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Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed.

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed.

The Hakuto-R lander, built by Tokyo-based company ispace, seems to have failed today (April 25) in its attempt to become the first private spacecraft to touch down on the moon.

Walsh became just the 16th Irish person to win an Olympic boxing medal at the Tokyo games.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday the country supports the development of industrial uses of generative artificial intelligence technologies such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. Kishida met the chief executive of Microsoft-backed OpenAI in Tokyo earlier this month and has reportedly said the Group of Seven summit meeting next month…

Tokyo (AFP) - US presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis on Tuesday stressed the importance of warding off conflict over Taiwan, telling a Japanese media outlet that "what China respects is strength".

TOKYO: A Japanese space startup will attempt on Tuesday to become the first private company to put a lander on the Moon.

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese space start-up will attempt Tuesday to become the first private company to put a lander on the Moon.

A Japanese company is about to attempt what no other private business has done: land on the moon

Energy Secretary Gray will spend three days in Tokyo and Osaka this week

Tokyo (AFP) - Yosuke Takahata doesn't care what people think of his "itasha" car, which has his favourite anime character -- a sexy, red-eyed horse-woman -- emblazoned across both sides.