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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan, prompting tsunami warnings for Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A large section of the uninhabited Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by rockfalls, with more than 930 others injured.
2024-04-3

Japanese electronics company Toshiba is delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange after 74 years.
2023-12-20

In a resolution drafted by the UAE and Japan, the UN Security Council unanimously condemns the Taliban administration's ban on Afghan women working, including for the United Nations in Afghanistan, and calls on Taliban leaders to lift the ban immediately.
2023-04-27

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 begins administering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for medical staff and care workers for the elderly.
2022-07-23

Japan receives its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-04-30

Japan and China agree to restart mutual visits of their foreign ministers, to hold bilateral high-level economic dialogue early next year, and to work toward early implementation of communication mechanisms between their military forces.
2015-11-1

Typhoon Neoguri leaves two dead on Okinawa as it departs for Japan's main islands threatening heavy rain.
2014-07-9

Nine North Korean defectors arrive in South Korea after staying in Japan for three weeks.
2011-10-4

Japanese prosecutors question Representative Ichirō Ozawa over an alleged party funding scandal.
2010-01-23