Special Reports
[INTERVIEW] Norishige Kanai: Japan Should Produce More Astronauts
By Takeo Kusaka Japanese Astronaut Norishige Kanai, 41, returned to Earth in June, following a lengthy […]
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Takeo Kusaka is a senior staff writer of the Sankei Shimbun Science News department.
Special Reports
60 Years After Apollo, JAXA Plans Japan’s First Manned Lunar Landing
Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed its plan to develop Japan’s first manned lunar landing vehicle, […]
Economy
Will Japan Finally Get to Send An Astronaut to the Moon?
This spring, NASA announced its plan for the new crew-tended cislunar space station named “Deep Space Gateway (DSG),” the […]
Economy
Step Aside, GPS, the Japanese “Michibiki” Promises Higher Accuracy Positioning System
The second satellite of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)—the Japanese version of the Global Positioning System (GPS)—is scheduled for […]