

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/KCNA_Calls_For_Checking_Japan_Moves_For_Space_Militarization_999.html
Japan's hasty development of an early warning satellite system, which has been pursued only by a few military powers, means that its scheme for space militarization has entered a new phase.
Such moves of Japan are prompted by its aggressive ambition to hold a military edge in space and thus realize its overseas expansion.
By zealously stepping up the moves for space militarization Japan threw away the principle of "peaceful use of space" which it has advocated in name only.
Generally, the budget for science development showed just one percent yearly increase in Japan but the approximate demand for the 2009 budget for space development swelled 29 percent. This clearly proves Japan's ambition to put space under its control.