Countries gear up to create lunar standard time amid global race on Moon

TOKYO - Countries are gearing up to establish a unified lunar time standard, with a key international conference in Paris in October set to take up the issue amid a global race to establish a presence on the Moon.

Member states will try to work it out at the plenary meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures, which decides global measurement standards, as operations including the construction of a permanent base and lunar navigation are expected to be in full swing from around 2030.