Category JAPAN

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, former chairman of Japanese publisher Kadokawa, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday over allegations he bribed a former executive of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee. “I don’t recall anything, and I’m innocent,” Kadokawa, 81, said in the…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed to provide multiple H3 rocket launches for French satellite company Eutelsat Group from 2027, it said on Wednesday. The deal is a major overseas win for Japan’s ¥220 billion ($1.55 billion) state-backed H3 rocket…