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| Jan.1 |
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Doomsday cult member surrenders to police
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Magnitude 6.8 quake hits Japan |
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| Jan.11 |
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Japan 'to cut Iran oil imports'
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| Jan.12 |
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Japan 'to sack gaffe ministers' |
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| Jan.19 |
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Radioactive material used in construction |
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| Jan.24 |
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Scientists: Big Tokyo quake likely |
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Japan posts annual trade deficit
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| Jan.30 |
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Japan's nuclear 'stress tests' get OK U.N. nuclear experts gave a thumbs-up to planned 'stress tests' for remaining nuclear power plants
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| Feb.13 |
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Stricken Fukushima nuclear plant 'heating up' |
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| Feb.15 |
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Former Olympus chairman arrested
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| Feb.17 |
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Japan's emperor has heart surgery |
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Akihito heart surgery 'a success' Japan's Emperor Akihito has undergone a successful heart bypass operation at a hospital in Tokyo, media reports say
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| Feb.19 |
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Japan trade deficit hits new high |
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| Mar.10 |
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Japan marks deadly anniversary 
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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| Mar.15 |
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Long lines as iPad goes on sale in Japan
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| Mar.24 |
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Tsunami 'ghost ship' drifts to Canada |
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| Mar.25 |
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Japan shuts down nuclear reactor |
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| Mar.30 |
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Japanese PM defends death penalty |
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| Apr.5 |
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U.S. to sink Japan boat that was lost in tsunami |
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US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' 
Map of Sitka Alaska Alaska The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
| The coast would hold off scuttling the Ryou-Un Maru after a Canadian fishing boat claimed salvage rights
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| Apr.9 |
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Airlines to avoid N Korea rocket |
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| Apr.26 |
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US and Japan reach Okinawa deal Map of Okinawa Japan The United States and Japan have reached a deal to move 9,000 marines from the island of Okinawa. Some 10,000 troops will remain
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| May.5 |
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Japan closes last nuclear reactor |
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| May.16 |
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Rebuilding spurs Japan economy |
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| May.17 |
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Pinterest to get $100m boost from Rakuten |
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| May.20 |
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Millions watch Pacific eclipse |
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| May.25 |
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Fukushima radiation worse than feared |
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| May.26 |
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Americans held in Irish student's death |
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| May.28 |
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Tuna record Fukushima pollution |
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| Jun.3 |
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Nintendo Wii U has social network |
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| Jun.6 |
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Tsunami dock washes up in Oregon |
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| Jun.8 |
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Solo round-the-world explorer rescued after storm
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| Jun.14 |
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Police hold Japan cult fugitive |
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| Jun.15 |
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Japan PM orders reactor restart Japan will restart two nuclear reactors - the first to go back online since all the country's plants were closed following last year's Fukushima...
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| Jul.1 |
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Key faction deserts Japan's DPJ |
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| Jul.4 |
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Parliament releases Fukushima probe report Map of Fukushima Japan A Japanese parliamentary panel releases its report into the handling of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, after months of hearings
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| Jul.7 |
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Karzai urges help for 'progress' Afghan President has urged international donors to continue giving aid to his country in order to safeguard political and economic gains
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| Jul.11 |
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Japan's rare baby panda dies week after birth |
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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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Search for Japan flood missing |
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| Jul.16 |
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In Japan torrential rain kills at least 28 |
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| Jul.21 |
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Japan to probe Tepco 'cover-up' The government will investigate a report that workers at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were urged to disguise their exposure...
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| Jul.22 |
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U.S. fighter jet crashes in Japan |
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| Jul.24 |
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Japan in record half year deficit |
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| Jul.26 |
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Olympics: Spain suffer shock defeat to Japan |
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| Aug.1 |
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Uchimura takes indvidual gold
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| Aug.9 |
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Lee 'to visit disputed islands' South Korea's president is expected to visit islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions between the two natio...
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| Aug.16 |
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Japan to deport island activists |
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| Aug.18 |
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Defiant Japanese head for islands |
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Japanese land on disputed island Map of Senkaku islands Japan| Boats carrying dozens of Japanese nationalists activists have moored off a group of disputed islands, amid a bitter sovereignty row with China | |
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| Aug.19 |
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Anti-Japan protests across China |
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Tainted pickles kill six in Japan |
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| Aug.22 |
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Record radiation found in fish near Fukushima |
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| Aug.26 |
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Typhoon Bolaven slamming Okinawa, heads for Koreas |
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| Aug.28 |
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Japan and North Korea renew talks
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| Aug.30 |
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Japan supports Samsung in Apple dispute
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| Sep.4 |
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Japan 'to buy disputed islands'
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| Sep.6 |
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Asian markets rise on ECB action
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| Sep.13 |
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Chinese ships patrol disputed islands Map of Senkaku Japan| Six Chinese maritime surveillance ships entered waters around a group of islands at the center of a heated territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing | |
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| Sep.14 |
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Super typhoon headed for Japan, South Korea A huge typhoon packing fierce winds is moving north toward the Japanese island of Okinawa and is projected to eventually hit the Korean Peni...
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| Sep.15 |
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Japan urges China to stop attacks
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Typhoon Sanba hits Okinawa
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| Sep.16 |
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US alarm over Asia territory rows
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China protests hit Japanese trade Japanese electronics maker Panasonic has suspended some of its operations in China after anti-Japan protesters attacked two of its factories
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| Sep.25 |
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'Severe' mood at Japan-China talks
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| Sep.29 |
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Typhoon Jelawat roars over island of Okinawa
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| Oct.7 |
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Vettel wins in Japan |
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| Oct.26 |
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Fish off Fukushima still contaminated
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| Oct.29 |
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U.S. sailor found dead at train station in Japan
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WWII bomb closes Japan airport
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| Oct.31 |
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Japan tsunami money 'misspent' Japan has spent funds intended for reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on unrelated projects, a government audit has found
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| Nov.11 |
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Japan economy enters contraction
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| Nov.17 |
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Japan dissolves lower house of parliament
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| Nov.29 |
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Bodies found inside drifting ship near Japan
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| Dec.1 |
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Japan tunnel collapse 'traps cars' A road tunnel is trapping a number of vehicles in the Sasago tunnel, about 80km (50 miles) west of the capital Tokyo
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| Dec.2 |
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Burned bodies found after tunnel collapse Map of Sasago Japan 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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Japan tunnel collapse killed nine Map of Sasago Japan The bodies were found in three vehicles that were crushed by fallen concrete panels in the Sasago tunnel
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| Dec.7 |
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Quake strikes off Japan, setting off small tsunami
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| Dec.12 |
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Corinthians defeat Al-Ahly |
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| Dec.13 |
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Chelsea cruise into Club World Cup final |
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Japan business sentiment worsens
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Japan scrambles fighter jets over disputed islands
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| Dec.15 |
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Japanese vote in general election
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| Dec.16 |
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Election: LDP's Shinzo Abe vows tough China line The leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has vowed to take a tough stance in territorial disputes with China
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Corinthians win Club World Cup over Chelsea
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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.25 |
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Japan's Shinzo Abe voted in as PM Conservative former PM Shinzo Abe has been voted in as prime minister again by Japan's MPs, after his party's poll victory earlier this mont...
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| Dec.27 |
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Japan data affirms weak economy
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| 2012 |
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| Apr.5 |
US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' Map of Sitka Alaska Alaska The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
| The coast would hold off scuttling the Ryou-Un Maru after a Canadian fishing boat claimed salvage rights
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| Apr.9 |
Airlines to avoid N Korea rocket |
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| Apr.26 |
US and Japan reach Okinawa deal Map of Okinawa Japan The United States and Japan have reached a deal to move 9,000 marines from the island of Okinawa. Some 10,000 troops will remain
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| Jul.22 |
U.S. fighter jet crashes in Japan |
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| Aug.28 |
Japan and North Korea renew talks
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| Sep.13 |
Chinese ships patrol disputed islands Map of Senkaku Japan| Six Chinese maritime surveillance ships entered waters around a group of islands at the center of a heated territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing | |
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| Sep.16 |
US alarm over Asia territory rows
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| Oct.29 |
U.S. sailor found dead at train station in Japan
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| Oct.29 |
WWII bomb closes Japan airport
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| Dec.13 |
Japan scrambles fighter jets over disputed islands
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| 2012 |
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| Jan.1 |
Magnitude 6.8 quake hits Japan |
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| Jan.19 |
Radioactive material used in construction |
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| Jan.24 |
Scientists: Big Tokyo quake likely |
|
| Jan.30 |
Japan's nuclear 'stress tests' get OK U.N. nuclear experts gave a thumbs-up to planned 'stress tests' for remaining nuclear power plants
|
| Feb.13 |
Stricken Fukushima nuclear plant 'heating up' |
|
| Mar.10 |
Japan marks deadly anniversary Japan is set to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, killing thousands
|
| Mar.24 |
Tsunami 'ghost ship' drifts to Canada |
|
| Apr.5 |
U.S. to sink Japan boat that was lost in tsunami |
|
| Apr.5 |
US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' Map of Sitka Alaska Alaska The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
| The coast would hold off scuttling the Ryou-Un Maru after a Canadian fishing boat claimed salvage rights
|
| |
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| May.25 |
Fukushima radiation worse than feared |
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| May.28 |
Tuna record Fukushima pollution |
|
| Jun.6 |
Tsunami dock washes up in Oregon |
|
| Jun.8 |
Solo round-the-world explorer rescued after storm
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| Jul.11 |
Japan's rare baby panda dies week after birth |
|
| Jul.14 |
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 | |
|
| Jul.14 |
Search for Japan flood missing |
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| Jul.16 |
In Japan torrential rain kills at least 28 |
|
| Jul.21 |
Japan to probe Tepco 'cover-up' The government will investigate a report that workers at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were urged to disguise their exposure...
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| Jul.22 |
U.S. fighter jet crashes in Japan |
|
| Aug.19 |
Tainted pickles kill six in Japan |
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| Aug.22 |
Record radiation found in fish near Fukushima |
|
| Aug.26 |
Typhoon Bolaven slamming Okinawa, heads for Koreas |
|
| Sep.14 |
Super typhoon headed for Japan, South Korea A huge typhoon packing fierce winds is moving north toward the Japanese island of Okinawa and is projected to eventually hit the Korean Peni...
|
| Sep.15 |
Typhoon Sanba hits Okinawa
|
| Sep.29 |
Typhoon Jelawat roars over island of Okinawa
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| Oct.26 |
Fish off Fukushima still contaminated
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| Oct.31 |
Japan tsunami money 'misspent' Japan has spent funds intended for reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on unrelated projects, a government audit has found
|
| Nov.29 |
Bodies found inside drifting ship near Japan
|
| Dec.1 |
Japan tunnel collapse 'traps cars' A road tunnel is trapping a number of vehicles in the Sasago tunnel, about 80km (50 miles) west of the capital Tokyo
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| Dec.2 |
Burned bodies found after tunnel collapse Map of Sasago Japan 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.2 |
Japan tunnel collapse killed nine Map of Sasago Japan The bodies were found in three vehicles that were crushed by fallen concrete panels in the Sasago tunnel
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| Dec.7 |
Quake strikes off Japan, setting off small tsunami
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| 2012 |
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| Jun.8 |
Solo round-the-world explorer rescued after storm
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| Jul.26 |
Olympics: Spain suffer shock defeat to Japan |
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| Aug.1 |
Uchimura takes indvidual gold
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| Oct.7 |
Vettel wins in Japan |
|
| Dec.12 |
Corinthians defeat Al-Ahly |
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| Dec.13 |
Chelsea cruise into Club World Cup final |
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| Dec.16 |
Corinthians win Club World Cup over Chelsea
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| 2012 |
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| Jan.11 |
Japan 'to cut Iran oil imports'
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| Jan.19 |
Radioactive material used in construction |
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| Jan.24 |
Japan posts annual trade deficit
|
| Jan.30 |
Japan's nuclear 'stress tests' get OK U.N. nuclear experts gave a thumbs-up to planned 'stress tests' for remaining nuclear power plants
|
| Feb.15 |
Former Olympus chairman arrested
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| Feb.19 |
Japan trade deficit hits new high |
|
| Mar.15 |
Long lines as iPad goes on sale in Japan
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| Mar.25 |
Japan shuts down nuclear reactor |
|
| Apr.9 |
Airlines to avoid N Korea rocket |
|
| May.5 |
Japan closes last nuclear reactor |
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| May.16 |
Rebuilding spurs Japan economy |
|
| May.17 |
Pinterest to get $100m boost from Rakuten |
|
| Jun.3 |
Nintendo Wii U has social network |
|
| Jun.15 |
Japan PM orders reactor restart Japan will restart two nuclear reactors - the first to go back online since all the country's plants were closed following last year's Fukushima...
|
| Jul.24 |
Japan in record half year deficit |
|
| Aug.30 |
Japan supports Samsung in Apple dispute
|
| Sep.6 |
Asian markets rise on ECB action
|
| Sep.16 |
China protests hit Japanese trade Japanese electronics maker Panasonic has suspended some of its operations in China after anti-Japan protesters attacked two of its factories
|
| Nov.11 |
Japan economy enters contraction
|
| Dec.13 |
Japan business sentiment worsens
|
| Dec.27 |
Japan data affirms weak economy
|
|
| 2012 |
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| Jan.1 |
Doomsday cult member surrenders to police
|
| Feb.15 |
Former Olympus chairman arrested
|
| Mar.30 |
Japanese PM defends death penalty |
|
| May.26 |
Americans held in Irish student's death |
|
| Jun.14 |
Police hold Japan cult fugitive |
|
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| 2012 |
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| Jan.1 |
Doomsday cult member surrenders to police
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| Jan.12 |
Japan 'to sack gaffe ministers' |
|
| Feb.17 |
Japan's emperor has heart surgery |
|
| Feb.17 |
Akihito heart surgery 'a success' Japan's Emperor Akihito has undergone a successful heart bypass operation at a hospital in Tokyo, media reports say
|
| Mar.10 |
Japan marks deadly anniversary Japan is set to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, killing thousands
|
| Mar.30 |
Japanese PM defends death penalty |
|
| Apr.26 |
US and Japan reach Okinawa deal Map of Okinawa Japan The United States and Japan have reached a deal to move 9,000 marines from the island of Okinawa. Some 10,000 troops will remain
|
| May.20 |
Millions watch Pacific eclipse |
|
| Jun.15 |
Japan PM orders reactor restart Japan will restart two nuclear reactors - the first to go back online since all the country's plants were closed following last year's Fukushima...
|
| Jul.1 |
Key faction deserts Japan's DPJ |
|
| Jul.4 |
Parliament releases Fukushima probe report Map of Fukushima Japan A Japanese parliamentary panel releases its report into the handling of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, after months of hearings
|
| Jul.7 |
Karzai urges help for 'progress' Afghan President has urged international donors to continue giving aid to his country in order to safeguard political and economic gains
|
| Jul.21 |
Japan to probe Tepco 'cover-up' The government will investigate a report that workers at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were urged to disguise their exposure...
|
| Jul.24 |
Japan in record half year deficit |
|
| Aug.9 |
Lee 'to visit disputed islands' South Korea's president is expected to visit islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions between the two natio...
|
| Aug.16 |
Japan to deport island activists |
|
| Aug.18 |
Defiant Japanese head for islands |
|
| Aug.18 |
Japanese land on disputed island Map of Senkaku islands Japan| Boats carrying dozens of Japanese nationalists activists have moored off a group of disputed islands, amid a bitter sovereignty row with China | |
|
| Aug.19 |
Anti-Japan protests across China |
|
| Aug.28 |
Japan and North Korea renew talks
|
| Sep.4 |
Japan 'to buy disputed islands'
|
| Sep.15 |
Japan urges China to stop attacks
|
| Sep.16 |
US alarm over Asia territory rows
|
| Sep.16 |
China protests hit Japanese trade Japanese electronics maker Panasonic has suspended some of its operations in China after anti-Japan protesters attacked two of its factories
|
| Sep.25 |
'Severe' mood at Japan-China talks
|
| Oct.31 |
Japan tsunami money 'misspent' Japan has spent funds intended for reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on unrelated projects, a government audit has found
|
| Nov.17 |
Japan dissolves lower house of parliament
|
| Dec.15 |
Japanese vote in general election
|
| Dec.16 |
Election: LDP's Shinzo Abe vows tough China line The leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has vowed to take a tough stance in territorial disputes with China
|
| Dec.16 |
Japan's Abe warns on road ahead| Shinzo Abe says his party has a 'heavy responsibility' following its landslide victory in Sunday's elections | |
|
| Dec.25 |
Japan's Shinzo Abe voted in as PM Conservative former PM Shinzo Abe has been voted in as prime minister again by Japan's MPs, after his party's poll victory earlier this mont...
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