India moon landing paves way for lunar water search with Japan

Space race heats up as countries eye titanium and other lunar resources

20240824N JAXA Lunar lander

The joint India-Japan LUPEX mission aims to explore the moon's south pole for frozen water resources. (Image courtesy of JAXA)

RYOSUKE MATSUZOE and SATOSHI IWAKI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/NEW DELHI -- India's successful unmanned lunar landing has added momentum to a water exploration mission with Japan that is scheduled to start from fiscal 2025, as a new race to the moon heats up.

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