Sources: The Guardian
President Joko Widodo visits China for diplomatic talks, formally inviting President Xi Jinping to the G20 summit in Bali. Widodo will also visit Japan and South Korea on the trip. 2022-07-26
The Japanese government officially approves the use of the Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 18 and older. It comes after the Health Ministry panel recommended the approval of both vaccines. 2021-05-21
Japan receives its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-04-30
A North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Japan, triggering the J-Alert system, following a similar event on 29 August. 2017-09-15
Nissan announces that it will buy 34% of fellow Japanese car manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors for 237.4 billion yen ($2.2 billion). 2016-05-12
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Japanese manufacturer of airbags Takata Corp. agree to a five-year consent decree where the company agrees to pay a civil penalty of $70 million and faces as much as $130 million more in fines if it violates the settlement. Twelve automakers are ordered to speed up recalls that so far have only reached about a quarter of the affected cars. 2015-11-3
Two of the reactors damaged in the March earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan may be riddled with holes, according to the facility's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co. 2011-05-25
A small amount of radiation is found on vegetables exported from Japan to Taiwan but the amount is too small to harm human health. [http:--www.theguardian.pe.ca-Canada---World-Business-2011-03-20-article-2347183-Taiwan-says-radiation-detected-on-batch-of-Japanese-peas,-but-levels-not-harmful-1 (Canadian Press via "Prince Edward Island Guardian")]date=August 2019 2011-03-20
Another fire breaks out at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in northern Honshu, Japan. 2011-03-16
United States Navy commandos from the destroyer USS "Bulkeley" capture four Somali pirates who boarded the Japanese oil tanker, the MV Guanabara. 2011-03-6