In Japanese, the word for "star" (hoshi) is used broadly to refer to all celestial bodies, sometimes including the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth, and sometimes excluding them. In scientific contexts, more specific terms such as "fixed star" are used instead.
Venus is a planet, not a star, yet it is called the evening star or the morning star. Likewise, a meteoroid is not a star, but it is called a shooting star.