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HAYABUSA

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JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2023
JAXA weighs new mission using Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 tech
JAXA aims to launch the probe in the mid-2030s and achieve a sample return in the mid-2040s.
Japan Times
WORLD / 2020 in Review
Dec 31, 2020
Images of 2020 | Achievement: Against all odds
A brief look back at the powerful images from 2020 that inspired hope
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2020
Hayabusa2 capsule in 'perfect condition' as Japan team prepares for analysis
If the mission was successful, the capsule will contain two samples from the Ryugu asteroid, including the first subsurface asteroid sample ever collected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2020
Japan's rise as a space power
Nation emerges as a key leader in the peaceful exploration of the cosmos.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 21, 2015
Let's discuss the Akatsuki space probe
Japan's space agency says its Akatsuki probe has successfully entered into orbit around Venus.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 28, 2015
Japan beats Palestine to keep Asia hoop quarterfinal hopes alive
Japan took a big step toward the FIBA Asia Championship quarterfinals on Monday, beating Palestine 74-67 to secure its first victory of the second round in Changsha.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 27, 2015
Philippines holds off Japan at FIBA Asia Championship
Philippines' star Andray Blatche overcame a badly twisted ankle to log an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double, carrying his team past Japan 73-66 in the Asia basketball championships second round in Changsha, China, on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 19, 2015
Matsui ready to be shooting star
The lack of a presence underneath the basket has been Japanese basketball's everlasting issue. So Kenji Hasegawa, the current men's national team head coach, looks more to his outside players than inside muscle, relying on their perimeter shooting to carry the offense.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 16, 2015
Japan's men hopeful of earning berth for 2016 Games
Basketball
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 7, 2015
Japan's Asian hoop champs return home
One day after they became the first Japanese team to clinch a berth at next summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the players and staff of Japan's women's basketball team made a triumphant return home with the gold medals around their necks on Sunday evening.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 16, 2015
Japan routs Czech Republic to win three-game exhibition series
Sharp-shooter Keijuro Matsui nailed four 3-point shots and scored 18 points in the second quarter alone to boost the Japan men's team to a 75-61 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday at Yoyogi National Gymnasium Annex.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 14, 2015
Czech Republic cagers edge Japan in exhibition
On Friday, the Japan men's national team played its first official international contest since FIBA's suspension of the Japan Basketball Association was officially lifted last Sunday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 9, 2015
Kawabuchi welcomes end of Japan's international basketball ban
In his opening statement at a news conference on Sunday, Japan Basketball Association president Saburo Kawabuchi joked that there weren't as many reporters and TV cameras as he had expected.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 22, 2015
Future looking bright for Japanese men's basketball
It may not happen right away, but Japan's men's basketball looks set to go nowhere but up.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 14, 2015
Guards Yoshida, Machida aiming high with national team
Looking to retain its title at August's FIBA Asia Championship for Women, the latest Japan national basketball team plans to play with more vigor and speed, partly to make up for its lack of height on the international stage.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 10, 2015
Japanese women look forward to competing for Olympic berth at Asia Championship
Japan's women achieved a great feat two years ago in Thailand, winning their first Asia Championship in 43 years. With the FIBA suspension of the Japan Basketball Association close to being lifted, Japan is on track to compete in the tournament again.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2014
JAXA wants to change clunky name of 1999 JU3 asteroid
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aims to give a name to the destination asteroid for the Hayabusa2 mission, which blasted off Wednesday, a senior agency official said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 17, 2014
Basketball star Oh reflects on journey to Japan
Asako Oh, a Japan women's basketball national team center, balked at enrolling in a Japanese high school about a decade ago. Now she has no regrets about her decision.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2014
Asteroid visited by Hayabusa considered for exploration
Asteroid Itokawa, reached by an unmanned Japanese space probe in 2005, might be listed as one of the candidates for a human exploration project being considered for the mid-2020s, NASA has said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 1, 2013
Japan men, women complete hoop sweeps over Philippines, Mozambique
Big man Kosuke Takeuchi had 23 points and 11 rebounds to guide the Japan men's national basketball team to an 88-61 victory over the Philippines at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Sunday.

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