Sources: inhabitat
JAXA aborts an Epsilon S engine test after a fire occurs at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. 2024-11-26
Japanese citizens vote for the 465 seats in the House of Representatives. 2024-10-27
The JAXA lunar probe "SLIM" achieves the first-ever lunar soft landing of a Japanese spacecraft. 2024-01-19
JAXA launches the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander from Tanegashima Space Center. The Japanese mission will aim to become the fifth country to perform a soft landing on the Moon. 2023-09-6
JAXA aborts the first launch attempt of the H3 rocket after some of its boosters failed to ignite during the first stage. It is Japan's second failed rocket launch since 2003. 2023-02-17
Japan and the United Kingdom reach a tentative free trade agreement, which British trade secretary Liz Truss hails as the UK's "first major post-Brexit trade deal". 2020-09-11
The Japanese space agency JAXA announces that a pair of 18 cm tall robots successfully landed on asteroid Ryugu. 2018-09-22
The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer "Hayabusa2" from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year roundtrip mission to the asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3 to collect rock samples. 2014-12-3
Dolphin hunting in the Japanese town of Taiji is criticized by US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy after protests by environmental groups. 2014-01-20
China denies reports that it has banned export of rare earth mineral to the United States and Europe following similar measures against Japan. 2010-10-20