Japan lands probe on moon, waits to hear back

TOKYO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Japan's space agency on Saturday said it was examining the communication with its probe after it landed on the moon, during an attempt to become the world's fifth country to achieve a moonshot and revitalize a space program that suffered recent setbacks.

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