Government Space Budgets

Japan’s FY 2014 space budget, which extended from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015, encompassed 11 different government organizations and totaled ¥## billion ($## billion), which included ¥## billion ($## million) in supplemental funds carried over from FY 2013. This was an ##% increase over its 2013 budget of ¥## billion ($## billion).

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Japan has the largest single country international budget, estimated at $## billion. It funds many of its programs through the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Exhibit 1v shows JAXA’s budget by program area. Japan also funds two major space programs outside of JAXA, the Quazi-Zenith Satellite System and the Information Gathering Satellite. Additionally, a number of ministries have space budgets of their own.

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Japanese space spending is allocated among 11 government ministries, coordinated through the Cabinet Strategic Space Office, which was established in 2012. In FY 2012, which ran from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013, Japan allocated ¥## billion (US$## billion) for space programs across the government, excluding the space-related budget allocated to the Ministry of Defense, which totaled ¥## billion (US$## billion).

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Japanese space spending is allocated among 11 government ministries, coordinated through the Cabinet Strategic Space Office. In FY 2013, which ran from April 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014, Japan allocated ¥## billion (US$## billion) for space programs across 10 different civil government ministries.

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