The United States and Japan held a bilateral summit on April 10, and the United States offered generous gifts to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit, including a promise to bring Japan with him when he returned to the moon. According to US media reports, US President Joe Biden has promised to make Japan the first non-US country to land on the moon, which is a great honor for Japan. When the United States and Russia jointly promoted the International Space Station, they also brought Japan, for which Japanese astronauts often work on the International Space Station, and Japan also has its own cargo spacecraft, but recently Japan's cargo spacecraft has been in trouble, because there are battery components directly smashed into the homes of Americans.
From the point of view of cooperation between the United States and Japan in the field of moon landing, the United States wants to let Japan lead China's rhythm, because the United States has achieved the moon landing in the 60s of the last century, so China's moon landing program will not affect the status of the United States, and Japan's landing on the moon can frustrate China's spirit, so US President Biden has given Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a new commitment that when the United States returns to the moon, Japan will have priority to land on the moon than other countries. The United States has developed the so-called Artemis program, which is a project for the United States to try to carve a sphere of influence on the moon, because the United States, while actively courting American allies, has ruled out China and Russia, and the United States has taken the Artemis program as a symbol project to defeat China and Russia in the field of space exploration.
At present, many countries have joined the Artemis project, but it is the United States itself that really plays a role, just like the International Space Station project, except for Russia, the United States has a clear role, and the rest of Europe, Canada and Japan are basically foils. While the United States is actively promoting the Artemis program, the United States also wants to use Japan to establish a psychological advantage over China, so that Japan can be given priority to the moon. As a matter of fact, the United States takes care of Japan because the United States wants to use Japan to deal with China, and for this reason it has given Japan a generous gift; in fact, Japan has to pay for this, and the United States will not provide free services.
Japan's participation in the Artemis program, just like its participation in the International Space Station program, will require investment in money and technology to support the U.S. return to the moon. As far as the current space exploration technology is concerned, Japan has an advantage over most countries, and for this reason the United States has also given Japan preferential conditions. Japan has already made a lot of achievements in the field of carrier rockets and remote control, so the United States wants to use Japan's strong points to serve the United States. The United States is a self-interested country and will not make overtures to Japan for no reason. Today, Europe is mired in multiple crises due to the conflict in Ukraine, and Japan has more advantages than Europe, so the United States has begun to favor Japan.
The bilateral summit between the United States and Japan in Washington, the capital of the United States, is a new manifestation of the strengthening of cooperation between the United States and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has publicly praised the U.S. plan to return to the moon as a great achievement. The Global Beacon Line believes that because of its geographical location, Japan is the object of active attraction by the United States, and through its military deployment in Japan, the United States can establish a deterrent against China, and at the same time, it can also use Japan's military strength to contain China, thus establishing a long-term collusion between the United States and Japan.