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

Kioxia, the Japanese computer memory manufacturer spun off from Toshiba, postpones its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, citing the volatility of the semiconductor industry caused by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. Its initial public offering, which would have launched on October 6, was projected to be Japan's largest for this year.
2020-09-28

Japan and the United Kingdom reach a tentative free trade agreement, which British trade secretary Liz Truss hails as the UK's "first major post-Brexit trade deal".
2020-09-11

The National Diet of Japan passes legislation allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate. The abdication is to take place within three years.
2017-06-9

Cuba defends North Korea by circulating an amendment to a European-Japanese draft resolution recommending the referral of North Korea to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
2014-11-13

36 people are killed by landslides in Hiroshima, Japan, after a night of heavy rain.
2014-08-21

Russia and Japan schedule a sub-cabinet level meeting for October in Tokyo to discuss the Kuril Islands dispute.
2012-09-26

April car sales in Japan rise by 92% year-over-year, a gain partially realized due to low sales in the wake of last year's earthquake and tsunami.
2012-05-1

A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks occur off the coast of Honshu in Japan.
2011-09-17

The entire cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan avoids visiting Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
2010-08-15