\<COLOUR 1> ORGANIZATIONS: \<COLOUR 0> NASDA (National Space Development Agency) ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)
\<COLOUR 1> MAIN FACILITIES: \<COLOUR 0> NASDA Headquarters, Tokyo ISAS Headquarters, Tokyo Kagoshima Space Center (ISAS), Kagoshima Tanegashima Space Centre (NASDA), Tanegashima Island Tsukuba Space Centre (NASDA), near Tokyo
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Japan became the fourth space power, when it launched the satellite Ohsumi from the Kagoshima Space Centre on 11 February 1970.