Sources: BBC
The Tokyo High Court in Japan orders the dissolution of the Unification Church. 2026-03-4
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs estimates that Jakarta, Indonesia, has surpassed Tokyo, Japan, as the largest city in the world. 2025-11-27
North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un "without any preconditions". 2024-03-29
The Tokyo District Court sentences Kyota Hattori to 23 years in prison for attempted murder and arson on a train in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, in October 2021. 2023-07-31
North Korea announces that the country has withdrawn from participating in the Summer Olympics in Japan, citing COVID-19 concerns. 2021-04-6
The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 209 and 28 missing. 2018-07-12
Authorities arrest a Japanese man for killing as many as 48 elderly patients at the Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama. 2016-10-2
The death toll from landslides in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture rises to 39 with 26 missing. 2014-08-22
The "Mainichi Shimbun" reports that Japan and the United States are planning to build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Mongolia. 2011-05-9
Two Japanese ministers are censured by the House of Councillors over a territorial dispute with China. 2010-11-27