The commitment of the government is the same, and now, with Mr. Obama's proposal to extend the international space station by five years to 2020, in Japan as well as in Canada and Europe we are discussing very vividly if it's worth expanding the life of the space station.
So far we have had very supportive opinions from the public, especially last year with six of us flying in space. Right now we have one Japanese astronaut on a long-duration basis, and last month we had another Japanese female astronaut. There were two Japanese flying at the same time in space. That was the first time. Last year it was Julie and Bob flying at the same time.
However, so far we have a very supportive general public.