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Kazuto Suzuki is a professor in the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Public Policy and director of the Institute of Geoeconomics, a Tokyo-based think tank.
Japan's space program is at a standstill. Last month's failed launch of the H3 next-generation rocket is only the latest setback to hit the program.
