Tag: Rakuten
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US and Japan Elevate AST SpaceMobile, Rakuten Satellite Network to Sovereign Infrastructure Status
The designation follows bilateral discussions in Kyoto on October 4, 2026, between Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Toshiharu Furukawa, Japan’s Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy. The U.S. Department of State issued a joint protocol on October 5 formalizing the inclusion of the AST…