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Axiom Space's latest funding round includes support from new backer MUFG Bank, Japan’s largest bank, along with existing investors, the startup has said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2026
Axiom Space boosts funding to $525 million with MUFG Bank as new investor
The startup is among several firms competing to build a commercial replacement to the International Space Station, which is set to be decommissioned by 2030.
JAXA's HTV-X1 delivered supplies to the international space station and then carried out missions in orbit around the Earth in and after March this year.
JAPAN
May 27, 2026
First unit of JAXA’s new ISS resupply craft completes missions
The HTV-X1 delivered supplies to the international space station and then carried out missions in orbit around the Earth in and after March this year.
Ambitious plans for space-based solar power face steep costs and engineering hurdles, making them far less practical than rapidly advancing terrestrial renewables.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2026
Solar in space is a solution in search of a problem
The thinking behind space solar makes some sense: The sun doesn’t always shine on Earth, which means solar panels on the ground aren’t always gathering energy.
Axiom Space's Chief Technology Officer Koichi Wakata (left) and company president and CEO Jonathan Cirtain address reporters at a news conference on Thursday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2026
Axiom Space to launch Japan subsidiary
The Texas-based company is aiming to deepen ties with Japan ahead of its planned commercial replacement for the International Space Station.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with parachutes deployed before splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Wednesday
WORLD / Society
Jan 15, 2026
ISS astronauts splash down on Earth after first-ever medical evacuation
The crew, including Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, landed off the coast of San Diego. NASA stressed that the return was not an emergency situation.
Makoto Suwa will be the eighth Japanese astronaut to conduct a long-duration stay on the ISS.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2026
JAXA astronaut Makoto Suwa to join ISS crew in 2027
Suwa, who joined the space agency in 2023, is the eighth Japanese astronaut to be assigned to a long-duration mission.
Seven astronauts, including Kimiya Yui (back row, far left), aboard the International Space Station in December
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2026
ISS crew, including Japan’s Kimiya Yui, to make early return
The decision comes due to a crew member’s medical issue, and will mark the first time any astronaut has to make an early return for health reasons.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 crew members, Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos (left to right), Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman of NASA and Kimiya Yui of Japan's JAXA, at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of their launch to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 1.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 8, 2026
NASA weighs ending space mission early after medical emergency
The U.S. space agency said Wednesday it could curtail the Crew-11 mission in a rare move, which involve astronauts from the U.S., Japan and Russia.
Moss spores germinate on the ground, despite being in space for about nine months.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2025
Moss spores can survive in space, Japan researchers say
The research team said the findings will be useful for building infrastructure to supply food and oxygen on the moon and Mars in the future.
Japan's HTV-X resupply vehicle arrives at the International Space Station where a robot arm operated by astronaut Kimiya Yui awaits early Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2025
Japan’s new resupply spacecraft docks at International Space Station
The HTV-X is the successor to the Kounotori cargo spacecraft, nine of which successfully reached the ISS between 2009 and 2020.
The seventh H3 rocket carrying the newly developed HTV-X1 resupply vehicle is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2025
JAXA launches new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft to International Space Station
The craft’s journey to the ISS will be the first time in five years that Japan has sent supplies to the station.
A conceptual image of Dassai, a Japanese sake, brewed in space
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025
Sake brewing to be tested on International Space Station
The goal is to produce sake on the moon in the future.
A computer-generated image of the new HTV-X space station supply vehicle immediately after rocket separation
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2025
Japan to launch new ISS resupply vehicle in October
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said that it will launch the first HTV-X new resupply vehicle to the International Space Station on Oct. 21.
Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon after he and other crew members landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on Saturday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 10, 2025
Four astronauts home from space station after splashdown
The spacecraft carrying U.S. astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov splashed down off California’s coast at 8:44 a.m.
Astronaut Kimiya Yui (front, second from right) and Takuya Onishi (front, left) at the International Space Station on Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2025
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui arrives at International Space Station
Yui, who is expected to stay on board for six months, will conduct various experiments in the Japanese module Kibo.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 26, 2025
India, Poland and Hungary astronauts launch for first space station mission
The four-member crew was carried aloft on a towering SpaceX launch vehicle consisting of a Crew Dragon capsule perched atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket.
The crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission, including NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, pose for a photo aboard the International Space Station on Feb. 26.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2025
What happens to the human body in deep space?
Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure and vision impairment are just a few of the challenges space travelers face.
The Crew Dragon capsule containing Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and two other astronauts descends by parachute before their splashdown off the coast of Florida, on March 18 in a still image from video.
WORLD
Mar 19, 2025
NASA astronauts ‘Butch and Suni’ return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space
Their return ends a mission fraught with uncertainty and technical troubles that turned into a global spectacle.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft launches from NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov onboard, on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 17, 2025
Stranded U.S. astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the ISS since June after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they were testing was deemed unfit to fly them back to Earth.
JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi greets members of the International Space Station crew shortly after docking on Sunday.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2025
Japanese astronaut Onishi arrives at the International Space Station
Ahead of the launch, Onishi said: “I believe this will be my last trip to the ISS. It will be a culmination of the experience, insights and knowledge I have gained so far.”
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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