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Transport Minister Yuichiro Hata, who died yesterday, tested positive for COVID-19. He is the first Japanese lawmaker to die from the virus.
2020-12-28

Two Japanese passengers who were on board of the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship have died from the disease. Both, a man and a woman in their 80s, had underlying health conditions.
2020-02-20

Two people – one Japanese and one American – die from coronavirus in Wuhan. They are the first foreigners (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) to die from it.
2020-02-8

Sakie Yokota, the mother of a Japanese girl abducted by North Korea 42 years ago at the age of 13, appeals directly to Kim Jong-un to release her and all Japanese abductees. She also decries the lack of Japanese government action on the issue.
2019-11-15

A monitoring group claims that ISIL has reportedly released a video showing the execution of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.
2015-01-31

Japanese voters go to the polls for a general election, with the opposition Liberal Democratic Party led by former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe poised to win a majority.
2012-12-16

Chinese and Japanese diplomats meet in Beijing to lay out their respective countries' positions on the Senkaku Islands dispute.
2012-09-25

Japanese media reports that electronics company Sharp Corporation plans to cut 5,000 positions worldwide. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20120802-sharp-cut-5000-jobs-first-1950-reports (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019
2012-08-2

Japanese businessman Kenichi Watanabe resigns as the CEO of financial company Nomura Holdings following a series of insider trading scandals.
2012-07-26

The Russian Federal Space Agency successfully launches a Soyuz TMA-02M carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut towards the International Space Station.
2011-06-8