> Japan has an extensive space programme, mainly focused on developing launchers and space probes.
> Japan also aims to cultivate its space startup scene with businesses including space debris removal company Astroscale and Ispace, which is developing landers and rovers for lunar exploration.
Bill to extend operating period of nuclear plants passes Japan’s Upper House https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/31/national/nuclear-plant-operating-period-bill-pass/
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This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/with-us-help-japan-aims-go-player-power-space-2022-05-23/) reduced by 83%. (I’m a bot)
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> TOKYO, May 23 – Space is a key area of cooperation for Japan with the United States, its closest ally, amid heightened tensions with an increasingly assertive China, which itself aims to become a space power.
> Japan has an extensive space programme, mainly focused on developing launchers and space probes.
> Japan also aims to cultivate its space startup scene with businesses including space debris removal company Astroscale and Ispace, which is developing landers and rovers for lunar exploration.
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Can we open borders first though please.