ispace-EUROPE Welcomes Japanese Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to Luxembourg Headquarters
(L-R) Mamoru Nomura, Ambassador of Japan to Luxembourg; Kazuhiro Miyamoto, Member of the House of Councillors; Jumpei Nozaki, CFO, and Executive Business Director, ispace; Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; Shigeharu Aoyama, Member of the House of Representatives and Deputy Minister of the Environment; Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, CEO of ispace-EUROPE; and Charlotte Nassey, Senior Government Affairs & Policy Lead at ispace-EUROPE.
ispace-EUROPE S.A. (ispace-EUROPE), the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, inc. (ispace), welcomed a high-level Japanese delegation led by Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan and President of the Japan–Luxembourg Parliamentary Friendship League, to its Luxembourg headquarters on Monday, 4 May 2026.
The visit took place in the framework of the League and highlighted the growing relationship between Japan and Luxembourg in the fields of innovation, advanced technologies, and space exploration.
The delegation included Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshimasa Hayashi, members from the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Embassy of Japan in Luxembourg, including H.E. Mr. Mamoru Nomura, Ambassador of Japan to Luxembourg.
The delegation was welcomed by Jumpei Nozaki, Executive Business Director & CFO of ispace, inc., Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, CEO of ispace-EUROPE, and Charlotte Nassey, Senior Government Affairs & Policy Lead at ispace-EUROPE.
During the visit, the delegation received an overview of ispace’s global lunar missions, including presentations on the company’s recently announced Lunar Connect services and the European-led MAGPIE lunar exploration mission.
The delegation also toured the engineering facilities at ispace-EUROPE’s Luxembourg office, where ispace-EUROPE engineers presented the development of the company’s rover systems, including explanations of rover structures, onboard software, and mission operations capabilities.
In the company’s Lunar Yard test facility, members of the delegation observed a live rover demonstration and experienced firsthand the simulated lunar environment used to support rover testing and development activities in Luxembourg.
ispace executives and employees were pleased to welcome the delegation to ispace-EUROPE.
“We were honored to have this valuable opportunity to show our European subsidiary to the delegation led by Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Hayashi. Significant developments are currently underway in lunar development and satellite infrastructure in lunar orbit, and we hope this visit will help invigorate global cooperation between Japan and Europe,” said Jumpei Nozaki, CFO & Executive Business Director of ispace.
“We were honoured to welcome Minister Hayashi and the distinguished delegation to our Luxembourg headquarters,” said Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, CEO of ispace-EUROPE. “This visit reflects the strong and growing ties between Japan and Luxembourg, and highlights the importance of international collaboration in advancing lunar exploration and space innovation.”
As part of the global ispace group, ispace-EUROPE plays a central role in the development of lunar mobility systems and European lunar exploration initiatives.