Japanese space agency JAXA says it has successfully sent cargo back from space for the first time.
A capsule containing crystalized proteins returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Sunday morning Japan Time as scheduled. It splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and JAXA sent a ship to recover it.
Japan's first recovery capsule returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Sunday morning Japan time as scheduled.
Japanese space agency JAXA confirmed that it landed shortly after 7:00 AM in the Pacific Ocean near Minamitorishima in the Ogasawara Islands. The capsule will be recovered by ship.
In US Major League Baseball, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels is making a steady recovery from last month's surgery on his pitching arm.
Japanese two-way baseball player Shohei Ohtani had Tommy John surgery in October to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow and is now undergoing rehabilitation.
City officials of Sapporo in quake-hit Hokkaido say it will take at least 3 months before recovery work can start in an area badly damaged by land liquefaction.
More than 10 buildings tilted and roads sank in the Satozuka district in the city's Kiyota Ward after the September 6th earthquake triggered widespread liquefaction.
Recovery efforts are ongoing in Hokkaido following last week's massive earthquake. Now, residents are coping with some of the coldest temperatures of the season.
It was about 5 degree Celsius on Tuesday morning.
High school students in western Japan are raising funds to help their city recover from devastating rain by selling their own products.
The city of Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture suffered torrential downpours in July.
Nissan has made an immediate $150,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross in support of Hurrican Harvey victims.
Yoshiki of X Japan underwent surgery for cervical artificial disc replacement on Tuesday (USA time), May 16th, 2017, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The operation was concluded successfully.
Young people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, have organized their own modest rock festivals. Most of the events will take place from later this month as part of the summer music festival scene. 
EIZO today announced the release of the RadiForce RX250, a 21.3-inch 2 megapixel monitor ideal for displaying CT, MRI, and CR grayscale images and color images such as 3D rendering and nuclear medicine scans. 
Standard & Poor's lowered Japan's sovereign credit rating on Sept. 16 and said it doesn't expect Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic revival strategy to reverse deteriorating government finances within the next three years. 
The NPS (National Police Safetyrescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean. 
Sony Mobile plans to make it much easier for developers to install custom ROMs. Sony will release new bootloaders for Xperia devices that will enable them to boot from the recovery partition, a key requirement to installing and booting custom ROMs. 
Google Inc. has started a service that allows users to get an offshore look at the latest recovery efforts in the Tohoku region devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.