Japan Set to Test Stealth Jet

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Chris Cooper and  Kiyotaka Matsuda, Japan Set to Test Stealth Jet as Abe Boosts Defense Focus
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... gthens-armed-forces

Note:
(a) "Hirofumi DOI 土井 博史, a program manager at the Ministry of Defense"
(b) “engines from IHI Corp”

IHI Corp (based in Tokyo; formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co, Ltd 石川島播磨重工業株式会社, an entity created in 1960 as a result of merger of two shipbuilders: 石川島重工業 (named after 隅田川河口の石川島, in Tokyo) and 播磨造船所 (named after ancient Harima Province 播磨国, corresponding to present-day Hyōgo Prefecture 兵庫県 (capital: Kobe 神戸市))

(c) “The ATD-X could become the basis for a new fighter jet to replace the nation’s F-2, said Takahiro Yoshida, a director in the ministry.”
(i) Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin  (an experimental aircraft for testing advanced stealth fighter aircraft technologies; the acronym means Advanced Technology Demonstrator – X; Shinshin 心神, meaning 'spirit of the heart,' is not officially in use)  en.wikipedia.org
(ii) Mitsubishi F-2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-2
(the first aircraft entered service in 2000; table: Produced 1995-2011/ Number built 94, plus 4 prototypes/ Unit cost $127 million (constant 2009 USD)/ Developed from F-16)

(d) “Takahiro Yoshida, a director in the ministry”

Ministry of Defense 防衛省 防衛装備庁の 吉田孝弘 事業監理官