2006.03.01

Japan-JAL Turmoil (Kyodo) Japan Airlines' president finally throws in the towel. 2006.03.01

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Japan-Satellite The Tokyo Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Space Systems has launched a new digipeating satellite. Dubbed Cute-1.7 + APD, the satellite  is a successor to the Cute-1 nano-satellite and its signal has already been copied in North America.  The APD mission is a charged-particle detector demonstration. An onboard camera will take and download pictures of Earth on its Amateur Radio telemetry downlink as JPEG images. Additional information on Amateur Radio use of the Cute-1 + APD satellite is available on the Laboratory for Space Systems Web site, which also explains how to hear Cute-1.7. 2006.03.01

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PRC's expanding shipyards threaten ROK. [Korea Herald] China's shipbuilders plan to double production capacity by 2010, threatening a glut that may cut profits at the world's biggest builder and other South Korean yards. 2006.03.01

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USA: 'Worst Is Behind' for Japan Economy (AP). The "worst is behind" for once moribund Japanese economy, but neighboring China must do more to balance its breakneck growth rate. 2006.03.01

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'We were ready to die for Japan' (The Observer). Failed kamikaze pilot does not like being compared to modern-day suicide bombers. 2006.03.01

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Japan-Iran Nukes (VOA) Conflicting signals emanate from Iran's foreign minister on Tokyo visit ahead of showdown with IAEA. 2006.03.01

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USA intelligence not certain DPRK has nukes (Reuters). The United States cannot say for certain that North Korea possesses any nuclear weapons but believes Pyongyang has continued to produce plutonium from its 5-megawatt Yongbyon reactor. 2006.03.01

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Japan, PRC to hold talks on gas deposits (AP). Japan and China will hold talks on disputed undersea gas deposits next week in Beijing. 2006.03.01

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Japan-DPRK (Kyodo) Japan's prime minister reportedly mulling a third visit to North Korea. 2006.03.01

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