Japan Works Toward Space Development

JAPAN NEWS

File photo of a Japanese space shuttle test vehicle.

Tokyo, Japan (UPI) Apr 27, 2005
Keiji Tachikawa, head of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Wednesday said Japan should find ways to cooperate with Asian countries in space development.

Tachikawa told a news conference China's successful manned-space rocket was a big stimulation to Japan, which should make space development a top priority of national science policy.

Despite a decline in the budget and personnel of JAXA since 1999, Tachikawa said the agency envisions development of an experimental hypersonic vehicle with the cruising speed at Mach 5 in the next 20 years.

Tachikawa, who was the president of NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone service provider, said Japan's space development has been solely for peaceful purposes and not used for military applications.

JAPAN NEWS

Japan's Confidence Begins To Return With Satellite Success

Tokyo (AFP) Feb 27, 2005
Japan's successful launch of a satellite has begun to restore its confidence a year and a half after a disastrous failure, with the space program hoping to catch up with competitors and eventually become Japan's latest hi-tech moneyspinner.

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