US and Japan extend defense agreement to space

The United States and Japan agreed on Wednesday January 11 that their security and defense agreement also applies to space.

Any incident in space could activate Article 5 of the defense treaty between the two countries which states that an attack on one is an attack on the other, US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said. during a joint press conference with his Japanese counterpart, as well as the heads of defense of the two countries.