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dicemooseon 787 Dreamliner teaches Boeing costly lesson on outsourcing

Mitsubishi, Kawasaki and Fuji Heavy Industries in Japan are building several of the components for the 787 and All Nippon Airways is to be the first airline to receive a 787.

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/275465_japan27.html

There were issues with where the wing meets the body (both parts built in Japan), but the responsibility supposedly lies with Boeing who designed the parts.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/200956...

Japanese and Korean suppliers are working to ramp up production of parts.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-01/boeing-787-supplier...

dicemooseon Toyota, The Media Owe You an Apology

The US Embassy compound is on the Akasaka side of Roppongi and the Embassy itself is towards Toranomon. There is also a small US Army base between Roppongi and the Aoyama graveyard, right next to the new National Museum.

FWIW, it's not just the Japanese that can not get into that base, civilian US citizens will also probably find trouble getting in. Which is a bummer since the PX there sells affordable cuts of meat.