Original title: Japan plans to achieve manned lunar landing in the second half of the 2020's and wants to become the second country for manned lunar landing

Japan had planned to launch its first soft landing lunar probe slim in the second half of 2019, but the plan has been postponed.
Japan "strives to achieve the landing of Japanese astronauts on the moon in the second half of the 2020's", becoming the second manned moon landing country after the United States.
According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 28th, Japan revised the schedule of its space exploration program on the 28th to send a Japanese to the moon by the late 1920s.
It is reported that at present, the United States is cooperating with Japan and other countries to promote the construction plan of the "gateway" of the lunar space station. It is planned to realize astronauts' landing on the moon after 2025, and Japan will strive to become the second manned landing on the moon after the United States.
At a meeting aimed at finalizing the plan, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said: "space is not only a new field that brings people hope and dreams, but also provides an important foundation for our economy and society in terms of economic security."
It is reported that the plan also clarifies Japan's desire to launch a probe to explore Mars in 2024 and find ways to generate solar power in space.
In January 1990, Japan successfully launched Feitian lunar exploration satellite into lunar orbit, becoming the third country to launch a probe into the moon after the United States and the Soviet Union. On September 14, 2007, Japan successfully launched the "moon goddess" lunar probe, which preceded China's Chang'e-1 and India's moon ship-1 to explore the moon.