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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.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Satoshi Morimoto, professor on security issues at Takushoku University Graduate School. Morimoto was appointed defense minister, replacing Naoki Tanaka and becoming Japan's first nonparliamentarian defense chief, as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet on June 4, 2012.

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Defense Minister Ichikawa

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa leaves the site of his press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. He held the conference after meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the prefectural government office in Naha to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Protests in Naha

NAHA, Japan - People demonstrate in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011, to protest against an indiscreet comment made by a senior Defense Ministry official. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Protests in Naha

NAHA, Japan - People demonstrate in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011, to protest against an indiscreet comment made by a senior Defense Ministry official. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks with reporters after meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. Ichikawa visited the governor to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Defense minister apologizes to Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) bows deeply to Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R front) in a gesture of apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Defense minister apologizes to Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) stands up to terminate a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. Ichikawa visited the governor to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae speaks to reporters in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011, after holding talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka.

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae, Okinawa Gov. Nakaima talk

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima hold talks in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka.

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Noda apologizes to Okinawa for defense official's indiscreet remark

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda offers an apology while being questioned by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011, about a senior Defense Ministry official's indiscreet comment. He apologized to people in Okinawa for Satoshi Tanaka's comment made in connection with the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. base, for which he was sacked from the post of chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau the previous day.

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Okinawa defense official removed from post

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Tanaka (C), chief of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau, is surrounded by reporters as he arrived at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. The government decided to remove him from the post after he came under fire for making an indiscreet comment in connection with the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Okinawa defense official Tanaka

NAHA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau. While drinking with members of the media on Nov. 28, 2011, Tanaka, 50, allegedly made an indiscreet remark concerning the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa Prefecture. He allegedly used a term that is often interpreted as implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Protests in Naha

NAHA, Japan - People demonstrate in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011, to protest against an indiscreet comment made by a senior Defense Ministry official. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women. (Kyodo)

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Defense Minister Ichikawa

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa leaves the site of his press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. He held the conference after meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the prefectural government office in Naha to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women. (Kyodo)

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Protests in Naha

NAHA, Japan - People demonstrate in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011, to protest against an indiscreet comment made by a senior Defense Ministry official. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women. (Kyodo)

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Defense minister apologizes to Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) bows deeply to Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R front) in a gesture of apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks with reporters after meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. Ichikawa visited the governor to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women. (Kyodo)

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Defense minister apologizes to Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) stands up to terminate a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. Ichikawa visited the governor to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women. (Kyodo)

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae, Okinawa Gov. Nakaima talk

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima hold talks in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae speaks to reporters in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011, after holding talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa defense official removed from post

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Tanaka (C), chief of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau, is surrounded by reporters as he arrived at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. The government decided to remove him from the post after he came under fire for making an indiscreet comment in connection with the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa defense official Tanaka

NAHA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau. While drinking with members of the media on Nov. 28, 2011, Tanaka, 50, allegedly made an indiscreet remark concerning the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa Prefecture. He allegedly used a term that is often interpreted as implying an act of sexual violence against women. (Kyodo)