MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: PROMOTING

C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 001709 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: Q/2018 TAGS: KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA JA SUBJECT: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN CANBERRA PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE REF: SECSTATE 65780 Classified By: EMIN Robert F. Cekuta for reasons 1.4 b, d. ¶1. (CO) EconOff delivered demarche points (ref) to METI Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and to MOFA Nuclear Non-Proliferation Deputy Director Nakajima. Tanizawa understands METI currently has no particular issues it would like to present, but said he would check with other officials further on this matter. Nakajima said that a Ministry of Defense (MOD) Ballistic Missile expert will attend and MOD is currently looking into presenting something on DPRK capabilities and/or missile capable submarines from India. Nakajima said he does not currently know who from MOD will attend this conference. ¶2. (SBU) METI and MOFA officials will confer with MOD counterparts and Post will report any additional information developed. SCHIEFFER