Sources: BBC
An unexploded ordnance from World War II detonates under a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, Japan, causing more than 80 flights to be cancelled. 2024-10-2
Japan suspends the pilot experiment of its first fully autonomous self-driving car following a minor collision. 2023-10-30
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
Japan reaches 1 million booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2022-03-4
Flooding in Japan kills nine people in Chiba and one more in Fukushima, with a further person missing in the latter. 2019-10-26
An avalanche on Mount Nasu in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, kills at least eight schoolchildren while the students were on a mountaineering excursion. There are three students and three teachers missing. 2017-03-27
Typhoon Nangka makes landfall on the Japanese island of Shikoku. 2015-07-16
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Tokyo, Japan, with no injuries reported. 2013-02-25
China rules out a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the United Nations to resolve an ongoing diplomatic row, saying the timing is "not proper". 2010-09-21
Japan and numerous other countries evacuate coastal residents as a tsunami approaches. Some Japanese homes are flooded by the tsunami. 2010-02-28