Japan’s space agency was trying to steer a new satellite into its planned orbit on Saturday, after two previous attempts to do so failed when the main thrusters stalled, an agency official said.
Bankruptcies in Japan in April were the third-highest for the month in half a century and deepening deflation could send the figure to record annual highs, a research firm said on Thursday.
The Okinawa government voted unanimously on Monday for a halt to all F-15 flights until an investigation determines why one of the US Air Force fighters crashed just off the southern Japanese island last month.