Japan’s space program doesn’t make headlines like NASA or SpaceX, but behind the scenes, they are pioneering some of the most advanced space technologies. From asteroid mining and Moon bases ...

The Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 has been forced into protective "safe mode" while journeying through deep space.

Such funding has spurred a number of Japanese Ministry of Defense (JMOD) programs, including but not limited to space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and missile warning ...

China last year sent more drones to probe Japanese airspace than in any previous year, part of an overall increase in ...

Europe and Japan will provide a larger habitation ... have been "one of the great results" of the International Space Station program. The Lunar Gateway, he said, is important for "cultivating ...