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North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile towards Japan with the Japanese government warning residents in Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures to immediately seek shelter. It later landed in the Pacific. The launch comes after a series of balloon launches and placard protests from South Korea and various military exercises involving the US.
2022-10-3

Ten people are dead and 16 more are missing as a sightseeing boat sinks off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.
2022-04-23

The Japanese government announces that the quasi-state of emergency measures will be expanded to 18 more prefectures including Hokkaido, Osaka, and Fukuoka from January 27 to February 20 amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
2022-01-25

Hokkaido reports a record 200 new cases in the past 24 hours.
2020-11-9

The death toll from the earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, rises to 39. More people remain missing.
2018-09-8

At least two rivers break embankments, causing floods on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Operations are underway to rescue 400 stranded people. On Honshu Island, at least 11 people, including nine elderly from a nursing home, have died.
2016-08-31

At least 9 people die after heavy snowfall hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend.
2013-03-4

A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks occur off the coast of Honshu in Japan.
2011-09-17

A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude occurs off the coast of Honshu in Japan sparking a tsunami warning.
2011-07-10

After a series of four aftershocks above magnitude 6 east of Honshu, a magnitude 5.7 aftershock of the 2011 Japan earthquake hits Fukushima Prefecture near Iwaki, without immediate reports of damage or casualties.
2011-03-22