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Japanese technology company Sony announces it will cut 900 jobs across its global workforce and has also proposed the closure of London Studio as part of the restructuring.
2024-02-27

North Korea launches a military satellite from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station. The launch fails due "to an error in the emergency blasting system during the third-stage flight", according to state media, with the satellite likely crashing into the Pacific Ocean after passing over Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
2023-08-23

Japan begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant that has already been detected in the country.
2021-12-1

Japan announces it will cancel ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus.
2020-03-3

The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 94, with over 50 people still reported missing.
2018-07-8

Voters in Japan go to the polls with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito partners looking for a two-thirds majority that will allow them to put forward a referendum to change the constitution. The governing parties won 70 of the 121 seats. [http:--www.sbs.com.au-news-article-2016-07-10-voting-starts-japan (AAP via SBS)], [https:--www.bloomberg.com-news-articles-2016-07-10-abe-set-to-win-majority-in-upper-house-election-nhk (Bloomberg)], [http:--www.crossroadstoday.com-story-32409632-japan-coalition-scores-bigger-than-expected-election-win (AP via Crossroads Today)]date=August 2019
2016-07-10

The National Diet of Japan votes to lower the voting age from 20 to 18.
2015-06-17

Japan intends to increase spending for the Japan Self-Defense Forces and transform it into a modern military.
2013-12-17

The Shinmoedake volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan explodes again.
2011-03-13

Japanese prosecutors question Representative Ichirō Ozawa over an alleged party funding scandal.
2010-01-23