a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut launch beyond the March-end target and delay the national space programme. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the ...

Japan’s burgeoning private space sector has suffered another blow with the recent failed launch of a commercial satellite.

A company aiming to become Japan's first private firm to put a satellite into orbit postponed its rocket launch on Saturday, ...

Japan is an active participant in this exploration and commercialization of space and its national space agency ... director of JAXA’s Business Development and Industrial Relations Department ...

A Japanese space startup says its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes ...

Footage on national broadcaster ... government's top spokesperson. "The development of flagship rockets is extremely important for the independence of Japan's space development program." ...

The incident is the latest in a string of setbacks for Japan's space program. Japan's space agency, JAXA ... Footage on national broadcaster NHK showed flames and smoke rising from the site ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the ... the March-end target and cause further delays in the national space programme. An explosion could be heard and a blaze ...