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Otosan Spots A Bowl of Ramen in Space

January 4, 2012

As we cross over to the New Year, Softbank’s mascot Otosan is still drifting about in space, fulfilling his dreams [...]

Softbank Otosan Christmas Greetings in Space

December 25, 2011

After successfully blasting off into space, Softbank mascot dog Otosan sends his Merry Christmas greetings from the International Space Station. [...]

Otosan Heads into Outer Space in Softbank CM

December 10, 2011

In the latest series of Softbank commercial, Otosan is inspired by the famous Japanese astronaut Furukawa Satoshi (古川 聡), and [...]

Today’s Japan Photo: Furukawa Returns to Earth

November 25, 2011

For Today’s Japan Photo, we see famous Japanese astronaut Furukawa Satoshi (古川 聡) being surround by media shortly after his Soyuz capsule [...]

Japanese Astronaut Throw Beans In Space

February 4, 2010

Here’s a picture of Japanese astronaut, Soichi Noguchi, celebrating the traditional Japanese festival Setsubun in the International Space Station. He [...]

Japanese Food At International Space Station

September 25, 2008

By next year, astronauts at the international space station will be able to enjoy Japanese food such as ramen, curry [...]

900+ Apply To Become Japanese Astronaut

June 25, 2008

I was always fascinated by the universe, stars and planet, and at one time in my youth, I yearn to [...]

Boomerang in Space Video

May 1, 2008

A while back I talked about the Japanese astronaut that went up into space just to throw a boomerang and [...]

Japanese Astronaut: Boomerang Actually Comes Back In Space

March 21, 2008

Remember some time back in January I mentioned that Japanese astronaut Takao Doi was going up into space to throw [...]