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...November 2004, Keiji Tachikawa, the former president of mobile-phone giant NTT DoCoMo, became president of JAXA. His mission: to redefine the agency's goals, win over an unenthusiastic public, and secure more generous funding from a skeptical government. This April, Tachikawa unveiled a new long-term planning statement titled "JAXA Vision 2025" designed to turn the space agency around and establish a manned space program. Over the next 10 years, says Tachikawa, JAXA will study the advisability of lunar exploration and figure out whether Japan should initiate its own manned program. The process won't be quick: he hopes...
...Tachikawa acknowledges that China's recent feats in space have been a powerful motivator for Japan to pursue an aggressive program of its own. "There are countries which have manned spacecraft, like Russia and the U.S., and those who don't," he says. "China beat us to it, so it is plainly 1-0. We are fully aware that our space-development program has to include manned spacecraft...
...acceptable levels. (China has lost eight rockets in 80 launches.) The most recent humiliation for Japan was an aborted launch of two spy satellites in 2003, when one of the flagship H-2A rockets' two boosters failed to separate from the main rocket shortly after lift-off. JAXA president Tachikawa admits this mixed record is a large stumbling block. "There are people who think that a manned Japanese rocket is not worth the risk," he says. "The only way to make them change their minds is to increase the trust in our rockets. We have to show that...
...founding employee of Japan's no. 1 mobile-phone carrier, Shiro Tsuda has reaped the rewards--and suffered the consequences--of being a pioneer. And it has paid off: when NTT DoCoMo's president, Keiji Tachikawa, 64, steps down, Tsuda is expected to succeed him. "Tsuda has a good sense of balance between technology and marketing, and he has the confidence of his co-workers," says Shinji Moriyuki, senior telecom analyst at Daiwa Research Institute in Tokyo...
...plans to launch its i-mode platform this spring in the Netherlands and Belgium, and E-Plus in Germany?a mobile operator owned partly by KPN?will follow shortly thereafter. DoCoMo also announced plans late last month to list its stock on the New York and London exchanges. Tachikawa says listing in New York and London will boost DoCoMo's visibility on the world stage and increase the liquidity of its shares. The company has hinted that funds raised through the offerings could be used for acquisitions in Asia...