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South Korea's finance minister Hong Nam-ki presses Japan to take steps to lift its export restrictions.
2019-11-20

The names of 3,607 employees of Unit 731, a Japanese military medical experimentation unit associated with war crimes during World War II, are released. Prosecutors in the United States had kept their identities secret following the war in exchange for access to data gleaned from the project.
2018-04-17

Yōichi Masuzoe resigns as the Governor of the Japanese capital Tokyo over a political funding scandal. He was due to face a no-confidence motion in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly later today.
2016-06-15

A second earthquake hits southern Japan with a magnitude of 7.1 killing at least 32 people with the death toll from both earthquakes rising to 42. The new quake traps even more people. In Kumamoto a landslide occurs as well as a bridge collapse.
2016-04-16

Japan resumes a search for 16 missing persons after torrential rain and floods with thousands still hoping to return home.
2015-09-12

Voters in Japan go to the polls for a House of Councillors (Japan's upper house) election with the governing coalition led by Shinzo Abe winning control of the upper house.
2013-07-21

Japan officially suspends its whaling program for the season due to interference by the Sea Shepherd conservation organisation.
2011-02-18

Two Japanese ministers are censured by the House of Councillors over a territorial dispute with China.
2010-11-27

The Bank of Japan lowers interest rates in Japan to a range of between 0 and 0.1%.
2010-10-5

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he will resign if proven guilty of receiving illegal political fund donations.
2010-01-22