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Lunar Industry Vision Council
Introducing The Lunar Industry Vision Council
Since the beginning of human history, we have expanded our sphere of existence and economic activity through the exploration of new frontiers around the globe. We are already expanding beyond Earth, with our orbit now utilized as a zone of indispensable social infrastructure for modern economic activities. Looking ahead to our next frontier, the area between the Earth and the Moon known as cislunar space will soon become the frontline of a new industrial ecosystem.
The Lunar Industry Vision Council, consisting of political, academic, and industry leaders in Japan, was established with the aim of fostering this cislunar ecosystem with a focus on industrialization. There are 30 companies and organizations, politicians, and academics participating in the Council with the shared objective to improve Japanese technology and capability, and increase the threshold for risk, for Japan to lead the world in the implementation of lunar businesses.
In July 2021, the Lunar Industry Vision Council compiled its first report, Lunar Industry Vision, illustrating the determination of Japanese companies to create a lunar industry that brings innovation to benefit Earth.
To bolster the competitiveness of Japanese industry in the “Planet 6.0” era, it is necessary to foster a domestic lunar industry in which diverse companies participate. In Japan, companies in various industries such as construction, automobiles, food, insurance, and toys have already started innovative lunar commercialization activities, and there are more than 100 companies interested in following their lead to launch lunar related businesses and services.
What is Planet 6.0?
The Lunar Industry Vision Council coined Planet 6.0 as a concept to envisage the Earth and the Moon integrated as one cyclical socio-economic system. Following the concept of Society 5.0 promoted by the Government of Japan, which divides the advancements of civilization into five phases, Planet 6.0 incorporates the evolving relationship between humanity and space. The Council aims to enable a future in which technological and social innovations cultivated through private sector activities on and around the Moon return value to society and industry on Earth.
Lunar Industry Vision Council Members
Co-Chairs:
Takeo KAWAMURA Special Advisor to Vice-President, Liberal Democratic Party
Atsushi SUNAMI Director, SciREX Center,
Acting Chairs:
Keitaro OHNO Member of the House of Representatives
Takayuki KOBAYASHI Member of the House of Representatives
Karen MAKISHIMA Member of the House of Representatives
Takahiro NAKAMURA Representative Director and CEO, Midtown, Inc.
Tetsuya HANYU Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Takeshi HAKAMADA CEO, ispace Inc.
Lead Members:
Atsushi UCHIDA Deputy General Manager of Emerging Technologies and Security Division, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Naohiro KITAMURA Lawyer, General Incorporated Association Japan Space Law Association・IGT Law office
Academic Members:
Seiko SHIRASAKA Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University
Kazuto SUZUKI Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Yasuhito SEKINE Professor, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hideaki MIYAMOTO Professor, The University of Tokyo
Legal Advisor:
Hinata OSHIMA Attorney
Policy Advisor:
Kojiro HATADA Ex-National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office
As of June 2024
Company / Organization Members: 32
IHI AEROSPACE Co., Ltd.
ispace, inc.
SOHLA
OBAYASHI CORPORATION
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Shimizu Corporation
SPACE FOODSPHERE Association
Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd.
Chiyoda Corporation
DENTSU INC.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
TOPPAN Inc.
JGC Corporation
NEC Corporation
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
PERSOL CAREER CO., LTD.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
Midtown, Inc.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
euglena Co., Ltd.
Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
WARPSPACE inc.
Japan Space Law Association
amulapo, inc.
TOBU TOP TOURS CO.,LTD.
Greenberg Traurig Tokyo Law Offices
Tottori Prefecture
TAISEI CORPORATION
Fujitsu Limited
<Supporting Members: 4 Companies/Organizations>
Sumitomo Corporation
TBS Holdings, Inc.
Development Bank of Japan (DBJ)
Moon Village Study Group
Secretariat:
Japan Space Forum, etc.
Materials
Lunar Industry Vision
Contact
Lunar Industry Vision Council