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Four people are killed and three others are feared dead in an apartment fire in Kobe, Japan.
2023-01-22

At least 30 green sea turtles are found dead off a beach in Kumejima, Japan, with many having been stabbed in the neck. The green sea turtle is an endangered species.
2022-07-14

Japan reports no deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for the first time since August 2020.
2021-11-7

Two American citizens, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran and his son, plead guilty to helping former chairman of Nissan Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan to Lebanon in December 2019. Although Japan has asked for Ghosn's international capture, Lebanon has so far refused to extradite him.
2021-06-14

Japan reports its first five cases of the "double mutant" Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India.
2021-04-22

Bob Weighton, aged 111, of Alton, Hampshire, England, is named the oldest living man in the world after the death of Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan at the age of 112.
2020-02-26

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dies at the age of 101.
2019-11-29

North Korea launches a missile from a submarine off the port city of Sinpo in the Sea of Japan, according to U.S. and South Korean officials. This missile, the third sub-based attempt this year, flew about 500 kilometers (311 miles) and landed in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The first test exploded and the second traveled 30 km (18½ miles).
2016-08-24

Japan puts its military on alert to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens it following an announcement by North Korea of a planned "Earth observation launch".
2016-02-3

Japan and the Philippines are on alert for the North Korean rocket launch over the next few days.
2012-04-12