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A man kills four people in a shooting and stabbing attack in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
2023-05-25

An avalanche on Mount Norikura in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, kills two people, including American skier Kyle Smaine.
2023-01-29

Heavy rain in Japan causes a landslide in Okaya, Nagano. Three people are dead after the landslide damaged their house.
2021-08-15

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries successfully launches "Hope", a United Arab Emirates space probe to Mars, from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. It is the first mission to Mars from the Arab world.
2020-07-19

A tour bus carrying skiers runs off the road in Japan's Nagano Prefecture with at least 14 people dead and injuring another 27.
2016-01-15

The Japanese economy goes into recession for the second time since the election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
2015-11-16

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurs in Nagano Prefecture in Japan resulting in at least 30 people being injured as several homes collapse.
2014-11-22

A senior diplomat in charge of relations with Japan at the United States State Department is replaced for allegedly making disparaging remarks about the people of Okinawa.
2011-03-10

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku calls for the People's Republic of China to compensate for Japanese patrol boats damaged in a confrontation with a Chinese fishing boat in the East China Sea.
2010-09-27