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The United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan urge their citizens to seek shelter, hide, or evacuate due to ongoing fighting.
2023-04-19

Twenty-three people are rescued from their ruined homes after a landslide struck Atami, Japan. Two more people are found dead, bringing the death toll to 4.
2021-07-4

Japan rejects the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons after all nuclear powers boycott the treaty. This rejection happened days after the United Nations said there was enough signatories for it to go into effect and following pressure from atomic bomb survivors to adopt it. Japan states it is unrealistic to pursue the treaty with both nuclear and non-nuclear states being sharply divided over it, and instead the country will serve as a bridge to narrow the gap between the two sides.
2020-10-26

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says that the country has agreed with Vietnam to boost its defense ties and resume flights amid Chinese influence in the regions.
2020-10-19

Japanese company Hitachi Chemical states that it falsified inspections for a material used in semiconductors.
2018-10-28

Japan imposes additional sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict and a visit by an aide of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to a contested island off the coast off northern Japan.
2014-09-24

Heavy rain leads to flash floods and mudslides and causes at least 15 deaths and 11 more people missing in southern Japan.
2012-07-12

Japan and the Philippines are on alert for the North Korean rocket launch over the next few days.
2012-04-12

The board of Japan's Olympus Corporation announces its plans to resign early next year due to its accounting scandal.
2011-12-7