Japbrat: It's pretty common knowledge that there is a high Japanese population living in Brazil, and in addition, connecting the dots:
GlobeTel Announces Letter of Intent with Kashiwabara Token..
2005/09/08 11:44:13
Corporation of Japan; Joint Venture Calls for Establishment of Broadband Wireless Network in Japan
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sep 08, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GlobeTel Communications Corp. (Amex: GTE) today announced that its subsidiary, Sanswire Networks LLC, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Kashiwabara Token Corporation of Iwakuni City, Japan, to enter a joint venture in the establishment of a terrestrial ground-based wireless broadband and communications system, a prelude to the deployment of the Sanswire Stratellite Airship broadband network in Japan.
Kashiwabara Token Corporation holds a controlling interest of a major cell phone system in the Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures as well as the ICAN Cable television system in Japan. The Corporation has more than 2,000 employees at 50 locations throughout Japan.
Bob Jones, President of Sanswire LLC, said, "The key to this relationship is that Kashiwabara Token Corporation already has the cellular and cable infrastructure that enables us immediately to deploy our ground-based broadband wireless system that is designed to seamlessly integrate with the Stratellite. The location of Iwakuni City is a perfect starting point for Japan with U.S. Marines stationed at Iwakuni Marine Corp Air Station, who also will benefit from our wireless broadband system."
I also speculated on the idea of being able to monitor North Korea via strats flying above Japan and China, back when the above news first came out.
not so strange after all...
nilremerlin
