Kishida, Biden to commit to peaceful use of outer space

"Outer space" has many different definitions. To my knowledge, it has never been legally defined, so it can mean anything above air-space to anything beyond Lunar orbit.

Not the use of "Earth's Orbit" in the planned UN UNSC resolution. That's an example of a more stringent definition, since "Earth's Orbit" is a huge area, including locations of L2, L4 and L5 which are beyond the Moon.

A peaceful outer space?

I could totally see the Biden administration next holding a G7 summit, saying "We need to protect outer space from Global Warming and climate change!"

LOL!!!!! That is a joke, right!? Space is the new front-line! In a couple of decades, space will look like a militarized zone!

I suppose that is why the US has established a military Space Force—Peace through domination.

I suppose that is why the US has established a military Space Force—Peace through domination.

No weapons up there. No nukes to be dropped. No bio-weapons to be dropped (which is more likely). China and Russia are likely to get confused and think they can drop a bio-weapon on an enemy and live through it. Killing 300K-25M people is nothing to either country. They've both done it to their own citizens.

Heck, the US congress prohibited the creation of Anti-Satellite weapons after the US tested them in the 1980s.

OTOH, the US started 2 wars over 3300 dead. Very different cultures. Life, along with freedom of choice, has more meaning in the US than in either Russia or China.

Looking over the fence into the neighbors back yard is fine. Throwing things or taking things from the into the neighbor's back yard is not allowed. Simple idea ... so most people, just not the CCP nor the hard-core Russian leaders.

Sounds nice but Space being weaponized every day by China, US and Russia in particular. US Govt. just awarded SpaceX as super secretive $1.8 Billion intelligence gathering system to enhance US warfare capabilities.

Japan and the United States are expected to jointly submit a resolution in the near future to the U.N. Security Council calling for no nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction to be deployed in Earth's orbit.

I strongly suspect weapons of mass destruction are already in Earth orbit

With the United States, Japan is also seeking to take the lead in creating rules to prevent an arms race in outer space.

Neither the USA or Japan can prevent an arms race in outer space

Japan always wants to take the lead however always following and being directed

No insult intended

I strongly suspect weapons of mass destruction are already in Earth orbit

Only if China or Russia or Iran does it.

The US military use of space is for sensors/cameras only - aka "spy satellites". They want to see when rocket launches happen, quickly estimate the trajectory to determine if it is headed towards the US as a first strike.

They also want to see where new military construction happens, where troop movements happen, where ships are for defensive security. That applies to everyone.

It is no different than having "diplomats" in a country touring ... except in the USA, visitors from nearly any country allowed to enter can go nearly anywhere and watch, take photos, use radio receivers. This isn't allowed in China or Russia, so of course the US is better at spy satellites - they had to be.

Spy satellites are good for the world. It keeps all sides able to see what the other guys are doing, from a high-level. That prevents paranoid politicians from making up things ... well, except in Russia and Venezuela and Nicaragua. Those guys are paranoid because half their country would kill them, if they could.