Japan’s JAXA Successfully Places Lunar Landing Craft in Orbit: SLIM to Land on Moon Soon

Japan’s JAXA Successfully Places Lunar Landing Craft in Orbit: SLIM to Land on Moon Soon

Japan’s space agency announced that the country’s first lunar landing craft has been successfully inserted into lunar orbit. The Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) unmanned vehicle was placed in the planned lunar orbit at around 16.50 Japan time on Monday (25/12/2023). He added that the spacecraft is … Read more

Japanese Astronauts to Join NASA Mission to Explore Lunar Surface

Japanese Astronauts to Join NASA Mission to Explore Lunar Surface

NHK understands that final arrangements are being made for at least two Japanese astronauts to join the mission to explore the lunar surface. If the agreement is realized, this will be the first landing on the moon by Japanese astronauts. The United States (US), together with Japan and several other countries, is running the Artemis … Read more

Kim Jong Un Warns of Nuclear Attack in Response to Provocations: South Korea and US Respond

Kim Jong Un Warns of Nuclear Attack in Response to Provocations: South Korea and US Respond

Jakarta – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave the bluff to carry out a nuclear attack. Kim Jong Un warned that Pyongyang would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if ‘provoked with a nuke’. Reported AFP, Thursday (21/12/2023) Kim’s warning was delivered following a meeting between South Korea and the United States last … Read more

North Korea’s Most Powerful Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test: Implications for US Security

North Korea’s Most Powerful Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test: Implications for US Security

AFP/KNS/KCNA This undated image released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 19, 2023 shows a test launch of the Hwasongpho-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test launch of the country’s most powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic … Read more

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles off Eastern Coast, South Korean Military Reports

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles off Eastern Coast, South Korean Military Reports

North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its eastern coast, the South Korean military said Monday. In Tokyo, the Japanese Defense Ministry also said that North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile. The launch came after Seoul detected another short-range ballistic missile launched from the Pyongyang region late Sunday night. Published on: 12/18/2023 … Read more

The White House warns of consequences if North Korea nuclear attacks South Korea

The White House warns of consequences if North Korea nuclear attacks South Korea

(PLO) – The US announced that it will respond strongly if North Korea nuclear attacks South Korea. On December 16, the US issued a warning that any attack Nuclear Any North Korean entry into South Korea will face “swift, overwhelming and decisive” reactions from the US, news agency AFP citing a statement from the White … Read more

US Warns North Korea of ‘End of Kim Regime’ in Case of Nuclear Attack

US Warns North Korea of ‘End of Kim Regime’ in Case of Nuclear Attack

CNN Indonesia Sunday, 17 Dec 2023 05:25 IWST The US stated that if North Korea carried out a nuclear attack on it or its allies then the Kim Jong Un regime would be finished. (KCNA via REUTERS) Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — United States of America (AS) on Saturday (16/12) released a statement repeating its warning … Read more

The largest nuclear fusion reactor in Japan, also thanks to Italy

The largest nuclear fusion reactor in Japan, also thanks to Italy

Important advances in research onenergy from nuclear fusionthere is also the signature ofItalia. Friday at Onin Japanwas inaugurated on JT-60SA experimental fusion reactor, designed and built under the Broader Approach agreement, a scientific collaboration between the European Union and Japan. A fundamental progress in the field especially with regards to the use of fusion energy, … Read more

New York City tourism officials hold promotional event in Tokyo | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

New York City tourism officials hold promotional event in Tokyo | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Tourism officials from New York City have held a promotional event in Tokyo aimed at attracting more Japanese travelers to the Big Apple. Japanese travel agents and media personnel were among the attendees at Friday’s event, which featured hip-hop music to mark the 50th anniversary of the genre’s birth in New York. City officials said … Read more

US and South Korea to Take Action Against Military Cooperation Between Russia and North Korea

US and South Korea to Take Action Against Military Cooperation Between Russia and North Korea

The foreign ministers of the United States and South Korea have agreed to take concerted action against military cooperation between Russia and North Korea. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his South Korean counterpart Park Jin met in Seoul on Thursday. The two shared “deep concerns” about North Korea’s “increasing and dangerous military cooperation … Read more