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Boeing under CEO Kelly Ortberg has secured major defense contracts, a Starliner revival and 737 Max clearance that could reverse years of losses if the company executes successfully.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2026
Boeing’s stealth-fighter coup is a turning point
NASA recently threw the embattled Starliner a lifeline by agreeing to use the spacecraft to fly an uncrewed mission to the ISS.
NASA's Artemis II rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday, carrying four astronauts on the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years.
COMMENTARY
Apr 3, 2026
Is NASA’s moon mission the end for legacy space firms?
The future belongs to the producers of reusable rockets, led by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin scrambling to catch up.
NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 2, 2026
NASA’s moon mission tests aerospace old guard as SpaceX and Blue Origin hover
The mission is a key test of whether the agency’s traditional contractor-built systems can remain viable in a rapidly shifting space industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 23, 2019
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin partners with Lockheed and others on moon lander
U.S. billionaire Jeff Bezos said on Tuesday his space company Blue Origin has signed agreements with Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and research and development organization Draper for development of its lunar lander designed to help NASA put humans on the moon by 2024.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 11, 2018
Japanese students reach for the stars at U.S. Space Camp
Seven Japanese junior high school students and three teachers are currently taking part in this year’s Space Camp, a six-day, hands-on learning program in the United States that aims to raise youth interest in space science.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2018
Northrop Grumman angles for role in Japanese stealth fighter program, sources say
Northrop Grumman Corp. is eyeing a Japanese jet fighter project that could pit it against Lockheed Martin Corp. three sources said, almost three decades after it lost a similar competition to build an advanced stealth jet for the U.S. Air Force.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2017
Northrop’s $7.8 billion Orbital deal to boost its space, missile pursuits as North Korea threat looms
Northrop Grumman Corp.’s $7.8 billion purchase of Orbital ATK Inc. will expand its space and missile businesses just as the U.S. sharpens its focus on defending against a possible strike by North Korea.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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