Japan Launches Intelligence-Gathering Satellite
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tanegashima Island, Japan, 11 September: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched a rocket carrying an intelligence- gathering satellite from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday [11 September].
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A European Ariane rocket launched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, the third in a French-led drive for a European &quot;spy in the sky&quot; independent of the United States.
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Japan unveils a new defence policy, including a bigger role in global military cooperation.
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A Japanese spacecraft touted to be the largest aimed at the moon since NASA&#39;s Apollo era rocketed into space late Thursday on an ambitious mission to study the origins of Earth&#39;s nearest neighbor.
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Japan has boosted surveillance of North Korea after seeing vehicles entering and leaving a suspected nuclear test site but does not know whether a test is imminent, a news report said Thursday.
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A satellite-alert system launches in quake-prone Japan that will instantly trigger tsunami and volcanic activity warnings by siren and radio to help speed evacuations. By the Associated Press.
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Japan is set to launch its latest spy satellite, giving Tokyo the ability to eavesdrop anywhere in the world each day and better monitor North Korea.
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Tokyo needs to bolster its missile defence to counter the threat from North Korea, Japan's defence ministry says.
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Bad weather forced Japan on Friday to  postpone the launch of a fourth spy satellite that will expand  its ability to monitor potential threats including North Korea,  whose missile arsenal can reach all of Japan.
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Japan&#39;s new defense outline tears down geographic constraints on missions of the Self-Defense Forces and allows troops to land in any country to fight a potential terrorist threat.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tanegashima Island, Japan, 18 December: An H-2A rocket carrying Japan's biggest satellite was launched Monday [18 December] from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture after a two-day delay due to bad weather.
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Over Chinese and Russian objections, Japan introduced a draft Security Council resolution Friday that would impose sanctions on North Korea for its series of rocket test-launches and also order a halt to its development of ballistic missiles.
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By Kozo Mizoguchi Associated Press  TOKYO -- Japan has launched a satellite-based alert system that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations, an emergency official said.
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France enhanced their arsenal for their internal security when they launched a surveillance satellite from a launch pad in French Guyana.
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Japan launches a rocket carrying its third spy satellite, increasing its ability to monitor North Korea.
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Space weather research The Japanese Space Agency's (JAXA) Solar-B mission is set to launch tonight from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Japan. The satellite, which will study the solar surface for clues to the causes of solar flares, will be placed into a 96 minute polar orbit around Earth.â¦
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Japan's space agency launched its much-delayed lunar probe Friday, beginning what it calls the largest mission to the moon since the U.S. Apollo flights.