Sources: The Guardian
Japanese citizens vote to elect all 465 seats in the House of Representatives, with the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party winning an overwhelming majority. 2026-02-8
The trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the alleged killer of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, opens in Nara. It is expected to end by mid-December. 2025-10-28
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
Japan surpasses three million COVID-19 cases after a record 104,270 new cases in the past 24 hours. 2022-02-3
Indonesian authorities discover debris from the submarine that went missing on Wednesday, as well as an oil spill off the island of Bali. In response, the navy declares the submarine's status changed from missing to sunk, and it also declares its 53 crew members to be dead. 2021-04-24
Japan's Kagawa Prefecture will cull 850,000 chickens at two poultry farms after the country reported its first bird flu outbreak in more than two years. It will be the sixth and seventh cases of avian flu in the prefecture and the biggest culling to be done at once. 2020-11-20
Ash from Mount Agung's first volcanic eruption since late-2017 results in the closure of Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport until at least 7 pm local time (11:00 UTC). The ash cloud cancels 48 flights, affecting 8,334 passengers. 2018-06-29
Japan agrees to help with the construction of an Indian bullet train. 2017-09-14
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
Chinese police arrests a suspect for poisoning frozen dumplings for revenge. Those dumplings were exported to Japan and sickened 10 people in 2008. 2010-03-26