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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08TOKYO2476 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2480 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included U.S. media repots on the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Creating New Solidarity" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/10): "...Where has the worldwide solidarity created in the wake of 9/11 gone? The Bush administra [...] | 2008-09-10 03:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2489 | JAPAN ADVISED OF NEED TO CONCLUDE IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Bessho was advised by Charge September 9 that Iraq has decided to decrease the number of non-U.S. coalition partners effective January 2009, and that accordingly, Japan will no longer be required to deploy Air Self Defense Force (ASDF [...] | 2008-09-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO249 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. JCMB DELEGATION TO JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 03-08, 2008, visit to Japan by the U.S. JCMB Delegation led by Ambassador Christopher W. Dell. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...] | 2008-01-30 23:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO2493 | Japan Economic Scope for September 8, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 25, 2008 Food and Agriculture ---------- 2. (U) FM Koumura Pledges Continued Support For Afghanistan, after Death of Non-Governmental Organization Aid worker. Foreign Minister Koumura pledged Japan's continued efforts for Af [...] | 2008-09-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL JA |
08TOKYO2494 | SENIOR MOFA OFFICIAL DOWN ON DPJ PRESIDENT OZAWA [...] (C) In a September 9 dinner with the Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Bureau Director General Shinichi Nishimiya gave an overwhelmingly negative assessment of the immediate future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in the event opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Presid [...] | 2008-09-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO2495 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2496 | CHARGE DISCUSSES APEC AND AGRICULTURE WITH MOFA [...] (SBU) CDA told MOFA Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaharu KOHNO during a September 10 courtesy call that Japan and the United States should use their roles as upcoming chairs of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (in 2010 and 2011, respectively) to promote their free trade and [...] | 2008-09-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD JA |
08TOKYO2499 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO250 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2500 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HEALTH OF DPRK LEADER [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the official kickoff yesterday of the LDP presidential election, with most saying that party Secretary General Aso appears to have support from almost half of the party's Diet members. 2. "What Is Going on in No [...] | 2008-09-11 05:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2503 | RACE FOR NEW PM IS ON, WITH ASO MAKING STRONG [...] (C) The race for the next LDP President -- and Prime Minister of Japan -- has begun, and polling of LDP Diet members and party prefectural chapters shows that party Secretary General Taro Aso is in a strong position. The five candidates' focus has so far been almost completely on economic and [...] | 2008-09-11 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON JA |
08TOKYO2505 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2507 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2508 | DASD SEDNEY'S AUG 27-28 MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) In August 27-28 meetings with former and current Japanese government officials and influential Diet members from both the ruling and opposition parties, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD)/East Asia David Sedney emphasized the importance of implementing as agreed the bil [...] | 2008-09-12 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO2509 | GOJ RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Defense officials confirmed the details of the Global Gate contract with us August 22. Equipment Policy Deputy Director Takeshi Kawamura said the Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries in JFY 2005 for P-X patrol aircraft accessories. Mitsubishi [...] | 2008-09-12 01:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC ETRD JA |
08TOKYO2514 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the finding on Thursday that some of the pesticide- tainted rice from China that was intended for industrial use has been served at 119 hospitals and nursing homes in Japan. 2. "Preparations Needed for All Possible Contingencies" The con [...] | 2008-09-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2517 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES' MEETING WITH JAPANESE MINISTRY [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa, urged the U.S. Government to confirm that the U.S. restriction on year-to-year, incremental funding for multi-year projects like the Mamizu projects in Guam is a U.S. Government-wide policy and not just [...] | 2008-09-12 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO2523 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2531 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2532 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Tuesday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters gave top play to the announcement on Monday by Lehman Brothers that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. 2. "Avoiding Worst-Case Scenario for Global Economy" The liberal Asahi editorializ [...] | 2008-09-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2533 | BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Post delivered reftel BBG paper on September 16 to MOFA Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada. Acknowledging that the paper included new technical and other information, Yamada pledged to pass it on to the appropriate authorities and respond as soon as possible. On the subject of a possi [...] | 2008-09-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PHUM PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO2534 | ABDUCTIONS: MOFA NOT COUNTING ON A DPRK RESPONSE [...] (C) Soon after Prime Minister Fukuda's sudden resignation announcement on September 1, the DPRK informed the Japanese that it will delay standing up its abductions reinvestigation committee until after it "can confirm the policy of the new Japanese administration," Foreign Minister Koumura anno [...] | 2008-09-16 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN JA |
08TOKYO2535 | DEMARCHE ON INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (U) Please see GOJ request for information at the end of para 3. 2. (SBU) Energy Attache delivered nonpaper in ref to MEXT Director for Atomic Energy Tomohiro Yamano, the GOJ lead official on CSC matters, September 16. Yamano noted that Tokyo had received the draft IAEA General Conference [...] | 2008-09-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC JA |
08TOKYO2536 | JAPAN TARGETED REQUEST FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires raised points contained in Ref A with Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho on September 16 and reminded him that the United States is still waiting for a response to our requests for further assistance to Afghanistan, to include: CH-47 and C-130 air [...] | 2008-09-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF JA |
08TOKYO2537 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...] | 2008-09-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA |
08TOKYO2538 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2539 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - LEHMAN COLLAPSE [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent front-page play to the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, including the worldwide stock plunge during Tuesday's trading. 2. "Paying the Price for Hesitation to Use Public Funds" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri edito [...] | 2008-09-17 02:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2548 | Japan Economic Scope for September 16, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 9, 2008 Business ---------- 2. (U) JFTC Requests Merger Plan From BHP Billiton, Establishes Exclusive Review Team The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has ordered mining giant BHP Billiton to submit its plans for a $147 [...] | 2008-09-17 05:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO255 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08 [...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...] | 2008-01-31 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2550 | JAPAN ON THE CD [...] (C) In response to reftel, MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division official Seitoku Kawakami told Embassy Tokyo that Japan is supportive of the CD's (Community of Democracies) accomplishments, particularly the Bamako Consensus on Freedom of Expression and Internet Freedom. However, [...] | 2008-09-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO2553 | JAPANESE ATTENDANCE AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI JA |
08TOKYO2554 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano September 16 and left a copy of the Iran UAV non-paper (reftel). Matano accepted it without comment. Poloff explained that the Embassy would also b [...] | 2008-09-17 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR TW |
08TOKYO2555 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO256 | BISTF PLENARY FOCUSES ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND [...] (S) The January 16 plenary meeting of the DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and preparatory Director-level meetings focused on the status of long-term milestones from the annex to the BISTF Terms of Reference (TOR) and broader Japanese government participat [...] | 2008-01-31 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA |
08TOKYO2563 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi led with the informal agreement between the ruling LDP and its junior partner New Komeito to dissolve the Lower House in early October for a snap election on October 26. 2. "Public Fund Used This Time around" On the USG decision to bail out insurance f [...] | 2008-09-18 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2564 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO257 | JAPANESE AND IRAQIS FINALLY EXECUTE FIRST LOAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Iraqi officials signed loan agreements worth over USD 1.5 billion covering eight reconstruction projects in Iraq. These are the first of Japan's USD 3.5 billion worth of soft yen loans to Iraq to be signed and come after an extended period due to Iraq's lack of capac [...] | 2008-01-31 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ JA |
08TOKYO2576 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2577 | JAPAN CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING COOPERATION ON TIP [...] (U) Charge James Zumwalt met Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho for lunch on Tuesday, September, 17. Bessho was accompanied by Akihiko Nakajima, Deputy Director-General for Foreign Policy, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation, who also handles trafficking-in-persons issues fo [...] | 2008-09-18 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV PREL JA KTIP |
08TOKYO258 | JAPAN POSITIVE ON GREATER CHINA/INDIA ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Japan believes India and China need to be brought into the International Energy Agency (IEA),MOFA Economic Affairs Director-General Yoichi Otabe told visiting EEB DAS for Energy and Sanctions Hengel, even if it means that they do so without first becoming members of the OECD. Ja [...] | 2008-01-31 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV PREL ETRD JA CH IN |
08TOKYO2580 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the announcements on Thursday by the world's top central banks, including the Bank of Japan, to pump more than $180 billion into short-term money markets in a coordinated effort to ease the global credit crunch. 2. "Eve [...] | 2008-09-19 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2581 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 03:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO259 | JAPAN: LDP DIET MEMBER ON GAS TAX RISKS, RATIONALE [...] (C) Maintaining Japan's "provisional" gasoline tax and related tax surcharges is the right thing to do, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet member Masahiko Shibayama told Embassy Tokyo January 29, because letting them expire would exacerbate the country's difficult fiscal position. The [...] | 2008-01-31 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2594 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2596 | "TAINTED RICE" SCANDAL REVERBERATES THROUGH JAPAN [...] (U) Summary: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Minister Seiichi Ota's resignation on September 19 marks the latest casualty from Japan's "tainted rice" scandal, following the ouster of his deputy, Vice Minister Toshiro Shirasu, on September 18. Both Ota and Shirasa have been widely [...] | 2008-09-21 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON SENV JA |
08TOKYO26 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2601 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2602 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST BOMBING IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the reelection on Sunday of DPJ President Ozawa as party chief, as well as the anticipated landslide victory today of LDP Secretary General Aso in the party presidential race. 2. "Review of War on Terrorism Needed [...] | 2008-09-22 02:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2610 | IAEA: JAPAN OPPOSES IRAN AND SYRIA BUT UNDECIDED [...] (C) A/EMIN delivered demarche in ref. to MOFA Nonproliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa September 19. Ichikawa said Japan agreed with the U.S. that Syria and Iran were unacceptable candidates for the IAEA Middle East and South Asia group Board of Governor [...] | 2008-09-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC JA |
08TOKYO2611 | JAPAN AT FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN GROUP [...] (C) The Friends of Pakistan Group is a "high priority" for the government of Japan, and MOFA officials up to the Vice Minister level are "strongly recommending" that the new Japanese Foreign Minister -- to be named on September 24 or 25 -- attend the inaugural meeting on September 26, according [...] | 2008-09-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PK JA |
08TOKYO2612 | ASO WINS LDP PRESIDENCY; WILL BE ELECTED PM ON [...] (C) Summary. Taro Aso overwhelmed four other candidates in the September 22 ruling LDP presidential election, taking 351 of 527 votes. Aso succeeds Prime Minister Fukuda as LDP President effective immediately. He will replace Fukuda as Head of Government and name a new Cabinet on September 24 [...] | 2008-09-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO2613 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2614 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2615 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers led with the election of Taro Aso as LDP president, while Asahi and Nikkei gave top play to the decision by the Mitsubishi-UFJ Group to acquire a stake in Morgan Stanley. 2. "Russia Eager to Display Military Prowess" A Moscow correspondent for the [...] | 2008-09-23 02:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2618 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 805 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 06:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO262 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2620 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2624 | JAPANESE ON ENGAGING CHINA ON [...] (S) Japan shares our concerns about Chinese violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions aimed at sanctioning Iran, but would like to study the points made in reftel non-paper before making a commitment to press China on this subject, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division [...] | 2008-09-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER ECON EFIN IR CH JA |
08TOKYO2625 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN STILL WORKING CCW AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan still expects to sign the Oslo Convention banning cluster munitions (CM) on December 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General Asahiko Nakajima told Political-Military Affairs Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard on September 10. At the same time, [...] | 2008-09-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA PINR NATO |
08TOKYO2627 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE BASALLA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24--October 9, 2008, visit to Japan by Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 M [...] | 2008-09-23 23:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO2629 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2630 | Japan Economic Scope for September 22, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 17, 2008. Business ---------- 2. (U) Japanese Exports to China Hit New High Japan's exports to China in the first half of 2008 increased nearly 24 percent over the same period in 2007 to more than $62 billion -- a new hig [...] | 2008-09-24 01:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO2631 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. GRAIN EXPORTS TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) The GOJ has no intention of portraying U.S. grains as unsafe and in fact cancelled recent rice and wheat tenders to shore up public confidence, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Director General of Staple Foods Masaaki Okuhara told FAS Senior Attache in response to R [...] | 2008-09-24 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV JA |
08TOKYO2634 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the Japanese securities firm Nomura Holdings' agreement with Lehman Brothers to purchase the U.S. company's European and Middle Eastern operations in addition to its Asia-Pacific business. 2. "Concern about Pakistan Becoming Asia's Arm [...] | 2008-09-24 07:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2638 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2639 | ASO ELECTED PM; CABINET PICKS AIMED AT SOLIDIFYING [...] (C) Former LDP Secretary General Taro Aso was elected Prime Minister of Japan on September 24, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda, who announced his intention to resign on September 1. Aso announced his new Cabinet the same day, re-appointing just five of 17 ministers from the recently reshuffled Fukuda [...] | 2008-09-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA |
08TOKYO2645 | Emergency Communications Facilities in Japan [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) officials report that under the country's system for priority emergency communications, such services are provided by commercial telecommunications carriers under terms specified by Japanese law. Foreign missions do [...] | 2008-09-24 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ACOA AMGT ANET JA |
08TOKYO2646 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2647 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH SPEECH AT UNGA AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent top play to the launch of the Aso cabinet on Wednesday. 2. "U.S. Commitment to UN Remains Unclear" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (9/25): "In his farewell speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Bush stre [...] | 2008-09-25 02:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2653 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08 [...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...] | 2008-09-25 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2655 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2656 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - USS GEORGE WASHINGTON [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the results of their respective nationwide opinion polls on public support for the Aso cabinet, which was launched on Wednesday. 2. "Can George Washington Be Fortress of Peace?" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/26): "...The deploym [...] | 2008-09-26 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2678 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2679 | JAPANESE FINANCIAL COMPANIES ACTING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japanese financial companies are picking up assets available as a result of the failure of Lehman Brothers and other U.S.-based financial firms to grow their international presence. Announcements Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG),would purchase 10 to [...] | 2008-09-26 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL JA |
08TOKYO268 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave prominent front-page play to a growing boycott across Japan of frozen food from China in response to an increase in the number of consumers who complained of food poisoning after eating frozen Chinese-made dumplings contaminated with an agricultura [...] | 2008-02-01 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2682 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2687 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. BAILOUT PLAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Monday morning included the resignation on Sunday of the land and transport minister and a tentative agreement reached on early Sunday morning between the Bush administration and congressional leaders on a government proposal to purchase up to $700 billion i [...] | 2008-09-29 03:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO27 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007, visit to Japan by EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, NSC China Director Paul Haenle, and EAP Special Assistant Chrisotpher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politic [...] | 2008-01-07 00:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT JA KN KNNP MNUC OTRA PREL CH |
08TOKYO270 | Japanese Police Arrest Inventor of Computer Virus [...] (U) Summary: Japanese police in Kyoto have arrested Masato Nakatsuji, alleged to have invented and distributed a computer virus. The search and subsequent arrest were based on suspected violations of Japan's copyright laws, as it is believed that the virus was delivered embedded in a video fi [...] | 2008-02-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT ECPS TINT JA |
08TOKYO2708 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 23:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO271 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2711 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2714 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 4, 2008, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, Special Assistant Yuri Kim, Director EAP/K Sung Y. Kim, NSC Director of Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle, and ISN DAS C.S. Eliot Kang. 2. (U) Control Officer for t [...] | 2008-09-30 02:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08TOKYO2715 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY, NORTH [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged a coordinated decision by the central banks of the U.S., Japan, and Europe to provide financial markets an additional $330 billion in liquidity in order to make credit available in dollars amid a freeze in lending among commercial banks. [...] | 2008-09-30 02:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2724 | Progress in Asia Pacific Partnership Transport Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) members explored areas for cooperation in conserving energy and reducing CO2 emissions in road transport during the first APP Road Transport Sector Workshop in Tokyo September 18-19. Following detailed presentations [...] | 2008-09-30 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN SENV EWWT PREL JA |
08TOKYO2726 | IAEA: JAPAN TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN FOR MESA BOG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PARM MNUC JA |
08TOKYO2727 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2728 | SECNAV DISCUSSES GUAM, OEF, AND RUSSIA WITH NEW [...] (U) Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter met September 26 with newly appointed Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and MOFA Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka. Ambassador Schieffer and Commander of Naval Forces Japan Rear Admiral James Kelly joined Secretary Winter. 2. (C) Defens [...] | 2008-09-30 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
08TOKYO2729 | ASO'S ECONOMIC POLICY: STIMULATE THE ECONOMY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Taro Aso's campaign pledges and initial policy speech have focused on an economic stimulus policy that appeals to Japanese voters concerned about their pocketbooks and the direction of Japan's economy. Aso's short-term electoral focus is not to launch a return to t [...] | 2008-09-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2730 | BIO INFO ON IRAQI AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Dr. Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily currently serves as Iraq's Ambassador in Tokyo, where he is a well-known and close Embassy contact. To correct reftel, which indicates Jumaily is a career diplomat who served in the Saddam era, in fact Jumaily [...] | 2008-09-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR IZ JA |
08TOKYO2731 | TRANSPORTATION MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER FIVE DAYS [...] (U) Summary: Only five days after his appointment, MLIT Minister Nariaki Nakayama formally resigned September 28 after a series of controversial remarks. Prime Minister Aso appointed Kazuyoshi Kaneko, a Lower House member with experience in construction and budget issues, to replace Nakayama. [...] | 2008-09-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV ELTN ETRD JA |
08TOKYO2732 | JAPAN'S CABINET APPROVES FY2008 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Just one month after the Government of Japan,s August 29 announcement of an economic policy package (reftel),the Cabinet Office approved September 29 the first supplemental budget for FY2008 to fund a portion of the spending promised under the package, and submitted it immediat [...] | 2008-09-30 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON JA EFIN |
08TOKYO2733 | JAPANESE ATTITUDES ON BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese business sentiment toward economic opportunities in Russia remains cautious. Japanese business and government interests note concerns about the risks of doing business in Russia, continued uncertainty following Russia's invasion of Georgia, problems with the transport of [...] | 2008-09-30 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ENRG PREL RU JA |
08TOKYO2735 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 01:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2737 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. BAILOUT PLAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers led with the worldwide stock plunge on Tuesday and President Bush's statement on Tuesday urging Congress to take action. 2. "U.S Should Realize Its Responsibility to The World" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/1): "...If the U.S. kills the bail [...] | 2008-10-01 02:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO274 | JAPANESE VIEWS ON IRAN AND BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. EEB DAS Hengel discussed Iran and Burma related sanctions with Japanese government officials January 23-24. The GOJ will continue to support the international community on Iran sanctions, but urged caution regarding Iran's central bank. The Japanese are concerned Iran's increas [...] | 2008-02-01 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL XC XF JA |
08TOKYO2741 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY TO VISIT [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 5-8, 2008, visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Mr. John C. Geis, LtCol Leonard J. Kosinski, and Mr. Patrick W. Graff. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be re [...] | 2008-10-01 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO2742 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2744 | JAPAN INSURANCE: POTENTIAL BUYERS UNSURE OF AIG'S [...] (SBU) AIG Japan's insurance operations are potentially an attractive acquisition target, given media reports that AIG Japan's FY2007 direct premium revenue was about $24 billion. Japanese domestic insurers are showing interest, but questions remain about AIG subsidiaries' balance sheets, solve [...] | 2008-10-01 09:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2745 | SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT [...] (C) You will arrive in Japan in the wake of a dramatic leadership change. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is regarded as a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, who we expect will try hard to maintain course for our important bilateral initiatives, including the realignment of U [...] | 2008-10-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO2746 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included Prime Minister Aso's remarks in the Diet on Wednesday, during which he hinted at the need for an additional supplementary budget. 2. "EU Deploys Monitors in Georgia" The liberal Asahi wrote (10/2): "EU monitors began their operatio [...] | 2008-10-02 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2747 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO275 | WIREC -- PROPOSED SUBNATIONAL PANELISTS FROM JAPAN [...] (SBU) In response to request in ref A, propose the following individuals as potential panelists for the WIREC 2008 Subnational Sessions: Dr. Hideaki YUKAWA Director, Microbiology Research Group Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) Visiting Professor, University [...] | 2008-02-01 09:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY ECON SOCI JA |
08TOKYO2754 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2757 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed thanks for the non-paper. Taniza [...] | 2008-10-02 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP ETTC PREL MNUC IR JA |
08TOKYO2760 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2761 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the growing likelihood that an envisaged snap election on November 2 will be postponed, as well as the LDP's instruction to all GOJ ministries and agencies that they must alert and provide it in advance any policy- related data requested by [...] | 2008-10-03 02:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2765 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR [...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed appreciation for the non-paper. [...] | 2008-10-03 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TRGY PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR |
08TOKYO2771 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2773 | Demarche Delivered: Draft Compliance Resolution on [...] (U) Please see action request contained in paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Econ officer delivered demarche in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu September 30. Umetsu said he did not see any problems with the draft compliance resolu [...] | 2008-10-05 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CDG PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO2775 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2776 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning newspapers gave top or front-page play to the summit among four European leaders in Paris on Saturday, during which they vowed to take all necessary steps to protect their banking systems. 2. "EU Should Show Firm Coordination to Prevent Financial Crisis" T [...] | 2008-10-06 01:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2778 | MEET MINISTERIAL POSTPONED: GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo will be postponed, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials told EMIN October 3. Although MLIT has not formally announced a postponem [...] | 2008-10-06 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA |
08TOKYO2779 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO278 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2780 | ELECTION TIMING UNCERTAIN; EARLY NOVEMBER UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary. Lower than hoped poll numbers for Prime Minister Aso, domestic economic concerns, and the need to deal with the international financial crisis continue to reduce the chances for early elections in Japan. The ruling LDP and DPJ opposition have been unable to agree on a timetable [...] | 2008-10-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JA |
08TOKYO2781 | Japan Economic Scope for October 3, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 3, 2008. Insurance and Investment ------------------------ 2. (U) Japan's FDI Stock Up Sharply in 1H 2008 Japan's stock of inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) rose more than 11% in the first half of 2008, according to prelimi [...] | 2008-10-06 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO2783 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: Financing for Development Conference [...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa told Emboff October 1 the GOJ is ramping up its preparations for the Doha high-level FfD Review Conference in November (reftel). Okawa's division leads formulating the GOJ' [...] | 2008-10-06 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN JA |
08TOKYO2784 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers led with the plunge in New York of the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years during Monday's trading. 2. "Fear of Free Fall Looming" The liberal Asahi's New York correspondent wrote on the plunge in the Dow during Monday's trading (10/7): [...] | 2008-10-07 00:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2785 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO279 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with follow-up stories on food poisoning cases suspected of being caused by frozen Chinese-made dumplings. 2. "Coordination among G-7 Nations Necessary" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (2/3): "The U.S. economy appears to be slowing, as Americ [...] | 2008-02-04 02:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2794 | JAPAN TO CALL FOR BINDING TARGETS FOR EMERGING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is looking for the more developed emerging economies, e.g., China and India, to accept binding greenhouse gas (GHG) or energy intensity targets. In the proposal Japan sent the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action for the 14th UN Framework Convention on Cli [...] | 2008-10-07 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL JA |
08TOKYO2798 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2799 | JAPAN: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC IR JA |
08TOKYO28 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2801 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WORLD ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent top play to the three Japanese scientists who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics. 2. "It's High Time for U.S., Europe to Employ All Policy Tools" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/8): "Japan experienced a banking crisis in the [...] | 2008-10-08 00:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2802 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2808 | ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES DISCUSS CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of abductee family groups described their high expectations for how Prime Minister Aso will address the abduction issue and contrasted PM Aso's likely approach with that of former PM Fukuda, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 3. In addition, they welcomed [...] | 2008-10-08 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KN JA |
08TOKYO2810 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2813 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2814 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Thursday morning were concerted reductions in interest rates by six U.S. and European central banks and the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to three scholars, including a Japanese scientist currently studying in Boston. 2. "Russia Completes Troop Pullout fr [...] | 2008-10-09 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2815 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 807 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO2816 | USML CONTROLLED ITEMS CONTINUE TO SELL IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs continue to work with Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to track the source of apparently unlicensed U.S. Munitions List (USML) controlled items, including holographic weapon scopes and hand guards being sold on Yahoo A [...] | 2008-10-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD KOMC JA |
08TOKYO2817 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2824 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2825 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included Japan's plan to propose at the G7 meeting on Friday an emergency IMF loan program for newly emerging economies and small- and medium-sized nations. 2. "New Thinking Needed for Unprecedented Crisis" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/1 [...] | 2008-10-10 02:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO283 | DPRK-AFFILIATED CHOSEN SOREN FACING "CRISIS" IN [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-backed Chosen Soren faces a "crisis," with its income-generating network of financial institutions and schools showing cracks, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. CS membership continues to decline and rank-and-file members provide less support for Pyongyang-backed political c [...] | 2008-02-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO2830 | TOKYO COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL (15-17 [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 15-17, 2008, visit to Japan by Senator Chuck Hagel, Mr. Rexon Ryu, and Colonel Phil Skuta. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-555 [...] | 2008-10-10 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGMT ASEC AFIN JA CH KS |
08TOKYO2834 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2836 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING JAPAN'S CONTINENTAL [...] Following is the text of Diplomatic Note 3938/E-O from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated October 9. The note was submitted following up on the July discussions between the U.S. and Japan regarding the extended continental shelf. The note was delivered to the Embassy in English. Embassy i [...] | 2008-10-10 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA SENV TPHY KSCA JA |
08TOKYO2837 | JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING UPCOMING GI EXERCISE [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 4). 2. (SBU) Econ officer met October 9 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division official Yukari Aosa regarding the US invitation to attend the second Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting [...] | 2008-10-10 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JA |
08TOKYO2839 | JAPANESE MARKETS FINISH WORST WEEK ON RECORD [...] Summary: The Nikkei 225 index ended the day down 9.62%, losing 881.06 points, registering its lowest close since May 28, 2003. During morning trading, however, the Nikkei shed over 1,040 points, over 11%, the second largest decline in its history. The broader Topix index, which is less heavi [...] | 2008-10-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN JA |
08TOKYO284 | SOKA GAKKAI GROUP MOVING TO SUPPORT SENDING [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's efforts to pass a Permanent Dispatch Law will require the support of ruling coalition partner Komeito Party, which to date has not embraced the plan to allow the government the authority to dispatch Self-Defense Forces abroad. As the Komeito's [...] | 2008-02-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS JA |
08TOKYO2842 | SMALL LIFE INSURER FAILS AMID MARKET VOLATILITY [...] (C) Yamato Life Insurance filed for bankruptcy October 10. Media reports linked the company's failure to losses incurred from subprime mortgage-backed securities, but regulators noted the company has long struggled with high costs and failed to adapt to new sales methods. Pointing to Yamato' [...] | 2008-10-10 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2843 | CITING FINANCIAL TURMOIL, UNIONS SEEK HIGHER WAGES [...] (C) Financial turmoil in the United States is exacerbating the downturn in Japan's real economy, a top trade union official told Emboffs, and the effects are likely to continue to put downward pressure on the Japanese economy into 2009. In response to workers' subsequent feelings of economic i [...] | 2008-10-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO2845 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S OCT 15-17 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The situation you will find in Japan is one of continued political uncertainty, despite the recent election of a new government. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and appears to favor a more robust Japanese contribution to internation [...] | 2008-10-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PARM OVIP JA PINR |
08TOKYO2849 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 06:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO285 | MOFA RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION [...] (SBU) ESToff delivered points in ref to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato January 28. Sato appreciated for the update and said the GOJ will likely need "some time" to examine the IAEA-India safeguards agreement [...] | 2008-02-04 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PREL IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY JA |
08TOKYO2859 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-2 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO286 | AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS USS BLUE [...] (C) In a February 1 one-on-one lunch, the Ambassador thanked Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka for his assistance with the USS Blue Ridge's upcoming port call and asked him to reconsider the presence of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe at the fourth Tokyo International Conference on Afri [...] | 2008-02-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR OVIP MARR ZI JA |
08TOKYO2861 | MEXT DEPUTY MINISTER ASKS USG TO URGE MOFA TO LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Deputy Minister Toichi Sakata asked that the USG, in particular the Department, engage Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) at a "high level" to spur the Ministry to negotiate a U.S.-Japan Homeland Securi [...] | 2008-10-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPL PTER PREL TBIO JA |
08TOKYO2862 | JAPAN DECLINES TO MAKE FUTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) EmbOffs delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Humanitarian Assistance Deputy Director Hisanobu Mochizuki October 10. Mochizuki, while not ruling out additional contributions to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the future, said the GOJ would [...] | 2008-10-14 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA JA |
08TOKYO2864 | USPACOM COMMANDER KEATING MEETS DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: USPACOM appreciates the Ministry of Defense's efforts leading up to the successful deployment of the USS George Washington to Japan, visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating told Defense Minister Hamada during an October 9 meeting. DefMin Hamada said the GW's arrival in Japa [...] | 2008-10-14 23:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH |
08TOKYO2867 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND GLOBAL [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers on Tuesday morning because of a press holiday. Top stories on TV networks included the sharp rebound in share prices in U.S., European, and Asian markets on Monday following the announcement of the coordinated action plan by G7 policymakers to cope with the f [...] | 2008-10-15 00:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2869 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO287 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2871 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave top play to Tuesday's announcement by President Bush on a policy package designed to stabilize the financial markets centering on the injection of $125 billion in public funds into major banks. 2. "Crisis Did Not Go Away" On the global reboun [...] | 2008-10-15 04:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2875 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2876 | (SBU) Delivery of Demarche to GOJ on proposal to exchange [...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel demarche on the proposal to exchange terrorist screening information pursuant to HSPD-6 to Maiko Fujiwara, MOFA, International Counter-Terrorism Coordination Division, Foreign Policy Bureau. 2. (SBU) Fujiwara thanked Conoff for the information and noted the GO [...] | 2008-10-15 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT ASEC PTER PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO2877 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2879 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2880 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included the plunge in the NYSE on Wednesday. 2. "U.S. Needs to Take Next Step" The conservative Sankei editorialized (10/16): "The U.S. announced an injection of public funds into major financial institutions as part of its measures to dea [...] | 2008-10-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2882 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met October 16 with two prominent representatives of the abductees' family association -- Chairman Shigeo Iizuka and Shigeru Yokota (the father of Megumi Yokota, the best known abductee) -- to discuss the recent delisting of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror. [...] | 2008-10-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO2883 | DPRK: PM'S ABDUCTIONS ADVISOR TAKES HEART FROM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 14, Prime Minister Aso's Special Advisor on the Abductions Issue Kyoko Nakayama expressed relief that, although the United States lifted the DPRK's terror designation, ongoing sanctions will continue to require the United States to vote against IM [...] | 2008-10-16 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO2884 | BEIJING OLYMPICS MARGINALLY IMPROVED ATTITUDES, [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing Olympics were well viewed in Japan and helped to showcase for the Japanese China's ongoing modernization and global integration. The Olympics also solidified for the majority of Japanese already deeply suspicious of China and its intentions the view that the PRC is an [...] | 2008-10-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JA |
08TOKYO2885 | JAPANESE FOLLOW UP ON G-7 ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister and Financial Services Minister Shoichi Nakagawa released a statement October 14 outlining Japan's follow-up policies to its October 10 G-7 Action Plan. The Plan calls for relaxing rules on corporate stock buy-backs, greater transparency in selling short, and te [...] | 2008-10-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
08TOKYO2886 | CITES: CHINESE SEEN AS WILLING TO PAY MORE AT IVORY AUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 108 tons of stockpiled ivory in four southern African states (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) will be auctioned to Japan and China from late October to early November 2008. The auction was approved by the CITES Standing Committee in July 2008. Japan' [...] | 2008-10-16 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA ETRD CITES JA |
08TOKYO2890 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 03:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2893 | JAPAN'S ANNUAL REPORT ON HIV/AIDS FOR 2007 [...] Summary: Japan reported a record 1,082 new HIV-positive cases and 418 new AIDS cases during 2007, bringing the cumulative totals to 9,426 and 4,468 respectively at the end of 2007. As in previous years, Japanese males accounted for the majority of new HIV and AIDS cases in 2007 and sexual co [...] | 2008-10-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA |
08TOKYO2894 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included the plunge in Tokyo stocks on Thursday. 2. "Broad View Needed for Afghanistan" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/17): "...We should isolate the al-Qaeda terrorist network by seeking dialogue and achieving peace with moderates in th [...] | 2008-10-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2895 | SEN. HAGEL'S MEETINGS WITH PM ASO AND OTHER [...] (C) During an October 16 visit to Tokyo, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) exchanged views on his visits to China and South Korea, regional security, and the global financial crisis with Prime Minister Aso and other Japanese officials and Diet members. Aso and Finance Minister Nakagawa both stressed [...] | 2008-10-17 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MNUC OVIP JA |
08TOKYO2896 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO29 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] "U.S. Should Be Tough with North Korea" The moderate- conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1/7): "...The U.S. and Japan are urging North Korea to completely abandon its nuclear programs. However, Pyongyang has yet to produce a 'complete and correct declaration' of its nuclear programs as agreed [...] | 2008-01-07 01:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2904 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO291 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2910 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top play to the agreement between the U.S. and EU to hold an emergency summit involving G8 members and emerging economies early next month in order to discuss how to deal with the international financial crisis. 2. "Concern about U.S., Europe Vy [...] | 2008-10-20 02:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2913 | TOKYO COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PLUNKETT [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 21-30, 2008, visit to Japan by the STAFFDEL led by Ms. Vickie Plunkett and including Ms. Catherine Garman, Mr. David Sienicki, Mr. Paul Arcangeli, Ms. Lynn Williams, Ms. Eryn Robinson, Mr. Thomas Hawley, Ms. Lara Battles [...] | 2008-10-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS JA |
08TOKYO2915 | PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT 9 MEETING WITH [...] (C) PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating, accompanied by the Ambassador, told Foreign Minister Nakasone during an October 9 courtesy call that continued Japanese refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) are critical for success in Afghanistan. Na [...] | 2008-10-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC MARR JA |
08TOKYO2920 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2924 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2930 | RETIRED GSDF GENERAL GRIM ABOUT FUTURE ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Retired Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) General Naruhiko Ueda privately painted a bleak picture of the GOJ's ability to control sales/re-sales of dual-use and military items. Ueda said the lack of cooperation among government ministries, weak Customs enforcement activ [...] | 2008-10-21 05:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD KOMC JA |
08TOKYO2931 | OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) DevCon Reed met with Hideki Uyama, Director of MOFA's Second Country Assistance Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau to deliver the points contained in reftel on October 22. 2. (SBU) Mr. Uyama advised that Japan shares the same views with the United States and it is ver [...] | 2008-10-21 05:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG JA |
08TOKYO2932 | Japan Economic Scope for October 20, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 20, 2008. Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Japan And U.K. Sign Statement Of Cooperation on Carbon Footprints And Offsets The Ministry of Environment (MOE) published a Japan-U.K. statement of cooperation [...] | 2008-10-21 06:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO2933 | TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERIAL [...] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will convene the rescheduled Ministerial Conference on Global Environment and Energy in Transport (MEET) January 14-16, 2009 in Tokyo. On October 21, MLIT delivered by fax copies of the following letter from MLIT Minister Kan [...] | 2008-10-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA |
08TOKYO2934 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2935 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to a monthly economic report publicized by the Japanese government on Monday that downgraded the nation's monthly economic evaluation for the second time in three months. 2. "Summit Should Present Roadmap to Overcome Finan [...] | 2008-10-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2936 | NEW GOJ SPACE OFFICE CHIEF PROMOTES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly appointed Secretary General of Japan's Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy, Masakazu Toyoda, told EMIN he intends to formulate and implement a national space strategy for Japan in less than two years. Going forward Japan will focus more on application of technolog [...] | 2008-10-21 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA TSPL KSCA PGOV PREL MARR JA |
08TOKYO2938 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO294 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES P. ZUMWALT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 23-26, 2008 visit to Japan by James P. Zumwalt. 2. (U) Post understands that point of contact for the visit is Osaka CG Russel and that Osaka will handle all trip arrangements including lodging. ---- Visa ---- 3. [...] | 2008-02-05 01:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO2941 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included the planned launch by the financial and monetary authorities of Japan, China, and South Korea of a new entity tasked with discussing measures for ensuring market stability in Asia. 2. "Guilty Ruling to Compound Political Stalemate [...] | 2008-10-22 04:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2947 | JAPAN SUPPORTS ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM AF JA |
08TOKYO2948 | INPEX LIKELY TO OPT FOR OFFSHORE LNG TERMINAL IN [...] (SBU) INPEX Corporate Strategy and Planning Division Manager Hiroshi Ikeda confirmed the firm expects to make a decision in mid-November to construct an LNG terminal to service the Abadi gas field in the Masela Block. Ikeda clarified an October 5 Nikkei report, one that suggests the firm has [...] | 2008-10-22 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL ID JA |
08TOKYO2953 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2954 | MAYOR OF TEHRAN VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf visited Japan October 16 - 21, confirmed MOFA Second Middle East Director Motosada Matano. According to Matano, Ghalibaf was invited by the Japanese under the auspices of their "Opinion Leader Program." The Japanese view him as important because he is [...] | 2008-10-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IR JA |
08TOKYO2955 | MOD TO ASSIGN PERSONNEL TO HAWAII AND GUAM TO [...] (C) In line with private Japanese government statements (reftel),media reported 20 October that the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) has decided to assign nine officials to Guam and seven others to PACOM beginning in September 2009 in order to promote US force realignment initiatives, parti [...] | 2008-10-22 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO2956 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2959 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S-INDIA NUCLEAR PACT, [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included a USG announcement on Wednesday that the U.S. will host an emergency financial summit on November 15 in Washington. 2. "U.S.-India Pact to Endanger NPT Regime" The liberal Mainichi's correspondent in Vienna wrote (10/23): "Last mo [...] | 2008-10-23 04:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2961 | POLAR AIR CARGO: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, Post delivered the diplomatic note concerning Polar Air Cargo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 22. Post will report the GOJ's response. SCHIEFFER [...] | 2008-10-23 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA JA |
08TOKYO2963 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2964 | JAPAN TO START VOLUNTARY CARBON FOOTPRINT LABELING [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) plans to start an experimental voluntary carbon footprint labeling program involving approximately 30 domestic companies in early to mid 2009. Industry associations will design the basic methodology for computing the carbon foot [...] | 2008-10-23 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG EAGR PREL JA |
08TOKYO2966 | METI VM MOCHIZUKI ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Harufumi Mochizuki focused on energy, climate change, the WTO, and China, in an October 22 meeting with the DCM. Mochizuki noted a shared interest in an effective and inclusive post-Kyoto framework, as well as energy s [...] | 2008-10-23 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ETRD JA PREL SENV CH |
08TOKYO2969 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2971 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS, ASEM [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the estimate by a Japanese government panel on social security that concluded that health and nursing care programs will likely require 94 trillion yen in 2025, up 50 percent from fiscal 2007. 2. "ASEM Has Heavy Responsibility" The libera [...] | 2008-10-24 05:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2976 | ASO STILL UNDECIDED, AS UNCERTAINTY OVER NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts from both the ruling and opposition parties remain unanimous that the chances for an election before the end of this year remain no better than 50/50. They are also in agreement that PM Aso has yet to make up his mind on the timing, and is still in the process o [...] | 2008-10-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JA |
08TOKYO2977 | JMSDF TO CONDUCT ANTI-PIRACY OPERATIONS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso is considering deploying Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) to waters off of Somalia to protect Japanese commercial shipping vessels. The Japanese government is also in the early stages of drafting a new law that would allow JMSDF vessels to protect t [...] | 2008-10-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
08TOKYO2978 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2980 | INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT CONSULTS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Tokyo October 7, INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort consulted with counterparts from MOFA's Intelligence and Analysis Service, the Prime Minister's Cabinet and Intelligence Research Office (CIRO),the Ministry of Justice's Public Security Information Agency (PS [...] | 2008-10-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PINR PREL CH KN GG PK RS JA |
08TOKYO2982 | UPCOMING CIV AIR TALKS: MORE OF THE SAME? [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming bilateral civil aviation talks in Tokyo October 29-30 offer an excellent opportunity to urge the GOJ to undertake needed meaningful liberalization of Japan's aviation sector. However, recent discussions with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB),Japanese airline [...] | 2008-10-26 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA |
08TOKYO2983 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO2984 | JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FTA? DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH [...] (C) Successful conclusion of an Australia-Japan free trade agreement remains uncertain, Allan McKinnon, DCM at the Australian embassy, told EMIN October 16. With a seventh round of negotiations slated to commence October 27 in Canberra, he described the process to date as "onerous." The GOJ [...] | 2008-10-27 02:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD JA USTR |
08TOKYO2985 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included a plan by the Japanese government to inject up to 10 trillion yen in public funds into domestic financial institutions as part of its emergency market-support measures. 2. "Establish Economic System That Can Control Market" An editorial [...] | 2008-10-27 03:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO2993 | MP CRITICIZES JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA |
08TOKYO2994 | GOSS/TKS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: Embassy conveyed ref A demarche regarding U.S. company Goss International at the DCM level to METI Vice Minister and Econoffs followed up with METI senior working level contacts. EMIN also discussed the case with the MOFA Director General for Economic Affairs. METI,s Director of [...] | 2008-10-27 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD JA |
08TOKYO2997 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO300 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTINE CHAN-DOWNER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 28 - March 1, 2008, visit to Japan by Christine Chan-Downer for TIP-related meetings. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Ho [...] | 2008-02-05 07:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO3000 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3002 | JAPANESE QUESTIONS REGARDING IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Econ officer delivered demarche and non-paper in ref to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Department on October 23. Similarly, Pol officer delivered the demarche an [...] | 2008-10-28 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IR MNUC TRGY JA |
08TOKYO3004 | NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo nominates Nami Takenaka, Chairperson of Prop Station, a non-profit welfare organization for people with disabilities, to receive the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Nami Takenaka was born in 1948 in Kobe, Japan. Blessed [...] | 2008-10-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO PHUM JA |
08TOKYO3007 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CROSS-BORDER ASSAULT IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave front- page coverage to Monday's fall in Tokyo stock prices to the lowest level in 26 years, as well as an informal decision by Prime Minister Aso to postpone a snap election until next year so that he can concentrate on dealing with the economic [...] | 2008-10-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3008 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO301 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on February 1 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. B [...] | 2008-02-05 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER |
08TOKYO3010 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3012 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Wednesday morning included the likelihood that the Bank of Japan will shortly release a report projecting 0 percent growth in fiscal 2008. 2. "U.S. Cross-Border Missile Strikes Creating Schism over War on Terrorism" On repeated U.S. cross-border missile strike [...] | 2008-10-29 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3018 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3022 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. RAID ON AL-QAEDA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning Japanese dailies led with an outline of the second pump-priming package compiled by the GOJ that includes some 38,000 yen in special living allowances, a drastic cut in highway tolls, and massive mortgage tax breaks. 2. "Syria Unusually Low Key" The top-ci [...] | 2008-10-30 04:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3023 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 05:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3028 | Japan Economic Scope for October 27, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 27, 2008. Business -------- 2. (SBU) Japan to Start Voluntary Carbon Footprint Labeling with Domestic Companies The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) plans to start an experimental voluntary carbon footprint labe [...] | 2008-10-30 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO3029 | NEW TAX EXEMPTION RULES FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan passed a new tax exemption law in 2006 and is finalizing implemention now. The new law, effective December 1, is expected to make the process of getting tax exempt status more transparent and more in line with policies elsewhere in the world. Opinions on the new regulatio [...] | 2008-10-30 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EAID JA |
08TOKYO3030 | FIFTH BISTF PLENARY WELCOMES METI AS NEW [...] (C) The DAS-level Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) broke new ground by bringing in the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) as a full member to the process during the October 7 plenary meeting in Tokyo. Japan-based working groups reported on their discussions and p [...] | 2008-10-30 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA |
08TOKYO3033 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3035 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO304 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3041 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top play to the additional economic stimulus package announced on Thursday by the Japanese government. 2. "U.S. Economic Slowdown Clear" The liberal Mainichi wrote (10/31): "The U.S. announced on Thursday that its economy shrank at a 0.3 percent [...] | 2008-10-31 06:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3042 | RESPONSE TO: INFORMATION GATHERING REQUEST: SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Japan's key Summit objective is to matter. PM Aso has to call a general election by September 2009 and would like to leverage leadership in the Summit process to build domestic support at home. Top public officials have regularly gone on record saying that Japan's own financial crisis [...] | 2008-10-31 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN JA |
08TOKYO3044 | DEMARCHE DELIVERD: U.S. PROPOSAL ON ITU-R STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff presented reftel compromise proposal to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Mr. Yasushi Sakanaka October 30. Sakanaka responded Japan disagrees with the U.S. assessment that the proposal would be an improvement and feels the Study Group 5 structure sh [...] | 2008-10-31 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON JA |
08TOKYO3046 | JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND [...] (C) Japan will try to maintain its current USD 240,000 annual contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO),but it will be difficult to contribute more, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Embassy Tokyo spoke with Tsuji October 3 [...] | 2008-10-31 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMFO EG IS JA |
08TOKYO3047 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 810 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO305 | JAPAN-DPRK: DIET STEPS UP INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) LDP faction leader and long-time North Korea watcher Taku Yamasaki believes that North Korean denuclearization must be achieved this year through the Six Party talks. Delisting the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror should also be effectively leveraged for the goal of denuclearization. Yama [...] | 2008-02-05 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO3051 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3065 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3066 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included the U.S. presidential election, with papers saying that Sen. Obama appears to be leading Sen. McCain in many states. 2. "Russia Playing up Results of Mediation" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Moscow (11/4): "The politic [...] | 2008-11-04 05:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3068 | POVERTY, INEQUALITY TRENDS TAP ECONOMIC ANXIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan has the fourth-highest poverty rate among the 30 OECD members, with poverty among the elderly roughly 50 percent above the OECD average, according to a report issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, according to a Japanese ex [...] | 2008-11-04 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI JA |
08TOKYO3069 | ASO MOVES DECISIVELY TO LIMIT FALL-OUT FROM ASDF [...] (C) Summary: "To say our country was an aggressor nation in World War II is a false accusation," Air Self Defense Force Chief Toshio Tamogami concluded in a prize winning essay made public on October 31. Already a delicate time politically, the government took steps to control the fallout, a [...] | 2008-11-04 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO307 | ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - JAPAN'S TICAD DILEMMA [...] (C) Summary. South African diplomats here report Japan would have "serious diplomatic problems" had Japan not invited Zimbabwe President Mugabe to attend the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). According to them, the U.S. can do little to prevent him from [...] | 2008-02-05 23:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL JA ZI |
08TOKYO3070 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3072 | ACADEMICS QUESTION VIABILITY OF METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Japan's research and development of methane hydrate extraction has gained momentum and is drawing high-profile political support, academics and industry figures question its commercial viability and are urging a more thorough examination of the GOJ's methane hydrate program [...] | 2008-11-04 22:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV JA |
08TOKYO3073 | IRANIAN EXPAT COMMUNITIES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian expatriates in Japan broadly fall within two categories, according to the Director of the Japan Institute of Middle East Economic Studies. One group comprises legitimate businessmen, mostly in Tokyo. The other, he asserted, is concentrated in central Japan and consists [...] | 2008-11-04 22:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD EINV PREL ECON KCRM IR JA |
08TOKYO3074 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS SYRIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone met October 18 with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualam in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the BMENA Forum for the Future meetings. According to MOFA, during the thirty minute meeting FM Mualam briefed Nakasone on Syria's normalization o [...] | 2008-11-04 22:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IR LE IZ JA |
08TOKYO3077 | JAPANESE RESPONSE AND QUESTIONS ON NSG [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy official Shinichi Sato October 31. Sato responded positively, commenting that the GOJ support [...] | 2008-11-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA |
08TOKYO3078 | INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SENV TPHY KSCA KTIA AY JA |
08TOKYO3079 | PM ASO ANNOUNCES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso announced a new 26.9 trillion ($269 billion),economic stimulus package October 30. The package equals 5.2% of Japan's GDP and is intended to mitigate the negative impact of the global credit crisis on Japan's real economy. The new stimulus package follows [...] | 2008-11-05 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO308 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3080 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3081 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OBAMA VICTORY AND CROSS- [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent top play to a set of recommendations on the nation's pension system compiled by a GOJ panel, noting that the proposal included a substantial increase in the consumption tax to finance the social security system. 2. "Shift to Interna [...] | 2008-11-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3083 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3085 | DPJ RAMPS UP ATTACK, AS MOD TAKES HIT FOR TAMOGAMI [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hamada and three other parliamentarians have taken voluntary pay cuts and three senior MOD bureaucrats have been disciplined as the government continues to manage the controversy over an essay published by former ASDF Chief Tamogami. The country's most senior m [...] | 2008-11-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO3088 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3090 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3091 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the victory speech made by President-elect Obama on Tuesday evening. 2. "Strong Hope for Change in America" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/6): "It looks like the American people's strong desire to change their nation emerged i [...] | 2008-11-06 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3092 | S/P DIRECTOR GORDON MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to Tokyo October 28-30 to attend Trilateral Policy Planning talks with Japanese and South Korean counterparts, S/P Director David Gordon also met with several former senior Japanese government officials who now are active in academic or advisory capacities. Gordo [...] | 2008-11-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NK CH IR JA |
08TOKYO3093 | PERSPECTIVES ON THE "NEW JICA", THE WORLD'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The reorganization of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),which recently announced its largest foreign assistance project loan to date, has not slowed Japan's overseas development assistance programs. The Japanese government expects the new JICA, which consolidat [...] | 2008-11-06 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL JA |
08TOKYO3094 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3095 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with Toyota Motor's earning forecasts for fiscal 2008, which project a 73.6 percent drop in group operating profits from the previous year. 2. "Obama to Face Rough Road Ahead" The liberal Mainichi contends (11/7): "... Sen. Obama will take offic [...] | 2008-11-07 03:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3099 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3100 | JAPAN ON RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, AND THE DPRK [...] (C) Japan sees "eye to eye" with the United States on UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, and will vote with us on them, Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho told DCM Jim Zumwalt November 7. He assured DCM that Japan opposes "no action" motions on pri [...] | 2008-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IR BM KN JA |
08TOKYO3101 | Japan Economic Scope for November 5, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 5, 2008. Business -------- 2. (U) U.S.-Japan Seminar Promotes Cross Border Investment The 2008 Japan-U.S. Investment Initiative's "Invest Japan" seminar took place October 30 in Shizuoka City. Approximately 250 business le [...] | 2008-11-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO3102 | OPPOSITION PUSHES COMPETING ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan is criticizing Prime Minister Aso's second stimulus plan and is pushing a competing agenda, which includes childcare allowances, reduction of gasoline taxes, and the elimination of highway tolls. The proposals fit into the broader economic framewor [...] | 2008-11-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON JA |
08TOKYO3104 | U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...] | 2008-11-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL OECD JA |
08TOKYO3109 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3110 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on the joint communique issued Sunday by the G20 financial ministers and the accident aboard the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Nerpa on Saturday. 2. "Serious Economic Situation W [...] | 2008-11-10 03:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3112 | U.S.-JAPAN BUSINESS COUNCIL: BILATERAL STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) The U.S. and Japan must build on their close economic relationship to become more competitive in the face of rapid developments in technology and the emergence of new global competitors, according to a new report "U.S.-Japan Economic Integration: Enhancing Competitiveness and Securing Ou [...] | 2008-11-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL JA |
08TOKYO3115 | S/P GORDON'S TRILATERAL POLICY TALKS WITH JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea was a major topic of discussion at Trilateral Policy Planning talks held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and [...] | 2008-11-10 06:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN JA |
08TOKYO3116 | NIPPON OIL WEIGHING IRAQ OIL BID AMID POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Nippon Oil, Japan's largest petroleum company and one of four Japanese firms pre-qualified to participate in first-round bidding on Iraqi oil tenders, report the firm is still deliberating whether to bid on Iraqi contracts amidst internal questions about Iraqi polit [...] | 2008-11-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO3117 | LITTLE PROGRESS IN U.S.-JAPAN CIV AIR TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Japan officials held out little promise of broader liberalization of Japan's civil aviation sector during bilateral talks in Tokyo October 29-30. As in past civil aviation negotiations, the GOJ eschewed broader discussion of Japan's decade-old commitment to "ful [...] | 2008-11-10 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA |
08TOKYO3124 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 00:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3126 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3127 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G20 FINANCIAL SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the detention of former Taiwanese President Chen on graft charges, as well as yesterday's Diet testimony given by former ASDF Chief of Staff Tamogami concerning his controversial war essay. 2. "First Step toward Unity in New Era" On th [...] | 2008-11-11 02:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3129 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 809 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO3135 | DPRK BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN "VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PGOV PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO3137 | JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR |
08TOKYO3138 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3139 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08 [...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...] | 2008-11-12 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3140 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TAIWAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included plans by Prime Minister Aso to pledge at the upcoming G20 summit Japan's contribution of up to 10 trillion yen to the IMF in order to shore up its emergency loan program for emerging economies. 2. "Split in Taiwan Should Be Avoided" The [...] | 2008-11-12 02:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3142 | JAPAN REFUELING MISSION TO CONTINUE, ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) The bill extending the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law will clear the Diet on November 20, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts in the Diet and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will vote on the bill on November 18 and then send it to an U [...] | 2008-11-12 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
08TOKYO3143 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3144 | JAPAN ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING [...] (C) Japan looks forward to the November 17 Friends of Pakistan meeting in Abu Dhabi, and will be represented by MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Hiroshi Inomata, according to Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Takehiko Wajima. DG Inomata will be accompanie [...] | 2008-11-12 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID PK JA |
08TOKYO3146 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3147 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TAIWAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included plans by Prime Minister Aso to pledge at the upcoming G20 summit Japan's contribution of up to 10 trillion yen to the IMF in order to shore up its emergency loan program for emerging economies. 2. "Split in Taiwan Should Be Avoided" The [...] | 2008-11-13 02:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3148 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND G20 [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning were today's opening of the G20 financial summit in Washington and the dismissal of an ASDF general for sexual harassment in September. 2. "Do Not Allow North Korea to Refuse Sampling" The conservative Sankei editorialized (11/14): "It was learne [...] | 2008-11-13 02:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3150 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3151 | TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's experience resolving its 1990-2002 financial crisis demonstrates direct re-capitalization of banks is the most effective way to revive a weakened financial sector, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) President Atsushi Saito told visiting EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan November [...] | 2008-11-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3153 | A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES G20 FINANCIAL SUMMIT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan held meetings with METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroyuki Ishige and DG for Trade Policy Hideichi Okada November 5. Topics included the upcoming G20 Summit and the potential to conclude Doha Development Agreement (DDA) modalities b [...] | 2008-11-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL JA |
08TOKYO3154 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OKINAWA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima made a courtesy call November 12 on the Ambassador. Nakaima asked for the Ambassador's assistance in prompt disclosure of the results of the investigation into the October 24 crash of a Kadena Aero Club-based Cessna, and called for prompt settlem [...] | 2008-11-13 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO3155 | TAMOGAMI REPURCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Ousted Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief Toshio Tamogami has continued to make headlines, most recently in Diet testimony where he refused to apologize for his revisionist historical views published in an essay and resulting in his removal as ASDF chief (ref A). Prime Minister [...] | 2008-11-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
08TOKYO3158 | JAPAN GETS READY FOR POZNAN -- WORKING TO KEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Japanese bureaucrats dealing with environment and energy policy report unrealistic expectations among EU and other governments in the run-up to COP 14 in Poznan December 1-12. These officials all report trying to convince European Commission and EU member governments not to [...] | 2008-11-15 23:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG PREL ENRG KSCA JA |
08TOKYO316 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT, [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Sankei gave top coverage to Russian President Putin's letter to Prime Minister Fukuda, in which Putin allegedly agreed to Fukuda's earlier proposal to move bilateral ties to a higher level. 2. "AU Must Demonstrate Will to Resolve Conflicts" The business-or [...] | 2008-02-06 05:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3160 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G20 SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday papers gave top play to the declaration issued on Saturday by leaders of the G20 nations concerning measures to deal with the financial crisis. 2. "Unity Should Be Maintained" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/17): "...The declaration appears to be a simple compila [...] | 2008-11-16 05:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3162 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese businesses and trade officials told Western Hemisphere Affairs Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon they continue to see long-term growth potential in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, despite possible short-term negative effects on the re [...] | 2008-11-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL JA |
08TOKYO3163 | Japan Economic Scope for November 12, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 12, 2008. Food and Agriculture -------------------- 2. (SBU) USDA Urges Changes To New Wheat And Rice Tender Regs USDA's General Sale Manager W. Kirk Miller met with Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) Director General for the St [...] | 2008-11-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO3164 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-16 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3166 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3169 | JAPAN TO CONTINUE DELIBERATING CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan sees no need to join the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) immediately, but has concluded the CSC is the "realistic future choice." The GOJ, therefore, will continue its internal deliberations. Despite comments from a MEXT official that U [...] | 2008-11-17 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA |
08TOKYO317 | METI VICE MINISTER CONDEMNS ROLE OF ACTIVIST [...] (SBU) METI Administrative Vice Minister Takao Kitabata belittled the role of shareholders in Japanese corporate governance during a recent speech to the Ministry's research institute. Defending a METI-sponsored proposal to expand the issuance of stocks that confer differential voting rights, [...] | 2008-02-06 06:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL JA |
08TOKYO3170 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-IRAQ SECURITY PACT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged the one-on-one meeting between Prime Minister Aso and DPJ President Ozawa on Monday, during which Ozawa reportedly urged Aso to submit a second supplementary budget bill to the current Diet session. 2. "Source of Conflict Remains over Wa [...] | 2008-11-17 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3171 | JAPAN'S VIEWS ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (C) Japan's delegation to the November 19 International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees will be led by Ambassador in Charge of Afghanistan Assistance Coordination Masaki Okada, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Afghanistan desk officer Shizuka Morita. [...] | 2008-11-17 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF AF IR PK JA |
08TOKYO3172 | AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI E. FRAZER MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will continue to deepen its economic and political engagement with Africa, senior Japanese officials told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer October 17. MOFA officials expressed skepticism about the sustainability of Chinese development programs in Af [...] | 2008-11-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID KPKO SO ZI SU CH JA |
08TOKYO3175 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO318 | JAPAN SENDS GLENEAGLES DIALOGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo has received invitation letters dated January 31 to Secretary of State Rice, Energy Secretary Bodman, and CEQ Chairman Connaughton to attend the March 14-16 Ministerial Meeting of the Gleaneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development in Chiba, J [...] | 2008-02-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG JA PREL |
08TOKYO3180 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3181 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PIRACY OFF SOMALIA AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning papers led with a murder and a separate murder attempt on Tuesday at homes of former top health ministry officials, saying police suspect that these were acts of terrorism targeting ex-health ministry bureaucrats. 2. "Peace on the Ground Imperative to Stampin [...] | 2008-11-18 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3188 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3189 | DPJ BLOCKS OEF BILL, REQUIRING DIET EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The DPJ followed through on its promise to boycott Upper House deliberations on the OEF refueling legislation November 18, hoping to force PM Aso's hand on submission of a second supplementary budget bill and speed dissolution of the Lower House and a snap election. The oppositi [...] | 2008-11-18 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
08TOKYO319 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3191 | JAPAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON APEC, GUAM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bilateral summit with the President at APEC in Lima is critical to Prime Minister Aso's political and public standing, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging November 18 meeting. VM Yabunaka thanked the United States for hosting the G-20 Financ [...] | 2008-11-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH |
08TOKYO3193 | GOJ CONSIDERS NEW LAW FOR CHEMICALS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Japanese officials expect the Diet to approve a new law controlling trade in chemicals in the Spring. The legislation will ensure Japan meets the integrated chemical management objectives laid out at the 2002 UN World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The European Union [...] | 2008-11-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV PREL JA |
08TOKYO3194 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3196 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND CENTRAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Japanese dailies continued to give prominent top coverage to updates on a police investigation into Tuesday's apparent act of terrorism against two former top health ministry officials. 2. "Resurgence of Taliban Deepens Turmoil" On increasing uncertainty ov [...] | 2008-11-19 04:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3197 | WHALING: JAPAN REJECTS PROPOSAL TO CURTAIL LETHAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan rejects Australia's proposal that it curtail its lethal research whaling activity this year in exchange for Australia's consideration of Japan's coastal whaling proposal, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Vice Minister Murakami told the DCM November [...] | 2008-11-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PREL IWC JA |
08TOKYO3198 | FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT: JAPAN SHARES USG [...] (SBU) Responding to points delivered as a non-paper (reftel),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa said Japan views the purpose of the upcoming Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha as fo [...] | 2008-11-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON UNGA PBIO JA |
08TOKYO3199 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 806 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO3200 | RESPONSE TO REVOCATION OF IRAN'S U-TURN GENERAL [...] (S) In response to reftel demarches delivered November 7 and 17, respectively, to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),GOJ officials acknowledged they continue to study Financial Action Task Force (FATF) pronouncements on Iran. Finance Ministry Legal Office D [...] | 2008-11-19 07:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC JA KTFN |
08TOKYO3202 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3203 | JAPAN ON FUTURE OF EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Japan will not open its new embassy in Nouakchott under the current political situation, according to MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoaki Kamoshida. Responding to ref A talking points, Kamoshida said Japan completely shares our view on the need to avoid giving inad [...] | 2008-11-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR JA |
08TOKYO3204 | JAPAN PLUGS FOOD SECURITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN [...] (SBU) Despite cuts in the Japanese government's overall budget, politicians recently approved an additional 1.7 billion yen ($17 million) for the Ministry of Agriculture, Foresty, and Fisheries (MAFF) to promote food-related "self-sufficiency strategic public relations." Using full page adve [...] | 2008-11-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD JA TBIO |
08TOKYO3205 | RUSSIA FM CRITCIZES JAPAN'S ROLE IN G8 REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. Russian FM Lavrov leveled pointed criticisms and expressed displeasure with Tokyo's policies toward Russia during a November 4-5 visit to Japan. The Russian said Moscow sees little advancement in bilateral relations ) a fact for which Tokyo is solely responsible, he charged. Lav [...] | 2008-11-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA RS KN |
08TOKYO321 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 01:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3211 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-20 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3213 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Inouye's November 30 through December 5, 2008, visit to Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa). 2. (U) Control Officer for the Tokyo portion of the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3 [...] | 2008-11-21 03:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO3214 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Nikkei report on plans by the Chinese government fund China Investment Corporation to invest in AIG and its affiliate American Life Insurance Company. 2. "China Preparing for Construction of Aircraft Carrier" The business-oriented Nikke [...] | 2008-11-21 04:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3215 | DPRK: JAPANESE EXPERT RECOUNTS RODONG SINMUN [...] (S) DPRK expert Hajime Izumi recently recounted for Embassy Tokyo his late October meetings with Lee Yong, Beijing Bureau Chief for North Korea's Rodong Sinmun. During their discussions, Lee stressed that it would be unacceptable for a non-Six Party participant to provide energy assistance to [...] | 2008-11-21 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KN JA |
08TOKYO3216 | Japan Economic Scope for November 18, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 18, 2008. Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (U) METI, Japan Power Exchange Rolls Out "Green Power" Trading Scheme The Japan Electric Power Exchange, which operates the wholesale electricity trade, introduced [...] | 2008-11-21 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO3217 | JAPAN'S VIEWS ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel demarche regarding the Nicaraguan municipal elections to MOFA Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Noritsugu Takahashi. Takahasi, who said Japanese officials had already noted remarks made [...] | 2008-11-21 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA NU |
08TOKYO3218 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3221 | HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) As the world's second largest economy, Japan remains a strong ally and a key partner for the U.S. in global health efforts. During its G8 presidency, Japan has shown leadership on import [...] | 2008-11-21 10:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI TBIO KSTH ECON PREL KFLU JA |
08TOKYO3222 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3224 | JAPAN FM STATEMENT SUPPORTS OUTCOME OF RECENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 06:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV JA RS GG |
08TOKYO3225 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - APEC [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a USG announcement on Sunday that it will inject $20 billion into Citigroup. 2. "Effectiveness of APEC to Be Tested" The business- oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/25): "...The APEC leaders' meeting, which focused on measures to address [...] | 2008-11-25 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3229 | JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, EST Chief demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa November 25. Econoff and poloff previously had delivered points contained in ref B to MOFA counterparts in the Non-proliferat [...] | 2008-11-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA |
08TOKYO323 | DEMARCHE REGARDING SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE [...] Econ Officer delivered demarche points contained in ref on February 6 to METI Deputy Director of Chemical Industries Yoshinao Ogawa. Ogawa was aware of the U.S. concerns, but indicated METI would need to review the situation further before establishing an official position. He also noted he [...] | 2008-02-07 06:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND JA |
08TOKYO3233 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3235 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO324 | SAPPORO HOLDINGS PANEL CALLS FOR REJECTION OF [...] (SBU) Sapporo Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Sapporo Breweries, announced February 5 that an independent advisory committee it set up to analyze the February 2007 takeover bid (TOB) by U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners had determined the bid is not in the best interests of the [...] | 2008-02-07 06:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
08TOKYO3241 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (S) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department Official Mizuyo Kuwako and to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Trade Control Department Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa November 25. Both [...] | 2008-11-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR |
08TOKYO3242 | INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE DRAFTS 2009-2010 [...] (U) Summary: The International Coral Reef Initative (ICRI) held its fourth East Asia Regional Workshop in Tokyo November 17-19 and produced a draft provisional plan for 2009-2010 as well as terms of reference for upcoming meetings. The group's goal is to develop short and long-term plans to e [...] | 2008-11-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS EWWT PREL JA MX |
08TOKYO3243 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD JA PGOV |
08TOKYO3244 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO325 | SENIOR LDP POLITICIAN ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, [...] (C) Senior ruling party politician Koichi Kato told Embassy Tokyo February 4 that poor economic management and a lack of leadership could force the Prime Minister to dissolve the Diet in the fall, with the ruling coalition likely to lose its 2/3 super-majority in the Lower House. During the c [...] | 2008-02-07 07:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OECD JA |
08TOKYO3251 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3252 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ATTACKS IN INDIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with the attacks in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday. 2. "Fear in Emerging Nation" The liberal Asahi wrote in an editorial (11/28): "...The situation in India, which has suffered a series of terrorist attacks, is becoming more complicated. It is clear [...] | 2008-11-28 04:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3253 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3255 | AMBASSADOR, DEFMIN DISCUSS NEW ADMINISTRATION, [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed that Alliance initiatives should continue into the next U.S. administration without substantial changes and urged the Japanese government to appropriate significant amounts of money in 2009 to begin construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) during his [...] | 2008-11-28 06:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO3257 | AMBASSADOR AND FM NAKASONE DISCUSS DPRK, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID JA AF AS KS KN |
08TOKYO326 | CARRIER AIR WING MOVE DOMINATES IWAKUNI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Iwakuni voters will choose a new mayor in a contest most media outlets are framing as a referendum on the planned relocation of Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) from Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni. Democratic Party of Japan (D [...] | 2008-02-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
08TOKYO3264 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3265 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND AIRPORT [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Monday morning included a plunge in public support for Prime Minister Aso. 2. "Is Roadmap for Exit in Sight?" on the Iraqi parliament's approval of a SOFA with the U.S., the liberal Asahi editorialized (12/1): "A roadmap for the U.S. to extricate itself from the q [...] | 2008-12-01 01:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3266 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 2-3, 2008, visit to Japan by A/S Hill, Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, NSC Director Paul Haenle, DAS for ISN C.S. Eliot Kang, Special Assistant Yuri Kim, Chief of DPRK Unit EAP/K Eric Richardson, and DPRK Desk [...] | 2008-12-01 02:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO3270 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN URGES U.S. LEADERSHIP IN [...] (C) Summary: Key Diet Members from Japan's main opposition party hope for increased U.S. leadership in UNFCCC climate negotiations under the new Administration. At the same time they are concerned the financial crisis may undermine U.S. resolve to confront climate change. They reiterated J [...] | 2008-12-01 05:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG PREL ENRG JA |
08TOKYO3272 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3277 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY, SUZANNE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 2008, visit to Japan by DASD Sedney (8-10 Dec),Suzanne Basalla (4-11 Dec),and Marc Czaja (4-11 Dec). 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson C. Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: [...] | 2008-12-01 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO3279 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO328 | FUKUDA-PUTIN PERSONAL LETTERS AIM TO PUT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently exchanged personal letters in which both sides agreed to move Tokyo-Moscow relations to a "higher dimension," Foreign Ministry and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koum [...] | 2008-02-07 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA RU |
08TOKYO3281 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND AIRPORT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to the 27.3 percent drop in auto sales in Japan in November from a year earlier. The papers also front-paged President-elect Obama's appointment on Monday of Sen. Hilary Clinton as secretary of state. 2. "Reconciliation Necessary for 'Land of Smiles'" [...] | 2008-12-02 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3283 | JAPAN ANNOUNCES END TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT; LAUDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso November 28 officially announced Japan's intention to end the deployment of Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) stationed in Kuwait in support Operation Iraqi Freedom by the end of December. MOFA contacts tell us the ASDF plans to fly its last mission [...] | 2008-12-02 06:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JA |
08TOKYO3285 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3288 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3293 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THE OBAMA TEAM AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the collapse of the Somchai administration in Thailand. 2. "Quick End to Turmoil Needed" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/3): "Criticism of the government in a democratic state is a matter of course. However, such a reckless act as [...] | 2008-12-03 02:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3296 | JAPAN ON POTENTIAL DONORS CONFERENCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan supports in general the idea of holding a donors conference for Pakistan but has questions about timing, hosts, and whether Pakistan is prepared with a solid request that specifies how much is needed and for what purposes, according to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal [...] | 2008-12-03 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IFM PK JA |
08TOKYO3297 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER CALLS INDIAN PRIME [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso spoke on the telephone with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the evening of November 30, confirmed MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida. According to Japanese press reports, confirmed by Yoshida, Aso told Singh that the at [...] | 2008-12-03 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN JA |
08TOKYO3299 | FURTHER DELAY AT JNFL'S ROKKASHO REPROCESSING PLANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) is still experiencing technical difficulties related to its high level waste vitrification melter at Rokkasho and announced on November 25 that it will delay the end of its active testing phase from November to February. Officials at JNFL are [...] | 2008-12-03 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA |
08TOKYO3300 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3301 | ASO'S SUPPORT FALLS; ANTI-ASO MOVES INSIDE LDP [...] (C) Summary: Support for Prime Minister Taro Aso is in freefall, based on the results of the latest opinion polls. Verbal gaffes, policy miscues, a perceived inability to deal with the global economic crisis, and growing discontent within his own party have called Aso's leadership into questi [...] | 2008-12-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL JA |
08TOKYO3302 | JAPAN SEES DRAMATIC DOWNTURN IN OCTOBER EXPORT DATA [...] (SBU) Reflecting reduced demand for Japan's key exports in the global economic slowdown, Japanese goods exports fell in October, according to Ministry of Finance trade data released November 20. Exports were down 7.7 percent year-on-year, with the largest declines in automobiles, semiconductor [...] | 2008-12-03 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA |
08TOKYO3303 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RUSSELL C. BILLS TO VISIT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 3-6, 2008, visit to Japan by Russell C. Bills. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson C. Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5373 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6968 Mobile [...] | 2008-12-03 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO3304 | ASEAN SUMMITS: MOFA WAITING FOR DIRECTION FROM PM [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials responsible for ASEAN affairs have resisted repeated Embassy requests to discuss the upcoming ASEAN summit, citing lack of time. Nevertheless, a working-level official in MOFA's Asian Regional Policy Division, which is responsible for the summit [...] | 2008-12-04 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL ASEAN JA |
08TOKYO3305 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 02:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3307 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND AND BIG THREE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the cabinet's approval on Wednesday of a basic policy for compiling the fiscal 2009 budget. 2. "Way to Stabilize Political Situation Needs to Be Found" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (12/4): "...The recent turmoil in Thailand h [...] | 2008-12-04 04:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO331 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3310 | JAPAN REAFFIRMS UNSC GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Koro Bessho reaffirmed Japan's goal of becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC). He stated that for its upcoming two-year UNSC rotation, Japan's focus will include Afghanistan, East Timor, African issues, and the UN's [...] | 2008-12-04 07:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO3311 | ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE AMONG JAPANESE SMES AND LARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Japanese large manufacturers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are rapidly losing confidence in the economy. Large-scale manufacturers' business sentiment, according to one source, fell to its lowest level since 2002, while SME sentiment fell to its lowest level si [...] | 2008-12-04 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3312 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 811 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO3314 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3315 | POSTAL PRIVATIZATION GETS POLITICAL, AGAIN [...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's recent comments about postponing the public sale of postal companies' stocks highlighted the rift between pro- and anti-reform elements in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Opposition efforts to legislate a postal privatization "freeze" appear to have made he [...] | 2008-12-04 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3316 | IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT MASHAIE VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie visited Tokyo November 27-30, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While in Japan, Mashaie met with governmental and private tourism officials, had breakfas [...] | 2008-12-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR JA |
08TOKYO3317 | JAPAN RENEWS LATIN AMERICAN TIES DURING APEC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Japanese officials reached agreement on two investment treaties but balked at proposals to begin EPA negotiations during talks with officials from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru during the November APEC Summit in Lima. Japan and Peru used their discussion to repair relations d [...] | 2008-12-04 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV JA |
08TOKYO3318 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3319 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Friday morning included an informal decision by the Japan Patent Office to recognize commercial footage and phrases as trademarks. 2. "Calls for Change Mounting in Iran in View of Obama Victory" A correspondent for the top-circulation, centrist Yomiuri wrote f [...] | 2008-12-05 01:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3322 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G20 NATIONS ON REJECTING [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered demarche points (ref) December 1 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) G8 and Economic Policy Division Deputy Director Wataru Otsuka on the need to open trade and investment and to reduce protectionism in moving forward to a stable global financial system. 2. (C) Japa [...] | 2008-12-05 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO JA |
08TOKYO3323 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3325 | Demarche on Implementation of Amended Lacey Act [...] (U) Environmental Officer, Senior Animal and Plant Health Officer, and Agricultural Scientist met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Second North America Division Deputy Director Tsuyoshi Uchida, Global Environment Division's Toshihisa Kato, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [...] | 2008-12-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAGR BTIO PREL JA |
08TOKYO3326 | JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS ON CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Nomura Holdings Chairman Junichi Ujiie and Mitsui Chairman Nobuo Ohashi told Ambassador December 1 during a farewell lunch that despite what was wrung out of the Japanese economy following the collapse of the bubble economy and despite what they see as the basic health of Japan' [...] | 2008-12-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3327 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3328 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories in Monday morning papers included the results of weekend polls that showed falling support for Prime Minister Aso. 2. "Progress Needed for Agreement Next Year" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/7): "...If nations use the current economic turmoil as an excuse to s [...] | 2008-12-08 02:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO333 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 02:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3330 | STAFFDEL FARRELL--VISIT TO JAPAN 10-13 DECEMBER [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes Ms. Alycia Farrell and LTC Michelle Greene for their December 10-13, 2008, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Embassy POC for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile pho [...] | 2008-12-08 07:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL OREP AFIN JA |
08TOKYO3333 | ASO AND MEDVEDEV DISCUSS NORTHERN TERRITORIES [...] (C) Summary. Japan PM Aso expressed concern with the pace of working-level discussions on the Northern Territories during talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the margins of the November 22-23 APEC Summit in Lima, Peru. Medvedev said a solution would require strong political will by [...] | 2008-12-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA RS KN |
08TOKYO3334 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3335 | KOMEITO STILL STANDING BY ASO AND LDP [...] (C) Summary: The Komeito is sticking with its ruling coalition partner even as voices from within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are increasingly critical of Prime Minister Aso's leadership and calling for his ouster, senior Komeito politician Yoshio Urushibara told Embassy Tokyo. The rul [...] | 2008-12-08 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR JA |
08TOKYO3336 | SUBJECT: SENATOR INOUYE EXCHANGES VIEWS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) held discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister, the Foreign, Defense, Trade, and Finance Ministers, and several prominent Diet members during his November 30 to December 4 visit to Tokyo. The Senator underscored the importance of close bilateral r [...] | 2008-12-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO3338 | CODEL BOSWELL'S DECEMBER 13-15 VISIT TO JAPAN: THE [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes CODEL Boswell's December 13-15 visit to Japan to discuss key agriculture-related issues. Your time in Tokyo provides an excellent opportunity to underscore the importance of U.S.-Japan trade in food and food products; to emphasize the vital role U.S. agricultural exp [...] | 2008-12-08 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PREL JA |
08TOKYO3339 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO334 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO DEFENSE [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning include the arrest of a former sumo stable master in connection with the fatal beating of a 17-year-old wrestler last June. 2. "How to Repair Discord within NATO" The top- circulation, moderate-Yomiuri's correspondent reported from Vilnius (2/8): [...] | 2008-02-08 02:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3340 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to a set of recommendations by a government panel on decentralization. 2. "How to Carry Six-Party Efforts over into Obama Administration" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/9): "...The ongoing six-party head-of-delegation meeting has unprecedented s [...] | 2008-12-09 01:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3341 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3344 | JAPAN'S NEW TOURISM AGENCY: ACTIONS FALLING SHORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's renewed efforts to promote tourism to boost the economy face significant challenges. MLIT's new Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) aims to increase inbound and outbound tourism, but despite revenue gains in the tourism industry in recent years, projections for the final quarte [...] | 2008-12-10 00:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV ECON EAIR JA |
08TOKYO3345 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 00:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3347 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning Japanese national dailies gave top play to Sony's plans for layoffs. 2. "India, Pakistan Remain Calm" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (12/10): "Concerns emerged over a possible rise in tension between India and Pakistan in response to the Mumba [...] | 2008-12-10 02:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3351 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHERINE WARD + 5 TO VISIT [...] (U) Embassy grants country clearance for the December 4-20, 2008, visit to Japan of the following DoD civilian/military personnel. Jeffrey M. Avery, 14-19 December Timothy B. Baltz, 7-19 December Troy Mueller, 15-19 December Lee A. Nickel, 14-19 December George G. Vergos, 4-20 December K [...] | 2008-12-10 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO3357 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3359 | JAPANESE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO VISIT KABUL, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR AF JA |
08TOKYO3361 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3362 | Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 Business -------- 2. (U) American and Kyushu Companies to Develop Rapid Vehicle Charging Stations Ener1, a New York based energy storage company, announced a deal with Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) to develop rapid [...] | 2008-12-11 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA |
08TOKYO3366 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Oslo and the six-party talks in Beijing.' 2. "Chinese Arbitration Facing Crucial Moment" A correspondent for the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Beijing (12/11): "In view of the cont [...] | 2008-12-11 04:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3368 | REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS - 812, EUR-J-2/2008 AND EUR-J-4, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 06:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO3370 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3373 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3374 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a decision on Thursday by the ruling coalition not to specify when to raise the consumption tax in its tax system reform outline for fiscal 2009. 2. "North Korea's Offensive Attitude Should Not Be Allowed" The moderate Yomiuri editorializ [...] | 2008-12-12 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3377 | WHALING: JAPAN RESUMES WHALE MEAT IMPORT FROM ICELAND, [...] (SBU) Japan has officially resumed import of whale meat from Iceland for the first time since 1991. According to GOJ officials and industry insiders, Icelandic fin whale meat has been sold in the Japanese market since early November 2008 at a wholesale price of USD 43 per kilogram. Fin whale [...] | 2008-12-12 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA |
08TOKYO3379 | THE OFFICIAL, PUBLIC IRANIAN LINE IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Sayed Abbas Araghchi continues to take advantage of opportunities to publicly promote Iran's policies, speaking most recently on December 5 at a lecture sponsored by the Sasagawa Peace Foundation. Araghchi provided a brief introduction attempting to ex [...] | 2008-12-12 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR JA |
08TOKYO3380 | IEA BUDGET DEMARCHE: JAPAN SHARES USG POSITION ON [...] (SBU) The GOJ fundamentally shares the USG position on zero nominal growth (ZNG) and the need for scale of contribution reform with regard to the IEA budget, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Economic Security Division official Rumi Onishi said in response to the U.S. points (ref). However, Onishi [...] | 2008-12-12 07:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IEA JA |
08TOKYO3381 | JAPANESE OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON THE WTO MODALITIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior METI and MOFA officials are still looking to conclude the Doha Development Agenda, but Japan remains held back by concerns over opening Japan's agricultural market. The GOJ is watching closely U.S. engagement with China, describing positive outcomes to those discussions [...] | 2008-12-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EAGR JA |
08TOKYO3382 | PAKISTAN DONOR'S CONFERENCE: JAPAN SEEKS FURTHER [...] (C) Japan strongly supports Pakistan and recognizes that the country has significant financial needs, MOFA Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Aya Yoshida told Embassy Tokyo December 12. Furthermore, Japan wants to play a leadership role in assistance to both Pakistan and Afghanistan, she [...] | 2008-12-12 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA |
08TOKYO3383 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 00:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3387 | DPJ'S MAEHARA POSITIVE ON ALLIANCE, BUT NEGATIVE [...] (C) Senior DPJ representative and security policy expert Seiji Maehara outlined in a December 10 meeting with Embassy Tokyo his thoughts on the U.S.-Japan alliance, realignment, and the potential impact of a DPJ government on these matters. Maehara affirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan [...] | 2008-12-15 00:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA |
08TOKYO3388 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3389 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SUMMIT AMONG JAPAN, [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no Monday morning papers because of a press holiday. 2. "Make Tripartite Summit a Regional Stabilizer" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/15): "Holding frequent leaders' meetings to exchange frank opinions is a regular occurrence in Europe. An agreement among the [...] | 2008-12-15 02:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3394 | CFC FINAL REPORT: JAPAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | APER CFED JA |
08TOKYO3395 | JAPAN UNDECIDED ON SYRIAN-IAEA COOPERATION [...] (C) Econoff delivered demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Deputy Director Shoichi Nagayoshi and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division action officer for Syria Shingo Ito December 9. In response, Nagayoshi not [...] | 2008-12-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY JA |
08TOKYO3397 | WHALING: JAPAN RESUMES WHALE MEAT IMPORT FROM ICELAND, [...] (SBU) Japan has officially resumed import of whale meat from Iceland for the first time since 1991. According to GOJ officials and industry insiders, Icelandic fin whale meat has been sold in the Japanese market since early November 2008 at a wholesale price of USD 43 per kilogram. Fin whale [...] | 2008-12-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA |
08TOKYO34 | CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPANESE MINISTRIES READY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary: High level climate players at MOFA, METI, and MOE remain positive on close cooperation with the U.S. in the Major Economies Process (MEP) and initiatives to address climate change. Those who attended the Bali meetings expressed exhaustion and concern over future challenges, with [...] | 2008-01-07 07:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV JA |
08TOKYO3401 | POLITICAL STALEMATE DELAYING JAPAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Japan's response to the global economic slowdown has been short on immediate policy measures to stimulate economic growth and demand, and devoid of long-term measures to boost potential economic growth. The Japanese Government's August 29 economic policy package (headline figure [...] | 2008-12-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL JA |
08TOKYO3402 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/08-2 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3403 | AMBASSADOR FOLLOWS UP ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Japan recognizes the importance of Pakistan to the war on terror and is committed to remain a top donor, VFM Yabunaka assured the Ambassador on December 15. At the same time, he said, Japan is "perplexed" by the immediacy of a planned donors conference in January and unclear on t [...] | 2008-12-15 09:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA |
08TOKYO3404 | UN HARMONIZATION DEMARCHE: JAPAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered reftel demarche to Yuichi Nakai, Deputy Director of MOFA's UN Policy and Planning Division. Political Officer urged Japan to support the U.S. proposal for harmonized conditions of service and streamlined contractual arrangements at the United Nations. Nakai replie [...] | 2008-12-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO3405 | JAPAN'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS: IN THE EARLY STAGES [...] (C) Summary: Possible Japanese participation in international efforts to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa has received extensive media, government, and political attention in Japan in recent weeks. Current Japanese legislation allows the Prime Minister to dispatch the Japanese Maritime Sel [...] | 2008-12-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER ELTN JA |
08TOKYO3408 | PRIME MINISTER ASO ANNOUNCES $256 BILLION ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso announced at a December 12 press conference the outline of a new 23 trillion ($256 billion, or 4.5% of GDP) economic policy package, the third of its kind in about 100 days (reftel) . Excluding some 6 trillion ($67 billion) of overlapping measures, the overall [...] | 2008-12-16 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
08TOKYO3409 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3411 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO, COP14, AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the start on Monday of the Japanese Air Self- Defense Force's withdrawal from Kuwait following the completion of its five-year airlift operation in Iraq. 2. "Fear about Possible Rise in Protectionism" The conservative Sankei's editorial [...] | 2008-12-16 01:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3416 | JAPAN-CHINA-KOREA TRILATERAL SUMMIT FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso hosted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak at a one-day summit in Dazaifu, Fukuoka on December 13. The three leaders issued joint statements that focused on "future-oriented comprehensive cooperation" in economic, political, [...] | 2008-12-16 07:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM CH KS KN JA |
08TOKYO3417 | BOJ BUSINESS SENTIMENT INDEX RECORDS STEEPEST FALL [...] (C) Summary: The Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment, a closely watched business cycle indicator and a principal input in the central bank's monetary policy deliberations, revealed a drastic across-the-board deterioration in business sentiment among large, medium si [...] | 2008-12-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
08TOKYO3419 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08 [...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...] | 2008-12-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO342 | JAPAN MAKES ECONOMIC OVERTURES TO CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Despite growing cooperation on energy and the environment, Japanese officials in MOFA and METI report an overall lack of progress on advancing economic relations with China. To date, China has rejected Japan's request for an agreement on food safety -- a particularly hot topic [...] | 2008-02-08 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR PREL JA CH |
08TOKYO3420 | CODEL BOSWELL: DIET MEMBERS POINT FINGER AT U.S. [...] (SBU) During a December 13 roundtable discussion, Japanese Diet members suggested to Codel Boswell that it is the USG that is responsible for a lack of progress to lift Japan's partial ban on imports of U.S. beef and beef products. Yoshio Yatsu, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) [...] | 2008-12-16 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PREL JA |
08TOKYO3422 | AMBASSADOR THANKS FOREIGN MINISTER FOR WORKING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 23:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO3423 | AMBASSADOR THANKS FOREIGN MINISTER FOR WORKING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 23:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO3424 | CODEL BOSWELL: DIET MEMBERS' VIEWS ON WTO [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Diet members expressed no disappointment regarding the lack of progress in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in their roundtable discussion with Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA),Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, and his delegatio [...] | 2008-12-16 23:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EAGR PREL JA |
08TOKYO3427 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO343 | JAPAN INFORMED OF UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Deputy Director Yoshihiro Nakayama on February 7 thanked Embassy Tokyo for the U.S. comments on Singapore,s draft review of the ARF paper, the accompanying cover letter from A/S Hill, and the nonpaper on the U.S. draft ARF Counterterrorism and Transnational Cr [...] | 2008-02-08 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ARF PTER JA |
08TOKYO3430 | JAPAN'S FY2009 TAX REFORM PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. Japan's ruling coalition parties announced December 12 a package of tax reform proposals featuring a series of tax cuts for households and businesses. Their proposals called for exempting in-substance dividends paid by overseas subsidiaries to their Japan headquarters, lowering [...] | 2008-12-17 03:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON JA |
08TOKYO3431 | Japanese Leaders' Statements on WTO Ministerial [...] The Japanese media covered statements by Japanese leaders made December 15 concerning the recent decision by WTO Director General Pascal Lamy to postpone a ministerial level meeting in Geneva many had suspected would take place this week. Minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Nikai [...] | 2008-12-17 03:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR PREL JA |
08TOKYO3432 | 3-4 DECEMBER NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: During the third meeting of the G8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group (NSSG) held in Tokyo December 3-4, NSSG members reviewed the status of ongoing projects, discussed the future of initiatives proposed during Japan's 2008 G8 presidency, and reviewed a draft plan of work for t [...] | 2008-12-17 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA |
08TOKYO3435 | DPJ SECURITY POLICY STILL MUDDLED, AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The possible shift from an LDP-led administration to one led by the DPJ has potentially serious implications for Japan's security policy, as well as for the future direction of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The leading opposition party has opposed the war in Iraq and used its majorit [...] | 2008-12-17 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3436 | GOJ RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Defense Bureau of Finance and Equipment, Equipment Policy Division Deputy Director Takeshi Kawamura confirmed the details of the order of 20 Model QA-700 accelerometers (Honeywell Part No. 979-0704-001 IAI Part No. 1321.1080.00.00). The DOD ordered 10 Azimoth Indicators unde [...] | 2008-12-17 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC JA |
08TOKYO3437 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO, WAR ON TERROR, [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning dailies front- paged a GOJ panel decision to stipulate in the GOJ's mid-term tax reform program a phased increase in the consumption tax starting in fiscal 2011. 2. "Failure No Longer Acceptable" On the WTO failure to convene a ministerial on the Doha Ro [...] | 2008-12-17 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3439 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 23:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3441 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3443 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FED'S DECISION TO LOWER [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included OPEC's decision to slash oil production. 2. "Stop Global Deflation" On the Fed's move to lower the key interest rate to near zero, the liberal Asahi editorialized (12/18): "Fed Chairman Bernanke decided on the rate reduction in order to [...] | 2008-12-18 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3444 | DAS HAYWARD'S MEETING WITH TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. Officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) briefed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Mary Alice Hayward December 11 on a dirty bomb/counter terror [...] | 2008-12-18 06:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL KGIC MNUC JA |
08TOKYO3445 | JAPAN AGREES WITH U.S. UN HARMONIZATION PLAN [...] (C) An expert group at MOFA has considered the U.S. proposal for harmonized conditions of service at the UN and agrees with it, MOFA informed Embassy Tokyo on December 17. "We agree to the U.S. proposal and will support it," Hideki Masuo of MOFA's UN Planning and Administration Division told u [...] | 2008-12-18 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO3447 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3448 | Japan Economic Scope for December 16, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for December 16, 2008 Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (U) METI Unveils Sample Carbon Footprint Labels at Eco Fair The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) publicly unveiled samples of its proposed carbon footpr [...] | 2008-12-18 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV EFIN EAGR PREL JA |
08TOKYO345 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3453 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3457 | PART 1 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Japanese negotiators reached an ad ref agreement on December 15 for a bilateral International Agreement (IA) committing the Japanese government to provide USD 2.8 billion to construct facilities and infrastructure on Guam to support the relocation of III Marine Expeditio [...] | 2008-12-19 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3458 | PART 2 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 05:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3459 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OPEC, CARIBBEAN-LATIN AMERICA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the likelihood that Toyota will post an operating loss in the current business year ending in March for the first time in half a century. 2. "Plunging Prices No Excuse Not to Curb Reliance on Oil" On OPEC's decision to slash oil producti [...] | 2008-12-19 05:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO346 | KOIZUMI KIDS FACE TOUGH ROAD TO REELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The 82 "Koizumi "Children" who swept into office in the September 2005 postal privatization election, rode the coattails of Prime Minister Koizumi and his promises of reform. Today, they face widespread elimination in the next general election. The majority were elected with mi [...] | 2008-02-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3463 | JAPAN'S STEPS TO CONCLUDE ENHANCED BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials assert they are making progress to finalize the text of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA),and MLIT officials reiterate their desire to finalize the document. The U.S. and Japan have been working for more than three years to conclude a BASA to enh [...] | 2008-12-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ELTN JA |
08TOKYO3464 | JAPANESE OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY'S IRAQ STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese oil exploration firm INPEX's General Manager for the Middle East Tetsuro Tochikawa finds Iraq's oil minister seems committed to a fair and transparent bidding process. Tochikawa told Emboffs several factors, however, including a lack of capacity to negotiate and manage c [...] | 2008-12-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL IZ IR JA |
08TOKYO3465 | JAPAN RELEASES UPDATED PANDEMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) released a draft of the GOJ's updated action plan for pandemic influenza November 28. The revised action plan, according to MHLW officials, incorporates recommendations by the ruling coalition's project team in the Diet on pandemic inf [...] | 2008-12-19 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08TOKYO3466 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO347 | JAPAN PREPARED TO SUBSCRIBE TO WELLINGTON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese authorities will subscribe to the Wellington Declaration on cluster munitions (CM) if the parties attending the New Zealand meeting agree to treat as relevant four Japanese proposals which Tokyo will present at the April Dublin Diplomatic Conference, Foreign Ministry off [...] | 2008-02-08 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO JA |
08TOKYO3470 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3472 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO AND CUBA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers front-paged declassified documents from the MOFA archives, one of which showed that then Prime Minister Sato, when he held talks with then Defense Secretary McNamara in Washington in January 1965, asked that the U.S. use its nuclear weapons to attack Chi [...] | 2008-12-22 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3477 | JAPANESE IRAN EXPERT DETAILS SOCIAL-ECONOMIC WOES [...] (C) Summary: Iran's Economic Policy, in the view of a top Japanese academic expert on the Middle East, has created or at best exacerbated high unemployment and inflation. He cites social changes including an increasing number of retirees, under-employed younger workers, and a stranglehold on [...] | 2008-12-22 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ETTC JA PREL |
08TOKYO3478 | LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: NO FURTHER CONTRIBUTION [...] (S) Japan is a "strong supporter" of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and, during last June's G-8 Ministerial in Kyoto, pledged $1 million for the STL, MOFA 1st Middle East Division Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji told Embassy Tokyo. However, at this point, Japan cannot make a new contribution o [...] | 2008-12-22 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN JA |
08TOKYO3483 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3484 | JAPAN'S SEAMEN'S UNION AND SHIPOWNERS URGE ACTION [...] (SBU) In conjunction with Diet members in the bipartisan Maritime Safety Coalition, the Japan Shipowners' Association (JSA) has lobbied the Japanese government for greater involvement in anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden, a JSA official told Emboffs December 19. The JSA did not forma [...] | 2008-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD PREL JA |
08TOKYO3485 | JAPAN INTRODUCES PILOT THIRD COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PHUM PREL SMIG JA |
08TOKYO3492 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO35 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3500 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 04:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3502 | EMBASSY TOKYO RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Per request in Ref A, Post provides the following information, keyed to the specific questions in reftel. Much of the most recent information results from meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Mexico and Central America Division Cuba Desk Officer Fusae Tsunoda and Ministry of E [...] | 2008-12-24 05:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU JA |
08TOKYO3503 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items this morning included a Yomiuri piece from Detroit on the struggling U.S. auto industry. 2. "U.S. Asking Europe to Take Coordinated Steps in Afghanistan" On JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen's remarks expressing America's readiness to double its force presence in Afgh [...] | 2008-12-24 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3507 | PART 1 OF 2 -- DEC 18 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials provided Embassy Tokyo generally positive assessments of the second Japan-Australia foreign affairs and defense 2-plus-2 ministerial held December 18 in Tokyo. Discussions on bilateral information sharing and a po [...] | 2008-12-28 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON AU JA |
08TOKYO3508 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3514 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACK [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the Israeli military's air strike on the Gaza Strip over the weekend. 2. "Israel Should First Exercise Self-Restraint" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/29): "... Although Israel claims that its attack on the Gaza Strip was part of i [...] | 2008-12-29 05:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3518 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3520 | GOJ AGREES TO LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Experts from the USG and GOJ agreed December 11 to continue their informal dialogue and to look at further steps to protect North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles. Representatives from the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ),Ministry of the Environment (MOE),National Marine Fisheries [...] | 2008-12-29 23:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS PHSA SENV KSCA JA MX |
08TOKYO3521 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3523 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT [...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...] | 2008-12-30 02:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3524 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACK [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a decline this year in foreign direct investment in Japan. 2. "Attacks on Gaza to Lead to Chain of Retaliation?" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (12/30): "Will they fall into a chain of retaliation again?... If the military confronta [...] | 2008-12-30 04:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO3526 | CABINET APPROVES SLIGHTLY CONTRACTIONARY REGULAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's Cabinet approved the central government's draft regular FY2009 budget December 24, clearing the way for its submission to the forthcoming regular session of the Diet that begins January 5 and passage before the end of FY2008 (March 31, 2009). Proposed outlays of 33.5 t [...] | 2008-12-30 05:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EAP JA |
08TOKYO3527 | PART 2 OF 2 -- DEC 18 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN [...] Both defense authorities share the intention to conduct the following joint defense activities. (a) High Level Exchange i. Hold annual bilateral Defense Ministerial meeting. ii. Hold regular visits between the Vice-Minister of Defense of the MOD and the Secretary of the ADOD; between t [...] | 2008-12-30 05:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON AU JA |
08TOKYO3532 | CONSULTATIONS WITH JAPAN ON IMPLEMENTING THE OSLO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ensuring that activities of U.S. forces in Japan will not be hindered or restrained following Diet ratification of the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM),MOFA Deputy Director General Nakajima told Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard during [...] | 2008-12-30 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM PINR ETTC NATO JA |
08TOKYO3534 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3535 | JAPAN ANTI-PIRACY UPDATE: LEGAL WRANGLING, [...] (C) Piracy issues in the Horn of Africa (HOA) remain a topic of extensive interest in Japan, both in the media and among contacts in the Japanese government. Calls from major publications for Japan to "do something" have grown louder in recent weeks, driven in part by China's December 26 dispa [...] | 2008-12-30 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS ELTN EWWT JA MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR |
08TOKYO3538 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO354 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3541 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO3542 | JAPAN'S LOWER FDI INFLOWS REFLECT GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the first ten months of 2008 declined year-on-year for the first time since 2003, reflecting the impact of global financial market turmoil and following record inflows in 2007. Preliminary Ministry of Finance (MOF) figures show [...] | 2008-12-31 03:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO3543 | Japan Economic Scope for December 29, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 17 to 29, 2008 Foreign Relations ----------------- 2. (U) Nippon Oil/Nippon Mining Merger Nippon Oil and Nippon Mining Holdings, Japan's largest and 5th largest oil companies, announced they have reached a basic agreement to [...] | 2008-12-31 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV EFIN EAGR PREL JA |
08TOKYO3544 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Wednesday morning included the U.S. Treasury Department's announcement on Monday that it will pump $5 billion into GMAC LLC. 2. "It's Time for Dialogue" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/31): "... French President Sarkozy, the current chair of the EU, received [...] | 2008-12-31 04:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO358 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no Tuesday morning papers because of a press holiday. Most broadcasters gave top coverage to Monday's arrest of an Okinawa-based Marine on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old local girl. 2. "New Source of Contention with West" The liberal Mainichi's Wash [...] | 2008-02-12 03:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO360 | CODEL TAUSCHER MEETS WITH JAPAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: United States-Japan relations remain the "cornerstone" of Tokyo's foreign policy, not just for Japan's security, but for East Asia and the broader region as a whole, Japan DFM Yabunaka told visiting CODEL Tauscher on January 10. The DFM described Japan-PRC ties as improved from p [...] | 2008-02-12 06:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL JA CH |
08TOKYO363 | MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DG TAKAMIZAWA ON FORCE [...] (C) Summary: MOD Defense Policy Bureau Director General Takamizawa reviewed the status of realignment with CDA Donovan during a lunch meeting on February 8. Takamizawa said that he was optimistic that the Japanese government would manage to avoid significant delays in the Futenma Relocation F [...] | 2008-02-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO364 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO365 | JAPAN UNABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH ASSISTANCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Other than public statements in support of the Lebanese government, Japan is unable or unwilling to take further steps at this time to support Lebanon. Funds are not available for the Special Tribunal, Lebanon does not qualify for Japanese official development assistance (ODA),t [...] | 2008-02-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY JA |
08TOKYO366 | JAPAN PROTESTS INCURSION BY RUSSIAN BOMBER [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura delivered a "severe protest" to Russian authorities over the February 9 incursion by a Russian Tu-95 strategic "Bear" bomber into Japanese airspace, Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Tokyo officials provided Moscow with coordinates [...] | 2008-02-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA RU |
08TOKYO367 | VICE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH CDA AND USFJ [...] (C) Summary: On February 12 CDA Donovan and U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) Deputy Commander MajGen Flock were met by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka to receive a protest regarding an alleged sexual assault by a Marine in Okinawa. Acting on instructions, Yabunaka ca [...] | 2008-02-12 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO371 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 01:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO376 | NEWLY ARRIVED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON [...] (U) In a February 11 paid advertisement in the International Herald Tribune on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, newly arrived Iranian Ambassador Abbas Araghchi (not yet officially accredited) seeks to spread his country's official positions on withstanding foreig [...] | 2008-02-13 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR JA |
08TOKYO382 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND MARC CZAJA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 19-22, 2008 visit to Japan by John Hill and Marc Czaja. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 M [...] | 2008-02-13 07:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO385 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO386 | JAPAN WILL NEED TIME TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will need time to review the text of Kosovo's declaration of independence before it can recognize Kosovo, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM February 13 in response to reftel demarche. To [...] | 2008-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JA |
08TOKYO387 | JAPAN WELCOMES DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Japan welcomes the newly elected democratic government in Thailand and will work closely with the new government to strengthen bilateral ties, MOFA Principal Deputy Director told Embassy Tokyo on February 8. The return to power of a democratic government is a welcome change, but it is to [...] | 2008-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD TH JA |
08TOKYO388 | AMBASSADOR AND USFJ COMMANDER VISIT OKINAWA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 13 visit to Okinawa, the Ambassador told Okinawa Governor Nakaima that he and USFJ Commander Lt. Gen. Wright had come personally to show the people of Okinawa how seriously the United States takes the Feb. 10 alleged sexual assault/rape incident. He assured Naka [...] | 2008-02-13 09:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
08TOKYO389 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS ALLEGED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the USFJ Commander, met with Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on February 13 to express regret over the alleged February 10 sexual assault of a Japanese school girl by a Marine in Okinawa. The Ambassador said that the U.S. government and U.S. Force [...] | 2008-02-13 12:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
08TOKYO39 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO390 | LDP PROTESTS OKINAWA ASSAULT CASE [...] (C) On February 12, CDA Donovan met with Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) International Bureau Director General Asahiko Mihara and Principal Deputy Secretary General Motoo Hayashi to receive a protest regarding the February 10 alleged rape by a Marine in Okinawa. The senior LDP officials noted [...] | 2008-02-13 22:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO394 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO395 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EAST TIMOR [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Thursday morning papers front- paged the announcement by the Financial Services Agency that the total losses incurred by Japanese financial institutions from the subprime loan crisis came to about 600 billion yen as of the end of last year. Ambassador Schieffer's separate [...] | 2008-02-14 02:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO397 | LIBYAN ENVOY RECEIVES HIGH-LEVEL RECEPTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Fukuda and other high-ranking Japanese officials recently received a Special Envoy from Libyan Leader Muammar Qahdafi, who was sent to seek Tokyo's support for Qahdafi's "African Union Government" plan. The proposal calls for a single government for all of Africa a [...] | 2008-02-14 05:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA LY JA |
08TOKYO398 | MTCR: SYRIAN FIRM'S INTEREST IN ACQUIRING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 06:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PREL JA |
08TOKYO400 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO402 | METI OFFICIAL LABELS VM'S REMARKS "INAPPROPRIATE" [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Kitabata's controversial January 24 remarks dismissing the role of shareholders and independent directors in corporate governance (Ref) were "unacceptable" and "inappropriate", according to the METI official who drafted [...] | 2008-02-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL JA |
08TOKYO403 | DPJ AND SDP DELIVER MARINE SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, DCM Donovan met separately with representatives from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to receive protests regarding the alleged February 10 sexual assault on a junior high girl by a Marine in Okinawa. Both groups [...] | 2008-02-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO407 | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN JAPAN: FEBRUARY 6 ROUNDTABLE WITH THE [...] Summary: The Japanese Diet may soon consider criminalizing the simple possession of child pornography, U.S. delegates to the G8 Lyon-Roma meeting in Tokyo learned during a meeting with six Diet members arranged by Embassy Tokyo. Although most of the Diet participants in the meeting support re [...] | 2008-02-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TOKYO408 | FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN -- OBSTACLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ maintains its policy of boosting foreign direct investment and the sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2007 show foreign investors are not "fleeing Japan". Recent high-profile debates over particular investment cases, public warnings by a cabinet member that Japan's investment c [...] | 2008-02-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD JA |
08TOKYO409 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO413 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO416 | CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPAN REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: U.S. ideas on a future climate framework and our plan for negotiations in 2008 enjoy broad support within the Japanese government, GOJ officials told U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator Harlan Watson the week of February 11-15. Successfully bringing China into an agreement is still seen [...] | 2008-02-16 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG JA |
08TOKYO423 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO425 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VICTORIA SEGAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2008, visit to Japan by Interpreter Victoria Segal. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home phone: (81-3)3224-685 [...] | 2008-02-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO426 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL AND PARTY TO JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2008, visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill, S/A Christopher Klein, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, and NSC Director for Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scot [...] | 2008-02-19 05:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO427 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KOSOVO DECLARATION OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included an agreement between the ruling and opposition camps on procedures concerning Diet approval of nominees for key portfolios, such as Bank of Japan governor and Fair Trade Commission Chairman. 2. "How to Avoid Confusion on the Balkan Penin [...] | 2008-02-19 06:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO429 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO43 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MIDDLE EAST PEACE & EU [...] "Put an End to 60-year Conflict" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/8): "President Bush is to visit Israel and the West Bank for the first time, with just one year remaining in his term.... Many are pessimistic about how much he can accomplish on Middle East peace in a year. Bush's efforts to [...] | 2008-01-08 04:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO433 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO434 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with updates on the search for two fishermen who went missing after their boat was hit by an MSDF vessel early Tuesday morning. 2. "Rough Road Ahead for New Pakistani Government" The liberal Asahi's chief Asia news writer contended (2/20): "T [...] | 2008-02-20 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO441 | Country Clearance for Steven Tepp, U.S. Copyright [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Steven Tepp, Policy Planning Advisor, U.S. Copyright Office for February 26 through March 1, 2008. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for this visit is Economic Officer Scott A. Smith. He can be reached at any time through the embassy switch [...] | 2008-02-20 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA JA |
08TOKYO444 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO447 | JAPAN ALLOCATES FUNDS FOR PKO TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. As part of its strategy of becoming a "peacebuilding nation," for the first time Japan will disperse USD 17 million to peacekeeping training centers in Africa. Japan will also examine bolstering this monetary assistance with the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces trainers. [...] | 2008-02-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO449 | IRANIAN VISITORS TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Javad Larijani, visited Japan February 11-18, 2008. He met with a number of officials, including the Foreign and Justice ministers. Although the purpose of his visit ostensibly was to discuss human rights issues and a po [...] | 2008-02-20 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNPP UNSC IR IZ AF JA |
08TOKYO450 | FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKS DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura may propose increased dialogue with the United States on regional economic architecture during his February 27 meeting with Secretary Rice. Some in the Foreign Ministry appear concerned Japan is being excluded from U.S. initiatives such as the [...] | 2008-02-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON PREL PGOV APECO JA |
08TOKYO454 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO458 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND CUBA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with the continuing investigation into Tuesday's collision between an MSDF vessel and a fishing boat. 2. "Election Results Deal Blow to Musharraf" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/21): "...Whatever administration is established in [...] | 2008-02-21 04:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO462 | INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY JA |
08TOKYO465 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO467 | MLIT POLICIES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The recent public squabble over a draft bill that would limit the size of foreign shareholding and thus prevent foreign control of Japanese airport operators seems less about limiting foreign direct investment (FDI) and more about reducing the Transportation Ministry,s (MLIT) st [...] | 2008-02-21 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA |
08TOKYO469 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO471 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning papers included the continuing investigation into Tuesday's collision between an MSDF vessel and a fishing boat. 2. "Path to Stability Should Be Created Quickly" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/22): "Though it was far from perfect, a fair el [...] | 2008-02-22 04:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO473 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO474 | MGKV01: JAPANESE SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD RECOGNITION [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 21 with MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Shinichi Nishimiya, and, per reftel, pressed him on Japan's position regarding recognition of Kosovo, stressing the great importance of this issue [...] | 2008-02-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZL JA |
08TOKYO475 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is very much looking forward to the Secretary's visit to Asia the week of February 25 and is SIPDIS anticipating fruitful discussions on strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Nishimiya told EAP Assistant Secretary Christop [...] | 2008-02-22 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID XA XE CH AS KS KN IN JA |
08TOKYO476 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (S) Begin Text. Madam Secretary, You arrive in Japan at a sensitive time in our relationship. Less than three weeks ago, a 38-year-old Marine confessed to raping a 14-year-old girl. I flew to Okinawa with the Commander of U.S. Forces Japan to express our own outrage and sympathy for th [...] | 2008-02-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | OVIP PREL ECON JA |
08TOKYO483 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO487 | JAPAN SUPPORTS CHINA, INDIA IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) The GOJ "does not anticipate any obstacles" for Japan to support the U.S. proposal to allow China and India to join the International Energy Agency (IEA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Security Division Director Kazuyuki Takeuchi told Emboff February 21. Takeuchi believes th [...] | 2008-02-25 03:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG JA IEA OECD CH IN |
08TOKYO488 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included China's fivefold increase in exports over the past six years since its accession to the WTO in 2001. 2. "Empty Promise of Democracy Will Not Work" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/24): "Burma's military government has announced that it [...] | 2008-02-25 04:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO491 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO492 | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Tokyo February 25 to begin a four day visit to Japan. Accompanied by a 24-member business delegation, a main priority of the visit will be to bolster bilateral economic ties. In addition to bilateral ties, regional issues such as the [...] | 2008-02-25 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IS JA |
08TOKYO493 | JAPAN WILL ISSUE STATEMENT ON DEMOCRACY IN CUBA [...] (C) DCM contacted MOFA Director General of North American Affairs Shinichi Nishimiya and Deputy Director General for Latin American Affairs Masahi Mizukami separately February 24. Drawing from reftel points, he urged the government of Japan to publicly express the need for real democracy and [...] | 2008-02-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU JA |
08TOKYO495 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 01:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO496 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DESTRUCTION OF [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers front-paged Prime Minister Fukuda's summit with new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Monday, during which the two affirmed the resumption of reciprocal visits and enhanced trilateral coordination with the U.S. on North Korea. 2. "Des [...] | 2008-02-26 04:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO498 | PHYSICAL PROTECTION: MOFA SUPPORT FOR US/JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. MOFA official Yasuyoshi Komizo, meeting February 18 with a visiting interagency delegation, conveyed strong support for continuing U.S.-Japan cooperation on the physical protection of nuclear materials. He also noted GOJ willingness to send representatives to the U.S. to partic [...] | 2008-02-26 04:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG JA KNNP MNUC |
08TOKYO5 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO505 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 00:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO508 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO509 | AIT DIRECTOR YOUNG ENGAGES JAPANESE ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: AIT Director Young discussed the upcoming Taiwan presidential election, Japan's ties with China and Taiwan and cross-Strait relations during February 18 meetings with Japanese interlocutors. Japan and the United States have the ability to influence Taiwan and buttress its confid [...] | 2008-02-27 02:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW JA |
08TOKYO510 | JAPAN: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has yet to seriously begin considering what actions it will take with regard to the Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) presence it has deployed in Kuwait following the expiration of MNF-I's mandate on December 31. It is likely that the basic plan governing this deployment will b [...] | 2008-02-27 02:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO513 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the New York Philharmonic's performance in Pyongyang on Tuesday evening. 2. "Reform Should Be Realized through Real Transfer of Power" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/27): "...Fidel Castro appears to intend to remain as first secre [...] | 2008-02-27 04:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO514 | PRC STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S JAPAN VISIT: TAIWAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Taiwan, improving food safety, the dispute over the East China Sea, North Korea, Burma, and environmental cooperation with his Japanese interlocutors during his February 21-23 visit to Japan. Both Japan and China are seeking to preve [...] | 2008-02-27 05:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG CH TW JA |
08TOKYO515 | SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI TO BURMA ON MARCH 6 [...] (C) UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari, in Tokyo for consultations with Japanese officials, telephoned Deputy Chief of Mission February 27 to thank Embassy for conveying to him the previous evening ref points regarding the Treasury Department's designation under U.S. sanctions law of [...] | 2008-02-27 05:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA |
08TOKYO516 | JAPAN MULTI-PARTY DIET DELEGATION FINDS IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. A Japanese multi-party Diet delegation that visited the ROK on February 11 discovered that Tokyo-Seoul relations continue to improve and that ROK President Lee Myung-bak appears ready to develop bilateral ties in a "future-oriented manner," a leading Diet official told Embassy To [...] | 2008-02-27 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO517 | JAPAN TO MONITOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Japanese observers will monitor the March 2 Russian presidential election at the invitation of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC),Japanese Foreign Ministry and Russian Embassy diplomats informed Embassy Tokyo on February 27. The three-member delegation, consisting of officials [...] | 2008-02-27 05:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA RU |
08TOKYO518 | JAPAN VIEWS AT WELLINGTON CONFERENCE ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 05:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL JA MOPS PARM NATO |
08TOKYO519 | JAPAN'S OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC [...] (SBU) In follow up with GOJ contacts as requested in ref, post has confirmed the following members of Japan's official delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008): Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) -------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-02-27 06:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET SOCI JA |
08TOKYO520 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO522 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO525 | JAPAN RELENTING ON CAP-AND-TRADE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has confirmed recent press reports that it formed a task force to prepare recommendations for a possible cap-and-trade system in Japan. The influential Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) came out in support of the stu [...] | 2008-02-28 05:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV KGHG JA |
08TOKYO527 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the admission by Vice Defense Minister Masuda that top MSDF Staff Council officials questioned the chief navigator of the destroyer involved in last week's fatal collision with a trawler without prior approval from the Japan Coast Gua [...] | 2008-02-28 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO528 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO529 | UPDATE ON SITUATION IN BURMA PROVIDED TO UN [...] (C) Following up on UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's request (ref) for an update on the situation in Burma, Embassy Tokyo February 28 provided to him the following non-paper, which was prepared for him by Embassy Rangoon. Gambari was very grateful to receive the information, but [...] | 2008-02-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA |
08TOKYO538 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO54 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO542 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Tokyo Shimbun report from Beijing on China's alleged proposal regarding North Korea's nuclear declaration. 2. "Risk of U.S. Economic Slowdown Increasing" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/29): "The risk is growing for the U. [...] | 2008-02-29 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO543 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO544 | JAPAN PLANS NO ACTION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE [...] (C) The consortium led by Japan's Idemitsu Corporation to develop oil fields with PetroVietnam in the South China Sea has decided for business reasons to suspend work there, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Rep [...] | 2008-02-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PBTS ECON PREL JA CH VN |
08TOKYO546 | SAPPORO REJECTS STEEL PARTNERS TAKEOVER BID [...] (U) Sapporo Holdings, Ltd.'s board of directors February 26 announced it had rejected U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners' $1.4 billion tender offer to acquire 66.6 percent of the company's shares. The board's announcement did not signal whether the company intended to implement formal [...] | 2008-02-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
08TOKYO547 | PM FUKUDA AND PRESIDENT LEE MARK "NEW ERA" IN [...] (C) Summary. Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and ROK President Lee Myung-bak marked a "new era" in bilateral relations and agreed to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" during a February 25 summit in Seoul. The two sides tentatively agreed that Lee would visit Tokyo April 20-21. The two leaders of [...] | 2008-02-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO548 | DECISION TIME IN DIVIDED DIET OVER BUDGET, BANK OF [...] (C) Summary. The final outcome of intense Diet debate over the budget, budget-related bills, and the appointment of a new Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor remains murky as key deadlines approach. Six weeks into the Diet session, the opposition DPJ has managed to block progress on deliberations, [...] | 2008-03-01 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN MARR JA |
08TOKYO550 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO551 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VISIT OF IRANIAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning include a nationwide telephone poll that put support for the Fukuda cabinet at 33 percent and nonsupport at 51 percent. 2. "Iranian President Visits Iraq as Message to U.S." The conservative Sankei ran a Cairo-datelined report that stated (3/3): [...] | 2008-03-03 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO558 | MISSION JAPAN INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY REPORT [...] (U) The following, keyed to the specific queries contained in ref, is in response to the Department's request for input in preparing the report to Congress mandated in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. It should be noted throughout, that while the Embassy's Economic Section, p [...] | 2008-03-03 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG APER ABUD JA SENV |
08TOKYO559 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO56 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO561 | PM FUKUDA AS LEADER: AVOIDING RISK [...] (C) After five months as Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda has emerged as a cautious, risk-adverse, yet shrewd leader. Fukuda has played a weak hand fairly well and marginalized his opposition party opponent, Ichiro Ozawa. Unfortunately for Fukuda, his low-profile, rejection of Koizumi-style strong [...] | 2008-03-03 09:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO565 | JAPAN,S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...] | 2008-03-03 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO566 | JAPAN'S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...] | 2008-03-03 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO567 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO568 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a nationwide telephone poll that put support for the Fukuda cabinet at 32 percent and nonsupport at 50 percent. 2. "Putin Laughs in Triumph Again" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (3/4): "...Under a dual leadership structure with Presi [...] | 2008-03-04 03:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO569 | JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID [...] (C) Japanese recognition of Kosovo is likely "a matter of weeks, not months," Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Central and South Eastern European Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto told Emboffs February 28. Japan currently has a diplomatic mission in Kosovo to determine whether the c [...] | 2008-03-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN EINV JA PREL XG |
08TOKYO57 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a report speculating that the government- sponsored new antiterrorism bill will be enacted by this weekend. 2. "President Bush to Visit Middle East Today" The conservative Sankei's report from Cairo stated (1/9): "President Bush will [...] | 2008-01-09 04:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO570 | NEW CONSERVATIVE GROUP FOCUSING ON PATRIOTISM, [...] (C) The "True Conservative Policy Study Group" was launched late last year by conservative standard bearer Shoichi Nakagawa. With close to 80 members in the Lower and Upper Houses, the group enjoys the support of conservative heavyweights Taro Aso, Takeo Hiranuma and former Prime Minister Shi [...] | 2008-03-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR JA |
08TOKYO571 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO572 | PM FUKUDA STOPS MOVE TO LIMIT FDI FOR AIRPORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has decided to strip out the proposed restrictions on foreign investment from the Transportation Ministry's (MLIT) draft Airport Development Bill, MOFA Economic Affairs Bureau DG Yoichi Otabe told EMIN February 28. Otabe took credit for bringing USG concern about th [...] | 2008-03-04 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA |
08TOKYO574 | JAPAN AGREES WITH USG POSITION ON TAIWAN OECD [...] (C) Japan agrees with the U.S. position that the OECD should continue to adhere to the guidelines for Taiwan's participation in the OECD as laid out in the 1995 letter to the Chinese from then-OECD Secretary General Paye, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) OECD Office Deputy Dir [...] | 2008-03-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA CM TW OECD |
08TOKYO575 | REACTION TO RANCID BUTTER ATTACK ON JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese media reported widely on the attacks by the U.S. NGO Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Japan's whaling fleet in waters near Antarctica on March 3. The GOJ strongly condemned the attacks and called in the Dutch and Australian Ambassadors to protest, according to press [...] | 2008-03-04 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS IWC KSCA JA |
08TOKYO576 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO579 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UN SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning include Toyota's intention to invest 10 billion yen in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' plan to develop a small passenger aircraft model. 2. "U.S. Compromises to Apply Pressure on Iran" The liberal Asahi's report from New York said (3/5): "The UN [...] | 2008-03-05 03:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO584 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO585 | PIRQY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JA |
08TOKYO586 | INPEX OFFICIAL DISCUSSES AZADEGAN, CHINA SOVEREIGN [...] (C) Press reports regarding Iran's pumping 20,000 barrels per day from the Japanese-invested Azadegan oil fields are misleading, Inpex Investor Relations Group Manager Hiroshi Ikeda told Econoff February 28. Iran is using seven very old wells that have not been well maintained, Ikeda said, and [...] | 2008-03-05 09:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG JA PREL RU |
08TOKYO587 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL [...] On February 5, reftel was delivered to MOFA's Nonproliferation Science and Nuclear Energy Division Disarmament officer, Mr. Shinichi Sato. After extensive intergovernmental coordination, Mr. Sato sent the following letter to Embassy Tokyo on February 27, 2008. 2. BEGIN LETTER FROM MOFA: [...] | 2008-03-05 22:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM JA KNNP MNUC |
08TOKYO592 | CHINA POLICY-MAKING IN THE FUKUDA CABINET [...] (C) Under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, senior politicians and opinion-makers seeking to play a leading role in Japan-China relations have complicated the policy coordination process. Adding to policy-making difficulties has been the lack of strong leadership and decisiveness on the part of th [...] | 2008-03-06 02:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH JA |
08TOKYO593 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA'S MILITARY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page play to Sen. Hillary Clinton's victories in three of the four Democratic primaries on Tuesday. 2. "Concern about Chinese Military Buildup" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (3/6): "A sharp increase in military spe [...] | 2008-03-06 05:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO597 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO601 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO603 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL FARKAS (MAR 22-25, [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 22-25, 2008 visit to Japan by Staffdel Farkas. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Christopher Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile [...] | 2008-03-07 01:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO606 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA'S MILITARY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a GOJ plan to propose to the Diet the elevation of a Bank of Japan (BOJ) deputy governor to the top BOJ post. 2. "China Building up Military Power" The conservative Sankei's editorial said (3/7): "The Department of Defense said in its re [...] | 2008-03-07 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO609 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) February 29 and followed-up with MOFA Human Rights Division Principal Deputy Director Takako Ito March 7. Ito said since the Maldives has held only one informal meeting on its proposal and climate change could have an imp [...] | 2008-03-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KGHG UNHRC JA |
08TOKYO610 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 07:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO611 | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...] | 2008-03-07 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA |
08TOKYO612 | ACCJ ADVISES TARGETED APPROACH ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) President Allen Smith urged the Embassy and the USG to move carefully in lobbying Japan on investment issues at this politically sensitive time. "Rather than a strategy of 'gaiatsu', this was the time for 'shiatsu'", he advised. U.S. [...] | 2008-03-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON OECD JA |
08TOKYO614 | JAPAN COMMUNIST PARTY PARADOX: MORE INFLUENTIAL AS [...] (C) The Japan Communist Party is in decline. One of the largest non-ruling communist parties in the world, the JCP is faced with an aging membership and shrinking revenue as subscriptions to its newspaper and main revenue source, Akahata Shimbun ("Red Flag Newspaper") drop. Most recently, the [...] | 2008-03-07 21:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
08TOKYO616 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO621 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TENSIONS IN SOUTH [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Sen. Obama's victory in the Wyoming caucus. 2. "Source of Tension Remains Despite Reconciliation" The conservative Sankei reported from Los Angeles (3/9): "Diplomatic tensions in South America were eased following Friday's summit between [...] | 2008-03-10 03:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO627 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO628 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO629 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KILLING IN EAST [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include the police finding that two senior DPRK spy agency officials close to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appear to have instructed agents in or around 1978 to abduct two Japanese couples who were repatriated in 2003. 2. "Cycle of Retaliati [...] | 2008-03-11 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO643 | LITTLE CHANGE IN JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS UNDER [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Ministry, Russian Embassy Tokyo, and Japanese academic experts see little chance Russian President-elect Dmitriy Medvedev will make significant changes in Japan-Russia relations. Outgoing President Vladimir Putin's expected central role in conducting international affairs [...] | 2008-03-11 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV JA RU |
08TOKYO644 | METI'S NEW STUDY GROUP ON INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: A new METI study group, composed largely of investment banking or investment funds executives, will examine best practices of the most common types of investment funds and consider whether new GOJ policies are needed to support them in providing risk capital to Japanese companies. [...] | 2008-03-11 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON OECD JA |
08TOKYO645 | JMSDF VICE CHIEF OF STAFF BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NEW [...] (C) In a March 7 call, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Kato briefed the Ambassador on the recent incident involving a JMSDF officer who disappeared on February 23 after being questioned for having AEGIS information on his personal computer. Kato [...] | 2008-03-11 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA |
08TOKYO646 | DELAYED DIET DELIBERATIONS WILL NOT ADVERSELY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite recent delays in Japanese Diet deliberations, funding for Host Nation Support (HNS) will not be seriously affected. The SMA must be approved by the Diet in order to authorize the disbursement of funds for training relocation, utility reimbursements and labor cost sharing [...] | 2008-03-11 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO648 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 23:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO65 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO656 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO663 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ SY JA |
08TOKYO664 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon Yoshihisa Kukroda is aware of and plans to attend the March 14 Coalition conference in Beirut, according to MOFA First Middle East Division desk officer Hitoshi Ishizuka. SCHIEFFER [...] | 2008-03-12 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JA |
08TOKYO665 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO666 | JAPAN AND CAMBODIA HOLD MINISTERIAL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a first-ever meeting between the Japanese and Cambodian Ministers of Defense, Japanese Minister Ishiba told Cambodian Minister Tea Banh on March 5 that Japan will provide disaster relief support to Cambodia and allow Cambodian students to study at Japan's defense academy. [...] | 2008-03-12 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CB JA |
08TOKYO667 | STALEMATE ON BANK OF JAPAN GOVERNOR? [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) voted down the GOJ nominations of Toshiro Muto for Governor of the Bank of Japan, and Takatoshi Ito as Deputy Governor in the Upper House of the Diet on March 12, while approving the nomination of Masaaki Shirakawa for the other Depu [...] | 2008-03-12 09:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JA MARR PGOV |
08TOKYO669 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO67 | PARTIES VIE FOR LABOR SUPPORT [...] (U) Political turnout was impressive at the Japanese Trade Union Confederation's (JTUC-Rengo) annual new year's party January 7. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa both attended and addressed hundreds of guests, as did Minister of He [...] | 2008-01-09 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV JA |
08TOKYO674 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL ELECTION IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Yomiuri led with plans by the Environment Ministry to release its research projection that it is possible to curb the emission of global warming gases by 10 billion tons worldwide by 2020. 2. "Anti-President Mood Mounting" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's Tehran [...] | 2008-03-13 04:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO675 | GOJ PROVIDES RESPONSE TO MTCR: SYRIAN FIRM'S [...] (SE) METI Export Controls Policy Director Tatsuo Sato and Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa called us in on March 12 to provide a non-paper in connection with the Sokia case we discussed on February 13. Sato told us the ministry had contacted Sokia, but the matter was delicate because Japan d [...] | 2008-03-13 05:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PREL JA |
08TOKYO677 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO679 | INVITATION TO PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEAK AT 2008 [...] This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. Former Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi asked the Ambassador to pass a letter to President Bush inviting him to be a keynote speaker at the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum October 5 to 7, 2008. The Ambassador agreed to c [...] | 2008-03-13 08:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL PREL JA |
08TOKYO68 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO680 | JAPAN WILL NOT ISSUE STATEMENT ON IRANIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Japan has no plans to issue any statements concerning the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Although Tokyo may share our concerns about the conduct and outcome of the elections, Matano told Emb [...] | 2008-03-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL IR JA |
08TOKYO681 | JAPAN SUPPORTS NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Japan fully supports the appointment of Norwegian Political Director Kai Eide to be UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative for Afghanistan, and will take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself to make that support known, according to MOFA Second Middle East Di [...] | 2008-03-13 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AF JA |
08TOKYO682 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Tokyo Ghanim Al-Jumaily is concerned positive developments achieved in Iraq as a result of the surge may be wasted if progress is allowed to languish during the period before and after the U.S. presidential elections. He believes the Iraqi government is "o [...] | 2008-03-13 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ JA |
08TOKYO683 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO684 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND GLOBAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with the yen's rapid appreciation against the dollar to the highest level in 12 years. 2. "Constant Vigilance Needed against Chinese Strategy" The conservative Sankei editorialized (3/14): "It was revealed during congressional testimony by PACOM [...] | 2008-03-14 02:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO689 | GOJ RESPONSE ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] (SBU) Summary: Post was unable to determine definitively that the end user for the parts in the reftel is the Ministry of Defense (MOD) because the end user has no inventory. Trading company officials told us they stock parts for future contracts to aviod fines on late delivery. Company exe [...] | 2008-03-14 04:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC JA KOMC |
08TOKYO692 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO693 | TAIWAN CONTINGENCY: NO "AUTOMATIC" JAPANESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura and other senior officials underscored publicly on March 13 that a Taiwan Strait contingency will not "automatically" invoke the Japanese legislation governing rear area support for U.S. forces. These senior-level comments -- the most unequivocal to date [...] | 2008-03-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR CH JA |
08TOKYO694 | AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSS BANNING [...] (C) Summary: Child pornography is a rapidly growing and serious problem, the Ambassador told the Japanese Minister of Justice Kunio Hatoyama on March 11. Japan could have a dramatic impact on the child pornography market by criminalizing simple possession. Hatoyama agreed, saying that the su [...] | 2008-03-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TOKYO697 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO7 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 04:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO70 | JAPAN UNDECIDED ON U.N. SENIOR CIVILIAN FOR [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met January 8 with MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Afghanistan desk officer Shizuka Morita to share reftel Terms of Reference and to advise of our strong support for the UK's Lord Paddy Ashdown to fill the posit [...] | 2008-01-10 02:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF JA |
08TOKYO701 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Monday morning included the spreading violence in the Chinese provinces neighboring Tibet following the Chinese government's crackdown on Tibetan protesters on Sunday in Lhasa. 2. "Instability Growing Around the World" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (3/17) [...] | 2008-03-17 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO707 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO71 | JAPANESE VIEWS OF SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Japan shares the concerns and views of the United States, as expressed ref A, and agrees that efforts must be made to keep Pakistan on the path to democracy, according to Principal Deputy Director Masaki Ishikawa of MOFA's Southwest Asia Division. Ishikawa told Embassy Tokyo Political Offic [...] | 2008-01-10 02:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK JA |
08TOKYO711 | NO NEW GOJ MEDIUM- OR LONG-TERM LOAN GUARANTEES [...] (C) Summary. Japan has not issued any new medium- or long-term loan guarantees for trade with Iraq for the last two years, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Nippon Export and Invstment Insurance (NEXI) officials stated during meetings with econoff March 12 and 13. Any uptick [...] | 2008-03-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG ETTC JA PREL IR |
08TOKYO712 | EMBASSY TOKYO CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] (U) Ambassador Schieffer hosted on March 4 Embassy Tokyo's first-ever event in honor of International Women's Day. More than 180 women, including Japanese Diet members, government officials, academics, members of the press and female diplomats from 25 nations, attended the inaugural event. Gu [...] | 2008-03-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JA CH RU |
08TOKYO713 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 00:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO717 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET, U.S. [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers led with the GOJ's failure to nominate a new candidate for BOJ governor by Monday, predicting that the post will be vacant for some time after current chief Fukui steps down tomorrow. 2. "Riots Caused by Failure of China's Ethnic Policy" The top-ci [...] | 2008-03-18 02:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO721 | NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON IRAQI COUNTERPART [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Recently accredited Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi made one of his first courtesy calls on Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim Al-Jumaily on March 12. Ambassador Jumaily subsequently provided an Embassy Tokyo political officer with a readout of the meeting. Jumaily said [...] | 2008-03-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINS IR IZ JA |
08TOKYO722 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO723 | COUNTERTERRORISM TRILATERAL BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Government officials from Australia, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo on February 26 for the Counterterrorism Trilateral Border, Transport, and Maritime Security Sub-Group meeting. The meeting was chaired by Paul Fujimura, Director for Asia-Pacific, Department of Homeland [...] | 2008-03-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS PTER PGOV PREL AS ID MY RP JA |
08TOKYO724 | JAPAN RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (C) The Japanese Cabinet March 18 recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state, according to MOFA. According to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Principal Deputy Director Yuichi Oba, immediately following the decision, the Serbian Ambassador to Tokyo requested an app [...] | 2008-03-18 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZL JA |
08TOKYO726 | NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 791, 792 AND 790. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO727 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has faced a variety of natural disasters and other historical challenges to its critical infrastructure and systems. As a result, the country has developed preparations and capacity for responding to known threats, such as earthquakes, and has a record of willingness to [...] | 2008-03-18 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON ETTC JA PGOV PREL PTER |
08TOKYO728 | GOJ RESPONSE ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] (C) Summary: Post was unable to determine definitively that the end user for the SH-60 helicopter parts listed in reftel is the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) because MOD has been unable to provide inventory records. Describing it as a general practice, trading company officials told us [...] | 2008-03-19 00:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC JA KOMC |
08TOKYO730 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 01:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO734 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the largest opposition party's decision to reject the GOJ's second nominee for governor of the Bank of Japan. 2. "Hu Government to Be Tested over Tibet Unrest" Business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (3/19): "The government of Hu Jinta [...] | 2008-03-19 02:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO736 | JAPAN FOLLOWUP ON BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 050044815 [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Ministry of Defense officials on March 19 to determine definitively the end user for the F4 fighter jet wing parts listed in Ref A. Air Defense LtCol. Katsuhiro Nishi explained the Air Defense inventory records are maintained by part number, not by aircraft. Subsequent [...] | 2008-03-19 04:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC JA |
08TOKYO748 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO750 | JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO REFERENDUM IN BURMA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO752 | TIBET: JAPANESE CALL ON CHINA TO EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: Japan is deeply concerned about the violence in Tibet and has called on the Chinese authorities to respond calmly, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on March 18. Japan raised its concerns with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing called on the Chines [...] | 2008-03-19 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JA |
08TOKYO753 | MOD EXPRESSES DESIRE TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT FOR BLUE [...] (C) Summary: Over the past year, Post has observed several worrisome developments related to some small Japanese firms dealing in defense trade, pointing either to their negligence or possible malfeasance. On March 19 Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told EconOff they are committ [...] | 2008-03-19 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO754 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO757 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the Upper House rejection on Wednesday of the second GOJ nominee for Bank of Japan governor. 2. "U.S. Economic Management Dependent on Rate Cuts" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (3/20): "The U.S. appears to be taking full-sca [...] | 2008-03-20 03:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO758 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ROHRABACHER (MARCH [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 25-28, 2008 visit to Japan by CODEL Rohrabacher. 2. (U) Points of contact for the visit: Substantive Control Officer: Raymond Greene Office phone: (81-3)3224-5338 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6801 Mobile phone: (81-80)-122 [...] | 2008-03-20 05:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO760 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO761 | BANK OF JAPAN -- ACTING GOVERNOR ONLY [...] (C) Despite the appointment of Masaaki Shirakawa as acting governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ),local and international press wasted no time in lambasting Japanese politicians for failing to appoint a new governor by March 19, the end of the previous governor's term. The vacancy is the first [...] | 2008-03-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO762 | NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 788, 789 AND - 794. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 00:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO765 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO776 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POL M/C AUBREY CARLSON [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 25-30, 2008 visit to Japan by Political Minister Counselor Aubrey Carlson. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Joyce Ogier. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5332 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6970 Mo [...] | 2008-03-21 05:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO779 | JICA PRESIDENT OGATA MEETS SYRIA'S ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Sadako Ogata met March 12 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. According to MOFA, their discussion focused on economic assistance and did not address political issues. Japan believes it necessary to maintain c [...] | 2008-03-21 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID KPAL KWBG IS IZ SY JA |
08TOKYO780 | JAPAN'S PARTICIPATION AT DAMASCUS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East, Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, is planning to attend the Arab Summit meeting March 29-30 in Damascus as an observer, confirmed MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Per ref B, Embassy Tokyo political officer told Tsuj [...] | 2008-03-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI AL JA |
08TOKYO781 | SUPRAPARTISAN LEAGUES PROLIFERATE IN DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The proliferation of suprapartisan parliamentary leagues has been a noteworthy aspect of Japanese politics since the opposition gained control of the Upper House in the July 2007 elections. Some observers see the cross-party groupings as nothing more than a means for overcoming [...] | 2008-03-21 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO782 | JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT [...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...] | 2008-03-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA |
08TOKYO783 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO785 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO794 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included an interview with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, during which he expressed interest in the idea of concluding a regional free trade agreement in Northeast Asia. 2. "Improvement Expected in Relations between China and Taiwan" The l [...] | 2008-03-24 04:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO8 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning include a plan by the U.S. and Japanese governments to begin as early as this month talks on drawing a roadmap for sharing missile defense intelligence. 2. "Uncertainty in U.S. Causing Anxiety" The moderate- conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1 [...] | 2008-01-03 04:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO800 | MITSUBISHI REGIONAL JET SET FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) A March 20 Nikkei article announced Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will go forward with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. Also on March 20, a 35-year veteran of the Japanese aviation industry, Masao Suzuki, told EconOff the large ANA and JAL purchases, nearly 100 aircraft c [...] | 2008-03-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR PGOV JA |
08TOKYO801 | BANK OF JAPAN CUSTODIANS PUT ON BRAVE FACE [...] (U) Working to ensure the smoothest possible operations following the Diet's inability to compromise on a central bank governor before incumbent Governor Fukui's term expired March 19, the Bank of Japan's Policy Board met on March 21 and elected deputy governor Masaaki Shirakawa as Chairman. T [...] | 2008-03-24 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO802 | SUDANESE ADVISOR NAFIE VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie, the Assistant to the President of Sudan, made an official visit to Japan March 3-9 at the invitation of MOFA. MOFA officials report "frank and direct talks" took place, but said there is a wide variance between Japanese and Sudanese perceptions of the situati [...] | 2008-03-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU JA |
08TOKYO803 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO804 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN'S POLICY OF AMBIGUITY [...] (S) Summary. This cable describes Japanese policy on cluster munitions (CM) and summarizes Tokyo's participation in both the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and the Oslo process. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) possess CM, and Japan has no intention of supporting a t [...] | 2008-03-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
08TOKYO809 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO818 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2008 OLYMPICS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Japanese dailies on Tuesday gave front-page play to the release of data on land prices by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, which pointed to a slow increase in the value of real estate in the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya areas. The dailies noted that the subpri [...] | 2008-03-25 04:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO82 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/10/08 [...] Include all major greenhouse gas emitters to reduce gases emitted from the entire world beyond the timeframe set in the Kyoto Protocol. 2. Make a flexible and diversified framework, giving consideration to each country's circumstances. 3. Give priority to both environmental preservation and [...] | 2008-01-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO820 | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN JAPAN: THE AMBASSADOR,S MARCH [...] Summary: Something must be done to save children who are being abused everyday for child pornography, the Ambassador told Komeito Chief Representative Akihiro Ota on March 19. Questions about possible human rights abuses if simple possession is criminalized are not as important as preventing [...] | 2008-03-25 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TOKYO821 | INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP TARGETS JAPAN'S DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no change in Japan's policy of promoting foreign direct investment (FDI),according to the Japanese co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),which met March 17 via digital videoconference. The GOJ will continue to showcase Japan as an investment desti [...] | 2008-03-25 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
08TOKYO822 | JAPAN: TEMPORARY TARIFF BILL PASSES LOWER HOUSE [...] (U) Japan's Lower House passed a bill March 25 extending for one year temporary tariff rates -- including beef and pork tariffs -- that would otherwise expire March 31. Covering 417 tariffs in total, the bill to revise partially the Customs Tariff Law would maintain the current applied 38.5 pe [...] | 2008-03-25 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
08TOKYO823 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO826 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO828 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning include the growing likelihood that gas prices will drop in April, as it has now become certain that parliamentary deliberations on the GOJ's omnibus tax bill, which includes an extension of provisional gasoline surcharges for road construction, wil [...] | 2008-03-26 05:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO829 | JAPAN: DNSA PRICE PRESSES FOR PROGRESS ON DOHA AND [...] (C) During bilateral talks with senior Japanese officials and politicians March 19 in Tokyo, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price underscored the need for Japan to show more leadership now, particularly on agriculture, t [...] | 2008-03-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR PGOV WTRO EINV JA |
08TOKYO830 | CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPAN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. STANCE IN [...] (C) Summary: High-level Japanese officials reiterated strong support for the Major Economies Process and the U.S. approach on climate change in meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor Daniel Price in Tokyo March 19. All agreed on the need for each of the major economies to agree upon [...] | 2008-03-26 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG JA |
08TOKYO833 | JAPAN REGULAR DONOR TO IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL JA |
08TOKYO834 | WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PREL KWMN JA |
08TOKYO835 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO837 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO838 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the decision on Wednesday by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly's budget panel to inject an additional 40 billion yen into ShinGinko Tokyo, the indebted bank established at the initiative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. 2. "Politica [...] | 2008-03-27 02:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO839 | LEGISLATORS EXPRESS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 6PT, LEE [...] (C) Summary. LDP elder statesmen Taku Yamasaki and Koichi Kato discussed DPRK policy with A/S Hill during a roundtable at the Tokyo American Center on February 21. In addition to Yamasaki and Kato, the meeting included other leaders of a Diet league on Korean Peninsula issues. The discussion [...] | 2008-03-27 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KN JA |
08TOKYO840 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Section Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Deputy Director-General Masahiro Kohara on March 25. Kohara thanked Meserve for notifying Japan of the error. Econoff delivered [...] | 2008-03-27 04:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH JA |
08TOKYO841 | SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...] | 2008-03-27 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JA |
08TOKYO846 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO849 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO852 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top play to a set of proposals made on Thursday by Prime Minister Fukuda concerning road-related taxes. 2. "U.S. Anxious about Relations with China over Unrest in Tibet" The business-oriented Nikkei's Washington correspondent wrote (3/28): "The B [...] | 2008-03-28 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO854 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND PROBLEMS IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front- paged the finding by Japanese police that a personal article belonging to a missing U.S. sailor was discovered in the car of a taxi driver who was stabbed to death in Yokosuka on Wednesday. 2. "Iraq War Altered World Picture" The business- [...] | 2008-03-28 06:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO856 | OPPOSITION DPJ PARLIAMENTARIAN EDANO ON TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The Fukuda cabinet's response to the situation in Tibet has been unsatisfactory and their public statements on Tibet have been too weak, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) parliamentarian Yukio Edano told Embassy Tokyo on March 24. China needs to grant diplomats and forei [...] | 2008-03-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH JA |
08TOKYO858 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO859 | ANIMAL CLONING UPDATE: FSC RISK ASSESSMENT TO BE [...] (C) MOFA's Second North Americas Division informed us March 28 that it is highly likely that the Health Ministry (MHLW) will request a risk assessment on the safety of products from clones and from the offspring of clones. The submission to the Food Safety Commission will reportedly be made A [...] | 2008-03-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD JA |
08TOKYO86 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 00:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO860 | FUKUDA GAS TAX COMPROMISE FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emulating former Prime Minister Koizumi in facing down powerful interests in his own party, Prime Minister Fukuda put forward a compromise plan to resolve the ongoing gasoline tax controversy without securing the agreement of other Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders. The o [...] | 2008-03-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
08TOKYO862 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN D. HILL DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 3, 2008 visit to Japan by John D. Hill, Suzanne Basalla, Leo Kosinski, Wesley Ishizu, David Bice, Lynn Hicks and David Spasojevich. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He ca [...] | 2008-03-31 04:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO863 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND D. RICHHART [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 4, 2008 visit to Japan by Raymond D. Richhart. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 M [...] | 2008-03-31 04:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO868 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 06:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO869 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT AND UNREST [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to the police finding that a U.S. sailor hinted at his involvement in the March 19 murder of a taxi driver in Yokosuka during a phone call to an acquaintance that night. 2. "Absence of Some Leaders Exposes Schism" The liberal Asahi's Dam [...] | 2008-03-31 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO876 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO877 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] On March 17, ESToff delivered the points in ref to MOFA Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division officer Masahiro Fujikawa. The Foreign Ministry official appreciated receiving the non-paper on the Complementary Notes and the draft Host Country Agreement (HCA). Fujikawa believes t [...] | 2008-03-31 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KTIA CWC KNNP TGRY JA |
08TOKYO879 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] ESToff delivered the points in ref, regarding the dual use item provision contained in UNSCR 1803, to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officer Isami Takada on March 25. The MOFA official appreciated receiving the non-paper and agreed [...] | 2008-04-01 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JA |
08TOKYO880 | JAPAN: DIET EXTENDS TEMPORARY TARIFFS [...] (U) The Diet passed a law March 31 to extend "temporary" tariff rates -- including tariffs on beef, pork, and corn products -- for one year. The legislation passed after both the Upper House Finance Committee and the full Upper House plenary voted in favor of a bill that the Lower House appro [...] | 2008-04-01 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
08TOKYO881 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO882 | JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of January 30 to March 31 2008. Japanese research team develops a new PI vaccine. --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. A Japanese research team has developed a new vaccine [...] | 2008-04-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
08TOKYO883 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's expiration of gasoline surcharges for road construction, noting that pump prices fell at a number of stations across Japan at midnight. 2. "'Six-Day War' Highlights Instability" The liberal Asahi reported from Cairo (4/1) [...] | 2008-04-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO888 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO889 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JOINT DECLARATION FOR [...] (SBU) ESToff delivered letter in ref from Ambassador Wolcott to MOFA's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Director Yasuyoshi Komizo March 31. On April 1, Director Komizo expressed appreciation for the letter and asked Post to forward the response in para 2 to Ambassador Wolcot [...] | 2008-04-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP PREL TRGY RS JA |
08TOKYO892 | GAS TAX, SMA EXPIRE; "APRIL PANIC" OVERBLOWN [...] (C) Summary: March 31 marked the sunset of Japan's decades-old "provisional" gas tax rate, as the opposition parties rejected an eleventh-hour proposal by Prime Minister Fukuda that would have kept the taxes in place but would have made related revenues available for general use starting in F [...] | 2008-04-01 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MOPS JA |
08TOKYO894 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO895 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included plans by Japanese police to question as early as today the U.S. sailor whose credit card was found in the car of a slain taxi driver in Yokosuka on March 19 concerning his possible involvement in the murder. 2. "No More Indulgence Towa [...] | 2008-04-02 02:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO898 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO90 | JAPANESE FRUSTRATED WITH SRI LANKANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned by Sri Lanka's decision to withdraw from the cease-fire agreement it had with the LTTE, and was surprised and miffed by this move, since President Rajapaksa had only three weeks earlier personally assured Prime Minister Fukuda that his government agreed a politic [...] | 2008-01-11 02:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE JA |
08TOKYO901 | TOKYO GOVERNMENT PRESENTS YOKOTA AFB DUAL USE TO [...] (C) Summary. During the past week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) gave presentations to a number of commercial organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and an open Town Hall meeting at the Tokyo Hyatt Hotel. During these presentations, TMG speakers [...] | 2008-04-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL PGOV MARR JA |
08TOKYO904 | JAPAN: FUKUDA IN NO HURRY TO CALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has said repeatedly he will not call Lower House elections during 2008. A full political and diplomatic calendar, Fukuda's strong desire to preside over the July G8 Summit, the PM,s low popularity, and a reluctance to risk the ruling coalition's two-thirds majority i [...] | 2008-04-03 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
08TOKYO905 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO908 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a government simulation of the movement of evacuees in the event of a major earthquake in the Tokyo area. 2. "International Criticism of China Is Natural" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/3): "...Although the Beijing Olympics is just [...] | 2008-04-03 04:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO91 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID SEDNEY, SUZANNE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 13-18, 2008, visit to Japan by David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Russell Morales, Richard Weir, Leonard Kosinski, Richard Morefield and Peter Batten for the purpose of consultations with Embassy, USFJ, and GOJ officials. 2. (U [...] | 2008-01-11 04:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA KS |
08TOKYO912 | JAPAN DISCUSSIONS OF TRILATERAL ECON TIES FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Japan's desire to leverage cooperation with the U.S. in dealing with China figured prominently in discussions March 27 between Japanese officials and visiting economic section heads from Embassies Beijing and Seoul. On climate change, for example, the GOJ wants U.S. assistance [...] | 2008-04-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EINV PREL ETTC JA CH KS OECD |
08TOKYO913 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO92 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the planned enactment of the new antiterrorism legislation today, noting that this will allow the GOJ to resume the refueling operation in the Indian Ocean in mid-February. 2. "Bush Should Urge Parties to Coexist" The liberal Tokyo Shimb [...] | 2008-01-11 04:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO920 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO921 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers gave top coverage to Thursday's arrest of a 22-year-old U.S. sailor on suspicion of fatally stabbing a taxi driver in Yokosuka last month. 2. "NATO Eastward Expansion Losing Steam" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Bucharest (4 [...] | 2008-04-04 02:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO925 | TOYOTA SEES AN ALL HYBRID FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota plans to more than double hybrid vehicle sales by 2010, apply hybrid technology across powertrain types, and integrate hybrid systems into long-term R&D programs to develop clean diesel, synthetic fuel, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, according to executives at a Toyo [...] | 2008-04-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA |
08TOKYO927 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/J POL-MIL OFFICER DAVID [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 7-13, 2008 visit to Japan by David A. Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: [...] | 2008-04-04 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO929 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO93 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOJ INVITATION TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) EMIN delivered demarche points (ref) to MOFA Director General for African Affairs and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative for Africa Shuichiro Megata Jan. 9. Charge also discussed USG concerns over the invitation the GOJ issued to Mugabe to participate in the Fourth Tokyo Interna [...] | 2008-01-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID JA PHUM PREL ZI |
08TOKYO930 | NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 795 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
08TOKYO933 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO939 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT, NATO SUMMIT, AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in London by a group of protestors opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, as well as Sunday's summit in Sochi, Russia, between President Bush and Russian President Putin. They reportedly adopted a n [...] | 2008-04-07 04:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO94 | CHINESE 2007 ASAT TEST DEMARCHE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE [...] (U) This contains an action request in paragraph 3. 2. (S//NF) Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor delivered the message regarding China's 2007 ASAT test (reftel) to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs North America Bureau Deputy Director General Koji Haneda and Asia Bureau Deputy [...] | 2008-01-11 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC CH JA |
08TOKYO942 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 6-11, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Patrick Graff, and LtCol Richard Weir. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3 [...] | 2008-04-07 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
08TOKYO944 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO945 | RULING COALITION DIET MEMBERS ON CHINA, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: China needs to increase its transparency and react calmly to the situation in Tibet, but its handling of the situation there should not be linked to the Olympics, influential ruling coalition Diet members told Embassy Tokyo over the past several days. While the Japanese Governmen [...] | 2008-04-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL CH TW JA |
08TOKYO947 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS TO DISCUSS CHILD [...] Summary: Our consciences demand that we do something about child pornography, the Ambassador told nine Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members during an April 2 meeting. Although some people raise questions about possible abuses of police power, the experience of the other six G8 countr [...] | 2008-04-07 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TOKYO948 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO95 | JAPAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SITUATION IN KENYA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KE PGOV JA |
08TOKYO953 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris by demonstrators opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. 2. "Outstanding Issues Remain" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (4/8): "The issue of MD deployment in Europe remains a ser [...] | 2008-04-08 04:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO956 | METI SIGNALS OPPOSITION TO TCI INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) signaled again April 5 it opposes the proposal by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) to increase its investment in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power.) In January, TCI, which [...] | 2008-04-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
08TOKYO958 | WHALING: JAPANESE RESOLUTION CALLS ON U.S. TO ACT AGAINST [...] Japan's House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries unanimously adopted a resolution (No.169-4) condemning the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and other anti-whaling NGOs' interference with Japan's research whaling April 2. The resolution, submitted to Foreign [...] | 2008-04-08 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA |
08TOKYO959 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO960 | AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...] | 2008-04-08 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA |
08TOKYO967 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO969 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND OLYMPIC TORCH [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the informal decision by the DPJ to reject the GOJ nomination of former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Watanabe as deputy BOJ governor. 2. "U.S. Military Accepts Status Quo" On Gen. Petraeus's congressional testimo [...] | 2008-04-09 02:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO97 | FM KOUMURA VISITS TANZANIA, TALKS ECONOMICS AND [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to highlight Japan's relations with Africa while shoring up support for the May 2008 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV),Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Tanzania January 4-7 (after scaling back plans to visit Kenya as well). Th [...] | 2008-01-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON JA PGOV PREL AF |
08TOKYO973 | JAPANESE POLITICIANS QUIBBLE AS ECONOMY SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. Although signs are Japan's main political parties may have finally agreed on a new central bank head, there is little to suggest they are looking at indications of an economic slowdown. Moreover, rather than undertake or even focus on needed economic reforms, national politici [...] | 2008-04-09 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV JA |
08TOKYO974 | JAPAN SEEKING TO DISCOURAGE MUGABE FROM ATTENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID XA ZI JA |
08TOKYO975 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO976 | MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PREPS, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator Takehiro Funkoshi told visiting EAP/J Director that the four major political issues facing the upcoming G-8 summit will be Afghanistan, climate change, Tibet, and G-8 expansion. Japan plans to step up its engagement with Afghani [...] | 2008-04-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF AU KS CH TT JA |
08TOKYO977 | BANK OF JAPAN: SHIRAKAWA AT LAST [...] (C) Japan's ruling coalition and leading opposition party finally agreed on a candidate to fill the post of central bank chief April 9, endorsing Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa. Shirakawa was named one of the two deputy governors March 19, and served as Acting Governor during the three week [...] | 2008-04-09 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
08TOKYO979 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO98 | JAPAN NEW ABDUCTEE NGO CHAIRMAN HOPES FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The newly-appointed chair of Japan's leading abduction NGO expressed appreciation for the letter sent by President Bush to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in December, which NGO members believe would "raise the hurdle for the DPRK on the nuclear and abduction issues." He expressed hope tha [...] | 2008-01-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO983 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Wednesday's one-one-one Diet debate between Prime Minister Fukuda and DPJ President Ozawa. 2. "Don't Be Baited by North Korea" The conservative Sankei editorialized (4/10): "...Even after the U.S.-DPRK talks in Singapore, there is no cl [...] | 2008-04-10 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
08TOKYO987 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ EXPANDED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the Iraq Expanded Neighbors Ministerial meeting in Kuwait on April 22 by Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While Matano and his colleag [...] | 2008-04-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO989 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TOKYO99 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met January 11 with MOFA First Middle East Division Syria Officer Hitoshi Ishizuka to request a public statement from Japan in support of Syrian human rights and democracy activists and a call to Syria to release all detained prisoners of conscience, includi [...] | 2008-01-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JA |
08TOKYO990 | EMBASSY AND USFJ DISCUSS OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to addressing cluster munitions (CM) within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) but may be forced to sign an agreement restricting CM under the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told E [...] | 2008-04-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
08TOKYO991 | NAIG 7200: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR COOPERATION [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (S/NF) ESToff delivered points in ref to METI Security Export Control Policy Division Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and Security Export Licensing Division Deputy Director Furui Ryoji. The GOJ officials appreciated receiving the n [...] | 2008-04-10 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL JA KNNP MNUC |
08TOKYO994 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
08TRIPOLI466 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CONVERSION OF THE RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY [...] (C) Summary: The GOL's lead interlocutor on CWC issues told us: 1) conversion of the Rabta chemical weapons production facility would not be completed until December 2009 (which the GOL appears to have known since early 2006),2) the GOL would not submit a new National Paper at the upcoming June 2 [...] | 2008-06-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH JA IT LY |
08ULAANBAATAR206 | APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...] | 2008-05-02 09:19:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA |
08UNVIEVIENNA164 | IAEA/DG SELECTION: PFIRTER JOINS AMANO IN THE RACE [...] (S) Summary: This cable is provided solely for the purpose of updating the Department on the state-of-play on IAEA DG succession. Consistent with previous instructions, Mission is not engaging publicly or privately in this campaign. The campaign for DG succession has coalesced around two mo [...] | 2008-03-14 08:53:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNPP JA AR |
08UNVIEVIENNA643 | IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY,S CAMPAIGN PITCH TO WEOG [...] (C) Meeting with Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Ambassadors, at his request, on December 1, South African Governor Abdul Minty fielded a wide range of pointed questions on Agency priorities as a prospective candidate for IAEA Director General. Minty informed WEOG members that his Mi [...] | 2008-12-05 14:16:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM IAEA KNPP JA AR SF |
08USUNNEWYORK1008 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...] | 2008-11-04 00:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK |
08USUNNEWYORK1029 | PECDAR [...] (SBU) Legoff met with Mr. Nakamura at the Japanese Mission on November 4 and delivered the points contained in Reftel. Nakamura said that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) had requested that Japan reach out to the United States through diplomatic channels to try to facilitate a [...] | 2008-11-06 14:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNDP PREL PGOV JA KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK1173 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...] | 2008-12-16 00:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
08USUNNEWYORK258 | UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...] | 2008-03-20 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK |
08USUNNEWYORK310 | PGA KERIM REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS ON INTERMEDIARY [...] (U) This is an action request for Department guidance before the April 10 OEWG session. Please see para 6. 2. (U) Summary. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on April 4 to discuss UNSC reform. Noting that he had received several p [...] | 2008-04-07 14:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK |
08USUNNEWYORK343 | UNSC REFORM: MOSTLY PROCESS AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on April 10 to discuss the four proposals he received as a basis for inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform -- the Cypriot paper, Italian letter, African [...] | 2008-04-11 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC BR IN JA GR |
08USUNNEWYORK545 | UNSC REFORM: MEMBER STATES SPLIT ON BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on June 17 to discuss the report prepared by his four-person Task Force with suggestions on moving forward towards inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform. Major p [...] | 2008-06-20 20:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JA GM AR SP KS |
08USUNNEWYORK654 | UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM PLANS TO LAUNCH [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgan Kerim told the Ambassador in a July 21 meeting that he planned to submit a report to the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) recommending that the General Assembly adopt a resolution that th [...] | 2008-07-22 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR |
08USUNNEWYORK716 | UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING [...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...] | 2008-08-08 20:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR |
08USUNNEWYORK874 | UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND [...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...] | 2008-09-29 16:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS |
09ASHGABAT1060 | TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...] | 2009-08-21 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX |
09ASHGABAT1286 | TURKMENISTAN: JAPAN HOPES TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) Members of the Japanese-Turkmenistan Committee for Economic Cooperation visited Turkmenistan from October 4-8 and met with President Berdimuhamedov. Tetsuro Chida, Special Advisor to the Japanese Charge d'Affaires, told Poloff that the delegation included executives from Itochu, Komatsu [...] | 2009-10-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL BTIO ECON ETRD JA TX |
09ASHGABAT1541 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED HARVEST [...] (U) Turkmenistan celebrated its annual harvest holiday on the last Sunday of November. The festival was a state-centric event, with the booths focused on promoting Turkmenistan's national industries. There were booths dedicated to sheep and wool products, Ahal-teke horses, cotton, and wheat [...] | 2009-12-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PREL SOCI TX JA |
09ASHGABAT1665 | TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO JAPAN NOT A PANACEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen media spent several days giving headline coverage to President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Japan. Although they painted the trip as successful, a Japanese Embassy official was more cautious, saying that the visit was more productive economically than politically. Eve [...] | 2009-12-29 09:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD PREL JA TX |
09ASTANA2257 | KAZAKHSTAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 07:48:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ |
09ASTANA2273 | KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 07:44:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ |
09BANGKOK1088 | UNESCAP 65TH COMMISSION SESSION DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) held its 65th annual session at its headquarters in Bangkok on April 23-29. A recurrent topic of discussion was the current global economic downturn and the meeting's ministerial segment provi [...] | 2009-05-01 05:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR IR CH INCB KS JA PK RS XB TH |
09BANGKOK2382 | BANGKOK POC AND HOTEL INFORMATION : STAFFDEL WATSON (SEP 25 - OCT 11) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 08:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA TH |
09BANGKOK2465 | Bangkok POC and Hotel Information: StaffDel Watson/Barron [...] Post welcomes StaffDel Barron with regards to participation in the UNFCCC Meeting. Post requests that flight information and any administrative requests be forwarded as soon as possible to the administrative POC (control officer) listed below. Upon arrival and after clearing customs, taxis c [...] | 2009-09-29 01:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA KS TH |
09BANGKOK2487 | Bangkok POC and Hotel Information: StaffDel Watson/Barron - [...] Post welcomes StaffDel Goo with regards to participation in the UNFCCC Meeting. Post requests that flight information and any administrative requests be forwarded as soon as possible to the administrative POC (control officer) listed below. Upon arrival and after clearing customs, taxis can [...] | 2009-09-30 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA KS TH |
09BEIJING1064 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing April 17, German Ambassador Michael Schaefer told the group that a Bundestag delegation had been able to hold a dinner meeting with Charter '08 writers and signers after the German Embassy informed the MFA and asked the Chinese government [...] | 2009-04-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING1067 | APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM, [...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...] | 2009-04-21 22:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS |
09BEIJING1094 | APRIL 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Yasukuni Shrine, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 23 MFA press briefing: -- A "correct and proper handling" of historic issues is the bedrock of Sino-Japanese relations, and Japan should take appropriate steps to safeguard the relationship following Prime Minister Taro Aso's sending an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine. [...] | 2009-04-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH JA FR KN KS |
09BEIJING1136 | APRIL 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR DETAINEES, SWINE FLU, [...] Key points at the April 28 MFA press briefing: -- The Uighur detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay are "members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement" and "should be handed over to China." -- China takes the swine flu issue "seriously" and has "jump started" a program to respond to the t [...] | 2009-04-28 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CH JA FR MX |
09BEIJING1170 | APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits [...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...] | 2009-04-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX |
09BEIJING1172 | PRC: CHINESE SCHOLARS SUGGEST ACHIEVING NEAR-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese participants at a UK/France-sponsored seminar on UN Security Council Reform April 29 uniformly affirmed the need for UN Security Council reform, though none expressed any urgency in acting on this need. While offering generally positive views of the UK/France "intermedia [...] | 2009-04-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR UN CH JA RS |
09BEIJING1247 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State Councilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President Chirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on North Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic d [...] | 2009-05-08 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING1249 | WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: CHINESE REPORTERS AND [...] (C) PRC journalists and bloggers lamented continued government restrictions on the media and the Internet at a May 3 Charge-hosted dinner, organized jointly by Embassy POL and PAS sections, to mark World Press Freedom Day. Our contacts, mostly outspoken journalists and bloggers in their earl [...] | 2009-05-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PHUM PGOV PREL KFLU CH JA |
09BEIJING1579 | JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO [...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...] | 2009-06-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV |
09BEIJING1626 | JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL [...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...] | 2009-06-16 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV |
09BEIJING1710 | JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN [...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...] | 2009-06-23 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW |
09BEIJING1747 | JAPANESE EMBOFFS ON ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Emboffs, described the June 7 China-Japan High-level Economic Dialogue (HLED) as making little progress on substantive matters but enjoying good atmospherics. The most recent meeting of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese negotiators to discuss a trilateral investment treaty w [...] | 2009-06-25 06:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD CH JA KS PK |
09BEIJING1804 | JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...] | 2009-06-30 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW |
09BEIJING1838 | JULY 2 MFA PRESS BREIFING: WU DAWEI, G-8, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the July 2 MFA press briefing: -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei began his visit to Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea on July 2, and will "exchange views with relevant parties" on the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as issues relating to Northeast Asia. [...] | 2009-07-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM ECIN CH JA KN KS ZI RS IT TW |
09BEIJING1845 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...] | 2009-07-05 02:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING1847 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 02:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING1848 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 02:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING2062 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON XINJIANG, [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing July 17, French Ambassador Ladsous reported that during French National Day, he spoke with a Chinese Vice Minister who said Xinjiang was "just like Tibet" and implied France "best keep quiet." On Rio Tinto, Ladsous reported that he hea [...] | 2009-07-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING2398 | SEOUL SEARCHING DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS:THE [...] (C) Summary. Falling China-ROK trade levels and an investment dispute between a Chinese firm and its Korean employees have put some strain on China-ROK economic relations. Regarding negotiations among China, Japan, and Korea of a trilateral investment treaty, the Koreans (who signed a bilatera [...] | 2009-08-20 03:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV ETRD JA KS CH |
09BEIJING2521 | WELCOME TO BEIJING [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of S/R Bosworth and delegation to China September 3, 2009 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Mark Lambert, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6430-7657 Office: (86-10)8531-3764 Cell: (86)139-1056-2317 Fax: (86-10)8 [...] | 2009-09-02 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH JA KS |
09BEIJING2617 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPANESE [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing on September 11, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto stated that while the recent elections in Japan were "significant," he does not expect major changes in Japan's foreign policy. British Ambassador William Ehrman said the United Kingdom was " [...] | 2009-09-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING2772 | BEIJING WELCOMES DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Deputy Secretary James Steinberg and delegation to China September 28-29, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Mr. Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Mr. Sung [...] | 2009-09-25 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP AMGT CH KS JA |
09BEIJING2873 | CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche requesting China to include subject matter experts in its delegation for bilateral CWC consultation with the United States to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Director Yang Yi on October 15. [...] | 2009-10-15 02:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA |
09BEIJING2897 | READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...] | 2009-10-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING2911 | PRC PROPOSES U.S.-PRC MEKONG DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recognition of increased U.S. engagement with Lower Mekong countries and China's ongoing development assistance to the region, China proposes an annual Mekong Dialogue within the Strategic and Economic Dialogue framework to coordinate development priorities and projects. Th [...] | 2009-10-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SENV ECON CH JA XC CN VM LA BM CB |
09BEIJING2934 | OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA [...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...] | 2009-10-22 00:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA |
09BEIJING2980 | OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION, [...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...] | 2009-10-26 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA |
09BEIJING302 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN JA KS |
09BEIJING3138 | NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...] | 2009-11-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA |
09BEIJING3422 | DECEMBER 22, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Key points at the December 22 MFA press briefing were: -- China took positive measures in Copenhagen during the Climate Change Conference. -- UK citizen Akmal Shaikh was sentenced to death for drug smuggling despite claims that he suffers from mental disorders. -- No deal was made with C [...] | 2009-12-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH EUN JA NP CB |
09BEIJING469 | February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...] | 2009-02-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING477 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...] | 2009-02-25 06:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING499 | February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...] | 2009-02-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING613 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...] | 2009-03-10 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING713 | March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...] | 2009-03-19 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES |
09BEIJING765 | JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...] | 2009-03-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA |
09BEIJING767 | MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...] | 2009-03-24 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF |
09BEIJING807 | MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...] | 2009-03-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW |
09BEIJING858 | MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...] | 2009-03-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE |
09BEIJING885 | APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...] | 2009-04-03 00:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE |
09BEIJING923 | APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...] | 2009-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW |
09BEIJING97 | CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...] | 2009-01-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA |
09BEIJING973 | CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...] | 2009-04-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH |
09BEIJING983 | APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...] | 2009-04-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI |
09BERLIN1070 | US 2009 MTCR PLENARY PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO GERMANY [...] (C) On September 1, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, regarding US "small group" proposals for the 2009 MTCR Plenary in Rio de Janeiro. Reck thanked the USG for the non-paper and said she would deliver it to the appropriate authorities [...] | 2009-09-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM |
09BERLIN1429 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany  [...] | 2009-11-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM |
09BERLIN426 | PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE: GERMANY STILL MULLING [...] (C) Pol-Mil/External Chief delivered ref A talking points to MFA Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on April 9 in a joint demarche with Japanese Political Counselor Ryo Nakamura and Pakistani Counselor Khayyam Akbar, stressing the importance of a generous German pledge in [...] | 2009-04-09 15:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK JA GM |
09BISHKEK855 | AMBASSADOR RECEIVES JAPANESE MFA DIRECTOR FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador received Katsuro Kitigawa, Central Asian Affairs Director in the Japanese Foreign Ministry on July 31 during his first regional tour since his appointment. Kitigawa, a career diplomat new to the position and Central Asian and CIS affairs, broadly laid out Japanese [...] | 2009-08-04 06:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KG JA |
09BRASILIA605 | IAEA ELECTIONS: BRAZIL APPEARS POISED TO THROW ITS HAT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post delivered demarche (REFTEL A) about USG support for the Japanese candidate Amano to become the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reasons why Brazil should do so too. Nonetheless, Brazil will support the South African candidate Minty. [...] | 2009-05-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC JA SF BR |
09BRATISLAVA365 | FICO CALLS FOR END TO CO2 PERMITS DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of defending the sale of assigned amount unit (AAU) CO2 permits to the U.S.-registered Interblue Group (refs A, B, and C),Prime Minister Robert Fico has publicly acknowledged his opposition to the contract. While cancellation of the deal will likely prevent Interblue [...] | 2009-08-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KGHG SENV KCOR JA LO |
09BRUSSELS422 | INVITING CZECHS TO PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 15:16:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK EZ JA |
09CANBERRA32 | PACIFIC WORKING GROUP DECEMBER MEETING [...] (U) The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Island Working Group (PWG) meeting was hosted by Australia on December 1 in Canberra. Australian delegation: Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division Ravi Kewalram, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional and New Zealand [...] | 2009-01-09 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EAID FJ JA PREL |
09CANBERRA376 | DFAT READOUT OF FM SMITH'S DISCUSSIONS IN CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) North Asia First Assistant Secretary Graham Fletcher told Polcouns on April 8 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's talks with Chinese officials on his recent trip to that country went well. He noted that the March 24-27 visit [...] | 2009-04-14 03:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH JA KN PK PREL |
09CANBERRA418 | TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21 [...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...] | 2009-04-29 01:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS |
09CANBERRA459 | AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION [...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...] | 2009-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
09CANBERRA565 | AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT [...] (SBU) In reply to the Charge's letter of thanks, reftel, to Foreign Minister Smith for Australia's help in the release of AMCIT Roxana Saberi, Smith's Chief of Staff, Frances Adamson, wrote on June 9: Start text Thank you for your letter dated 15 May 2009 thanking the Government for its assi [...] | 2009-06-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
09CARACAS104 | VENEZUELAN OIL SHIFTING TO ASIA [...] (C) A senior BP executive told EconCon and Petroleum Attache that PDVSA is shipping 100,000 b/d to China non-competitively (PDVSA continues to pay transportation costs). A senior Chevron executive noted that it has been common knowledge that this is PDVSA's strategic direction. At a separate [...] | 2009-01-28 13:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CH JA VE |
09CHIANGMAI34 | DESPITE FTA, LITTLE GOOD NEWS IN THAI-JAPAN ECON RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Thai-Japanese free trade agreement in place since 2007, and with 2009 designated as the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, hopes have been high in northern Thailand for a strengthening of the Thai-Japanese bilateral economic relationship. However, a variety of factors includi [...] | 2009-03-10 08:53:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV JA TH |
09COLOMBO35 | U.K., India and Japan Call for Political Solution [...] The recent capture of Kilinochchi, the former capital of the LTTE in northern Sri Lanka, to the Sri Lankan Armed Forces elicited similarly cautious responses from the British Foreign Office, the Indian Foreign Secretary, and an unnamed Japanese foreign ministry official. UK Calls for Sustaina [...] | 2009-01-12 02:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV UK IN JA CE |
09DILI104 | TIMOR-LESTE "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) Following up on an April 8 diplomatic note to Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charge, together with his Japanese counterpart, met April 9 with MFA Acting Secretary General Constancio Pinto to convey our concern over North Korea's April 5 missile launch. Drawing on reftel, we s [...] | 2009-04-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN JA TT |
09DILI163 | TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) POST PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE MEMBER FOR DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S. PACIFIC ARMIES CHIEF CONFERENCE (PACC) IN TOKYO, JAPAN UNDER THE 2009 USPACOM TITLE X PROGRAM. THE CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM AUGUST 24, 2009 UNTIL AUGUST 27, 2009. [...] | 2009-07-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TT KPKO MARR JA |
09DJIBOUTI156 | JAPAN SEEKS TO DEPLOY P-3 AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DJIBOUTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mid-February discussions with visiting Japanese officials--from the Diet, MFA, MOD, and Japanese embassies in Addis Ababa and London--suggest that Japan is preparing to deploy two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft and possibly two JMSDF frigates to Djibouti, in order to support intern [...] | 2009-03-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR MOPS JA DJ SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI255 | JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...] | 2009-03-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI991 | SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language Radio Saw [...] | 2009-07-28 17:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS MOPS PREL KPKO DJ SO ER JA XA |
09DOHA150 | EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE [...] Qatar hosted February 16-18, 2009 the Fourth Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),attended by 400 delegates from 80 countries. The conference was officially opened by Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiya [...] | 2009-03-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV EMIN EAGR QA AJ CH IN JA LI |
09DOHA18 | JAPAN'S EMPEROR EXTENDS INVITATION TO QATAR'S HEIR [...] (C) Japanese Embassy Political Chief Kazuhiro Higashi informed P/E Chief Rice January 7 that the Emperor of Japan has extended an invitation to Qatar's Heir Apparent, Shaykh Tamim, to visit Japan as an "honored guest" between mid-May and mid-June. According to Higashi, the Japanese Ambassador [...] | 2009-01-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA JA |
09DOHA357 | DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP FIVE (EU, JAPAN) [...] (SBU) During a May 27 meeting, EU Envoy on Sudan Torben Brylle commended SE Gration's comprehensive focus on Sudan, noting the CPA is "the real big thing" and Darfur can be a distraction. SE Gration responded that he would welcome EU participation in the June 23 Washington Forum on Sudan, part [...] | 2009-05-31 09:23:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SU EG QA ER JA EUN |
09DOHA468 | QATAR RESHUFFLES AMBASSADORS [...] (U) On July 22, 2009, a local Arabic-language newspaper, Al Arab, published a wide-ranging list of new ambassadorial appointments by the Government of Qatar. 2. (U) Of note, the Amir appointed Mishaal Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the ruling family, as Qatar's Permanent Repre [...] | 2009-07-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL INRB PINR QA IR EG DJ JA PK PL GM NL |
09HANOI165 | JAPAN RESUMES SUSPENDED ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Not unexpectedly, Japan announced the resumption of its suspended assistance to Vietnam when Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc met Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in Tokyo on February 23. Japanese DCM Koichi Abioshi told DCM that the resumptio [...] | 2009-02-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON JA PREL VM |
09HANOI181 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON ROLE OF CHINA IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-01 23:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON JA PGOV PREL VM |
09HANOI94 | VISIT OF JAPAN,S CROWN PRINCE TO VIETNAM - [...] (C) Summary: In considering the resumption of new assistance to Vietnam, which was suspended last August due to a bribery scandal, Japan seems to be lowering its expectations for "meaningful" steps by the GVN from prosecution of the well-connected Vietnamese official who accepted the bribes to [...] | 2009-02-06 08:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | JA PGOV PREL VM |
09HAVANA86 | JAPAN SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON CUBA [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador Akira Takamatsu invited the COM to lunch on February 9, COM's first day in Havana following consultations. Takamatsu's main discussion point was to urge the USG to pursue a policy of "engagement" with the GOC, which he said Japan believed would be in the interest of the [...] | 2009-02-10 21:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU JA |
09HOCHIMINHCITY103 | KEY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN PCI CORRUPTION ARRESTED [...] (C) Former HCMC Department of Transportation Director, Huynh Ngoc Si and his deputy, Le Qua, were arrested on February 11 and charged with "abuse of power" for their role in the East-West Highway corruption scandal that led Japan to suspend Vietnamese ODA assistance and prosecute three Japanese [...] | 2009-02-13 07:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY181 | (C) REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, LE KIEN THANH ON MEDIA AND [...] (C) Summary: Whether high-profile international bribery cases like Pacific Consultants International (PCI) or informal fees for a check up at the local clinic, Vietnam is beset by corruption because special interests have monopolized decision-making and the country lacks an effective media, a [...] | 2009-03-12 03:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI PREL JA VM |
09HONGKONG1266 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: At a July 9 working lunch, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey presented Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam with specific examples of North Korean efforts to use HK-based banks, trading companies and individuals to circumv [...] | 2009-07-10 08:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1267 | HK BANKS PROMISE COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed with Hong Kong banks the risks posed by North Korean deceptive financial conduct and the financial provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1718 and 1874 in meetings [...] | 2009-07-10 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1296 | U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG [...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...] | 2009-07-16 04:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1297 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH HONG [...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Undersecretary Julia Leung told Treasury U/S Levey on July 10 that the Hong Kong government (HKG) values its cooperative relationship with the USG on North Korea-related issues. She said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) h [...] | 2009-07-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1637 | HK BANKS DELIVER ON COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Economic Unit Chief and Economic Officer met August 27 with representatives of three Hong Kong banks briefed by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey in July 2009; HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and Wing Hang Bank (reftel). The representatives [...] | 2009-08-28 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC KS CH JA KN HK |
09ISLAMABAD660 | FINANCE ADVISOR TARIN AGREES ON WAY AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following interventions from the U.S. and Japan, the Pakistanis have backed off plans to press a $10 billion request for the April 17 Tokyo donors conference and agreed to focus on the $4 billion target established by the IMF. Expressing a desire to "resolve his confusion," Fina [...] | 2009-03-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON JA PK |
09JAKARTA633 | PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE -- URGING HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia supports the April 17 Japan/World Bank-sponsored Donors' Conference for Pakistan, but has not yet finalized its participation. Underscoring the importance of the conference, Mission has urged the GOI to attend at a senior level and to pledge support for Pakistan. The [...] | 2009-04-07 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID PK AF JA |
09LONDON1203 | UK WINDOW ON IRAN: NGO ARGUES MORE SABERI-LIKE [...] (SBU) This cable responds to Department (NEA/IR) request that Iran Watcher posts, echoing IRPO Dubai's widely read "Window on Iran" round-ups, provide as feasible occasional front channel summaries of day-to-day Iran-related interactions appropriate for reporting in summary form to a wide Wash [...] | 2009-05-21 12:47:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | IR JA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK |
09LONDON2198 | U/S TAUSCHER’S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...] | 2009-09-22 14:13:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK |
09LONDON547 | UK FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-0141752 [...] Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Office (HMRC) has provided the responses to the REF questions posed by the Department for a name check and bona fides on Specialist Technologies Ltd., a United Kingdom Company. The text of the UK response follows: Specialist Technologies Ltd were established [...] | 2009-03-02 16:38:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM KOMC JA UK |
09LONDON668 | IRAN - ROXANA SABERI: LONDON FRIENDS SAY LAWYER [...] (S/NF) Summary. A lawyer's visit to Roxana Saberi on March 9 indicated Ms. Saberi was encouraged by news of efforts being made on her behalf, but is generally distraught at her situation. According to UK Embassy Tehran, the charges against Ms Saberi were brought in by a court which tries na [...] | 2009-03-16 18:07:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | CASC IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK |
09LONDON731 | IRAN-ROXANNA SABERI'S CONTINUED DETENTION [...] (S/NF) The UK Embassy Tehran on 18 March raised Roxanna Saberi's case at EU Heads of Mission in Tehran and asked the Presidency to include her detention in the next EU demarche on human rights to IRIG, London Iran Watcher learned on March 24 from FCO Iran Coordination Group. FCO also asked Pol [...] | 2009-03-25 16:52:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | CASC IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK |
09LONDON811 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN ON ECONOMY AND POLITICS [...] (SBU) Turkish PM Erdogan spoke at a Chatham House event April 3, in which he commented on the accomplishments of the London Economic Summit, Turkey's economic progress, and his party's recent election "success." In response to questions from the audience, he was vague on Turkey's relations wi [...] | 2009-04-03 16:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EU NATO TY DA FR RS IZ IS AJ JA |
09LONDON859 | IRAN/SABERI CASE: UK LEADING CHARGE ON IMMEDIATE [...] (C) The UK is asking the Czech EU Presidency to issue a public statement April 9 on the Saberi case, but believes that a direct, informal USG signal to the Czechs is needed to ensure a speedy EU statement, according to Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Ira [...] | 2009-04-09 13:52:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK |
09MEXICO1021 | MEXICO ON RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) Poloff conveyed points in response to North Korea's launch of a long-range missile (reftel) to Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs. Gonzalez said the Government of Mexico (GOM) was concerned by North Korea's launch and considered it a threat to [...] | 2009-04-08 18:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX |
09MEXICO981 | DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) Political Counselor contacted Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs, to convey points in reftel. Gonzalez said the Mexico was following events closely and shared our concern with North Korea,s announced plans to launch a rocket between April 4 and [...] | 2009-04-03 22:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX |
09NAHA63 | POST-ELECTION MANEUVERING IN OKINAWA OVER FRF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Okinawa's newly elected Diet delegation, encouraged by the local media, is seeking to present a united front in calling for the new government to revise the 2006 agreement to relocate MCAS Futenma to Camp Schwab. While the local chapters of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) [...] | 2009-09-09 02:05:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA |
09NAHA67 | DPJ SENSES USG FLEXIBILITY ON FRF RENEGOTIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Hatoyama administration is working towards an early decision over implementation of the 2006 Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) plan, but deep rifts remain between the Defense and Foreign Ministry leadership. Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa's September 25-26 visit to Okinawa [...] | 2009-10-05 09:30:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA |
09NAHA77 | TOKYO'S INDECISION FUELS OKINAWAN RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 8 rally to oppose the Futenma Relocation Facility (FRF) was directed as much at Tokyo's inability to take a clear policy position on Okinawa as it was on the merits of the realignment plan. Beyond the normal politics of Futenma relocation, the rally showcased growin [...] | 2009-11-12 10:29:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA |
09NEWDELHI1857 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Domichi described the Indo-Japanese relationship as "on an upswing" in a meeting with Ambassador Roemer August 31. The implications for Japan's foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) victory in the August 30 elections were not yet cle [...] | 2009-09-04 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA IN AF |
09NEWDELHI2142 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...] | 2009-10-21 14:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA |
09NIAMEY324 | NIGER: WORLD MALARIA DAY OBSERVANCE [...] On Saturday, April 25, 2009, Nigerien First Lady Fati Tandja (the 2nd first lady) presided over a World Malaria Day observance in Maradi (about 400 miles from Niamey). The event featured several sensitization skits and included speeches by Government of Niger Health Minister Issa Lamine, reg [...] | 2009-05-04 15:46:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI TBIO NG JA |
09NIAMEY551 | SINO-NIGERIEN COOPERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) [...] Summary. Le Sahel (the state newspaper) prominently featured reports on the Sino-Nigerien and Sino-African partnerships this past week. Journalist Saidou Daoura filed a front-page image of Beijing with the headline "The Marvels of the Middle Empire" together with a two-page story and a full-p [...] | 2009-07-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PGOV SOCI CH KN JA NG |
09NOUAKCHOTT513 | JAPAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON ESTABLISHING EMBASSY IN [...] (C) The head of the "Japanese Preparatory Office" in Nouakchott, Miyamoto Musayuk, told DCM August 12 that Tokyo was moving forward on the establishment of an embassy in Mauritania. As discussed in REFTELs, the Japanese had been well advanced in their planning for an embassy but had to put e [...] | 2009-08-12 17:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA MR |
09OSAKAKOBE102 | Kyocera Solar - Kyoto's Tech Edge [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyocera, manufacturer of solar panels with among the highest efficiency for converting sunlight into electricity, believes that new incentives for solar power by the Japanese government will boost the company's domestic sales. Until recently, Kyocera has focused on installing [...] | 2009-06-25 02:09:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA |
09OSAKAKOBE135 | Of Madonnas and Manifestos: Kansai Braces for [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in western Japan are poised to hand a historic victory to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in legislative elections, tracking developments nationwide in a race highlighted by negative campaigning by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),a debate dominated by issue [...] | 2009-08-28 09:09:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
09OSAKAKOBE24 | Japanese Solar Powers Pin Hopes on Obama "Green [...] (U) Executives from the solar power divisions at Sharp Corporation and Sanyo Electric Company have told us that they plan to accelerate U.S. bound solar technology investments, tie-ups with U.S. firms, and sales under a presumed Obama administration policy emphasizing alternative energy and e [...] | 2009-01-28 00:56:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ENRG JA |
09OSAKAKOBE34 | Kaneka Seeks FIT to be Tied to Green New Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Kaneka Corporation, a leading innovator in thin-film solar cell production remains focused on the European market and has no immediate plans to make green energy investments in the United States. While its much larger Japanese solar rivals such as Sharp and Panasonic/Sanyo are [...] | 2009-02-17 02:22:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ENRG JA |
09OSAKAKOBE37 | Paradigm Shift: Kansai Enterprises Contemplate a [...] (SBU) Summary: "Paradigm shift" was the catchphrase of choice during the annual meeting of Kansai area economic groups, global companies, high tech firms, and other major enterprises. With major stakes in manufacturing for export, many participants bemoaned the gloomy prospects for dealing w [...] | 2009-02-25 22:37:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ENRG PGOV JA |
09OSAKAKOBE38 | Smart Ideas from Smart People: Kansai Japanese [...] (SBU) Summary: Many people in the Kansai region of Japan not only wish the Obama administration well but have provided practical suggestions to help restore health to America and the global economy as a whole. These suggestions -- many based on Japanese best practices -- include: strengtheni [...] | 2009-02-26 03:15:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL JA |
09OSAKAKOBE45 | KANSAI ECONOMIC RECOVERY OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary. Kansai-based business people and experts are generally optimistic on the mid to long term outlook for Kansai's economic recovery. In the short term, they cite lack of economic confidence and the uncertainty over Japan's leadership and political outlook are the biggest obstacl [...] | 2009-03-16 23:13:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
09OSAKAKOBE49 | RECYCLING ELECTRONIC WASTE - PANASONIC'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. With the onset of digital television broadcasting, Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba launched a joint U.S. based Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM) in 2007 to deal with the anticipated wave of electronic waste from recycled televisions. MRM's purpose is [...] | 2009-03-19 01:27:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV BEXP EIND PGOV ELAB JA |
09OSAKAKOBE76 | GS Yuasa: Economic Downturn Assault on Lithium [...] (SBU) Summary: Tucked into a corner of Japan's cultural center of Kyoto is GS Yuasa Corporation (GSYC),a cutting edge producer of new greener battery technologies for use in hybrid and electric vehicles. GSYC's research ventures and projects with widely known companies such as Honda, Mitsubi [...] | 2009-05-07 02:37:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA |
09OSAKAKOBE84 | Kansai Wind Power: A Breath of Fresh Innovation [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike the GOJ's recently announced feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy favoring solar power (reftel) and aggressive goals to raise Japan's solar power production capacity forty-fold by 2030, Japanese officials have established much more modest goals for increasing wind power productio [...] | 2009-05-14 04:03:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA |
09OSAKAKOBE92 | Sharp Doubles Down, Heavily Invests in Solar [...] (SBU) Summary: In follow up to a meeting earlier this year (Ref A),we toured Sharp Corporation's state-of-the- art 160mw capacity photovoltaic (PV) plant in Katsuragi, Nara with Embassy's Energy Attach and discussed with senior executives from Sharp's Solar Group, the company's short and mid [...] | 2009-05-27 03:21:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA |
09OSAKAKOBE93 | H1N1 Kansai Economic Bell Begins to Toll [...] (SBU) Summary: As the spread of H1N1 and official countermeasures to the flu outbreak in Kansai continue to evolve, it is too early to calculate the full impact of the H1N1 flu virus on the Kansai economy, but as local governments and business organizations struggle to sweep away the percepti [...] | 2009-05-27 03:22:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KFLU SOCI TBIO PINR JA |
09OTTAWA282 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, jointly with Acting Pakistan High Commissioner Naela Chohan and Japanese Minister Counselor Abe Koji, on April 6 met with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Senior Policy Advisor Keith Fountain to encourage high level Canadian participation and a generous ple [...] | 2009-04-08 18:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PK JA CA |
09PARIS1389 | FRENCH ENVOY ON INFORMATIONAL MISSION TO NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials, including senior presidency staff, confirmed that newly appointed Special Envoy to North Korea Jack Lang is going on an information gathering mission to Six-Party capitals to provide President Sarkozy a more comprehensive "snapshot" of the DPRK denuclearization is [...] | 2009-10-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RU FR |
09PARIS1412 | MFA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the heels of an early October trip to Washington, recently-appointed MFA Strategic Affairs Director (A/S-equivalent) Patrick Maisonnave updated post October 16 on GOF thinking on Afghanistan, where France cannot contribute more militarily, but may have room for more civilian su [...] | 2009-10-20 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR MOPS KCFE NATO EUN AF KG JA |
09PARIS1558 | "NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...] | 2009-11-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
09PARIS1721 | DPRK: FRANCE CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE [...] (C/NF) The Government of France may establish an office in Pyongyang, based on a recommendation by Special Presidential Envoy for North Korea Jack Lang who briefed the Ambassadors from the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia (the Five Parties) on December 14. Accompanied by members [...] | 2009-12-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
09PARIS956 | GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR [...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...] | 2009-07-16 09:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR |
09PARISFR48 | SEOUL MEETINGS ON THER RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY TO ITS [...] Begin Summary. From November 26-28, two international meetings were held in Seoul, South Korea to address the issue of the return of cultural property to its country of origin. On November 26, independent Experts met under the auspices of the Korean Government to review selected case studies [...] | 2009-01-14 17:37:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO KPAO KS FR JA |
09PARISFR767 | UNESCO AVOIDS IGNITING A ROW OVER CULTURAL PROPERTY [...] Summary. At its 181st session in April 2009, UNESCO's Executive Board barely averted a dramatic and politically damaging showdown over the issue of cultural objects displaced in connection with the Second World War (WWII). At the core of the dispute was whether the Board should adopt or endo [...] | 2009-06-09 14:35:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO JA CH IN |
09PARTO12 | (U) Secretary Clinton's July 22, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) July 22, 2009; 3:10 PM Phuket, Thailand 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell NSC Senior Director Jeff Bader Deputy Chief of St [...] | 2009-08-03 14:53:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL JA KN CH |
09PARTO40903 | Secretary Clinton's March 31, 2009 Conversation [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S Richard Boucher Mr. Jacob Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Lt. Gen Paul Selva, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mr. Daniel King (Embassy Notetaker) [...] | 2009-04-09 20:43:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | SECRET | OVIP CASC PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS AF JA PK |
09QUITO254 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC. She sai [...] | 2009-04-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA |
09RIYADH935 | GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS [...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...] | 2009-07-18 07:10:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA |
09ROME472 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY AWARE OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On 15 and 16 April Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of International Trade and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively, concerning Iranian efforts to procure sensitive items for use in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) via an Italian intermediary. Econoff prese [...] | 2009-04-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT |
09ROME989 | ITALIAN SURVEILLANCE SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF EXPORTS [...] (S) Summary: In response to Post's inquiry about the GOI's investigation of the suspected export of restricted Japanese-origin items by an Italian firm to Iran, the GOI advised that it had put the suspected Italian firm under surveillance for the 3 months ending on July 28. The surveillance u [...] | 2009-08-27 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC IR IT JA KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL |
09SANAA1330 | RED SEA PIRACY: HUDAYDAH'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 21 visit to Hudaydah, political figures, business leaders, and the local Coast Guard commander described how piracy is driving up business and security costs for public and private sector alike, at a time when both are are feeling squeezed by the international financi [...] | 2009-07-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT JA PGOV PHSA PREF YM |
09SAPPORO15 | IN NORTHERN JAPAN LOCAL POLITICS IS LOCAL: LOOKING AT THE [...] (U) Japan's latest politics and money scandal highlights in big round numbers the long and cozy relationship between construction companies and northern Japan politicians of both major political parties. Names have been named, including aides to the sitting Akita governor, the colorful DP [...] | 2009-03-20 08:20:00 | Consulate Sapporo | UNCLASSIFIED | JA ECON PGOV |
09SAPPORO30 | TOMARI: JAPAN'S NORTHERNMOST NUCLEAR COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sapporo Conoffs recently visited the town of Tomari, home to Hokkaido's only nuclear power facility. As a new nuclear reactor there that will be capable of burning mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel prepares to come online, the community continues to benefit from subsidies an [...] | 2009-07-29 10:26:00 | Consulate Sapporo | UNCLASSIFIED | JA ENRG ECON PGOV TRGY |
09SEOUL1070 | LEE ADMINISTRATION CHANGES TO DEFENSE REFORM 2020 [...] (C) On June 26, the ROK Government announced significant revisions to the "National Defense Reform 2020" plan. In short, the plan will increase the ROK's counterstrike/counterfire capability in the face of the growing North Korean missile threat, while reducing the numbers of ROK troops by 1 [...] | 2009-07-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV KS KN JA CH TW |
09SEOUL160 | ROK DEFENSE MINISTER ON WORSENING NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) At a January 30 dinner at the Ambassador's Residence in honor of the ROK Minister of National Defense (MND) Lee Sang-hee and other senior ROK security officials, contrasting views were presented on how the ROKG should respond to that day's statement by the DPRK that it would no longer reco [...] | 2009-02-03 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF KS KN CH JA |
09SEOUL1807 | ROKG'S TOP PRIORITY FOR POTUS VISIT: HIGHLIGHTING [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korea issues, told Ambassador Stephens on 11/13 that the ROKG's top priority for the POTUS visit is to highlight the strength of the ROK-U.S. relationship. Wi asked that POTUS specifically praise the excellent coordination between W [...] | 2009-11-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC KN KS JA |
09SEOUL1863 | MOFAT NORTHEAST ASIA DG ON ROK TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) During a November 12 lunch with the DCM, MOFAT Northeast Asia Division Director General Cho Tai-young stressed that the ROK's trade and people-to-people ties with the PRC continue to expand rapidly. Cho cautioned, however, that the expanding relationship with Beijing had begun to "set off [...] | 2009-11-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS JA CH MG |
09SEOUL216 | ROKG DEMARCHED ABOUT INTELLIGENCE LEAKS [...] (S/NF) On February 9, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon, conveying strong USG concern about recent ROKG leaks of intelligence drawn from satellite imagery of the North Korean missile program, especially because this was not the first time the ROKG had [...] | 2009-02-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PREL KS KN JA |
09SEOUL222 | ROKG UNDERTAKING INVESTIGATION OF INTELLIGENCE LEAK [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The ROKG took USG concerns about the leak of intelligence pertaining to North Korean missile movements "very seriously," ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon told the DCM on February 11, and was initiating an investigation to find its source. The leakage was not the resul [...] | 2009-02-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PINR PREL KS KN JA |
09SEOUL71 | MORE ON LEE-ASO SUMMIT: JOINT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 11-12 summit between Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and ROK President Lee Myung-bak was a quiet affair, just as the two principals had hoped for; no protests on history, territory or the Aso family's past use of forced Korean labor in its mining business. This was th [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KS KN |
09SEOUL910 | U.S.-ROK-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 2-3, 2009 visit to Seoul for U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Policy Planning Talks, Policy Planning (S/P) Director Anne-Marie Slaughter was told by Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan that China was changing its views on what to do about North Korea, "but too slowly, and too [...] | 2009-06-10 02:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS JA KN |
09SEOUL975 | Courageous Channel Evacuation Exercise and Related Events [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Seoul continues to expand its role in evacuation planning for South Korea. During the first three weeks of May 2009, post was heavily involved in Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) events and exercises in conjunction with U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and third-country embass [...] | 2009-06-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AEMR MARR XE JA KS |
09SHANGHAI135 | (C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS SAY CHINA CANNOT STOP NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea will launch its missile (or satellite) as a means to influence U.S. policy and drive a wedge between the United States and its regional allies. Political normalization with the United States is of paramount importance to North Korea, which pr [...] | 2009-03-23 06:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA |
09SHANGHAI246 | S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA, G2, INTERNET, [...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Shanghai May 28-31, Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter met with Shanghai academics, the local business community, and Shanghai Expo Bureau officials. The scholars said China is upset by recent North Korean provocations and will likely [...] | 2009-06-03 02:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EIND EINT CH KN KS JA PK |
09SHANGHAI257 | (C) CHINA UNLIKELY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea, for domestic political reasons, will not bow to international pressure in the near term over its recent provocative actions. Tension on the Korean peninsula is nearing a "climax," after which a "cooling down period" will be necessary to bring [...] | 2009-06-12 02:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA TW |
09SHANGHAI258 | NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...] | 2009-06-12 02:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA |
09SHANGHAI277 | NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL DIRECTOR SEEKS CHANNEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-Chinese, including some Japanese, accounted for about 10 percent of the 5.4 million visitors in 2008 to Nanjing's memorial hall commemorating the Chinese victims of the city's occupation by Japanese forces in 1937. Zhu Chengshan, the director of the memorial, which contains [...] | 2009-06-26 05:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH JA PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI |
09SHANGHAI73 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA: PROVOCATIONS TO DRAW OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars explained North Korea's recent provocative actions as attempts to draw the Obama Administration's attention and pressure South Korea to continue aid to North Korea. They offered little insight on the succession issue but said recent rumors about Kim Jong-il's t [...] | 2009-02-09 09:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA |
09SHANGHAI79 | JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN EAST CHINA HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese manufacturers in East China started seeing a drop in domestic and export demand in early 2008 but did not cut production until late 2008, hoping for Olympics-driven growth and pressured by Chinese JV partners to "keep the machines running," according to Shanghai-based [...] | 2009-02-13 01:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH JA |
09STATE100275 | WHALING: US COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT GROUP TALKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post is requested to approach appropriate Government of Japan officials regarding the Future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Support Group meeting in Santiago, Chile, October 5-1 [...] | 2009-09-25 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IWC PREL EFIS JA SENV |
09STATE101146 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (SBU) The Administration has decided to withdraw Ms. Anne Slaughter Andrew as the candidate for U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. Post is requested to inform the Government of Jamaica of this decision via diplomatic note (text at para 2). On September 25, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon notifie [...] | 2009-09-29 13:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER PREL JA |
09STATE108978 | ADDITIONAL INFO ON IAEA PLANS TO FUEL TEHRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: During an October 7 briefing with MOFA Officials on the outcome of the 1 October P5 1 meeting in Geneva with Iran (reftels),MOFA Iran Desk Chief Junichi Sumi asked whether the United States could provide additional [...] | 2009-10-21 19:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IR JA KNNP MNUC PARM |
09STATE115095 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050183081 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled target drone spare [...] | 2009-11-06 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC JA |
09STATE117709 | WHALING: REQUEST FOR POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Post is requested to discuss with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Fukuyama the potential for reaching a political agreement regarding Japan's whaling practices. Background: 2. (C) Department of Commerce Principal Deputy Undersecretar [...] | 2009-11-14 00:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS PREL SENV KSCA IWC JA |
09STATE119005 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON HONDURAS ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 15:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM HO JA |
09STATE11918 | JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...] | 2009-02-10 00:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
09STATE12311 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): GUIDANCE FOR [...] Guidance in paragraphs 6-8. -------- Overview -------- 2. This cable provides information and guidance to the U.S. delegation for use during 11-13 February 2009 meeting of government experts to consider the report submitted by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to the Second Review [...] | 2009-02-10 22:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | JA KTIA MARR PARM CWC |
09STATE124623 | (C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON JAPAN-IRAN TRADE [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REF REPORT ON JAPAN-IRAN TRADE ISSUES. IT PROVIDES TIMELY, DETAILED, AND UPDATED TRADE AND ECONOMIC TIES INFORMATION THAT IS VERY HELPFUL, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN ANALYSTS ARE TRYING TO DIG DEEPER INTO IRAN'S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS. WE ESPEC [...] | 2009-12-04 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ETRD PREL IR JA |
09STATE125572 | GOJ MAKES CLEAR ICNND REPORT IS UNOFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Takeo Akiba, Minister for Political Affairs at the Japanese embassy, called on ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Vann Van Diepen and Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk on December 7 to make clear the status of the forthcoming report of the International Commissio [...] | 2009-12-08 19:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JA PARM PREL |
09STATE126206 | U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...] | 2009-12-09 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP |
09STATE129118 | JAPAN: DEMARCHE ON POSTAL REFORM REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan is currently undergoing an intensive process of reviewing postal reform policies and drafting new legislation regarding the structure and services offered by Japan Post. The USG, though neutral [...] | 2009-12-17 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JA |
09STATE129240 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Tokyo. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (S) Summary. Iranian Supreme Council for National Security Secretary General Saeed Jalili is expected to travel to Japan December 20-24, 2009. Embassy Tokyo is requested to convey to appropriate Japanese offic [...] | 2009-12-18 03:08:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IR PARM PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD JA |
09STATE16717 | RESPONDING TO JAPAN'S REQUEST FOR MEGAPORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2-3. 2. (SBU) As outlined in reftel, officials in the Government of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have repeatedly requested Megaports "reciprocity" and information-sharing (reftel) in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach (LA/LB). Embassy T [...] | 2009-02-23 22:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT JA |
09STATE19794 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: MAFF STORAGE OF IMPORTED RICE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) publicly released findings of its December 2008 and January 2009 inspection of imported rice that is kept in long-term government storage. The inspections resu [...] | 2009-03-03 22:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PREL JA |
09STATE22496 | GUIDANCE FOR G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS GROUP [...] (U) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the U.S. delegation to the G-8 Bioterrorism Experts Group (BTEX) workshop in Tokyo, March 12-13, 2009. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Disarmament, Nonproliferation a [...] | 2009-03-10 19:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER GM JA RS CA UK IT FR TBIO |
09STATE27842 | USUN INSTRUCTIONS: ELEMENTS FOR DPRK LAUNCH [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests USUN use the elements of the draft Security Council resolution in paragraph 3 as a starting point to negotiate a Security Council resolution in the event of a missile launch by the DPRK. 3. (S) Some of the elemen [...] | 2009-03-24 00:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | UNSC KNNP JA KN |
09STATE29794 | REPORTING: AMBASSADOR SANO'S BRIEFING TO [...] (C) Summary: PM Deputy Assistant Secretary Greg Delawie met with Ambassador Toshio Sano, Director General for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 13 to discuss the Japanese progress in developing their national implementation legislation for the [...] | 2009-03-27 16:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL PGOV JA |
09STATE29932 | (S) ALLIANCE COORDINATION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (S/NF) For alliance management reasons and in order to shape public perceptions, it is important that our Embassies and military Commands in the ROK and Japan work closely with host governments and provide consistent messaging in responding publicly to the expected North Korean Taepodong-2 lau [...] | 2009-03-27 19:38:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL PARM KPAO KN KS JA |
09STATE32269 | IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN ITEMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuat [...] | 2009-04-02 21:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT |
09STATE3451 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW INSURANCE [...] (U) BACKGROUND AND ACTION REQUEST: According to recent press reporting in Japan, Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. (Kampo Life) has announced that it intends to develop and market a new cancer insurance product with assistance from Nippon Life Insurance Company. Embassy Tokyo is requested to vis [...] | 2009-01-13 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV JA |
09STATE34798 | IRANIAN PROCUREMENT ENTITY USES ITALIAN FIRM AS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Rome, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information indicating that in mid-February 2009, Iran's Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company (FEDCO) sought servo-actuators manufactured by the Japanese firm Tonegawa-Seiko via [...] | 2009-04-09 13:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT |
09STATE3512 | KOREA-JAPAN SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Taro Aso met in Seoul from January 11-12. The following is an official read-out of the meeting provided by the ROK Embassy to Washington. End Summary. 2. (C) The ROK Embassy provided the English tr [...] | 2009-01-13 23:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL JA KN KS |
09STATE35229 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an April 9 meeting with S/SRAP Holbrooke to discuss the Pakistan Donor,s Conference, Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki passed a matrix displaying donor information. The matrix showed a tentative 500 million dollar Chinese c [...] | 2009-04-09 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PK JA CH |
09STATE37357 | KUDOS ON JAPANESE REPORTING AND ADVOCACY [...] (U) The Secretary's February visit to Japan, new domestic political developments almost every week, and a flood of visitors to and from Tokyo have the past few months a particularly busy time in U.S.-Japan relations. Fortunately, Washington has had the benefit of Mission Japan,s stellar repor [...] | 2009-04-15 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ECON ETRD EFIN MARR PGOV PREL JA |
09STATE37478 | NIAG 9041: IRANIAN ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH [...] (S) We have received information that Iranian entities with ties to Iran's missile program seek to procure Japanese-origin diesel generators, ostensibly for a planned light-water moderated nuclear reactor to be built near Darkhovin, Iran. While Iran is not prohibited from constructing light- [...] | 2009-04-16 12:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR JA |
09STATE42999 | SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE-ORIGIN CHEMICAL USED IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States has information that as of late April 2009, a consignment of over 210 metric tons of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) was scheduled to be loaded on the Islamic Republic of Ira [...] | 2009-04-28 20:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR |
09STATE44624 | RESPONDING TO GOJ QUESTIONS ABOUT IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuat [...] | 2009-05-01 18:55:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT |
09STATE47278 | JAPAN: SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION [...] This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo is requested to meet with senior officials at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to encourage Japan to maintain its current launch schedule for the Global Change Observation Mission satellite program. 2. Back [...] | 2009-05-08 19:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TSPA SENV JA |
09STATE52206 | PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK TO THE GOJ ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuat [...] | 2009-05-21 16:36:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR CH |
09STATE60443 | JAPAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JA |
09STATE60952 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON HAMADA MEETING [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOUND REFTEL ON PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S APRIL 20 MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER HAMADA TO BE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL. POST PROVIDED VALUABLE INSIGHT ON HAMADA'S WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS JAPANESE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DPRK'S APRIL TD-II MISSILE LAUNCH WITH US OFFICIALS. [...] | 2009-06-12 16:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PINR MARR PARM PREL JA |
09STATE62400 | JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...] | 2009-06-16 21:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
09STATE6399 | MALAYSIAN BROKER SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN SERVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: Since August 2007, the U.S. has discussed with Japan efforts by Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle program (UAV) to procure equipment produced by the Japanese firm Tonegawa-Seiko using [...] | 2009-01-23 21:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR |
09STATE64019 | RESPONDING TO JAPAN'S REQUEST FOR "RECIPROCITY" [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan (GOJ) and the Department of Energy (DOE) recently commenced a Megaports Initiative pilot project at the Port of Yokohama. Discussions between the GOJ and DOE regarding a range of Megaports issues [...] | 2009-06-19 20:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT JA |
09STATE65286 | (S) POSSIBLE PAYMENT TO JAPANESE FIRM FROM [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information indicating that, as of September 2008, the Myanmar branch of the Korea Mining Development General Trading Corporation (KOMID) was arranging a payment of $1 million t [...] | 2009-06-24 12:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA KN |
09STATE68254 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050104138 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled harness cable asse [...] | 2009-07-01 17:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC JA UK |
09STATE71038 | (C) KUDOS FOR ROK EMBASSY APPLAUDS ASO; FEARS [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOUND TOKYO 000421 TO BE A VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE REPORT. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WERE THE INSIGHTS INTO HOW SOUTH KOREA VIEWS ACTIONS TOWARD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN (DPJ),SPECIFICALLY THAT KIM NOTED HIS EMBASSY HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING CONTACTS WIT [...] | 2009-07-09 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL JA KS |