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North Korea launches a military satellite from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station. The launch fails due "to an error in the emergency blasting system during the third-stage flight", according to state media, with the satellite likely crashing into the Pacific Ocean after passing over Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
2023-08-23

Japan declares a quasi-state of emergency for Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima prefectures, which host U.S. military bases and are reporting an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. The quasi-emergency measures will take effect on January 9.
2022-01-7

Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extends the state of emergency to Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima prefectures from May 16 until the end of this month. He alsos declare a quasi-state of emergency in Gunma, Ishikawa, and Kumamoto prefectures from May 16 until June 13.
2021-05-14

Officials from Japan and South Korea hold their second round of trade talks as part of the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement process.
2019-11-19

Japan lodges a formal complaint after footage appears on YouTube of a US F-16 fighter jet based at Misawa Air Base in Aomori flying at high speed and low altitude through mountains in an apparent breach of regulations. Japanese law prohibits aircraft from descending below 150 feet in non-residential areas.
2018-04-30

At least 27 people have been pronounced dead after landslides in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture with another ten missing.
2014-08-20

Japan's Coast Guard sends a rescue team to the Russian fishing trawler "Alanet" with 24 fishermen on board which is in distress off Japanese Hokkaido Island.
2012-12-27

A two-year-old dog is reunited with her owner in tsunami-ravished Japan.
2011-04-4

Moody's Investors Service downgrades Japan's credit rating due to concerns over high levels of government debt.
2011-02-22