Japan Is Quietly Preparing the Way for Humans In Space.

Indeed, it's become increasingly clear that efforts by JAXA to understand not only our solar system's beginnings, but the composition of its components, are laying the groundwork for a new era of human space exploration. (Bloomberg) -- While larger space agencies and billionaire entrepreneurs make headlines closer to home, Japan's young space administration, the Japan Aerospace Exploration agency - or JAXA - has become the global expert at going out and getting small pieces of asteroids. [Extracted from the article]