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Oldest man in history dies at 116 
A Japanese man recognised as the world's oldest living person, and the oldest man recorded in history, has died aged 116, local officials sa...
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Japanese carrier's Boeing 787 has engine problem |
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| Jun. 10 |
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PS4 set to be cheaper than Xbox One
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| Jun. 9 |
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Japan growth revised up. Tokyo
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Euro crisis is over, says France's Francois Hollande |
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| Jun. 4 |
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Japan first into 2014 World Cup |
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| May. 27 |
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Japanese mayor apologizes for saying US troops should visit adult businesses
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| May.13 |
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Japan's WWII sex slaves 'necessary' |
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| Apr.22 |
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Japan MPs visit Yasukuni Shrine |
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| Apr.14 |
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Kerry in Japan amid heightened Korean tensions |
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| Apr.11 |
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Japan carmakers to recall 3.4m cars
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| Apr.4 |
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Nikkei reaches highest since 2008 |
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| Apr.3 |
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Japan central bank makes growth move |
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| Feb.28 |
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Report outlines Fukushima's radiation toll |
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| Feb.19 |
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Japan posts record trade deficit |
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| Feb.5 |
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Japan PM condemns China radar act |
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| Jan.23 |
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Japan runs record trade deficit |
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| Jan.15 |
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Japan emergency hits Dreamliners 
Map of Yamaguchi Ube Japan| Japan's two main airlines have grounded their Boeing 787 after one was forced to make an emergency landing because of battery problems | |
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| Dec.25 |
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Japan's Shinzo Abe voted in as PM |
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| Dec.16 |
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Japan's Abe warns on road ahead Shinzo Abe says his party has a 'heavy responsibility' following its landslide victory in Sunday's elections
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| Dec.2 |
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Japan tunnel collapse killed nine
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Burned bodies found after tunnel collapse At least two cars remained trapped Sunday after the tunnel collapse. The section of concrete that fell was about 50 to 60 meters long
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| Dec.1 |
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Japan tunnel collapse 'traps cars' |
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| Oct.31 |
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Japan tsunami money 'misspent' |
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| Sep.16 |
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China protests hit Japanese trade |
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| Sep.13 |
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Chinese ships patrol disputed islands Six Chinese maritime surveillance ships entered waters around a group of islands at the center of a heated territorial dispute between Tokyo...
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| Aug.18 |
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Japanese land on disputed island
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| Jul.14 |
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Thousands flee Japanese floods Map of Kyushu Japan About 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes to avoid floods caused by torrential rainfall in south-west Japan
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| Jul.4 |
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Parliament releases Fukushima probe report
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| Apr.26 |
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US and Japan reach Okinawa deal |
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| Apr.5 |
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US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' Alaska: The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
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| Mar.10 |
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Japan marks deadly anniversary Northern Japan: Japan is set to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, killing thousands
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| Feb.17 |
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Akihito heart surgery 'a success' |
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| Jan.30 |
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Japan's nuclear 'stress tests' get OK |
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| Dec.20 |
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Japan raids Olympus headquarters |
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| Dec.15 |
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Japan declares Fukushima stable. Northern Japan
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| Nov.14 |
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Japan radiation 'unsafe for farming' |
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| Sep.4 |
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Typhoon Talas kills 19 in Japan |
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| Aug.28 |
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Yoshihiko Noda wins leadership race
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| Aug.25 |
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Japan's Prime Minister Kan quits |
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| Jun.2 |
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Prime minister survives no-confidence vote |
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| May.29 |
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Germany pledges nuclear shutdown. Berlin
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| May.18 |
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Japan economy back in recession |
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| May.4 |
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Workers enter Fukushima reactor |
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| Apr.21 |
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Japan announces emergency budget |
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| Apr.17 |
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Reactors could take 9 months to stop |
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| Apr.12 |
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Japan disaster now on Chernobyl level Northern Japan: Japanese authorities 'provisionally' declared the country's nuclear accident a level-7 event on the international scale for nuclear disasters
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| Apr.11 |
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Japan raises nuclear crisis level |
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| Apr.7 |
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New quake triggers tsunami warning Northern Japan: A powerful 7.4 earthquake struck Japan, triggering a tsunami warning for one prefecture and advisories in others
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| Apr.5 |
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Radioactive water leak stopped. Northern Japan
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Water radiation millions of times over limit Northern Japan: An attempt to plug a leak of highly radioactive water from a nuclear reactor has shown a significant difference, despite the material not setting
| Tokyo Electric: an attempt to plug the leak had shown a 'significant difference,' despite the material not setting as hoped.
The company had injected a silica-based polymer, 'liquid glass' to reduce the leak
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| Apr.4 |
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Japan dumps radioactive water in sea |
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| Mar.29 |
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Workers scramble to prevent water leak |
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| Mar.28 |
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Radioactive water found outside plant Map of Fukushima Japan Northern Japan: Water found in a tunnel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has alarmingly high radiation readings
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| Mar.27 |
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Japan quake prompts tsunami alert |
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| Mar.26 |
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Sea radiation 1,250 times normal |
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| Mar.25 |
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Reactor core might be leaking. Northern Japan
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| Mar.22 |
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Power restored to reactor's control room |
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| Mar.21 |
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Work resumes at Japanese reactor |
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| Mar.20 |
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Food products limited from nuclear area. Northern Japan
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Rescue in Japan as 2 pulled from rubble |
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| Mar.19 |
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Power hopes rise at Japan plant |
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| Mar.18 |
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Nuclear plant's power restoration closer |
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Japan raises threat level at nuclear plant. Northern Japan
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| Mar.16 |
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Water dumped on Japan nuclear plant. Northern Japan
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| Mar.15 |
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New fire fuels nuclear fears in Japan |
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Staff withdrawn from Japan plant |
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| Mar.14 |
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Radiation fears after Japan blast |
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New blast at Japan nuclear plant |
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Meltdown alert at Japan reactor Map of Fukushima Japan Northern Japan: Technicians are battling to stabilise a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, which has been rocked by a second blast in three days.
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| Mar.13 |
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Explosion at Japan nuclear plant |
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| Mar.12 |
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Exodus from Japan nuclear plant. Northern Japan
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3,000 rescued; many more missing |
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Japan scrambles to reach trapped victims |
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| Mar.11 |
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Huge blast at nuclear power plant. Northern Japan
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Radioactive fears rise at Japan plants |
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Massive quake, tsunami hit Japan Map of Sendai Japan Northern Japan: A 8.9 earthquakeis causing a tsunami that swept debris miles inland. Dozens of nations, including the U.S., are under a tsunami warning
| The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in 100 years unleashed walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats, killing hundreds and forcing the evaucations of tens of thousands
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| Feb.13 |
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China overtakes Japan as 2nd economy |
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| Sep.20 |
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China, Japan relations sour over captain
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| Aug.15 |
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Japanese economy slows unexpectedly |
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| Jul.11 |
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Japan's PM 'to lose key majority' |
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| Jun.3 |
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DPJ chooses Naoto Kan as leader
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| Jun.1 |
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PM 'to step down' |
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| Apr.14 |
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Toyota suspends sales of Lexus worldwide Toyota has suspended sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 after a US consumer magazine warning and said it would test all of its other SUV models
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| Feb.24 |
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Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president |
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| Feb.8 |
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Toyota recalls thousands of Prius cars| Toyota has recalled about 200,000 of hybrid Prius cars sold in Japan last year due to a brake problem. This latest recall will include the Toyota... | |
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| Jan.29 |
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Toyota president sorry
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| Sep.15 |
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Hatoyama takes over as PM| Parliament has formally confirmed Yukio Hatoyama as the prime minister. His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month. PM Yukio Hatoyama has promised economic revival and strong US ties, vowed to deliver a 'people-oriented society'
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| Aug.30 |
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Opposition set for victory
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| Aug.16 |
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Japan's economy leaves recession |
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| May.19 |
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Japan's economy in record plunge |
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| Sep.1 |
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Beleaguered PM Fukuda resigns |
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| Jul.6 |
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G-8 summit opens with focus on Africa. Northern Japan
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| Jun.14 |
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Powerful earthquake strikes |
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| Jun.7 |
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Tokyo man goes on stabbing spree |
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Oil crisis dominates G8 meeting |
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| Sep.25 |
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Lower house elects Fukuda as PM A quiet compromiser has promised to bring stability and moderation to tumultuous political scene
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| Sep.22 |
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Fukuda set to be new PM |
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| Sep.11 |
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PM Abe resigns
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| Aug.9 |
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World markets fall after US losses |
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| Jul.16 |
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Nuke plant leaked after earthquake. Northern Japan
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| Apr.12 |
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Chinese PM: Better Japan ties |
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| Sep.25 |
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Abe elected as new premier The parliament has elected conservative Shinzo Abe as the nation's new prime minister by 339 of 475 votes
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| Sep.5 |
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Princess gives birth to boy 39-year-old Kiko has given birth to the third-in-line to the imperial throne after complications in the pregnancy
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| Aug.14 |
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Koizumi defies war shrine protest |
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| Jan.13 |
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Avalanches feared after snow |
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| Sep.11 |
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Koizumi secures landslide victory Prime Minister's party and its coalition ally have won an overwhelming victory in lower house elections
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| Aug.6 |
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Doves, silence for A-bomb victims |
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| May.23 |
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China rebukes Japan over shrine |
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| Apr.24 |
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100 dead as train derails A seven-car commuter train has derailed and ploughed into an apartment building at a railway crossing
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| Apr.9 |
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Protests target Japan. Beijing
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| Feb.16 |
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Kyoto Protocol comes into force The Protocol, which aims to slow global warming, has come into force 7 years after being agreed
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| Oct.23 |
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Quakes: Death toll rising to 15 |
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| Oct.20 |
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Typhoon kills at least 48 |
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| Feb.26 |
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Death sentence for cult guru |
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| Jun.30 |
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Brazil wins World Cup
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| Nov.30 |
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A new princess for royals |
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| Aug.31 |
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Tokyo explosion and fire kills 44 |
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| Apr.26 |
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Koizumi elected as new PM |
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| Feb.9 |
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U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide. Hawaii
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