Sources: The Australian
The Japanese House of Councillors enacts the country's largest state budget in history worth ¥122.3 trillion (€664 billion). 2026-04-7
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dies at the age of 101. 2019-11-29
The Nobel Committee awards Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world." 2017-10-5
Two explosions in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, kill at least one person and injure three others. Local media report that a 72-year-old ex-military officer is responsible for the blasts. A fire the same day destroyed the suspect's house. 2016-10-23
Russia announces it will deploy state-of-the art missile defense systems to the far eastern Kuril Islands where they and Japan have rival territorial claims dating to the end of the Second World War. Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu also says that Russia will form new defence units in the country's Western Military District in response to NATO's recent deployment of forces to member states near its border. 2016-03-25
At least 18 people are dead and 45 people are missing in Japan after Typhoon Wipha hit yesterday. 2013-10-17
Suspected Islamic militants take over a BP facility in In Aménas, Algeria, killing at least 2 workers and taking up to 40 others hostage, including 13 Norwegians, a number of Americans, as well as nationals from Ireland, Japan, France and the United Kingdom. A previously unknown group allied to al-Qaeda's regional branch says the attack is in revenge for Algeria's support of the French operation against Islamic rebels in Mali. 2013-01-16
Bookstores in China suspend sales of books by Japanese authors or about Japan. 2012-09-24
Moody's credit rating agency downgrades Japan to Aa3 due to weak economic growth prospects and high levels of public debt. 2011-08-24
Construction of temporary housing begins in the Japanese town of Rikuzentakata severely damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 2011-03-19