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07TOKYO5346
2007-11-27 08:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
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JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE
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UNCLAS TOKYO 005346
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SIPDIS
FOR S/CT - PATRICE PIERCE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 156987
Japan prefers not to make a presentation at the Third Annual
G8 International Kidnapping Conference, MOFA International
Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division told the Embassy
November 26 in response to reftel demarche, delivered
November 16. Japanese officials "do not have enough
experience" with international kidnapping to make a
substantive presentation, said Division Officer Atsuyuki
Fujinuma, and the kidnapping of a Japanese national in Iran
makes the issue especially sensitive. The Japanese
government will send three respresentatives to the conference:
--National Police Agency Chief Inspector Kazuhiko Kawano
--National Police Agency Director for Counter International
Terrorism Intelligence Kazushi Inoue
--National Police Agency Inspector Muneharu Shosaki
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