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.

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Japan: news

Chinese probe begins Moon orbit

Monday, November 5th 2007, 15:50
related countries: China

China's first lunar module has begun orbitting the Moon, a month after a Japan probe achieved the same feat.
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Japan opposition chief to resign

Sunday, November 4th 2007, 8:10

Japan's main opposition leader offers to step down amid confusion over a coalition plan from the PM.
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Japan quake risk 'underestimated'

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 12:14

Japanese people face a far greater risk from earthquakes than was previously thought, a report claims.
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Japan ends Afghan naval mission

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 15:10
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Japan ends its naval support for the US-led mission in Afghanistan, after it is scuppered by a political row.
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Pirates 'defeated' off Somalia

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 0:00
related countries: North Korea, Somalia

The crew of a North Korean cargo ship, with US Navy help, fights off pirates after an attack off Somalia.
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Japan PM left in Afghan deadlock

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 5:43
related countries: Afghanistan

Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda fails to get opposition agreement to continue a support mission for Afghanistan.
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Japan minister in al-Qaeda claim

Monday, October 29th 2007, 14:37

A Japanese cabinet minister says he knows of an al-Qaeda member who entered the country on fake passports.
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Japan official denies wrongdoing

Monday, October 29th 2007, 11:14

A Japanese ex-minister says he regrets "inappropriate" links with a defence official, but denies preferential deals.
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Japanese ship hijacked in Africa

Monday, October 29th 2007, 10:40
related countries: Somalia

Pirates hijack a ship off the coast of Somalia, in the latest of a series of similar incidents in the area.
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Rallying: Loeb dents title chances

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 14:33

Sebastien Loeb blames an error by his co-driver for costing him the chance to make up ground on Marcus Gronholm in Japan.
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UK embassy to help Japan teachers

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 14:20
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Tokyo

The British Embassy in Tokyo says it will help hundreds of teachers after a language school in Japan goes bust.
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Japan's Nova in financial crisis

Friday, October 26th 2007, 6:42

Japan's largest chain of language schools, Nova, closes its schools and files for bankruptcy protection.
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China launches first Moon orbiter

Wednesday, October 24th 2007, 12:18
related countries: China

China's first lunar probe takes off, in a key step towards Beijing's aim of putting a man on the Moon by 2020.
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Microsoft cuts Japan's Xbox price

Monday, October 22nd 2007, 8:34

Microsoft cuts the Japanese price of the Xbox console by 13% to compete with the Wii and PlayStation 3.
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Japan cabinet approves navy bill

Wednesday, October 17th 2007, 10:20
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Japan's cabinet approves a bill allowing its navy to continue supporting US-led missions in Afghanistan.
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Japan adds to pressure on Burma

Tuesday, October 16th 2007, 11:16
related countries: Burma

Tokyo halts funding for a human resources centre in Burma as pressure builds on the junta over its crackdown.
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Suicide website man held in Japan

Thursday, October 11th 2007, 18:37

A Japanese man who ran a website offering people help killing themselves is arrested after a death, officials say.
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Author Lessing wins Nobel honour

Thursday, October 11th 2007, 13:32
related countries: United States

Doris Lessing wins the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, widely regarded as the world's highest accolade for writers.
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Japan student abducted in Iran

Thursday, October 11th 2007, 3:41
related countries: Iran

A Japanese student travelling in south-eastern Iran has been abducted, Japanese officials say.
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Whaling battle moves to YouTube

Tuesday, October 9th 2007, 8:37

Australia turns to YouTube in the campaign against whaling, with a message aimed at Japanese children.
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Japan extends N Korea sanctions

Tuesday, October 9th 2007, 3:49
related countries: North Korea

Japan extends sanctions against North Korea, citing a lack of progress on the abduction issue.
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Burma reporter buried in Tokyo

Monday, October 8th 2007, 7:59
related countries: Burma
related places: Tokyo

Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai, killed during last month's protests in Burma, is buried in Tokyo.
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F1: Hamilton escapes censure

Friday, October 5th 2007, 12:29
related countries: Bermuda

Lewis Hamilton learns he will not be punished for alleged erratic driving at the Japanese Grand Prix.
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Japan sumo boss fired over death

Friday, October 5th 2007, 10:54

Japan's sumo body takes the rare step of firing a stable master over the death of a teenage wrestler.
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Japanese probe enters lunar orbit

Friday, October 5th 2007, 4:09

Japan's Kaguya lunar explorer has successfully entered orbit around the Moon, space officials say.
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F1: Hamilton faces inquiry

Thursday, October 4th 2007, 10:33
related countries: Bermuda

Formula One officials are to look into Lewis Hamilton's victory in the Japanese Grand Prix following accusations of erratic driving.
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Reporter's body returned to Japan

Thursday, October 4th 2007, 4:10
related countries: Burma

The body of a journalist killed in Burma during the crackdown on mass protests has arrived back in Japan.
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Serbs guilty of Japan jewel heist

Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 17:50
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

Three people are jailed in Serbia over Japan's biggest-ever jewellery theft - worth around $30m.
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Japan PM sets out policy agenda

Monday, October 1st 2007, 11:10
related countries: India, Indian Ocean

New PM Yasuo Fukuda backs Japan's naval mission in the Indian Ocean in his first speech to parliament.
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Japan begins post office reform

Monday, October 1st 2007, 5:43

Japan begins the long process of privatising its huge post office, after years of political wrangling.
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F1: Hamilton wins to close on title

Sunday, September 30th 2007, 6:32
related countries: Bermuda

Lewis Hamilton closes in on the Formula One world title with victory in torrential conditions at the Japanese Grand Prix.
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Huge Japan protest over textbook

Saturday, September 29th 2007, 21:49

More than 100,000 people in Japan rally in protest at changes to textbook accounts of a wartime episode.
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F1: Hamilton storms to pole

Saturday, September 29th 2007, 6:03
related countries: Bermuda

Lewis Hamilton beats McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso to take pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.
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Japan inquiry into reporter death

Friday, September 28th 2007, 17:34
related countries: Burma

Japan sends a diplomat to Burma to investigate the death of its journalist, as TV footage raises questions.
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