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Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by more than 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline ever and its largest daily percentage drop since Black Monday in October 1987.
2024-08-5

Global stocks and government bonds plunge with the MSCI World Index dropping by 2.95%, the DOW by 4.68%, the S&P 500 by 3.88%, STOXX Europe 600 by 2.41%, Japan's Nikkei 225 by 3.01%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng by 3.99%, and South Korea's KOSPI by 3.52%. Bitcoin drops by 12.1% and Ethereum by 13.6%.
2022-06-13

Japan reports a record 4,915 new cases in the past 24 hours. In addition, a record 76 deaths are also reported in the past 24 hours.
2021-01-5

Japanese manufacturing company Olympus announces it is exiting the camera business after 84 years, stating its financial losses caused by their inability to compete with smartphone cameras was a major factor in the decision.
2020-06-24

The Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange drops 5% to below 20,000, its lowest level since September 2017.
2018-12-25

Nissan Motor Co. says it will not use airbag inflators made by Japanese auto parts supplier Takata Corp. in its cars, joining Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.
2015-11-7

A South Korean court rules that South Korea is not obliged to pay compensation to its nationals who were victims of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who have not been compensated by Japan. [http:--english.yonhapnews.co.kr-news-2015-06-26-0200000000AEN20150626004100315.html?input=www.tweeter.com (Yonhap)]date=August 2019
2015-06-26

Japan's stock market index, the Nikkei 225, hits its highest level in almost five years, after a Bank of Japan stimulus plan raises hope of economic revival.
2013-04-5

Japan's Sendai Airport partially reopens for the first time since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-04-13

Japan's Nikkei 225 improves by six per cent as concerns over the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on the economy are reduced.
2011-03-16