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		+	* A Japanese flagship H3 rocket carrying the unmanned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe was successfully launched on 20 October 2026 on its way to one of Mars's moons on a world-first mission to retrieve samples, potentially helping unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth.
	* The Japan Times, Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper, won the gold prize for breaking news coverage at the 2023 World Association of News Publishers Asian Media Awards.		* The Japan Times, Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper, won the gold prize for breaking news coverage at the 2023 World Association of News Publishers Asian Media Awards.

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 * Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and Shuji Nakamura from the USA jointly won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2014/press.html</ref>
 * Japan successfully launched Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Himawari-8 on 7 October 2014 atop an H-IIA carrier rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center.<ref>http://www.mhi-global.com/notice/notice_20141007.html</ref>

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 * Asia's first Rugby World Cup was held in Japan from 20 September to 2 November 2019, outside the traditional heartland of rugby union.
 * A team of Japanese researchers has successfully generated human oogonia inside of artificial mouse ovaries using human stem cells. Their study was published in the journal Science on 20 September 2018.<ref>http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/09/19/science.aat1674</ref>

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		+	* The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 7 positioning satellite from its Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on 11 August 2026.
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		+	* Scientists at the University of Osaka in Japan have developed a new way to watch important molecules move inside living cells, opening the door to better understanding diseases such as cancer and diabetes. The discovery was published in Nature Cell Biology on 2 July 2026.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-026-01996-8</ref>
	* Japanese scientists have found a way to slow down the ageing process in flowers by up to a half, meaning bouquets could remain fresh for much longer. Their study, published on 2 July 2014 in The Plant Journal, has found the gene believed to be responsible for the short shelf-life of flowers in one Japanese variety of Morning Glory.<ref>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.12605/abstract</ref>		* Japanese scientists have found a way to slow down the ageing process in flowers by up to a half, meaning bouquets could remain fresh for much longer. Their study, published on 2 July 2014 in The Plant Journal, has found the gene believed to be responsible for the short shelf-life of flowers in one Japanese variety of Morning Glory.<ref>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.12605/abstract</ref>

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 * Japan and Thailand signed an agreement on 2 May 2022, during Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Thailand, enabling the mutual transfer of defense equipment and technology, deepening their bilateral security cooperation.
 * A team of researchers from Japan and Germany have found evidence in a lunar meteorite that water once existed on the moon, according to their paper published on the open access site Science Advances on 2 May 2018.<ref>http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/5/eaar4378</ref>

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		+	* A study led by Japanese researchers has found that the earliest known octopuses were giant predators that hunted at the very top of the food web, alongside large marine vertebrates, about 100 million years ago. Their findings were published in Science 23 April 2026.<ref>https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6285</ref>
	* Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide was launched to International Space Station (ISS) on SpaceX recycled rocket and capsule after launching from Florida on 23 April 2021.		* Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide was launched to International Space Station (ISS) on SpaceX recycled rocket and capsule after launching from Florida on 23 April 2021.

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		+	* Japan and Australia on 18 April 2026 signed contracts to supply Australia with three Japanese-designed warships, Tokyo's most consequential military sale since ending a military export ban in 2014.<ref>https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2026-04-18/australia-locks-delivery-our-first-three-general-purpose-frigates</ref>
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 * Japan's Tokyo Haneda Airport was named as the World's Cleanest Airport by air travellers at the 2018 Skytrax World Airport Awards.<ref>http://www.worldairportawards.com/main/2018_airportawards_announced.html</ref>
 * Japan and Bahrain signed thirteen memorandums of understanding and agreements on 21 March 2013 designed to promote economic cooperation and joint investment between the two countries.<ref>http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/552624</ref>

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		+	* Kazuki Higa made history on 13 December 2025 as the first golfer from Japan to win the Asian Tour order of merit after finishing seventh at the season-ending Saudi Open.
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