Japan has a long history of launching orbital rockets, dating back about half a century. During much of this time, its launch industry has focused largely on orbiting national payloads, such as ...

JICA President Dr. Akihiko Tanaka at the "Post-2015 Global Development Framework" IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Tokyo on October 12, 2012. (World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr) The Japanese ...

U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. will participate in the development of Japan’s next flagship supercomputer, which is scheduled to be operational around 2030. The announcement was made on Aug. 22 ...

TOKYO — The Upper House of Japan’s Diet June 20 passed legislation that shifts control of the nation’s space policy and budget, and opens the door to military space development programs with an ...

One of the world’s largest and most developed economies is on the brink of an “economic renaissance,” global financial experts say — and with the introduction of new business policies and tax ...

The currency and financial crisis in 1997 marked a significant turning point in the regionalism movement in East Asia, spurring the movement on over the ensuing period since then so as to ensure ...

The Japanese government is considering choosing British aerospace and defense contractor BAE Systems to support prime contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in developing the F-X next-generation ...

Japan is slated to postpone a decision to develop a new fifth-generation fighter jet, according to media reports. Japan started its own stealth fighter crash development program in the 2000s after the ...