Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Editorial Sep 23, 2013
Launch of the Epsilon rocket
JAXA's successful Sept. 14 launch of the Epsilon, Japan's first new rocket in 12 years, represents the culmination of Japan's solid-fuel rocket technology.
National Sep 14, 2013
New Epsilon rocket chalks up first launch
The nation’s newest solid-fuel rocket lifted off Saturday and put a space telescope into orbit as planned, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The Epsilon, Japan’s first new rocket in 12 years, blasted off from Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 2 p.m. ...
National Sep 7, 2013
JAXA space cargo transporter re-enters atmosphere after ending ISS mission
An unmanned space cargo transporter operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency re-entered Earth’s atmosphere around 3:30 p.m. Saturday and burned up over the Pacific, after completing its mission. The Konotori No. 4 was equipped with a so-called i-Ball device to videotape its re-entry ...
Science & Health Aug 28, 2013
Programming error suspected behind scrubbed rocket launch
Experts suspect a computer programming error and lax preliminary checks were among the reasons Japan’s newest rocket didn’t get off the ground Tuesday. The computer controlling the launch of the three-stage Epsilon rocket at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture detected an abnormality ...
National Aug 27, 2013
Epsilon rocket launch called off on the pad at last minute
The launch of a new type of solid-fuel rocket carrying the world's first space telescope for observing planets is scrubbed at the last minute.
National Aug 26, 2013
New rocket Epsilon set for Tuesday launch
The state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will hold the first launch of its new solid-fuel rocket Epsilon from Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. The Epsilon is Japan’s first new rocket since the H-IIA was launched in 2001, JAXA said ...
Science & Health Aug 4, 2013
H-IIB rocket carrying cargo for ISS lifts off from Tanegashima
JAXA launches an H-IIB rocket with a Konotori cargo transporter aboard to resupply the International Space Station.
Science & Health Feb 16, 2013
Space-bound scope to study planets
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to send a space telescope into orbit around the Earth to observe Venus, Mars and Jupiter to unlock the secrets of our own planet’s atmosphere.
Science & Health Jan 28, 2013
Japan puts pair of new satellites into orbit
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Sunday successfully launched a radar satellite and an optical satellite using an H-IIA rocket. The rocket lifted off at 1:40 p.m. from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, and ...