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Japan announces that it will donate 100 military vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
2023-05-24

Japan announces that it will revoke Russia's most favoured nation trade status as part of further sanctions on Russia.
2022-03-16

A 41-year-old man sets fire to the main offices of Kyoto Animation, an animation studio based in Kyoto, Japan. At least 34 people are confirmed dead and 35 injured. Many of the victims are in their 20s and 30s.
2019-07-18

Ibaraki Prefecture becomes the first in Japan to recognize same-sex partnerships.
2019-07-1

Japan executes former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, by hanging.
2018-07-6

Japanese automakers Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Mazda recall around 3.4 million cars due to airbag defects.
2013-04-11

Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzō Abe unveils his cabinet line-up as he begins the task of economic revitalisation.
2012-12-26

Japan scrambles fighter jets in response to a Chinese plane seen near the disputed Senkaku Islands, marking the first time aircraft are involved in the dispute.
2012-12-13

Japan is to deport 14 pro-China activists who landed on the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2012-08-16

Spain extradites Rifat Hadziahmetovic, an alleged member of the Pink Panthers, to Japan in relation to a 2007 jewel robbery in Tokyo.
2010-08-14