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In a resolution drafted by the UAE and Japan, the UN Security Council unanimously condemns the Taliban administration's ban on Afghan women working, including for the United Nations in Afghanistan, and calls on Taliban leaders to lift the ban immediately.
2023-04-27

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan suspends production indefinitely at its major Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK plant in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, over the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-03-20

Japanese Emperor Naruhito officially proclaims his enthronement as the Emperor of Japan in an ancient enthronement ceremony held in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, after ascending to the throne on 1 May. It was attended by about 2,000 guests with 420 foreign dignitaries.
2019-10-22

Emperor Akihito of Japan intends to abdicate within a few years, citing old age. It would be the first abdication of a Japanese emperor in 200 years; the last emperor to abdicate was Emperor Kōkaku in 1817.
2016-07-13

Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, meets with the President of the United States Barack Obama at the White House to discuss trade, economic, and security issues including North Korea and the Senkaku Islands dispute with China.
2013-02-22

Japanese optical and imaging equipment company Olympus faces a possible credit downgrade and plunging share prices, due to a spreading scandal over the recent dismissal of its chief executive, Michael Woodford.
2011-10-20

Japanese officials raise concerns that the core of unit 3 at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant may be damaged.
2011-03-25

The Japanese Ministry of Health advises people living in Iitate near the plant not to drink tap water due to elevated levels of radioactive iodine.
2011-03-20

Three Japanese employees of Fujita Corporation detained by China for allegedly intruding in a restricted area in Hebei Province are released while a fourth remains in custody.
2010-09-30

Analysts predict the 2011 bankruptcy of one of the world's largest economies, Japan, with a public debt figure larger than any other industrialised nation.
2010-04-11