The European Space Agency (ESA) opened its first Asian office in Tokyo on Tuesday in a move to deepen collaborative efforts with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan’s rapidly growing private sector.
The office will be located in X-Nihonbashi Tower, an innovation hub in the capital’s Chuo Ward, marking a new chapter in more than half a century of European-Japanese cooperation in space exploration and research.
The office will act as ESA’s regional outpost for industry engagement in both governmental and commercial space sectors — mirroring its Washington office that handles U.S. relations.
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