Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells artificial satellites & equipment. Its operated through The Earth Observation Satellite Data Business segment. The Earth Observation Satellite Data works in the fields of security, marine monitoring, infrastructure management, disaster prevention and forest monitoring. The company was founded by Akira Sakurai, Kunihiro Funakoshi and Tetsuo Yasaka in June 2005 and is headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan.