Japan successfully launches defense satellite

Japan has launched a defense satellite designed for information-gathering and military operations on a new flagship H3 rocket ...
Japan launched a flagship H3 rocket carrying a Defense Ministry communications satellite Monday, its third consecutiv ...
A first-of-its-kind wooden satellite built by Japanese scientists was launched into space on Tuesday in an early trial to ...
The exercises included a simulated attack on a target resembling the North Korean mobile rocket launcher that fired Kim's ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed the missile launch was "an appropriate military action" after its "rivals... intentionally escalated the regional situation".