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.

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS President Change Press Conference

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS President Change Press Conference

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS President Change Press Conference. Photo shows, from left, President Mitsuru Saito and President-elect Satoshi Horikiri.=Date:November 16, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS President Change Press Conference

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS President Change Press Conference

NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS President Change Press Conference. Photo shows, from left, President Mitsuru Saito and President-elect Satoshi Horikiri.=Date:November 16, 2023, Place:Tokyo

Japan MSDF vessel

Manila, Japan, Aug. 27 Kyodo - video taken by a Kyodo News reporter on board Manila shows the MSDF destroyer Izumo has unveiled to the overseas media near Manila on Aug. 27, 2023. (Kyodo)

Ex-Giant Kasahara, restaurant operator arrested in gambling probe

Ex-Giant Kasahara, restaurant operator arrested in gambling probe

Former restaurant operator Satoshi Saito arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 29, 2016, after being arrested in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, earlier that day on suspicion of illegal gambling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Giant Kasahara, restaurant operator arrested in gambling probe

Ex-Giant Kasahara, restaurant operator arrested in gambling probe

Photo shows former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Shoki Kasahara. Kasahara, who has admitted to betting on baseball, was arrested April 29, 2016, on suspicion of illegal gambling along with restaurant operator Satoshi Saito who organized a betting scheme and took a commission on bets between March 2014 and August 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo