2022-06-20
Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, erupts, sending smoke 3,500 meters into the sky. The eruption began around noon local time. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says that there are no reports of injuries but that they are currently investigating reports of climbers on the mountain before the eruption. 2021-10-20
Japan reports a record for the second consecutive day of 25,156 new cases of COVID-19. 2021-08-19
Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extends the state of emergency to Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima prefectures from May 16 until the end of this month. He alsos declare a quasi-state of emergency in Gunma, Ishikawa, and Kumamoto prefectures from May 16 until June 13. 2021-05-14
During his 23 to 26 November journey to Japan, Pope Francis visits Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The only pope to previously visit Japan was Pope John Paul II from 23–26 February 1981. 2019-11-23
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
A consortium led by the Institute of Cetacean Research, which is linked to Japan's Ministry of Fisheries, reports that 333 Antarctic minke whales were killed in last summer's scientific survey. 122 of the whales were pregnant, and 114 immature. 2018-05-30
A man kills five people in the Japanese city of Sumoto in a prolonged stabbing attack. 2015-03-9
Japan officially suspends its whaling program for the season due to interference by the Sea Shepherd conservation organisation. 2011-02-18