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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• August 30th 2009 – July 21st 2009
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• May 12th 2009 – April 5th 2009
• April 2nd 2009 – February 24th 2009
• February 20th 2009 – December 27th 2008
• December 26th 2008 – November 17th 2008
• November 17th 2008 – October 11th 2008
• October 11th 2008 – August 27th 2008
• August 26th 2008 – July 8th 2008
• July 8th 2008 – June 7th 2008
• June 7th 2008 – April 14th 2008
• April 11th 2008 – February 8th 2008
• February 7th 2008 – January 4th 2008
• January 4th 2008 – November 13th 2007
• November 9th 2007 – September 29th 2007
• September 29th 2007 – August 26th 2007
• August 23rd 2007 – July 17th 2007
• July 17th 2007 – May 28th 2007
• May 27th 2007 – April 13th 2007
• April 12th 2007 – March 5th 2007
• March 4th 2007 – January 31st 2007
• January 30th 2007 – December 18th 2006
• December 17th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 15th 2006 – September 15th 2006
• September 15th 2006 – August 18th 2006
• August 17th 2006 – July 5th 2006
• July 5th 2006 – May 30th 2006
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• February 17th 2006 – January 15th 2006
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• November 21st 2005 – November 11th 2005

Japan: news

Climate focus for G8 summit talks

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 4:16

World leaders are focusing on climate change and the global economy at the second day of a key meeting in Japan.
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Rising costs dominate G8 talks

Monday, July 7th 2008, 10:50

World leaders are starting a key summit in Japan that is expected to focus on soaring global food and fuel prices.
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Indian PM leaves for G8 in Japan

Monday, July 7th 2008, 7:12
related countries: India

Indian PM Manmohan Singh leaves for the G8 summit where he is expected to discuss the civilian nuclear deal with the President Bush.
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Economy looms as key issue for G8

Monday, July 7th 2008, 0:20

World leaders prepare to start a key summit in Japan expected to focus on soaring global food and fuel prices.
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Bush 'concern' at N Korea issues

Sunday, July 6th 2008, 10:18
related countries: Zimbabwe

US leader George Bush says there is still concern over North Korea's alleged uranium enrichment, as G8 leaders gather in Japan.
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Protests ahead of Japan G8 summit

Saturday, July 5th 2008, 6:07

Protests begin on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of Monday's summit of the G8 nations.
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US slowdown cuts Japan surplus

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 6:03
related countries: United States
related places: May

Japan's trade surplus falls for a third consecutive month in May because of high oil prices and lower US demand.
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Africa fish fall blamed on Japan

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 11:56

Conservation groups and a top fisheries scientist accuse Japan of damaging the fisheries interests of poorer countries.
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Japan warship begins China visit

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 10:28
related countries: China

A Japanese warship arrives in southern China for a five-day port call, the first such visit since World War II.
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Elderly suicides surge in Japan

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 10:24

The number of elderly people who killed themselves in Japan rose sharply in 2007, government figures show.
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China and Japan strike gas deal

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 11:20
related countries: China

China and Japan reach an agreement in a long-running dispute over a gas field in the East China Sea.
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Lasting legacy

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 23:18
related countries: Botswana

Brazilian-Japanese mark 100 years of immigration
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Three prisoners hanged in Japan

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 4:25

Three death row inmates are executed in Japan, two months after four other prisoners were hanged.
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Honda makes first hydrogen cars

Monday, June 16th 2008, 14:15
related places: Honda

Japanese car maker Honda begins the first commercial production of a hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle.
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China and Japan 'near gas deal'

Monday, June 16th 2008, 4:32
related countries: China

China and Japan are close to a deal that would ease a long-running dispute over offshore gas fields, reports from Japan say.
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Japan earthquake death toll rises

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 9:04

Rescuers in northern Japan find three more bodies, bringing the death toll from Saturday's quake to nine, officials say.
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Japanese captive freed in Iran

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 18:39
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

A Japanese student abducted in south-eastern Iran in October has been released, Tehran's intelligence minister says.
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Earthquake rocks northern Japan

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 13:39

At least six people are killed and more than 140 injured by a powerful earthquake in the north of Japan's main island.
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In pictures

Saturday, June 14th 2008, 12:19

Japan's main island is hit by strong quake
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Japan to lift N Korea sanctions

Friday, June 13th 2008, 15:00
related countries: North Korea

Japan lifts some sanctions against North Korea after it agrees to re-examine cases of abducted Japanese nationals.
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Japan opts to keep rates on hold

Friday, June 13th 2008, 5:57

The Central Bank of Japan unanimously decides to keep its interest rate levels unchanged at 0.5%.
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Boost for Japan's beleaguered PM

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 7:01

Japan's lower house shows its support for PM Yasuo Fukuda, a day after the upper house censured him.
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Japan firms raided in nuclear row

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 4:56
related countries: North Korea

Japan's police raid two firms after vacuum pumps they made and sold were found in a North Korean nuclear facility.
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Japan firm to buy Ranbaxy stake

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 11:48
related countries: India

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo is to buy a stake in Indian drugs firm Ranbaxy for up to $4b.6n.
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Censure passed against Japan PM

Wednesday, June 11th 2008, 8:49

Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda suffers a fresh blow as the opposition-held upper house passes a censure motion against him.
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Japan lifts Olympics swimsuit ban

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 15:34

Japan lifts a ban on its swimmers wearing record-breaking - but foreign-made - Speedo suits at the Olympics.
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Japanese man drove fire engines and ambulances without licence

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 10:15

A Japanese firefighter is sacked after driving fire engines and ambulances for more than 20 years without a licence.
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Swimsuit contest

Monday, June 9th 2008, 16:19

Japan's race to find a new Olympic swimsuit
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Japan vows future emissions cut

Monday, June 9th 2008, 13:18

Japan's government promises a 60-80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but nothing sooner.
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Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Monday, June 9th 2008, 5:39
related places: Tokyo

Police in Japan investigate if a man who went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo warned of his intentions on an internet site.
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Oil crisis dominates G8 meeting

Sunday, June 8th 2008, 15:40

Energy ministers from the world's top industrialised nations meet in Japan as oil prices threaten the global economy.
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Shock in Tokyo

Sunday, June 8th 2008, 11:44
related places: Tokyo

Knife attack leaves Japanese looking for answers
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Seven dead in Tokyo knife attack

Sunday, June 8th 2008, 11:19
related places: Tokyo

Seven people are killed and 10 injured in a busy Tokyo shopping district after a man rampages with a knife, local media say.
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Oil hike sparks 'serious concern'

Saturday, June 7th 2008, 11:32
related countries: United States

The US and Asia's four largest economies say record oil prices are a big burden to economies, as G8 energy ministers meet.
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