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

Japan: news

High yen 'harming Japan economy'

Friday, November 27th 2009, 3:36
related countries: United States

The strong yen is harming Japan's economy, its finance minister says, as the US dollar continues to sink.
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Improvement in Japanese exports

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 7:29

Japan's exports fell at their slowest annual rate in a year in October, indicating the country is emerging from recession.
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Yemeni tribe frees Japanese man

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 18:39
related countries: Yemen
related places: Arhab, Sanaa

Yemeni tribesman release a Japanese engineer kidnapped in Arhab, north-east of the capital, Sanaa, officials say.
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Japan says deflation has returned

Friday, November 20th 2009, 11:12

The Japanese government warns that deflation has returned to the country's economy for the first time since 2006.
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Japanese man still held in Yemen

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 8:32
related countries: Yemen

A last-minute dispute leads to Yemeni tribesmen refusing to release a kidnapped Japanese engineer, officials say.
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Safe haven?

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 6:40

Asylum seekers face a cool reception in Japan
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Sacre bleu! Tokyo outstrips Paris in Michelin three-star restaurants

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 11:35
related countries: France
related places: Paris, Tokyo

Tokyo now has the most Michelin three-star restaurants, overtaking Paris as the world's culinary capital, says the authoritative food guide.
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Japanese engineer kidnap in Yemen

Monday, November 16th 2009, 17:26
related countries: Yemen
related places: Arhab, Sanaa

A Japanese engineer is reported kidnapped by armed tribesmen in Arhab, Yemen, north-east of the capital, Sanaa.
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Japan's economy continues growing

Monday, November 16th 2009, 6:48

Strong figures for a second quarter in a row confirm Japan's recovery from recession, showing a 1.2% boost over three months.
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US and Japan to renew alliance

Friday, November 13th 2009, 13:08
related countries: United States
related places: Asia

US President Barack Obama and Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama agree in Tokyo on the need to renew their alliance.
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China activist 'in airport limbo'

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 12:08
related countries: China
related places: Tokyo

A prominent Chinese dissident says he has been stuck at Tokyo airport for nine days because China will not let him in.
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Japanese 'should learn from war'

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 10:41

Japanese Emperor Akihito says the country should learn lessons from the wartime reign of his father, Hirohito.
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Arrest in Japan body-in-bath case

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 14:41
related countries: United Kingdom

The only suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker has been arrested by police in Japan.
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Japan to boost aid to Afghanistan

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 4:54
related countries: Afghanistan, United States
related places: Tokyo

Japan pledges $5bn in aid over five years to Afghanistan, days before US President Barack Obama visits Tokyo.
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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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