Hayabusa Starts Sending Photos
Japan's space agency says its probe Hayabusa-2 has successfully captured images of asteroid Ryugu for the first time. The asteroid, located between Earth and Mars, is the probe's desti…
The archive
Articles from www3.nhk.or.jp — page 5
Browse articles from www3.nhk.or.jp in the Akihabara archive.
Meteorite Found
A stone that a man stumbled across near his home in central Japan has turned out to be a meteorite believed to date back 4.6 billion years. It is the first meteorite identified in Japan in 15 ye…
Tokyo Olympics Mascots
The mascots for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have been announced. School children from about 16,000 elementary schools across Japan and overseas voted from among 3 sets of mascots sho…
TB checks for long-stay Japan visas
The Japanese government will require long-stay visitors from 6 Asian countries to be tested for tuberculosis before they travel to Japan. The new visa requirement will be applied to people …
Mother raps Fukui police for ignoring rescue calls
Police in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, have acknowledged that they failed to respond to repeated calls by a mother to rescue her son, whose car was stuck in deep snow. The 19-year-…
Designs of 2020 Games commemorative coins unveiled
Japan's government has unveiled designs for 5 commemorative coins for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The coins are the first of about 30 to be issued in 4 installments in the run…
Abdication ceremony to be held on April 30th, 2019
The Japanese government says Emperor Akihito's abdication ceremony will be held next year on April 30th, the day he steps down, as a state event. The panel headed by Chief Cabinet Secretary…
elastic on-skin LED display
A group of Japanese researchers has developed a thin, elastic display that can be pasted directly on human skin. The display is about one millimeter thick and consists of micro LEDs embedded in …
Grass-burning event in west Japan
Locals in western Japan have heralded the arrival of spring with an annual grass-burning event on the Akiyoshidai plateau. Residents and officials of the city of Mine, in Yamaguchi Prefectu…
Shinkansen metal part found detached
Officials with East Japan Railway Company say a metal part that went missing from a Shinkansen bullet train has been found. They say the problem did not disrupt services or cause any injuries. T…