Significant Leap for Pyongyang Missile Tech

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(1) Ayako Mie, Significant Leap for Pyongyang Missile Tech. Japan Times, Dec 12, 2012 (30 minutes ago)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121213a2.html
("The [North Korea's] Korean Central News Agency also announced that a satellite carried by the rocket entered orbit and proclaimed the launch a success. The U.S. military also confirmed that an object entered orbit")

Note:
(a) Ayako MIE 三重 綾子
(b) aya 綾 【あや】(n)
(c) There is no need to read the rest, which is already known.

(2) 台湾证实使用新购雷达追踪朝鲜火箭. BBC Chinese, Dec 12, 2012.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chin ... issile_taiwan.shtml

(3) Chester Dawson, Japan Shows Off Its Missile-Defense System. Wall Street Journal, Dec 8, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 65023312727616.html

Note:
(a) The report quoted "Shinichi Ogawa, a professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University."
(i) Shinichi OGAWA  小川 伸一
(ii) Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  立命館アジア太平洋大学
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsumeikan_Asia_Pacific_University
(acronym: APU; private; Established 2000; 大分県 別府市)

(b) Regarding "Masayuki Iwaike, director of missile-defense and space policy in the [defense] ministry's defense-policy bureau."
(i) Masayuki IWAIKE  岩池 正幸
(ii) mi-yuki 御幸 【みゆき】 (n,v): "imperial outing or visit"