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Thousands of people are ordered to evacuate in northern Japan as Typhoon Ampil approaches the country.
2024-08-16

A United States Air Force V-22 Osprey crashes off the coast of Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture with six crew members onboard. A search and rescue operation has been launched, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
2023-11-29

Japan announces that it will donate 100 military vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
2023-05-24

A Hong Kong-registered ship carrying 22 people capsizes off the coast of Japan. Eight crew members are dead, 13 are rescued and two others still missing.
2023-01-25

Japan reports a record for the second consecutive day of 25,156 new cases of COVID-19.
2021-08-19

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga receives his first dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine ahead of an April visit to the United States to meet President Joe Biden.
2021-03-16

An international team researching a plastic-consuming bacterium discovered in 2016 at a Japanese landfill site announce the accidental synthesis of an artificial enzyme that breaks down plastics more efficiently than the bacterium. The team suggest the molecule could be used for environmentally sound plastics disposal.
2018-04-16

Thousands demonstrate against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit, against the background of a dispute between Japan and China over islands in the East China Sea, condemning “Chinese imperialism” while waving the flags Tibet, East Turkestan and south Mongolia.
2010-11-13

India and China help boost Asian shares outside Japan by 1.7%.
2010-11-1

China suspends high level diplomatic exchanges with Japan after the latter extended the detention of a Chinese fishing captain.
2010-09-19