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Japan, and its alliance with the USA, is central to the unfolding politics of the new space race. This essay draws attention to the ways the Japanese state has positioned its geopolitical and geoeconomic interests related to space in the context of the US–Japan alliance.
1 cze 2024 · In February 1970, Japan became the fourth country after the USSR, the United States, and France to launch its first national satellite, Oshumi, into space using its own launch vehicle. Japan continued suborbital flights of the Lambda rocket, but it no longer carried out space launches.
25 sty 2020 · Japan has emerged as a leading space-faring nation over the past few decades. A renowned world leader in high technology, the country has drawn from its expertise in key areas such as...
This book examines the history of Japan’s space program, the country’s current state of development and its future. It describes the extensive infrastructure that has gone into the forging of Japan’s picturesque oceanside launch sites, training centers, testing facilities and tracking stations.
in this chapter, we turn to the historical onset of space development in Japan, paying close attention to the country's institutional structure governing space policy, as well as the ups and downs the Japanese space industry faced in global competition in the postwar decades.
Abstract. This chapter analyzes the development of Japan's national space program, the oldest in Asia and the one with the closest ties to the United States. Historically, Japan has long been the most accomplished space power in Asia, receiving support from the Western nations after the Second World War.
3 lip 2021 · Japan's journey to conquering space began in the 1950s, decades later its making history with the Hayabusa2 satellite and future lunar missions.
