The Tokyo District Court orders the Unification Church to dissolve as a religious organization in Japan. It is the first religious group to be given a revocation order in modern Japanese history. 2025-03-25
One person is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing at Nagano Station in Nagano, Japan. 2025-01-22
Six people are killed and three others are reported missing after heavy rains trigger landslides in Kyushu and Chūgoku, Japan. 2023-07-10
Japan receives its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-04-30
Mauritius says it will seek "compensation from the owner and the insurer" of MV "Wakashio", which broke apart the previous day after leaking hundreds of tonnes of fuel oil. The Japanese company in charge of the ship pledged to compensate for the damage. 2020-08-16
Japan executes a foreigner for the first time since the disclosure of details of its sentences began in 2007. He was a Chinese man convicted of killing a family of four. 2019-12-26
Japan executes former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, by hanging. 2018-07-6
North Korea fires a medium-range ballistic missile about 60 kilometers (37 miles) into its eastern waters, in the direction of Japan according to United States and South Korean officials. 2017-04-5
The Cabinet of Japan approves a bill to put a 40-year cap on the life of nuclear reactors following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. 2012-01-31
Japan and numerous other countries evacuate coastal residents as a tsunami approaches. Some Japanese homes are flooded by the tsunami. 2010-02-28