Contribute to socioeconomic development and to the achievement of SDGs through the advancement of international partnerships with diverse players

Build partnerships with diverse players worldwide, toward the goal of improving social economies through space utilization.

Technologies are an essential component toward achieving SDGs, and R&D in space technology can be a major contributor. Diverse players from many countries are coming together to make positive use of space through development of such technologies. JAXA is building partnerships with these players as we work toward advancing the socioeconomic development of our respective countries.

Through our international partnerships, JAXA is working together with like-minded partners to promote advances in space utilization and socioeconomic development.

JAXA is working toward implementing the four goals of Nagoya Vision adopted at the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), as a way of contributing to the attainment of SDGs. (The four goals: 1. Promoting solutions for a broad range of social issues on the ground; 2. Enhancing human-resources development, capacity building and science-technology capability; 3. Advancing capabilities in policy implementation on common issues in the region; 4. Encouraging participation by new players in our region and advance diverse linkages.)

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  We are building a basis for global partnerships through various initiatives, such as our cooperation in international space-exploration projects and in mutually beneficial efforts to build R&D capabilities in relation to developing climate-change countermeasures. These partnerships, in turn, are contributing to industrial development and innovation within the aerospace field in Japan and other countries.
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  We work through the APRSAF framework to contribute to maintenance and furtherance of space-related cooperation throughout the region. Also, we are working to support socioeconomic improvements in southern and eastern Asia by extending into these regions the use of satellite data from monitoring of farmland and atmospheric conditions. Our JICA-JAXA Network for Utilization of Space Technology (JJ-NeST) program to train human resources in the space arena, and our National Space Legislation Initiative (NSLI), are helping to build talent and capabilities in the aerospace field.
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  We are working to regularize the operation of educational programs that serve as the core of the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) / JJ-NeST (JAXA Network for Utilization of Space Technology) initiative. We are also supporting efforts aimed at expanding the use of satellite data and the Kibo module; and dispatching teachers to, and bringing students into, the International Space University (ISU). By supporting state-sponsored government/private efforts in overseas space infrastructure development, we contribute to maintaining and strengthening Japan’s industrial base. Our JJ-NeST program contributes to the capabilities of the emerging space countries whose students are recruited.
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  By maintaining our KiboCUBE initiative in collaboration with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, we are cooperating in the development of capabilities in the participating institutions of other countries; and with most of these countries developing satellites for the first time, this initiative opens opportunities for these countries to innovate and to create new industries, thereby contributing to their socioeconomic growth (SDGs #8, 9).
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  By working with the UN and other entities to contribute to rapid implementation of international rulemaking related to space debris countermeasures, we contribute to supporting sustainability in space.