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JAPAN
Nov 24, 2015
Yui and ISS colleagues to return to Earth earlier than planned
Astronaut Kimiya Yui and two colleagues aboard the International Space Station will return to Earth on Dec. 11, some 11 days earlier than planned, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2015
JAXA may develop new life-support system for International Space Station
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency may provide a new life-support system for the International Space Station so Japanese astronauts can continue participating in the orbiting laboratory through 2024, people close to the matter said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Musk's made-in-USA SpaceX vies in crowded, Russia-powered field for $3.5 billion NASA contract
Less than a decade after its first rocket launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX finds itself in an unfamiliar position.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 30, 2015
Japan's unmanned cargo ship plunges back to Earth after successful ISS mission
A Japanese unmanned cargo ship plunged into the atmosphere over the South Pacific early Wednesday after completing a supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Japanese space agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 9, 2015
Japanese astronaut Yui to kids back on Earth: Pursue your dreams
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui expressed his hope Tuesday that children will try to achieve their dreams as he spoke aboard the International Space Station in orbit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2015
Astronaut Yui psyched up for task of docking Konotori transport to ISS via robotic arms
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, staying at the International Space Station, renewed his resolve to successfully dock the Konotori cargo transport to the ISS using robotic arms — one of his main missions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2015
Japanese astronaut Yui reaches space station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday morning nearly six hours after liftoff from Kazakhstan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 22, 2015
Astronaut Yui confident about space flight despite Soyuz delays
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui said Tuesday that he is confident and feels safe about the approaching trip that will take him and two other colleagues to the International Space Station, despite a nearly two-month delay stemming from the failed launch of another spacecraft using a similar rocket.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2015
Japanese astronaut Yui says he's ready for space mission
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui has expressed his readiness to leave later this month for a five-month-long mission aboard the International Space Station.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2015
Astronaut Yui to blast off for ISS on July 23: Russian Space Agency
The Russian Space Agency announced Thursday that a Soyuz spacecraft will take Japan's Kimiya Yui and other astronauts to the International Space Station on July 23, TASS news service reported.
JAPAN
May 13, 2015
Russia delays launch of Soyuz craft carrying Japanese until late July due to failure probe: report
The Russian Space Agency has delayed a plan to launch a Soyuz spacecraft with crew members including Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui until late July, according to TASS news service.
JAPAN
May 8, 2015
Russian launch of new ISS crew members delayed until July: reports
The launch of the rocket that was to carry Japan's Kimiya Yui and two other astronauts to the International Space Station this month has been postponed to July, Russian media reports said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2015
JAXA astronaut Yui takes final exam before trip to ISS
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and his crewmates underwent a two-day final examination through Thursday ahead of their May 27 trip to the International Space Station.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2015
Emergency escape system succeeds as SpaceX puts Dragon passenger spaceship through test run
A Space Exploration Technologies passenger spaceship made a quick debut test flight on Wednesday, shooting itself off a Florida launchpad to demonstrate a key emergency escape system.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2015
Weather forecloses on SpaceX rocket launch, landing test
The launch of an unmanned SpaceX rocket — and an innovative attempt to land it on an ocean barge — were postponed on Monday due to poor weather at the Florida launch site, officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2014
U.S. rocket explosion probed; space station resupplied
Authorities on Wednesday started investigating what made an unmanned U.S. supply rocket explode in a fireball moments after lifting off from a launchpad in Virginia, destroying supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2014
Wakata back on Earth after stint as ISS commander
Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, returned to Earth on Wednesday after completing a six-month mission.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 18, 2014
Cooperation vs. competition in space
Shadows of winter clouds
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2013
Wakata to depart for ISS on Nov. 7, take command
Astronaut Koichi Wakata is set to ride a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, where he will do a six-month stint as its first Japanese skipper, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 31, 2013
New rocket hopes to take off with launch from the skies
Start with the largest aircraft ever built, with a wingspan longer than a football field and a split fuselage fitted with six Boeing 747 jet engines — enough thrust to get 585,000 kg off the ground, about 190,000 kg more than a fully loaded 747. Sling a 36-meter, three-stage rocket below the aircraft, and when the plane reaches 30,000 feet, fire the rocket into space. Then the plane flies back to Earth.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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