https://spacewatch.global/tag/prime-minister-shinzo-abe/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:00:05 +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/prime-minister-shinzo-abe/ 32 32 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/2019/07/japan-and-france-sign-two-space-exploration-agreements-on-mars-and-asteroid-ryugu-missions/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14875 On the occasion of President Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to Japan on 26 June 2019, and in the presence of Frédérique Vidal, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and Masahiko Shibayama, Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall and JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa signed two cooperation agreements concerning exploration of the solar system.]]> 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/2018/12/india-and-japan-to-hold-first-space-dialogue-in-march-2019/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11884 India and Japan have scheduled their first annual bilateral space dialogue in March 2019, where they will discuss cooperation and coordination on a range of civil and national security space issues, ranging from space-based maritime domain awareness and satellite reconnaissance through to the harmonization of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems and space exploration, according to a report in the Nikkei Asian Review.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/japan-launches-michibiki-gnss-service-with-great-economic-expectations/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11126 Japan launched its own satellite positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) system called Michibiki on Thursday, 1 November 2018, as part of an effort to generate new businesses worth nearly 5 trillion yen (U.S.$44.4 billion) by 2025, as companies such as SoftBank Group, Mitsubishi Electric, and Hitachi develop applications in automated driving, farming, and other sectors that will use the Michibiki system.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/spacewatchgl-interview-masashi-sato-of-nri-on-the-state-and-future-of-japanese-new-space/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11116 Japan's New Space scene is little known and understood outside of Tokyo, despite the emergence of some interesting startups such as iSpace and Infostellar to name just two as well as some big Japanese government announcements about supporting startups in the space sector. SpaceWatch.Global reached out to Masashi Sato, a Senior Consultant at the Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (NRI) in Tokyo and a leading expert on the Japanese space startup scene, to find out what the current state of play is and what the future holds.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/japans-new-space-sector-buoyed-up-but-is-it-meeting-market-needs/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10947 The Japanese New Space sector has never had it so good, though no one denies that there is much more to do. Investments are up, a robust ecosystem is emerging, and the Japanese government and large trading houses are now supportive of the sector: significant progress when compared to just a few years ago, according to a special report in the Financial Times.]]>