Canon joins Japan's new space race

Private sector moving into frontier long dominated by government

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JAXA's SS-520 research rocket

TOKYO -- Canon is helping Japan build a low-cost "mini-rocket" for future satellite launches as private companies seek to give the country's lagging space industry greater thrust.

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