Project on Space Policy and Cyber Security Studies
(A part of Technology Governance Policy Research Unit) ＊Ended in MArch 2015
Overview
Outer space and cyberspace have been becoming increasingly important in Japan’s security and foreign policy. In these global domains generated by the development of science and technology, Japan is faced with new challenges in its security and foreign policy. In Japan, there are compelling needs regarding its strategy for diplomacy and national security concerning space and cyber security.
With the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Policy Alternatives Research Institute and Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. have jointly started a project on space policy and cyber security studies. This project aims at researching Japan’s diplomacy and national security concerning space and cyberspace issues, providing policy options and establishing a think tank function specializing in space policy and cyber security affairs.
Research
Space is an indispensable domain in our everyday life on earth. It is also critical for national and international security. Today, it is utilized by many countries and international organizations for various purposes. Against this backdrop, the international community faces newly emerging challenges, such as how to establish an international norm for space activities, how Japan utilizes outer space for national security and international stability, and how Japan participates in international space cooperation.
Cyberspace is also becoming an increasingly important domain for people’s lives and the world economy. Fostering stability in cyberspace, therefore, is one of the critical issues faced by Japan’s foreign and national security policy. Cyber security is required to establish an international norm through international cooperation. It is very important for Japan to shape a policy on cyber security issues and to play a key role in the establishment of an international norm in the domain of cyberspace.
We conduct research on these space and cyberspace issues faced by Japan’s foreign and national security policy. This project consists of the following five tasks.
TASK 1: Data and information gathering
TASK 2: Research on multilateral cooperation for creating an international norm for outer space activities
TASK 3: Research on Japan’s space diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region, including the ASEAN nations
TASK 4: Research on US-Japan security space cooperation
TASK 5: Research on Japan’s strategy for cyber security
Event Report
Director
Hideaki Shiroyama (Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy / Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Members
Motoko Uchitomi (Part-time Lecturer, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Yuichiro Nagai (Project Researcher, Policy Alternatives Research Institute)
Partner
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.