Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a ...

The H3 failed during its debut launch in March 2023 but bounced back with five consecutive successes — until Sunday night.

As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines. Sitting just 110 kilometers ...

The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:51 p.m. EST Sunday night in Japan carrying the Michibiki 5 ...

The H3 rocket launched on Sunday at 8:51 p.m. ET from the Tanegashima Space Center, located on a southwestern Japanese island. The rocket’s second-stage engine burn failed to ignite on time, resulting ...

The Michibiki satellite is the sixth in a seven-orbiter geolocation system aimed at giving Japan highly accurate positioning ...

With the likes of SpaceX rattling off rocket launches seemingly every other day, you could be forgiven for thinking that ...

Members of the Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) march in formation at Ground Self-Defence Force Camp Asaka on Nov. 9, 2024. (David Mareuil/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) MANILA, Philippines — Japan’s ...

A Japanese missile deployment on Kyushu could annoy China and North Korea, but it would be unlikely to derail improvements in relations between Tokyo and Beijing, according to analysts. Citing ...

The image show a live-fire test of the upgraded Type 12 Surface-to-Ship missile conducted between October and November 2020 in California. The Japanese ...

Japan will launch a new navigation satellite to orbit tonight (Dec. 16), and you can watch the action live. An H3 rocket is ...

A Japanese H3 rocket could not put a government-run QZS-5 navigation satellite into its intended orbit after engine trouble, ...