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A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off during a test flight in Starbase, Texas, on Oct. 13.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2025
Musk’s Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
SpaceX is targeting a listing next year that could raise more than $25  billion at a valuation exceeding $1  trillion.
The miniseries "Queen of Mars" was made in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 13, 2025
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
The new sci-fi show was created with involvement of scientists and space experts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
SpaceX is targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion for the entire company in a planned initial public offering, which would leave it near the market value that Saudi Aramco established during its record 2019 listing.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 10, 2025
SpaceX to pursue 2026 IPO raising far above $30 billion
Such a transaction would make it the biggest listing of all time, exceeding the $29 billion that Saudi Aramco raised in 2019.
Hokkaido Spaceport in Taiki, Hokkaido. An increasing number of domestic and overseas companies are looking at using the facility as a base for rocket launches.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 9, 2025
Hokkaido Spaceport expands role, aiming to be Asia’s core hub
An increasing number of domestic and overseas companies are looking at using the spaceport, located in the town of Taiki in Hokkaido, as a base for rocket launches.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) speaks to reporters at the Air Self-Defense Force's Fuchu base in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2025
Koizumi inspects ASDF group for outer space security
The Defense Ministry is pursuing a policy to strengthen its capabilities, recognizing the growing importance of the space domain for national security.
South Korea’s fourth homegrown Nuri rocket lifts off from Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2025
South Korea’s fourth space rocket launch sends satellites into orbit
Including Thursday’s launch, South Korea aims to test-launch a total of six rockets by 2027.
A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft launches in China on Oct. 31.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2025
China launches Shenzhou-22 mission to Tiangong space station
The country is looking to plug safety risks to its crewed spaceflight program and space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month.
Moss spores germinate on the ground, despite being in space for about nine months.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2025
Moss spores can survive in space, Japan researchers say
The research team said the findings will be useful for building infrastructure to supply food and oxygen on the moon and Mars in the future.
A meteorite store in Midelt. Morocco has reported more falls than anywhere else in the last 20 years.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2025
Meteorite hunters scour the Sahara for riches from outer space
Prices for meteorites range from hundreds of dollars for pieces traded on internet sites like eBay to millions for larger chunks sold through auction houses like Christies.
Satellites photographed from the International Space Station. Decommissioned satellites are adding to hazardous orbital debris, but a Japanese company called Kami Shoji is aiming to tackle the problem with a wood-derived material called Amorcell, engineered to help satellites burn up completely in the atmosphere.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2025
Japanese firm offers wood-derived material to help reduce space debris
An estimated 28,000 pieces of space debris orbited Earth in 2024, or about 80% more than in 2009, according to NASA, increasing the risk of collisions.
A member of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s space division joins a multinational space operations team comprised of allies, partners and five U.S. service branches in support of Valiant Shield 2024 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii in June 2024.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2025
Space assets ‘critical’ in future wars, Canada’s space division chief says
Control of the space domain will be crucial in any future conflict against a modern adversary — including in a potential war over Taiwan.
An observatory at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The U.S. Space Force is close to fielding two new weapons designed to jam Chinese and Russian satellites.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025
U.S. Space Force develops new weapons to jam Chinese satellites
The new systems are intended to counter what U.S. military officials are saying is a growing Chinese space-based threat against U.S. forces.
A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, in northwest China, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 1, 2025
China sends youngest astronaut and mice to space station
A crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country's youngest-ever, docked early Saturday at the Tiangong space station, accompanied by four lab mice.
A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 11th test flight at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas, on Oct. 13.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Oct 31, 2025
International collaboration seen as key to commercial space tourism in Japan
When it comes to furthering the potential of future space travel, Japan is behind countries like the U.S., making collaboration essential.
Japan's HTV-X resupply vehicle arrives at the International Space Station where a robot arm operated by astronaut Kimiya Yui awaits early Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2025
Japan’s new resupply spacecraft docks at International Space Station
The HTV-X is the successor to the Kounotori cargo spacecraft, nine of which successfully reached the ISS between 2009 and 2020.
Scientists use a raft inside the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector located about 1 kilometer under Mount Ikeno near the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, in this undated image obtained on Wednesday
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2025
Researchers in U.S. and Japan offer insight into ghostly neutrinos
The new study is providing insight into the difference in mass between neutrino types, a key unanswered question.
Eric Morel de Westgaver, European Space Agency director of strategy, announces the opening of the agency's Tokyo office during a news conference on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2025
European Space Agency opens first Asia office in Tokyo
The European Space Agency said its Tokyo office will be a bridge between European and Japanese space stakeholders as both sides aim to boost their presence in the space industry.
The seventh H3 rocket carrying the newly developed HTV-X1 resupply vehicle is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2025
JAXA launches new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft to International Space Station
The craft’s journey to the ISS will be the first time in five years that Japan has sent supplies to the station.
Artemis II crew members, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, Mission Specialist Christina Koch of U.S., Pilot Victor Glover of U.S. and Commander Reid Wiseman of U.S., give a shout out to the NASA Crew-11 crew and their upcoming mission to the International Space Station during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2025
NASA opens SpaceX moon-lander contract to rival bids after Starship delays
The move paves the way for rivals such as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to snatch a high-profile mission to land the first astronauts on the moon in half a century.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, has postponed Tuesday's planned launch of its seventh H3 rocket due to a poor weather conditions.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 19, 2025
Bad weather forces postponement of JAXA H3 rocket launch
According to JAXA, strong winds and heavy rain are expected to continue around Tanegashima, with weather conditions unlikely to improve until at least Thursday.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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