Japan is planning to expand its fleet of reconnaissance satellites as part of an effort to improve the nation’s monitoring of North Korea and the Chinese navy. The move comes as Japan strengthens its military ties with the United States.
Author Archives: Paul Kallender-Umezu
A graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where he won the Horgan Prize for Excellence in Science Writing, Paul Kallender-Umezu is co-author of “In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy” (Stanford University Press, 2010). He is an associate researcher at the Global Security Research Institute and a doctoral candidate at Keio University, where he studies space and cybersecurity policy transition. He has been contributing to SpaceNews for nearly 20 years.
