Midtown Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takahiro Nakamura) visited the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center on Friday, September 11, 2026, together with members of the "Hub for Development of Habitation Spaces Integrated with Medical Care in Space", a hub led by Institute of Science Tokyo and selected under SX-CRANE of the Space Strategy Fund.
In addition to a briefing on trends in international space exploration from JAXA's Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, the group toured facilities including the protein experiment laboratory, the control room for the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo," and the astronaut training building (isolation and hypobaric environment adaptation training facilities). Participants exchanged views on medical care, habitation, and training in space, as well as drug discovery utilizing the space environment.
Midtown serves as the strategic secretariat for the "Hub for Development of Habitation Spaces Integrated with Medical Care in Space", selected under SX-CRANE of the Space Strategy Fund with Institute of Science Tokyo.
[Related Links]
Institute of Science Tokyo News "Considering Medical Care and Living in Space through Medical-Engineering Collaboration" (Japanese only): https://www.isct.ac.jp/ja/news/roe6acqhm336
Midtown press release "Midtown Appointed as Strategic Secretariat for Two Hubs Focused on Mars Exploration and Space Medicine under the Space Strategy Fund's SX-CRANE" (Japanese only): https://www.midtown-inc.com/news/news_0046
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