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Japan's space agency on Saturday launched a second test model of its new flagship rocket H3, almost one year after the first failed due to engine ignition trouble. ( read original story ...)

A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday in a key second test flight a year after its failed debut launch ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said there will likely come a time when the country's interest rates will begin to rise and affect the economy through various channels, according to an ... ( read original story ...)

Four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and holder Barbora Krejcikova have pulled out of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Osaka is still trying to find her feet on tour after returning to the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government and ruling party officials are considering extending fuel subsidies beyond May, sources told Reuters on Friday, as a feeble economy and political pressure drive more fiscal spending ... ( read original story ...)

Four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and holder Barbora Krejcikova have pulled out of the Dubai Tennis Championships.Osaka is still trying to find her feet on tour after returning to the circuit ... ( read original story ...)

The hospital where the Marines were sent had been planning a mass-casualty response training for the day of the real-life emergency. ( read original story ...)

The makers of ChatGPT are broadening the horizon of their AI-powered software with a new feature that allows users to create up to a minute of video footage from text prompts. The AI model, named Sora ... ( read original story ...)

Pizza Bar, inside the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is a must-eat destination in the city. Here's what you diners can expect. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese economy is now only the fourth-largest in the world, nearly a decade and a half after China overtook it as No. 2, according to preliminary economic data from the Japanese Cabinet. The ... ( read original story ...)

And just like that, two of the world’s largest economies are in technical recessions. On Thursday, Japan and the UK both reported their second consecutive negative quarters of gross domestic product, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has lost its status as the world’s third-largest economy to Germany after slipping into a technical recession. The unexpected development comes as Tokyo’s stock market sits within a whisker of ... ( read original story ...)

The H3 is scheduled to lift off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center tonight during a nearly four-hour window that opens at 7:22 p.m. EST (0022 GMT and 9:22 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Feb. 17) . The ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s economy has contracted unexpectedly because of weak domestic consumption, pushing the country into recession and causing it to lose its position as the world’s third largest economy to Germany ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese ski jumping legend Noriaki Kasai will return to World Cup action on Saturday at the home event in Sapporo, at the age of 51 and and more than 35 years after making his debut on the same hill. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s stock market defied gloomy economic data to rally Friday, lifting broader Asian shares and ending the week on a buoyant note. ( read original story ...)