Japan's Self-Defense Forces and US forces in Japan have launched a joint unit that will share, analyze and process information gathered from their assets, including drones and vessels.
The Japan-US Bilateral Intelligence Analysis Cell, or BIAC, was set up at the US Yokota Air Base in Tokyo.
Defense officials in Japan say the country should possess the ability to launch counterstrikes.
They presented the view on Friday at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito.
The US space agency NASA is set to launch the first privately developed spacecraft, Crew Dragon.
The craft is scheduled to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at around 7:30 p.m. US Eastern Time on Sunday.
Four astronauts have arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the southern US state of Florida for the launch of a manned private-sector spacecraft scheduled for next weekend.
The astronauts arrived on Sunday from the Johnson Space Center in Texas, where they trained for the mission.
In a statement made to The Verge, Sony told the publication that storage expansion will come at a later date. Basically what this means is that while the PS5 does have the hardware components it needs to expand on the console’s storage, it would seem that this feature will be disabled at launch and that it will be re-enabled at a later date through a software update.
This was actually revealed by PlayStation hardware architect Mark Cerny, who back in March spoke about the console’s ability to expand on storage through SSDs. Cerny was quoted as saying back then, “It’d be great if that happened by launch, but it’s likely to be a bit past it, so please hold off on getting that M.2 drive until you hear from us.”
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In this week's gaming roundup Playstation 5 loses a launch title but swaps it for a potentially better one, and yes, Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed yet again.
US space agency NASA has rescheduled the launch of the manned spacecraft Crew Dragon to November 14.
The first operational flight of the privately-developed space capsule was initially scheduled for October 31.
Toyota is planning a significant expansion of its range of GR-branded models and this could even include a sporty version of the next-generation Land Cruiser 300 Series.
The new leader of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party appears to have decided on the lineup of the party's executive posts.
Suga Yoshihide won the party's leadership race on Monday by taking nearly 70 percent of the votes.
Sony Japan has announced that it will release a SIM-free version of the Xperia 1 II, which will come with a boost in specs versus the international model. Up until now, the Xperia 1 II was available only through two carriers in Japan (NTT docomo and au by KDDI). The new variant with model number XQ-AT42 is expected to arrive on 30 October 2020 at a cost of 124,000 yen (£892, €987, $1168).
Lexus will start accepting orders for the new UX 300e in October in the United Kingdom, but meanwhile, customers can already reserve a build slot via the internet.
The Japanese government has officially announced it will launch a domestic travel campaign on July 22 that excludes trips to and from Tokyo.
Transport and tourism minister Akaba Kazuyoshi made the announcement at a news conference on Friday.
The Japanese government is launching a smartphone app designed to notify people who have come into close contact with individuals confirmed infected with the coronavirus.
It will release the free software on app distribution platforms on Friday.
The Japanese government says smartphone users will be able to download a coronavirus contact-tracing app starting Friday.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Nishimura Yasutoshi, the minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response, said he wants people to install the app to protect lives.