1.   In Tokyo earlier today, Japanese transport officials had already arranged to meet with U.S. officials on Thursday and Friday, Agence France Presse reported.

2.   The sanctions decision followed a breakdown in talks over port access issues between U.S. and Japanese transport officials.

3.   The U.S. may also bring up requests for new cargo flights through Japan, a Japanese transport ministry official said.

4.   But a Japanese transport ministry official said that while Japan was pleased with the agreement, it had hoped the deal would cover a larger number of flights.

5.   But now, Japanese transport planes are ferrying supplies to Pakistan, destroyers are patrolling the Indian Ocean and armored cars are keeping the peace in foreign lands.

6.   Japan and the United States concluded two days of civil aviation talks Saturday, but remain far from reaching an agreement, a Japanese transport ministry official said.

7.   Shinoda cited a Japanese transport company that uses a warehouse in South Korea to take advantage of cheaper costs there as an example of business fleeing high costs.

8.   Six Japanese military transport planes and two patrol ships returned home Wednesday after a weeklong wait to evacuate Japanese citizens from Indonesia, the embassy said.

9.   The Japanese transport aircraft will carry out airlift missions between U.S. bases in Japan and staging areas overseas, the reports said.

10.   The United States has extended temporary permission for Japan Airlines to operate a weekly round-trip charter flight from Hiroshima to Honolulu, a Japanese transport official said Wednesday.