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SPACE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 13, 2017
Europe moves closer to own satellite navigation system with latest Galileo launch
Europe launched four more Galileo satellites on Tuesday, taking the number in orbit to 22 and moving a step closer to having its own navigation system, lessening its dependence on the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2017
NASA plans new rover for Mars 2020 mission
NASA's next mission to Mars in 2020 will feature a souped-up unmanned rover vehicle to search for signs of ancient microbial life in areas of the uninhabitable red planet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 18, 2017
China hopes to build nuclear-powered space shuttle by 2040
China is hoping to achieve a "major breakthrough" in its space program by 2040 — including the development of nuclear-powered space shuttles that will allow for the mining of asteroids and "large-scale space exploration" — state-run media have reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2017
Possible first interstellar interloper spotted
A small asteroid or comet racing through our solar system may be the first known interstellar visitor, U.S. scientists say — but it won't be around for long.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2017
Elon Musk wants Mars and that should inspire all of us
Venus shines brighter in the sky, but somehow we have always known that our destiny lies with Mars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2017
Elon Musk's new vision: Anywhere on Earth in under one hour
Entrepreneur Elon Musk, who envisions a human colony on Mars, said Friday he is also planning to create a SpaceX rocket ship capable of traveling anywhere on Earth in under an hour. If the concept becomes reality, a journey from Tokyo to New York could be completed in about 30 minutes.
EDITORIALS
Sep 21, 2017
Farewell, Cassini
The Cassini-Huygens space probe, whose 20 year mission ended last Friday, highlighted what multinational collaboration and cooperation can achieve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2017
Northrop's $7.8 billion Orbital deal to boost its space, missile pursuits as North Korea threat looms
Northrop Grumman Corp.'s $7.8 billion purchase of Orbital ATK Inc. will expand its space and missile businesses just as the U.S. sharpens its focus on defending against a possible strike by North Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017
Chinese space official promoted as part of military leadership reshuffle
A senior Chinese space official and military officer has been promoted to run the People's Liberation Army's key equipment development department, the military said on Monday, part of a reshuffle ahead of next month's Communist Party congress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 13, 2017
Infostellar to improve satellite access with global antenna-sharing platform
Telling satellites what to do is expensive, complicated, and can only be done a few times a day.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 30, 2017
Triple reissue offers a chance to review Yoko Ono's output from the 1970s
The ongoing project to rerelease Yoko Ono's full catalog of 11 albums, which began in late 2016, has now reached its second stage with the release of a trilogy of early-1970s albums — taking in "Fly" (1971), "Approximately Infinite Universe" and "Feeling the Space" (both 1973) — that embody a series...
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 13, 2017
Astroscale exec to boldly clean where no one has cleaned before
Entrepreneur Nobu Okada has set off on a mission never before undertaken in the annals of human history — cleaning up Earth's space junk.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 10, 2017
Chinese quantum satellite sends 'unbreakable' code
China has sent an "unbreakable" code from a satellite to the Earth, marking the first time space-to-ground quantum key distribution technology has been realized, state media said on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2017
Asteroid mining finds an unlikely champion
Luxembourg of all nations is a leading player in the drive to gain economic benefits from space.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 26, 2017
The Japanese 'Tunnel Man' of Alaska: Not quite life on Mars, but pretty out-there
With his dream of inhabiting the red planet out of reach, Kenji Yoshikawa instead sought out similar landscapes on Earth and teaches kids about Mars-style permafrost.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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