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BALLOONS

Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (center) speaks to the media on Friday, a day after a Chinese balloon was spotted crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
WORLD
Dec 8, 2023
Chinese balloon spotted crossing Taiwan Strait ahead of election
Taiwan Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said Friday that it may have been a weather monitoring balloon.
Iwaya's high-flying craft is equipped with a machine capable of sustaining those inside by maintaining a breathable atmosphere, through controlling components such as the cabin's oxygen and water vapor levels.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2023
Hokkaido startup aims for the stars with high-altitude balloon trips
Iwaya's balloon is expected to attain its final target of reaching a height of 25 kilometers by the end of this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2023
U.S. government has been dancing around UFOs for 75 years
A legacy of UFO hype, hysteria and fraud is undermining legitimate inquiry into those strange objects in the sky.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 2, 2019
Google internet balloon spin-off Loon still looking for its wings
Google's bet on balloons to deliver cell service soon faces a crucial test amid doubts about the viability of the technology by some potential customers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 25, 2019
SoftBank and Google parent tie up on flying 5G stations for phone services using balloons and drones
Mobile phone carrier SoftBank Corp. and Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc. said Thursday they will jointly set up airborne mobile phone base stations, using balloons and aircraft in the stratosphere, to cover wider areas for next-generation 5G wireless services.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 2, 2019
Japan Times 1969: Exploding balloons injure eight people
By the violent wind Wednesday evening, two large, two-storied buildings at the Tokyo Medical College at Higashi-Okubo that were being erected, and one of them almost completed, were blown down and destroyed. In the suburbs, several small houses tumbled down.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 16, 2016
Balloon artist pursues goal of spreading smiles through art
Balloon artist Erisa Sasaki has traveled around Japan and overseas in pursuit of her goal to "bring smiles to people across the world" with her inflatable artworks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2015
Two hurt in Saga balloon collision
Two hot air balloons collided Sunday morning, seriously injuring two men aboard one of them when it crashed into a rice paddy in Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2014
Hokkaido town offers donors 'free' balloon rides
Aiming to attract more tourism, officials in the town of Kamishihoro in Hokkaido have started a hot-air balloon service that allows donors from across the nation to fly for free if they add to the government's coffers using the "hometown tax system."

Longform

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