New Japan air force space office to promote business collaboration

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force has opened an office in Tokyo to share information on outer space with businesses and research institutions.The Oct. 2 launch of the Japan Space Collaboration and Innovation Office is part of the country's effort to boost defense capacity in space, where competition among major powers such as the United States, China and Russia has been intensifying.The office will be staffed by several ASDF members who will be there to exchange views on fast-developing private-sector space technologies and gain knowledge about the biggest advances, the ASDF said."We'd like …READ FULL ARTICLE