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.

4th case of mad cow disease found in Japan

4th case of mad cow disease found in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Takaya (L), chief of the Inspection and Safety Division at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 11 about the discovery of Japan's fourth case of mad cow disease. A slaughtered 6-year-old Holstein cow in Hokkaido was found to be infected.

3rd cow in Japan infected with mad cow disease

3rd cow in Japan infected with mad cow disease

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Takaya, head of the health ministry's inspection and safety division, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after a third case of mad cow disease in Japan was detected in a Holstein dairy cow slaughtered in Saitama Prefecture.

3rd cow in Japan infected with mad cow disease

3rd cow in Japan infected with mad cow disease

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Takaya, head of the health ministry's inspection and safety division, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after a third case of mad cow disease in Japan was detected in a Holstein dairy cow slaughtered in Saitama Prefecture.

4th case of mad cow disease found in Japan

4th case of mad cow disease found in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Takaya (L), chief of the Inspection and Safety Division at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 11 about the discovery of Japan's fourth case of mad cow disease. A slaughtered 6-year-old Holstein cow in Hokkaido was found to be infected.