TIL Tag: japan
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- 4 dead after 7.4-magnitude earthquake hits coast off Japan's Fukushima prefecture.
March 16, 2022 - World's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, dies in Japan aged 119
April 25, 2022 - Japan: Osaka court rules ban on same-sex marriage constitutional.
June 20, 2022 - Kazuki Takahashi: Yu-Gi-Oh! manga comic creator found dead in sea at 60
July 7, 2022 - Shinzo Abe: Japan ex-PM injured after reported gunshot attack. FORMER JAPANESE PM ASSASSINATED.
July 8, 2022 - Tomohiro Kato: Japan executes Akihabara mass murderer.
July 26, 2022 - Losses at SoftBank's Vision Funds have consumed nearly all their historical gains.
August 8, 2022 - Japan tells 2m to shelter from 'very dangerous' Typhoon Nanmadol.
September 18, 2022 - Japan storm: Nine million people told to evacuate as super typhoon Nanmadol hits.
September 19, 2022 - Japanese consul detained by Russia.
September 27, 2022 - Japan holds controversial state funeral for assassinated leader Shinzo Abe.
September 27, 2022 - North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
October 4, 2022 - North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, South Korea and Japan say.
October 9, 2022 - Queen of clean Marie Kondo says she has 'kind of given up' on tidying at home
January 30, 2023 - Masatoshi Ito, Japanese billionaire behind the rise of 7-Eleven, dies at 98
March 14, 2023 - Japan PM Fumio Kishida evacuated after what appears to be smoke bomb thrown
April 15, 2023 - China bans seafood from Japan after Tokyo begins releasing treated radioactive water
August 24, 2023 - Studio Ghibli sold to Nippon TV after finding no successors for Hayao Miyazaki
September 22, 2023 - North Korea test fires ballistic missile with potential to reach entire US, Japan says
December 17, 2023 - Japan issues tsunami warnings and tells residents to evacuate after strong earthquakes
January 1, 2024 - Japan Airlines jet burst into flames after collision with quake-relief plane
January 2, 2024 - Japan: Moon lander Slim comes back to life and resumes mission
January 29, 2024 - Japan launches second flagship H3 rocket a year after inaugural flight self-destructed
February 17, 2024 - Japan to launch world's first wooden satellite to combat space pollution
February 18, 2024 - Japan's millennia-old 'naked man festival' ending because of population decline
February 20, 2024 - Dragon Ball: Japan manga creator Akira Toriyama dies
March 8, 2024 - Sign of the times in Japan as nappy company switches production to adult nappies
March 27, 2024 - Pioneering US-born sumo wrestling champion Akebono dies aged 54
April 11, 2024 - Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional
July 3, 2024 - Japan declares victory in 'war' on floppy disks
July 4, 2024 - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will step down next month, won't run for re-election
August 14, 2024 - Millions told to evacuate as Japan hit by one of strongest typhoons in decades
August 28, 2024 - Biden blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from buying US Steel
January 3, 2025 - World's oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies aged 116
January 4, 2025 - Shigemi Fukahori, who survived Nagasaki bombing and spent his life advocating for peace, dies at 93
January 6, 2025 - Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar
February 14, 2025 - OpenAI raises up to $40bn in record-breaking deal with SoftBank
April 1, 2025 - Nintendo pulls Switch 2 pre-orders in US over Trump tariffs
April 4, 2025 - California overtakes Japan as the world's fourth-largest economy
April 25, 2025 - Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies aged 89
June 3, 2025 - Japan records lowest number of births in more than a century, as population fears grow
June 5, 2025 - 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine in Japan reportedly executed
June 27, 2025 - China partially lifts ban on Japanese seafood imports
June 30, 2025 - Trump announces 'massive' trade agreement with Japan
July 23, 2025 - Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing
August 6, 2025 - Intel secures $2bn lifeline from Japan's SoftBank
August 19, 2025 - Japan faces Asahi beer shortage after cyber-attack
October 3, 2025 - Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first female prime minister
October 4, 2025 - Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister
October 21, 2025 - Man pleads guilty to killing Japan's former PM Shinzo Abe
October 28, 2025 - OpenAI raises up to $40bn in record-breaking deal with SoftBank
November 1, 2025 - Ukrainian refugee who fled war wins top sumo wrestling competition in Japan
November 24, 2025 - Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world's most populous city, according to UN
November 27, 2025 - Israel's approval of new West Bank settlements condemned by 12 European countries, Canada and Japan
December 25, 2025 - Bluefin tuna fetches record $3.2m at Tokyo auction
January 5, 2026 - Japanese PM's Taiwan comments prompt China to ban certain exports to Japan
January 6, 2026 - Life sentence for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe
January 21, 2026 - Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant
January 21, 2026 - Japan suspends world's largest nuclear plant hours after restart
January 22, 2026 - Hello Kitty designer steps down after 46 years
February 14, 2026 - Japan to deploy missiles on island near Taiwan by 2031
February 25, 2026 - Trump compares attack on Iran to Pearl Harbor in meeting with Japan's PM
March 19, 2026 - Divorced couples in Japan can now share custody of their children
April 1, 2026 - Japan opens door to global arms market with biggest export rule change in decades
April 21, 2026 - Honda makes its first annual loss in 70 years
May 14, 2026 - Japan raids ice cream giants over price-fixing allegations
June 17, 2026 - Japan quintuples visa fees in first price hike since 1978
June 22, 2026 - Japan relaxes royal succession rules - but ban on female emperors remains
July 17, 2026 - Tokyo urges men to wear shorts to work, but women say it's 'leg hair harassment'
July 21, 2026 - US and Japan take action to prop up yen in rare joint move
August 3, 2026 - Three lions die in zoo as Japan battles extreme heat
August 4, 2026 - Japan PM says Putin's visit to disputed islands 'absolutely unacceptable'
August 13, 2026 - Japanese polka dot artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97
August 27, 2026 - Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets
September 2, 2026 - Evacuations ordered in Tokyo as powerful typhoon threatens floods and landslides
September 21, 2026 - Japan PM pledges support for international criminal court after Trump calls it ‘out of control’
September 23, 2026 - Japan to launch world-first mission to collect samples from Martian moon
October 18, 2026