THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER

S E C R E T TOKYO 003617 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR D, AND EAP E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2027 TAGS: PREL JA PREL SUBJECT: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER OF DEFENSE MORIYA Classified By: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte, for reasons 1.4(b)/(d) ¶1. (S) Summary: In an August 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice SIPDIS Minister Moriya said the Japanese government would exert maximum effort to address its information security shortcomings and welcomed the agreement on the Bilateral Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference and milestones. Moriya said MOD would do its utmost to convince the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa that the extension of the Anti-terrorism Law that allowed Japanese refueling missions in the Indian Ocean was crucial for securing sea lanes for Japan's oil shipment and urged U.S. officials to make similar arguments to Japanese Diet members. MOD planned to engage in serious discussions with Okinawan officials on realigning U.S. bases. The Japanese government would take its time in pursuing the purchase of its next-generation fighters. End Summary. INFORMATION SECURITY -------------- ¶2. (S) Moriya told the Deputy Secretary on August 3 that Prime Minister Abe had been seriously engaged in the issue of information security since being briefed on Moriya's July meetings in Washington with the Deputy Secretary and former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Richard Lawless. As Defense Minister Koike had stated in her earlier meeting with the Deputy Secretary (septel),the Japanese government would do its utmost to improve information security, including sharing the data on the hard disk drive from the AEGIS leak. Moriya welcomed the news that both sides agreed to the Bilateral Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference (BISTF TOR) and milestones. He added that he himself was actively discussing counter-intelligence issues with other officials in the Ministry of Defense (MOD). ¶3. (S) The Deputy Secretary acknowledged the progress from both governments on the issue of information security. He noted that both inter-agency cooperation and bilateral cooperation improved substantially since his December 2005 visit to Japan as Director of National Intelligence. He hoped both sides could continue this level of cooperation and work toward increasing bilateral information-sharing. PERSUADING DPJ ON ANTI-TERRORISM LAW -------------- ¶4. (C) Moriya assured the Deputy Secretary that the MOD would try its best to persuade the Democratic Party of Japan and DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa not to vote against extension of the Anti-terrorism Law, which provides the legal basis for Japan's refueling missions in the Indian Ocean in support of Afghan operations by coalition forces. Because Ozawa and the DPJ -- which recently took the majority seat in the Diet's Upper House -- had publicly opposed extension of the Anti-terrorism Law, the government planned to convince them that the refueling missions advanced Japan's own national security interests. NEED FOR U.S. TO REACH OUT TO DIET -------------- ¶5. (C) Moriya, citing a recent comment by India's Defense Vice Minister that the coalition forces contributed to the security of sea lanes, urged U.S. officials to explain to Diet members that JSDF missions protected sea lanes needed for Japanese oil imports from the Middle East. The Japanese public did not have a clear understanding of the issue because it had never been exposed to the threat of terrorism, Moriya said. It was important, therefore, for them to understand that the coalition comprised 20-plus countries and that supporting the operations in Afghanistan was an international, not merely a bilateral issue. The Ambassador responded that he planned to make the same argument to Ozawa in his upcoming meeting. USFJ REALIGNMENT, F-X/F-22 -------------- ¶6. (C) Moriya asserted that the MOD, under Defense Minister Koike's leadership, was negotiating hard with the local government in Okinawa for the realignment of U.S. bases, particularly with respect to the Futenma Relocation Facility (FRF). The MOD planned to take major steps forward to advance the relocation within a week. On Japan's next-generation fighters, Moriya said the GOJ was aware of the legal hurdles to purchasing F-22s, but would continue to pursue the issue patiently. ¶7. (U) August 3, 2007; 16:00; Tokyo, Japan. ¶8. (U) Meeting Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte Ambassador Schieffer Deputy Assistant Secretary David Sedney, Dept of Defense James Zumwalt, Director of Japan Affairs, Dept of State Kaye Lee, Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein, Special Assistant Sangmin Lee, POL-MIL Deputy, Embassy Tokyo (Notetaker) Japan Takemasa Moriya, Administrative Vice Minister of Defense Masaru Tsuji, Director-General, International Affairs Bureau Hironori Kanazawa, Deputy Director-General, Defense Policy Bureau Ro Manabe, Director, Defense Policy Division Kazuhisa Shimada, Director, Defense Intelligence Division Masami Oka, Senior Coordinator for Defense Policy, Defense Policy Division Taro Yamato, Principal Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Division SCHIEFFER