Japan plans to launch two more in order to have a seven-satellite system by March 2026 so it does not need to rely on foreign services.

Tokyo: Japan on Sunday launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more ...

According to the draft, “the private sector will have such responsibilities as managing [the new space station], and JAXA will support its use.” JAXA is currently responsible to the management and ...

For the first time in a government space agency in the world, JAXA has scrapped the academic requirement for astronauts. By no longer requiring prospective astronauts to have educational ...

JAXA said on April 5 that the number rocketed up by 4.3 times from the last time it recruited astronauts in 2008, when it was 963. The agency no longer requires prospective astronauts to have ...