Sources: The Guardian
The Tokyo District Court orders the Unification Church to dissolve as a religious organization in Japan. It is the first religious group to be given a revocation order in modern Japanese history. 2025-03-25
A district court in Fukushima, Japan, convicts three former soldiers for sexually assaulting a colleague, Rina Gonoi, during a military exercise in 2021, sentencing them to two years in prison and suspending them from the military for four years. 2023-12-12
Two soldiers are killed and another is injured during a live fire exercise at a training area in Gifu, Japan, as a recruit opens fire at them. The suspect is apprehended and charged with the attempted murder of a soldier. 2023-06-14
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
Nationwide, a record 4,520 new cases are reported in Japan in the past 24 hours. It is the first time that the country has reported more than 4,000 daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-12-31
A mass grave with more than 1,500 bodies is discovered in Osaka, Japan, that dates from the 1600s to the mid-1800s. 2020-08-26
A court in Thailand awards a Japanese man paternity rights over 13 of his children from Thai surrogate mothers. 2018-02-20
Cuba defends North Korea by circulating an amendment to a European-Japanese draft resolution recommending the referral of North Korea to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. 2014-11-13
Voters in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, go to the polls for the gubernatorial election with anti-US base governor Hirokazu Nakaima reelected. 2010-11-28
The International Whaling Commission does not reach agreement on curbing whaling by Japan, Norway and Iceland in a meeting in Agadir, Morocco. [http:--www.mercurynews.com-business-ci_15356866?nclick_check=1 (AP via "San Jose Mercury News")]date=August 2019 2010-06-23