# Japan

2026/02/24-14:54	China imposes export controls on 20 Japanese entities to curb `remilitarization` Shipping containers at the Shanghai Port container terminal in China last month... 02/24-14:54:16

2026/02/18-13:43	Japan tourist arrivals mark first fall in four years as Chinese visitors stay away Tourists taking pictures with Mount Fuji in the background in Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, in 2025... 02/18-13:43:48

2026/02/18-13:43	Japan tourist arrivals mark first fall in four years as Chinese visitors stay away Tourists taking pictures with Mount Fuji in the background in Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, in 2025... 02/18-13:43:48

2026/02/13-05:31	Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat and arrests skipper A Japanese fisheries patrol vessel and a Chinese fishing vessel sailing off Japan`s Nagasaki prefecture on Thursday... 02/13-05:31:53

2026/02/08-15:10	Japan`s Sanae Takaichi wins a supermajority after gambling on a snap election Japan`s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Feb... 02/08-15:10:52

2026/02/04-04:18	At least 30 dead as Japan battles winter storms with soldiers and snow plows A pedestrian in the Japanese city of Aomori on Jan... 02/04-04:18:41

2026/01/31-15:06	Afghanistan’s embassy in Japan suspends operations Afghanistan`s embassy in Japan will suspend all operations, including consular services, from Feb... 01/31-15:06:39

2026/01/27-14:13	North Korea test-launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea, Japan and South Korea say People sit in front of a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on Jan... 01/27-14:13:50

2026/01/21-14:32	Japan`s TEPCO restarts nuclear reactor for the first time since Fukushima Inside the reactor building at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Japan in 2024... 01/21-14:32:52

2026/01/21-14:17	Man who assassinated former Japanese leader Abe is sentenced to life in prison People offering their respects to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo ahead of his state funeral on Sept... 01/21-14:17:12

2026/01/14-14:13	Japanese and South Korean leaders jam to K-pop hits at a summit The leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries before they let loose with their own cultural exchange in a surprise jam session drumming to K-pop hits... 01/14-14:13:03

2026/01/11-14:30	Japan PM Takaichi may call early election, coalition partner says Japan`s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at a New Year`s reception hosted by three economic organizations in Tokyo on Jan... 01/11-14:30:10

2026/01/05-14:59	Bluefin tuna sells for record $3.2 million at year-opening auction at Tokyo fish market A bluefin tuna that won the highest bid at an annual New Year auction is carried to a Sushi Zanmai restaurant in Tokyo on Monday... 01/05-14:59:05

2025/12/22-14:14	Japan prepares to restart world`s biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima Tokyo Electric Power Company`s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, one of the world`s largest nuclear facilities, in Niigata prefecture, Japan, on Sunday... 12/22-14:14:26

2025/12/06-16:03	American playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling Jeremy O. Harris attends the US Open Tennis Championship on Sept... 12/06-16:03:50

2025/10/25-23:36	Trump heads to 3-country sprint in Asia, meeting with Xi as government shutdown drags on at home President Donald Trump heads to Asia on Friday for the first time this term, a trip where he`s expected to work on investment deals and peace efforts before meeting face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to deescalate a trade war... 10/25-23:36:06

2639/06/01-13:32	Firewalking festival in Japan Japanese Buddhists brave scorching hot coal at fire-walking festival... 06/01-13:32:00