JAPAN'S SOUS-SHERPA UNABLE TO ATTEND NOVEMBER

UNCLAS TOKYO 002372 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN AMBASSADOR JENKINS NSC FOR LAURA HOLGATE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PUNE ENRG PREL KNNP JA SUBJECT: JAPAN'S SOUS-SHERPA UNABLE TO ATTEND NOVEMBER NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT MEETING REF: STATE 104896 ¶1. (SBU) Japan's sous-Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director Tsutomu Arai will be unable to attend the November sous-Sherpa meeting in Washington, but Japan will send a representative from its Embassy in Washington in order to contribute to the meeting. MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma provided this information when Econoff delivered the invitation and logistical information contained in reftel October 13. MOFA officials were already aware of the meeting from various discussions with USG officials, but had been awaiting word of the date. Despite Arai's unavailability, MOFA contacts remain keenly interested in the summit and currently are considering how Japan can best contribute. ROOS