The land purchases will allow the buyers to monitor activities at the U.S. military bases, Self-Defense Forces and Japan Coast Guard facilities, and space development installations.
The adventure and technology is super-exciting. We reveal why Japan is determined to keep its place as one the world’s top space powers. Here are some...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavor, using a reusable transporter capsule and rocket for the first time, will stay on the International Space Station for six months.
The Chinese PLA’s elite cyber warfare unit has been caught carrying out cyberattacks in Japan. Now is the time to enact tough anti-espionage laws to stop...
Japanese lawmakers cannot continue to leave the country’s advanced industries and agencies defenseless against sophisticated cyberattacks orchestrated by the Chinese military.
Listen in as the JAPAN Forward editorial team discusses the stories that continue to shape our outlook after dominating Japan’s headlines over the last year.
It was a year when the economy survived while technology thrived, reminding us that science doesn’t stop, even during a health crisis.
~Japan can become a pioneer of space science if it continues its successes with its unparalleled sample return technology~ With the return of the...
~JAPAN Forward reached new milestones in monthly and daily readership in 2020. We invite you to find what attracted readers to our most popular articles of the year,...
Asteroid probe Hayabusa2’s six year long mission to the asteroid Ryugu and back ended flawlessly, as the space vehicle performed its final tasks on December...
Simulating the dispersal of airborne droplets due to a cough, Fugaku has already given something back to society for fighting COVID-19. Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer...
~The spacecraft is called Resilience, symbolizing the power to recover from adversity. ~ With astronaut Soichi Noguchi as the first Japanese on board, the new...