Timeline for January 2016

Atomic bombing survivors and others hold a sit-in protest at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park on January 7, 2016, in response to North Korea’s announcement that it has tested a hydrogen bomb. (© Jiji)

All of the January 19 sports dailies gave front-page coverage to the television appearance in which SMAP apologized for causing trouble and pledged to stick together.

Kotoshōgiku (left) receives the Prime Minister’s Trophy at the Ryōgoku Sumō Hall on January 24, 2016. (© Jiji)

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko lay flowers at the Rizal Monument in Manila on January 27, 2016. (© Jiji)