Identifier
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Classification
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09TOKYO656
2009-03-24 04:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:  

JAPAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGION REFERENDUM DEMARCHE

Tags:  AORC PHUM PREL UNGA JA 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000656 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR PSA: CASSAYRE, CHAMBERS; LEGAL AFFAIRS: MANSFIELD,

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2019
TAGS: AORC PHUM PREL UNGA JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGION REFERENDUM DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 27376

Classified By: A/DCM R. Post per 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000656

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR PSA: CASSAYRE, CHAMBERS; LEGAL AFFAIRS: MANSFIELD,

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2019
TAGS: AORC PHUM PREL UNGA JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGION REFERENDUM DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 27376

Classified By: A/DCM R. Post per 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel
demarche to Deputy Director Toshimune Saigusa of MOFA's Human
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Saigusa said,
"Japan is carefully considering this resolution. We will
either vote no or abstain." But, added Saigusa, Japan has
not yet made a final decision on which of those two options
it will choose.
ZUMWALT