The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will officially be born on
October 1, 2003. The new space agency is a merger of three Japanese
aerospace/space-related organizations: the Institude of Space and
Astronautical Science (ISAS), the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan
(NAL), and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).
A new JAXA website is also expected to debut on October 1:

http://www.jaxa.jp

Ron Baalke