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Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» TOKYO - Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said.
Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket
AFP, Published on 15/01/2025
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE — One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on Wednesday, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration.
Japan prosecutors won’t appeal acquittal in 1966 murders
Kyodo News, Published on 08/10/2024
» Japanese prosecutors do not plan to appeal the recent acquittal in the retrial of a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death for a 1966 quadruple murder, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, paving the way for the ruling to be finalised.
Japan firm's pioneering Moon landing fails
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» TOKYO - A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed.
Japanese firm to attempt historic lunar landing
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» TOKYO: A Japanese space startup will attempt on Tuesday to become the first private company to put a lander on the Moon.
Japan executes three on death row, first since 2019: media
AFP, Published on 21/12/2021
» TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December 2019, local media reported citing unnamed sources including from the Justice Ministry.
Calls to abolish death penalty in Japan as Francis visit looms
AFP, Published on 22/11/2019
» TOKYO - On the eve of a visit by Pope Francis to Japan, activists called Friday on the government to declare a moratorium on executions as part of an Olympic truce to mark Tokyo 2020.