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| Jan.1 |
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Balloon to disputed islands crashes
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| Jan.9 |
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5 killed, 12 injured in explosion at chemical plant in Japan
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| Jan.13 |
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Japan's Suntory buys Jim Beam drinks group in $16bn deal |
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| Jan.14 |
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Boeing 787 aircraft grounded after battery problem in Japan |
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| Jan.17 |
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Japan WW2 holdout soldier dies
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Hundreds of Japanese children sick after suspected food poisoning |
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| Jan.18 |
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250 dolphins await slaughter |
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| Jan.19 |
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China jails Japan dumpling poisoner |
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| Jan.22 |
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Tanaka agreed to 7-year, $155 million deal with Yankees |
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| Jan.29 |
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Asia history tensions flare at UN |
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| Feb.7 |
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Japan snowfall disrupts air, rail and road transport |
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| Feb.8 |
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Japan: Peace treaty talks with Russia going fast |
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| Feb.9 |
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Masuzoe 'wins Tokyo governor vote' |
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Anger at Japan whalers 'disrespect' |
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| Feb.14 |
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1 dead, 6 Japanese divers missing in Indonesia 
Map of Crystal Bay Indonesia| Indonesian rescuers recovered the body believed to be of a Japanese diver and searched for six others missing Saturday off the resort island of Bali | |
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| Feb.16 |
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Japan hit by deadly snowstorms At least 11 people have killed by a record-breaking snowstorm in Japan. Hundreds of people have been evacuated
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| Feb.19 |
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Fukushima leaks radioactive water Map of Fukushima Japan Around 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water have leaked from a storage tank at nuclear plant, operator Tokyo Electric (Tepco) says
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| Feb.21 |
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Anne Frank books vandalised in Japan
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| Feb.24 |
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Some residents to return home to Fukushima disaster zone |
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| Feb.28 |
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Bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy |
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S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
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| Mar.2 |
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits north of Okinawa |
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| Mar.6 |
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Girl bitten 100 times in New Zealand dog attack |
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| Mar.13 |
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Earthquake causes minor injuries in western Japan |
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| Mar.19 |
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Toyota in deal over US safety probe |
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| Mar.26 |
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Retrial after 46 years on death row Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for more than four decades has been granted a retrial by a Japanese court
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| Mar.30 |
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Climate impacts overwhelming - UN 
The impacts of global warming are likely to be "severe, pervasive and irreversible", a major report by the UN has warned
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| Apr.1 |
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Fukushima residents cleared to return despite contamination fears |
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| Apr.5 |
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US to send 2 more ships to Japan by 2017 to counter N. Korea nuclear threat |
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| Apr.21 |
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Japan lawmakers in shrine visit |
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| Apr.23 |
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Obama reassures Japan at start of Asia tour President Barack Obama arrived for the first part of his Asia trip that started with reassuring Tokyo of U.S. support in its territorial dispute...
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| May.4 |
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Magnitude-6.0 quake near Tokyo; trains pause |
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| May.20 |
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Fukushima workers fled during 2011 crisis |
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| May.29 |
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Japan to urge regional security role |
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Japan inflation rate at 23-year high |
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| Jun.7 |
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Qatar 2022: Fifa sponsor demands 'appropriate investigation' |
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| Jun.8 |
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Sony 'overtakes' its rival Nintendo |
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Japan growth data revised upwards |
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| Jun.9 |
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Japan signals resumption of whaling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said Japan will step up efforts to resume its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic
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| Jun.14 |
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Ivory Coast fight back to beat Japan |
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| Jun.18 |
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Japan passes law banning possession of child porn |
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| Jun.19 |
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Japan and 10-man Greece played out stalemate |
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| Jul.6 |
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Fierce Typhoon Neoguri threatens Japanese island of Okinawa |
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| Jul.7 |
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Japan braced for Typhoon Neoguri Hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to seek shelter as a powerful typhoon passes over Japan's Okinawa island chain
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Leak at Fukushima nuclear plant threatens meltdown |
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| Jul.11 |
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Earthquake rocks northern Japan 6.8 earthquake struck early Saturday off the coast, rattling nerves in a region rocked 3 years ago by a deadly tremor, tsunami and nuclear c...
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| Jul.15 |
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Japan reactors pass restart hurdle |
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| Jul.29 |
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Last surviving Hiroshima bomb crew member dies |
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| Aug.9 |
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Typhoon disrupts start of Japan holiday week |
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Typhoon Halong triggers evacuation orders in Japan |
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| Aug.12 |
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Japan's economy shrinks April-June on tax raise |
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| Aug.19 |
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8 killed, 13 missing in landslides in Hiroshima Map of Hiroshima Japan| Rain-sodden hills in the outskirts of Hiroshima gave way early Wednesday in at least five landslides | |
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| Aug.21 |
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Heavy rain hampers Hiroshima rescue as dozens still missing
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| Aug.22 |
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Japan landslide: Rescuers race to find survivors
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| Sep.1 |
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Japan tackles first dengue fever outbreak in 70 years Japan is battling its first outbreak of dengue fever in almost 70 years, with at least 22 people confirmed as being infected
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| Sep.6 |
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Kei Nishikori beats Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals
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| Sep.7 |
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Japan's economy shrinks 7.1%
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| Sep.26 |
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Volcano erupts in central Japan, injuries reported
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| Sep.27 |
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Japan volcano erupts, trapping more than 250 A volcano erupted in central Japan, catching mountain climbers by surprise. At least 11 people were injured, including seven who were uncons...
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Japanese climber killed trying to scale Mount Manaslu
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Japan volcano: 30 hikers feared dead on Mt Ontake Map of Mt. Ontake Japan| 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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| Sep.28 |
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Japan volcano: Bid to find survivors resumes Map of Mt. Ontake Japan Military and other rescue workers began airlifting more than two dozen bodies from the ash-blanketed peak
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| Sep.29 |
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Five more bodies found on Mount Ontake after eruption
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Japan volcano: Search suspended, eruption intensifies
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| Sep.30 |
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Chinese ship sank off Japan's western coast
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| Oct.1 |
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Japan volcano eruption deaths rise
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| Oct.5 |
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U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan Map of Kadena Air Base Okinawa Japan One of the three U.S. airmen washed away to sea Sunday from their station post at Kadena Air Base in Japan has died
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Injured F1 driver is out of surgery
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Deadly Typhoon Phanfone heads out of Tokyo
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| Oct.7 |
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Nobel Prize for blue LED invention
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| Oct.11 |
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Japan prepares for 'powerful' Typhoon Vongfong
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Japan typhoon leaves at least 35 injured Map of Okinawa Japan A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan's southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu
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| Oct.13 |
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Vongfong slams into Kyushu
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| Oct.19 |
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Two Japan ministers quit amid rows Justice Minister Midori Matsushima has resigned, hours after the resignation of Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi
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| Nov.6 |
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Japan governor approves Sendai reactor restart Two reactors at Japan's Sendai nuclear plant are set to become the first to be restarted since the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear fa...
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| Nov.7 |
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China and Japan smooth islands row
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| Nov.9 |
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Leaders of China, Japan hold ice-breaking meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference
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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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| Nov.17 |
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Japan PM Abe 'to call snap election'
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| Nov.20 |
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Japan's lower house dissolved for election in December Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament, forcing a snap election in an apparent bid to shore up support for his scandal-plagued governme...
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| Nov.22 |
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Strong quake strikes central Japan's Nagano city Map of Nagano Japan| A strong magnitude-6.8 earthquake has hit central Japan, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning was issued | |
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| Nov.23 |
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Damage worse than thought in Japanese earthquake
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| Nov.27 |
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Volcano in south Japan erupts, disrupting flights
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| Dec.7 |
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Japan's third quarter recession deeper than forecasted
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| Dec.12 |
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China commemorates Nanjing massacre
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| Dec.14 |
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Japan's ruling party heads for election landslide The coalition is firming up Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's hold on power as he prepares to push forward on several politically difficult fronts
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| Dec.16 |
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Turbulence hits US-bound plane
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| Dec.19 |
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6 tons of contaminated water leak at Fukushima nuclear plant
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| 2014 |
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| Jan.17 |
Japan WW2 holdout soldier dies
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| Feb.8 |
Japan: Peace treaty talks with Russia going fast |
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| Feb.28 |
S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
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| Apr.5 |
US to send 2 more ships to Japan by 2017 to counter N. Korea nuclear threat |
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| Apr.21 |
Japan lawmakers in shrine visit |
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| Jul.29 |
Last surviving Hiroshima bomb crew member dies |
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| Oct.5 |
U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan Map of Kadena Air Base Okinawa Japan One of the three U.S. airmen washed away to sea Sunday from their station post at Kadena Air Base in Japan has died
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| Dec.12 |
China commemorates Nanjing massacre
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| 2014 |
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| Jan.1 |
Balloon to disputed islands crashes
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| Jan.9 |
5 killed, 12 injured in explosion at chemical plant in Japan
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| Jan.14 |
Boeing 787 aircraft grounded after battery problem in Japan |
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| Jan.17 |
Hundreds of Japanese children sick after suspected food poisoning |
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| Jan.18 |
250 dolphins await slaughter |
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| Feb.7 |
Japan snowfall disrupts air, rail and road transport |
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| Feb.14 |
1 dead, 6 Japanese divers missing in Indonesia Map of Crystal Bay Indonesia| Indonesian rescuers recovered the body believed to be of a Japanese diver and searched for six others missing Saturday off the resort island of Bali | |
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| Feb.16 |
Japan hit by deadly snowstorms At least 11 people have killed by a record-breaking snowstorm in Japan. Hundreds of people have been evacuated
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| Feb.19 |
Fukushima leaks radioactive water Map of Fukushima Japan Around 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water have leaked from a storage tank at nuclear plant, operator Tokyo Electric (Tepco) says
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| Feb.24 |
Some residents to return home to Fukushima disaster zone |
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| Mar.2 |
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits north of Okinawa |
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| Mar.6 |
Girl bitten 100 times in New Zealand dog attack |
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| Mar.13 |
Earthquake causes minor injuries in western Japan |
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| Apr.1 |
Fukushima residents cleared to return despite contamination fears |
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| May.4 |
Magnitude-6.0 quake near Tokyo; trains pause |
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| May.20 |
Fukushima workers fled during 2011 crisis |
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| Jul.6 |
Fierce Typhoon Neoguri threatens Japanese island of Okinawa |
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| Jul.7 |
Japan braced for Typhoon Neoguri Hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to seek shelter as a powerful typhoon passes over Japan's Okinawa island chain
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| Jul.7 |
Leak at Fukushima nuclear plant threatens meltdown |
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| Jul.11 |
Earthquake rocks northern Japan 6.8 earthquake struck early Saturday off the coast, rattling nerves in a region rocked 3 years ago by a deadly tremor, tsunami and nuclear c...
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| Aug.9 |
Typhoon disrupts start of Japan holiday week |
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| Aug.9 |
Typhoon Halong triggers evacuation orders in Japan |
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| Aug.19 |
8 killed, 13 missing in landslides in Hiroshima Map of Hiroshima Japan| Rain-sodden hills in the outskirts of Hiroshima gave way early Wednesday in at least five landslides | |
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| Aug.21 |
Heavy rain hampers Hiroshima rescue as dozens still missing
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| Aug.22 |
Japan landslide: Rescuers race to find survivors
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| Sep.1 |
Japan tackles first dengue fever outbreak in 70 years Japan is battling its first outbreak of dengue fever in almost 70 years, with at least 22 people confirmed as being infected
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| Sep.26 |
Volcano erupts in central Japan, injuries reported
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| Sep.27 |
Japan volcano erupts, trapping more than 250 A volcano erupted in central Japan, catching mountain climbers by surprise. At least 11 people were injured, including seven who were uncons...
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| Sep.27 |
Japanese climber killed trying to scale Mount Manaslu
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| Sep.27 |
Japan volcano: 30 hikers feared dead on Mt Ontake Map of Mt. Ontake Japan| 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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| Sep.28 |
Japan volcano: Bid to find survivors resumes Map of Mt. Ontake Japan Military and other rescue workers began airlifting more than two dozen bodies from the ash-blanketed peak
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| Sep.29 |
Five more bodies found on Mount Ontake after eruption
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| Sep.29 |
Japan volcano: Search suspended, eruption intensifies
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| Sep.30 |
Chinese ship sank off Japan's western coast
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| Oct.1 |
Japan volcano eruption deaths rise
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| Oct.5 |
U.S. airman dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Phanfone slams Japan Map of Kadena Air Base Okinawa Japan One of the three U.S. airmen washed away to sea Sunday from their station post at Kadena Air Base in Japan has died
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| Oct.5 |
Deadly Typhoon Phanfone heads out of Tokyo
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| Oct.11 |
Japan prepares for 'powerful' Typhoon Vongfong
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| Oct.11 |
Japan typhoon leaves at least 35 injured Map of Okinawa Japan A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan's southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu
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| Oct.13 |
Vongfong slams into Kyushu
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| Nov.22 |
Strong quake strikes central Japan's Nagano city Map of Nagano Japan| A strong magnitude-6.8 earthquake has hit central Japan, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning was issued | |
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| Nov.23 |
Damage worse than thought in Japanese earthquake
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| Nov.27 |
Volcano in south Japan erupts, disrupting flights
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| Dec.16 |
Turbulence hits US-bound plane
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| Dec.19 |
6 tons of contaminated water leak at Fukushima nuclear plant
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| 2014 |
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| Jan.22 |
Tanaka agreed to 7-year, $155 million deal with Yankees |
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| Jun.7 |
Qatar 2022: Fifa sponsor demands 'appropriate investigation' |
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| Jun.14 |
Ivory Coast fight back to beat Japan |
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| Jun.19 |
Japan and 10-man Greece played out stalemate |
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| Sep.6 |
Kei Nishikori beats Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals
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| Oct.5 |
Injured F1 driver is out of surgery
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| 2014 |
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| Jan.13 |
Japan's Suntory buys Jim Beam drinks group in $16bn deal |
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| Feb.9 |
Anger at Japan whalers 'disrespect' |
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| Feb.28 |
Bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy |
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| Mar.19 |
Toyota in deal over US safety probe |
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| May.29 |
Japan inflation rate at 23-year high |
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| Jun.8 |
Sony 'overtakes' its rival Nintendo |
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| Jun.8 |
Japan growth data revised upwards |
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| Jun.9 |
Japan signals resumption of whaling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said Japan will step up efforts to resume its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic
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| Jul.15 |
Japan reactors pass restart hurdle |
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| Aug.12 |
Japan's economy shrinks April-June on tax raise |
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| Sep.7 |
Japan's economy shrinks 7.1%
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| Nov.6 |
Japan governor approves Sendai reactor restart Two reactors at Japan's Sendai nuclear plant are set to become the first to be restarted since the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear fa...
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| Nov.16 |
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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| Dec.7 |
Japan's third quarter recession deeper than forecasted
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| 2014 |
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| Jan.19 |
China jails Japan dumpling poisoner |
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| Feb.21 |
Anne Frank books vandalised in Japan
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| Feb.28 |
S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
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| Mar.26 |
Retrial after 46 years on death row Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for more than four decades has been granted a retrial by a Japanese court
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| Jun.7 |
Qatar 2022: Fifa sponsor demands 'appropriate investigation' |
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| Jun.18 |
Japan passes law banning possession of child porn |
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| 2014 |
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| Jan.1 |
Balloon to disputed islands crashes
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| Jan.17 |
Japan WW2 holdout soldier dies
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| Jan.29 |
Asia history tensions flare at UN |
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| Feb.8 |
Japan: Peace treaty talks with Russia going fast |
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| Feb.9 |
Masuzoe 'wins Tokyo governor vote' |
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| Feb.9 |
Anger at Japan whalers 'disrespect' |
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| Feb.28 |
S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
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| Mar.30 |
Climate impacts overwhelming - UN The impacts of global warming are likely to be "severe, pervasive and irreversible", a major report by the UN has warned
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| Apr.21 |
Japan lawmakers in shrine visit |
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| Apr.23 |
Obama reassures Japan at start of Asia tour President Barack Obama arrived for the first part of his Asia trip that started with reassuring Tokyo of U.S. support in its territorial dispute...
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| May.29 |
Japan to urge regional security role |
|
| Jun.9 |
Japan signals resumption of whaling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said Japan will step up efforts to resume its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic
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| Jun.18 |
Japan passes law banning possession of child porn |
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| Jul.29 |
Last surviving Hiroshima bomb crew member dies |
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| Oct.7 |
Nobel Prize for blue LED invention
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| Oct.19 |
Two Japan ministers quit amid rows Justice Minister Midori Matsushima has resigned, hours after the resignation of Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi
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| Nov.7 |
China and Japan smooth islands row
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| Nov.9 |
Leaders of China, Japan hold ice-breaking meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference
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| Nov.17 |
Japan PM Abe 'to call snap election'
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| Nov.20 |
Japan's lower house dissolved for election in December Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament, forcing a snap election in an apparent bid to shore up support for his scandal-plagued governme...
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| Dec.12 |
China commemorates Nanjing massacre
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| Dec.14 |
Japan's ruling party heads for election landslide The coalition is firming up Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's hold on power as he prepares to push forward on several politically difficult fronts
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