A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test how it can fly in zero gravity, an official said. Astronaut Takao Doi, 53, is set to travel on a US shuttle in March to ...

Japan's culture wars are heating up to the detriment of the nation. The Financial Times is right to warn that the jingoism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and attempts to stifle public debate, are grave ...

Astronauts will be carrying important equipment to the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle Endeavour when it launches some time in March, including the first component of the ...