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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08TOKYO1825 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU UNIFICATION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included an Asahi interview with Russian President Medvedev, during which he reportedly expressed his determination to settle Russia's territorial dispute with Japan. 2. "France Should Set Course for EU Unity" The liberal Mainichi editorialized [...] |
2008-07-03 02:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1828 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO183 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the finding that GM remained the world's largest auto manufacturer, edging Toyota in global sales. 2. "Dark Clouds Hanging over U.S. Economy" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/24): "If the fall in housing prices in the U.S. comes to a [...] |
2008-01-24 04:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1834 |
G8, G8+3 ENERGY MINISTERIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives from the G8 countries as well as from China, India, and Korea gathered for the G8 and the G8 3 Energy Ministerials in Aomori, Japan, June 8. During the G8-only ministerial, participants reviewed reports on progress made in implementing the St. Petersburg Global E [...] |
2008-07-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON OVIP JA |
| 08TOKYO1843 |
ABDUCTEE PARENTS MEET WITH THE AMBASSADOR AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 2 invited to his residence Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, parents of 13-year old abductee Megumi Yokota to discuss the recent decision to being the delisting process to remove North Korea from the Department's States Sponsors of Terrorism list. The Yokotas were acc [...] |
2008-07-06 22:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PHUM PTER NK JA |
| 08TOKYO1844 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 03:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1845 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top play to Sunday's summit between President Bush and Prime Minister Fukuda ahead of the G8 summit. 2. "Sunset of U.S.-Japan Relations under Bush Presidency" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/7): "U.S.-Japan relations under the Bush administrat [...] |
2008-07-07 03:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1851 |
JAPAN "STRICTLY" ENFORCING SANCTIONS AGAINST IRISL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 04:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP IR JA |
| 08TOKYO1854 |
JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO SHAPING POST-CYCLONE [...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered reftel points to MOFA First Assistance Planning Division Director Kozo Honsei. Japan agrees that the international community should continue to make clear to the Burmese authorities that further assistance will depend on full access, transpar [...] |
2008-07-07 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID BM JA |
| 08TOKYO1859 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1860 |
JAPANESE RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE TEAM RETURNS [...] (C) Japan dispatched a reconstruction team to China from June 20 to July 2 to assess construction assistance needs following the earthquake in China, MOFA First Country Assistance Planning Division Director Kozo Honsei told USAID Counselor and Political Officer on July 2. MOFA Southeast and S [...] |
2008-07-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH JA |
| 08TOKYO1864 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1865 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT AND ZIMBABWE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top play to the start of the G8 summit on Monday in Toyako, Hokkaido, during which African leaders urged the G8 nations to take action on soaring oil and food prices. 2. "G8 Summit Should Serve as Starting Point for African Self-Reliance" The l [...] |
2008-07-08 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1877 |
CUBA LOBBYING JAPAN TO REJECT HRF APPLICATION TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche July 7 to MOFA Global Issues Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Masatoshi Sugiura. Sugiura said that Japan is still in the "information gathering stage" of making a decision on the Human Rights Foundation's (HRF) appli [...] |
2008-07-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN NGO PHUM JA |
| 08TOKYO1878 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1880 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTCOL MARC CZAJA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 22-31, 2008 visit to Japan by LTCOL Marc Czaja. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunninig. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile phon [...] |
2008-07-08 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO1881 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD THOMAS G. MAHNKEN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 14-18, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD Thomas G. Mahnken and delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...] |
2008-07-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO1882 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-09 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1885 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent top coverage to Tuesday's adoption of a G8 summit declaration calling for a 50-percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 2. "Unimpressive G8 Accord on Emissions Cut" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (7/8): "... [...] |
2008-07-09 04:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1887 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-09 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1888 |
JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM JA |
| 08TOKYO189 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1891 |
VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-09 22:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR FAA JA |
| 08TOKYO1895 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-10 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO19 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-03 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1901 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to Prime Minister Fukuda's press conference at the close of the G8 summit on Wednesday. 2. "Numerical Target Disappeared Overnight" The liberal Asahi editorialized (7/10): "...Unfortunately, major emitters failed to set a goal that in [...] |
2008-07-10 04:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1909 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-10 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO191 |
JAPAN: ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, G8 PROMINENT IN PM [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda launched Japan's 2008 spring Diet session January 18 with a policy speech focused on livelihood and environmental issues. Laying out five policy principles, Fukuda stressed a "people first" agenda, including creation of a new Minister for Consumer Affairs and [...] |
2008-01-24 09:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO1914 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 803 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-11 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 08TOKYO1915 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-11 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1927 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories this morning included the resumed six-party head-of-delegation meeting in Beijing on Thursday, as well as Toyota's plan to temporarily halt auto production at three plants in the U.S. 2. "Do Not Compromise on Verification Regime" The top- circulation, moderate Yomi [...] |
2008-07-11 03:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO193 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-25 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1934 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1936 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD WILKES AND PARTY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 14-17, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD for Central Asia Bobby Wilkes, Director Operations Division at the U.S. Mission to NATO Steve Mirr, Country Director for Japan at OSD/APSA Jason Hamm, and Country Director for Afghanistan at OSD/ [...] |
2008-07-11 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO1940 |
GPOI UPDATE - JAPAN EXPLORING ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Working-level officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) believe Japan's contributions to peacekeeping/peacebuilding activities related to the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) can increase beyond current levels. MOFA will seek approval from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) [...] |
2008-07-14 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MASS JA |
| 08TOKYO1942 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-15 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1946 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers front-paged the GOJ release of a middle school textbook manual that effectively describes two ROK-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan as Japanese territory. 2. "Calmness Needed to Deal with Territorial Dispute" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (7 [...] |
2008-07-15 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1948 |
SOLAR POWER IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Solar photovoltaic (PV) power is poised to become a centerpiece of Japanese Government renewable energy initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gases and meeting energy needs. Increased PV use figures prominently both in the vision PM Fukuda publicly announced June 9 (ref) an [...] |
2008-07-15 04:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA |
| 08TOKYO1950 |
TCI HOISTS THE WHITE FLAG IN J-POWER CASE [...] (SBU) The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI), a U.K. hedge fund, announced July 14 it will not contest the GOJ's May 13 order directing it to halt plans to boost its stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power) (Ref A). The fund's decision ends a highly c [...] |
2008-07-15 06:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1952 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1962 |
JAPANESE THINKING ON UPCOMING WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI) DG for Multilateral Trade Ogawa met with EMIN July 15 to outline thoughts on the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting on the Doha Development Agenda. Ogawa argued the U.S. and EU need to help establish a positive tone at the start if th [...] |
2008-07-15 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD JA PREL WTRO |
| 08TOKYO1963 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1964 |
JAPAN-INDIA SUMMIT BILAT UNEVENTFUL; JAPAN STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: There was no set agenda for the bilateral meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda and Indian Prime Minister Singh July 9 on the margins of the G-8 Summit. The two merely exchanged pleasantries with Fukuda assuring Singh that the Japan-India relationship remains one of Japa [...] |
2008-07-16 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IN JA |
| 08TOKYO1966 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FANNIE MAE/FREDDIE MAC [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a downward revision of the economic outlook in Japan by the Bank of Japan, which predicted that this fiscal year's real growth rate will be 1.2 percent, 0.3 point lower than the previous estimate in March. 2. "U.S. Forced to Resort to [...] |
2008-07-16 02:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1971 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1978 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-17 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1980 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] Emboffs delivered points in ref to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Special Assistant Toshio Kaneko. Kaneko said his office will handle the interagency coordination and provide a response to Washington before the upcoming Board of Governors' election. 2. Additionally, [...] |
2008-07-17 02:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC |
| 08TOKYO1983 |
DASD WILKES DELIVERS AFGHAN OPTIONS TO JAPAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese officials and politicians indicated a willingness to consider substantial new financial and personnel contributions to Afghanistan in response to an updated set of Afghan options presented on July 15-16 by DASD for Central Asia Bobby Wilkes. DASD Wilkes' Japanese inte [...] |
2008-07-17 04:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV AF JA |
| 08TOKYO1984 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning include a "busjacking" by a 14-year-old boy. 2. "Temporary Fix Not Enough" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (7/17): "Will the financial instability in the U.S. be alleviated? Secretary of the Treasury Paulson announced emergency measures [...] |
2008-07-17 04:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO1985 |
TOKYO DECISION TO INCLUDE TAKESHIMA IN TEXTBOOKS [...] (C) Summary. ROK Embassy diplomats describe Japan's decision to mention the Liancourt Rocks in educational documents as "explosive." Officials in Seoul felt "betrayed" by the move, especially after ROK President Lee Myung-bak directly appealed to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to "hold back" on [...] |
2008-07-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
| 08TOKYO1987 |
ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS, JORDANIANS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians made further progress on Tokyo's "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" (CPP) initiative at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo July 2. For the first time the parties were able to agree on the text of a joint press statement which indicated the [...] |
2008-07-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO JA |
| 08TOKYO1988 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-17 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1989 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-17 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC JA |
| 08TOKYO1991 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-18 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO1995 |
JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL [...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered Reftel nonpaper to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto and Deputy Director Kazutoshi Hayashi on July 16. Miyamoto and Hayashi thanked Embassy Tokyo and agreed on the need to [...] |
2008-07-18 05:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ARF ASEAN PARM JA |
| 08TOKYO1996 |
JAPAN RESPONSE ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] (SBU) Per request contained in ref, econoff contacted Global Gate President, S. Fred Kawashima, June 19. Kawashima said he understands ITAR and USML restrictions regarding his business and showed econoff the contract with the Ministry of Defense (MOD) for the parts listed in ref. The contrac [...] |
2008-07-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 08TOKYO1997 |
JAPAN-TAIWAN ECONOMIC TIES CENTERING ON [...] (C) Summary: Economic ties between Japan and Taiwan center increasingly on cooperative operations in mainland China, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts. The rapid improvement in the political relationship between Taipei and Beijing with the accession of the new Taiwan president took some [...] |
2008-07-18 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA TW CH |
| 08TOKYO1998 |
JAPAN URGES IRAN TO "TAKE SERIOUSLY" TALKS WITH [...] (S) Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae July 17 met with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi and urged him to tell Tehran that it should "take seriously" talks with E.U. Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana that will be attended by Under Secretary B [...] |
2008-07-18 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR JA |
| 08TOKYO1999 |
JAPAN PASSES MESSAGE FROM IRAN REQUESTING RELEASE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Japanese MOFA officials called on Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor to convey a request from the Iranian MOI Director General for Security that the U.S. release eleven Iranian nationals detained in Western Afg [...] |
2008-07-18 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF JA |
| 08TOKYO20 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with reports saying that crude oil prices soared to $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time. 2. "Signs of Decline in U.S. Power and Prestige as Superpower Seen" The moderate-conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1/4): "A sense of insecurity i [...] |
2008-01-04 00:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2000 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2001 |
LITTLE GOJ RESPONSE TO MASSIVE FISHERMEN'S STRIKE [...] (SBU) The GOJ has offered little in response to July 15's nationwide one-day fishermen's strike, in which about 200,000 boats from all Japan's major fishing unions stopped operations to draw public and government attention to rising fuel costs. Prime Minister Fukuda was quoted in the July 16 [...] |
2008-07-18 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS ETRD SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO2006 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-22 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2008 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA-TIBET TALKS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included the explosions on two public buses in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, on Monday that killed at least two people and wounded 14 others. 2. "Meaningful Results Produced at China-Tibet Talks?" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/22) [...] |
2008-07-22 01:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2012 |
JAPAN RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] (SBU) Per request contained in ref, post contacted Mitsubishi Cable Industries Sales Manager Yataka Suganuma on June 17. Suganuma told econoff Osaum Murata, the POC listed in ref, had been transferred as of April 1 and no longer handles this case. Suganuma explained Mitsubishi's role in the [...] |
2008-07-22 05:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 08TOKYO2018 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-22 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2021 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-23 06:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2022 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARREST OF KARADZIC [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a GOJ estimate that the combined fiscal deficit of national and local governments will amount to 3.9 trillion yen in fiscal 2011. 2. "Arrest of Karadzic Should Help Stabilize Balkans" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (7/23): "Fo [...] |
2008-07-23 06:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2029 |
METI STUDY GROUP CRACKS DOWN ON TAKEOVER DEFENSES [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Corporate Value Study Group (CVSG) has produced a long-awaited report on the appropriate use of corporate takeover defenses that includes a strong statement about the positive impact of M&A, even in cases of hostile deals, on cor [...] |
2008-07-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO203 |
CODEL TAUSCHER MEETS WITH DEFMIN ISHIBA, TALKS [...] (S) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation on Ballistic Missile Defense was the focus of meetings between Japanese Minister of Defense Ishiba and a Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Ellen Tauscher. In light of the recent successful test of a Japanese AEGIS system aboard the Kongo, Minister Ishiba [...] |
2008-01-25 06:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2030 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-23 22:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2032 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OSD/APSA PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 29-31, 2008 visit to Japan by OSD/APSA Principal Director for East Asia John Hill, OSD/APSA Country Director for Japan John Geis, and Joint Staff/J5 LtCol Leonard Kosinski. 2. (U) Control Officer for the Okinawa portion of the [...] |
2008-07-23 23:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2036 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-24 01:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2037 |
JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-24 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM KNNP IR JA |
| 08TOKYO2038 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND U.S.- [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the strong earthquake that hit the Tohoku area just after midnight. 2. "First Priority Must Be Given to Strict Verification of Nuclear Declaration" On the informal six-party foreign ministerial held in Singapore on Wednesday, the b [...] |
2008-07-24 02:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO204 |
JAPAN STRENGTHENING TIES WITH MEKONG REGION [...] (C) Summary. The Japanese Government plans to fund infrastructure and poverty reduction programs in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, including $20 million to develop poverty-stricken areas and another $20 million for construction projects on the two "East-West Corridors." Former Prime Minister Abe [...] |
2008-01-25 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH CB BM LA VM JA |
| 08TOKYO2040 |
METI'S NEW AGENCY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: METI's new Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Director-General, Kazuhiko Hombu, stressed a strong desire to work closely with the U.S. on energy issues, including in connection with climate change and other environment issues, in a meeting with emboffs July 22. Homb [...] |
2008-07-24 07:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2042 |
JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 31 - August 2, 2008, visit to Japan by Senate Appropriations Committee Professional Staff Member Paul Grove, Senate Armed Services Committee Professional Staff Member Kate Eltrich, and United States Marine Corp Major Benjamin Venn [...] |
2008-07-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2044 |
JAPAN PRESSES BURMA BUT EXTENDS ADDITIONAL AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura pressed Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win for progress on democratization and human rights when the two met July 22 in Singapore. He also advised Burma to cooperate fully with and not discriminate against humanitarian assistance workers engaged [...] |
2008-07-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KDEM BM JA |
| 08TOKYO2045 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-24 22:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2047 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-25 03:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO205 |
COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE REPORT SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: A high-level panel of foreign affairs and other experts has completed a first draft of a report examining scenarios involving collective self-defense -- currently considered unconstitutional -- and making legal and policy recommendations to address these issues. The panel, estab [...] |
2008-01-25 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS JA |
| 08TOKYO2050 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY FOREIGN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Friday morning included the arrest of a defense "insider" on suspicion of tax evasion. 2. "U.S. Should Consider Canceling Delisting" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/25): "What is common both on the nuclear and abduction fronts is that North Kore [...] |
2008-07-25 04:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2054 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2056 |
BOEING'S CONCERNS ABOUT ANA LARGE AIRCRAFT PURCHASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing is concerned about possible EU governments' intervention on Airbus' behalf in connection with future purchases of large civil aircraft by All Nippon Airways (ANA). Representatives of ANA have told Emboffs, however, that any such purchase should be based solely on economi [...] |
2008-07-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAIR PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2058 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-28 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO206 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2061 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SUDAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included the ongoing WTO Doha Round trade liberalization talks. 2. "International Pressure Needed to Stop Genocide" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (7/28): "The International Criminal Court sought an arrest warrant for Sudanese Presi [...] |
2008-07-28 02:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2065 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-28 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2067 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-29 01:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2069 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY AND CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave front- page coverage to Monday's flash flood in a river in Kobe that killed four people. 2. "Acts of Terrorism Fan Political Anxiety" The liberal Asahi's correspondent wrote from Ankara (7/29): "...While the motives behind Monday's series of b [...] |
2008-07-29 04:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO207 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND SRI LANKA [...] "China to Shift Economic Focus to Domestic Demand" The conservative Sankei editorialized (1/27): "According to Chinese statistics, the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) for 2007 increased by 11.4 percent from the previous year. Although Beijing has posted double-digit growth for five conse [...] |
2008-01-28 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2071 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/29/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-29 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2075 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2076 |
JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HELVEY, ABRAHAM [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 26-29, 2008, visit to Japan by USD Director for China, Mongolia and Taiwan David Helvey, USD Country Director for China Affairs Abraham Denmark, and USD Country Director for Japan Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the v [...] |
2008-07-30 02:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2077 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO DOHA ROUND [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning Japanese national dailies led with the ruptured WTO Doha Round trade liberalization talks in Geneva. 2. "WTO Led by U.S. and Europe Shows Its Limits" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Geneva (7/30): "...The fact that the Doha round failed [...] |
2008-07-30 02:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2085 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2089 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-31 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2091 |
JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Japanese participants at the 63rd UN General Assembly are undecided due to the unsettled domestic political situation in Tokyo, according to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. However, Takizaki said it is hopeful that both Prime Minister Fukuda and Foreign Mini [...] |
2008-07-31 04:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JP |
| 08TOKYO2092 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO DOHA ROUND [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included speculation that Prime Minister Fukuda will shuffle his cabinet next week. 2. "Don't Let Free Trade Float Away" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (7/31): "...The U.S.'s face-to-face confrontation with China and India, whose [...] |
2008-07-31 04:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2097 |
DASD MAHNKEN MEETINGS IN JAPAN ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning Dr. Thomas Mahnken met with Japanese counterparts from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs (MOD and MOFA), Cabinet Secretariat and the Japan Self Defense Forces Joint Staff Office (JSDF JSO) on July 17 to encourag [...] |
2008-07-31 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV JA MARR PARM PINR PREL |
| 08TOKYO21 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-04 03:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO210 |
COMMENTS DELIVERED ON G-8 NUCLEAR POWER [...] (SBU) Post delivered comments enclosed in ref on the GOJ G-8 Nuclear Power Infrastructure Initiative Draft Discussion Paper to MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Shoichi Nagayoshi January 28. Nagayoshi said his Division will consider the comments in prepar [...] |
2008-01-28 06:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL IAEA PARM JA |
| 08TOKYO2106 |
NEW SENIOR JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Environment's new Director General for Global Environment Tatshushi Terada and new Councilor for Global Environment Masaru Moriya praised the Major Economies Meetings (MEM) and inquired about next steps during a courtesy call with EMIN July 28. Terada said he appreciates [...] |
2008-07-31 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2107 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-31 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2108 |
JAPAN'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new civil aviation leadership offered no new ideas on civil aviation talks with the U.S. in their initial meeting with Emboffs. The GOJ does not plan to allocate Haneda Airport daytime slots to U.S. airlines. The GOJ, they reiterated, will not negotiate with the EU as a [...] |
2008-07-31 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2109 |
JAPANESE PUBLIC REACTION TO WTO TALKS COLLAPSE [...] (U) Summary: Japanese media and public reaction to the breakdown of WTO talks in Geneva has been mixed. Agricultural interests have expressed relief, while realizing Japan will be pressed to go further than they would like when talks resume. Business and the GOJ leadership, however, have exp [...] |
2008-07-31 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL WTRO JA |
| 08TOKYO211 |
PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] This message contains an action request. 2. ESToff delivered the points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Nuclear Cooperation Division officer Yukari Aosa on January 22. She had no immediate reply to the points on encouraging private-sector partnerships in t [...] |
2008-01-28 06:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA JA |
| 08TOKYO2110 |
JAPAN'S AGENDA ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The priority of trade liberalization in the future economic architecture of Asia dominated debate among the 16 country representatives preparing the Japanese-sponsored "Track II" study on a possible ASEAN Plus 6 economic agreement. Japanese participants in the study group ind [...] |
2008-07-31 09:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA |
| 08TOKYO2112 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2114 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-ROK TERRITORIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers led with Prime Minister Fukuda's decision to shuffle his cabinet today. 2. "U.S Should Provide Convincing Explanation" On the USG decision to reinstate an earlier description of the Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan as South Korean territory, the l [...] |
2008-08-01 02:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2115 |
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL [...] SUMMARY: This cable contains information on outreach activities to inform the public of ESTA from June 20 to July 31. END SUMMARY. 2. Mission Japan consular and DHS representatives conducted a wide variety of outreach efforts to publicize the launch of ESTA. After drafting a power point pr [...] |
2008-08-01 03:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA |
| 08TOKYO2117 |
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: August 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] The ESTA application system went live in Japan on August 1 and was available for applications in the morning. Embassy Tokyo used two passports for trial applications. Conoff and Locally Engaged Staff filled out ESTA applications using one Japanese and one Danish passport. Post's experience w [...] |
2008-08-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA |
| 08TOKYO2120 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2121 |
JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MIXTER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 8-12, 2008, visit to Japan by Staffdel Mixter. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone: [...] |
2008-08-01 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT ASEC JA OTRA PREL ID AS |
| 08TOKYO2122 |
JAPANESE CABINET RESHUFFLED: PLAYING IT SAFE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda August 1 announced a new cabinet and a new leadership lineup for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The new cabinet reflects a cautious balance of party factions that may strengthen Fukuda's base within the ruling coalition but will likely do [...] |
2008-08-03 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JA |
| 08TOKYO2123 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 01:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2124 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFTERMATH OF KARADZIC'S [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included a Nikkei poll showing a 12 point increase from June to 38 percent support for the new Fukuda cabinet following the cabinet shuffle on Friday. 2. "Karadzic Trial Significant" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (8/4): "The proc [...] |
2008-08-04 02:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2127 |
LEM SUPPLY COMPANY PRESIDENT DETAILS ON-LINE SALES [...] (SBU) EconOff visited LEM Supply Co. President Yada July 28 to brief him on the Blue Lantern end use check program and to urge complicity with the U.S. laws and regulations concerning equipment governed by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The company's address is 8-13-32 [...] |
2008-08-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 08TOKYO2128 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 803 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 08TOKYO2129 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2134 |
JAPAN APPROVES RESTRICTIVE BUDGET REQUEST [...] (C) Summary. Prior to reshuffling, the Fukuda Cabinet completed the first major phase of the fiscal year 2009 budget process July 29 by setting restrictive guidelines for budget requests from individual ministries and agencies. Under the guidelines, ministerial budget spending is estimate [...] |
2008-08-05 00:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA PGOV PREL |
| 08TOKYO2135 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-05 01:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2136 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA - ATTACK IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Xinhua report saying that Chinese security police received intelligence that the East Turkistan Islamic Movement was planning terrorist attacks in the week before the Olympics ahead of the attack in Kashgar on Monday. 2. "Concern abo [...] |
2008-08-05 02:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2138 |
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER FUKUDA SEES A "MORE [...] (C) In a meeting with the U.S. and Japanese astronauts from NASA's recent Space Station 124 mission, Prime Minister Fukuda, after exchanging pleasantries, brought up Russia. The Prime Minister asked the astronauts about their experience working with Russia, which they replied was very good, n [...] |
2008-08-05 05:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA RU |
| 08TOKYO214 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-28 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2142 |
KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Ahmed Al Sabah visited Tokyo July 26-29 in a visit that was described as very good by officials of both governments. The two sides issued a joint statement and signed two memorandum, one on conducting bilateral consultations, an [...] |
2008-08-05 06:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET ETRD KU JA |
| 08TOKYO2143 |
FURTHER VIEWS ON CSC AND NUCLEAR LIABILITY [...] (C) Econoff met July 30 with incoming Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Atomic Energy Division Deputy Director Taro Hokugo. MEXT's Atomic Energy Division is revising Japan's nuclear liability law and plans to submit a draft to the Diet by February 2009, [...] |
2008-08-05 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM JA |
| 08TOKYO2144 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/05/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2148 |
SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and, to a lesser extent, Central Asia are all actively on the Japanese radar screen. We are very glad you were able to reschedule your visit to Tokyo to discuss these pressing issues with your Japanese counterparts. On Afghanistan, you will find a g [...] |
2008-08-05 22:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL KNNP XD ZK JA |
| 08TOKYO2149 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/06/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-06 01:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO215 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-28 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2154 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST ATTACK IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning Japanese newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage to a series of sudden thunderstorms that hit Tokyo on Tuesday. 2. "Concerns Remain About Beijing Olympics" The liberal Mainichi's editorial argued (8/6): "...It should be noted that the terrorist at [...] |
2008-08-06 04:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2159 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-06 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO216 |
PERMANENT DISPATCH LAW: POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) The government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party continue to lay the groundwork for passing a Permanent Dispatch Law that would allow Japan to send Self-Defense Forces units overseas in support of peacekeeping operations, according to Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa, head of Japan's Internation [...] |
2008-01-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UN JA |
| 08TOKYO2161 |
JAPANESE PM FUKUDA HEADING TO BEIJING; TALKS ON [...] Summary: Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda will arrive in Beijing on August 8 to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao and will make a brief appearance at the Olympics Opening Ceremony before departing for Japan that same evening, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo on August 4. Japan [...] |
2008-08-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM CH JA |
| 08TOKYO2163 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-07 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2164 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA OLYMPICS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged the likelihood that Japan has entered a recession. 2. "Make Olympics Step Toward Open China" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (8/7): "During the Olympic Games, Beijing will be the center of information distribution, with journalists a [...] |
2008-08-07 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO217 |
DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES JAPANESE INTERLOCUTORS ON SE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese government officials and Diet members discussed Japan's relations with Southeast Asia and told DAS Marciel that Japan and the United States need to continue to work closely together to coordinate on aid and other projects; Cambodia needs to take more of an "ownership rol [...] |
2008-01-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID JA |
| 08TOKYO2174 |
GOJ LAUNCHES NEW SUPPORTS FOR FISHERMEN IN FACE OF [...] SUMMARY: Responding to fishermen's anger over higher fuel costs, the GOJ plans to introduce a USD 696 million emergency fisheries subsidies package starting August 2008 utilizing funds from the current Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) budget. A series of demonstrations and lobbying activities, [...] |
2008-08-07 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ENRG PGOV SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO2175 |
JAPAN "NOT COMPLACENT" ABOUT BID FOR NON-PERMANENT [...] (C) Japan is "doing our best" to line up support for its bid to win a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for next session, according to MOFA U.N. Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima. He refused to be drawn out on details or numbers, but said Japanese missions abroad are working in [...] |
2008-08-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR JA |
| 08TOKYO2176 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2178 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BEIJING OLYMPICS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with the official GOJ acknowledgement of the probability that the Japanese economy is entering a recession. 2. "Festivities Reflect Difficulties Facing Neighbor" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/8): "Its history of having been repeatedly invade [...] |
2008-08-08 01:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2179 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 02:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2185 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2186 |
REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...] |
2008-08-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA |
| 08TOKYO2187 |
JAPAN TESTING OF LOBSTER IMPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: This message updates developments concerning GOJ handling of imports of lobster from the U.S. and Canada, in light of FDA warnings about Atlantic red tide conditions and risks of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). To date, test results on all U.S. shipments have been negative, [...] |
2008-08-08 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD JA |
| 08TOKYO2188 |
METI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SHORT-TERM OIL OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been no new developments in the East China Sea dispute since China and Japan signed an MOU on joint development, according to METI Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Negotiations may resume in October. Hosaka also described his recent meeting in [...] |
2008-08-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL CH IR IZ JA |
| 08TOKYO2189 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (C) New Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito will represent the views of the New Komeito Party on climate change, which are more pro-Kyoto than those of the LDP or other ministries, according to Ministry of Environment, Office of International Strategy on Climate Change Director Hiroaki Takiguchi [...] |
2008-08-08 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG PGOV PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2190 |
MOFA WARNS OF POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ALLIANCE [...] (C) The U.S.-Japan Alliance would suffer lasting damage if the U.S. Board of Geographic Names were to relist the Senkaku (Diaoyutai) Islands as undesignated territory, according MOFA North American Affairs Director General Shunichi Nishimiya. Nishimiya told the DCM on August 8 that changes rela [...] |
2008-08-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 08TOKYO2193 |
WHALING COMMISSION CHAIR DISCUSSES UPCOMING IWC [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Dr. William Hogarth and Japanese Alternate Commissioner to the IWC Akira Nakamae discussed outreach to key IWC members, how the IWC Working Group meeting should proceed, and other whaling issues in Tokyo August 5. The Japane [...] |
2008-08-10 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV IWC EFIS PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2195 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA/OSSETIA AND U.S.- [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included another terrorist attack on Sunday apparently carried out by Muslim separatists on a local government complex in the city of Kuqa in west central Xinjiang, China. 2. "Prevent Conflict from Getting Out of Control" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun [...] |
2008-08-11 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2196 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-11 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2201 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2205 |
APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECT: JAPAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo believes Japan is an appropriate candidate for a future APEC food defense pilot project, but GOJ officials may not show much initial interest in sponsoring such an activity. 2. (SBU) Based on criteria listed reftel, we rank Japan's suitability high. U.S.-Japan food tr [...] |
2008-08-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO APECO EAGR |
| 08TOKYO2206 |
FIRST LOOK AT JAPAN'S NEW CONSUMER AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Japan's proposed Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) aims at revitalizing the Japanese economy through restoring and promoting consumer confidence in product safety and more effective enforcement of existing laws, according to a senior GOJ official who heads the office charged with sta [...] |
2008-08-11 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO2209 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 01:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2214 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Russian ground troops' advance on Monday into the city of Gori in central Georgia. 2. "No Progress without Verification" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/12): "The USG has decided to postpone delisting North Korea as a state sponsor of [...] |
2008-08-12 04:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2215 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2216 |
ACCS KAWAI ON OUTCOME OF PM FUKUDA'S MEETINGS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR GG CH JA |
| 08TOKYO2219 |
OVER-REGULATION TAKES AIR OUT OF WIND ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A poorly-targeted subsidy and overlapping regulatory authority between the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) hamper Japan's wind energy market, according to industry sources. As the cost and approval-tim [...] |
2008-08-12 23:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO222 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-29 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2221 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-13 00:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2223 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the decision made on Tuesday by Russian President Medvedev to end Russia's military operations in Georgia. 2. "Russia Should Completely Pull out of Georgia" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/13): "Russian President Medvedev ann [...] |
2008-08-13 02:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2225 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2226 |
AMBASSADOR, NEW DEFMIN DISCUSS DPRI, OEF [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Defense Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told the Ambassador on August 12 that he will focus on winning local support for realignment and raising public awareness on the need for Japan's participation in the War on Terror. Hayashi said that during his August 19-20 visit [...] |
2008-08-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2227 |
JAPAN-DPRK REACH AGREEMENT ON ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japanese and North Korean negotiators have agreed to the basic outlines of a plan to move forward on resolution of the abduction issue and possible normalization of diplomatic ties. The agreement spells out the DPRK's commitment to conduct a full investigation into the fate of J [...] |
2008-08-13 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
| 08TOKYO2229 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-14 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2231 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included a White House statement urging Russia to cease its military operations in Georgia. 2. "Gesture Alone Will Not Be Accepted" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/14): "The governments of Japan and the DPRK reached an agreement to reinv [...] |
2008-08-14 02:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2236 |
JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 19-21, 2008, visit to Japan by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Mary Wilson. She can be reached at: Office phone: (8 [...] |
2008-08-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2237 |
BOUCHER FINDS GOOD PARTNER IN TOKYO ON INDIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher visited Tokyo August 7-8 to discuss India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia with a number of senior government officials. On the India civil nuclear deal, he was told that while Japan is "bas [...] |
2008-08-14 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2238 |
JAPAN: CABINET SHUFFLE NOT ABOUT ECONOMICS, SAYS [...] (C) Prime Minster Fukuda's cabinet shuffle was about politics, not economics, foreign and domestic business interlocutors told Emboffs in a series of meetings. In shoring up the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for the next Lower House election, PM Fukuda concentrated on balancing party [...] |
2008-08-14 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2239 |
BEEF SHIPMENT VIOLATES JAPANESE IMPORT RULES [...] (U) The Japanese Government has posted information on the Agriculture (MAFF) and Health (MHLW) Ministry websites regarding the latest violation of agreed rules governing U.S. beef imports. The event consisted of a 4.5 kg package of uncertified ground beef discovered within a larger 3.8 ton sh [...] |
2008-08-14 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR JA |
| 08TOKYO2240 |
JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S./INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) EMIN met with MOFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Science, Akihiko Nakajima Aug. 13 and delivered the points concerning August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting (ref). Nonproliferation Division Director Tomiko I [...] |
2008-08-14 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AORC JA |
| 08TOKYO2241 |
METI OFFICIAL DESCRIBES JAPANESE EXPERIENCE DOING [...] (C) While Japanese media have reported positively on high-level discussions between the GOJ and Middle Eastern governments, Japanese efforts to attract investment and efforts to negotiate an Economic Partnership Agreement with the GCC, the actual exchanges have been challenging, according to w [...] |
2008-08-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL BEXP JA IZ IR |
| 08TOKYO2242 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-14 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2244 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-15 06:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2245 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included press remarks on Thursday by Secretary of Defense Gates, during which he reportedly urged Russia to abide by its commitment to cease all military activities in Georgia. 2. "Implementation of Ceasefire Agreement Indispensable" The bu [...] |
2008-08-15 06:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2259 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-17 22:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2264 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-18 00:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2266 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SERBIA-AFTERMATH OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Monday morning included a meeting on Sunday between Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo in Beijing. 2. "Truth Should Be Disclosed for Ethnic Reconciliation" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/18): "Proceedings [...] |
2008-08-18 04:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2268 |
JAPANESE REACTIONS TO DOHA IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese business representatives and trade officials are disappointed by the failure to reach agreement on modalities for concluding the Doha Development Round, although agricultural interests seem relieved. Industry still seeks liberalization in key NAMA sectors, such as elect [...] |
2008-08-18 06:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL JA WTRO |
| 08TOKYO227 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS [...] LEAD STORIES: Five of six national dailies gave top play to the ruling coalition's move to submit to the Diet stopgap legislation aimed at maintaining the gasoline tax at the current level beyond April. 2. "Bush Keen to Set Path toward Addressing Global Warming" Public broadcaster NHK's Was [...] |
2008-01-29 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2272 |
HANEDA AIRPORT INTERNATIONALIZATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has concluded its first agreements, with Malaysia and Korea, for international flights into Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 2010. The agreement with Korea marks the first time the GOJ has allocated daytime slots at Haneda Airport for scheduled international flights under Japa [...] |
2008-08-18 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2273 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-18 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2274 |
JAPAN ANNOUNCES GEORGIA ASSISTANCE, IS CONSIDERING [...] (C) Summary: Japan will provide USD one million in humanitarian assistance to Georgia, the composition of which will be determined by the content of an upcoming UN appeal. Japan continues to call on Russia to abide by its cease-fire with Georgia and to withdraw from Georgian territory "outside [...] |
2008-08-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GG RU JA |
| 08TOKYO2277 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-19 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2278 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top play to Pakistani President Musharraf's announcement of his resignation on Monday. 2. "Democratization Should Lead to Stabilization" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/19): "...Musharraf's decision to head off political turmoil by resigning [...] |
2008-08-19 00:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2281 |
RIGHT-WING VISIT TO DPRK CITED AS SIGN OF WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Just prior to Japan's talks with the DPRK in June, North Korea granted permission for representatives of a Japanese right-wing group to make an unusual - perhaps unprecedented - visit to the DPRK for discussions on collecting and repatriating the remains of Japanese veterans from [...] |
2008-08-19 05:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
| 08TOKYO2283 |
JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 26-30, 2008, visit to Japan by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney, and Country Director for Japan LtCol Marc Czaja. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political-Military Affairs Officer John Nylin. [...] |
2008-08-19 05:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2285 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2286 |
JAPAN SUSPENSION OF INSURANCE FOR CUBA-BOUND [...] (SBU) Japan's top economic newspaper reported August 19 that Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), the GOJ-backed provider of international trade insurance, stopped accepting applications for trade insurance on deals with Cuba, prompting speculation about the future of Japan's Cuba- [...] |
2008-08-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EWWT PREL CU JA |
| 08TOKYO2287 |
AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTH [...] (S) Japan's failure to extend its Indian Ocean refueling operations in support of OEF would be a shock to the United States and others in the coalition whose forces are in harm's way in Afghanistan, and would marginalize Japan internationally, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka [...] |
2008-08-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PINR ETRD EAID EAGR RU IN GG |
| 08TOKYO2288 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-20 00:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO229 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2290 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included a NATO foreign ministerial on Tuesday, during which members expressed concern about Russia's continued military operations in Georgia. 2. "First Step Toward Democracy" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/20): "Pakistani Pres [...] |
2008-08-20 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2292 |
JAPAN'S SHORT-TERM ENERGY OPTIONS LIMITED, FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite political pledges to relieve energy price pressure on Japan's small and medium enterprises, fiscal constraints and oil supply limitations leave the GOJ with few near-term policy options. GOJ energy-related economic stimulus measures will focus on targeted incentives to bo [...] |
2008-08-20 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2293 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO230 |
JAPAN AND PKO: ONGOING AND PROPOSED ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Japan currently has 53 Self Defense Forces and other personnel participating in three UN peacekeeping operations around the world, and contributes election monitors and in-kind assistance as part of its overall peacebuilding strategy. The subject of Japan's role as a "peacebuilding nation [...] |
2008-01-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UN JA |
| 08TOKYO2301 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-21 00:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2302 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included the death of former Chinese Communist Party leader Hua Guofeng on Wednesday in Beijing. 2. "Russia's Continued Military Presence Should Not Be Allowed" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/21): "Does the Russian military really in [...] |
2008-08-21 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2303 |
SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S ATTENDANCE AT JAPAN'S G8 SPEAKERS' MEETING, SEPTEMBER 1-3 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-21 04:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON OREP JA |
| 08TOKYO2304 |
RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT [...] Ministry of Defense officials confirmed the details of the Nippon Avionics contract with us August 14. They said the items are for repairs and upgrades to equipment belonging to the Japanese Third Depot Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF). 2. Details of the two contracts covered by this licens [...] |
2008-08-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 08TOKYO2305 |
JAPAN OPPOSED TO SYRIA IAEA BOG CANDIDACY [...] (C) EST Chief delivered points in ref to MOFA Special Assistant for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Taijiro Kimura August 20. Kimura said Japan shared the United States' view that Syria was an unacceptable candidate for the IAEA BOG because of Syria's cooperation with North K [...] |
2008-08-21 07:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY AF JA |
| 08TOKYO2307 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2308 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-22 00:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO231 |
FEARS OF DOWNTURN IN U.S. SPARK CONCERNS IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Weakening economic data from the United States and global financial market volatility are sparking fears that a recession in Japan may not be far behind. In fact, Japanese economic growth is slowing, public and private forecasts have been revised downward over the past several [...] |
2008-01-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2310 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave prominent top play to the Japanese team's gold medal in women's softball in the Beijing Olympics. 2. "Russia's Continued Stationing of Troops Unacceptable" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/22): "Russia's announcement that it will continu [...] |
2008-08-22 04:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2313 |
JAPAN ISSUES ARREST WARRANTS FOR AMERICAN AND [...] (U) Tokyo Metropolitan Police obtained arrest warrants August 18 for two Americans, Jonathan Batchelor and Ralph Koo, and a British national, Daniel Bebawi, members of the anti-whaling NGO Sea Shepherd. The three are accused of "forcible obstruction of business" relating to their protests ag [...] |
2008-08-22 06:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS CASC SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO2316 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-22 07:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2317 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (C) Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials informed EconOff August 19 the U.S. exporter has terminated the contract corresponding to this license. The Air Self Defense Forces did not receive any of the contracted items, and so have not conducted maintenance activities. 2. (C) The c [...] |
2008-08-22 07:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 08TOKYO2318 |
MOD PUBLISHED BANNED COMPANIES ON THEIR WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told EconOff August 22 that the four companies that are banned indefinitely from selling to the Japanese Self Defense Forces were notified directly and the information was published on the MOD website. Additionally, Post found local press stories com [...] |
2008-08-22 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 08TOKYO232 |
JAPAN PM FUKUDA SHIFTING "SLIGHTLY" ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. The newly-established LDP Subcommittee on Korean Peninsula Issues, created by senior LDP members Taku Yamasaki at the behest of Prime Minister Fukuda, reflects the PM,s "slight" shift to a dialogue-oriented approach to resolving the nuclear, missile, and abduction issues, Diet co [...] |
2008-01-29 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
| 08TOKYO2323 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-25 00:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2326 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLOSING OF BEIJING [...] LEAD STORIES: Sunday's closing of the Beijing Olympics dominated front-pages of most Japanese dailies on Monday. 2. "After Olympics Come Challenges" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/25): "China's gold-medal-first principle of the state taking the lead in athlete train [...] |
2008-08-25 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO233 |
JAPAN: THE OPPOSITION'S GAS-FILLED RHETORIC [...] (C) Fighting to allow the expiration of a "provisional" gasoline tax (it began in the 1970s) and related tax surcharges will be the opposition Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) central issue in the current Diet session, DPJ Diet member Yosuke Kondo told Embassy Tokyo January 23. The party cho [...] |
2008-01-29 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO2330 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-25 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2331 |
JAPAN ECONOMIC SCOPE FOR AUGUST 22, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 22, 2008. Business -------- 2. (U) Honeywell International Files Patent Case with ITC against Four Japanese Companies Japanese media (and Reuters) report that U.S. technology manufacturer Honeywell International filed a ca [...] |
2008-08-26 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2332 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-26 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2337 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a consensus forged among ruling coalition officials that the extraordinary Diet session will convene on September 12 and run through November 20. 2. "U.S.-Russia Summit Needed" The liberal Mainichi argued (8/26): "Rather than leaving his s [...] |
2008-08-26 06:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2339 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/26/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-26 07:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO234 |
WHALING: GOJ FULL SPEED AHEAD [...] (SBU) On January 25, Greenpeace's vessel "Esperanza" ended its shadowing of the Japanese research whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean due to lack of fuel, a Greenpeace official in Tokyo confirmed. She told EconFSN the NGO will continue its campaign against Japan's whaling activities, but for [...] |
2008-01-29 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA |
| 08TOKYO2340 |
JAPAN CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo will continue to call on the international community to respect Georgia,s sovereignty and territorial integrity, foreign ministry officials told Charge during an August 26 meeting. Japan supports the EU-negotiated six-point agreement calling for Russia,s withdrawal, but is [...] |
2008-08-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JA RS GG |
| 08TOKYO2342 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2344 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR [...] LEAD STORIES: North Korea's announcement that it has halted nuclear disablement, as well as Russia's recognition of two rebellious regions of Georgia as independent states, received front-page coverage on Wednesday. 2. "Brinkmanship Cannot Be Accepted" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/27 [...] |
2008-08-27 02:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO235 |
RULING COALITION FLOATS TEMPORARY GAS TAX EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The ruling coalition has decided to submit a bill to extend temporarily the controversial provisional gasoline tax for two months, over the strong objections of the opposition. At this point, the opposition DPJ appears ready to hold budget-related legislation, including the gaso [...] |
2008-01-29 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN JA |
| 08TOKYO2351 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 07:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2352 |
NEW METI DIRECTOR GENERAL ON WTO, BILATERAL AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO2357 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2358 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Thursday morning included the discovery of the body of a Japanese aid worker who was kidnapped earlier in Afghanistan by an armed group, as well as a secret accord forged among U.S., European, and Japanese monetary authorities in March concerning the defense of th [...] |
2008-08-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO236 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-30 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2361 |
CHARGE TALKS BEEF, SELF SUFFICIENCY AND WTO WITH [...] (U) Summary: Charge D'Affaires Zumwalt met on August 27 with Mr. Yoshio Yatsu, a senior Diet Member in the House of Representatives and key member of the agricultural caucus. Mr. Yatsu reiterated the GOJ position on beef and conveyed his view that the WTO discussions must resume quickly in ord [...] |
2008-08-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON JA |
| 08TOKYO2363 |
GEORGIA: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION "REGRETTABLE" [...] (C) In discussing reftel points with Embassy Tokyo August 28, MOFA Caucasus Division Director Shigeyuki Shimamori echoed FM Koumura's statement August 27 that Russia's unilateral recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contravenes international efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conf [...] |
2008-08-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU GG JA |
| 08TOKYO2364 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2366 |
METI EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DUAL USE LICENSE FOR [...] (S) METI Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa delivered the following nonpaper in English August 27 and requested any USG response by September 12, the ministry's deadline to approve or deny the license request. Begin Text: We really appreciate your cooperation with us. We ha [...] |
2008-08-28 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ETTC KOMC RU JA |
| 08TOKYO2367 |
MOFA EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DDG ON JAPAN-RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) European Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General (DDG) Kanehara assured visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD)/East Asia David Sedney that Japan would continue to join the United States and the international communi [...] |
2008-08-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR RS GG JA |
| 08TOKYO2369 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2371 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the formation of a new political party by five parliamentarians. 2. "Do Not Make Concessions on Verification" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/29): "A closer look at North Korea's statement (on its halt to nuclear disablement) [...] |
2008-08-29 04:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2376 |
PRO-TAIWAN DIET GROUPS [...] (C) Japan's "unofficial" relationship with Taiwan has managed to thrive in the three decades since Japan's normalization with the Mainland thanks in large measure to frequent and long-standing contact between the Japanese Diet members and their counterparts in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan. Five p [...] |
2008-08-29 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW JA |
| 08TOKYO2377 |
JBIC AGREES TO RESCHEDULE IRAN LOAN [...] (C) The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has two advance facility agreements with the Naft Iran Intertrade Company (NICO), a subsidiary of the National Iran Oil Company. Under these agreements made in 2001 and 2004, JBIC extended loans worth $4.2 billion to NICO, and NICO agree [...] |
2008-08-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET IR JA |
| 08TOKYO2378 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2379 |
GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO TOKYO ASSERTS RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Russia's invasion of Georgia is designed to punish Tbilisi for efforts to move closer to the United States and to confront Washington by "fighting the U.S. in Georgia," Georgian Ambassador to Japan Ivane Matchavariani told Charge on August 29. The Georgian asked for assistance in [...] |
2008-08-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JA RS GG |
| 08TOKYO2380 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-02 03:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2381 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUKUDA RESIGNATION [...] LEAD STORIES: Prime Minister Fukuda's sudden resignation dominated Japanese newspaper coverage on Monday morning. 2. "Irresponsible Surrender of Premiership" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (9/2): "It is quite unusual that two Japanese prime ministers in a row, each of whom was in offic [...] |
2008-09-02 03:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2389 |
11 TRILLION YEN ECONOMIC PACKAGE: REAL WATER RUNS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the fanfare that accompanied the release of the government,s economic stimulus package, the consolidated impact of the numerous measures and initiatives will not be significant, suggesting that intent of the announcement was primarily for pre-electioneering purposes. [...] |
2008-09-02 05:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
| 08TOKYO2392 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2393 |
CORRECTED COPY: 11 TRILLION YEN ECONOMIC PACKAGE: [...] (C) Summary. One of the last acts of the Fukuda Government before the Prime Minister's surprise resignation September 1 was the announcement of a stimulus package designed to meet public concerns over the stagnating economy and rising food, fuel, and other prices. Initial assessments are [...] |
2008-09-02 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA PGOV |
| 08TOKYO2400 |
FUKUDA RESIGNS, WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR OEF, DIET, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda surprised the nation on September 1 by unexpectedly announcing his intention to resign in a hastily-arranged, late-evening news conference. Ruling party executives have moved quickly to set in motion plans for a new LDP presidential election, likely in the S [...] |
2008-09-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JA |
| 08TOKYO2405 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-03 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2407 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 805 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-03 05:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 08TOKYO2412 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND [...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave top play to moves within the LDP to select a party leader to replace Prime Minister Fukuda. 2. "National Reconciliation Needed to Restore Public Order" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (9/3): "Thai Prime Minister Samak declared a state of emergency i [...] |
2008-09-03 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2415 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2416 |
LDP SETS DATE FOR PARTY ELECTION, AS ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary. One full business day after Prime Minister Fukuda's surprise announcement that he will step down, his ruling LDP worked quickly to stem the damage and galvanize both party members and the public behind his eventual successor. LDP executives have decided to hold elections for a n [...] |
2008-09-03 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2418 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-04 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO242 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the ruling coalition's submission to the Lower House of a bill to extend by two months the provisional gasoline tax. 2. "How to Deal with Remaining Fissures" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/30): "...There were no sincere words [...] |
2008-01-30 05:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2422 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged moves on Wednesday within the ruling LDP to find and field candidates to challenge Secretary General Aso, who is seen as the frontrunner in the party presidential race scheduled for September 22. 2. "Russia Should Respond to Mediation by [...] |
2008-09-04 04:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2426 |
JAPAN TO STEP UP METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan has stepped-up its focus on extracting methane hydrate, an alternative gas energy source, with a target date of 2012 for trial methane production, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials and media reports. Reserves of deep-sea methane hydrate (a [...] |
2008-09-04 06:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV JA |
| 08TOKYO2428 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-04 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2430 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND [...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave top play on Friday morning to the growing likelihood that four candidates will run in the LDP presidential election on September 22. 2. "Turmoil in Thailand a Loss for All of Asia" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/5): "The political situation in Thailand re [...] |
2008-09-05 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2431 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 03:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2434 |
JAPAN ON EXPANSION OF AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Japan will support a call by Afghanistan at the September 10 Joint Coordination Board Meeting for the expansion of the Afghan National Army to an authorized strength of 134,000, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. However, Japan will ha [...] |
2008-09-05 06:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF JA |
| 08TOKYO2435 |
UNGA THIRD ASSEMBLY: JAPANESE SUPPORT LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan anticipates it will be able to support U.S. priority human rights resolutions at the UNGA 3rd Assembly at levels "probably no lower than its level of support in the past." Regarding the DPRK, the Japan's focus on bilateral talks to reinvestigate abduction cases, may effect [...] |
2008-09-05 06:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA PHUM UNGA |
| 08TOKYO2439 |
GEORGIA: JAPANESE COMMUNISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST [...] (C) The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) is "deeply concerned" by and "rejects" Russia's "hegemonic actions" in Georgia, calls on Russia to pull its troops out of Georgia and demands that Russia withdraw its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, JCP Diet member Akira Kasai told Embassy Toky [...] |
2008-09-05 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU JA |
| 08TOKYO244 |
JAPAN-CHINA PANEL SEEKS TO DEPOLITICIZE HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: The Japan-China Joint Historical Research Committee, formed in October 2006, will complete and publish this summer a two-volume report containing the views of each side on several historical periods from ancient times until the present. The goal of the committee is not to produce [...] |
2008-01-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH JA |
| 08TOKYO2441 |
UPDATE ON OCTOBER 22-24 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials met with EMIN September 4 to review planning for the October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo and push for senior USG (DOT or EPA) partici [...] |
2008-09-05 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON PREL ELTN EWWT EAIR |
| 08TOKYO2442 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2443 |
LDP SENSES OPPORTUNITY: YOSANO MAY CHALLENGE ASO [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of Prime Minister Fukuda's surprise resignation, there is cautious optimism in the LDP that their political fortunes may be improving. In contrast, there are worries in the DPJ that the LDP will use the September 22 LDP presidential election to cast the DPJ's "o [...] |
2008-09-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JA |
| 08TOKYO2444 |
JAPAN "NOT POSITIVE" ABOUT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA JA KV |
| 08TOKYO2445 |
GEORGIA LETTER TO G8 SPEAKERS ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Embassy of Georgia in Tokyo delivered the following letter from the Chairman of Georgia's Parliament under cover of diplomatic note. The letter was addressed to the delegations attending Japan's G8 Speakers' Meeting in Tokyo and Hiroshima, September 1-3. A copy of the letter has been [...] |
2008-09-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR OREP JA RS GG |
| 08TOKYO245 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2451 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-08 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2452 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with the disclosure by Treasury Secretary Paulson that the USG will use public funds to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 2. "Can Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Be Maintained?" On the Nuclear Suppliers Group's (NSG) decision to endorse the U.S [...] |
2008-09-08 02:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2456 |
JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-08 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR JA |
| 08TOKYO2457 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO246 |
JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period September 27, 2007 to January 30, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ------ MHLW: No action in response to 100th Indonesian AI death ------------------------------------------ [...] |
2008-01-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
| 08TOKYO2460 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-09 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2462 |
New Controls on Non-Listed Military End-Use Items [...] In response to Post inquiries about press reports concerning possible expansion in Japan's Export Control laws, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented the following nonpaper in English to EconOff on September 8. Begin Text: Bac [...] |
2008-09-09 03:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD KOMC JA |
| 08TOKYO2463 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - USG BAILOUT OF FANNIE [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included DPJ President Ozawa's effective election on Monday to a third term as head of the leading opposition party, as no one filed to run against him, as well as the official announcements on Monday by two candidates for the presidency of the [...] |
2008-09-09 04:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO247 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08 [...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...] |
2008-01-30 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2474 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2476 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-10 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO2480 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included U.S. media repots on the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Creating New Solidarity" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/10): "...Where has the worldwide solidarity created in the wake of 9/11 gone? The Bush administra [...] |
2008-09-10 03:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO2489 |
JAPAN ADVISED OF NEED TO CONCLUDE IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Bessho was advised by Charge September 9 that Iraq has decided to decrease the number of non-U.S. coalition partners effective January 2009, and that accordingly, Japan will no longer be required to deploy Air Self Defense Force (ASDF [...] |
2008-09-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IZ JA |
| 08TOKYO249 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. JCMB DELEGATION TO JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 03-08, 2008, visit to Japan by the U.S. JCMB Delegation led by Ambassador Christopher W. Dell. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...] |
2008-01-30 23:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2493 |
Japan Economic Scope for September 8, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 25, 2008 Food and Agriculture ---------- 2. (U) FM Koumura Pledges Continued Support For Afghanistan, after Death of Non-Governmental Organization Aid worker. Foreign Minister Koumura pledged Japan's continued efforts for Af [...] |
2008-09-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2494 |
SENIOR MOFA OFFICIAL DOWN ON DPJ PRESIDENT OZAWA [...] (C) In a September 9 dinner with the Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Bureau Director General Shinichi Nishimiya gave an overwhelmingly negative assessment of the immediate future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in the event opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Presid [...] |
2008-09-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | ||