Abgeschickt von Kawazee Notuboo am 13 August, 2007 um 19:20:54
Found this yesterday while looking for something else:
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/NEWS/discon2.html
If you want to be among the last to get a QSL from them, and they do respond, time is running out. In the past, they have mentioned Dec 2007 as the time frame for discontinuing service. It now looks official.