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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07TOKYO3914 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-23 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3919 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/07 [...] In Tokyo, members of the Tokyo Action Committee stood outside the West Entrance of Shinjuku Station and campaigned. Many people stopped to talk with them. A woman (36) from Saitama Prefecture stated: "I am absolutely against Japan cooperating with the war. It only makes terrorism worse. They [...] |
2007-08-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3920 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S 8/22 [...] "President Bush Equates Prewar Japan with Al-Qaeda" The liberal Asahi's Washington correspondent Yoshiyuki Komurata wrote (8/24): "Although President Bush praised Japan's successful postwar democratization to justify his Iraq policy during his remarks at the national convention of Veterans of [...] |
2007-08-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO3922 |
The Japan Economic Scope--August 23, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 23, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Official Discusses Japan's "Confused" Political Situation, East China Sea and More 4. WTO Talks Set to Resume as Japanese Negotiators Face Cabinet Reshuffle 5. Abe V [...] |
2007-08-24 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO3929 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3930 |
ABE ALONE SELECTING NEW LDP EXECUTIVES, CABINET [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce his new Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership slate on August 27. Leaving the media, outside observers, and his own party in the dark, Abe has involved virtually no one else in the decision-making process. Embassy Tokyo officers have [...] |
2007-08-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO3948 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3954 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S 8/22 [...] "US Policy on Iraq Too Simplistic" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/25): "Faced with growing debate in the US about withdrawing troops from Iraq, President Bush during a speech last week at the national convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Missouri, likened the form [...] |
2007-08-27 02:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO3955 |
EXPLAINING U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT TIP SHELTERS IN [...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 23 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss the Japanese government's reliance on prefecture-level public shelters to protect victims of human trafficking. Embassy Political Officer delivered Ref A's "C [...] |
2007-08-27 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA |
| 07TOKYO3962 |
FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...] |
2007-08-27 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA |
| 07TOKYO3966 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3967 |
JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...] |
2007-08-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO3968 |
JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...] |
2007-08-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO3969 |
ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affairs Council Chairman -- Toshihiro NIKAI LDP Policy [...] |
2007-08-27 14:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO3970 |
ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. (This is a corrected copy amending paragraph 16.) This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affa [...] |
2007-08-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO3974 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 01:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3987 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO3995 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-29 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4000 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 8/22 SPEECH OF [...] "Bush's Controversial Reading of War History" Washington correspondent Arimoto of the conservative Sankei wrote (8/29): "President Bush's speech on August 22 rejecting calls for a pullout of US forces from Iraq has generated controversy for his reference to the US victory over Japan in WWII an [...] |
2007-08-29 04:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4004 |
CORRECTED TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 8/22 SPEECH [...] "Bush's Controversial Reading of War History" Washington correspondent Arimoto of the conservative Sankei wrote (8/29): "President Bush's speech on August 22 rejecting calls for a pullout of US forces from Iraq has generated controversy for his reference to the US victory over Japan in WWI [...] |
2007-08-29 06:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO401 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4010 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS SHUBERT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-22, 2007 visit to Japan by Thomas Shubert. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobile phone: [...] |
2007-08-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4011 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-29 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4015 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO402 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-30 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4027 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TALIBAN RELEASE OF [...] "Hard Lessons from Hostage Crisis" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/30): "It is a good thing that the South Koreans taken hostage by the Taliban are starting to be released and can now return home. The incident, however, is bound to have grave effects on reconstruction in Afghanistan and has [...] |
2007-08-30 05:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO403 |
MEDIA REACTION - RESUMPTION OF SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] "Japan Should Strengthen Joint Stance with US at Six- Party Talks" An editorial in the conservative Sankei commented (1/30): "The US and the DPRK will begin bilateral talks Tuesday in Beijing concerning financial sanctions to open the way for a resumption of the six- party talks on North Korea [...] |
2007-01-30 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4040 |
GERMAN CHANCELLOR WARNS OZAWA NOT TO CEASE OEF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 06:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GM JA |
| 07TOKYO4043 |
UNCERTAINTY CLOUDS TERMS OF DIET DEBATE ON OEF [...] (C) Summary: The terms of debate in the upcoming Diet review of the Anti-Terror Special Measures Law that governs Japan's contribution to the OEF Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) are still unclear. Direct negotiations between the ruling LDP coalition and opposition Democratic Party of Ja [...] |
2007-08-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4044 |
ABE'S NEW CABINET GETS BOUNCE IN POLLS BUT REMAINS [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sagging poll numbers have received a boost with careful choices for his new Cabinet that included former and current Cabinet members and several Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction heads. That said, concerns remain about the fate of the Anti-terrorism bill, [...] |
2007-08-30 07:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4046 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/30/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4047 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-31 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4051 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA DEFENSE [...] "China Needs to Increase Military Transparency" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/31): "Although progress was made on defense exchanges between Japan and China during the meeting this week between the Japanese and Chinese defense ministers, the bilateral talks failed to di [...] |
2007-08-31 05:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4052 |
The Japan Economic Scope--August 30, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 30, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Abe Reshuffles Cabinet 4. New Appointees and Postal Privatization 5. ACCJ T&L Committee Meets with CPRR on Aviation Policy Money Matters 6. Minimum Wage Non-Compli [...] |
2007-08-31 05:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO4053 |
JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on August 30 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. S [...] |
2007-08-31 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER JA |
| 07TOKYO4055 |
METI'S "ASIAN OECD" HAS FUNDING...BUT LITTLE ELSE [...] (C) Summary: The research institute initially conceived as part of Japan's "ASEAN Plus Six" proposal for regional economic integration will be, at least at the beginning, a small, independent entity with no direct ties to any organization or model for regional architecture, according to an [...] |
2007-08-31 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PREL ETRD JA |
| 07TOKYO4056 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-31 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4057 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RIAD SEIF TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche and a copy of Department's statement on Riad Seif to MOFA First Middle East Division Syria officer Hitoshi Ishizuka, who replied that the Japanese Embassy in Damascus is in the process of checking the details of Seif's case and tha [...] |
2007-08-31 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM EUN SY JA |
| 07TOKYO4080 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//07 [...] Endo said to Yosano, "Please tell the prime minister that I will step down." TOKYO 00004080 006 OF 012 SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//07 Yosano's determination to put a speedy end to Endo's scandal came from strong alarm against the Kantei's (Prime Minister's Official [...] |
2007-09-04 01:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4085 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - US-DPRK NUCLEAR ACCORD [...] "Details Must be Thoroughly Worked Out" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/4): "...It is good that the US and North Korea confirmed that Pyongyang will declare all of its nuclear facilities and disable them within this year. The issue here is how to hammer out the details.... Implementing nuc [...] |
2007-09-04 04:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4094 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-04 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4096 |
JAPAN'S NEW CABINET: GOOD NEWS FOR U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked a line-up of cabinet ministers friendly to the U.S. and committed to continuing to make progress in the areas of defense, security, trade, economic reform, and the environment. On defense and security issues the new ministers already have pledged suppo [...] |
2007-09-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4101 |
THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the elimination of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA). Under the reorganization much of DFAA's functions will be folded into MOD's Internal Bureau. Final allocation of workload and portf [...] |
2007-09-05 02:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4108 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-05 04:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4114 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND US-DPRK [...] "How to Get out of Iraq Quagmire" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (9/5): "The Maliki government is facing a crisis following a number of suicide bombings and a series of resignations of cabinet ministers. Although the Bush administration is looking at scaling back the US presence in Ir [...] |
2007-09-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4120 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4121 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/06/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-06 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4140 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/06/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4159 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4167 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE BASALLA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 10-13, 2007 visit to Japan by Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 Mobile phon [...] |
2007-09-07 02:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4172 |
JAPAN'S ANNUAL REPORT ON HIV/AIDS FOR 2006 [...] Summary: According to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) AIDS Surveillance Committee Annual Report on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic for 2006, 952 new HIV-positive cases and 406 new AIDS cases were reported in Japan during the year. These were larger increases than reported in 2005. [...] |
2007-09-07 03:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA |
| 07TOKYO4176 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-DPRK [...] "Opportunity to Break the Ice" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/7): "Although no specific progress was made during the Japan-DPRK normalization talks held in Mongolia, the meeting set the stage for continued dialogue.... The fundamental gap between the two nations remains, but an atmosphere [...] |
2007-09-07 05:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4184 |
The Japan Economic Scope--September 6, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 6, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Farming and Agriculture 3. Fukuoka Farmers Protest Free Trade 4. A New Agriculture Minister -- Financial Scandals Continue 5. Recent Agriculture Ministers Climate Concerns 6. Cle [...] |
2007-09-07 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO4187 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-07 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4196 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-10 02:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4198 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND US-JAPAN [...] "9/11 and US Society" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/9): "...Six years after 9/11, American society is divided over the war in Iraq. According to a Gallup poll conducted in August, 60% of the American people said the Iraq war was a mistake.... US presidential candidates are conducting a he [...] |
2007-09-10 02:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4213 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MISSILE DEFENSE IN [...] "Tension Growing Between US and Russia" Warsaw correspondent Sakuraba of the business-oriented Nikkei commented on Polish Defense Minister Szczyglo's disclosure of his country's plan to begin the construction of a missile-defense facility next spring (9/6): "Tension is bound to increase betwee [...] |
2007-09-10 06:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4217 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-10 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4218 |
MOFA ON OPPOSITION CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators and the opposition "does not necessarily signal a return to large-scale armed violence or an increased military threat," according to Japanese Foreign Ministry officials. Japan, at this point, has no plans for public statements criticiz [...] |
2007-09-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA |
| 07TOKYO4223 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4227 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PM SENIOR ADVISOR AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 20-26, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Jackson McDonald, CDR Thomas C. Herold, and LTC Phillip D. Janzen. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office pho [...] |
2007-09-11 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4229 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WAR ON TERROR; APEC [...] "Six Years After 9/11: Unity Against Terrorism Still Needed" The conservative Sankei editorialized (9/11): "Six years have passed since 9/11.... Not only Americans but people the world over remember the shock of that day. There is as yet no end in sight to the fight against terrorism.... Is th [...] |
2007-09-11 02:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4241 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4248 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-12 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4255 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - APEC SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-12 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO426 |
MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO [...] "Six-Party Talks: North Korea Has No Choice But to Denuclearize" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/31): "At the next round of the six-party talks, which are to resume on February 8 in Beijing, will there be any concrete progress that will lead to North Korea's denucleariza [...] |
2007-01-31 02:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4261 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-12 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4262 |
ABE RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe sent shock waves through Japan's political world on September 12 with his sudden announcement that he will resign. As for the reason behind his decision, he offered his concern that his continued tenure as PM is making it difficult for Japan to live up to its [...] |
2007-09-12 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
| 07TOKYO4267 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/13/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-13 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4269 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PM RESIGNATION AND ITS [...] "Hope for Progress on Nuclear Dismantlement" Seoul correspondent Makino of the liberal Asahi wrote (9/12): "There is a possibility that the resignation of Prime Minister Abe could have an impact on progress in the six-party talks concerning North Korea's nuclear dismantlement, as Japan has bee [...] |
2007-09-13 03:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4280 |
HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY CONTINUES JAPAN-PRC WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Hu Jintao twice on the sidelines of APEC to discuss ways to strengthen economic, environmental, and security ties. Marked more by warm atmospherics than progress on substantive issues, the informal talks signal the warming tren [...] |
2007-09-13 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW JA |
| 07TOKYO4281 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/13/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4283 |
JAPANESE REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE IN COMMUNIQUE OF THE [...] (C) Following up on Foreign Minister Machimura's message to the Ambassador that Japan seeks to strengthen the international reasons to continue to provide Maritime Self Defense Forces support to Operation Enduring Freedom (Ref A), MOFA National Security Division Principal Deputy Director Shing [...] |
2007-09-13 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN AF JA |
| 07TOKYO4285 |
ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...] |
2007-09-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4287 |
ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...] |
2007-09-13 23:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4292 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RESIGNATION OF PRIME [...] "Candidates' Policies and Qualifications Must Be Scrutinized" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/14): "Following Prime Minister Abe's announcement that he will step down, the LDP presidential election campaign officially starts today. The ruling party must elect a new presi [...] |
2007-09-14 01:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4297 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-14 02:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO43 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRORIST INTERDICTION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 18-20, 2007 visit to Japan by Robin Reichenbach, S/CT Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP) representative. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Point of Contact for the Tokyo portio [...] |
2007-01-09 05:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KFRD ASEC OTRA AEMR TH RP JA |
| 07TOKYO4316 |
SAFE AND SECURE SOCIETY: MEXT FUNDS PROJECTS FOR JFY2007 [...] Summary -- The Office of Science and Technology for a Safe and Secure Society in Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has selected five science and technology related "Safe and Secure Society" projects to receive Yen 405 million (USD 3.5 million) in JFY [...] |
2007-09-14 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TNGD PTER JA |
| 07TOKYO4317 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4322 |
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER UNABLE TO ATTEND AD HOC [...] (U) Due to the unsettled political situation in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Machimura will be unable to attend the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting in New York, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki Adachi. The meeting will take place on the day after t [...] |
2007-09-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF JA |
| 07TOKYO4327 |
FUKUDA CONSOLIDATES LEAD IN WEEKEND CAMPAIGNING [...] (C) Summary. The race to succeed Shinzo Abe as LDP President and Prime Minister looks to be a win for former Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuda, with weekend polls showing he has a commanding lead over Taro Aso among LDP Diet members and the public. Fukuda has the backing of nearly 60 percent of [...] |
2007-09-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4328 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-18 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4329 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-18 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4330 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4339 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4359 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 02:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO436 |
JAPAN ASKS ABOUT U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONS [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 2. 2. (C) In the course of a separate conversation on FM Aso's recent visit to Eastern Europe, MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Deputy Director Hiroki Takabayashi observed that not all of the countries subsumed in Aso's "Arc [...] |
2007-01-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP JA |
| 07TOKYO437 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-31 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4371 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTCOL MARC CZAJA AND DAVID [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-26, 2007 visit to Japan by LTCOL Marc Czaja and David Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81 [...] |
2007-09-19 06:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4373 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4374 |
JAPAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Japan is disinclined to make financial contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, although it is still considering a U.N. request to nominate judges for the tribunal, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Director Hideo Sato. His remarks were confirmed separately by U.N. Po [...] |
2007-09-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE JA |
| 07TOKYO4375 |
JAPAN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MINUSTAH, AWAITING [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political officer delivered reftel demarche September 19 to MOFA Caribbean Division Haiti Desk Officer Akiko Yamasaki. Yamasaki said that Japan will support the extension of the MINUSTAH mandate, and althoug [...] |
2007-09-19 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPKO EFIN PGOV PREL HA JA |
| 07TOKYO438 |
JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Japan supports the U.S. position on cluster munitions (CM) and believes that the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is the best venue for discussing the issue, according to MOFA officials. Japanese au [...] |
2007-01-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO JA |
| 07TOKYO4384 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4386 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FRB RATE CUT [...] "Drastic Measures Necessary to Resolve Subprime Loan Problem" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (9/20): "The US lowered its key interest rate for the first time in almost four years.... The US has adopted an easy-money policy as an 'emergency measure' to prevent cash-strapped financial instit [...] |
2007-09-20 02:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4397 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 22:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO44 |
The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Unemployment Dips to Under 4% 4. Cabinet Approves Conservative Regular Budget for FY07 5. New Tax Commission Chairman Pro-Growth 6. METI "Investment Security" Study Group: Japan's "Exon-Florio"? 7. CPRR Issues Mixed Final Reform Recommendations 8. Japan Pos [...] |
2007-01-09 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO4400 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-21 01:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4408 |
LATEST POLLS SHOW FUKUDA STRETCHING LEAD IN LDP [...] (C) Summary. Yasuo Fukuda has lengthened his lead over rival Taro Aso in the LDP presidential race, securing the backing of nearly 70 percent of LDP Diet members, according to a Kyodo News report on September 20. Fukuda is also out-polling Aso in the LDP prefectural vote, based on preliminar [...] |
2007-09-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
| 07TOKYO441 |
JAPANESE UPDATE OF AFGHAN RING ROAD PROJECT [...] Summary. Japan has signed a contract with a construction company, SAITA of Afghanistan, to complete its 114 km segment of the Afghan Ring Road (Kandahar to Herat), and expects work to be completed by December 2008, if not sooner. MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Grant Aid/Technical Coop [...] |
2007-01-31 23:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AID PGOV PREL ELTN SNAR ASEC AFIN AF JA |
| 07TOKYO4416 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-21 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4417 |
ASO AND FUKUDA SOFTPEDALING REFORM, STRESSING [...] (C) Prime ministerial candidates Taro Aso and Yasuo Fukuda continue to support economic "reform." But both are putting more stress on "stability" in their campaigns and addressing problematic side effects of reform. Specifically, Fukuda and Aso are promising relief to rural areas and are payi [...] |
2007-09-21 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4419 |
FUKUDA WINS [...] (C) Summary. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda defeated former Foreign Minister Taro Aso to win the LDP presidency by a comfortable margin on September 23. The generally conservative, pro-U.S. Fukuda garnered 330 of 528 votes cast, showing wide support among both LDP lawmakers and [...] |
2007-09-24 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
| 07TOKYO4424 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-25 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4432 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OIL PRICES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-25 04:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4436 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-25 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4439 |
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HEADING TO BURMA [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka will visit Burma September 29 to October 3 and is willing to convey a message from the USG to Burmese officials, MOFA contacts said on September 21. Japan is "deeply concerned" about the recent crackdown, but is not planning to issue a public statement conde [...] |
2007-09-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA |
| 07TOKYO4442 |
U.S./JAPAN DISCUSSIONS ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND [...] (SBU) A U.S. delegation led by DOE Deputy Under Secretary for Counterterrorism Steven Aoki, met July 18-19 with a Japanese interagency group headed by Takeshi Nakane, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department. The Japanese side consis [...] |
2007-09-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KHLS TRGY JA |
| 07TOKYO4446 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-26 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4452 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLIMATE CHANGE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-26 06:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4462 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4466 |
NEW PRIME MINISTER FUKUDA LEAVES CABINET LARGELY [...] (C) Yasuo Fukuda was officially elected Japan,s Prime Minister on September 26 and announced his cabinet late the same day. Because the Diet is already in session -- leaving little time to prepare for interpellations -- Fukuda opted to keep 13 of the 17 ministers from former Prime Minister Shi [...] |
2007-09-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4467 |
GOJ CONCERNED OVER OEF REFUELING ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: MOD Administrative Vice Minister Kohei Masuda called in DCM September 26 to express the GOJ's concerns over several press reports, attributed to U.S. sources, that assert that Japanese fuel provided for use in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) has been used by the U.S. Navy for ot [...] |
2007-09-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4468 |
NEW LDP EXECUTIVE LINEUP [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda selected four senior faction leaders on September 23 to assist him in unifying the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), countering the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and preparing for the next Lower House election. The appointments are generally s [...] |
2007-09-26 10:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
| 07TOKYO4474 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/27/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-27 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO448 |
MOFA PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON CEBU ECON OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The endorsement of Japan's proposal for an academic study of a free trade area including the 10 ASEAN states along with Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and India at the January 15 East Asian Summit was a better outcome than had been expected, according to an [...] |
2007-02-01 01:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN ECON PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4481 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN BURMA [...] "Burmese Junta in Stalemate" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (9/27): "Massive rallies have been taking place day after day in Burma to protest the junta's oppressive rule. Given the military regime's strict control, the demonstrations are a bold act. The junta's rule has continued f [...] |
2007-09-27 02:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO449 |
JAPAN,S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minster Taro Aso's January 9-14 trip to Eastern Europe demonstrated Japan's increasing global focus, said a MOFA official during a January 16 meeting. In addition to promoting stability via economic development and exchanges, Japan took advantage of the trip to build supp [...] |
2007-02-01 01:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BU HU LO RO JA |
| 07TOKYO450 |
JAPAN GINGERLY SEEKS NEW ECON TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: Japan sees little prospect for substantial improvement in its official relations with South Korea in the near term because of the attitudes of the present Korean administration, according to a senior official of the Asia Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Th [...] |
2007-02-01 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL JA CH KS |
| 07TOKYO452 |
MEDIA REACTION - DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA'S [...] "The Responsibility of Defense Minister Kyuma" Guest commentator Naoyuki Agawa, a Keio University professor and former minister at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, wrote in the conservative Sankei (2/1): "...Meeting the press on January 24 at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Defense [...] |
2007-02-01 03:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4528 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-27 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4533 |
AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER [...] Nearly one hundred guests attended the Ambassador's annual Iftar dinner, hosted at the residence on September 20. The guest list included Ambassadors and chiefs of missions from Islamic nations and their spouses, members of Tokyo's small Muslim community, and Japanese academics who specialize [...] |
2007-09-27 22:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL ODIP JA |
| 07TOKYO454 |
METI TO REVIEW SECURITY CRITERIA FOR FDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has established an outside study group to recommend possible revisions to the law that governs those sectors in which foreign direct investment (FDI) requires prior government notification and approval. The study group's ideas w [...] |
2007-02-01 03:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PARM JA |
| 07TOKYO4542 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4545 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN BURMA [...] "High Time for Burma to Democratize" The conservative Sankei editorialized (9/28): "The Burmese junta may be worried that more demonstrations will lead to its collapse. But if it continues its oppression, its rule will eventually wither in the face of the people's opposition and pressure from [...] |
2007-09-28 01:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4551 |
REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...] |
2007-09-28 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA |
| 07TOKYO4552 |
The Japan Economic Scope--September 27, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 27, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Political 3. New PM Fukuda Keeps Economic Team Intact 4. Less Uncertainty in Japan's Trade Team 5. Fukuda's Campaign Pledges Squishy on Reform ( International Interrelations 6. [...] |
2007-09-28 07:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO4555 |
$3 TRILLION FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: JAPAN POST [...] (C) Japan Post -- an institution with assets comparable to the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization October 1. The privatization directly affects U.S. commercial interests in banking, insurance, and express delivery services, and its sheer size means it is widely expected t [...] |
2007-09-28 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4556 |
JAPAN ECONOMIC AGENDA: FUKUDA STARTS WITH DOMESTIC [...] (C) Japan's new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has kept the Abe administration's economic team largely intact, but there are indications that policy focus has shifted toward domestic pocketbook issues. Former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki's appointment suggests a commitment to fiscal restra [...] |
2007-09-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4557 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4558 |
JAPAN APPROVES PDG DECLARATION OF PRINCIPALS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM OAS JA |
| 07TOKYO4559 |
JAPANESE READOUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was very pleased with the outcomes of both the Iraq and Afghanistan High-Level Meetings held in New York September 22-23. Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) decided at the last moment to attend, despite the fact the meetings took place at the [...] |
2007-09-28 08:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IZ JA |
| 07TOKYO456 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THY M. NGUYEN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 06 - May 03, 2007 visit to Japan by Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Foreign Affairs Officer Thy M. Nguyen. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached [...] |
2007-02-01 03:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4560 |
JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT GAER FOR UNCAT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC JA |
| 07TOKYO4561 |
JAPAN TO PLAY A PASSIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4563 |
JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE ON BURMA UNLIKELY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Tokyo is publicly condemning the violent government crackdown on demonstrators in Burma and is urging Burmese leaders to "exercise restraint," but has no plans to change its foreign policy strategy on Burma, [...] |
2007-09-28 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA |
| 07TOKYO4564 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 6-13, 2007 visit to Japan by CODEL Inouye. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Raymond Greene. Administrative points of contact are Political Officer John Nylin and Management Officer Peter Hayde [...] |
2007-09-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA AMGT AFIN ASEC PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4567 |
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS IRANIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) pressed Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki, at a meeting on September 22 in New York, to comply with United Nations sanctions and cease uranium enrichment. Machimura also rejected as "unrealistic" [...] |
2007-09-30 22:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ JA |
| 07TOKYO4570 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-01 01:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4574 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] "Vague Accord Will Create Problems for Future" The conservative Sankei editorialized (10/1): "There is a high possibility that the provisional six-party deal will create problems for the future, given that the definition of disablement, as well as its scope and procedures, remains vague and li [...] |
2007-10-01 02:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4579 |
JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period from May 24 to September 27. MHLW to Approve Sale of New H5N1 Vaccine for Humans 2. An advisory panel to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on September 1 confirmed the safety [...] |
2007-10-01 05:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
| 07TOKYO458 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND JOHN GEIS [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 02 -05, 2007, visit to Japan by OASD, East Asia John Hill and John Geis. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: [...] |
2007-02-01 03:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4588 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4596 |
PM/SNA AMBASSADOR MCDONALD'S MEETINGS ON SMA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 25 visit by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Jackson McDonald, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials rejected the U.S. proposal for a three-year roll-over of the current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) governing USD 1.1 bill [...] |
2007-10-02 00:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4599 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEAN VAUGHN AND KEFF CARTER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 9-12, 2007 visit to Japan by Dean Vaughn and Keff Carter. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 [...] |
2007-10-02 00:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4601 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-02 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO461 |
JAPAN'S RESPONSE: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] On February 1, ESToff delivered reftel demarche to Principal Deputy Director Nobuharu Imanishi and Officer Masamichi Ito in MOFA's Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division. Imanishi said that he would share the demarche with other officials for interagency coordination. He reported [...] |
2007-02-01 06:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC EIND |
| 07TOKYO4617 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 3-4, 2007 visit to Japan by David Sedney. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobile phone: 81-9 [...] |
2007-10-02 04:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4633 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/07 [...] MSDF operations will be limited to oil and water supply. Search and rescue operations and rescuing victims will not be stipulated. 2. The MSDF will conduct operations based on UN Security Council Resolution 1776 that expressed appreciation for the Maritime Interdiction Operation by the US-led [...] |
2007-10-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4634 |
JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE [...] (C) The Japanese Government is waiting for a readout from Deputy Foreign Minister Yabunaka's September 30-October 2 Burma trip before deciding whether to adopt new measures to increase pressure on the Rangoon authorities, VFM Yachi told the Charge October 2. It is unlikely Yabunaka will be abl [...] |
2007-10-02 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM JA |
| 07TOKYO4635 |
PM FUKUDA AIMS FOR MIDDLE GROUND IN FIRST POLICY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda maintained a conciliatory tone in his policy speech given separately to the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet on October 1. He touched on many of the same subjects raised by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three weeks ago, including the pension system, regi [...] |
2007-10-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JA |
| 07TOKYO4636 |
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER YACHI ON POSSIBLE OEF [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo and the US are working to provide Japan with the most accurate and up-to-date information on press speculation that Japanese oil contributions for Operation Enduring Freedom were used by the U.S. military for operations in Iraq, the Charge told MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Sho [...] |
2007-10-02 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4638 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-03 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4639 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT [...] "ROK Should Extract Denuclearization Pledge from DPRK" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/3): "...It is desirable not only for the two Koreas but also for their neighbors that Seoul and Pyongyang confirm reconciliation and cooperation and look for peace and stability during their summit. Alth [...] |
2007-10-03 02:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4645 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/07 [...] The aim is to eliminate as many obstacles as possible in pursuing Diet deliberations due to the dominance of the opposition in the Upper House so that a possible vacuum in MSDF operations as a result of failure to secure Diet approval before the law expires can be lessened as much as possible. [...] |
2007-10-03 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4646 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] "No Compromise on Nuclear Disablement" The liberal Mainichi wrote in an editorial (10/2): "The North Korean nuclear threat will remain even after the disablement of three facilities in Yongbyon. As these plants have already served their purpose, there is a growing view that their disablement w [...] |
2007-10-03 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4648 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4653 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] "Step Forward toward Denuclearization" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/4): "... US experts have come to the view that the level of uranium enrichment by North Korea has not yet reached a stage where it can manufacture weapons-grade uranium. This being the case, the disablement of three fac [...] |
2007-10-04 04:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4655 |
A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN VFM YACHI [...] (C) Summary. Japan places the utmost importance on the U.S.-Japan relationship and is firmly committed to the alliance, VFM Yachi told visiting EAP A/S Hill on September 26. New PM Fukuda,s first overseas visit will be to the United States, not to China or South Korea. Yachi expressed disap [...] |
2007-10-04 05:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
| 07TOKYO4656 |
A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN PM ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK must take concrete steps for the return of the abductees and provide a credible explanation for the purported death of each victim in order to demonstrate progress on the abduction issue, Japan's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue Kyoko Nakayama told visiting EAP A/S [...] |
2007-10-04 05:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
| 07TOKYO4658 |
GOING POSTAL: INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S LARGEST BANK [...] (SBU) Yucho, Japan,s postal bank, is the world,s largest bank, with total assets of 222 trillion yen ($1.9 trillion) and FY 2007 net income of 300 billion yen ($2.6 billion). As Yucho,s privatization began on October 1 (ref a), its sheer size and first steps into new banking businesses promise [...] |
2007-10-04 06:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPRV JA |
| 07TOKYO4661 |
PM FUKUDA PLANS NO SHIFT IN JAPAN POLICY ON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will not alter Tokyo's policy approach to Russia or the Northern Territories, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Russian Embassy representatives add that Moscow plans to continue its "two-track" approach toward Tokyo: 1) [...] |
2007-10-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU |
| 07TOKYO4666 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/04/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4673 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4674 |
JAPAN PREPARING NEW OEF LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing the text of a new Anti-Terror Special Measures Law to authorize the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) to continue providing fuel to coalition forces engaged in OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO). MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau D [...] |
2007-10-05 02:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4675 |
VICE MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS DATA ON OEF MIO [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense Minoru Terada urged the U.S. to provide detailed data on OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) by October 5 so that the Japanese government can respond to expected opposition questions during Diet Budget Committee deliberations set to begin on October 9. Durin [...] |
2007-10-05 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4678 |
END OF THE DIET SESSION NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has declared its intention to introduce a new bill authorizing the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of OEF. The introduction and timing of this new bill create the possibility that the current extraordinary Diet session will ex [...] |
2007-10-05 03:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4682 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 04:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER SA |
| 07TOKYO4684 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] "Problems Remain in Six-Party Agreement" The conservative Sankei editorialized (10/5): "...The latest round of the six-party talks looked for a detailed roadmap for implementing the 'next phase' actions. However, the joint statement announced on Wednesday lacks details, and it is problematic i [...] |
2007-10-05 04:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4685 |
JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...] |
2007-10-05 04:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA |
| 07TOKYO4686 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] "No Compromise on Nuclear Disablement" The liberal Mainichi wrote in an editorial (10/2): "The North Korean nuclear threat will remain even after the disablement of three facilities in Yongbyon. As these plants have already served their purpose, there is a growing view that their disablement w [...] |
2007-10-05 04:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4688 |
JAPAN ANTICIPATES INVITATION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Japan's Special Envoy for Peace in the Middle East Tatsuo Arima was very pleased with the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting, as well as with meetings with NEA A/S Welch (reftel) and NSA Senior Director Abrams, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki [...] |
2007-10-05 05:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JA |
| 07TOKYO4689 |
The Japan Economic Scope--October 4, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 4, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Reform 3. CPRR, CEFP No Longer "Wheels of Change" Under Fukuda Administration 4. What Kansai Business Executives Expect of the Fukuda Cabinet 5. PM Fukuda's Strong Initial Polls, "Th [...] |
2007-10-05 05:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO4691 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MICHAEL W. [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 9, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Michalak. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political Officer Marc Forino, Tel: (03) 3224-5467, Mobile: 090-5578-0102. 3. (U) Post understands that the meeting with Diet Member Shiozaki is [...] |
2007-10-05 05:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4696 |
JAPAN CONSIDERING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE, WARY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 06:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JA |
| 07TOKYO4699 |
JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...] |
2007-10-05 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA |
| 07TOKYO4702 |
U.S. STATEMENT ON JAPAN'S OEF REFUELING OPERATION [...] (C) On October 5 Charge spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai to discuss U.S. plans to clarify press allegations of misuse of Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) fuel contributions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). K [...] |
2007-10-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PTER JA |
| 07TOKYO4703 |
MIXED PRESS REACTIONS TO LATEST SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Official comments on the six-party accord and the accompanying abduction issue have been generally favorable, with Japan being satisfied that its views were reflected in the final document, namely, that delisting would be considerably difficult unless the nuclear and humanitarian is [...] |
2007-10-06 02:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA |
| 07TOKYO4704 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-08 23:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4715 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-09 04:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4717 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SITUATION IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-09 04:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4721 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07 [...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...] |
2007-10-09 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4726 |
JAPAN PLANS CONTRIBUTION FOR IRAQ REFUGEE SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-10 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IZ JA |
| 07TOKYO4732 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-10 02:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4734 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] "Prime Minister Should Swiftly Firm up Strategy" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/10): "The GOJ decided yesterday on a half-year extension of sanctions on North Korea. Such measures as a ban on the entry of the DPRK passenger-freighter Man Gyong Bong will continue for the time being.... It [...] |
2007-10-10 05:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO474 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4744 |
JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-10 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA |
| 07TOKYO4746 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO475 |
PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES, [...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...] |
2007-02-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA |
| 07TOKYO4766 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-11 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4768 |
JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS [...] (C) Burma experts in the Diet and academia are pressing the Japanese government to take a firmer stance against Burma's government over human rights violations. They are hopeful that intense media scrutiny after the death of a Japanese press photographer will convince Japan to ramp up its pre [...] |
2007-10-11 04:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA |
| 07TOKYO4769 |
JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS TO LOBBY AGAINST DELISTING [...] A group of "more than 10" lawmakers from the nonpartisan Parliamentarian League for Early Repatriation of Japanese Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea are planning to travel to Washington in early December to lobby against removing the DPRK from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, according [...] |
2007-10-11 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA |
| 07TOKYO4775 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-11 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO478 |
ANRE'S HOSAKA DISCUSSES RUSSIA, CHINA ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka accompanied ANRE Director General Harufumi Mochizuki on a visit to Moscow the week of January 29 to talk to Gazprom about Japanese companies aiding the construction of a gas in [...] |
2007-02-01 23:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU |
| 07TOKYO4784 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/12/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-12 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4787 |
The Japan Economic Scope--October 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 12, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Money Matters 3. Unemployment Post Slight Rise to 3.8% 4. Bank Sales of Insurance Advocacy 5. U.S. - Japan Investment Initiative 2007--Investment Seminar in Osaka 6. KIAC Welcomes [...] |
2007-10-12 03:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO4797 |
JAPAN: POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Thus far, Japan has taken a number of steps to influence events in Burma, including formal protests at the ministerial level. However, Japan can do more to signal to the Burmese junta that it is increasingly isolated. This cable summarizes Embassy Tokyo's view on possible next s [...] |
2007-10-12 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV PREF BM JA |
| 07TOKYO4799 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-12 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4800 |
JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGING BROAD SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Japan seeks a larger role in efforts to bring about democracy and respect for human rights in Burma, but realizes it lacks the leverage and influence necessary to bring about change, MOFA International Cooperation Division Deputy Director General Reiichiro Takahashi told Embassy Tokyo Aid [...] |
2007-10-12 11:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA |
| 07TOKYO4801 |
BILATERAL INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE ADVANCES [...] (C) The DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and the Tokyo-based Implementation Group (IG) have made steady progress on implementing milestones agreed upon bilaterally on August 3. The BISTF process is divided into three broad phases. The first aims to enhan [...] |
2007-10-15 00:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA |
| 07TOKYO4803 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-1 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-15 02:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4804 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2+2 TALKS IN RUSSIA [...] "Russia's Hard Line Pronounced" Moscow correspondent Seguchi of the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported (10/14): "During a 2+2 defense and foreign ministerial with the US in Moscow, Russian President Putin called for the cancellation of US plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eas [...] |
2007-10-15 03:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4813 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-2 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4814 |
JAPANESE THINKING ON CUTTING TARIFFS ON GOODS THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese Government officials report the call in former PM Mori's September 24 speech to the UN High Level Event on Climate Change, for countries to reduce voluntarily their tariffs on goods that can help cut CO2 emissions, is a move to get countries to act now against climate [...] |
2007-10-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV JA |
| 07TOKYO4822 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-16 01:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4823 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - Chinese Communist Party [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-16 02:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4829 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-16 22:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4843 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-17 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4846 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-17 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4848 |
JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura announced on October 16 that Japan canceled an estimated 552 million yen grant aid project in Burma to construct a Human Resources Center because of strong concerns about the human rights and democratization situation there. After briefing the Cabinet on [...] |
2007-10-17 06:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA |
| 07TOKYO4856 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-17 22:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4857 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-18 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO486 |
YACHI,S CHINA VISIT: NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's January 26-28 visit to China went smoothly and there were no surprises, MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Kosei Nomura told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer January 29. Yachi and his Chinese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, [...] |
2007-02-02 06:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS ENRG JA |
| 07TOKYO4863 |
LITTLE SUBSTANCE LIKELY IN JAPAN-CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The high-level economic dialogue between China and Japan, a product of former Prime Minister Abe's effort to improve relations with China, will likely take place in late November or early December, according to an official of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Th [...] |
2007-10-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ETTC KIPR JA CH |
| 07TOKYO4870 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-18 22:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4872 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY AND IRAQ [...] "Tension Mounting over Iraq" The conservative Sankei's Istanbul correspondent Murakami wrote (10/18): "Concern is mounting over the possibility of further destabilization in Iraq following the Turkish parliament's move to grant the country's army the authority to cross the border and attack PK [...] |
2007-10-18 22:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4879 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/19/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-19 01:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4881 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G7 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-19 02:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4883 |
WIREC: JAPAN UNDECIDED, SUGGESTS MINISTER-LEVEL [...] (SBU) As requested in reftel, Post contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) about GOJ participation at the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). According to Eriko Hamashiro of MOFA's Economic Security Division, the GOJ is unlikely to decide b [...] |
2007-10-19 02:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA JA |
| 07TOKYO4884 |
FINANCE MINISTER NUKAGA AGREES TO DISCUSS HOST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JA |
| 07TOKYO4885 |
The Japan Economic Scope--October 18, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 18, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Trade Forum 3. AUSTR Cutler Meets DG Otabe in Tokyo 4. US-Japan Launch New Reg Reform Cycle Fiscal Structure 5. Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy Influence Declining, Says La [...] |
2007-10-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO4887 |
DPJ'S HATOYAMA EXPLAINS DPJ VIEWS ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama gave his views on the July Upper House election, DPJ preparations for the next general election, the DPJ's handling of the current Diet session, and the new anti-terrorism legislation to an audience of journalists, businessme [...] |
2007-10-19 05:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO489 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 02 [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the period from January 25 to February 02. -- MHLW drafts guidelines for pandemic influenza -- 2. On January 19, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) submitted to an advisory panel draft guidelines on measures to be [...] |
2007-02-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
| 07TOKYO490 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4901 |
PANEL ANALYZES FUKUDA, JAPANESE POLITICS, REGIONAL [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Japanese politics were two of the topics discussed on October 11 by a Jiji press panel consisting of a politician, a bureaucrat, a Chinese researcher, and a member of the media. The panelists also commented on the income gap and regional disparity issue, the [...] |
2007-10-19 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4902 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/19/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-19 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4903 |
GOVERNMENT SUBMITS NEW OEF BILL; MSDF TO WITHDRAW [...] (C) The Fukuda Cabinet voted to forward a new bill authorizing a continuation of Japan's Indian Ocean refueling efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to the Diet late on October 17. Maritime Self-Defense Forces assets will be withdrawn on November 2, one day after the current law e [...] |
2007-10-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
| 07TOKYO4905 |
OPPOSITION DPJ STRUGGLES FOR CONSENSUS ON OEF [...] (C) Summary. Main opposition DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa has drawn heavy criticism over the past week, including from some members of his own party, over a series of counterproposals seeking to replace Japan's current support to Operation Enduring Freedom with some form of as yet undefined support [...] |
2007-10-19 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
| 07TOKYO4913 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4917 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 02:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4925 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4926 |
AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER ON OEF, ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized that his top priority is to increase public support for extending the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) refueling operation in the Indian Ocean during a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18. Ishiba said that extending the MSDF miss [...] |
2007-10-22 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 07TOKYO4927 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 29-November 1, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Alexander Arvizu. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3 [...] |
2007-10-22 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4931 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/23/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-23 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO495 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-02 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4950 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-23 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4951 |
BURMA: JAPANESE ASSISTANCE FOR POLICE TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. Japan has no bilateral programs involving Burmese police, but has included Burmese representatives in widely attended multilateral seminars and training on the Japanese "koban" system and combatting drug crime. Japan currently has no legal restrictions on Burmese participation i [...] |
2007-10-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM JA BM |
| 07TOKYO4953 |
ADVOCATING FOR TIP VICTIM IDENTIFICATION [...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met October 18 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss formal procedures for identifying victims of human trafficking. In proposing steps that Japan could take in this regard, Embassy Political Officer delivered R [...] |
2007-10-23 22:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA |
| 07TOKYO4954 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-24 01:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4956 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NEW LEADERSHIP LINEUP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-24 02:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO4966 |
OUTLOOK GRIM FOR OEF BILL, AS MOD SCANDALS PUT [...] (C) Summary. Revelations of two Ministry of Defense-related scandals, emerging just as the Diet was scheduled to finally take up deliberations on new legislation to reauthorize Japanese refueling efforts in the Indian Ocean, are threatening to derail the ruling coalition's efforts to extend [...] |
2007-10-24 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
| 07TOKYO4967 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-24 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO4968 |
JAPAN WILL DECIDE UNIAAC VOTE AT THE LAST MINUTE [...] This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 22 to MOFA UN Planning and Administration Division Principal Deputy Director Kenichi Matsuda. Matsuda said that Japan would "carefully consider" Mr Walke [...] |
2007-10-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA JA |
| 07TOKYO4969 |
JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP, DEPENDS ON PM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-24 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MG JA |
| 07TOKYO497 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND SPECIAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 05-07, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill and Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...] |
2007-02-02 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL CH KS JA |
| 07TOKYO4970 |
JAPAN'S STRATEGY FOR THE THRID COMMITTEE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 21 and followed up October 22 with MOFA Human Rights Division Pricipal Deputy Director Takako Ito. Ito gave the following outline of Japan's strateg [...] |
2007-10-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN KTIA JA |
| 07TOKYO4971 |
JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-24 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BO IR KNNP PREL IAEA USUN JA |
| 07TOKYO4976 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-25 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO498 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES ZUMWALT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 11-19, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP/J Director James Zumwalt. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...] |
2007-02-02 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO4980 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-25 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO499 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 07-09, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Of [...] |
2007-02-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL BM ID RP SG TH WHO |
| 07TOKYO4993 |
AMBASSADOR LAYS OUT SMA POSITION WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Action request contained in Para 6 2. (C) Summary: During an October 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, the Ambassador rejected Japan's proposal to make sharp cuts in the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) covering 1.15 billion in Japanese Host Nation Support (HNS) for U.S. [...] |
2007-10-25 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
| 07TOKYO4994 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-25 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ETRD BM JA |
| 07TOKYO5 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-03 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO500 |
JAPAN NEGOTIATING TO RESUME ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is engaged in discussions with the Syrian Ministry of Transport and the Latakia Port General Company about entering into a technical assistance agreement to provide training and equipment to upgrade cargo handling facilities at the [...] |
2007-02-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL EAID PTER SY JA |
| 07TOKYO5002 |
SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) met October 9 and 10 with senior Japanese Diet members. Senator Inouye told his interlocutors the U.S. Senate is working to pass a resolution to form a U.S.-Japan interparliamentary forum, which would be the official means of communication between [...] |
2007-10-26 00:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OREP MARR JA |
| 07TOKYO5003 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5018 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5019 |
RUSSIAN FM LAVROV MEETING WITH JAPAN FM KOMURA: [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Moscow made no progress toward resolving the Northern Territories issue during Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's October 23 visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Embassy Tokyo on October 25. Lavrov expressed concern about U.S.-Japan missile defense cooperation and BMD deployment [...] |
2007-10-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU |
| 07TOKYO5020 |
JAPAN'S SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. Japan extended sanctions originally imposed against the DPRK following the DPRK's 2006 missile and nuclear tests by six months on October 10. The sanctions are aimed at limiting trade and financial flows to the DPRK, while sending a strong public message to Pyongyang about the ab [...] |
2007-10-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC EFIS ETRD JA KN |
| 07TOKYO5021 |
DIET LEAGUE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Lawmakers from a nonpartisan group supporting the democratization of Burma plan to submit a resolution to the Diet over the next few weeks to condemn the recent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urge dialogue between the Burmese government and the opposition. The Diet members [...] |
2007-10-26 09:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM JA |
| 07TOKYO5024 |
PILOTS CONVEY CONCERNS ABOUT JALWAYS-DOD JET INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On October 26, Econoff met with the Japan Federation of Aviation Workers' Union (JFAU) Chairman Hiroya Yamaguchi to receive a letter to the Ambassador conveying the union's concerns about an August 8 incident involving a U.S. military jet and a JALways commercial airliner near Guam. Yam [...] |
2007-10-28 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECOM MARR JA |
| 07TOKYO5025 |
The Japan Economic Scope--October 25, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 25, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Financial News 3. Recent Major Economic Indicators 4. Public Pension Fund Goes Small Cap for Big Returns 5. GOJ's Six Fiscal Projections Point to Consumption Tax Hike Transportatio [...] |
2007-10-29 00:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 07TOKYO5028 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-29 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5031 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] "What Happened to Syria-DPRK Connection?" The Liberal Mainichi wrote (10/29): "The US has decided to slap additional sanctions on Iran for its continued uranium enrichment.... The US has also claimed that Iran has been supplying arms to the Taliban and to Shiite militias in Iraq. However, Iran [...] |
2007-10-29 05:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO5032 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-29 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5034 |
NGO'S OUTLINE DEFININTION OF PROGRESS ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Japan must receive a clear statement from Kim Jong-il that North Korea will return all the abductees, release some of the victims it still holds, and start negotiations with Japan on the process of accounting for the others in order for Tokyo to achieve "progress" on the abductio [...] |
2007-10-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
| 07TOKYO5035 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) This is an action message. Action request contained in paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will continue to monitor the situation in Burma closely and is committed to fully cooperating with UN Burma Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Atsushi Kuwaba [...] |
2007-10-29 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BM JA |
| 07TOKYO5036 |
JAPAN SUPPORTS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MIROSLAV LAJCAK [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-29 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK NATO JA |
| 07TOKYO5038 |
Japan-Germany to Expand IPR Cooperation [...] (U) On October 19 Japan announced a pilot program with Germany under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). The program, which will start in March 2008, extends to four the number of countries with which Japan has such agreements. The other countries already piloting PPH agreements with Japan [...] |
2007-10-30 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR JA GE |
| 07TOKYO5039 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO504 |
MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Asahi front-paged the suicide bombing Saturday in central Baghdad, which claimed the lives of at least 135 people. 2. "International Community Must Tackle Issues That Cause Suicide Bombings" The conservative Sankei editorialized (2/5): "It is reported that mo [...] |
2007-02-05 00:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO5043 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5045 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 00:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5047 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY-IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 02:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO5055 |
CORRECTED TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY-IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 04:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 07TOKYO5059 |
FUKUDA FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR OEF IN FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda and opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa appear to have accomplished little in their first face-to-face talks on October 30, but did agree to continue talking later in the week, according to Embassy contacts and press reporting. LDP and DPJ party heads have held [...] |
2007-10-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
| 07TOKYO5060 |
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR MEETS IRAQI PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Ambassador to Baghdad Monji met October 25 in Baghdad with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to reiterate Japan's support for Iraq and to urge further steps to promote national reconciliation. MOFA sources state the purpose of the meeting was to garner publicity and to remin [...] |
2007-10-31 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JA |
| 07TOKYO5061 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 22:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5062 |
JAPAN RECONGNIZES PALESTINIAN NATIONALITY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CPAS KPAL JA |
| 07TOKYO5063 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5066 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL, EAP SPECIAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 2-3, 2007 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein, and NSC East Asian Director Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be [...] |
2007-11-01 04:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO5067 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 7-9, 2007 visit to Japan by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and party. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5325 Home phone: [...] |
2007-11-01 05:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO5069 |
JAPANESE HIV VACCINE GOES TO CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE U.S. [...] Japanese scientific and other press report that a Japanese consortium plans to begin clinical trials of its AIDS vaccine in the U.S. as early as 2010. It would be the first clinical test of a Japanese-developed AIDS vaccine. The consortium includes the University of Tokyo, the National Insti [...] |
2007-11-01 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA |
| 07TOKYO5070 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/01/07 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 07TOKYO5072 |
HATOYAMA APOLOGIZES FOR LINKING HIMSELF TO AL-QAIDA [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama publicly retracted his claim of having a friend who is an al-Qaida member and told reporters he in fact did not have prior knowledge of the October 2002 Bali bombings. Hatoyama explained that a "friend of a friend" is a member of al-Qaida - whom h [...] |
2007-11-01 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER |