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JAXA aborts the first launch attempt of the H3 rocket after some of its boosters failed to ignite during the first stage. It is Japan's second failed rocket launch since 2003.
2023-02-17

Japan suffers its biggest economic slump on record as its economy's GDP fell 7.8% in April-June quarter.
2020-08-17

The Cabinet Office of Japan plans to declare that its economy has entered a recession after 71 months of growth.
2020-07-23

Typhoon Jebi kills at least 11 people in Japan, while more than 300 are injured. It is considered the strongest typhoon in the country in 25 years.
2018-09-4

Due to a change in Japanese legislation, Airbnb announces that it will be cancelling thousands of reservations made in the country.
2018-06-8

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

Japan suffers negative economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2011 making it three out of four quarters that the Japanese economy shrinks.
2012-02-13

Japan's economy shrinks by 0.3% in the April-June quarter confirming the country is in a recession caused in part by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
2011-08-15

Japan's Nikkei 225 improves by six per cent as concerns over the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on the economy are reduced.
2011-03-16

Japan intervenes in the foreign exchange market for the first time in six years to reduce the exchange rate for the yen in order to stimulate the Japanese economy.
2010-09-15