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Space Law & Policy Strategies for Building Moon Bases and Exploiting Space Natural Resources

March 4, 2018 Naoko Yamazaki

＜photo © NASA/JAXA＞

May 2017: Space Industrial Vision 2030 Double the space industry including service from approx. $10B to $20B in 2030s.

Nov 2016: Space Act Law

Space Law & Policy Activities in Japan

Incidental Resolution: Consideration for regulations of space mining

•  Space business idea contest “S-Booster”

•  Networking between space and non-space “S-NET”

•  Space data open platform in work

International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF2) (March 3, 2018)

“Tokyo Principle” 45 countries/agencies

ISS：　 5 agencies (15カ国) CSA (Canada), ESA, JAXA (Japan), NASA (USA), ROSCOSMOS (Russia)

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“Earth-Moon Eco-system For the Earth and humankind”