The Debrief: Tokyo’s Space Startups Win U.S. Business—Is This ‘Japan Inc. 2.0’?

 Astroscale’s rendezvous and proximity operations technology has dual military and commercial uses.

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Japan’s space startups—and their U.S. subsidiaries—are playing a prominent role in several U.S. Space Force and NASA missions. The success of these companies in part validates Tokyo’s new space industrial policy: a sort of “Japan Inc. 2.0” in which government ministries, venture capital and startups...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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