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
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
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
At least 28 people are injured on the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Kyushu with 150,000 evacuated as Typhoon Vongfong approaches. 2014-10-12
The Government of Japan summons the ambassador from the People's Republic of China after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the dispute Senkaku Islands. 2013-04-23
The board of Japan's Olympus Corporation announces its plans to resign early next year due to its accounting scandal. 2011-12-7
As many as 430,000 people infected with Hepatitis B from reused needles settle their legal action and are to receive payments in Japan's biggest medical dispute. 2011-01-23