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| Jan.29 |
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Toyota president sorry
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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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| Feb.24 |
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Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, acknowledged that the company had made mistakes and apologized for the recent lapses in quality control
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| Mar.11 |
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Japan arrests anti-whaling activist
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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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| Apr.27 |
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Asian stocks slide amid Greek debt crisis
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| May.3 |
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Japan scraps US base move plan
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| Jun.1 |
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PM 'to step down'
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| Jun.3 |
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DPJ chooses Naoto Kan as leader Ruling party is making the outgoing finance minister almost certain to become prime minister after the resignation of the country's previous...
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| Jul.11 |
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Japan's PM 'to lose key majority'
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| Aug.5 |
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Hiroshima brings U.N. call for disarmament
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| Aug.15 |
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Japanese economy slows unexpectedly
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| Sep.9 |
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Japan alarmed over China's yen purchase
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| Sep.10 |
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Chinese military power worries Japan
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| Sep.20 |
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 China, Japan relations sour over captain A Japanese court has extended the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain, as diplomatic tensions between the two countries rise
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| Sep.24 |
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Japan frees Chinese boat captain
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China demands apology from Japan
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| Oct.4 |
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China, Japan leaders meet, signal thaw
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| Oct.6 |
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Dollar falls to 15-year low against yen
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| Oct.7 |
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Japan to push $60bn into economy
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| Oct.21 |
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Bodies, mass graves found on Iwo Jima
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| Oct.31 |
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Medvedev visit stokes Japan row
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| Dec.2 |
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US-Japan military exercises begin
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| Jan.18 |
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Japan Airlines to file for bankruptcy
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| Jan.29 |
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Toyota president sorry Akio Toyoda apologized for the gas pedal problems that have forced the recall of millions of vehicles in the United States and Europe
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| Feb.1 |
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Toyota announces gas pedal fix |
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| Feb.3 |
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Toyota shares plummet
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| Feb.4 |
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Toyota looking at Lexus hybrid brakes |
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US to probe Toyota Prius brake problems
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| Feb.5 |
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Toyota chief apologizes. No new recall |
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| Feb.8 |
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Body found in plane's landing gear bay |
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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
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| Feb.9 |
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Honda extends airbag recall
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Firm ordered to fix airline seats |
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| Feb.17 |
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New US investigation for Toyota |
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| Feb.21 |
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Toyota exec boasts saving $100M |
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| Feb.23 |
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Electronics cited as Toyota problem
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| Feb.24 |
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Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president| Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, acknowledged that the company had made mistakes and apologized for the recent lapses in quality control. Toyoda apologises for faults behind t... | |
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| Feb.26 |
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7.0 earthquake off Okinawa |
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| Mar.11 |
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Japan arrests anti-whaling activist Japanese authorities arrested Peter James Bethune from New Zealand for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month
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| Mar.15 |
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'Runaway Prius' claim dismissed by Toyota
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| Mar.22 |
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Document: Toyota warning in 2002 |
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| Mar.30 |
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Outrage over 'RapeLay' video game
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| Apr.13 |
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Toyota stops US sales of Lexus GX 460 |
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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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| Apr.19 |
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Toyota recalls Lexus GX 460 SUVs
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| Apr.26 |
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PM feels heat in Okinawa base feud |
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| Apr.27 |
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Asian stocks slide amid Greek debt crisis Asian stock markets have suffered big falls amid further signs that the Greek debt crisis is intensifying. Tokyo down 2.6%. Hong Kong's 1.3%
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| May.3 |
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Japan scraps US base move plan 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said it will not be feasible to entirely remove a controversial base from the island of Okinawa
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| May.6 |
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Asia shares fall over Greece debt |
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| May.20 |
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Clinton heads to Japan for Okinawa talks |
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| May.31 |
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Anti-whaling activist testifies |
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Australia takes Japan to court |
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| Jun.1 |
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PM 'to step down' Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling party struggles to revive its chances in an election expected in July
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| Jun.3 |
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Ruling party selects PM candidate |
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DPJ chooses Naoto Kan as leader| Ruling party is making the outgoing finance minister almost certain to become prime minister after the resignation of the country's previous leader. Kan, 63, will become Japan's fifth prime minister in 3 y... | |
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| Jun.19 |
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Netherlands 1, Japan 0 |
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| Jun.22 |
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Toyota's plant in China idled for 2nd day |
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| Jun.24 |
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Japan beat Denmark to join last 16
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| Jun.29 |
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Paraguay beat Japan on penalties, 5-3
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| Jul.6 |
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Sumo: 'Stables' searched in Japan probe |
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Anti-whaling activist sentenced in Japan |
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| Jul.10 |
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Upper house vote tests Japan PM |
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| Jul.11 |
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Japan's PM 'to lose key majority' The ruling DPJ party of PM Naoto Kan will lose control of the upper house of parliament after Sunday's election, exit polls suggest
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| Aug.5 |
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Hiroshima brings U.N. call for disarmament Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used an appearance at the Peace Memorial ceremony to advocate for his plan for worldwide nuclear disarmament
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| Aug.11 |
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Toyota stops car exports to Iran |
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| Aug.15 |
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Japanese economy slows unexpectedly The strength of Japan's economic recovery came under question as second-quarter growth figures came in sharply below economists' expectation...
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| Aug.22 |
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N. Korea demands reparations from Japan |
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| Aug.31 |
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Typhoon Kompasu slams Okinawa |
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| Sep.5 |
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MotoGP rider dies in crash
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| Sep.9 |
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Japan alarmed over China's yen purchase Japan has expressed concern about China's recent sharp increase in purchases of Japanese government bonds
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| Sep.10 |
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Chinese military power worries Japan Japan's Defense Ministry: China's military puts the scare into Japan and the U.S. is a key to keeping peace in the region
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| Sep.12 |
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Japan 'frees Chinese fishermen' |
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| Sep.14 |
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Japan moves to combat rising yen
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| Sep.16 |
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Japanese on edge in China over detention
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Japanese PM in cabinet reshuffle
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| Sep.19 |
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China halts top-level Japan ties
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| Sep.20 |
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China, Japan relations sour over captain| A Japanese court has extended the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain, as diplomatic tensions between the two countries rise | |
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| Sep.24 |
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Japan frees Chinese boat captain Japan has released Zhan Qixiong, a Chinese fishing boat captain, whose arrest two weeks ago led to a major row with Beijing
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China demands apology from Japan China has demanded an apology from Japan following the return of a fishing boat captain who was detained for two weeks in Okinawa
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| Sep.25 |
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China apology demand turned down
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| Sep.26 |
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Japan to press China over boats
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| Oct.4 |
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China, Japan leaders meet, signal thaw China's and Japan's top leaders met, indicating a thaw in relations since a diplomatic battle over Japan's arrest of a Chinese fishing captain
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| Oct.6 |
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Dollar falls to 15-year low against yen The dollar continued to lose ground as the prospect of more quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve kept the U.S. currency under pressu...
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| Oct.7 |
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Japan to push $60bn into economy The Japanese cabinet has approved a plan - which still needs approval from parliament - is to boost growth, jobs and spending
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| Oct.10 |
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Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 |
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| Oct.14 |
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Party urges Google to drop Chinese name
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| Oct.16 |
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Protests prolong China-Japan row
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| Oct.21 |
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Bodies, mass graves found on Iwo Jima Two mass graves that may hold the remains of up to 2,000 Japanese soldiers have been discovered on the bloodiest battlesites of World War II
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| Oct.29 |
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Clinton faces China-Japan wrangle
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| Oct.31 |
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Medvedev visit stokes Japan row Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in the Kurils, defying Japan's warnings not to visit the disputed islands in the Pacific Ocean
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| Nov.1 |
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Japan says Russia talks still
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| Nov.12 |
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Apec leaders set to meet in Japan
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| Nov.21 |
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Japan minister quits over gaffe
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| Dec.2 |
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US-Japan military exercises begin More than 44,000 Japanese and American military personnel, 40 Japanese and 20 US warships are taking part in the drill off Japan's southern islands
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| Dec.16 |
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Japanese knife attack injures 13
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Japan warning over China military
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| Dec.20 |
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Toyota to pay U.S. $32M over recalls
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| Dec.21 |
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Strong quake recorded off coast
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| 2010 |
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| Apr.26 |
PM feels heat in Okinawa base feud |
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| May.3 |
Japan scraps US base move plan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said it will not be feasible to entirely remove a controversial base from the island of Okinawa
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| May.20 |
Clinton heads to Japan for Okinawa talks |
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| Sep.10 |
Chinese military power worries Japan Japan's Defense Ministry: China's military puts the scare into Japan and the U.S. is a key to keeping peace in the region
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| Sep.26 |
Japan to press China over boats
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| Oct.21 |
Bodies, mass graves found on Iwo Jima Two mass graves that may hold the remains of up to 2,000 Japanese soldiers have been discovered on the bloodiest battlesites of World War II
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| Dec.2 |
US-Japan military exercises begin More than 44,000 Japanese and American military personnel, 40 Japanese and 20 US warships are taking part in the drill off Japan's southern islands
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| Dec.16 |
Japan warning over China military
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| 2010 |
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| Feb.8 |
Body found in plane's landing gear bay |
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| Feb.26 |
7.0 earthquake off Okinawa |
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| Aug.31 |
Typhoon Kompasu slams Okinawa |
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| Dec.21 |
Strong quake recorded off coast
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| 2010 |
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| Jun.19 |
Netherlands 1, Japan 0 |
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| Jun.24 |
Japan beat Denmark to join last 16
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| Jun.29 |
Paraguay beat Japan on penalties, 5-3
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| Jul.6 |
Sumo: 'Stables' searched in Japan probe |
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| Sep.5 |
MotoGP rider dies in crash
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| Oct.10 |
Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 |
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.18 |
Japan Airlines to file for bankruptcy
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| Jan.29 |
Toyota president sorry Akio Toyoda apologized for the gas pedal problems that have forced the recall of millions of vehicles in the United States and Europe
|
| Feb.1 |
Toyota announces gas pedal fix |
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| Feb.3 |
Toyota shares plummet
|
| Feb.4 |
Toyota looking at Lexus hybrid brakes |
|
| Feb.4 |
US to probe Toyota Prius brake problems
|
| Feb.5 |
Toyota chief apologizes. No new recall |
|
| Feb.8 |
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 Prius and Sai, along with the Lexus HS250h
|
| |
|
| Feb.9 |
Honda extends airbag recall
|
| Feb.9 |
Firm ordered to fix airline seats |
|
| Feb.17 |
New US investigation for Toyota |
|
| Feb.21 |
Toyota exec boasts saving $100M |
|
| Feb.23 |
Electronics cited as Toyota problem
|
| Feb.24 |
Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president| Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, acknowledged that the company had made mistakes and apologized for the recent lapses in quality control. Toyoda apologises for faults behind t... | |
|
| Mar.15 |
'Runaway Prius' claim dismissed by Toyota
|
| Mar.22 |
Document: Toyota warning in 2002 |
|
| Mar.30 |
Outrage over 'RapeLay' video game
|
| Apr.13 |
Toyota stops US sales of Lexus GX 460 |
|
| Apr.14 |
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 | |
|
| Apr.19 |
Toyota recalls Lexus GX 460 SUVs
|
| Apr.27 |
Asian stocks slide amid Greek debt crisis Asian stock markets have suffered big falls amid further signs that the Greek debt crisis is intensifying. Tokyo down 2.6%. Hong Kong's 1.3%
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| May.6 |
Asia shares fall over Greece debt |
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| May.31 |
Australia takes Japan to court |
|
| Jun.22 |
Toyota's plant in China idled for 2nd day |
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| Aug.11 |
Toyota stops car exports to Iran |
|
| Aug.15 |
Japanese economy slows unexpectedly The strength of Japan's economic recovery came under question as second-quarter growth figures came in sharply below economists' expectation...
|
| Sep.9 |
Japan alarmed over China's yen purchase Japan has expressed concern about China's recent sharp increase in purchases of Japanese government bonds
|
| Sep.12 |
Japan 'frees Chinese fishermen' |
|
| Sep.14 |
Japan moves to combat rising yen
|
| Oct.6 |
Dollar falls to 15-year low against yen The dollar continued to lose ground as the prospect of more quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve kept the U.S. currency under pressu...
|
| Oct.7 |
Japan to push $60bn into economy The Japanese cabinet has approved a plan - which still needs approval from parliament - is to boost growth, jobs and spending
|
| Oct.14 |
Party urges Google to drop Chinese name
|
| Dec.20 |
Toyota to pay U.S. $32M over recalls
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.11 |
Japan arrests anti-whaling activist Japanese authorities arrested Peter James Bethune from New Zealand for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month
|
| Mar.30 |
Outrage over 'RapeLay' video game
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| May.31 |
Anti-whaling activist testifies |
|
| Jul.6 |
Anti-whaling activist sentenced in Japan |
|
| Sep.12 |
Japan 'frees Chinese fishermen' |
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| Dec.16 |
Japanese knife attack injures 13
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.24 |
Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president| Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, acknowledged that the company had made mistakes and apologized for the recent lapses in quality control. Toyoda apologises for faults behind t... | |
|
| Apr.26 |
PM feels heat in Okinawa base feud |
|
| May.3 |
Japan scraps US base move plan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said it will not be feasible to entirely remove a controversial base from the island of Okinawa
|
| May.20 |
Clinton heads to Japan for Okinawa talks |
|
| Jun.1 |
PM 'to step down' Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling party struggles to revive its chances in an election expected in July
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| Jun.3 |
Ruling party selects PM candidate |
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| Jun.3 |
DPJ chooses Naoto Kan as leader| Ruling party is making the outgoing finance minister almost certain to become prime minister after the resignation of the country's previous leader. Kan, 63, will become Japan's fifth prime minister in 3 y... | |
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| Jul.10 |
Upper house vote tests Japan PM |
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| Jul.11 |
Japan's PM 'to lose key majority' The ruling DPJ party of PM Naoto Kan will lose control of the upper house of parliament after Sunday's election, exit polls suggest
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| Aug.5 |
Hiroshima brings U.N. call for disarmament Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used an appearance at the Peace Memorial ceremony to advocate for his plan for worldwide nuclear disarmament
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| Aug.22 |
N. Korea demands reparations from Japan |
|
| Sep.10 |
Chinese military power worries Japan Japan's Defense Ministry: China's military puts the scare into Japan and the U.S. is a key to keeping peace in the region
|
| Sep.16 |
Japanese on edge in China over detention
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| Sep.16 |
Japanese PM in cabinet reshuffle
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| Sep.19 |
China halts top-level Japan ties
|
| Sep.20 |
China, Japan relations sour over captain| A Japanese court has extended the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain, as diplomatic tensions between the two countries rise | |
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| Sep.24 |
Japan frees Chinese boat captain Japan has released Zhan Qixiong, a Chinese fishing boat captain, whose arrest two weeks ago led to a major row with Beijing
|
| Sep.24 |
China demands apology from Japan China has demanded an apology from Japan following the return of a fishing boat captain who was detained for two weeks in Okinawa
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| Sep.25 |
China apology demand turned down
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| Sep.26 |
Japan to press China over boats
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| Oct.4 |
China, Japan leaders meet, signal thaw China's and Japan's top leaders met, indicating a thaw in relations since a diplomatic battle over Japan's arrest of a Chinese fishing captain
|
| Oct.14 |
Party urges Google to drop Chinese name
|
| Oct.16 |
Protests prolong China-Japan row
|
| Oct.29 |
Clinton faces China-Japan wrangle
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| Oct.31 |
Medvedev visit stokes Japan row Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in the Kurils, defying Japan's warnings not to visit the disputed islands in the Pacific Ocean
|
| Nov.1 |
Japan says Russia talks still
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| Nov.12 |
Apec leaders set to meet in Japan
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| Nov.21 |
Japan minister quits over gaffe
|
| Dec.16 |
Japan warning over China military
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