"The Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (\u72EC\u7ACB\u884C\u653F\u6CD5\u4EBA\u5B87\u5B99\u822A\u7A7A\u7814\u7A76\u958B\u767A\u6A5F\u69CB, Dokuritsu-gy\u014Dsei-h\u014Djin Uch\u016B K\u014Dk\u016B Kenky\u016B Kaihatsu Kik\u014D, literally \"Independent Administrative Institution on Aerospace Research and Development\"), or JAXA, is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003."@en . . . . . .