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In the News (Wed 10 Feb 10)

  
  Japan Is Not an Air Power
Japan has 106 combat squadrons altogether of which some 35 are pursuit and the rest are divided equally among light and heavy bombardment and observation.
Air units stationed in China are under the army commanders in charge in the particular area in which they operate; Manchuria-based ships are directed by the Kwantung army staff from its headquarters at Dairen, the big Japanese port wrested from Czarist Russia 35 years ago.
Japan’s aircraft factories, following several years of intensive effort on the part of the government to encourage their development, now are in a position to produce about 2,500 planes a year of all types—if they can get the materials.
rwebs.net /avhistory/history/japan.htm   (2770 words)

  
 Airlines - Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It is bordered on the north by the Sea of Okhotsk, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea, and on the west by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan.
The Japanese islands extend in an irregular crescent from the island of Sakhalin (Russia) to the island of Taiwan.
Japan proper consists of the large islands of Hokkaido, the northernmost; Honshû, the largest, called the mainland; Shikoku; and Kyûshû, the southernmost.
www.airlinehistory.co.uk /restofworld/Japan/Airlines.htm   (135 words)

  
 Japan Asia Airways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was formed in 1975 after the People's Republic of China threatened to deny JAL's proposed routes to the mainland over JAL's flights to Taiwan (see political status of Taiwan).
The Japan Asia Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006):
The airline previously operated Boeing 767 aircraft (returned to Japan Airlines) and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_Asia_Airways   (117 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Japan
Japan Air spokesman Yoshiteru Suzuki declined to comment on the demands and said Shinmachi was unavailable to comment.
Japan Air is forecasting a loss of 47 billion yen ($397 million) in the year ending March 31.
Japan Air canceled the planned dividend for the current year and does not plan to pay one until 2008, Itoyama said.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=a2zYQ_Xvqyu8&refer=japan   (963 words)

  
 Japan Air Commuter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Japan Air Commuter Co., Ltd. (日本エアコミューター株式会社, Nihon Ea Komyūtā Kabushiki-gaisha
It offers air feeder service in western Japan, particularly around Kyushu, Shikoku and the Ryukyu Islands.
The Japan Air Commuter fleet as of November 2005:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_Air_Commuter   (100 words)

  
 J-Air - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Based at Nagoya Airport, it operates feederliner jets throughout the four main islands of Japan outside the Greater Tokyo Area.
Since the February 17, 2005 opening of Chubu Centrair International Airport, it is the only airline that uses the relegated Nagoya Airport for scheduled transport services.
On February 17, 2005, it was relocated to Nagoya Airport (NKM) near Nagoya, Aichi to access the larger market opportunity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J-AIR   (290 words)

  
 Transportation - Air - Domestic Flights
Japan is covered by an extensive domestic air network, which is served by All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Air Systems (JAS), together with a number of smaller carriers.
For visitors who don’t have a Japan Rail Pass and who are planning a number of longer journeys during their stay, domestic airfares often compare favourably with the cost of catching the Shinkansen.
Japan Airlines (JAL) – Welcome to Japan Fare: The Welcome to Japan Fare must be purchased outside Japan in conjunction with a JAL round trip international ticket to or via Japan.
www.seejapan.co.uk /transport/air/domestic.html   (439 words)

  
 Japan Air Self Defence Force
Japan has a long configuration from the north to the south with its population and industrial centers concentrated in particular regions.
In addition, as the Japanese government maintains an exclusively defense-oriented policy, Japan is forced to take a passive position at the early stage of the air incursions in which invaders take the initiative.
The Air Developing and Proving Command, in addition to overseeing equipment research and development, is also responsible for research and development in such areas as flight medicine.
www.fas.org /irp/world/japan/jasdf.htm   (1343 words)

  
 Air Force Magazine
Japan demanded and received an apology, for instance, for the Chinese submarine’s incursion.
Japan was first awakened to the approach of new danger during the 1990s, first by China’s overt intimidation of Taiwan in 1996 and then by North Korea’s launching in 1998 of a three-stage Taepo Dong 1 missile that flew over Japan’s main island of Honshu.
The end result of this international lawlessness was Japan’s catastrophic defeat at the hands of the United States, punctuated by the atomic bomb attacks on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
www.afa.org /magazine/june2005/0605japan.asp   (2761 words)

  
 Japan Air Pollution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
However, it appears that this has become more of a problem for the Asian countries particularly Japan and China (China more so than Japan) who are seen as the culprits in emitting toxic gases into the atmosphere threatening: forestation, air and water in the Asian continent.
Economic Data Japan and China are in the process of increasing their spending on environmental issues.
Japan is hoping that this loan money will be used for environmental projects.
www.american.edu /ted/japanair.htm   (1214 words)

  
 Press Release : 2006
AIR scientists began tacking the typhoon on July 5, when it became apparent that Japan would be affected.
Using meteorological information at that time, the AIR Japan typhoon model estimated that, if the storm continued on its projected track and weakened as anticipated, losses would be under 15 billion Japanese yen (US$140 million).
AIR is the technological leader in providing catastrophe modeling services and software solutions to the insurance, reinsurance and capital markets.
www.air-worldwide.com /_public/html/newsitem.asp?ID=80   (365 words)

  
 AIR MAGAZINE JAPAN: POP CULTURE: MUSIC: LTJ BUKEM
This may be because Japan's is a culture of non-complaint, or because the futility of complaining about such issues is fatalistically accepted, or because Osaka's seniors have grown to appreciate the aquired taste of the city's air and water.
Upon combustion, this combines with oxygen from the air to produce a relatively clean mixture of gases consisting mostly of carbon dioxide and water vapor.
Although the air in Osaka probably merits an official health warning along the lines of "Let's not breathe too frequently or deeply for the sake of our health," compared with the alternatives of taping up one's oral and nasal orifices or inhaling in neighboring Amagasaki City, the sensation isn't exactly unpleasant.
www.airmassive.com /groves.html   (1571 words)

  
 November 7, 1994
Currently, the company is the second largest industrial gas supplier in the country through its Daido Hoxan partner, and the leading supplier of NF in that country through its joint venture company, Nippon NF3.
Air Products entered Japan in 1973 and currently sells a variety of specialty and performance chemicals, as well as industrial gases and related equipment in the country directly and through commercial alliances with Sankyo, Sanyo Chemicals, Daido Hoxan, and Nitto Chemical.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is a leading international supplier of industrial gases and related equipment, specialty and intermediate chemicals, and environmental and energy systems.
www.airproducts.com /PressRoom/CompanyNews/Archived/1994/95024.htm?wbc_purpose=basic#other#top#equipment#other   (432 words)

  
 Japan Air Self Defence Force
The ASDF also provides air support for ground and sea operations of the GSDF and the MSDF and air defense for bases of all the forces.
The Air Self-Defense Force must possess 28 fixed ground radar sites in 28 locations throughout the nation in conformity with its geographical characteristics so that it can maintain vigilance and surveillance throughout Japanese airspace on a continuous basis.
The ground-to-air missile units of the ASDF counter air invasion together with the fighter squadrons.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/japan/jasdf.htm   (1209 words)

  
 Air Force Times - News - More News.
As the two-week refueling exercise was being carried out late last month, relations between Japan and neighboring China were plunging to their lowest point in years, largely over Japanese wartime aggression that left millions of Chinese dead, and over Tokyo’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
“Japan is America’s only reliable partner in Asia, and Washington wants Japan to make a big contribution in its efforts in the region,” said Takehiko Yamamoto, professor of international relations at Tokyo’s Waseda University.
In two years, Japan’s first tanker, a Boeing 767, will be delivered to a military airfield in the central Japanese city of Nagoya.
www.airforcetimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-825962.php   (917 words)

  
 Airliners.net Articles: The Might-Have-Beens: Convair 880 and 990
In keeping with the goal of optimizing the 880 for shorter flight distances, the aircraft held less fuel than its rivals and was designed to operate from runways as short as 5,000 feet in length.
Japan Air Lines 880M JA8023 (msn 59) "Kaede".
Delta Air Lines was the first airline to take delivery of an 880, the airline’s first ship setting a transcontinental speed record on its San Diego-to-Miami delivery flight on February 10, 1960.
www.airliners.net /articles/read.main?id=67   (2646 words)

  
 How does anime air in Japan? - Anime Academy Lounge
Japan seems to be enthralled with our culture about as much as we otaku are with theirs.
Anime in Japan tends to run in the morning, afternoon until 8 pm (which is when prime time REALLY begins in Japan).
The only time I've seen it air is at 6:00 PM on weekdays and a lot of channels don't show more than one episode of anime a day.
www.animeacademy.com /forums/showthread.php?t=10158   (1827 words)

  
 CNN.com - Japan Air System hit by strike - June 19, 2001
Japan's biggest airline, Japan Airlines, also said its pilots' labor union went on strike Wednesday for domestic flights departing from Tokyo, but that no cancellations were planned.
On Tuesday, pilots and cabin crew of Japan's number-two airline All Nippon Airways made a last-minute decision not to go ahead with a scheduled strike, although no agreement was reached with management over summer bonuses.
Japan Air System said it has cancelled 172 flights, or 42 percent of the 410 scheduled domestic flights for Wednesday.
archives.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/06/19/japan.strike.biz   (248 words)

  
 Domestic Air Travel in Japan
Domestic air travel is dominated by the JAL Group and the ANA Group, which each consist of several airlines and serve over fifty airports across the country.
Thanks to the deregulation of Japan's airline industry and increasing competition from discount airlines, domestic airfares have dropped dramatically in recent years, and airplanes have become an economical, sometimes cheaper alternative to the shinkansen (bullet train) on some routes.
A special offer, only available to foreign tourists, are the so called Japan Air Passes, which let you use any domestic flight for a low fixed cost of about 12,000 Yen.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e2365.html   (512 words)

  
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Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF) are primarily responsible for external defense and less concerned with internal issues such as domestic insurgencies or ethnic conflicts.
Japan also has a sizeable defense industry with sophisticated capabilities in areas such as radar and air-to-air missiles.
There are no indications of efforts to develop any Japanese force projection capability with air or naval forces.
www.cdi.org /issues/Asia/japanmil.html   (311 words)

  
 AIRSHIP > LTA Japan
Japan had no real interest in the ship and had her broken up in the summer of 1920, taking posession of the gas valves, instruments, a few of the engines and some other parts that they deemed important enough to study.
For a time, Japan had a determination to develop a Naval Airship Service, one of the more notable pilots being Takijuro Onishi who was trained in England after World War One and who went on to conceive the idea and tactics for the kamakaze planes of World War II.
By the middle of this year, the Zeppelin NT is supposed to commence its 12,000 km (7,500 mile) journey to Japan - in the air, naturally.
spot.colorado.edu /~dziadeck/airship/japan.htm   (1647 words)

  
 Air Force Technology - F-2 Attack Fighter
The F-2 support fighter aircraft for the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) is the result of a joint Japan and USA development programme.
In 1987, the JASDF selected a variant of the F-16C as the Japanese FS-X aircraft to replace the Mitsubishi F-1 aircraft, and in 1988 Mitsubishi was selected as prime contractor for the aircraft, which became known as the F-2.
The programme involved technology transfer from the USA to Japan, and responsibility for cost sharing was split 60% by Japan and 40% by USA.
www.airforce-technology.com /projects/f2   (751 words)

  
 Hot Air » Blog Archive » North Korea: Japan mulls pre-emption
Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on the North’s missile bases would violate its constitution, signaling a hardening stance ahead of a possible U.N. Security Council vote on Tokyo’s proposal for sanctions against the regime.
Modern Japan with offensive capabilities would be a true nightmare for Beijing, combining some of the world’s most advanced technology with an old warrior ethic and long-time contact with and training by the United States military, the best in world history.
Japan’s left can’t manage to remove Koizumi, who has served a full term and been re-elected, and it’s common knowledge that he’s a hawk who supports amending the constitution to allow a more robust Japanese military.
hotair.com /archives/2006/07/10/north-korea-japan-mulls-pre-emption   (2329 words)

  
 Air
From us, to you, for free, Air brings you the people, places, and things that add to the global pop culture mix, live and direct, from Japan.
Air caught up with FPM for the inside info on "Beautiful," his forthcoming album and more...
The visiting Kansai Crew is three-strong: There's Nami, our Special Correspondent from Kyoto; There's Naoko, laidback with a smile on her face from Nara, and there's Takako, adding that Osaka flava' that we fava' to the mix...
www.airmassive.com /airmassive.html   (635 words)

  
 rediff.com: Japan to air first made-in-space TV ad: Reuters
The world's first completely made-in-space television commercial will be aired in Japan from next year, officials said on Monday.
The National Space Agency of Japan also chipped in 10 million yen for the project, the Dentsu official said.
The International Space Station programme is a partnership between NASA in the United States, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan.
www.rediff.com /money/2001/dec/17japan.htm   (194 words)

  
 Fatal Events Since 1970 for Japan Air Lines
14 June 1972; Japan Air Lines DC8-50; near New Delhi, India: The aircraft crashed short of the runway during an approach in darkness, poor weather, and low visibility.
27 September 1977; Japan Air Lines DC8-60; near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The aircraft was on an approach in heavy rain and low clouds and struck a hill about 4 miles (6.4 km) short of the runway.
31 January 2001; Japan Air Lines; near Yaizu, Japan: Two wide-bodied JAL aircraft, one a DC10 traveling from South Korea to Tokyo and a 747 flying from Tokyo to Okinawa, nearly collided on January 31 near Yaizu.
www.airsafe.com /events/airlines/jal.htm   (525 words)

  
 USARJ and 9th TSC Camp Zama,JAPAN
Today USARJ is a cost effective key element in upholding the 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, the most important U.S. bilateral relationship in the region and the key to maintaining western Pacific regional stability.
Should you have the opportunity to be assigned to U.S. Army Japan, this information will assist in planning for, and anticipating a personally and professionally rewarding assignment.
The United States Army Japan is the Army Component Command of United States Forces Japan.
www.usarj.army.mil   (272 words)

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