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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• December 1st 2009 – October 9th 2009
• October 8th 2009 – September 10th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – August 6th 2009
• August 3rd 2009 – June 10th 2009
• June 10th 2009 – April 21st 2009
• April 21st 2009 – March 11th 2009
• March 10th 2009 – January 29th 2009
• January 27th 2009 – December 8th 2008
• December 6th 2008 – October 28th 2008
• October 28th 2008 – September 22nd 2008
• September 22nd 2008 – August 5th 2008
• August 1st 2008 – June 17th 2008
• June 16th 2008 – May 30th 2008
• May 29th 2008 – March 23rd 2008
• March 22nd 2008 – January 26th 2008
• January 24th 2008 – December 19th 2007
• December 19th 2007 – October 30th 2007
• October 29th 2007 – September 24th 2007
• September 23rd 2007 – August 21st 2007
• August 20th 2007 – July 13th 2007
• July 12th 2007 – May 22nd 2007
• May 22nd 2007 – April 9th 2007
• April 4th 2007 – March 3rd 2007
• March 3rd 2007 – January 30th 2007
• January 30th 2007 – December 18th 2006
• December 17th 2006 – October 17th 2006
• October 16th 2006 – September 18th 2006
• September 16th 2006 – August 22nd 2006
• August 21st 2006 – July 14th 2006
• July 13th 2006 – June 5th 2006
• June 5th 2006 – April 13th 2006
• April 12th 2006 – February 23rd 2006
• February 23rd 2006 – January 20th 2006
• January 20th 2006 – December 5th 2005
• December 5th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Japan: news

Japan relaunches trials by jury

Monday, August 3rd 2009, 10:24

Japan has opened its first jury trial since World War II, changing a legal system which has often been criticised as unfair.
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Safety fears spark Honda recall

Friday, July 31st 2009, 23:04
related countries: United States
related places: Honda

Japanese carmaker Honda announces it is recalling 440,000 vehicles in the US due to an airbag defect.
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Japan jobless at six-year record

Friday, July 31st 2009, 6:31

Japan sees its unemployment reach a six-year high, at 5.4%, with job availability at a new low, in a further sign of the slowdown.
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US sailor jailed for Japan murder

Thursday, July 30th 2009, 10:23
related countries: United States

A US sailor is jailed for life for the killing of a Japanese taxi driver which strained relations between the two countries.
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Japan factory output rises again

Thursday, July 30th 2009, 5:42

Japanese factory output rose in June for the fourth month in a row, up 2.4% from May, official figures show.
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China protests over Uighur tour

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 15:18
related countries: China

China officially complains to Japan over the visit to Tokyo of exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer.
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Uighur Kadeer arrives in Tokyo

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 14:05
related countries: China
related places: Tokyo

Exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer has arrived in Tokyo for a visit which has prompted an angry reaction from China.
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Japan executes death row inmates

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 5:37

Japan executes three convicted murderers under a new system that brings citizens into the judging system.
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China anger at Kadeer Tokyo visit

Monday, July 27th 2009, 11:51
related countries: China
related places: Tokyo

China's ambassador to Japan reacts angrily to a planned visit to Tokyo by prominent Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer.
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Japan's export slide slows down

Thursday, July 23rd 2009, 5:09

Japan's export slide slowed in June, in a sign government stimulus spending may be propping up demand.
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Landslides hit Japanese care home

Thursday, July 23rd 2009, 3:59

Japanese rescuers are searching for nine people missing in landslides which have already killed eight people.
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Aso sorry

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 23:40

Apologies not enough for Japan's beleaguered PM
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Japan PM apologises for failures

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 12:33

Japanese PM Taro Aso apologises for his party's defeat in local polls after dissolving parliament ahead of August elections.
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Japan PM dissolves parliament

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 9:35

Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolves Japan's lower house of parliament and calls national elections on 30 August.
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Party rebels move on Japanese PM

Thursday, July 16th 2009, 4:45

Rebels within Japan's governing party try to remove Prime Minister Taro Aso before he can dissolve parliament next week.
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Japan economic outlook downgraded

Wednesday, July 15th 2009, 9:04

Japan's central bank downgrades its economic forecast, but says the worst of the country's recession is now over.
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Pressure remains on Japanese PM

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 11:37

Japan's PM Taro Aso is still under pressure, after he wins a lower house vote of no-confidence but is censured in the upper house.
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Japan's PM Aso calls August vote

Monday, July 13th 2009, 8:57

Japan's PM Taro Aso is to call a general election for 30 August after poor local poll results in Tokyo, his office says.
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Blow to Japan's PM in Tokyo poll

Monday, July 13th 2009, 0:06
related places: Tokyo

Japan's opposition wins local elections in Tokyo, increasing pressure on embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso.
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Are we all smiling nicely? Japanese firm to check up on staff

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 16:03

A Japanese train company is to scan the faces of staff to ensure that they are smiling enough.
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Further deflation woes for Japan

Friday, July 10th 2009, 5:55

Wholesale prices in Japan fell by the most on record last month, raising fears of a new bout of deflation, official figures show.
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Robot dreams

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 11:27

How a giant robot has captured Japan's imagination
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Move over Moscow - Tokyo now most expensive city for expats

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 10:00
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow, Tokyo

Tokyo has knocked Moscow off the top spot as the most expensive city for expatriates, a survey suggests.
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West meets East

Friday, July 3rd 2009, 23:36
related countries: United Kingdom

UK teenagers take up Japan's fashion rebellion
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Japan rethinks silent hybrid cars

Friday, July 3rd 2009, 11:01

Japan considers adding noise-making devices to quiet hybrid cars to improve safety for blind pedestrians.
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Japan envoy wins UN nuclear post

Thursday, July 2nd 2009, 15:23

Japanese envoy Yukiya Amano is elected the next director-general of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, diplomats say.
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Business mood improves in Japan

Wednesday, July 1st 2009, 7:05

Business confidence in Japan has improved for the first time in two-and-a-half years, says a key Bank of Japan survey.
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Japan production rises again

Monday, June 29th 2009, 6:53

Japanese industrial output rose 5.9% in May, the third consecutive monthly climb, with car production especially strong.
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Tokyo and Seoul in sanctions call

Sunday, June 28th 2009, 13:24
related countries: North Korea, South Korea
related places: Seoul

Japan and South Korea call for strict implementation of new UN sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear moves.
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Whaling talks target compromise

Monday, June 22nd 2009, 0:39
related countries: Iceland
related places: Madeira

Officials are gathering in Madeira to hammer out a deal on whaling, with Japan and Iceland likely to insist on their right to hunt.
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Japan PM loses key cabinet ally

Friday, June 12th 2009, 7:54

Japan's internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama resigns, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Taro Aso ahead of elections.
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Japan GDP shrinks at record pace

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 3:34

Japan's economy shrinks at a record pace in the first three months of the year, but slightly less than expected.
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Japan sets 'weak' climate target

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 15:09

Japan's prime minister plans to cut greenhouse emissions by 15% by 2020, a target slammed as "appalling" by environmentalists.
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