On May 21, 2010, the Akatsuki orbiter ("Dawn" in Japanese) launched from the Tanegashima Space Center atop a H-IIA Launch ...

Hatsune Miku's voyage through space has finally come to an end after 15 long years. The Japanese space probe Akatsuki has ...

On the sidelines of the state visit by the Japanese prime minister to Washington this week, US and Japanese officials have signed an agreement to cement a partnership that will pave the way for a ...

Japan has successfully launched a mission Moonward — and raising the stakes for its attempted landing when it gets there, it's unlike any other lunar mission we've seen before. The rocket is, as the ...

Data from the SLIM mission projected at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus during the craft's landing. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the ...

Chandrayaan-5, India's fifth lunar mission, will be a historic joint venture with Japan. The mission aims to explore the Moon's polar regions, seeking water and pushing the space boundaries for the ...

Japan destroyer JS Chokai (DDG-176) is heading to the U.S. for a year-long deployment during which the destroyer will undergo ...

Japan’s F-15J Eagles have arrived at RAF Coningsby in the UK, marking the JASDF’s first fighter deployment to Europe for ...

TOKYO, Dec. 9 -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet approved a contentious plan Tuesday to dispatch nearly 1,000 troops along with transport planes and armored vehicles to aid in the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The beheading of two Japanese citizens by Islamic State militants is fanning calls to allow Japan's long-constrained military to conduct overseas rescue missions as part of Prime ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson will head to South Korea and Japan in October for a trade mission.