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Japan has become the fifth country in the world to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon, using precision technology that allowed it to touch down closer to its target landing site than any mission has before. However the spacecraft might have survived on… Continue reading Japan’s Successful Moon Landing Was the Most Precise Ever
Geoffrey.landis writes: The Japan SLIM spacecraft has successfully landed on moon, but power problems mean it may be short mission. The good news is that the landing was successful, making Japan only the fifth nation to successfully make a lunar landin… Continue reading Japan’s SLIM Probe Lands On Moon, But Suffers Power Problem
Japanese startup EX-Fusion plans to eliminate small pieces of space junk with laser beams fired from the ground. Nikkei Asia reports: EX-Fusion stands apart in that it is taking the ground-based approach, with the startup tapping its arsenal of laser t… Continue reading Japan Startup Eyes Fusion Laser To Shoot Down Space Junk From Ground
This charmingly Japanese robot acts as a gaming buddy, taking the other controller and playing against you while chatting about what’s happening on screen. It’s designed to stave off loneliness, and teach increasingly isolated gamers to be social.Conti… Continue reading AI robot buddy aims to teach gamers social skills
Honda and Mitsubishi are collaborating in a two-year project in Shunan City, Japan, to evaluate the feasibility and environmental benefits of powering a data center with fuel cells taken from electric vehicles. The Register reports: Hydrogen for the fu… Continue reading Japan To Test Datacenter Powered By Reused Hydrogen Fuel Cells
The number of 18-year-olds in Japan totaled a record low of 1.06 million as of Monday, a government estimate showed, as the country continues to grapple with a falling birthrate. From a report: The number of those that have reached Japan’s legal adult … Continue reading Japan’s 18-Year-Olds at Record-Low 1.06 Million on Falling Births
Japan’s nuclear power regulator this week lifted an operational ban imposed on Tokyo Electric Power’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant two years ago, allowing it to work towards gaining local permission to restart. From a report: Tepco has been e… Continue reading Japan Lifts Operational Ban on World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant
The Sixth-Generation fighter plane commonly known as the Tempest has taken a major step toward being reality after Britain, Japan, and Italy signed an international treaty in Tokyo to create a formal partnership to develop a new supersonic aircraft.Con… Continue reading UK, Japan, and Italy team up to build 6th-Gen fighter plane
ScreenRant reports that on December 4, “Godzilla Minus One” was the #1 movie in the crucial U.S./Canada “domestic” market (which also includes Guam and Puerto Rico). But the next week was even more impressive, reports Forbes, retaining most of its box… Continue reading Could ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Win an Oscar?
Looking at all the stars in the night sky, you’d never notice that one of them wasn’t from around here. Astronomers have now found that a star right near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way likely originated in a smaller galaxy t… Continue reading Ancient extragalactic star discovered at the heart of the Milky Way