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North Korea launches a ballistic missile towards northern Japan, prompting evacuation orders in Hokkaido, before the missile falls into the sea.
2023-04-13

Ten people are dead and 16 more are missing as a sightseeing boat sinks off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.
2022-04-23

The death toll from the earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan rises to 44. There are now no reports of individuals missing and the search operations have been called off.
2018-09-10

The death toll from the earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, rises to 39. More people remain missing.
2018-09-8

A North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Japan, triggering the J-Alert system, following a similar event on 29 August.
2017-09-15

North Korea fires a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile which flies 2,700 km, passing over Hokkaido, northern Japan, prompting the activation of the nationwide J-Alert warning system. This is first time since 2009 that a North Korean missile has passed over Japanese territory.
2017-08-29

At least two rivers break embankments, causing floods on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Operations are underway to rescue 400 stranded people. On Honshu Island, at least 11 people, including nine elderly from a nursing home, have died.
2016-08-31

Thousands of people are evacuated on the Japanese island of Hokkaido as Typhoon Choi-wan approaches from the east.
2015-10-8

Earthquakes hit off the coasts of Vancouver Island, Cuba, Japan, and New Zealand's north island.
2011-09-15

New Zealander Peter Bethune, a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who captained the "Ady Gil" when it crashed with the MV "Shonan Maru 2" and sank, encounters coastguards, police and protesters as he arrives on the Japanese mainland.
2010-03-13