Agency meets press after Himawari 8 launch

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Takashi Mori (C), director of the satellite program division at the Japan Meteorological Agency, speaks during a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, after the day's successful launch of the Himawari 8 weather satellite.

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