12:02-12:30 UTC via Canada 10.28.095 s unit reception in south central United States.
Initial reception begining at 12:02 was news spoken in English by a female announcer. She mentioned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Pakistan among other things. The broadcast paused for identification at 12:10 then continued with the female announcer in English. She spoke of a missile interception test by Japn's defense ministry off Hawaii as well as the effects of H1N1 influenza on school closings in Japan. At 12:15 the news ended and proceeded to switch hosts for a segment designated as "Radio Japan Focus" which, when introduced, actually sounded a lot like "Radio Japan Circus". The program continued in English and mentioned traditional Japanese puppet theater and puppeteers. At 12:16 an "Easy Japanese Lessons" segment began with another female announcer who introduced Lesson number 58 before running into some music. The music ended at 12:24 and "Easy Japanese Lessons" continued. At 12:29 programming was wrapped up and at 12:30 dead air took over.
The signal was not quite as strong as other broadcasts and did fade in and out a bit but overall was very audible.
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Limited audio from the broadcast is available in .wav format here.
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10.28.09
Japan demonstrates its new 24/7 capability to to shoot down North Korean missiles (Reuters)
