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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 10:41 | All, JapanJapan's space agency said Wednesday its Hayabusa2 space probe has departed from an asteroid which it landed on to collect samples and will …
The samples collected by Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe could provide clues to the origins of the solar systemJapan's Hayabusa-2 probe will leave orbit around a distant asteroid and hea…
Beginning tomorrow, the overachieving spacecraft will leave Ryugu and head back to Earth, bringing—hopefully—its asteroid samples along with it. After a year and a half of exploratory work aroun…
a system that can recognize you by your voice
When scientists here set out to apply artificial intelligence to the study of animal behavior, they weren't monkeying around. Researchers from Kyoto University and Oxford University have de…
Japanese researchers are studying a new design for a high-speed compound helicopter that could reach speeds of up to 270kt (500km/h). The concept, being developed by the Japan Aerospace Exp…
A Japanese aerospace startup successfully launched a small rocket Saturday, making it the country's first privately developed model to reach outer space. Interstellar Technology Inc. said t…
This spring, an 80-year-old Japanese chalk company went out of business. Nobody, perhaps, was as sad to see the company go as mathematicians who had become obsessed with Hagoromo Fulltouch …
On 26 November, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held in the Nippon Foundation Building in Akasaka, Tokyo for a very special kind of cafe.Called Dawn ver.β, it’s staffed entirely with robot waiters. Whi…
Elon Musk's company SpaceX has unveiled the first private passenger it plans to fly around the Moon. Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, 42, announced: "I ch…
