1. Nobel Prizes awarded to Satoshi Omura and Takaaki Kajita.
2. Japanese team won three victories in the Rugby World Cup.
3. Kenji Goto and Yukawa were murdered by IS.
4. my number system was launched.
5. 8 people died in Ibaraki flooding.
6. security-related laws were legislated.
7. Hokuriku shinkansen starts.
8. Yokohama leaning building was a problem.
9. There was general agreement on TPP talks
10. Olympic emblem was scratched
1. There were two terrorist atttacks in Paris
2. There was an earthquake in Nepal
3. US/Cuba relations were restored
4. There is a Syrian refugee crisis
5. Aung San Suu Kyi became president in Myanmar
6. Volkswagen falsified gas emissions
7. Charlotte was born to Prince William and Kate
8. there was a FIFA corruption scandal
9. There was an attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris
10. The Greek financial crisis effected the European economy