its kind in Japan. Initially, the focus was on the development of rocket-powered aircraft, not space exploration. However, following Japan's participation...

configuration of Japan's liquid fuel launch vehicles for 30 years, from 1994 to 2024. In 2003, JAXA was formed by merging Japan's three space agencies to streamline...

interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development. Since 2003, it is a division of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The ISAS...

The National Space Development Agency of Japan (宇宙開発事業団, Uchū Kaihatsu Jigyōdan), or NASDA, was a Japanese national space agency established on October...

a pioneer of Japanese rocketry, popularly known as "Dr. Rocket," and described in the media as the father of Japan's space development. The near-Earth...

First F-35B from Japan's Izumo-class Aircraft Carriers". Retrieved 15 November 2021. Lendon, Brad; Wakatsuki, Yoko (29 July 2020). "Japan's air force faces...

liftoff. The TNSC plays a pivotal role in satellite launches among Japan's space development activities. Orbital launches take place from the Yoshinobu Launch...

and space research. Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the U.S. space development effort...

consumer electronics, robotics, medical devices, space exploration, and the film industry. Japan's exemplary educational system as well its higher education...

constructed Space One's own launch site for KAIROS, named Spaceport Kii, as Japan's first-ever private sector spaceport, in Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan between...

"Japan's ageing society" (PDF). European Parliament. Yoshida, Reiji (January 5, 2015). "Numbers tell tale of Japan's postwar rise and fall". The Japan...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO /ˈɪsroʊ/) is the national space agency of India. It operates as the primary research and development arm of the...

media selected to represent Japan as part of a project compiled by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. That same year, Space Invaders was included in the...

The Space Age is a period encompassing the activities related to the space race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced...

economic development. These agencies tend to be civil in nature (vs military) and serve to advance the benefits of exploitation and/or exploration of space. Government...

While the observation of objects in space, known as astronomy, predates reliable recorded history, it was the development of large and relatively efficient...

development today. Space weapons are also a central theme in military science fiction and sci-fi video games. The Soviet Almaz secret military space station...

ELDO (European Launcher Development Organisation), and the other the precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation)...

Richard Aboulafia (Sep 27, 2018). "Opinion: Why Japan's Aerospace Strategy Needs A Rethink". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Portals:  Japan  Aviation...

(六本木ヒルズ, Roppongi Hiruzu) is a development project in Tokyo and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district...

The Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) (財団法人無人宇宙実験システム研究開発機構) was a Japanese space agency, which was founded by the Ministry of...

Space Battleship Yamato (Japanese: 宇宙戦艦ヤマト, Hepburn: Uchū Senkan Yamato, also called Cosmoship Yamato and Star Blazers) is a Japanese science fiction...

Starship is a two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. Starship's primary objective is to lower launch costs significantly...

for Space Development is a space advocacy organization dedicated to influencing space policy towards the goal of permanent human settlements in space. The...

establishment of the JAXA space agency in 2003, it was simply called the Kagoshima Space Center (鹿児島宇宙空間観測所) (KSC). All of Japan's scientific satellites were...

A space elevator, also referred to as a space bridge, star ladder, and orbital lift, is a proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system, often...

and landed: the U.S. Space Shuttle, Russian Buran, U.S. X-37, and the Chinese CSSHQ. Another, Dream Chaser, is under development in the U.S. As of 2019...

Japan's major export industries include automobiles, consumer electronics (see Electronics industry in Japan), computers, semiconductors, copper, and iron...

WFIRST) is a NASA infrared space telescope in development and scheduled to launch to a Sun–Earth L2 orbit by May 2027. The Roman Space Telescope is based on...

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ, Gojira tai SupēsuGojira) is a 1994 Japanese kaiju film directed by Kensho Yamashita, with special effects by...