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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

Japan reports a record 269 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
2022-02-17

Japan reports its first locally transmitted cases of the Omicron variant in three people from Osaka Prefecture with no international travel history.
2021-12-22

A man attacks passengers on a train in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, with acid and a knife, before setting the train on fire, injuring 17 people. A man is arrested at the scene.
2021-10-31

Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, erupts, sending smoke 3,500 meters into the sky. The eruption began around noon local time. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says that there are no reports of injuries but that they are currently investigating reports of climbers on the mountain before the eruption.
2021-10-20

The government approves the use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15, becoming the first vaccine to be approved used for children in Japan.
2021-05-31

Japan detects possible community spread of the B.1.1.7 variant in three people from Shizuoka with no known travel history.
2021-01-18

SpaceX announces that Japanese billionaire and art collector Yusaku Maezawa will be the first commercial passenger to orbit the Moon on their BFR rocket in 2023.
2018-09-17

Japan intends to increase spending for the Japan Self-Defense Forces and transform it into a modern military.
2013-12-17

Over 14,000 people are still missing in Japan, a month after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-04-11