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Japan space program
![Japan’s First Moon Rover Resumes Operations After Landing Upside Down Japan’s First Moon Rover Resumes Operations After Landing Upside Down](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-29-143815.jpg)
Japan’s First Moon Rover Resumes Operations After Landing Upside Down
By Thisanka Siripala
After technical setbacks, Japan has reestablished communication with the dormant spacecraft, putting the lunar mission back on track.
![Japan Launches H3 Rocket, Destroys It Over 2nd-Stage Failure Japan Launches H3 Rocket, Destroys It Over 2nd-Stage Failure](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-07-170744.jpg)
Japan Launches H3 Rocket, Destroys It Over 2nd-Stage Failure
By Mari Yamaguchi
The failure of Japan’s new rocket series, already long delayed, was a setback for the country’s space program.
![Developments in Asia-Pacific’s Space Industry Developments in Asia-Pacific’s Space Industry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-19-130038.jpg)
Developments in Asia-Pacific’s Space Industry
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Benjamin Charlton.
![Japan Is Changing the Game for Space Powers Japan Is Changing the Game for Space Powers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-10-140402.jpg)
Japan Is Changing the Game for Space Powers
By Namrata Goswami
The coming ispace lunar landing would mark a paradigm shift in space operations – something Japan has seen coming for over a decade.
![Japanese Company’s Lander Rockets Toward Moon With UAE Rover Japanese Company’s Lander Rockets Toward Moon With UAE Rover](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-12-155737.jpg)
Japanese Company’s Lander Rockets Toward Moon With UAE Rover
By Marcia Dunn
The company, ispace, is one of the first private entities to attempt a moon landing. "This is the dawn of the lunar economy," its CEO declared.
![Japan Needs a National Space Strategy: Former JASDF General Japan Needs a National Space Strategy: Former JASDF General](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-07-07-151818.jpg)
Japan Needs a National Space Strategy: Former JASDF General
By Kosuke Takahashi
Tokyo needs to enhance multilateral cooperation with the U.S. and other Western countries in space security, says General Kataoka Haruhiko, a former chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
![Managing the Military Problem of Space: The Case of Japan Managing the Military Problem of Space: The Case of Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-23-10.jpg)
Managing the Military Problem of Space: The Case of Japan
By Robert Farley
Japan has steadily increased its institutional military engagement with space, albeit still with a defensive posture.
![Japan Spacecraft Approaches Earth to Drop Asteroid Samples Japan Spacecraft Approaches Earth to Drop Asteroid Samples](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-24-10.jpg)
Japan Spacecraft Approaches Earth to Drop Asteroid Samples
By Associated Press
The Hayabusa2’s samples are due to arrive home on Sunday, after a year-long journey back from the asteroid Ryugu.
![Japan’s Space Dream? Cleaning Up the Mess. Japan’s Space Dream? Cleaning Up the Mess.](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-04-7.jpg)
Japan’s Space Dream? Cleaning Up the Mess.
By Thisanka Siripala
Japan aims to pioneer the niche market of clearing out space debris.
![Where No Alliance Has Gone Before: US-Japan Military Cooperation in Space Where No Alliance Has Gone Before: US-Japan Military Cooperation in Space](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-10-1.jpg)
Where No Alliance Has Gone Before: US-Japan Military Cooperation in Space
By John Wright
The U.S. and Japan could be the first military alliance to operate in space.
![In First, Japanese Space Probe Collects Underground Samples From Asteroid In First, Japanese Space Probe Collects Underground Samples From Asteroid](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-hayabusa_2_and_an_asteroid_-_visualization.jpg)
In First, Japanese Space Probe Collects Underground Samples From Asteroid
By Mari Yamaguchi
Japan says its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully landed on the asteroid and obtained soil samples.
![Asia’s Many Space Races Asia’s Many Space Races](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_120616111882.jpg)
Asia’s Many Space Races
By Joan Johnson-Freese
It's not just the U.S. and China; there are other equally strategic space races going on in Asia as well.
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