Sources: The Guardian
At least 123 people, many of whom were elderly, are reported to have died from heat illnesses in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan in July amid an ongoing heatwave in the country. 2024-08-6
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 bans the entry of non-Japanese citizens from the United Kingdom beginning tomorrow, following the emergence of a more infectious strain of SARS-CoV-2. 2020-12-23
A Japanese high-speed boat collides with a "marine creature" while carrying 121 passengers; 87 passengers are injured and 5 airlifted by helicopter to the hospital. 2019-03-9
Japan states that it is seeking to verify a video that claims the killing of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State militants. 2015-01-24
The government of Japan lifts some sanctions on North Korea following an agreement to re-investigate the fate of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s. 2014-07-3
The bodies of two dead workers are found at the afflicted Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. 2011-04-3
A computer glitch temporarily halts all bullet trains in northern and central Japan, affecting thousands of passengers. 2011-01-17
A gunman kills two people at a bar in Habikino, Japan, before turning the gun on himself. 2010-01-12