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Another Positive Review for In Defense of Japan

Nice bright shiny e-mail from SUP recently reading as follows:

In Defense of Japan (Saadia M. Pekkanen and Paul Kallender-Umezu) was reviewed in Social Science Japan Journal Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter 2012) on 6/21/2012.

“[V]ery ambitious and admirable. The book is based on very extensive research and it provides a good record of the path of Japanese space policy development. It is a good book to use as a concise data book of Japanese space history.”—Kazuto Suzuki, Social Science Japan Journal.

This is nice to see, especially after Rick Sturdevant called it a “model analysis.” But, shucks, what does he know about space, eh?

“In Defense of Japan draws substantively from an impressive number and variety of sources . . . [T]he authors siphon a wealth of factual detail to document the market-to-military trend . . . Anyone interested in reading a thoroughly researched, up-to-date, English-language treatise on the dual-use nature of Japan’s evolving space activities need look no further than this particular volume, which might serve as a model for historically grounded analyses of other national space policies and programs.”—Rick W. Sturdevant, High Frontier
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by japanspace on June 24, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by japanspace on June 24, 2012

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Japanese in Space: Hypersonic Flight: HYFLEX deserves a closer look

HerImage of Japan's Prototype Space Plane Hyflex (courtesy of JAXA)e I am going to put up some excellent work by fellow space journalist and Japan space watcher Peter J. Brown in his blog Japanese in Space.

Back in 2010, in In Defense of Japan, From the Market to the Military in Space Policy  Saadia and I pointed out some interesting context for Japan’s Hyflex program: You can read excerpts here on Google Books from our chapter on Launch Vehicles.

Wired Danger Room recently ran a piece on the USAF’s X-37B space plane (A Year Later, Mysterious Space Plane Is Still in Orbit), a program that is raising much attention in the military space community, for obvious reasons. But look at the picture; this is not a picture of the X-37B, though at a glance you might be forgiven for thinking it was…

As Peter points out, Japan actually had a robotic prototype space plane, Hyflex, that successfully demonstrated many of the precursor technologies of the X-37B all the way back in 1996, launched aboard the J-1 rocket. An interesting combination of technologies indeed.

If you want to find out more about the Hyflex program, please take a look at Peter’s article, which was also featured in another site I am a fan of, Japan Security Watch as USAF HTV-2 Recalls Japan’s HYFLEX Program. Please also note that Saadia and I were perhaps the first to point out the implications of the Hyflex program in In Defense of Japan, From the Market to the Military in Space Policy .

So what happened to Hyflex? Well, that’s a long story. I’ll see if I can dig out some of my old Space News articles from the 1990s!

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by japanspace on March 12, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Dual Use Technology: Missile, Dual Use Technology: Space Plane, Hyflex, In Defense of Japan, In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy, J-1, Japan Security Watch, Japan Space Budget, Japan Space Development, Japanese in Space, JAXA, NASDA
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Posted by japanspace on March 12, 2012

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Space Quarterly 2: A Battle Looms for Japan’s Space Program

Ironically, just as my second piece in Space Quarterly came out on December 1, the SHSP’s Expert Committee (宇宙開発戦略専門調査会) chaired by MHI Chairman Kazuo Tsukuda had just (November 30) come out with a pre-final version of the compromises reached between the Cabinet and MEXT over the makeup and powers of the 宇宙戦略室　(Space Strategy Office) to be set up in the Cabinet Office!

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by japanspace on March 6, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Cabinet Office, JAXA, METI, MEXT, Michibiki, Peaceful Purposes Resolution (PPR), QZSS, Seiji Maehara, SHSP, Space Activities Act, Space Quarterly, Takeo Kawamura, Yoshihiko Noda
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Posted by japanspace on March 6, 2012

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Text of Review of “In Defense of Japan” by Foreign Affairs

It’s nice that Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor Columbia University Political Science, took the time to review In Defense of Japan for the January/February 2011 edition of Foreign Affairs and even nicer when he’s got a lot of time for the book too.

We would like to say a very big thank you to Prof. Nathan.

Here is the full review:

 

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by japanspace on March 4, 2012  •  Permalink
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In Defense of: “In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy”

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Hi, to anyone reading this first entry for “In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy” (Stanford University Press, 2010)  a book inspired during my 17-year stint covering Japan’s space development program.
Where do I begin?  Well, here!
How about some previews from leading academics:
“It is a very valuable work and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the unraveling of the Yoshida Doctrine and Japan’s evolving security strategy. Needless to say, I totally agree with the thrust of what you say…”
Kenneth B. Pyle, Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Washington, winner of the Order of the Rising Sun (1998) and author of Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose.
“Thanks for sharing this. This ms is in terrific shape and should be a powerful contributor to debates on Japanese militarization, Japanese politics, industrial policy and host of other areas.” 
T. J. Pempel,  director of the Institute of East Asian Studies from January 2002 until 2007, currently Il Han New Chair in Asian Studies and author of Beyond Bilateralism: U.S.-Japan Relations in the New Asia-Pacific (Oxford University Press)Image
“…your willingness to tackle an important subject, make a strong argument, and avoid narrow minded…concerns….is always a breath of fresh air. Moreover your argument seems entirely correct. This book will be an important contribution to the literature of Japanese industrial policy and national security.” 
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It was particularly gratifying to get this feedback from Dick Samuels, whose work, and common sense, was a major inspiration for this book, which will be out in the spring- finally- from Stanford University Press.
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