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It is announced that inflation in Japan reached 3.6% in October, which is the highest level of inflation recorded in the country since 1982.
2022-11-18

Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery.
2022-08-17

Two U.S. Marine aircraft from Iwakuni air base crash off the coast of Shikoku, Japan, during a mid-air refueling. One serviceman is rescued by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, while one is found dead and five are still reported missing.
2018-12-6

Mount Iō in northern Japan erupts for the first time in 250 years, together with nearby Mount Kirishima
2018-04-20

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

The Japanese National Police Agency reveals that 90 per cent of cyberattacks on its web site on July 10 came from Internet Protocol addresses in the People's Republic of China. [http:--mdn.mainichi.jp-mdnnews-national-news-20110826p2g00m0dm011000c.html (MDN)]date=August 2019
2011-08-26

The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan, the Premier of China Wen Jiabao and the President of South Korea Lee Myung Bak meet in Japan and agree to improve cooperation on nuclear and economic issues.
2011-05-22

Sony Music Japan apologises for members of the rock band Kishidan dressing up in Nazi style uniforms in a television broadcast following protests from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
2011-03-2

Two Greenpeace activists are given suspended sentences in Japan for stealing whale meat.
2010-09-6

A national search uncovers 200 missing Japanese centenarians so far.
2010-08-12