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	Japan Update August 21, 2018

	Japan plans satellites to monitor space junk TOKYO -- Japan envisions   launching satellites designed  to protect its assets in orbit from  the growing thicket of space  debris and the satellites of other countries. Expected to launch in fiscal 2028,  the effort would represent Japan's  first satellites designed to monitor outer space. Tokyo's current space surveillance efforts rely largely on information  from the U.S. military, and the  Defense Ministry's existing satellites   are used for such purposes as communicating with troops or an  early warning system.
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