JPRS ID: 10300 WORLDWIDE REPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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3 February 1982
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~ TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVEIOPMENT
CFOUO 2/82)
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3 February 1982
WORLDWIDE REPORT
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, RESEARCH AND DEVEL.OPMENT
(FOUO 2/82)
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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS
Pan-F;uropean 5atell~te Broadcasting Planned
(Kenneth Golsing; THE TINIE, 18 Jan 82) 1
ASIA
J APAPJ
LDP P1ans To Launch 'Securit,y Satellite~
(Saneyuki Kodachi; SANKEI SIiIMBUN, 1 Jar 82) 2
Foreign Ministry Calls for R.evision of Radio Waves I,aw
(NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN, 1~ Dec 81) ~
Use of Optic Fiber in Telecormnunication Network Under Study
(NIKKEI ELECTRONICS, 9 Nov 81} . 5
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
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WORLDWiDE AFFAIRS
PAN-EUROPEAN SATELLITE BROADCASTING PLANNID
PM18I607 Lcndon THE TIME in English 18 Jan 82 p 3
[Report by Kenneth Golsing: "European Satellite TV Trial To Start j.n Spring"]
[Text] The first Pan-European experiment to prepare .for direct broadcasting by
satellite is likely to begin this spring, when Britain, Aust-~a, West Germany and
I*_aly, will in turn present a week's programmes, the best of their output, on
closed-circuit television.
An assessment of the experiment will follow; but experts believe that there is an
extremely strong chance of success. Many diff.iculties have to be solved but a fu11
ser~rice could be possible by the end of the decade.
Representatives of the four countries will meet in Geneva on Thursday and Friday
to make arrangements. The first week of the experiment will probably be in the
spring, the second in the summer and the others in the autumn and winter.
Five other countries are interested in pxoviding programmes for the serv~ice:
Holland, the Irish Republic, Portugal, Switzerland and Belgium (Flemish). Those
interested in receiving the service are Malta, Tunisia, Spain, Algeria and Belgium
(French).
The first of many conferences on broadcasting by satellite was held in Dublin five
years ago. In 1980 European broadcasting union representatives met in Venice
to discuss an offer from the European Space Agency of free use for television
experiments of the two broadcasting channels planned for their L-SAT (large
satellite) project.
The meet_!ng resulted in the formation of a group of experts from the broadcasting
- organizations of Britain (Independent Broadcasting Authority/Independe:*_ Tele-
vision Companies Association), France (TFT), Germany (ARD), Italy, Austria, Holland,
Portugal and Sweden.
The L-SAT project is planned to begin in 1986. The British Gavernment has an-
nounced that it will subscribe one-third of rhe cost (77m pounda); the other big
- partner is Italy, also one-third, and participants include Canada, Holland, Swit-
zerland, Austria, Belgium, Spain and Denmark. This year's experiment will attempt
to come Cm terms with such difficulties as cop~right, and the provision of a multi-
sound signal allowing viewers in different countriea to tune to their own language.
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JAPAN
LDP PI.ANS TO LAUNCH 'SECURITY SATELLITE'
_ OW0511"31 Tokyo SANKf:I SHIMBUN in Japanese 1 Jan 82 morning edition p 1
[~rticl.e hy Saneyt?ki Kodacht]
(Gxcerpts] Now that the mounting international tension in connectfon with the
Poiish and other developments ha~ made it necessary for Japan to build up its
defense potential, the LDP, in cooperation with the Defense Agency's uniformed
~fficers, has decided *_o begin working out plans from the outset of the r.ew
year to launch a Japanese security satellite.
The decision was born from the aotion that Japan, whose nationa]. policy is to
- defend itself exclusively for the purpose of self-defense, mt~st have a sat~ltite
to promptly monitor military developments in the far eastern region of the
y Soviet Union, a p~tential threat to Japan, by taking photographs and to have
at its disposal the "rabbit's long ears" to monitor world develop~ents without
a moment's delay.
The LDP Security Affairs Research Council, headed by Chairman Asao Mihara, is
soon to begin a study on the plan and in February, Taro Nakayama, former director
general of the prime minister's oifice and chairman-designate of the LDP special
committee on sp~~ce development, is scheduled to visit Washington to feel out the
linited States about its c-ooperation.
Tf this plan materi~lizes. Japsn will become the third country to have a security
satc~llite. lfter the Unlted St~tes and the Soviet Union, and hence it :::ay
cr.earc an international stir.
Presently, whenever Japan wants to know something about Soviet military develop~-
menrs such as the deployment of troops on the four norChern isl3nds. Japan asks
thcr United 5tates for informati~~n. However, as a Defense tlgency official said,
"'fhe Un~ited States makes inform:~tion available to us only when it thinks that
doing so is all ri~ht; it seldom provides us with photographs."
� /1 r.ivilian official of the Defense Agenry said, "Although no commitmQnt has been
made ber.ween Japan an~ the Unitc~d States on providing information to each other,
we believe that, in case of. an ~~mergency directly affecr.ing Japan'~ security,
the I1.S. side wiil provide t~s with informati~:z.'' However, uniformed members
~f the agency believe that "now that the situation changes from moment to moment,
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we cannot m~et our objectives by only relying on the United States for informa-
tion." Against this background, the talk of launching a Japanese security
satellite has gained momentum.
In connection with these moves, Makoto Genda, chairman of the LDP Defense Affairs
Council, is eager to promote the satel?ite launching plan in earnest. He said:
- "To posse~s a security satellite means to prevent war. With its science and
- technolagy, Japan can develop by itsel.f both the satellite and the rocket neces-
Y sary for its launching. This is a matter of political decision."
' Asao Mihara, chairman of the Security Affairs Research Council, made it clear
that his council should begin studying the plan immediately. He said: "Since
other members of the research council have made similar recommendations and
since I believe that this is an important idea, I would like to put the matter
to a study, wi[h the Foreign Ministry also participating in it."
Whec}~er Japan should develop the security satellite domestically, ask the United
~ States for technical coop~ration or purchase the necessary rocket and even the
satellite itself from the United States remains a queslion.
Regarding the rocket ne~essary for the launching, this requirement can be met
by using the N-II type rocket used by the hational Space Development Agency to
launch the meteorological satellite "Himawari-II" to an altitude of 36,000 km
_ last August. However, this rocket contains only 56 percent of domestically
produced parts; the balance is etther purchased from the United States or pro-
duced under a licensed productio~l system.
As a result, it appears to be the quickest and simplest way to seek technical
cooperation from the United States; this will also be a way of reducing Japan's
trade surplus vis-a-vis the United States.
Former prime minister's office Direct~r Ceneral Nakayama plans to visit the
United States in mid-February and meet congressional leaders in the scientific,
~ foreign relati~ns and c.'efense areas--including his friend~ Don Fuqua, chairman
oC the House Science and Technology Committee--and officials of the National
AFranaur.ics and Space Administration. He will try to find out what the U.S.
' sicle thinks about the plan and also ~eek the underetanding of the U.S. side in
the i~~terpretation of the notes exchanged (in 1969) on cooperation between Japan
_ and the United States in space development.
After seeing the U.S. reaction. the DPfense Agency, the Science and Technology
- Agency and other pertinent government agencies will establish a committee for
~ the study of the security satellite to formally start the necessary survey and
research work. Thus, the LDP w:~nts t~ make the security satellite one of the
pillars of Japan's security in rhe period of the post-1981 mid-tern defense
estimate.
Stressin~ the significan~e of t1~e satellite, Nakayama said: "The AWAC's which
the T)efense Agency p~lrchases co::t 12 billion yen a pi.e~e but a security satellite
can he lannched at a cost of 20 bi].lion yen. So, it will lessen the defense
I~~~rdc~n of th~ nHtion. Besides, if ancl when Japan possesses a satellite, the
- Soviet Un~on r.ill n~t casily c~~ry our any rash actions."
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