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Avalanche kills one in Japan ski resort after volcanic eruption |
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| Dec.7 |
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'Samurai sword' homicide leaves three dead at shrine |
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| Nov.4 |
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Trump lands in Japan, kicking off first Asia trip |
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| Oct.22 |
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Japan's Abe on track for landslide victory. Tokyo
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| Sep.14 |
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North Korea fires second ballistic missile over Japan 
Northern Japan: The missile reached an estimated altitude of about 770km (478 miles) and travelled 3,700km before landing in the sea off Hokkaido
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| Aug.28 |
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N Korea fires missile over Japan in 'unprecedented threat'. Northern Japan
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| Jun.16 |
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USS Fitzgerald crash: 7 navy crew missing off Japan
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| May.17 |
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Princess Mako to lose royal status by marrying commoner |
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| Mar.5 |
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North Korea: Four ballistic missiles fired into Sea of Japan |
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| Dec.26 |
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit |
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| Nov.22 |
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7.4 quake was aftershock from 2011 |
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| Nov.21 |
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Japan lifts tsunami advisories issued after 7.4 earthquake. Northern Japan
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| Aug.21 |
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Spectacular closing ceremony as Olympic flag goes to Tokyo |
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| Aug.8 |
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Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at wish to abdicate Tokyo: 82-year-old Emperor Akihito has strongly indicated he wants to step down, saying he fears his age will make it difficult to fulfil his dutie...
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| Jun.2 |
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Japanese missing boy Yamato Tanooka found alive in Hokkaido |
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| Apr.16 |
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Japan earthquake: Thousands spend night in cold and wet |
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| Apr.15 |
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Powerful new tremor in Kumamoto
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| Mar.10 |
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Japan tsunami: Country marks fifth anniversary |
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| Feb.14 |
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Japan's economy contracts in fourth quarter |
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| Jan.28 |
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Japan adopts negative interest rate in surprise move |
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| Dec.28 |
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'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement |
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| Sep.18 |
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Japan to allow military role overseas in historic move |
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| Sep.10 |
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City of Joso hit by 'unprecedented' rain |
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| Aug.10 |
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Japan restarts first nuclear power plant since Fukushima |
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| Aug.5 |
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Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
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| Jun.29 |
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Japan bullet train passenger starts fire injuring eight |
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| Jan.31 |
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ISIS: Japanese hostage beheaded
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| Jan.24 |
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Japan PM Abe condemns hostage 'death' video |
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Japan checking 'hostage death' video |
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| Nov.22 |
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Strong quake strikes central Japan's Nagano city |
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| Nov.16 |
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Japan's economy falls into recession The economy contracted 1.6% at an annual pace in the quarter as spending failed to regain momentum after a sales tax increase
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| Sep.27 |
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Japan volcano: 30 hikers feared dead on Mt Ontake Rescuers have found 30 hikers in critical condition, feared dead, near the peak of Mount Ontake, after Saturday's sudden volcanic eruption
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| Aug.19 |
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8 killed, 13 missing in landslides in Hiroshima
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| Feb.19 |
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Fukushima leaks radioactive water |
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| Dec.26 |
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Japan agrees Okinawa US base move |
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| Dec.25 |
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Japan PM visits Yasukuni shrine |
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| Oct.15 |
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Typhoon Wipha kills 13 in Japan |
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| Sep.1 |
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Fukushima radiation levels '18 times higher' than thought Northern Japan: Radiation levels around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant are 18 times higher than previously thought, Japanese authorities have warned
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| Aug.20 |
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Japan raising Fukushima leak alert |
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| Jan.15 |
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Japan emergency hits Dreamliners
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| Dec.16 |
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Japan's Abe warns on road ahead
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| Dec.2 |
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Burned bodies found after tunnel collapse |
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| Sep.13 |
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Chinese ships patrol disputed islands |
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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
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| Jul.4 |
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Parliament releases Fukushima probe report |
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| Apr.5 |
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US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' |
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| Mar.10 |
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Japan marks deadly anniversary. Northern Japan
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| Dec.15 |
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Japan declares Fukushima stable |
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| Aug.28 |
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Yoshihiko Noda wins leadership race |
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| May.29 |
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Germany pledges nuclear shutdown |
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| Apr.21 |
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Japan announces emergency budget |
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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 disaster...
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| Apr.7 |
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New quake triggers tsunami warning. Northern Japan
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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.28 |
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Radioactive water found outside plant Northern Japan: Water found in a tunnel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has alarmingly high radiation readings
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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.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.18 |
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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 |
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| Mar.15 |
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New fire fuels nuclear fears in Japan |
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| Mar.14 |
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New blast at Japan nuclear plant |
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Meltdown alert at Japan reactor 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.12 |
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Exodus from Japan nuclear plant |
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3,000 rescued; many more missing |
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| Mar.11 |
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Huge blast at nuclear power plant |
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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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| 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.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
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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
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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| Sep.25 |
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Abe elected as new premier
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| Sep.5 |
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Princess gives birth to boy
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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
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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
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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
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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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| Aug.31 |
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Tokyo explosion and fire kills 44 |
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| Feb.9 |
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U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide. Hawaii
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| Aug. 12, 1985 |
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Japan Airlines Flight 123 disaster Map of Mount Takamagahara Gunma Japan| Boeing 747SR suffered explosive decompression 12 minutes into the flight and, 32 minutes later, crashed into two ridges of Mount Takamagahara | |
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| Sep. 2, 1945 |
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Japan surrender signed Map of Tokyo Bay Japan| Tokyo: The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Imperial Japan, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close | |
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| Aug. 6, 1945 |
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First atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima Map of Hiroshima Japan| The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed at least 129,000 people. It's remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. A uranium... | |
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| Aug. 15, 1945 |
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Surrender of Japan Map of Tokyo Tokyo: By the end of July 1945, the Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent
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| Jun. 7, 1942 |
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Battle of Midway Island ended Map of Midway Atoll Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii: The United States Navy decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Dec. 7, 1941 |
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor Map of Pearl Harbor Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii: The surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base led to the U.S. entry into World War II
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| Aug. 31, 1919 |
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Korea renounces Japanese sovereignty
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| Feb. 7, 1904 |
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Russo-Japanese War declared Map of Tokyo Tokyo: Fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea
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| Apr. 17, 1895 |
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Treaty of Shimonoseki ending Sino-Japanese War Map of Shimonoseki Japan An unequal treaty signed at the Shunpanro hall between the Empire of Japan and the Qing Empire, ending the First Sino-Japanese War
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| Jan. 3, 1868 |
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Shogunate abolished in Japan Tokyo: Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned as shogun and abdicated his authority to Emperor Meiji
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| Jul. 7, 1853 |
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Mathew Calbraith Perry opens up Japan Map of Uraga Kanagawa Japan Tokyo: Perry, a Commodore of the United States Navy, played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa
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