Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

Japan: JAXA Successfully Launches Next-Generation H3 Rocket Into Space 2

JAXA (The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) launched its new flagship H3 rocket into space in a second attempt on Saturday, February 17, and announced that it confirmed the rocket has reached orbit as planned. The H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima at 9:22 a.m., JST.

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (2nd from R), president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, meets with a Kyodo News delegation led by Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa at Pyongyang's Mansudae Assembly Hall on Oct. 11.

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (R), president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, stands after a meeting with a Kyodo News delegation led by Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa at Pyongyang's Mansudae Assembly Hall on Oct. 11.

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks in a meeting with a Kyodo News delegation led by Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa at Pyongyang's Mansudae Assembly Hall on Oct. 11.

2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - The 4.7-ton fishing boat Yamato Maru was washed ashore at Ataka, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 10 after capsizing near the mouth of the Kakehashi River. Two men -- its captain, Satoshi Higashi, 57, and crew member Takashi Yachi, 62 -- died and crew member Takao Araki, 62, is missing.

Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Fukushima (L), 38, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 19 with his wife Sawami who is translating reporters' questions for him using finger reading. Fukushima, assistant professor of education at Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, will become the first blind and deaf person to teach at the University of Tokyo, considered Japan's most prestigious university. He will take up a new post at the university's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology.

2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

2 dead, 1 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - The 4.7-ton fishing boat Yamato Maru was washed ashore at Ataka, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 10 after capsizing near the mouth of the Kakehashi River. Two men -- its captain, Satoshi Higashi, 57, and crew member Takashi Yachi, 62 -- died and crew member Takao Araki, 62, is missing.

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

The men's 50-kilometer race walk is held at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021. Satoshi Maruo (3rd from R) won the race, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo competes en route to winning the men' 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo competes en route to winning the men' 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo crosses the finish line to win the men's 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo crosses the finish line to win the men's 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo competes en route to winning the men' 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

N. Korea's No. 2 says 2002 pact with Japan key to solving proble

N. Korea's No. 2 says 2002 pact with Japan key to solving proble

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (R), president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, walks to an interview room in Pyongyang's Mansudae Assembly Hall on April 14, flanked by Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa (far left) and Nishinippon Shimbun President Akishige Tada (far right). (Kyodo)

N. Korea's No. 2 says 2002 pact with Japan key to solving proble

N. Korea's No. 2 says 2002 pact with Japan key to solving proble

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (R), president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, is in talks with Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa in the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on April 14. The country's No. 2 leader said that its problems with Japan, including a bitter row over the North's past abduction of Japanese nationals, should be solved through a 2002 pact signed by their two leaders. (Kyodo)

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks in a meeting with a Kyodo News delegation led by Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa at Pyongyang's Mansudae Assembly Hall on Oct. 11. (Kyodo)

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (R), president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, stands after a meeting with a Kyodo News delegation led by Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa at Pyongyang's Mansudae Assembly Hall on Oct. 11. (Kyodo)

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

N. Korea's No. 2 says more nuke tests up to U.S. policy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (2nd from R), president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, meets with a Kyodo News delegation led by Kyodo News President Satoshi Ishikawa at Pyongyang's Mansudae Assembly Hall on Oct. 11. (Kyodo)

Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

Blind, deaf academic to teach at Univ. of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Fukushima (L), 38, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 19 with his wife Sawami who is translating reporters' questions for him using finger reading. Fukushima, assistant professor of education at Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, will become the first blind and deaf person to teach at the University of Tokyo, considered Japan's most prestigious university. He will take up a new post at the university's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology.