Japan timeline
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Japan Signs the Treaty of San Francisco and the Treaty of Taipei to Become a Sovereign State
Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei as it was signed in Taipei, was a peace treaty between Japan and the Republic of... Read more
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Sinking of the SS Tōya Maru
Typhoon No. 15, Marie, which had blown through Honshū, was in the Sea of Japan at 12:00 on September 26, 1954, proceeding Northeast at a speed of... Read more
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Tsurumi Rail Accident
The Tsurumi rail accident occurred on November 9, 1963 between Tsurumi Station and Shin-Koyasu Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan,... Read more
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Games of the XVIII Olympiad Held in Tokyo, Japan
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964.... Read more
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Crash of BOAC Flight 911
At 13:42 hours the crew contacted ATC requesting permission to start the engines and clearance for a VMC climb via Fuji-Rebel-Kushimoto. The... Read more
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All Nippon Airways Flight 58 Collision
There was a festive air about the 155 passengers as they boarded All Nippon Airways' Flight 58 at Chitose Airport. Most were from the sleepy town... Read more
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Lod Airport massacre
The Lod Airport massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on May 30, 1972, in which three members of the Japanese Red Army, on behalf of the... Read more
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Seán MacBride and Eisaku Sato are Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
In 1973 he was elected by the General Assembly to the post of High Commissioner for Namibia, with the rank of Assistant Secretary-General. The... Read more
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Nintendo Releases Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu) is an arcade game developed by Nintendo, released in 1981. It is an early example of the platform genre, as the... Read more
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Shigaraki Train Disaster
The JR West special three-car train, 501D traveling from Kyoto to Shigaraki for The World Ceramic Festival, and the Shigaraki Kogen Railway (SKR)... Read more
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China Airlines Flight 140 Stalls at Landing
China Airlines Flight 140 was a route from Taipei, Taiwan to Nagoya, Japan. On April 26, 1994, the Airbus A300 on the route was due to land at... Read more
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Great Hanshin Earthquake
The 7.2-magnitude Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 hit the Kobe area at 5:46 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17, leaving in its wake more than 5200... Read more
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Tokyo Gas Attack
On Monday March 20, 1995, five members of Aum Shinrikyo launched a chemical attack on the Tokyo Metro, one of the world's busiest commuter... Read more
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Myojo 56 Building Fire
The fire, which broke out at around 1 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2001, on a stairway between the third and fourth floors after an explosion, ripped through... Read more
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2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games
The 2005 Special Olympics Winter World Games were hosted at Nagano in Japan and were the first Special Olympics World Games held in Asia. Nagano... Read more
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Amagasaki Rail Crash
The Amagasaki rail crash occurred on 25 April 2005 at around 09:19 local time (00:18 UTC), just after the local rush hour. The Rapid Service (a... Read more
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The 34th G8 Summit is Held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō, Japan
The 34th G8 summit took place in Tōyako (洞爺湖, Tōya-ko?, Lake Toya) on the northern island of Hokkaidō, Japan from July 7–9, 2008. The locations of... Read more
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The Diet of Japan Elects Taro Aso as the New Prime Minister of Japan
The National Diet of Japan (国会, Kokkai?) is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives,... Read more
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Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, And Uganda Assume Their Seats On The United Nations Security Council.
The 2008 United Nations Security Council election was held on 17 October 2008 during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held... Read more
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President Obama Arrives in Tokyo to Begin East Asia Tour
President Barack Obama on Friday arrived in Tokyo, the first stop in a week-long tour that will also take him to Seoul, Singapore and Beijing to... Read more
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US and Japan Commence Largest-Ever Joint Military Exercise as South Korea Threatens North with Air Strikes
Japan and the US began their biggest-ever joint military exercise today, as South Korea warned it would carry out air strikes against North Korea... Read more
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8.9 Earthquake, Tsunami Slams Japanese Coast
A tsunami rammed the coast of Japan following a powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake that violently shook buildings in Tokyo and sent panicked... Read more
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Walls of Nuclear Reactor Explode in Wake of Earthquake, Tsunami
An explosion at a nuclear power station today destroyed a building housing the reactor amid fears that it was close to a disastrous meltdown after... Read more
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State of Emergency Declared at Second Japenese Nuclear Plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency said today that Japan has declared a state of emergency at a second earthquake-ravaged nuclear plant after... Read more
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Japanese Earthquake Upgraded to 9.0
The US Geological Survey has upgraded the magnitude of Friday's deadly earthquake in Japan to 9.0. The move comes after Japan's Meteorological... Read more