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Category: Japan
Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data
On Wednesday, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority announced that it is halting the relicensing process for two reactors at the Hamaoka […]
Space station astronauts eager to open “golden treasure box” from Japan
And without the ISS, Russia’s human spaceflight program might be dead today. Ins and outs of HTV-X Yui used the […]
Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad
United Launch Alliance begins stacking its third Vulcan rocket for the second time. Visitors walk by models of a Long […]
Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry
The company has not disclosed its spending on rocket development. Honda’s hopper is smaller than similar prototype boosters SpaceX has […]
A Japanese lander crashed on the Moon after losing track of its location
“It’s not impossible, so how do we overcome our hurdles?” Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of ispace, attends a press […]
Trump is “desperate” to make a deal—China isn’t, analysts say
Donald Trump has started signaling that he’s ready to slash tariffs on Chinese imports, but economists have warned that the […]
Japanese railway shelter replaced in less than 6 hours by 3D-printed model
Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) […]
The early 2000s capacitor plague is probably not just a stolen recipe
It’s a widely known problem with roots in urban legend: Devices with motherboards failing in the early 2000s with a […]
Kaizen: A Factory Story makes a game of perfecting 1980s Japanese manufacturing
Zach Barth, the namesake of game studio Zachtronics, tends to make a certain kind of game. Besides crafting the free […]