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Mari Yamaguchi
This optical microscope photo provided December 24, 2020, by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), shows soil samples, seen inside C compartment of the capsule brought back by Hayabusa2, in Sagamihara, near Tokyo. (JAXA via AP)
December 24, 2020, 3:26 pm
Japan brings home asteroid chips from millions of miles away
Hayabusa2 got charcoal-like samples last year from two locations on the asteroid Ryugu and dropped them in the Australian outback
By Mari Yamaguchi
A small capsule dropped by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, concealed in a container box, arrives at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's research facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, December 8, 2020. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP)
December 15, 2020, 12:57 pm
Japan delights in asteroid soil samples
Scientists say country’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back gases and hoard of pebbles from its mission to Ryugu
By Mari Yamaguchi
A small capsule dropped by Japans Hayabusa2 spacecraft in a container box arrives at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's research facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo on December 8, 2020. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP)
December 8, 2020, 1:34 pm
Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research
Hayabusa2 spacecraft released capsule Saturday from 220,000 kilometers away, ending 6-year, 5.2 billion-kilometer journey
By Mari Yamaguchi
A man and his daughter pray for the victims of US atomic bombing at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, August 9, 2020 (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)
August 9, 2020, 11:13 am
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US atomic bombing
Mayor of Japanese city bombed by US at end of World War II raises concern that nuclear states have retreated from disarmament efforts
By Mari Yamaguchi
Visitors observe a minute of silence for the victims of the atomic bombing, at 8:15 a.m., the time atomic bomb exploded over the city, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing, August 6, 2020, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
August 6, 2020, 4:53 pm
Hiroshima marks 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack
At scaled-down ceremony due to coronavirus pandemic, survivors call on Japan, international community to increase efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons
By Mari Yamaguchi
An H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Monday, July 20, 2020. (Hiroki Yamauchi/Kyodo News via AP)
July 20, 2020, 1:40 am
First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan
United Arab Emirates wants ‘Amal,’ or ‘Hope’ mission to serve as a source of inspiration for Arab youth, in a region too often wracked by sectarian conflicts and economic crises
By Mari Yamaguchi and Victoria Milko
This June 1, 2020, file rendering provided by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre shows the Hope/Amal mars probe by the United Arab Emirates. (Alexander McNabb/MBRSC via AP, File)
July 19, 2020, 3:57 pm
Rocket carrying UAE Mars probe ready for Monday launch from Japan
After delay, ‘Hope’ probe set to become Arab world’s first interplanetary mission, scheduled to reach Red Planet in February
By Mari Yamaguchi
A man walks past hanging Koinobori (carp-shaped windsocks) during a snowfall in Tokyo, Sunday, March 29, 2020. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)
March 30, 2020, 6:39 am
Japan virus cases spike after Olympics delayed, sparking questions
After weeks of projecting normalcy, Tokyo officials have shifted suddenly to telling people to stay at home and warning of a major outbreak, but deny any link with the nixed games
By Mari Yamaguchi
A woman poses for a photo with the Olympic Flame during a ceremony in Fukushima City, Japan, March 24, 2020 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
March 24, 2020, 3:59 pm
Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021 over coronavirus concerns
International Olympic Committee says games to still be called ‘Tokyo 2020,’ will be held by summer next year; it hopes they’ll serve as ‘beacon of hope during these troubled times’
By Stephen Wade and Mari Yamaguchi
Illustrative -- Japanese schoolchildren at a Coby Preschool in Yoshikawa, suburban Tokyo, July 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
February 27, 2020, 2:15 pm
Japan to close schools until late March in move to control spread of virus
All elementary, middle and high schools to remain shut until spring holidays, after hundreds infected
By Mari Yamaguchi
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Saadabad Palace in Iran's capital Tehran on June 12, 2019. (AFP)
December 9, 2019, 2:54 pm
Japan PM to host Iran’s president, seeks greater mediator role with West
Rouhani-Abe meeting reportedly set for later this month; Tehran and Tokyo have traditionally had friendly relations
By Mari Yamaguchi
Japan's Emperor Naruhito attends a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world, called Sokuirei-Seiden-no-gi, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2019. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)
October 22, 2019, 12:24 pm
Japanese Emperor Naruhito enthroned in elaborate, brief ceremony
59-year-old first in decades to ascend Chrysanthemum Throne following father’s abdication, as Tokyo pardons 550,000 people
By Mari Yamaguchi
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, October 18, 2019. (Toshiyuki Matsumoto/Kyodo News via AP)
October 19, 2019, 8:57 am
Japan to send own force, won’t join US naval coalition in Gulf
Tokyo says it will continue to work closely with Washington even without joining mission aimed at protecting vessels from Iranian attacks
By Mari Yamaguchi
Illustrative: In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, attend a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
June 12, 2019, 2:06 am
Japan premier hopes to ease US-Iran tensions in Tehran visit
Shinzo Abe’s trip to the Iranian capital is the first by a sitting Japanese PM in the 40 years since the Islamic Revolution
By Jon Gambrell and Mari Yamaguchi
In this image provided by the US Navy, a Russian destroyer, left, sails very close to the USS Chancellorsville, right, while operating in the Philippine Sea, Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher J Krucke via AP)
June 7, 2019, 7:05 pm
US, Russia blame each other in near-collision of warships
American guided-missile cruiser and Russian destroyer come within 50 meters of each other in the East China Sea; no injuries reported
By Lolita C. Baldor and Mari Yamaguchi
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