Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1 Brief History of Japan's Space Development: Organizations, Policies, and Laws
Chapter 2 Japan's Key Space Development Organizations Today
Chapter 3 Recent Legislation: 2016 Space Activities Act
Chapter 4 Recent Legislation: 2016 Remote Sensing Act
Chapter 5 For Foreign Investors: Other Applicable Laws In and Outside Japan
Chapter 6 Japan's Space Road Map: 2020 Basic Space Plan
Chapter 7 Japan's Burgeoning Space Industry
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Annexes
Annex 1
Act on Launching of Spacecraft, etc. and Control of Spacecraft (Act No. 76 of 2016)
Annex 2
Review Standards and Standard Period of Time for Process Relating to Procedures under the Act on Launching of Spacecraft, etc. and Control of Spacecraft
Annex 3
Application Manual for Act on Launching of Spacecraft, etc. and Control of Spacecraft
Annex 4
Act on Ensuring Appropriate Handling of Satellite Remote Sensing Data (Act No. 77 of November 16, 2016)
Annex 5
Guidelines on Measures, etc. Under Act on Ensuring Appropriate Handling of Satellite Remote Sensing Data
Annex 6
Application Manuals for Act on Ensuring Appropriate Handling of Satellite Remote Sensing Data
Annex 7
Basic Space Law (Law No. 43 of 2008)
Annex 8
Summary of Space Industry Vision 2030 Creating Space Use in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Annex 9
Changes to the Basic Space Plan, June 30, 2020
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