https://spacewatch.global/tag/japanese-self-defense-forces/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/japanese-self-defense-forces/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/japan-stands-up-its-first-military-space-operations-squadron/ Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22715 The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and Ministry of Defense (MoD) stood up the country’s first Space Operations Squadron – the first component of Japan’s Space Domain Mission Unit (SDMU) – in a ceremony presided by the Japanese Minister of Defense Taro Kono on 18 May 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/japan-to-stand-up-space-domain-mission-unit-in-april-2020-to-counter-threats-to-satellites/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18770 In remarks made marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan at both a commemorative ceremony and in the Japanese Diet, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged that Japan will make efforts to counter threats in space and cyberspace and that the Japanese Self Defense Forces (SDF) will stand up its Space Domain Mission Unit (SDMU) in April 2020, with the aim of having it fully operational by 2022.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/japan-reaches-out-to-allies-for-satellite-reconnaissance-and-intelligence-cooperation/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12356 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited London and Paris as part of an effort to strengthen Tokyo's ties with Western intelligence in order to counter increasing Chinese military and espionage activities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/future-space-wars-japan-to-create-military-ssa-unit-incorporate-ai-into-self-defence-forces/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11466 The Japanese government will establish a command centre within the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to monitor space debris and traffic in Earth orbit as well as to carry out surveillance on foreign satellites as they orbit over Japanese territory.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/new-japanese-defence-policy-guidelines-emphasise-space-and-cyber-power/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10145 The Japanese government has issued the 2018 policy guidelines for national defence that emphasises the growing threats emanating from China, North Korea, and Russia in the cyberspace and space domains.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/japan-to-put-space-situational-awareness-satellites-in-orbit-to-track-debris-and-threats/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10004 As part of a whole-of-government effort, the Japanese government is considering building and launching space-based Space Situational Awareness (SSA) satellites to better monitor space debris and anti-satellite threats against Japanese satellites, according to a report in Japan News.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/japanese-defence-ministry-vows-to-assist-jaxa-in-tackling-space-debris/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 05:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9310 The growing problem of space debris has been highlighted as a priority by Japanese Defence Minister, Itsunori Onodera, who has promised strengthened cooperation with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in order to address the challenge.]]>