On Friday 5 July 2024, the Japanese government started to accept applications for support to be provided by the "Space Strategic Fund". This is an important step for the development of the space industry...

On January 29, 2025, the Subcommittee on the Review of the Space Activities Law (the "Subcommittee"), a group established within the Basic Policy Group of the Space Policy Committee of the Cabinet Office...

On March 27, 2026, the government of Japan approved a bill to amend the Act on Launching Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle and Control of Spacecraft (the Space Activities Act).

Japan’s aviation policy has been focusing on building more airports and expanding the network of routes. This policy of "building and expanding" was made possible by the airport development special account (so called "the pool system"), where revenues from all airports are collected into one account and then re-distributed.

On December 22, 2017, the Japanese Cabinet approved the 2018 Tax Reform Proposal.

On January 2, 2024, a tragic incident occurred at Haneda airport in Japan, in which a commercial aircraft operated by JAL collided with an aircraft operated by the Japan Coast Guard.

Following a series of moderate (Mw4.0-6.3) earthquakes across north-western Japan during 2023, this year started with a shallow Mw7.5 earthquake off the coast of the Noto peninsula.

In January 2025, the "Basic Approach for the Revision of the Space Activities Act – Interim Summary" (hereinafter referred to as the "Interim Summary") was published...

The Act on Launching and Managing Satellites (hereinafter referred to as the "Space Activities Act") is the cornerstone of space business regulation in Japan...

Demonstrating Japan's intention to fortify its space policy and support the growth of space businesses, the government approved the Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform 2025 (Basic Policy 2025) on June 13, 2025.

The Act on Launching Artificial Satellite and Launch Vehicle and Control of Artificial Satellite (Act No. 76 of 2016) (Space Activities Act) serves as the basic law for Japan's space industry.

In Part 1, we provided an overview of the current Act on Launching Artificial Satellite and Launch Vehicle and Control of Artificial Satellite (Act No. 76 of 2016) (Space Activities Act)...

人工衛星等の打上げ及び人工衛星の管理に関する法律（平成28年法律第76号）（以下「宇宙活動法」という。）は日本の宇宙ビジネスの基本法