People across Japan were treated to a full moon during the mid-autumn festival on Sept. 21 for the first time in eight years. The moon that rises on Aug. 15 on the lunar calendar, equivalent to Sept.

Against all odds, Japan’s SLIM lander managed to turn back on more than a week after it plopped upside down onto the surface of the moon — but now, it’s gone dormant for the duration of the ...

Japan’s space program will take a giant leap forward as the country is set to land its first astronaut on the moon as early as 2028 in a U.S.-led mission. At a meeting in Washington on April 10 ...

Japan's Ispace, US's Firefly Launch Commercial Moon Landers By Joey Roulette and Kantaro Komiya ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S ...