Japan, regarded as one of the most competitive players in the promising space business, needs to establish commercial cargo operations and narrow the scope of service areas eligible for government ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Space One terminated the flight of its Kairos small rocket shortly after liftoff on Wednesday, marking the end of its second attempt in nine months to become the country's ...

Japan’s space program has grown through precision engineering, quiet breakthroughs, and mission designs that do more with ...

Daichi Fujii from the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan captured a meteor impact the moon with multiple telescopes. Credit: ...

Dec. 4 (UPI) --The United States Space Force activated its first unit in Japan on Wednesday in cooperation with Japan's Air Self-Defense Force's own military space operations group. The staff of 10 ...

Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., has been awarded a 7.27 billion yen ($49 million) contract by Japan’s Ministry of Defense to develop a responsive space system demonstration ...

The event took place on the sidelines of the 2024 edition of The Abu Dhabi Space Debate. The joint workshop is a collaborative event aimed at bringing together experts, industry leaders, and ...

TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its ...

Welcome to Edition 8.01 of the Rocket Report! Today’s edition will be a little shorter than normal because, for one day only, we celebrate fake rockets—fireworks—rather than the real thing. For our ...

Watch breathtaking captures straight from the International Space Station as Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui shares a glowing aurora over Japan and the dramatic New Year sunrise. His orbital views of ...

If successful, Project OHISAMA could revolutionize how we harness renewable energy by enabling solar power even at night, slashing dependence on fossil fuels, and marking a major milestone in ...

Japanese researchers just sent the world’s first wooden satellite to space, as reported by CNN. LignoSat, named after the Latin word for wood, was developed by Kyoto University and a company called ...