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A man attacks passengers on a train in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, with acid and a knife, before setting the train on fire, injuring 17 people. A man is arrested at the scene.
2021-10-31

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya enters the Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing to board a flight to Belarus at Haneda Airport and asking for Japanese police protection. Her husband has left Belarus and entered Ukraine. The Japanese government says that it will take measures to protect Tsimanouskaya's stay as multiple European countries offer her asylum.
2021-08-2

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games announce that the games will be held without spectators following a state of emergency declared in the Tokyo area beginning on July 12 following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Japanese capital.
2021-07-8

The government extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the capital Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, for the next two weeks until March 21 as the number of new cases have not fallen sufficiently in order to lift the emergency.
2021-03-5

The Japanese government extends an ongoing state of emergency in 10 prefectures, including Tokyo, which surpassed 100,000 cases yesterday.
2021-02-2

After the Summer Olympics is postponed, the Tokyo station's Olympic countdown clock displaying the number of days until the Games (a local tourist attraction) is switched to show the current date and time.
2020-03-24

A light plane crashes in the Tokyo residential area of Chōfu, killing three people.
2015-07-26

Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters form a human chain around the Japanese parliament in Tokyo.
2012-07-29

A rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital.
2011-03-15

Tokyo's "oldest woman" cannot be located, casting doubts upon her claim to the title.
2010-08-3