U.S. Space Forces Japan News

  • SSC STEM conducts outreach event at Yokota Elementary School

    U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command STEM team visited Yokota Air Base Japan to engage with elementary school students during a SSC outreach event March 25, 2026. U.S. Space Forces-Japan Guardians had the opportunity to support the outreach event, informing students not only their mission, but how

  • 105 Guardians selected for Regional Space Advisor program

    The board reviewed officers in the grades of O-3 to O-5 fit to be Regional Space Advisors, Guardian leaders deliberately developed to enhance USSF capabilities, evolve and expand partnerships to strengthen relationships, secure common interests, and promote shared values in space.

  • U.S. Space Forces-Japan Celebrates One Year since component’s activation

    On December 4, 2025 U.S. Space Forces-Japan celebrated it’s one year birthday since the component activated at Yokota Air Base, Japan. As the newest independent service in the Department of Defense, and a newly activated component in the AOR, this small but essential team of Guardians advances space

  • USSF INDOPACOM Brig. Gen. Mastalir visits Okinawa

    U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific commander, visited counterparts across various organizations in Okinawa, Japan, May 14, 2025, to ensure USSF assets and Guardians were postured to support U.S. joint partners. 

  • Showcasing space capabilities, strengthening allied collaboration

    U.S. Space Force Col. Ryan Laughton, commander of U.S. Space Forces–Japan and Col. Angelo Fernandez, Mission Delta 3 commander, hosted Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col. Hiroyuki Ishii, Space Operations Group commander, at Fort Buckner & Camp Kinser, Japan, May 15, 2025 to discuss bilateral

  • SSC ignites STEM innovation and education at Yokota

    Nicole Tibbets, Space Systems Command STEM executive lead, performs a demonstration during the SSC STEM outreach program for students at Yokota West Elementary School at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 15, 2025. The SSC STEM outreach programs foster early interest by helping prepare future generations

  • Space Systems Command, Japan launch first bilateral space effort

    A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Feb. 2.

  • U.S. Space Force Leaders Engage With Allies in Japan

    The commander of U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific engaged with several Japan Air Self-Defense Force officials during a series of meetings at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, the Ministry of Defense, and the JASDF Space Operations Group, Dec. 2, 2024.