Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has approached the asteroid 'Torifune' at high speed, and JAXA is holding a press conference to announce the observation results and reveal the photos taken during the close flyby.

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on course to perform one of the closest flybys of a near-Earth asteroid ever recorded in early July, as part of its extended mission.

Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe is scheduled for a July flyby of asteroid Torifune, during which JAXA plans to test technology that could help alter the trajectory of asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth.