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 U.S. State Department tells Americans not to travel to Japan due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases there. 2021-05-24
Nationwide, 2,203 new cases are reported in Japan. It is the first time that the country has reported more than 2,000 cases since the pandemic began. 2020-11-18
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dies at the age of 101. 2019-11-29
Takuma Sakuragi, a 76-year-old former Japanese assemblyman from Inazawa, Aichi, is sentenced to life in prison by the Guangzhou City First Intermediate Court in southern China for smuggling drugs hidden in his suitcase at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in October 2013. He had been detained by Chinese authorities since then. 2019-11-8
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe says inter-Korea talks could be a "meaningless" ploy by North Korea. 2018-03-8
Japan shuts down its last nuclear reactor, leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time since 1970. 2012-05-5
The United States, Japan, and the European Union file a case against China at the WTO regarding export restrictions on rare earth metals. 2012-03-13
Japan suffers negative economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2011 making it three out of four quarters that the Japanese economy shrinks. 2012-02-13
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan with no reports of damage or casualties. 2010-03-14