Sources say the launch date was set by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. The H2A rocket is already at the Tanegashima Space Center, which is located ...

Japan's flagship H3 rocket put a key component ... into orbit on Feb. 2 on its fifth mission. The launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture marked the H3's fourth consecutive ...

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord Tokitaka helped Captain Pinto repair his ship. The ...

TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Japan’s space agency halted an engine combustion test of its flagship Epsilon S rocket here Nov. 26 after an apparent explosion. Live footage from the Japan ...