Sources: The Guardian
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, carrying the American Blue Ghost M1 moon lander from Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese Hakuto-R Mission 2 moon lander from ispace. 2025-01-15
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
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
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces that the state of emergency will be lifted in nine prefectures on June 21. However, the government will maintain its quasi-emergency measures in seven prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka. 2021-06-17
Japan offers to mediate between Iran and the U.S.; officials say the Japanese government hopes to rescue the landmark 2015 international nuclear deal. 2019-06-12
The 42nd G7 summit held at Ise-Shima in Japan's Mie Prefecture concludes with a declaration that the United Kingdom leaving the European Union would pose a "serious threat to world growth". 2016-05-27
Japan's Sendai Airport partially reopens for the first time since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 2011-04-13
Japan detains a Chinese fishing boat found near the disputed Pinnacle Islands in the East China Sea. 2010-09-8
A national search uncovers 200 missing Japanese centenarians so far. 2010-08-12
Nearly 100,000 people rally in Okinawa, Japan, demanding the removal of an American base from the island. 2010-04-25