Creative director Satoshi Takamatsu, who will become the first Japanese civilian to qualify as an astronaut for the International Space Station (ISS), held a press conference at a Moscow hotel at 4:00 PM on June 22nd (Japan time) to discuss his future plans. During the press conference, he announced that he would cancel his planned Soyuz flight in September and continue his cosmonaut training in Russia's "Star City." He also announced that he has signed an astronaut training contract with Space Adventures, the world's first manned space travel company, as well as a spaceflight contract to the ISS. Currently, only Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Takamatsu are private citizens with such contracts, making them the eighth and ninth private citizens to board the ISS. The flight is scheduled for two to four years from now. Furthermore, during the press conference, he announced a "space sharing project" he will undertake while aboard the ISS. While stating that he is currently planning several projects, he revealed two plans: to recreate the Earth from space on Earth and to take photographs from space. His goal is to enable everyone on Earth to share a "real space experience." Starting in 2016, he plans to begin full-scale project planning, collaborating with artists, technologists, engineers, scientists, and companies, selecting equipment, and developing software. Regarding his decision, Takamatsu said, "To realize the art project I'm planning to carry out on the ISS, cutting-edge device and software technology are required. After a month of consideration, I finally concluded that it would be impossible to complete these preparations at a high level in time for the Soyuz launch in September of this year. Therefore, I decided to select the optimal time for the flight after sufficient preparations." After leaving Dentsu, Takamatsu founded Japan's first space travel agency, SPACE TRAVEL, in 2012. He began astronaut training in Russia's "Star City" in January of this year. He has stated that he aims to become a "new type of astronaut," and has been posting real-time updates on his daily training and life on his social media. On this day, he also released a 40-minute video for the first time showing the training he has undergone so far.