Japanese Space Spending Set To Rise by 3 Percent

摘要

Japan's general activities space budget will see a 3 percent rise to 309.9 billion yen ($3.75 billion) for the fiscal year starting April 1, according to figures released Jan. 14 by the Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy (SHSP).The Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is to receive a budget of 177 billion yen, up 18 billion yen over the current year, with substantial rises in budgets for the devel-opment of a number of high-profile space programs, Keichi Tabuchi, chief of MEXT's Office for Space Utilization Pro-motion, said Jan. 14.