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Japan

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Japanese Space Development Can Benefit the World

Interview with Keiji Tachikawa - President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 2011 began for JAXA with the successful launch of KOUNOTORI 2, a cargo transport vehicle that delivered supplies to the International Space Station. In the spring, astronaut...

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Japan’s NHK Brings Google Earth-like Graphics to Live TV

Engineers at Japanese public broadcaster NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) have developed a system that can overlay Google Earth-like labels over live TV images from helicopters. Called SkyMap, the system relies on an additional datastream sent from the helicopter...

Monday, February 7th, 2011

JAXA – Contributing to the GEO Global Carbon Project

Until recently, JAXA’s contritbution to GEO had focused on disaster management, through the Sentinel Asia Project, and using mainly the Advanced Land Observing Satellite DAICHI. However, since the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite IBUKI went into operation, JAXA...

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

JAXA i Closes in Tokyo

The JAXA information center, JAXA i, which worked as a connecting point between people and "the sky and space" in Marunouchi, Tokyo, closed permanently on Dec. 28. We've been providing various information on the sky and space...

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Japanese Geographical Survey Institute is Based on Satellite Images

Japan Broadcasting Association Web site reported that the Japanese Geographical Survey Institute is based on satellite images, there is a dispute between Japan and Russia under the "northern territories" topography, to map out the local version of...

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Japan’s ‘MICHIBIKI’ Satellite Set to Launch

The name MICHIBIKI means 'guiding' or 'showing the way'. And on September 11, 2010 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will be doing just that, as that is when the new satellite is expected to launch aboard...

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Japan Protests Chinese Survey Ships

‘Such activities by Chinese ships are extremely regrettable. We are demanding the Chinese government order their immediate withdrawal,’ said government spokesperson Takeo Kawamura. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso described the incident as ‘an obvious intrusion of Japanese territorial...

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