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Trump lands in Japan, kicking off first Asia trip. Tokyo
| Oct.22 |
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Japan's Abe on track for landslide victory
Tokyo: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to 'deal firmly' with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday's elect...
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Japanese princess to lose royal status after marrying commoner |
| Jul.6 |
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EU and Japan reach free trade deal |
| Jun.14 |
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Japan passes controversial anti-terror conspiracy law |
| May.17 |
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Princess Mako to lose royal status by marrying commoner
| Apr.17 |
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US VP Pence arrives in Japan to focus on trade |
| Feb.10 |
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Trump tells Abe: US-Japan ties are 'cornerstone of peace' |
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| Dec.26 |
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit
Map of Pearl Harbour Hawaii Abe has visited several memorials in Hawaii, ahead of a visit to Pearl Harbor, the US naval base attacked by the Japanese in 1941
| Nov.17 |
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Japan PM: 'I have great confidence in Trump' |
| Aug.8 |
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Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at wish to abdicate
Map of Tokyo 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 duties
| Jul.13 |
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Japanese Emperor Akihito 'wishes to abdicate' |
| Jul.10 |
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Japan exit polls suggest boost for PM Abe in senate election |
| May.27 |
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Hiroshima memory must never fade, Obama says on historic visit |
| May.26 |
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G7 warns of Brexit as risk to global growth priority |
| Apr.10 |
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John Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima memorial
| Mar.10 |
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Japan tsunami: Country marks fifth anniversary
| Feb.11 |
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Japan 'paternity leave' MP quits amid affair scandal |
| Jan.6 |
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N Korea nuclear: US, Japan, S Korea pledge united response |
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| Dec.28 |
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'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement The leaders have welcomed the agreement between their two countries to settle the issue of women forced to work in Japanese brothels during ...
| Sep.18 |
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Japan to allow military role overseas in historic move |
| Aug.14 |
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Japan and South Korea mark 70 years since end of WW2
| Aug.8 |
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Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb, 70 years on |
| Aug.5 |
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Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft
| Mar.20 |
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China, Japan and South Korea set for renewed talks |
| Jan.24 |
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Japan PM Abe condemns hostage 'death' video. Tokyo
| Jan.13 |
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Japan approves record defence budget |
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| Dec.14 |
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Japan's ruling party heads for election landslide |
| Nov.20 |
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Japan's lower house dissolved for election in December |
| Nov.9 |
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Leaders of China, Japan hold ice-breaking meeting |
| Oct.19 |
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Two Japan ministers quit amid rows |
| Jun.9 |
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Japan signals resumption of whaling |
| Apr.23 |
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Obama reassures Japan at start of Asia tour |
| Mar.30 |
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Climate impacts overwhelming - UN |
| Jan.17 |
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Japan WW2 holdout soldier dies |
| Jan.1 |
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Balloon to disputed islands crashes |
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| Dec.26 |
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China condemns Japan PM shrine visit |
| Dec.25 |
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Japan PM visits Yasukuni shrine. Tokyo
| Dec.20 |
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China denounces Japan military plans |
| Dec.13 |
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Japan offers Asean $20bn in aid |
| Dec.2 |
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Biden to visit Japan, China amid dispute |
| Sep.3 |
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Japan to spend $470 million to deal with toxic water |
| Jul.21 |
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Japan PM Abe hails poll 'victory' |
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Japan PM wins key upper house poll |
| May.27 |
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Japanese mayor apologizes for saying US troops should visit adult businesses |
| Apr.14 |
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Kerry in Japan amid heightened Korean tensions |
| Feb.5 |
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Japan PM condemns China radar act. Tokyo
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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
| Sep.16 |
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China protests hit Japanese trade
| Aug.18 |
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Japanese land on disputed island
Boats carrying dozens of Japanese nationalists activists have moored off a group of disputed islands, amid a bitter sovereignty row with Chi...
| Jul.4 |
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Parliament releases Fukushima probe report
| Apr.26 |
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US and Japan reach Okinawa deal
| 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
| Feb.17 |
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Akihito heart surgery 'a success' |
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| Aug.28 |
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Yoshihiko Noda wins leadership race
| Aug.25 |
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Japan's Prime Minister Kan quits |
| Jun.2 |
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Prime minister survives no-confidence vote |
| Apr.21 |
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Japan announces emergency budget
| Mar.13 |
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PM: Japan crisis 'worst since WWII' |
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| Oct.4 |
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China, Japan leaders meet, signal thaw |
| Sep.24 |
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China demands apology from Japan |
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Japan frees Chinese boat captain
| 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
| Aug.5 |
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Hiroshima brings U.N. call for disarmament |
| Jul.11 |
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Japan's PM 'to lose key majority'
| Jun.3 |
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DPJ chooses Naoto Kan as leader
| Jun.1 |
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PM 'to step down'
| May.3 |
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Japan scraps US base move plan |
| Feb.24 |
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Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president. House of Representatives
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| Oct.9 |
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Nations urge early N Korea talks |
| 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
| Aug.30 |
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Opposition set for victory
| Jul.20 |
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PM dissolves parliament |
| Apr.2 |
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N. Korea warns against targeting rocket |
| Feb.16 |
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Finance minister to resign |
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Clinton visits Asia to send key message
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| Sep.1 |
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Beleaguered PM Fukuda resigns
| Jul.8 |
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Summit approves climate 'vision' |
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G8 to seek sanctions on Zimbabwe |
| Jul.6 |
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G-8 summit opens with focus on Africa. Northern Japan
| May.6 |
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China-Japan leaders hold summit |
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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
| Sep.22 |
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Fukuda set to be new PM
| Sep.11 |
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PM Abe resigns
| Jul.29 |
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PM 'suffers election blow' |
| Apr.18 |
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Nagasaki's mayor murdered |
| Apr.12 |
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Chinese PM: Better Japan ties. Tokyo
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| Dec.22 |
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Six-party talks end, no agreement |
| Oct.8 |
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China, Japan leaders warn N. Korea |
| 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
| 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
| Aug.14 |
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Koizumi defies war shrine protest |
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| Oct.16 |
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PM visits Yasukuni shrine |
| 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
| Aug.8 |
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Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate |
| Aug.6 |
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Doves, silence for A-bomb victims |
| May.23 |
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China rebukes Japan over shrine Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi short her visit and flew home before a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
| Apr.23 |
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Hu meets with Japanese Prime Minister |
| Apr.17 |
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China rejects Tokyo demand for apology |
| Apr.16 |
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Japan demands China apology
| Apr.12 |
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Japan risks China anger over gas |
| Apr.9 |
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Protests target Japan Beijing: Japan's ambassador called on the Chinese government to take measures to protect Japanese citizens in China
| 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.26 |
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Japan won't bow to hostage threat |
| May.21 |
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Japan PM starts landmark summit |
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| Nov.9 |
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PM faces reduced majority |
| Oct.6 |
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N Korea wants Japan out of talks |
| Jul.30 |
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Peru asks for Fujimori's return |
| Jul.25 |
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Japan to send troops to Iraq |
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| Sep.16 |
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Japan, North Korea historic meeting
| Jan.20 |
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Donors pledge Afghan aid |
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| Nov.30 |
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A new princess for royals |
| Apr.26 |
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Koizumi elected as new PM |
| Apr.5 |
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Mori confirms plans to resign |
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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 | |
| 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 gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
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Korea renounces Japanese sovereignty Administration of the Korean people continued until Japan's defeat at the end of World War II, at which time Korea became an independent nation | |
| 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 | |
| Jan. 3, 1868 |
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Shogunate abolished in Japan
Map of Tokyo Tokyo: Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned as shogun and abdicated his authority to Emperor Meiji
| 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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2013 |
| Dec.13 |
Japan offers Asean $20bn in aid |
2002 |
| Jan.20 |
Donors pledge Afghan aid |
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2017 |
| Oct.22 |
Japan's Abe on track for landslide victory
Tokyo: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to 'deal firmly' with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday's elect...
2016 |
| Jul.10 |
Japan exit polls suggest boost for PM Abe in senate election |
2014 |
| Dec.14 |
Japan's ruling party heads for election landslide |
2013 |
| Jul.21 |
Japan PM Abe hails poll 'victory' |
| Jul.21 |
Japan PM wins key upper house poll |
2010 |
| Jul.11 |
Japan's PM 'to lose key majority'
2009 |
| Aug.30 |
Opposition set for victory
2007 |
| Jul.29 |
PM 'suffers election blow' |
2005 |
| Sep.11 |
Koizumi secures landslide victory Prime Minister's party and its coalition ally have won an overwhelming victory in lower house elections
2003 |
| Nov.9 |
PM faces reduced majority |
2001 |
| Apr.26 |
Koizumi elected as new PM |
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2014 |
| Jan.1 |
Balloon to disputed islands crashes |
2012 |
| Aug.18 |
Japanese land on disputed island
Boats carrying dozens of Japanese nationalists activists have moored off a group of disputed islands, amid a bitter sovereignty row with Chi...
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2015 |
| Jan.13 |
Japan approves record defence budget |
2014 |
| Jun.9 |
Japan signals resumption of whaling |
2013 |
| Sep.3 |
Japan to spend $470 million to deal with toxic water |
2011 |
| Apr.21 |
Japan announces emergency budget
2005 |
| Apr.16 |
Japan demands China apology
2004 |
| Oct.26 |
Japan won't bow to hostage threat |
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2005 |
| Feb.16 |
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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| Mar.30 |
Climate impacts overwhelming - UN |
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2005 |
| Oct.16 |
PM visits Yasukuni shrine |
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2017 |
| Jun.14 |
Japan passes controversial anti-terror conspiracy law |
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2016 |
| Mar.10 |
Japan tsunami: Country marks fifth anniversary
2015 |
| Aug.14 |
Japan and South Korea mark 70 years since end of WW2
| Aug.8 |
Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb, 70 years on |
| Aug.5 |
Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft
2012 |
| Mar.10 |
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
2005 |
| Aug.8 |
Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate |
| Aug.6 |
Doves, silence for A-bomb victims |
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2013 |
| Feb.5 |
Japan PM condemns China radar act. Tokyo
2012 |
| 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
2009 |
| Apr.2 |
N. Korea warns against targeting rocket |
2006 |
| Oct.8 |
China, Japan leaders warn N. Korea |
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2016 |
| May.26 |
G7 warns of Brexit as risk to global growth priority |
2008 |
| Jul.8 |
Summit approves climate 'vision' |
| Jul.6 |
G-8 summit opens with focus on Africa. Northern Japan
2004 |
| May.21 |
Japan PM starts landmark summit |
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2017 |
| Nov.4 |
Trump lands in Japan, kicking off first Asia trip. Tokyo
| Apr.17 |
US VP Pence arrives in Japan to focus on trade |
| Feb.10 |
Trump tells Abe: US-Japan ties are 'cornerstone of peace' |
2016 |
| Dec.26 |
Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit
Map of Pearl Harbour Hawaii Abe has visited several memorials in Hawaii, ahead of a visit to Pearl Harbor, the US naval base attacked by the Japanese in 1941
| Nov.17 |
Japan PM: 'I have great confidence in Trump' |
| May.27 |
Hiroshima memory must never fade, Obama says on historic visit |
| Apr.10 |
John Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima memorial
2014 |
| Apr.23 |
Obama reassures Japan at start of Asia tour |
2013 |
| Dec.25 |
Japan PM visits Yasukuni shrine. Tokyo
| Dec.2 |
Biden to visit Japan, China amid dispute |
| Apr.14 |
Kerry in Japan amid heightened Korean tensions |
2010 |
| Oct.4 |
China, Japan leaders meet, signal thaw |
2009 |
| Feb.16 |
Clinton visits Asia to send key message
2008 |
| May.6 |
China-Japan leaders hold summit |
2007 |
| Apr.12 |
Chinese PM: Better Japan ties. Tokyo
2005 |
| May.23 |
China rebukes Japan over shrine Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi short her visit and flew home before a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
2002 |
| Sep.16 |
Japan, North Korea historic meeting
1853 |
| Jul. 7, 1853 |
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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2017 |
| Jul.6 |
EU and Japan reach free trade deal |
2015 |
| Dec.28 |
'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement The leaders have welcomed the agreement between their two countries to settle the issue of women forced to work in Japanese brothels during ...
2012 |
| Apr.26 |
US and Japan reach Okinawa deal
1945 |
| Sep. 2, 1945 |
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 | |
1895 |
| Apr. 17, 1895 |
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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2008 |
| Jul.8 |
G8 to seek sanctions on Zimbabwe |
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2015 |
| Mar.20 |
China, Japan and South Korea set for renewed talks |
2014 |
| Nov.9 |
Leaders of China, Japan hold ice-breaking meeting |
2009 |
| Oct.9 |
Nations urge early N Korea talks |
2006 |
| Dec.22 |
Six-party talks end, no agreement |
2005 |
| Apr.23 |
Hu meets with Japanese Prime Minister |
2003 |
| Oct.6 |
N Korea wants Japan out of talks |
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2017 |
| Sep.4 |
Japanese princess to lose royal status after marrying commoner |
| May.17 |
Princess Mako to lose royal status by marrying commoner
2016 |
| Aug.8 |
Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at wish to abdicate
Map of Tokyo 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 duties
| Jul.13 |
Japanese Emperor Akihito 'wishes to abdicate' |
2012 |
| Feb.17 |
Akihito heart surgery 'a success' |
2006 |
| Sep.5 |
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
2001 |
| Nov.30 |
A new princess for royals |
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2016 |
| Feb.11 |
Japan 'paternity leave' MP quits amid affair scandal |
2015 |
| Jan.24 |
Japan PM Abe condemns hostage 'death' video. Tokyo
2014 |
| Oct.19 |
Two Japan ministers quit amid rows |
2013 |
| May.27 |
Japanese mayor apologizes for saying US troops should visit adult businesses |
2011 |
| Aug.28 |
Yoshihiko Noda wins leadership race
| Aug.25 |
Japan's Prime Minister Kan quits |
| Mar.13 |
PM: Japan crisis 'worst since WWII' |
2010 |
| Jun.3 |
DPJ chooses Naoto Kan as leader
| Jun.1 |
PM 'to step down'
2009 |
| Sep.15 |
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
| Feb.16 |
Finance minister to resign |
2008 |
| Sep.1 |
Beleaguered PM Fukuda resigns
2007 |
| Sep.22 |
Fukuda set to be new PM
| Sep.11 |
PM Abe resigns
| Apr.18 |
Nagasaki's mayor murdered |
2006 |
| Sep.25 |
Abe elected as new premier The parliament has elected conservative Shinzo Abe as the nation's new prime minister by 339 of 475 votes
2001 |
| Apr.5 |
Mori confirms plans to resign |
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1868 |
| Jan. 3, 1868 |
Shogunate abolished in Japan
Map of Tokyo Tokyo: Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned as shogun and abdicated his authority to Emperor Meiji
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2012 |
| Sep.16 |
China protests hit Japanese trade
2005 |
| Apr.9 |
Protests target Japan Beijing: Japan's ambassador called on the Chinese government to take measures to protect Japanese citizens in China
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2016 |
| Jan.6 |
N Korea nuclear: US, Japan, S Korea pledge united response |
2010 |
| Aug.5 |
Hiroshima brings U.N. call for disarmament |
1945 |
| Aug. 6, 1945 |
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 gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
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2014 |
| Jan.17 |
Japan WW2 holdout soldier dies |
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2015 |
| Sep.18 |
Japan to allow military role overseas in historic move |
2014 |
| Nov.20 |
Japan's lower house dissolved for election in December |
2012 |
| Jul.4 |
Parliament releases Fukushima probe report
2011 |
| Jun.2 |
Prime minister survives no-confidence vote |
2010 |
| Feb.24 |
Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president. House of Representatives
2009 |
| Jul.20 |
PM dissolves parliament |
2007 |
| Sep.25 |
Lower house elects Fukuda as PM A quiet compromiser has promised to bring stability and moderation to tumultuous political scene
2003 |
| Jul.25 |
Japan to send troops to Iraq |