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# Articles on Japan’s Moon missions
- URL: https://jatan.space/japan-moon-articles/
- Published: 2026-01-05T09:12:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-12T11:58:43.000Z
- Author: Jatan Mehta
- Tags: Explore

![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/01/jaxa-slim-lunar-lander.jpg)

Flight model of the SLIM Moon lander at the Spacecraft and Fairing Assembly Building at Japan’s Tanegashima launch complex. [Image: JAXA](https://jda.jaxa.jp/search.php?lang=e&page=1&keyword=SLIM&library=1&category1=&category2=&category3=&category4=&page%5Fpics=20)

- [**The joint Indo-Japanese Chandrayaan 5 LUPEX mission will drill for water on the Moon**](https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-25/)
- [**JAXA welcomed us into the era of precision Moon landings**](https://jatan.space/precision-moon-landings-and-the-future/)
  - [How ISRO aided this feat](https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-15/)
- [**Japan’s road to landing astronauts on the Moon**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-172/)

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