Maj. Gen. Troy Endicott, U.S. Space Command director of Global Space Operations, poses for a group photo with Major General Masahiro Asaka, deputy director general of the Operations Department, Joint Staff, Japan Self Defense Forces, during a visit to Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Nov. 20, 2024. During the three-day visit, they held US-Japan Staff Talks, discussing cooperation in the space domain, as well as land, maritime and air domains, and agreed on a direction to advance these efforts. Japan is also a member of the Combined Space Operations Initiative – a group of ten nations that work together to promote the responsible and lawful use of space. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats.

Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command Commander, poses for a photo with Major General Masahiro Asaka, deputy director general of the Operations Department, Joint Staff, Japan Self Defense Forces, during a visit to Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Nov. 21, 2024. During the three-day visit, they held US-Japan Staff Talks, discussing cooperation in the space domain, as well as land, maritime and air domains, and agreed on a direction to advance these efforts. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats.