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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 08TOKYO803 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO804 |
CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN'S POLICY OF AMBIGUITY [...] (S) Summary. This cable describes Japanese policy on cluster munitions (CM) and summarizes Tokyo's participation in both the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and the Oslo process. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) possess CM, and Japan has no intention of supporting a t [...] |
2008-03-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
| 08TOKYO809 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-25 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO818 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2008 OLYMPICS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Japanese dailies on Tuesday gave front-page play to the release of data on land prices by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, which pointed to a slow increase in the value of real estate in the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya areas. The dailies noted that the subpri [...] |
2008-03-25 04:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO82 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/10/08 [...] Include all major greenhouse gas emitters to reduce gases emitted from the entire world beyond the timeframe set in the Kyoto Protocol. 2. Make a flexible and diversified framework, giving consideration to each country's circumstances. 3. Give priority to both environmental preservation and [...] |
2008-01-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO820 |
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN JAPAN: THE AMBASSADOR,S MARCH [...] Summary: Something must be done to save children who are being abused everyday for child pornography, the Ambassador told Komeito Chief Representative Akihiro Ota on March 19. Questions about possible human rights abuses if simple possession is criminalized are not as important as preventing [...] |
2008-03-25 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO821 |
INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP TARGETS JAPAN'S DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no change in Japan's policy of promoting foreign direct investment (FDI), according to the Japanese co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG), which met March 17 via digital videoconference. The GOJ will continue to showcase Japan as an investment desti [...] |
2008-03-25 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO822 |
JAPAN: TEMPORARY TARIFF BILL PASSES LOWER HOUSE [...] (U) Japan's Lower House passed a bill March 25 extending for one year temporary tariff rates -- including beef and pork tariffs -- that would otherwise expire March 31. Covering 417 tariffs in total, the bill to revise partially the Customs Tariff Law would maintain the current applied 38.5 pe [...] |
2008-03-25 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO823 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-25 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO826 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-26 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO828 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning include the growing likelihood that gas prices will drop in April, as it has now become certain that parliamentary deliberations on the GOJ's omnibus tax bill, which includes an extension of provisional gasoline surcharges for road construction, wil [...] |
2008-03-26 05:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO829 |
JAPAN: DNSA PRICE PRESSES FOR PROGRESS ON DOHA AND [...] (C) During bilateral talks with senior Japanese officials and politicians March 19 in Tokyo, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price underscored the need for Japan to show more leadership now, particularly on agriculture, t [...] |
2008-03-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR PGOV WTRO EINV JA |
| 08TOKYO83 |
WIREC: FORMAL INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) As requested in ref, EMIN met with MOFA Director-General for Economic Affairs Yoichi Otabe January 10 to deliver the Secretary's formal invitation to Foreign Minister Koumura to attend the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Otabe appreciated t [...] |
2008-01-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
| 08TOKYO830 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPAN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. STANCE IN [...] (C) Summary: High-level Japanese officials reiterated strong support for the Major Economies Process and the U.S. approach on climate change in meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor Daniel Price in Tokyo March 19. All agreed on the need for each of the major economies to agree upon [...] |
2008-03-26 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG JA |
| 08TOKYO833 |
JAPAN REGULAR DONOR TO IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-26 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO834 |
WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-26 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PREL KWMN JA |
| 08TOKYO835 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-26 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO837 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-27 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO838 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the decision on Wednesday by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly's budget panel to inject an additional 40 billion yen into ShinGinko Tokyo, the indebted bank established at the initiative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. 2. "Politica [...] |
2008-03-27 02:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO839 |
LEGISLATORS EXPRESS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 6PT, LEE [...] (C) Summary. LDP elder statesmen Taku Yamasaki and Koichi Kato discussed DPRK policy with A/S Hill during a roundtable at the Tokyo American Center on February 21. In addition to Yamasaki and Kato, the meeting included other leaders of a Diet league on Korean Peninsula issues. The discussion [...] |
2008-03-27 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KN JA |
| 08TOKYO840 |
JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Section Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Deputy Director-General Masahiro Kohara on March 25. Kohara thanked Meserve for notifying Japan of the error. Econoff delivered [...] |
2008-03-27 04:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH JA |
| 08TOKYO841 |
SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...] |
2008-03-27 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JA |
| 08TOKYO846 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-27 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO849 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-28 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO852 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top play to a set of proposals made on Thursday by Prime Minister Fukuda concerning road-related taxes. 2. "U.S. Anxious about Relations with China over Unrest in Tibet" The business-oriented Nikkei's Washington correspondent wrote (3/28): "The B [...] |
2008-03-28 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO854 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND PROBLEMS IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front- paged the finding by Japanese police that a personal article belonging to a missing U.S. sailor was discovered in the car of a taxi driver who was stabbed to death in Yokosuka on Wednesday. 2. "Iraq War Altered World Picture" The business- [...] |
2008-03-28 06:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO856 |
OPPOSITION DPJ PARLIAMENTARIAN EDANO ON TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The Fukuda cabinet's response to the situation in Tibet has been unsatisfactory and their public statements on Tibet have been too weak, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) parliamentarian Yukio Edano told Embassy Tokyo on March 24. China needs to grant diplomats and forei [...] |
2008-03-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH JA |
| 08TOKYO858 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO859 |
ANIMAL CLONING UPDATE: FSC RISK ASSESSMENT TO BE [...] (C) MOFA's Second North Americas Division informed us March 28 that it is highly likely that the Health Ministry (MHLW) will request a risk assessment on the safety of products from clones and from the offspring of clones. The submission to the Food Safety Commission will reportedly be made A [...] |
2008-03-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD JA |
| 08TOKYO86 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-11 00:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO860 |
FUKUDA GAS TAX COMPROMISE FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emulating former Prime Minister Koizumi in facing down powerful interests in his own party, Prime Minister Fukuda put forward a compromise plan to resolve the ongoing gasoline tax controversy without securing the agreement of other Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders. The o [...] |
2008-03-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO862 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN D. HILL DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 3, 2008 visit to Japan by John D. Hill, Suzanne Basalla, Leo Kosinski, Wesley Ishizu, David Bice, Lynn Hicks and David Spasojevich. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He ca [...] |
2008-03-31 04:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO863 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND D. RICHHART [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 4, 2008 visit to Japan by Raymond D. Richhart. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 M [...] |
2008-03-31 04:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO868 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-31 06:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO869 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT AND UNREST [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to the police finding that a U.S. sailor hinted at his involvement in the March 19 murder of a taxi driver in Yokosuka during a phone call to an acquaintance that night. 2. "Absence of Some Leaders Exposes Schism" The liberal Asahi's Dam [...] |
2008-03-31 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO876 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-31 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO877 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] On March 17, ESToff delivered the points in ref to MOFA Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division officer Masahiro Fujikawa. The Foreign Ministry official appreciated receiving the non-paper on the Complementary Notes and the draft Host Country Agreement (HCA). Fujikawa believes t [...] |
2008-03-31 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KTIA CWC KNNP TGRY JA |
| 08TOKYO878 |
AMENDMENT COUNTRY-CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-01 06:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA OVIP |
| 08TOKYO879 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] ESToff delivered the points in ref, regarding the dual use item provision contained in UNSCR 1803, to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officer Isami Takada on March 25. The MOFA official appreciated receiving the non-paper and agreed [...] |
2008-04-01 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JA |
| 08TOKYO880 |
JAPAN: DIET EXTENDS TEMPORARY TARIFFS [...] (U) The Diet passed a law March 31 to extend "temporary" tariff rates -- including tariffs on beef, pork, and corn products -- for one year. The legislation passed after both the Upper House Finance Committee and the full Upper House plenary voted in favor of a bill that the Lower House appro [...] |
2008-04-01 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO881 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-01 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO882 |
JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of January 30 to March 31 2008. Japanese research team develops a new PI vaccine. --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. A Japanese research team has developed a new vaccine [...] |
2008-04-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
| 08TOKYO883 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's expiration of gasoline surcharges for road construction, noting that pump prices fell at a number of stations across Japan at midnight. 2. "'Six-Day War' Highlights Instability" The liberal Asahi reported from Cairo (4/1) [...] |
2008-04-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO888 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO889 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JOINT DECLARATION FOR [...] (SBU) ESToff delivered letter in ref from Ambassador Wolcott to MOFA's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Director Yasuyoshi Komizo March 31. On April 1, Director Komizo expressed appreciation for the letter and asked Post to forward the response in para 2 to Ambassador Wolcot [...] |
2008-04-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP PREL TRGY RS JA |
| 08TOKYO892 |
GAS TAX, SMA EXPIRE; "APRIL PANIC" OVERBLOWN [...] (C) Summary: March 31 marked the sunset of Japan's decades-old "provisional" gas tax rate, as the opposition parties rejected an eleventh-hour proposal by Prime Minister Fukuda that would have kept the taxes in place but would have made related revenues available for general use starting in F [...] |
2008-04-01 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MOPS JA |
| 08TOKYO894 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-02 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO895 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included plans by Japanese police to question as early as today the U.S. sailor whose credit card was found in the car of a slain taxi driver in Yokosuka on March 19 concerning his possible involvement in the murder. 2. "No More Indulgence Towa [...] |
2008-04-02 02:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO898 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-02 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO90 |
JAPANESE FRUSTRATED WITH SRI LANKANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned by Sri Lanka's decision to withdraw from the cease-fire agreement it had with the LTTE, and was surprised and miffed by this move, since President Rajapaksa had only three weeks earlier personally assured Prime Minister Fukuda that his government agreed a politic [...] |
2008-01-11 02:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE JA |
| 08TOKYO901 |
TOKYO GOVERNMENT PRESENTS YOKOTA AFB DUAL USE TO [...] (C) Summary. During the past week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) gave presentations to a number of commercial organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and an open Town Hall meeting at the Tokyo Hyatt Hotel. During these presentations, TMG speakers [...] |
2008-04-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 08TOKYO904 |
JAPAN: FUKUDA IN NO HURRY TO CALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has said repeatedly he will not call Lower House elections during 2008. A full political and diplomatic calendar, Fukuda's strong desire to preside over the July G8 Summit, the PM,s low popularity, and a reluctance to risk the ruling coalition's two-thirds majority i [...] |
2008-04-03 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO905 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-03 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO908 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a government simulation of the movement of evacuees in the event of a major earthquake in the Tokyo area. 2. "International Criticism of China Is Natural" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/3): "...Although the Beijing Olympics is just [...] |
2008-04-03 04:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO91 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID SEDNEY, SUZANNE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 13-18, 2008, visit to Japan by David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Russell Morales, Richard Weir, Leonard Kosinski, Richard Morefield and Peter Batten for the purpose of consultations with Embassy, USFJ, and GOJ officials. 2. (U [...] |
2008-01-11 04:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA KS |
| 08TOKYO912 |
JAPAN DISCUSSIONS OF TRILATERAL ECON TIES FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Japan's desire to leverage cooperation with the U.S. in dealing with China figured prominently in discussions March 27 between Japanese officials and visiting economic section heads from Embassies Beijing and Seoul. On climate change, for example, the GOJ wants U.S. assistance [...] |
2008-04-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EINV PREL ETTC JA CH KS OECD |
| 08TOKYO913 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO92 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the planned enactment of the new antiterrorism legislation today, noting that this will allow the GOJ to resume the refueling operation in the Indian Ocean in mid-February. 2. "Bush Should Urge Parties to Coexist" The liberal Tokyo Shimb [...] |
2008-01-11 04:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO920 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-04 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO921 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers gave top coverage to Thursday's arrest of a 22-year-old U.S. sailor on suspicion of fatally stabbing a taxi driver in Yokosuka last month. 2. "NATO Eastward Expansion Losing Steam" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Bucharest (4 [...] |
2008-04-04 02:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO925 |
TOYOTA SEES AN ALL HYBRID FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota plans to more than double hybrid vehicle sales by 2010, apply hybrid technology across powertrain types, and integrate hybrid systems into long-term R&D programs to develop clean diesel, synthetic fuel, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, according to executives at a Toyo [...] |
2008-04-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA |
| 08TOKYO927 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/J POL-MIL OFFICER DAVID [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 7-13, 2008 visit to Japan by David A. Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: [...] |
2008-04-04 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO929 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO93 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOJ INVITATION TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) EMIN delivered demarche points (ref) to MOFA Director General for African Affairs and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative for Africa Shuichiro Megata Jan. 9. Charge also discussed USG concerns over the invitation the GOJ issued to Mugabe to participate in the Fourth Tokyo Interna [...] |
2008-01-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID JA PHUM PREL ZI |
| 08TOKYO930 |
NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 795 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 08TOKYO933 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-07 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO939 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT, NATO SUMMIT, AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in London by a group of protestors opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, as well as Sunday's summit in Sochi, Russia, between President Bush and Russian President Putin. They reportedly adopted a n [...] |
2008-04-07 04:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO94 |
CHINESE 2007 ASAT TEST DEMARCHE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE [...] (U) This contains an action request in paragraph 3. 2. (S//NF) Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor delivered the message regarding China's 2007 ASAT test (reftel) to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs North America Bureau Deputy Director General Koji Haneda and Asia Bureau Deputy [...] |
2008-01-11 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC CH JA |
| 08TOKYO942 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 6-11, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Patrick Graff, and LtCol Richard Weir. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3 [...] |
2008-04-07 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO944 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-07 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO945 |
RULING COALITION DIET MEMBERS ON CHINA, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: China needs to increase its transparency and react calmly to the situation in Tibet, but its handling of the situation there should not be linked to the Olympics, influential ruling coalition Diet members told Embassy Tokyo over the past several days. While the Japanese Governmen [...] |
2008-04-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL CH TW JA |
| 08TOKYO947 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS TO DISCUSS CHILD [...] Summary: Our consciences demand that we do something about child pornography, the Ambassador told nine Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members during an April 2 meeting. Although some people raise questions about possible abuses of police power, the experience of the other six G8 countr [...] |
2008-04-07 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO948 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-08 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO95 |
JAPAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SITUATION IN KENYA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KE PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO953 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris by demonstrators opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. 2. "Outstanding Issues Remain" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (4/8): "The issue of MD deployment in Europe remains a ser [...] |
2008-04-08 04:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO956 |
METI SIGNALS OPPOSITION TO TCI INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) signaled again April 5 it opposes the proposal by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) to increase its investment in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power.) In January, TCI, which [...] |
2008-04-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO958 |
WHALING: JAPANESE RESOLUTION CALLS ON U.S. TO ACT AGAINST [...] Japan's House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries unanimously adopted a resolution (No.169-4) condemning the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and other anti-whaling NGOs' interference with Japan's research whaling April 2. The resolution, submitted to Foreign [...] |
2008-04-08 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA |
| 08TOKYO959 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO960 |
AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...] |
2008-04-08 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA |
| 08TOKYO967 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-09 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO969 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND OLYMPIC TORCH [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the informal decision by the DPJ to reject the GOJ nomination of former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Watanabe as deputy BOJ governor. 2. "U.S. Military Accepts Status Quo" On Gen. Petraeus's congressional testimo [...] |
2008-04-09 02:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO97 |
FM KOUMURA VISITS TANZANIA, TALKS ECONOMICS AND [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to highlight Japan's relations with Africa while shoring up support for the May 2008 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Tanzania January 4-7 (after scaling back plans to visit Kenya as well). Th [...] |
2008-01-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON JA PGOV PREL AF |
| 08TOKYO973 |
JAPANESE POLITICIANS QUIBBLE AS ECONOMY SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. Although signs are Japan's main political parties may have finally agreed on a new central bank head, there is little to suggest they are looking at indications of an economic slowdown. Moreover, rather than undertake or even focus on needed economic reforms, national politici [...] |
2008-04-09 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV JA |
| 08TOKYO974 |
JAPAN SEEKING TO DISCOURAGE MUGABE FROM ATTENDING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-09 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID XA ZI JA |
| 08TOKYO975 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-09 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO976 |
MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PREPS, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator Takehiro Funkoshi told visiting EAP/J Director that the four major political issues facing the upcoming G-8 summit will be Afghanistan, climate change, Tibet, and G-8 expansion. Japan plans to step up its engagement with Afghani [...] |
2008-04-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF AU KS CH TT JA |
| 08TOKYO977 |
BANK OF JAPAN: SHIRAKAWA AT LAST [...] (C) Japan's ruling coalition and leading opposition party finally agreed on a candidate to fill the post of central bank chief April 9, endorsing Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa. Shirakawa was named one of the two deputy governors March 19, and served as Acting Governor during the three week [...] |
2008-04-09 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO979 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO98 |
JAPAN NEW ABDUCTEE NGO CHAIRMAN HOPES FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The newly-appointed chair of Japan's leading abduction NGO expressed appreciation for the letter sent by President Bush to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in December, which NGO members believe would "raise the hurdle for the DPRK on the nuclear and abduction issues." He expressed hope tha [...] |
2008-01-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
| 08TOKYO983 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Wednesday's one-one-one Diet debate between Prime Minister Fukuda and DPJ President Ozawa. 2. "Don't Be Baited by North Korea" The conservative Sankei editorialized (4/10): "...Even after the U.S.-DPRK talks in Singapore, there is no cl [...] |
2008-04-10 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 08TOKYO987 |
JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ EXPANDED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the Iraq Expanded Neighbors Ministerial meeting in Kuwait on April 22 by Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While Matano and his colleag [...] |
2008-04-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JA |
| 08TOKYO989 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TOKYO99 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met January 11 with MOFA First Middle East Division Syria Officer Hitoshi Ishizuka to request a public statement from Japan in support of Syrian human rights and democracy activists and a call to Syria to release all detained prisoners of conscience, includi [...] |
2008-01-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JA |
| 08TOKYO990 |
EMBASSY AND USFJ DISCUSS OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to addressing cluster munitions (CM) within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) but may be forced to sign an agreement restricting CM under the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told E [...] |
2008-04-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
| 08TOKYO991 |
NAIG 7200: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR COOPERATION [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (S/NF) ESToff delivered points in ref to METI Security Export Control Policy Division Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and Security Export Licensing Division Deputy Director Furui Ryoji. The GOJ officials appreciated receiving the n [...] |
2008-04-10 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL JA KNNP MNUC |
| 08TOKYO994 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 01:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO100 |
TREASURY VISIT ASSESSES SEVERITY OF JAPAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan's economic recession may turn out to be longer and deeper than the U.S. downturn, Japanese government, academic, and private sector economic and financial experts told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. The Japan-based economic analysts explained t [...] |
2009-01-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
| 09TOKYO1000 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the death of an infant in the U.S. as a result of the H1N1 influenza, as well as yesterday's summit in Beijing between Prime Minister Aso and Chinese Premier Wen. 2. "DPRK Plays Up Crisis to head off UN sanctions" A correspondent for th [...] |
2009-04-30 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1002 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 827 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO1004 |
GOJ REQUESTS COPY OF U.S.-UAE BILATERAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, during a April 28 meeting with Econoff on other issues (septel), expressed interest in the status of the U.S.-UAE bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement. He explained [...] |
2009-04-30 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE JA |
| 09TOKYO1005 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/30/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1007 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 830 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO1008 |
MGSF01 APRIL 30 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Health Minister said Japan remains at pandemic alert level one and will increase the number of "fever clinics" within hospitals, bolster antiviral stocks, and accelerate vaccine production. The Health Ministry instru [...] |
2009-04-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1009 |
JAPAN, RUSSIA LIKELY TO CONCLUDE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Japan and Russia likely will conclude a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement in May during the planned visit of Prime Minister Putin to Tokyo. Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials and a Russian Embassy contact indicate an agreement is in the final stage [...] |
2009-04-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE RU JA |
| 09TOKYO101 |
TERRORISM FINANCE--GOJ RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PREL PGOV JA LE |
| 09TOKYO1013 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-01 00:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1014 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CHRYSLER [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the announcement by the Health Ministry that a high school student in Yokohama is likely to have contracted the new strain of Type A influenza. 2. "Has President Obama Taken Necessary First Steps toward Change?" The liberal Tokyo Shi [...] |
2009-05-01 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1019 |
CHINESE INFO TECH ANNOUNCEMENT, JAPANESE REACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Japanese media have reported extensively over the past week on China's proposed IT security disclosure requirements. While there is some relief China walked back from immediate implementation, Japanese industry remains concerned. Praising the effect of U.S.-Japan coordination to [...] |
2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINT ETRD ETTC JA KIPR TINT CH |
| 09TOKYO1020 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR STEPHEN W. [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 11-12, 2009, visit to Japan by S/R Stephen W. Bosworth, Ambassador Sung Y. Kim, NSC Asia Director Daniel R. Russel, and DPRK Desk Officer Amy Patel. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Marc Kna [...] |
2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
| 09TOKYO1021 |
JAPAN'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST ITS AILING AIRLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released its "Support Package to Strengthen the Foundation of the Airline Industry" April 10, a set of initiatives to assist Japan's struggling airline sector. The support package does not require Diet approval [...] |
2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND ETRD WTRO EFIN PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO1024 |
MGSF01 May 1 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: A four-month-old baby arriving at Yokota Air Base May 1 tested positive for Type A influenza. The baby is in isolation together with the mother at Yokota Hospital and is undergoing further evaluation and treatment. The case is being evaluated for possible H1N1. Thirteen other [...] |
2009-05-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1025 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1026 |
MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1 [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...] |
2009-05-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO |
| 09TOKYO1027 |
MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1 [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...] |
2009-05-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO |
| 09TOKYO1029 |
MGSF01 May 5 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed in Japan. A U.S. service member was under observation at Kansai International Airport May 5 after a passenger on the service member's flight showed flu symptoms. A Japanese woman who arrived from Los Angeles [...] |
2009-05-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1030 |
MGSF01 May 5 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of the novel H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed in Japan. A U.S. service member was under observation at Kansai International Airport May 5 after a passenger on the service member's flight showed flu symptoms. A Japanese woman who arrived from Los Angeles [...] |
2009-05-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1031 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAURA ROSENBERGER [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 11-12, 2009, visit to Japan by Foreign Affairs Officer Laura Rosenberger. Ms. Rosenberger will be traveling with S/R Bosworth's delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Marc Knapper. H [...] |
2009-05-07 01:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
| 09TOKYO1032 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR [...] (S) Emboff delivered ref A talking points to Takao Shishikura, Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 1. Shishikura said his offic [...] |
2009-05-07 04:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR JA |
| 09TOKYO1033 |
ACTION REQUEST: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT [...] (S) Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) , Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control Director Takao Shishikura and METI Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division Atsushi Tanizawa, delivered the following non-paper in English May 1 in response to ref [...] |
2009-05-07 04:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR |
| 09TOKYO1034 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE-ORIGIN [...] (S) Emboff delivered nonpaper contained in ref A to Takao Shishikura, Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 1. Shishikura said hi [...] |
2009-05-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR |
| 09TOKYO1035 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/09-2 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-07 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1036 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/09-1 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-07 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1042 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Thursday morning due to a press holiday. Lead stories in news broadcasts on Thursday morning included updates on the worldwide spread of H1N1 influenza. 2. "'Carrot' Should Not Be Given to North Korea for Military Expansionism" The conservative [...] |
2009-05-07 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1043 |
MGSF01 May 7 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. All previous reports of suspected H1N1 cases in Japan in the end have tested negative for the novel virus. The Japanese government is preparing for the possibility of the WHO raising its pandemic alert to Ph [...] |
2009-05-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1047 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 00:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO105 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA AND OBAMA'S [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included today's inauguration of President-elect Obama, as well as a GOJ panel finding that cloned beef and pork are safe to eat. 2. "Ceasefire Should Be Used to Jumpstart Peace Talks" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (1/20): "Direct t [...] |
2009-01-20 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1050 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a huge revenue loss posted by GM. 2. "Deeper Strategic Dialogue Necessary to Enhance Alliance" On a recent U.S.-Japan defense ministerial, the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (5/8): "Japan plans to renew the 'National Defense [...] |
2009-05-08 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1057 |
MGSF01 May 8 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. The Chief Cabinet Secretary said the GOJ has no current plans to take additional steps should the WHO raise its pandemic alert level to Phase Six. A 6-year-old boy living in Chicago is the first Japanese cit [...] |
2009-05-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1059 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO106 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/20/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-20 01:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1061 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-11 00:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1063 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Monday morning included Sunday's announcement by the Health Ministry that another Japanese was confirmed to be infected with the new H1N1 influenza strain, bringing the total number of cases in Japan to four. 2. "Clear Departure Needed from Cold War Mental [...] |
2009-05-11 03:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1067 |
JAPAN-IRAN: FOREIGN MINISTER NAKASONE VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone visited Tehran May 2 where he met separately with President Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Motaki. In a conversation with Charge d'Affaires, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Toshiro Suzuki characterized the [...] |
2009-05-11 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR CASC KNNP KN AF IR JA |
| 09TOKYO1068 |
JAPAN PLACING IMPORTANCE ON TIES TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan sees Indonesia as the pillar of Tokyo's foreign policy in Southeast Asia. Recent discussions between Embassy Tokyo and Indonesia watchers suggest that Japan sees the world's largest Muslim country as an integral part of Japan's strategy in the region. Indonesia's large bu [...] |
2009-05-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN JA ID |
| 09TOKYO1069 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1072 |
MGSF01 May 11 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Four human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. All four were among a Japanese school group that arrived at Narita Airport on a flight May 8 from Detroit following a school trip to Canada; and are being treated in isolation at medical facilities near Nar [...] |
2009-05-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1076 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-12 00:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1077 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to DPJ President Ozawa's announcement on Monday of his intention to step down as party leader. 2. "Mutual Distrust between U.S. and Afghanistan" The moderate Yomiuri wrote from Washington (4/12): "Regarding the U.S. air raids in Afghani [...] |
2009-05-12 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1080 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-12 22:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1081 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-13 00:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1082 |
RESIGNATION OF DPJ LEADER ICHIRO OZAWA [...] (C) Summary: DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa resigned from the party presidency on May 11, succumbing to a combination of sinking polls, criticism from within his own party, continuing press scrutiny over his role in a political funds scandal, and the realization that he had become a liability in the [...] |
2009-05-13 01:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO1083 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA UNREST AND REPLACEMENT OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the upcoming DPJ presidential election on Saturday, as well as yesterday's summit between Prime Minister Aso and Russian Premier Putin. 2. "Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka" On the civil war in Sri Lanka, the liberal Asahi editorialize [...] |
2009-05-13 04:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1084 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-13 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1085 |
NIAG 9041: RESPONSE FROM MITSUBISHI ON IRANIAN [...] (S) Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) gave Emboff non-paper May 13 in response to points in ref B. The non-paper, in English, bears the GOJ classification "SECRET." 2. (S) TEXT OF NONPAPER AS RECEIVED [...] |
2009-05-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR JA |
| 09TOKYO1086 |
MGSF01 JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] This message contains an Action Request, please see para. 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: Four human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. While no Americans were among the infected, four Americans who had been confined to their Kyoto hotel rooms because of their suspected pro [...] |
2009-05-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1090 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-14 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1091 |
JAPAN POST: NEW PRODUCTS NECESSARY FOR IPO, SAYS [...] (C) For the initial public offerings of Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance to be successful, the postal financial entities should be permitted to issue new products, Postal Services Privatization Committee (PSPC) Chairman Naoki Tanaka told emboffs May 13. Tanaka said he understands some [...] |
2009-05-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO1093 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-14 07:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1096 |
DEMARCHE TO JAPAN CONVEYING THANKS FOR SABERI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC IR JA |
| 09TOKYO1097 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/09 [...] Aiming at a fraternal society based on the independence and dignity of individuals; compiling budgets under the leadership of lawmakers; reforming the civil servant system, including a total ban on amakudari (the practice of senior bureaucrats landing postretirement jobs at entities related to [...] |
2009-05-15 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1100 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's national dailies gave prominent top play to the official announcements by DPJ Secretary General Hatoyama and former party President Okada that they will run in Saturday's party presidential election. 2. "Concerted International Pressure Imperative" On addition [...] |
2009-05-15 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1103 |
JAPAN "SERIOUSLY CONCERNED" ABOUT TREATMENT OF SUU [...] (C) Japan is "seriously concerned" about the Burmese authorities' treatment of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her transfer from house arrest to Insein Prison, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said May 15. The Japanese Government has raised its concerns with the Burmese Ambassador and has calle [...] |
2009-05-15 04:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM JA |
| 09TOKYO1104 |
FIRST MOFA OFFICIAL DEPARTS FOR CHAGHCHARAN, THREE [...] (SBU) The first MOFA official to be seconded to the Lithuanian PRT in Chaghcharan departed Japan for Afghanistan 14 May, according to MOFA National Security Division Deputy Director Takatoshi Mori. Jiro Kanzawa, who until recently was assigned to the Foreign Minister's Secretariat, is an Arab [...] |
2009-05-15 06:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AID PGOV PINR AF JA |
| 09TOKYO1105 |
MEXT SUPPORTS GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle appropriately. 2. (SBU) The EST Chief delivered ref A points and the letter contained in ref B from Commerce Under Secretary Lubchenco to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Deputy Director-General Masaaki Tanaka Ma [...] |
2009-05-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR TSPA SENV JA |
| 09TOKYO1106 |
OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS INDICT JAPAN POST CEO [...] (U) Twelve Diet members from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the People's New Party (PNP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) submitted a third-party criminal indictment of Japan Post Holdings CEO Yoshifumi Nishikawa to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office May 15, a [...] |
2009-05-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO1107 |
JAPAN-RUSSIA SIGN NUCLEAR COOPERATION PACT [...] (C) Summary. Nuclear cooperation and trade and investment, rather than the Northern Territories issue, dominated Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's May 11-13 Tokyo visit. The countries signed an historic accord on nuclear cooperation and agreed to expand economic and other cooperative efforts in [...] |
2009-05-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA RS |
| 09TOKYO1108 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-17 22:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1109 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO111 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/20/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-20 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1112 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the increasing number of cases of domestic infection of H1N1 influenza confirmed in Japan. 2. "Political Oppression in Burma Unpardonable" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (5/18): "Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu [...] |
2009-05-18 01:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1114 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD MICHAEL SCHIFFER AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 24-28 visit to Japan by DASD Schiffer and Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile pho [...] |
2009-05-18 05:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1120 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1121 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD REBECCA HERSMAN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 25-27 visit to Japan by DASD Hersman and Lieutenant Colonel Smith. 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)3224-6 [...] |
2009-05-18 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1122 |
JAPAN ON ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] (C) Japan will consider requests for additional funding for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan, according to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida. However, Yoshida reminded us that Japan last April provided grant aid totaling USD 5 million for IDPs i [...] |
2009-05-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID PK JA |
| 09TOKYO1124 |
NEW DPJ PRESIDENT HATOYAMA KEEPS OZAWA IN KEY ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Yukio Hatoyama's election as party President over Katsuya Okada on May 16 and his appointment of outgoing President Ichiro Ozawa to a senior position signals a continuation in the status quo for the opposition DPJ, according to Embassy contacts, and should result in few changes i [...] |
2009-05-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1125 |
MGSF01 H1N1 OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has reported as many as 130 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. With the exception of four patients in quarantine near Narita Airport, all cases were reported to be in the Osaka and Kobe areas. There are no reports of H1N1 infection among Americans in Japan. While the ma [...] |
2009-05-18 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1126 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-19 00:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1127 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA (ADDITIONAL) [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the increasing number of cases of domestic infection of H1N1 influenza confirmed in Japan. 2. "Burma in Crisis" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/16): "Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged and jai [...] |
2009-05-19 00:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1129 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA, SRI LANKA, AND MIDDLE EAST [...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Sankei gave top play to a report on an arrest warrant against a Japanese company president, who allegedly exported to North Korea two large trucks that are prohibited for export due to the potential that they could be converted for use as vehicles to transport bal [...] |
2009-05-19 02:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1130 |
JAPAN'S VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SRI LANKA [...] (U) Japan announced May 15 it would give assistance in kind worth approximately USD 470,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help aid Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. The assistance will include 560 tents, 30,000 jerry cans, 4,000 plastic sheets, 10,00 [...] |
2009-05-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE JA |
| 09TOKYO1131 |
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TELEPHONES BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a first-ever telephone call by a Japanese Foreign Minister to his Burmese counterpart, Foreign Minister Nakasone May 18 telephoned Burmese Foreign Minister U Nyan Win to express Japan's "deep concern" about the case against Aung San Suu Kyi. MOFA had already called in the Burm [...] |
2009-05-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM JA |
| 09TOKYO1133 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-19 07:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1135 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED AND ACTION REQUEST -- NIAG [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) Emboff delivered reftel non-paper to Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and his successor, Hiroaki Machii, May 18. Tanizawa said METI is willing to loo [...] |
2009-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC JA IR |
| 09TOKYO1141 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-20 00:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1143 |
JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DAW AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the Ref A demarche to MOFA Deputy Directors Ken Ota, First Southeast Asia Division, and Kazumi Yamada, United Nations Policy Division. Mr. Ota stated that Japan is in agreement on the need to drop the charges on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and release her from detention. [...] |
2009-05-20 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM JA |
| 09TOKYO1144 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Asahi front-paged a report from Washington claiming that the Obama administration informed the Japanese government on Tuesday of its decision to nominate California lawyer John Roos as the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan. 2. "Force Alone Can Not Bring Peace" T [...] |
2009-05-20 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1147 |
USAF CHIEF OF STAFF'S MAY 13 CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) Accompanied by the Charge and U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) Commander Edward Rice, visiting U.S. Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz called on Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on May 12. Gen Schwartz expressed appreciation for all of Japan's contribution to Iraq and Afghanistan. [...] |
2009-05-20 04:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 09TOKYO1150 |
MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has reported as many as 236 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. Nearly all cases were reported to be in the Osaka and Kobe areas. There are no reports of H1N1 infection among Americans in Japan. While the majority of confirmed cases involve students and young adults, th [...] |
2009-05-20 22:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1151 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/20/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-20 22:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1154 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-21 00:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1155 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the confirmation on Wednesday of the first two cases of the new strain of H1N1 influenza in Tokyo and Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. 2. "Junta Should Immediately Stop Shameful Acts" The business-oriented Nikkei editori [...] |
2009-05-21 03:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1156 |
REPLY: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] (C) Emboffs delivered points in ref A to Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara and Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Wataru Kikuchi and MOF International Bureau International Organi [...] |
2009-05-21 04:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KN JA |
| 09TOKYO1158 |
GOJ REPORTS UAE PREFERENCES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT [...] (C//NF) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division Deputy Director Junichi Yokota commented on the UAE's selection of three international consortia to bid on its upcoming nuclear plant tender during a May 18 meeting with Emboffs (to be reported sept [...] |
2009-05-21 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG TRGY NRR PUNE KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE JA |
| 09TOKYO1159 |
JAPAN'S CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) EST Chief met Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Senior Negotiator for Climate Change Yoshiko Kijima May 21 to discuss Japan's programs and funding for adaptation to climate change per reftel request. Kijima said the GOJ combines funding for adaptation and mitigation programs and does [...] |
2009-05-21 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG JA |
| 09TOKYO1160 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-21 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1161 |
MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese authorities confirmed the first two cases of A H1N1 influenza in Tokyo and its neighbor city, Kawasaki (in Kanagawa Prefecture) the evening of May 20. Two students, who attend the same high school in Kawasaki, returned to the Tokyo area from New York May 19, and tested [...] |
2009-05-21 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1162 |
TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP JA |
| 09TOKYO1163 |
TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG [...] (C) Begin text of Scenesetter: Mr. Deputy Secretary, The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains strong and Japan will continue to be a close friend and partner, but our relationship will be stressed on several fronts over the next year as Japan wrestles with daunting political and economic challeng [...] |
2009-05-21 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP JA |
| 09TOKYO1165 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-22 00:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1166 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION, BURMA, AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Nikkei led with a speech by Prime Minister Aso on Thursday, during which he expressed Japan's commitment to provide aid of $67 billion in total to help Asian economies 'double' their respective GDPs by 2020. 2. "Time Has Come to Seal Accord on Nuclear Test Ban" [...] |
2009-05-22 01:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1170 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-22 07:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1171 |
MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN [...] (U) Summary: Cases of H1N1 infection were reported in previously unaffected areas in Japan, although only in isolated cases. One additional case was reported in Tokyo City in a woman who returned from the United States May 19. The GOJ implemented a new policy to respond to the less virulent [...] |
2009-05-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
| 09TOKYO1177 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/26/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-26 00:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1178 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NUCLEAR TEST BY NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning Japanese national dailies led with statements of condemnation released by the U.S., Japan, Russia, and China of Monday's nuclear test by North Korea. 2. "U.S.-China Coordination Needed to Stop North Korea's Reckless March" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/ [...] |
2009-05-26 01:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO118 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1//09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-21 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1181 |
FM NAKASONE MEETS BURMESE COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary: FM Nakasone met with Burmese FM Nyan Win in Hanoi May 25 and expressed "strong concern" about the ongoing trial of Aung San Suu Kyi. Nakasone predicted a harsh international reaction to a guilty verdict and called on the Burmese authorities to allow Suu Kyi and others to partici [...] |
2009-05-26 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM JA |
| 09TOKYO1184 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/26/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-26 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1185 |
JAPAN, THE U.S., AND TIP: AT A TIPPING POINT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an unprecedented multi-year, multi-agency effort to meet TVPA (Trafficking Victims Protection Act) minimum standards, the Government of Japan has indicated at a high level that it is considering no longer cooperating with the United States in providing information for th [...] |
2009-05-26 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM JA |
| 09TOKYO1190 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-27 00:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1191 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included North Korea's additional launch of two short-range missiles off its coast in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday. 2. "Strong Unity Imperative" On expected UN Security Council deliberations on a new resolution against North Korea's nuclear t [...] |
2009-05-27 01:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1192 |
JAPAN OPPOSES PGA DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR UN [...] (SBU) Japan "totally agrees" with the U.S. opposition to the draft outcome document the President of the General Assembly (PGA) distributed in preparation for the U.N. Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Internation [...] |
2009-05-27 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA JA |
| 09TOKYO1193 |
GOJ STRATEGY FOR IAEA ELECTION; REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Please note action request contained in para 5. 2. (SBU) The GOJ is aware of and greatly appreciates U.S. advocacy on behalf of its candidate for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and [...] |
2009-05-27 03:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA |
| 09TOKYO1194 |
STAFFDEL SHELLY HAN VISIT TO JAPAN FROM 9-12 JUNE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Ms. Shelly Han to Japan from June 9-12, 2009. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile phone: (81-80)1202-8406 Fax: [...] |
2009-05-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1197 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OTTAWAY + 8 TO VISIT JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Ottaway, Leslie Maher, Richard Love, Samuel Howerton, Kenneth Cole, Bruce Bennett, Donald Romberger, Jonathan Newmark, and Douglas Lyons for their May 24-29 visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politica [...] |
2009-05-27 07:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1198 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-27 07:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1199 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-28 00:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO12 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACKS [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Monday morning included the start on Saturday evening of Israel's ground attack on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. 2. "Hatred Could Lead to Quagmire" A correspondent wrote in the liberal Asahi from Jerusalem (1/5): "Israel's air and ground attacks are the larg [...] |
2009-01-05 06:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1200 |
JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-28 03:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TBIO ARF JA |
| 09TOKYO1202 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the growing likelihood of GM filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy following the failure on Wednesday of its talks with creditors. 2. "Financial Sanctions and Ship Inspections Should Be Implemented" The conservative Sankei edito [...] |
2009-05-28 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1204 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-28 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1205 |
IS JAPAN READY TO DISCUSS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports suggesting Japan is willing to consider easing its requirements on testing of cattle for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) have raised speculation the GOJ might be prepared to engage the USG to lift remaining barriers to U.S. beef. Current BSE-related [...] |
2009-05-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1207 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-29 00:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO121 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INAUGURATION OF [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers focused intense coverage on the inauguration of President Obama. 2. "Obama Is Tasked with Rejuvenating America" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/21): "President Obama is set to reconstruct the role of a federal government in the belief that the [...] |
2009-01-21 05:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1210 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Yomiuri story claiming that the GOJ has decided to tighten controls on domestic technologies and information that could be used for military purposes, including the development of WMD, by requiring Japanese universities, research institutio [...] |
2009-05-29 03:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1214 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-29 07:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1216 |
WHALING: JAPAN UNLIKELY TO COMPROMISE IN UPCOMING [...] (SBU) While the Japanese public does not oppose whaling - in fact most support continued whaling - interest groups here are divided over whether to accept a compromise in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that would allow Japan limited coastal whaling in exchange for a reduction/elim [...] |
2009-05-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA |
| 09TOKYO1217 |
UNION DELIVERS MESSAGE ON U.S. LABOR LEGISLATION [...] Tomoyasu Kato, President of the All NTT Workers Union of Japan, delivered the following letter and resolution regarding the Employee Free Choice Act to the Embassy May 28. Kato, who is also Vice President of the Japan Trade Union Confederation (RENGO), said he delivered the message in his ca [...] |
2009-05-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO1218 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: STAKEHOLDERS DIFFER ON JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Aso intends to announce Japan's midterm greenhouse gas reduction target by mid-June in order to use it at the G8 Summit/MEF and in the UNFCCC negotiations. There remain wide differences over the size of an appropriate target, however, among the various climate/e [...] |
2009-05-29 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA |
| 09TOKYO122 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-21 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1224 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/09 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's weekend schedule (Nikkei) North Korea problem: 4. U.S. high-level delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg starts 4-nation tour of Japan, ROK, China and Russia, focusing on North Korea issues (Yomiuri) 5. Large U.S. delegat [...] |
2009-06-01 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1225 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to GM's plans to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as today. 2. "Step toward Ethnic Reconciliation" The liberal Asahi editorialized (6/1): "President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka declared victory in the civil war. The governme [...] |
2009-06-01 02:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1228 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-01 21:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1230 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/02/09 [...] He said: "Let us take on the big challenge posed by various issues with Democratic governments both in Japan and the United States," calling for strengthening bilateral relations while also indicating a strong motivation toward a change of government. On the North Korea issue, Hatoyama pointe [...] |
2009-06-02 04:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1232 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GM BANKRUPTCY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to GM's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. 2. "Reconstruction Is a Long Way Off" The liberal Mainichi wrote in an editorial (6/2): "... The bankruptcy and nationalization of GM, which used to be the world's largest [...] |
2009-06-02 06:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1234 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/09 [...] While they were unable to narrow their gaps on such key issues as the consumption tax hike and global warming prevention measures, this meeting gave hints to each side's thinking on the next House of Representatives election. The first policy consultation between the DPJ and Nippon Keidanren [...] |
2009-06-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1238 |
JAPAN TAKING WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH TO GM BANKRUPTCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japanese officials and auto industry representatives expressed concern at the announcement of General Motors' bankruptcy, but not alarm. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister Toshiro Nikai pledged unspecified financial support for Japanese small and medium- [...] |
2009-06-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD PREL WTRO JA |
| 09TOKYO1239 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 00:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO124 |
PM ASO URGES PRESIDENT LEE TO ACCELERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Aso strongly urged South Korean President Lee to accelerate consultations on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) during their January 12 summit, according to MOFA Economic Partnership Director Shinichi Hosono. Aso made the push because current working-level tal [...] |
2009-01-21 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1241 |
IRAN INVITE TO EMBASSY TOKYO NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Tokyo seeks guidance on whether to invite Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi to our national day reception. 2. (C) Ref A indicates representatives of the Iranian government "may" be invited to this year's national day receptions. Ordinarily, given [...] |
2009-06-03 04:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP IR JA |
| 09TOKYO1242 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Asahi gave top play to the disclosure by several sources close to the DPRK leadership that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has selected his third son Kim Jong Un as his heir. 2. "Treasury Secretary Shows 'Low Key' Attitude in China" The conservative Sankei [...] |
2009-06-03 04:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1244 |
JAPAN'S PACIFIC ISLANDS SUMMIT: ENVIRONMENT, [...] (C) Japan hosted the fifth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 5) in Hokkaido May 22-23. The tri-annual summit meeting between Japan and the members of the Pacific Islands Forum was divided into three sessions focused on climate change, human security and expanding people-to-people exchang [...] |
2009-06-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO1245 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1248 |
DPRK RESOLUTION: MOFA HIGHLIGHTS ARMS EMBARGO, [...] (C) MOFA UN Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima requested a meeting with Poloff June 3 to convey Japan's position on a proposed UNSC resolution on the DPRK. Referring to a non-paper which he said has already been provided to the State Department in Washington and to the U.S. Mission in New [...] |
2009-06-03 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KN |
| 09TOKYO1250 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-04 00:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1251 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Health Ministry data pointing to a rise in Japan's fertility rate for the third consecutive year. 2. "U.S. Secretary Guarantees 'Dollar's Security'" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (6/4): "During his meetings with Chinese lea [...] |
2009-06-04 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1252 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-04 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1253 |
LESSONS LEARNED FROM H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Effective coordination among multiple agencies at Post, our five consulates general, and United States Forces Japan (USFJ) helped the Mission to prepare for the spread of H1N1 in Japan, inform official and non-official Americans in Japan of developments, and report to Washington [...] |
2009-06-04 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR AESC CASC EAGR KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 09TOKYO1255 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-05 00:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1257 |
DASD FOR EAST ASIA SCHIFFER'S MAY 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer discussed Japan's next generation fighter program (F-X). While the May 25 DPRK nuclear test highlights the need for close [...] |
2009-06-05 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC KN KS JA |
| 09TOKYO1258 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN CAIRO [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged a speech in Cairo by President Obama, in which he reportedly expressed his strong commitment to engage the Muslim world. 2. "High Hopes for 'New Beginning'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/5): "Given that the relationship between [...] |
2009-06-05 06:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1261 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary - Meeting June 2 with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Board of Governors discussed the possible economic policies of a DPJ-led government, Japan's economic situation, including how the current global recession has affected J [...] |
2009-06-05 07:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO1262 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship remains the core to an approach on several regional and global issues, including security, engagement with China, and redesigning the East Asian architecture, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice-Foreign Minister Mit [...] |
2009-06-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO1263 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama said that his key priority, after securing an electoral victory, is building a cooperative relationship with the United States to confront the global challenges of nucle [...] |
2009-06-05 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PARM OVIP KN JA |
| 09TOKYO1266 |
JAPAN'S PLANS FOR NSG PLENARY MEETING PRESENTATIONS [...] (SBU) Japan has no plans to give Iran-related presentations during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary Meeting in Budapest, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Science Department, Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato. Econoff [...] |
2009-06-05 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ETTC ENRG TRGY JA |
| 09TOKYO1268 |
MOFA COMMENTS ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE [...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan's official position of supporting zero growth in the IAEA budget has not changed, but within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), officials are moving to relax the policy in an attempt to reach a compromise position between the U.S. and those countries supporting zer [...] |
2009-06-05 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA |
| 09TOKYO1269 |
ASD FOR APSA GREGSON DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: Key challenges to strategic balance in the region and strategic deterrence come from China, North Korea and Russia, Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Wallace Gregson during a June 1 meeting on [...] |
2009-06-05 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR CH KN KS RU JA |
| 09TOKYO1270 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-07 22:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1274 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-08 00:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1276 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN CAIRO AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers front-paged Secretary of State Clinton's remarks on North Korea during an ABC interview on Sunday. 2. "Moderates Should Be Involved" The conservative Sankei editorialized (6/7): "... Efforts to remove anti-U.S. sentiment among the Muslims and win ove [...] |
2009-06-08 05:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1279 |
SECOND JAPAN-CHINA ECONOMIC DIALOGUE -- LONG ON [...] (C) Summary: After an 18 month hiatus, Japan and China held the second High Level Economic Dialogue June 7 in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Hirofume Nakasone and his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, issued 11 documents highlighting cooperation in areas including promoting a global eco [...] |
2009-06-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL CH JA |
| 09TOKYO128 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/22/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-22 04:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1281 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-08 21:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1284 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 00:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1285 |
JAPAN-RUSSIA ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials expect economic engagement with Russia to proceed slowly despite Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's widely-reported pitch for broader investment in the Russian Far East. The bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement will advance cooperation in the nuc [...] |
2009-06-09 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG PREL PUNE TRGY JA RS |
| 09TOKYO1286 |
WHALING: JAPAN SUPPORTS ANOTHER YEAR FOR FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Japan supports continuing the Future of the International Whaling Commission process until the 2010 IWC Annual Meeting, Fisheries Agency of Japan Deputy Director General Jun Yamashita told Emboffs June 8. However, Japan is concerned the "starting point" for the Small Working Grou [...] |
2009-06-09 03:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA |
| 09TOKYO1287 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the GOJ's draft of basic policies for economic and fiscal reform for fiscal 2009. 2. "Relisting North Korea as Terror Sponsor Is Obvious Choice" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (6/9): "Secretary of State Cli [...] |
2009-06-09 03:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1289 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1292 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 832 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 23:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO1294 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-10 00:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1295 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 833 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-10 00:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO1296 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Sankei gave top play to the finding by intelligence authorities that DPRK leader Kim Jong Il's third son Jong Un has been given a post within the country's National Defense Commission, which is defined by the Constitution as "the highest guiding organ of the mi [...] |
2009-06-10 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1297 |
SUDAN CONFERENCE: JAPANESE REPRESENTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-10 04:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SU JA |
| 09TOKYO1298 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 834 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-10 05:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO1299 |
Delivery of Talking Points on Ending the E-Passport [...] (U) On June 9, Conoff met with Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Passport Division Director Nobuyuki Kawamura and delivered reftel message requiring emergency and temporary passports to either have electronic chips or a visa. Kawamura and his staff said they understood the regulatio [...] |
2009-06-10 06:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KPAO PREL PBTS JA |
| 09TOKYO13 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-05 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1301 |
CANADIAN DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER FONBERG'S TOKYO [...] (C) Canadian Deputy Minister of National Defense Robert Fonberg visited Tokyo from 1-3 June for talks with senior Japanese government officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD). Embassy of Canada Political Counselor Karen MacArthur told Poloff that Fon [...] |
2009-06-10 06:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1302 |
OKINAWA PRIVIDES LEADERSHIP ON INFORMATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Contains Proprietary Information. 2. (U) Summary: Okinawa's information technology (IT) sector is breaking some new ground and represents a key sector in the Prefecture's economy, as shown in emboff's recent visit. Prefectural officials reported on successe [...] |
2009-06-10 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON EINV TINT JA |
| 09TOKYO1304 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-10 22:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1305 |
RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH JAPAN [...] (U) Post offers the following information on U.S.-Japan joint energy initiatives in response to ref A. Collaborative Research ---------------------- 2. (U) The Department of Energy has actively cooperated with Japan on energy, science, and technology over the past several decades, includ [...] |
2009-06-10 22:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECIN APECO JA |
| 09TOKYO1306 |
JAPAN'S SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET GIVES MORE TO S&T [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ's FY09 supplemental budget includes an additional JPY 1.35 trillion ($13.5 billion) for science and technology. The majority of these funds will go to the Ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and He [...] |
2009-06-10 22:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO TRGY TNGD TSPA EAGR ECON PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO131 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the launch of the Obama administration on Tuesday. 2. "President Obama to Take 'Soft but Sound' approach?" The liberal Asahi wrote in an editorial (1/22): "... President Obama expressed his willingness to establish a new relationsh [...] |
2009-01-22 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1311 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-11 00:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1312 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with Prime Minister Aso's press conference on Wednesday, during which he revealed Japan's plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. The papers also gave front-page play to the agreement reached on Wednesday am [...] |
2009-06-11 01:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1315 |
JAPAN AGREES: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper 11 June to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. "We agree that this is not the right direction," Miyamoto said, and emphasized [...] |
2009-06-11 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO1317 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1319 |
Japan Announces Midterm Greenhouse Gas Target [...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of internal GOJ discussion and input from various study groups, Prime Minister Aso announced June 10 that Japan will aim to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. Looked at from a 1990 base year, the figures would equal an e [...] |
2009-06-11 21:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO1324 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-12 00:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP |