US, Japan Hold First Space Engagement Talks to Boost Cooperation

(L–R) NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi wait to sign the U.S.–Japan Space Cooperation Framework Agreement in Washington on Jan. 13, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The United States and Japan hosted their first ever space engagement talks on July 18 to enhance combined space operations and tackle adversaries with “questionable intentions,” the U.S. Space Force stated.

The space engagement talks were led by Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, a U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations, strategy, plans, programs, and requirements, according to the Space Force’s press release.