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SPACE

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 3, 2014
When it comes to public space, Atelier Bow Wow barks up the right tree
Atelier Bow Wow uses the framework of art exhibitions to encourage public social interaction in what it calls 'micro public spaces.'
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2014
New Tokyo travel agency to market ¥25 million tickets for space tours
Booking a tour in space is now possible in Japan thanks to the establishment of a Tokyo travel agency that deals exclusively with the above and beyond — for those who can pay the ¥25 million fare.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2013
Budget limits trim NASA's plans for big projects
The Cassini spacecraft is in splendid shape as it circles Saturn. Conceived in the 1980s and launched in 1997, Cassini arrived at the gas-giant planet in 2004 and has continued to deliver stunning images of the jewel of the solar system.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 15, 2013
China manages soft landing on moon
China completed the first soft landing on the moon's surface in 37 years Saturday, becoming only the third country to pull off the feat.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2013
Hubble spots geysers spurting from Jupiter moon Europa
The search for life in the solar system took a twist Thursday with the announcement that Europa, a moon of Jupiter first discovered by Galileo, shows signs of water geysers erupting from its south pole.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2013
Comet to dazzle if it survives sun
As comet ISON hurtles toward the sun, its million-year-long journey through our solar system may end with its violent death — or a spectacular sky show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 21, 2013
Billionaire Tito details 2017 manned flyby mission to Mars
Billionaire Dennis Tito, tired of being told that we can't send humans to Mars yet, on Wednesday revealed his plan for launching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 17, 2013
Spacecraft set to uncover past, future of galaxy
European scientists are preparing to launch a probe that will transform our understanding of the galaxy. The spacecraft, called Gaia, will carry the world's biggest, most accurate camera, which it will use to pinpoint more than a billion stars with unprecedented precision and create a 3-D map of the...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 17, 2013
Oldest body of fossil seawater discovered
The Chesapeake Bay can not only be seen from space, it essentially came from space.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 3, 2013
U.N. backs network to monitor near-Earth objects
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a plan to monitor near-Earth objects through an international network and alter their trajectories to prevent impact, people familiar with the plan said Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2013
U.S. Dream Chaser space taxi soars on test flight, skids after landing
For the would-be spaceship named the Dream Chaser, everything on the first flight of a prototype went perfectly — until the craft touched down, toppled on its side, skidded off the runway and wound up in the sand of the Mojave Desert.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Oct 25, 2013
Space trash tax eyed
Space is getting awfully messy. The amount of debris in Earth's orbit keeps multiplying each year, damaging satellites and putting astronauts in harm's way. If the problem gets severe enough, it could eventually make low-Earth orbit unusable.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2013
Farthest galaxy churns out stars
Scientists have discovered the most distant galaxy ever confirmed, whose light took more than 13 billion years to reach Earth, providing a snapshot of the early universe. The faraway system resides in the night sky just above the handle of the Big Dipper.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2013
Earth's slowdown messing with human tech
Don't forget to set your clocks ahead two thousandths of a second before you go to sleep tonight. Same thing goes for bedtime tomorrow. And every day after that, because that is how much slower the Earth turns on its axis each day now than it did a century ago.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2013
'To infinity and beyond!'
Earlier this month, scientists confirmed that the Voyager 1 probe, launched nearly four decades ago, has left our Solar System and has reached interstellar space.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2013
Search for Mars life to continue despite rover's findings
Martian life is awfully cryptic — that is a scientific term; it means life that is out of sight, below the surface, burrowed into ecological niches not easily scrutinized by robotic sentinels from the planet Earth.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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