Japan building up space assets

Over the next decade, Japan will embark on a mission to build up its space assets in order to enhance the U.S.-Japan alliance and to contain China.

H-IIA F27 launching IGS-RS
By Naritama (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

It will further expand the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) navigation constellation and its space reconnaissance satellites.

Japan will also start to develop a space-based missile early warning capability.

Source: Alert 5