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The Bank of Japan reports that inflation in Japan increased by 4.0% in December, the highest recorded increase since 1981.
2023-01-20

North Korea fires a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that lands 200 kilometres off the coast of Japan, within Japan's exclusive economic zone.
2022-11-18

The U.S. State Department tells Americans not to travel to Japan due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases there.
2021-05-24

The death toll of the heat wave in Japan rises to 57, while 18,347 others are hospitalized.
2019-08-7

North Korea fires a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile which flies 2,700 km, passing over Hokkaido, northern Japan, prompting the activation of the nationwide J-Alert warning system. This is first time since 2009 that a North Korean missile has passed over Japanese territory.
2017-08-29

Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga says he "cannot comply with the recommendation" from Tokyo's Land Minister Keiichi Ishii, and will not retract his revocation of a U.S. military base relocation permit.
2015-11-6

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the Yasukuni Shrine. The location is controversial because it enshrines many war criminals from World War II. The visit provokes condemnation from China and South Korea and criticism from the United States.
2013-12-26

Japan sends two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan and sets Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island.
2013-04-9

The People's Republic of China levies anti-dumping charges on the chemical resorcinol imported from the United States and Japan.
2013-03-22

At least seven people die following a bus crash in Japan's Gunma Prefecture north of Tokyo. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120429_07.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-04-29