JAPAN-TERRORIST LISTS

C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 006927

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

FOR EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT (PATTY HILL) AND IO/PSC (JOHN SANDAGE)

E.O. 12958: DECL: END OF US-JAPAN SECURITY ALLIANCE
TAGS: KTFN KHLS PGOV PROG JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN-TERRORIST LISTS

REF: STATE 193615

Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer, Reasons 1.4 (b/d).


1. (C//NF) Japan uses at least five lists to track
terrorists and
terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nation
Security
Council Resolutions (UNSCRs). These two lists are shared
across the
Japanese government, are available to the public, and are
updated on an
as-need basis. The first list is based on UNSCR 1267, 1333,
and 1390.
It contains the names of Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists and
terrorist
entities. As of November 21, 2006 the list contained the
names of 509
individuals and entities. The complete list includes names
in Japanese
and English and can be accessed online at
www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/terro/pdfs/list 1267-
-1333-1390.pdf. The second list contains the names of 28
additional
individuals and terrorist entities designated by the Japanese
government based on UNSCR 1373. This list was last updated
on
December 2, 2005. This list is available online at
www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/terro/pdfs/list 1373.pdf


2. (C) The Ministry of Finance maintains an additional
list
containing the names of terrorist individuals and entities
whose
financial assets were frozen based on Japan's Foreign
Exchange Law.
More information on the Ministry of Finance list, including a
link to
the list, is available in Japanese at
www.mof.go.jp/jouhou/kokkin/kawase.html.


3. (C//NF) Embassy Tokyo is aware of at least two
additional lists
that are compartmentalized within specific Japanese
government agencies
and are not shared with foreign governments. Japanese
immigration
officials utilize the "Foreigners Entry and Departure
Information
System (FEIS)" database to screen travelers at points of
entry across
Japan. MOFA officials on December 7, 2006 said the system
is, in
principle, available at all ports of entry but we are unable
to confirm
if this includes sea ports in addition to all airports across
Japan.
Immigration officials use an additional classified national
terrorist
watchlist, known as the "Black List" which contains close to
one
million records, according to the Tokyo Embassy Department of
Homeland
Security ICE Attache. Most of the individuals included in
this
database have previously violated Japan's immigration laws
and are
barred from entering Japan. The National Police Agency (NPA)
may keep
an additional list using information from Interpol and other
sources.
Japanese immigration officials do not have access to Interpol
information unless NPA passes it to them. NPA and
immigration
databases are not linked. Embassy Tokyo's ability to collect
information on Japan's national terrorist lists is hindered
by stove-
piping within the Japanese government and Japan's reluctance
to share
national terrorist list information.


4. (C) The Regional Affairs, FINATT, and DHS/ICE sections
contributed
to and cleared this cable.
SCHIEFFER