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Japan launches IGS Optical 8 reconnaissance satellite into orbit. This is Japan’s first space launch in 2024, Space reports. An H-2A rocket carrying the IGS Optical 8 satellite was launched from the Tanegashima Cosmodrome on January 12 at 06:44 Kyiv time. According to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which built and operates the H-2A rocket, the launch […]
Residents of the Kanto region of Japan saw a bright meteor in the sky on Monday, January 15, in the morning, according to the Japanese edition of NHK. Fuji Daichi, a curator specializing in astronomy at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, spoke about the meteor. According to him, cameras installed in […]
On January 1, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred in Japan, which led to significant changes in the coastline of the Noto Peninsula. Recorded satellite images show that the earthquake caused the seabed to rise, causing the coastline to recede by as much as 250 meters, which is more than two American […]
On Monday, January 1, a powerful earthquake hit Japan, killing more than 100 people. Search operations are ongoing, and there may still be victims under the rubble. The amount of losses reached $6.4 billion. This was reported by Reuters. As of Saturday morning, January 6, more than 30,000 evacuees are waiting for help, and the […]
The Japanese telecommunications industry plans to deploy flying base stations in 2025. This technology, called High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS), is aimed at providing wide network coverage using unmanned vehicles flying in the stratosphere. There are more than five billion Internet users in the world. However, Internet penetration remains low in some parts of Africa, […]
On January 2, a Japan Airlines vessel collided with a Coast Guard plane. The plane landed at Tokyo airport, 5 people died, 379 were evacuated. This was reported by the BBC, citing the NHK TV channel. An Airbus A350 taking off from Sapporo collided with a Coast Guard plane. …羽田の航空機火災、胴体着陸で機体を擦りながら滑走中に炎が上がったかな…？ pic.twitter.com/UmS4lUk9SD – 棒振り (@bouhuri) January […]
Japan’s robotic spacecraft SLIM has captured the first images of the lunar surface since arriving in lunar orbit,says Space. The spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit on December 25 at 09:51 Kyiv time. “SLIM successfully completed main engine operation at 09:51 and successfully entered lunar orbit! Below is an image sent from SLIM near the […]
The Ministry of Defense of Japan has transferred a batch of vehicles for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine. “On December 21, several vehicles from the Ministry of Defense of Japan arrived at the Ukrainian Defense Forces. Japan’s support will continue next year,” the […]
The Japanese have demonstrated a prototype of a hose-like robot that takes off under water pressure and can extinguish a fire in flight. This was reported by the publication New Atlas. The robot can be controlled remotely using images from cameras on its “head” that can see the fire. So the developers hope that in […]
Japan’s Defense Ministry has announced that it intends to accelerate the development and deployment of an upgraded version of the Type 12 cruise missile. If until now the final point was announced as 2026, now the Japanese want to put these missiles into service and mass production as early as 2025, i.e. a year earlier. […]