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Japan becomes the fifth country to successfully land on the surface of the moon with the SLIM lunar lander mission. [ citation needed ] 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal : Several Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are indicted in a scandal involving misuse of campaign funds, including incumbent lawmakers Yasutada Ōno and Yaichi Tanigawa ...
A wildfire (pictured) in Japan's Iwate Prefecture becomes the largest in the country in at least five decades. Chinese architect Liu Jiakun is awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize . The United States imposes tariffs on Canada and Mexico and increases tariffs on China , incurring retaliatory tariffs from Canada and China.
3 February – Former MP Tamotsu Shiiki is sentenced to a five-year suspended prison sentence for raping an underage girl at a karaoke parlor in Tokyo in August 2024. [7]17 February – The Taliban conducts a diplomatic visit to Japan for the first time since taking power in Afghanistan in 2021.
A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, court ...
Tsunamis in the Sea of Japan have been observed to arrive faster than those along Japan's Pacific coast. [100] Tsunami modelling executed by the University of Tokyo and Building Research Institute of Japan computed the tsunami to be 3.6 m (12 ft) in Suzu; 3 m (9.8 ft) in Noto; 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in Shika and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in Jōetsu, Niigata.
A separate Nikkei newspaper report said Taiwan's Foxconn has proposed forming a partnership with Honda with an ultimate aim of creating a four-way framework that would also include Nissan and ...
October 25 – The Supreme Court of Japan rules that requiring sterilization as part of gender transitioning is unconstitutional, but sends back the gender-affirming surgery requirement to a lower court. [31] October 30 – Japan suspends the pilot experiment of its first fully autonomous self-driving car following a minor collision. [32]
Japan's tourism has exploded in recent years, with a record 36.8 million visitors in 2024. The weak yen has drawn visitors to Japan, which is already experiencing overtourism impacts. Experts say ...