The 24 hr window to edit is closed, and apparently ASM moved the article, so here is the article on Yahoo.
Japan to Talk With NASA on Supersonic Jet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060508/...supersonic_jet
I have discovered that one shortcoming (actually a major inconvenience) of the internet is linking bits of info on other sites, and invariably the site disappears, or someone reformats it, or removes or relocates the bit of information. I mean - the nerve of some people.