PROVIDING JAPAN WITH NON-PAPERS ON ENTITIES

S E C R E T TOKYO 001191 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2018 TAGS: PARM PREL JA SUBJECT: PROVIDING JAPAN WITH NON-PAPERS ON ENTITIES SUBJECT TO U.S. MTCR DENIAL NOTIFICATIONS (S) REF: SECSTATE 41982 Classified By: Economic Minister Counselor Robert F. Cekuta for reasons 1.4 (b)(g) ¶1. (C) EconOff delivered demarche points (ref) to METI Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and MOFA Nuclear Non-Proliferation Deputy Director Nakajima. The officials expressed the GOJ's appreciation for the prompt response to their questions. ¶2. (S) Tanizawa said the METI export controls office is already well familiar with the entities mentioned in the ref and that these companies are listed on the METI website as inappropriate end-users for exports from Japan. He noted Chan Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) is number 167 and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) is number 173 on what he termed their "blacklist." The URL for the METI website he referred to is: http://www.meti.go.jp/ english/policy/ index tradeinformation.html SCHIEFFER