On Nov. 15, 1987, Moon said: “Anyone who wants to become prime minister in Japan needs my support. Abe should have become prime minister. Shintaro Abe. A written pledge. With whom? That is a ...

This development is part of Nasa's ambitious Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface for the first ...

The current plan calls for Resilience to land that day at 3:24 p.m. EST (2024 GMT) near the center of Mare Frigoris ("Sea of ...

At a meeting in Washington on April 10, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed that Japanese astronauts will be sent to the moon under the Artemis program spearheaded ...

Japan's ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon in 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda ...

A Japanese moon explorer, after making a historic “pinpoint” lunar landing last month, has also captured data from 10 lunar rocks, a far greater than expected work that could help find the ...

The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace.

(Photo courtesy of Dymon)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese startup Dymon Co. said Saturday its ultra-compact, lightweight rover, which reached the Moon aboard a U.S. lander, will not proceed with ...

Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its moon lander, following the success of its rocket "rideshare" buddy, a spacecraft from a US firm. ispace's unmanned ...

Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its moon lander, following the success of its rocket "rideshare" buddy, a spacecraft from a US firm. ispace's unmanned ...