Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander will arrive at the Moon after a 45-day journey, followed by iSpace’s Resilience, which the Japanese company expects to land on Earth’s satellite in late May or June. For the program, officially named Hakuto-R Mission 2, iSpace decided to cut costs by first arranging for private-sector rocket rideshare, Hakamada said. Only…
Tomiji Suzuki, an 89-year-old from Japan, took up coding after retirement and is now building apps for the rapidly growing elderly population, and is using ChatGPT to hone his skills. So far, Suzuki has developed 11 free iPhone apps to help Japan's aging population, including his latest: a slideshow of items to remember when leaving…
Yen bounces back after hitting 34-year low at 160 per dollar
“To ensure the safety of personnel, some of the fabs were evacuated as per company procedure. We are currently confirming details of the impact,” according to the company. Later it said that the evacuated people have started returning to their workplaces. TSMC shares were down 1.4 percent in early trading, while Apple supplier Foxconn's stock…
“During this operation, we mainly checked the status of several instruments by turning on switches and applying loads,” JAXA said on social media platform X. “Although there are some glitches in some of the MBC's functions, it still works, so we are carefully checking its condition,” it said, referring to the multi-band camera used to…
Last year, viral “Barbenheimer” memes sparked anger online in Japan, where media reports have highlighted critics who say the film does not show the damage caused by the bombs. “There could have been more detail and depiction of the horrors of nuclear weapons,” Takashi Hiraoka, 96, a bombing survivor and former mayor of Hiroshima, said…
Despite the ongoing dollar crisis and dwindling foreign exchange reserves, a staggering amount of foreign aid – USD46.55 billion or Tk 5120 billion – remains untapped in Bangladesh. Funds were provided by donor agencies, but have not been released yet. It was revealed that due to some limitations on the part of the recipient and…
“SLIM managed to survive a night on the lunar surface while maintaining its communications function!” It added that communications were “terminated after a short time, as it was still lunar noon and the temperature of the communications equipment was very high”. But it also says: “Preparations are being made to resume operations once the equipment's…
Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali believes that despite some persistent crises in the economy, Bangladesh has overcome all the issues and resumed its journey towards development. The Finance Minister was speaking to the media after International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Bangladesh Country Director Arnaud Hameliers paid a courtesy call on him at his…
While Biden has repeatedly said the US would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion – although the White House later walked back his comments – Trump has been less clear about his position. “We don’t want to risk a sea of misunderstanding,” said Tsuneo Watanabe, a senior fellow at the Sasakawa Peace…
The regional government has warned that days of rain have increased the risk of further landslides, while fresh heavy snowfall – more than 10 centimeters (four inches) in places – could cause more buildings to collapse under its weight. About 18,000 homes in the Ishikawa region remained without power on Monday, while more than 66,100…
“It is a very difficult situation. But from the standpoint of protecting life, I request that you make every possible effort to rescue and save as many lives as possible by this evening, when the critical 72 hours have passed since the disaster,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a government statement. Said in the…
In 2018, Airbus said it was working with Honeywell HON.N on a system called SURF-A, or Surface-Alert, designed to help prevent runway collisions. But no implementation date has yet been announced and the complex new aviation systems could take several years to roll out. Far-reaching reforms of European and American air traffic networks that could…
The Japan Meteorological Agency said 21 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater struck central Japan in just over 90 minutes on Monday. It said that the intensity of the strongest tremor was measured at 7.6. The earthquake prompted tsunami warnings and officials urged people in the area to move to higher ground.
Compared to previous probes that landed “a few or more than 10 kilometers” from the target, SLIM’s reported margin of error of less than 100 meters suggests a level of accuracy that was once thought impossible, 20 of the researchers said. Thanks to the culmination of years of effort, according to JAXA. As technology advances,…