Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08TOKYO1045
2008-04-16 09:33:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPANESE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND VIGILANCE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 001045
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA RMONGIELLO AND RNEPHEW, NEA/IR, IO/UNP, AND
EAP/J
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2018
TAGS: PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR JA
SUBJECT: JAPANESE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND VIGILANCE
REQUIREMENTS
REF: STATE 34974
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 001045
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA RMONGIELLO AND RNEPHEW, NEA/IR, IO/UNP, AND
EAP/J
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2018
TAGS: PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR JA
SUBJECT: JAPANESE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND VIGILANCE
REQUIREMENTS
REF: STATE 34974
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
1. (C) The names of all 40 individuals listed in UNSCRs 1737,
1747, and 1803 have been placed into an automated database
accessible to Japanese immigration, customs, and visa
officers, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division
Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Were any of these
people to apply for visas, they would almost certainly be
refused, he said. However, holders of Iranian diplomatic and
official passports are not required to have visas to travel
to Japan. Motosada said that if one of the named individuals
were to arrive at a port of entry, they would be detained
until MOFA decided whether to grant entry. He speculated
that only urgent humanitarian cases, such as a medical
emergency, would MOFA even consider granting entry. In any
cases in which named Iranians attempt to enter Japan, Japan
will promptly notify the United Nations Security Council
Sanctions Committee, Matano assured.
2. (C) Matano said Japan has not told Iran of the steps it is
taking to control the travel of the named individuals, and
has not warned Tehran that such individuals would be denied
visas or turned back. However, the Cabinet is expected on
April 22 to approve measures to enforce the Iran resolutions
and will, at that time, issue a public statement about the
steps it is taking. Motosada said his colleagues are worried
about this because on that day, a Senior Vice Minister will
be attending the Iraq Extended Neighbors talks in Kuwait and
they are afraid he will become the object of the Iranian
delegation's ire when Japan releases its compliance report
more than a week earlier than required.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR ISN/RA RMONGIELLO AND RNEPHEW, NEA/IR, IO/UNP, AND
EAP/J
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2018
TAGS: PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR JA
SUBJECT: JAPANESE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND VIGILANCE
REQUIREMENTS
REF: STATE 34974
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
1. (C) The names of all 40 individuals listed in UNSCRs 1737,
1747, and 1803 have been placed into an automated database
accessible to Japanese immigration, customs, and visa
officers, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division
Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Were any of these
people to apply for visas, they would almost certainly be
refused, he said. However, holders of Iranian diplomatic and
official passports are not required to have visas to travel
to Japan. Motosada said that if one of the named individuals
were to arrive at a port of entry, they would be detained
until MOFA decided whether to grant entry. He speculated
that only urgent humanitarian cases, such as a medical
emergency, would MOFA even consider granting entry. In any
cases in which named Iranians attempt to enter Japan, Japan
will promptly notify the United Nations Security Council
Sanctions Committee, Matano assured.
2. (C) Matano said Japan has not told Iran of the steps it is
taking to control the travel of the named individuals, and
has not warned Tehran that such individuals would be denied
visas or turned back. However, the Cabinet is expected on
April 22 to approve measures to enforce the Iran resolutions
and will, at that time, issue a public statement about the
steps it is taking. Motosada said his colleagues are worried
about this because on that day, a Senior Vice Minister will
be attending the Iraq Extended Neighbors talks in Kuwait and
they are afraid he will become the object of the Iranian
delegation's ire when Japan releases its compliance report
more than a week earlier than required.
SCHIEFFER