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Four people are killed and 16 others are injured in a traffic collision in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico.
2022-05-22

U.S. authorities in Massachusetts arrest a father and son, aged 59 and 27, who have been charged in Japan with helping Carlos Ghosn, former Chairman of Nissan, to escape from Japan to Lebanon last year.
2020-05-20

The National Diet of Japan ratifies a United States–Japan trade deal. Under the deal, Japan will reduce its tariffs on U.S. beef and pork; in return, Japan will receive reductions in tariffs on certain manufactured goods.
2019-12-4

After Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe insisted North Korea settle the issue of Japanese citizens adbucted by North Korea, North Korean state media KCNA accuses Japan of disrupting peace efforts before the planned North Korea–U.S. summit.
2018-05-12

The International Criminal Court rejects a petition to investigate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for war crimes. The petition by Japanese families of alleged victims was turned down because the alleged wrongdoing predates Japan's 2007 joining of the ICC.
2018-04-6

United States president Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka visits Japan.
2017-11-3

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Tokyo, Japan, with no injuries reported.
2013-02-25

The Government of Japan apologizes to Canada over the treatment of Canadian POWs during World War II.
2011-12-8

The Shinmoedake volcano on the Japanese island of Kyūshū erupts again with its biggest explosion since becoming active again.
2011-02-1

Japan's competitive eating champion Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi is arrested after disrupting the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City, United States.
2010-07-4