Research keywords (4):
International Politics
, Diplomatic History
, Space Policy
, Space Law
Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2024 - 2027 The End of the Cold War and U.S. Space Policy: Reexamination through Multidisciplinary Approaches
2021 - 2024 The End of the Cold War and Japanese Space Policy: Reexamination through Multidisciplinary Approaches
2015 - 2018 The Space Policy of the Carter, Reagan and Bush Administrations: Competition and Cooperation with the Soviet Union during the New Cold War
2011 - 2015 Japanese Space Policy during the Cold War: Autonomy and Cooperation with the United States
Papers (20):
WATANABE Hirotaka. The Space Policy of the Johnson Administration: Project Apollo and International Cooperation. Osaka Law Review. 2021. 71. 3・4. 297-338
WATANABE Hirotaka. Japan's Participation in the U.S. Space Shuttle Program: Achievements and Lessons in Space Policy. Osaka University Law Review. 2016. 63. 33-52
WATANABE Hirotaka. Japanese Space Policy during the 1970s: A Road to Autonomy by Modifying the Japan-U.S. Space Cooperation Agreements. History of Rocketry and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society (AAS) History Series. 2014. 42. 153-180
WATANABE Hirotaka. The Space Policy of the Nixon and Ford Administrations: Another Detente Diplomacy through Project Apollo and ASTP. HISTORY OF ROCKETRY AND ASTRONAUTICS. 2014. 41. 217-232
WATANABE Hirotaka. What Is Space Policy?. 2024. 73. 4. 128-133
WATANABE Hirotaka. Problem Presentation, Panel Discussion, and Commentary "For Japan's Space Policy in the Next Ten Years". Considering Japan’s Space Policy: What Should Be Done in the Next Ten Years? (Science and Technology Research Project 2023, Research and Legislative Reference Bureau, National Diet Library). 2024
A History of Space Research, Development and Utilization: How has Japan tackled them?
Osaka University Press 2022
Lectures and oral presentations (24):
Creation of a Space Policy and Law Documents Database System: A New Research Method and Information Infrastructure for Space Policyand Law History
(2024)
Japan's Space Policy and the End of the Cold War: To Strengthen the Japan-U.S. Alliance
(34th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan 2023)
The Evolution of Japan’s Space Policy and Organizations: Domestic, Diplomatic and Security Challenges
(33rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Beppu, Oita, Japan, all-online 2022)
History of Space Research, Development and Utilization: Japan and the United States
(2021)
Japan's Historical Studies of Space Policy and Program: "Space History" Series in the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
(2020)
国際宇宙法学会(International Institute of Space Law, IISL)
, 国際学術雑誌『宇宙政治(Astropolitics)』、編集委員
, THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
, THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES