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For this week on Tokyo on Fire, we are pleased to welcome Mr. Chris Blackerby, the NASA Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Michael has returned! In this week, Timothy and Michael catch up on all that has been going on in Japanese politics over the last month. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election coming in this summer and the movements of LDP, Komento and DP are getting people's attentions. While Governor Yuriko Koike looks set to win big in the upcoming election, will Prime Minister Abe maintain the LDP together? Will it keep suffering defectors like the opposition party DP? How much do you know about Space? In this episode with Mr. Chris Blackerby, we discuss the Japan-US relationship in their mutual space programs. Japan has not launched humans yet, however, it has several sate lights and probes like Hayabusa. What is the outlook of Japanese space program? How the 2 countries cope in the field of space development? Join host Timothy Langley and Michael Cucek in this discussion!