Japanese Minister for Space Policy visits Vandenberg
Brig. Gen. Matthew Davidson, Vice Commander, 14th Air Force, (left center) and Masaji Matsuyama, Japanese Minister of State for Space Policy, (right center) pose for a photo with American and Japanese officials during a meeting at the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif., Aug. 20, 2018. During the visit Japanese space officials received mission briefings from the CSpOC staff and the 18th Space Control Squadron, and toured the CSpOC operations floor. The briefings and subsequent discussions highlighted a range of topics, to include tactical and national security objectives in space, Space Surveillance Network operations, Space Situational Awareness data sharing, conjunction notifications, exercises and future space security cooperation between the U.S. and Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Cody Chiles).