Events in Japan

3,491 notable events in Japan — murders, criminal cases and wars. Page 2 of 35.

• Demon Kakka
  date unknown · Person
• Moritomo scandal
  from Feb 9, 2017 · Scandal & controversy
• 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
  Aug 30, 1974 · Bombing & explosion
• Kawasaki stabbings
  May 28, 2019 · Attack (other)
• Killing of Satomi Mitarai
  Jun 1, 2004 · Murder & homicide
• Kinmon incident
  Aug 20, 1864 · War & armed conflict
• Mitsubishi Bank sporting gun kidnapping
  Jan 26, 1979 · Murder & homicide
• Niigata girl confinement incident
  Nov 13, 1990–Jan 28, 2000 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Shuri Castle
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
  1970s–1980s · Kidnapping & hostage
• Oguchi Hospital Inpatient Murders
  Jul 2016–Sep 2016 · Murder & homicide
• Mount Unzen
  date unknown · Natural disaster
• Itai-itai disease
  20th century · Epidemic & disease
• Sanrizuka Struggle
  Jun 22, 1966 · Terrorism
• Air raids on Japan
  Aug 15, 1939–Aug 15, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• 2011 Kumamoto three-year-old girl murder case
  Mar 3, 2011 · Murder & homicide
• Matsumoto sarin attack
  Jun 27, 1994 · Terrorism
• Petit angel case
  date unknown · Kidnapping & hostage
• Hakkōda Mountains disaster
  Jan 24, 1902 · Scandal & controversy
• Sakuradamon Incident (1860)
  Mar 24, 1860 · Murder & homicide
• Osaka child abandonment case
  Jul 30, 2010 · Murder & homicide
• Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Kyūjō incident
  Aug 15, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• 2012 Kan-etsu Expressway bus crash
  Apr 29, 2012 · Road accident
• Osaka, Aichi, and the Gifu continuous torture-murder event
  Sep 28, 1994 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Yasuko Watanabe
  Mar 9, 1997 · Murder & homicide
• Norio Nagayama
  Oct 11, 1968–Nov 5, 1968 · Murder & homicide
• Ōtsu incident
  May 11, 1891 · Murder & homicide
• Sennichi Department Store Building fire
  May 13, 1972 · Fire
• Kazu I
  Apr 23, 2022 · Maritime disaster
• Sekihotai incidents
  May 3, 1987 · Terrorism
• Chongryon
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Paraquat murders
  Nov 24, 1985 · Murder & homicide
• Sakamoto family murder
  Nov 5, 1989 · Murder & homicide
• Kamimikawa robbery and murder case
  May 14, 2026 · Crime & justice
• Nishi-Tetsu bus hijacking
  May 3, 2000 · Aviation accident
• Nara noise injury case
  Nov 1, 2002–Apr 1, 2005
• 2018 Osaka earthquake
  Jun 18, 2018 · Earthquake
• Sangaku Base Incident
  1970s · Murder & homicide
• Zushi stalker murder case
  Nov 6, 2012 · Murder & homicide
• Ōmiya incident
  Dec 10, 1867 · Murder & homicide
• Yoshio Kodaira
  Jul 2, 1932–Aug 6, 1946 · War & armed conflict
• Susukino hotel murder case
  Jul 1, 2023 · Murder & homicide
• FedEx Express Flight 80
  Mar 23, 2009 · Aviation accident
• Nishi Door Accident
  Jul 6, 1990 · Accident
• Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
  Aug 6, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• All Nippon Airways Flight 58
  Jul 30, 1971 · Aviation accident
• Our Lady of Akita
  from Jul 6, 1973 · Science & concept
• 300 million yen robbery
  Dec 10, 1968 · Crime & justice
• 2026 Sanriku earthquake
  Apr 20, 2026 · Earthquake
• Tatenokai
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant
  date unknown · Earthquake
• Fuji Television sexual harassment scandal
  Jun 2, 2023 · Crime & justice
• Koza riot
  Dec 20, 1970 · Riot & unrest
• Murder of Shiori Ino
  Oct 26, 1999 · Murder & homicide
• Japanese battleship Mutsu
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Yama–Ichi War
  Jan 1, 1985–Jan 1, 1989 · War & armed conflict
• Koyama Incident
  1974 · Murder & homicide
• 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
  Apr 14, 2016–Apr 16, 2016 · Earthquake
• Hōei eruption
  Dec 16, 1707–Dec 31, 1707 · Natural disaster
• Murder of the Kataoka Nizaemon family
  Mar 16, 1946 · Murder & homicide
• Ikkō-ikki
  date unknown · Riot & unrest
• Jinshin War
  Jul 24, 672–Aug 21, 672 · War & armed conflict
• Fukuoka Uminonakamichi Bridge drunk driving accident
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Himeyuri Memorial incident
  Jul 17, 1975 · Terrorism
• Kurosegawa water accident
  Aug 14, 1999 · Accident
• Shiun Maru disaster
  May 11, 1955 · Maritime disaster
• Sieges of Nagashima
  1570–Oct 13, 1574 · War & armed conflict
• 1995 Hanshin earthquake
  Jan 17, 1995 · Earthquake
• Inokashira Park dismemberment incident
  1994 · Murder & homicide
• Daigo Fukuryū Maru
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Pokemon shock
  Dec 16, 1997 · Accident
• Norio Nagayama serial shooting
  Oct 11, 1968–Apr 7, 1969 · Murder & homicide
• Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma
  Oct 12, 1960 · Murder & homicide
• Takahiro Shiraishi
  date unknown · Attack (other)
• Philippine Airlines Flight 434
  Dec 11, 1994 · Bombing & explosion
• Isshi incident
  Jul 10, 645 · War & armed conflict
• Yoshinobu-chan kidnapping murder case
  Mar 31, 1963 · Murder & homicide
• Namamugi Incident
  Sep 14, 1862 · Terrorism
• Kinkaku-ji arson
  Jul 2, 1950 · Attack (other)
• Murder of Namie Amuro's mother
  Mar 17, 1999 · Murder & homicide
• Kioichō Incident
  May 14, 1878 · Murder & homicide
• Calderon family case
  date unknown
• Mikawashima train crash
  May 3, 1962 · Rail accident
• Ōmuta murders
  Sep 16, 2004 · Murder & homicide
• Kantō Massacre
  Sep 1923 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Great Fire of Meireki
  Mar 2, 1657–Mar 5, 1657 · Fire
• Murder of a mother by a Shiga Medical University student
  Jan 20, 2018 · Murder & homicide
• Nagaokakyō bracken-picking murder case
  May 23, 1979 · Murder & homicide
• Chichijima incident
  Feb 1945 · Massacre
• Murder of Aiwa Matsuo
  Jul 26, 2014 · Murder & homicide
• Jōkyū War
  1221 · War & armed conflict
• Tōya Maru disaster
  Sep 26, 1954 · Maritime disaster
• Murder of Rie Isogai
  Aug 24, 2007 · Murder & homicide
• 1968 Hida River bus crash
  Aug 18, 1968 · Road accident
• Teradaya incident
  May 21, 1862 · War & armed conflict
• Murder of Tadao Takashima's son
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• United Red Army
  date unknown · Terrorism
• Toyota Shoji
  1980s · Crime & justice