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Japan launches 1st lunar explorer

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying Japan's first lunar explorer soars skyward after it was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 14. A ring-shaped cloud is seen around the top of the rocket carrying the Selenological and Engineering Explorer, nicknamed ''Kaguya'' after a moon princess in an ancient Japanese folktale.

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Japan launches 1st lunar explorer

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying Japan's first lunar orbiter is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 14. The rocket carries the Selenological and Engineering Explorer, nicknamed ''Kaguya'' after a moon princess in an ancient Japanese folktale.

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Japan launches 1st lunar explorer

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying Japan's first lunar orbiter is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 14. The rocket carries the Selenological and Engineering Explorer, nicknamed ''Kaguya'' after a moon princess in an ancient Japanese folktale.

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya). (Kyodo)

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata (5th from L), voice actors and other people involved are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya).

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Japan's 1st lunar orbiter spacecraft on display

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Japan's first lunar orbiter Kaguya, scheduled to be launched Aug. 16 aboard an H-2A rocket, is on display at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 18. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the 3-ton, 5.5-meter-tall unmanned spacecraft will be used to collect scientific data to help scientists better understand about the origin of the moon and its transformational history. Among the scientific data to be observed during the orbiter's one-year mission include the moon's gravity, distribution of its magnetic field and the structure of the moon surface.

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Japan's 1st lunar orbiter spacecraft on display

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Japan's first lunar orbiter Kaguya, scheduled to be launched Aug. 16 aboard an H-2A rocket, is on display at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 18. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the 3-ton, 5.5-meter-tall unmanned spacecraft will be used to collect scientific data to help scientists better understand about the origin of the moon and its transformational history. Among the scientific data to be observed during the orbiter's one-year mission include the moon's gravity, distribution of its magnetic field and the structure of the moon surface. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches 1st lunar explorer

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying Japan's first lunar orbiter is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 14. The rocket carries the Selenological and Engineering Explorer, nicknamed ''Kaguya'' after a moon princess in an ancient Japanese folktale. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches 1st lunar explorer

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying Japan's first lunar orbiter is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 14. The rocket carries the Selenological and Engineering Explorer, nicknamed ''Kaguya'' after a moon princess in an ancient Japanese folktale. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches 1st lunar explorer

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying Japan's first lunar explorer soars skyward after it was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 14. A ring-shaped cloud is seen around the top of the rocket carrying the Selenological and Engineering Explorer, nicknamed ''Kaguya'' after a moon princess in an ancient Japanese folktale. (Kyodo)

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Japan moon explorer enters orbit for observation

TOKYO, Japan - Two giant craters on the moon, Demonax (upper left) and Hale (upper right), are seen in this image taken by Japan's first lunar probe, Kaguya, and released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Oct. 21. The agency said that Kaguya has been positioned into a lunar observation orbit and is ready to start its mission just over a month after its launch. (Kyodo)

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Japan moon explorer enters orbit for observation

TOKYO, Japan - A tiny image of the earth (indicated by an arrow) is seen above an arc of the moon surface in this image taken by Japan's first lunar probe, Kaguya, and released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Oct. 21. The agency said that Kaguya has been positioned into a lunar observation orbit and is ready to start its mission just over a month after its launch. (Kyodo)

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Japanese animator Takahata wins Winsor McCay Award

Undated photo shows Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata, known for his 2013 film "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya." The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations for its 43rd annual Annie Awards on Dec. 1, 2015, naming Takahata among three recipients of the Winsor McCay Award, one of the juried awards in recognition of career contributions to the art of animation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Tale of Princess Kaguya" fails to win Oscar

Japanese film director Isao Takahata (L) and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura attend the 87th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California on Feb. 19, 2015. "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," a 2013 fantasy animation film produce by the duo, failed to win an Oscar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Vietnam perform opera 'Princess Kaguya' in Hanoi

Japanese and Vietnamese opera singers perform a new opera, "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," based on the namesake Japanese classic tale, also known as "Princess Kaguya," at Hanoi Opera House in the Vietnamese capital on Feb. 6, 2015, as part of cultural exchanges between Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, and Hanoi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Photo taken in November 2013 shows Japanese animated film director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (C) at a press conference in Tokyo to announce the completion of his film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya). He died at a Tokyo hospital on April 5, 2018, at age 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo