Landing a job as an announcer at a major Japanese TV station is a rare feat in itself. Maiko Uda did that in 1997, only to quit in about five years as she found her true calling: finance. Today ...

Feb. 16 (UPI) --Japan on Thursday aborted the launch of its next-generation H3 rocket. An English translator for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which was broadcasting the launch, said ...

Japan’s 187-foot-tall (57 meters) H3 vehicle is the first medium-lift rocket designed by the nation in more than 20 years and, according to Nikkei Asia, represents a “radical redesign” over ...

A Japanese rocket carrying eight satellites deviated from its trajectory just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, making it Japan’s first failed launch ...