News: Japan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Japan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Japan – overview

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• November 8th 2009 – September 29th 2009
• September 29th 2009 – August 28th 2009
• August 27th 2009 – July 16th 2009
• July 15th 2009 – May 12th 2009
• May 12th 2009 – April 2nd 2009
• April 2nd 2009 – February 24th 2009
• February 20th 2009 – December 30th 2008
• December 27th 2008 – November 18th 2008
• November 18th 2008 – October 12th 2008
• October 12th 2008 – September 2nd 2008
• September 1st 2008 – July 10th 2008
• July 9th 2008 – June 9th 2008
• June 9th 2008 – April 24th 2008
• April 23rd 2008 – February 22nd 2008
• February 19th 2008 – January 15th 2008
• January 15th 2008 – November 29th 2007
• November 28th 2007 – October 9th 2007
• October 8th 2007 – September 5th 2007
• September 3rd 2007 – August 1st 2007
• July 31st 2007 – June 27th 2007
• June 22nd 2007 – May 1st 2007
• May 1st 2007 – March 22nd 2007
• March 20th 2007 – February 17th 2007
• February 16th 2007 – January 15th 2007
• January 13th 2007 – November 19th 2006
• November 19th 2006 – October 6th 2006
• October 4th 2006 – September 3rd 2006
• September 1st 2006 – August 7th 2006
• August 5th 2006 – June 21st 2006
• June 20th 2006 – May 17th 2006
• May 16th 2006 – March 24th 2006
• March 24th 2006 – February 8th 2006
• February 7th 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 27th 2005 – November 15th 2005
• November 15th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Japan: news

Japanese protest against US base

Sunday, November 8th 2009, 12:01
related countries: United States
related places: Okinawa

Thousands of people attend a rally to demand the removal of a US military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
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Three hurt in rare Japan shooting

Friday, November 6th 2009, 8:22
related places: Tokyo, Yokohama

A gunman in Japan has killed himself after wounding three people in Yokohama, outside Tokyo, police say.
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Japan hosts Mekong River leaders

Friday, November 6th 2009, 7:51
related countries: China

Japan hosts the leaders of five Asian nations that share the Mekong River amid growing Chinese influence in the region.
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Smart glasses 'will translate foreign languages'

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 10:27

Glasses that can provide near real-time subtitles to translate foreign languages are being developed by Japan's NEC.
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Fugitive 'could have had surgery'

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 7:31
related countries: United Kingdom

The man hunted by Japanese police over the murder of a young British woman could have had plastic surgery, say local news reports.
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Japanese freighter makes re-entry

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 3:36

Japan's new space freighter burns up in the Earth's atmosphere after completing its mission to the International Space Station.
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Japan Airlines seeking state aid

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 8:35

Loss-making carrier Japan Airlines (JAL) confirms it is to apply for financial assistance from a state-backed agency.
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Ships collide off southern Japan

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 14:11

A Japanese navy destroyer collides with a commercial vessel near the southern main island of Kyushu.
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Japan pop star trial draws crowd

Monday, October 26th 2009, 12:29
related places: Tokyo

Thousands of people in Tokyo queue for 20 seats in a courtroom's public gallery to see the trial of a Japanese pop star.
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Economy priority for Japan's PM

Monday, October 26th 2009, 8:52
related countries: United States

Japan's PM Yukio Hatoyama promises economic revival and strong US ties, in his first policy speech to parliament.
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DNA prompts Japan murder retrial

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 10:48

A Japanese man who spent 17 years in jail for murder pleads not guilty at retrial held after new DNA evidence emerged.
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Gates presses Japan on Okinawa

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 8:35
related countries: United States
related places: Tokyo

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates urges Japan to honour a 2006 deal on the controversial US airbase in Okinawa.
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Japan 'will end' Afghan mission

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 9:06
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Japan says it will not renew its operation in support of the US-led mission in Afghanistan, but is mulling alternative ways to help.
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Resting place

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 0:15

Japan's new hi-tech multi-storey 'graveyards'
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Japan 2-0 Scotland

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 12:11
related countries: United Kingdom

Two late goals hand Japan victory over Scotland in their friendly at the Nissan Stadium.
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Live - International football

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 10:00
related countries: United Kingdom

England are in Dnipropetrovsk to face Ukraine in a World Cup qualifier, after defeats for Wales and Scotland.
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Nations urge early N Korea talks

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 5:03
related countries: China, North Korea
related places: Beijing

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan call for an early resumption of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.
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'No aid' unless N Korea disarms

Friday, October 9th 2009, 7:16
related countries: North Korea, South Korea

The leaders of Japan and South Korea say North Korea should not be offered aid until it dismantles its nuclear programme.
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Career kids

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 23:02
related places: Tokyo

The working world is child's play at Tokyo theme park
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Typhoon lashes Japan on landfall

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 8:32

A typhoon makes landfall in Japan for the first time in two years, killing two people and injuring at least 40 others.
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Obama to make November Asia debut

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 6:29
related countries: China, Indonesia, South Korea, Singapore, United States
related places: Asia

US President Barack Obama will stop in Japan, China, Singapore and South Korea, but not Indonesia, on his first Asia tour.
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'False confession'

Monday, October 5th 2009, 23:42

Japan urged to reform 'brutal' police methods
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Japanese ex-minister found dead

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 7:30

Former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who quit over apparent drunken behaviour, has been found dead, police say.
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Vettel wins as Button grabs point

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 6:38

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel takes the Japanese GP as a fortunate Jenson Button finishes eighth to close in on his first world title.
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Live - Japan Grand Prix

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 3:37

Jenson Button is looking for points as he targets his maiden F1 title, with Sebastian Vettel leading the Japanese Grand Prix.
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Button demoted as Vettel shines

Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 11:07
related places: Toyota

Championship leader Jenson Button and title rival Rubens Barrichello drop five places down the grid for infringing rules in a crash-strewn Japanese GP qualifying session won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
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Sharapova takes Pan Pacific title

Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 7:53
related places: Tokyo

Maria Sharapova wins the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo as Jelena Jankovic retires in the final.
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Live - Japan Grand Prix qualifying

Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 1:29
related places: Suzuka

Brawn's championship leader Jenson Button targets a place at the front of the grid as he looks to wrap up the F1 title in Japan.
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Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 20:06
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid, Tokyo

Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics after Rio de Janeiro is chosen to stage the 2016 Games.
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Live - 2016 Olympics decision

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 17:37
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid, Tokyo

Madrid and Rio de Janeiro wait to find out who will host the 2016 Olympic Games after Chicago and Tokyo are eliminated in voting.
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Downpours disrupt Japan practice

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 6:49
related places: Suzuka

Championship leader Jenson Button sits out the second session as McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen is fastest overall at rain-soaked Suzuka.
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Live - Japan Grand Prix practice

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 0:31

A heavy downpour hits second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix, after Heikki Kovalainen goes quickest in the first session.
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Sharapova through as seeds tumble

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 11:33
related places: Tokyo

Former world number one Maria Sharapova shows the seeded players the way with a superb win over Sam Stosur in Tokyo.
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