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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 09TOKYO2774 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/04/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2775 |
JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/R BOSWORTH, S/E KIM, [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, and their delegation for their December 12-13, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Poli [...] |
2009-12-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT ASEC KNNP PREL CN JA KN KS RS |
| 09TOKYO2777 |
JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON PRESSING [...] (C) On December 2, Political Officer discussed reftel demarche with MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Deputy Director Takuma Sakaguchi. Sakaguchi stressed that the Japanese Government attaches great importance both to pushing the Burmese regime to respond positively to Aung San Suu Kyi's (AS [...] |
2009-12-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM JA |
| 09TOKYO2778 |
JAPAN RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 2 meeting with Embassy Political Minister-Counselor and in public statements by the Chief Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Minister, Japan voiced support for the President,s new approach to Afghanistan, with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama,s government saying it welcomes [...] |
2009-12-04 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF JA |
| 09TOKYO2780 |
RESULTS OF A RECENT CONFERENCE ON COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to a recent conference held in Tokyo, despite strong efforts by the Government of Japan to improve law enforcement cooperation between Japan and its major source countries, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia -efforts which have resulted in good working rel [...] |
2009-12-06 23:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP KWMN PHUM JA |
| 09TOKYO2781 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-07 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2782 |
GOJ FEEDBACK ON REALIGNMENT ENHANCEMENTS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Schiffer presented U.S. proposals for enhancements to the Realignment Roadmap to MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto in a December 4 senior officials-level meeting of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) Working Group [...] |
2009-12-07 02:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO2783 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Asahi gave top play to a correspondent's report from Seoul on the start of tripartite consultations among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea concerning the creation of a roadmap for North Korea's denuclearization. 2. "We Are Concerned about Delay in Decision on [...] |
2009-12-07 06:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2784 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUTENMA RELOCATION AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's apparent decision on Thursday to postpone a conclusion on Futenma relocation beyond the end of the year. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Should Reconsider Postponement of Decision on Futenma Relocat [...] |
2009-12-07 06:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2788 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-07 23:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO279 |
JAPAN THINKING AHEAD TO APEC 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials responsible for APEC affairs have begun internal discussions of GOJ priorities for Japan's 2010 APEC chairmanship focusing on a "New APEC Vision" that provides strategic direction for the organization to 2020 and beyond. The GOJ is considering a "Green APEC [...] |
2009-02-05 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SENV ENRG APECO JA |
| 09TOKYO2795 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, U.S.-JAPAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Tuesday morning front- paged the GOJ's move to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Hatoyama and President Obama next week in Copenhagen so that the premier can directly explain to the President the Japanese administration's current position on Futenma relocation [...] |
2009-12-08 23:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2798 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-08 23:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2799 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-08 23:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO28 |
JAPAN EXPRESSES CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER GAZA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan remains deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, but official public statements have been measured and even-handed. Following his December 31 telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (ref A), Prime Minister Aso telephoned Palestinian Authority Abbas on [...] |
2009-01-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS JA |
| 09TOKYO280 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/06/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-06 01:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2800 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, U.S.-JAPAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Tuesday morning front- paged the GOJ's move to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Hatoyama and President Obama next week in Copenhagen so that the premier can directly explain to the President the Japanese administration's current position on Futenma relocation [...] |
2009-12-08 23:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2803 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-09 01:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2811 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the GOJ's decision to suspend the bilateral working group on Futenma relocation. 2. "Do Not Make Compromise Readily" On Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth's visit to the DPRK capital yeste [...] |
2009-12-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2813 |
JAPAN - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] Per reftel instructions, post submits it draft chapter on Japan for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first five paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Additionally, we have excluded the midd [...] |
2009-12-09 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR ECPS SN |
| 09TOKYO2814 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-09 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2815 |
FRF: SENIOR DPJ LEADER SAYS ""NO DEAL"" THIS YEAR [...] (C) Summary: DPJ Diet Affairs Chair Kenji Yamaoka (a close confidante of DPJ Secretary General Ozawa) told Embassy Tokyo December 8 that the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) decision was ""all about managing the Diet."" Until two weeks ago, he thought the Japanese government would agree to [...] |
2009-12-09 08:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO2819 |
HATOYAMA CABINET ANNOUNCES JPY24.4 TRILLION [...] (SBU) On December 8, the Hatoyama Cabinet finalized a new economic policy package, entitled "Emergency Economic Measures for Reassurance and Economic Growth Tomorrow". This is the first economic policy package under the Hatoyama administration, but is the fifth of its kind since the onset of [...] |
2009-12-09 23:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JA |
| 09TOKYO282 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - "BUY AMERICAN" [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Friday morning included Prime Minister Aso's remarks in the Diet on Thursday hinting at a possible review of the current GOJ postal privatization program centering on the separation of postal corporation-related services into four separate corporate entities. [...] |
2009-02-06 04:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2821 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-10 03:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2822 |
AMBASSADOR ROOS'S MEETING WITH MINISTER MAEHARA [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a one-hour meeting, Minister Maehara outlined the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government's plan to ultimately accept the existing Futenma relocation plan, with or without the support of its coalition partners. Maehara cautioned that his government must first pass t [...] |
2009-12-10 05:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR JA |
| 09TOKYO2827 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories this morning included the indictment of a secretary to a senior opposition LDP lawmaker on charges related to illicit political donations from a general contractor. 2. "Do Not Turn Futenma Issue into Bilateral Crisis" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/10): [...] |
2009-12-10 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2835 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-10 23:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2838 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-11 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2839 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 850 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-11 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO2840 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 851 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-11 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO2844 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama in Oslo on Thursday. 2. "President Obama's Distress over 'War and Peace'" On a speech delivered by President Obama upon his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, the [...] |
2009-12-11 04:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2845 |
JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OFFICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) strategic planning head Tadashi Maeda told Embassy Tokyo Economic Minister Counselor the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leadership's failure to move forward on Futenma relocation will likely remain a problem well into the next year [...] |
2009-12-11 04:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PREL ELTN SENV JA |
| 09TOKYO2846 |
JAPAN MULLS GREATER PEACKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) During a December 10 meeting with Embassy poloff, MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoki Takahashi and Sudan Desk Officer Sho Nishimura said that although Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada has spoken publicly in favor of increased Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) participat [...] |
2009-12-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU JA |
| 09TOKYO2847 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 854 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-11 06:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO2848 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 853 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-11 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO285 |
DPRK: PRO-DIALOGUE DIET GROUP IN MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: Members of a non-partisan Diet group in favor of dialogue with the DPRK and a focus on denuclearization rather than abductions are urging the Obama Administration to stay with the Six Party process. In a meeting with the Charge, the group lamented that Japan's DPRK policy is con [...] |
2009-02-06 06:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
| 09TOKYO2852 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-13 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2853 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-14 03:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2854 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. NHK reported this morning that Prime Minister Hatoyama plans to meet with cabinet members today to conduct coordination on the Futenma relocation issue. 2. "Easy Compromise Should Be Avoided" The moderate [...] |
2009-12-14 05:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2855 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. NHK reported this morning that Prime Minister Hatoyama plans to meet with cabinet members today to conduct coordination on the Futenma relocation issue. 2. "Easy Compromise Should Be Avoided" The moderate [...] |
2009-12-14 06:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO286 |
HONDA: IT'S GENERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS THAT'S [...] (C) Summary: Governments need to act quickly to stabilize financial markets and restart credit flows to companies and consumers, Honda executives told emboffs. The auto company executives argued assistance should aim to provide a general stimulus to economies rather than be targeted to spec [...] |
2009-02-06 06:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECON PGOV SENV KGHG JA |
| 09TOKYO2860 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09-2 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-14 23:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2861 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Prime Minister Hatoyama's apparent decision on Monday to postpone a conclusion on the site for the Futenma replacement facility until next year and make a decision probably by May. 2. "Japan and China Should Establish Relationship of Tr [...] |
2009-12-15 04:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2862 |
FORTY THREE DAYS AT THE AIRPORT AND COUNTING [...] (U) Terminal One in Tokyo's Narita has become the world headquarters of Chinese economist, scholar, freelance journalist and human rights and anti-corruption activist Zhenghu Feng's battle to be allowed to return to China. In a waiting area immediately before immigration, camped out on some c [...] |
2009-12-15 04:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM JA |
| 09TOKYO2866 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OUTREACH FOR ASSISTANCE TO WFP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-15 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IO PGOV PHUM PK PREF |
| 09TOKYO2869 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-15 23:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2872 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-16 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2875 |
MOFA ""ALLIANCE HANDS"" EXPRESS FRUSTRATION AT DPJ [...] (S) Former U.S-Japan Alliance managers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) summoned back back to Tokyo to participate in the ministry's team investigating the so-called ""secret agreements"" on nuclear weapons being carried into Japan on U.S. Navy vessels, expressed considerable frust [...] |
2009-12-16 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 09TOKYO2876 |
XI JINPING MEETS HATOYAMA [...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice President Xi Jinping had a "good and productive meeting" with PM Hatoyama December 14, and Xi strongly endorsed China's policy of attaching importance to Sino-Japan ties, MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki told the DCM December 15. PM Hatoyama told Xi that the linchpin of Japan [...] |
2009-12-16 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH JA |
| 09TOKYO2877 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged press remarks on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, who said that he would like to spend several months looking for a new site for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF). 2. "Apprehension Mounting over Hatoyama Diplomacy" On the GOJ [...] |
2009-12-16 23:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2878 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged press remarks on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, who said that he would like to spend several months looking for a new site for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF). 2. "Apprehension Mounting over Hatoyama Diplomacy" On the GOJ [...] |
2009-12-16 23:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO288 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL TO VISIT JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 9-13, 2009, visit to Japan by John D. Hill and Eric S. Jaffe. 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 [...] |
2009-02-06 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO2880 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-16 23:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2883 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-17 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2884 |
FRF COALITION DISCUSSIONS A "DOGFIGHT" [...] (C) Summary: The discussion within the Japanese coalition government over the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) is a "dogfight" with no input from the Japanese bureaucracy, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Koji Tomita told Political Minister-Counselor 16 December. Th [...] |
2009-12-17 03:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO2886 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - COP15 CONFERENCE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to Wednesday's meeting between key cabinet ministers and DPJ senior officials, during which the DPJ submitted to the GOJ a set of requests for the fiscal 2010 budget. 2. "Do Not Give Up On New Protocol That Includes U.S. and China" The [...] |
2009-12-17 06:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2889 |
AMBASSADOR VERVEER CALLS FOR COOPERATION ON [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer proposed cooperation between Japan and the United States to improve the situation of women in a meeting in Tokyo with Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety, Social Affairs and Gender Equality, Mizuho Fukus [...] |
2009-12-17 06:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KWMN JA |
| 09TOKYO2890 |
AUSTR CUTLER RAISES BILATERAL TRADE IRRITANTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Government of Japan (GOJ) officials -- politicians and bureaucrats alike -- told AUSTR Wendy Cutler during her December 10 visit to Tokyo they are frustrated by the challenges with the new government's political transition, most notably inconsistencies in the decision making pro [...] |
2009-12-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO2891 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-17 23:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2893 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-18 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2894 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND COP15 MEETING [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged the announcement by Secretary of State Clinton in Copenhagen on Thursday that Washington is prepared to join other developed nations in establishing a fund by 2020 to raise $100 billion annually to help developing countries cope with globa [...] |
2009-12-18 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO29 |
JAPAN TO WAIT FOR OTHER UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (C) Japan has stated it will wait before declaring support for a candidate for the UNESCO Director-General position. According to Yoshio Ando, Director of MITI's Multilateral Cultural Cooperation Division, Japan hopes that a candidate will be chosen who can continue the reform efforts undertak [...] |
2009-01-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO JA |
| 09TOKYO290 |
GOJ TAKING "WAIT-AND-SEE" APPROACH ON IRENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials told econoff the GOJ is still evaluating participation in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) following the January 26-27 founding conference in Bonn. Officials state the GOJ must address four concerns before it can join, [...] |
2009-02-06 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL EUN TBIO GM JA |
| 09TOKYO2900 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2901 |
APEC SOM TONG'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC MEETINGS WITH MOFA AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. APEC Senior Official Kurt Tong met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to discuss U.S.-Japan bilateral economic dialogue ideas, Japan Post, whaling, the future of the investment dialogue and beef on December 8 [...] |
2009-12-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR APEC JA |
| 09TOKYO2902 |
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd focused on climate change, but discussed disarmament, the Japan-Australia FTA, and whaling during his talks with Prime Minister Hatoyama and others in Tokyo December 15, according to the Australian Ambassador to Japan and the MOFA Director [...] |
2009-12-18 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ETRD PINR AS JA |
| 09TOKYO2904 |
MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR [...] (S) DCM met December 17 with Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae to deliver reftel demarche urging that the GOJ make clear to Iranian Supreme Council for National Security Secretary General Saeed Jalili during his December 20-24 Japan visit that Iran must comply with its UN Security Counci [...] |
2009-12-18 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ETRD JA IR |
| 09TOKYO2905 |
DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S VIEW ON US-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM's December 17 meeting with Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka centered primarily on U.S.-Japan relations and, more specifically, on issues related to the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Yamaoka expounded on PM Hatoy [...] |
2009-12-18 10:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO2907 |
INCJ President Meets Ambassador to Discuss Innovation and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Roos and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) President and CEO Kimikazu Nomi discussed ways to improve the Japanese environment for innovation and entrepreneurship on December 14. Nomi described impediments within Japan's entrepreneurial ecosystem, and out [...] |
2009-12-21 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO2908 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-21 02:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2910 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - COP15 MEETING [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Monday morning papers led with the results of their respective weekend opinion polls that showed sharp drops in public support for the Hatoyama administration. 2. "World Should Swiftly Restart Negotiations toward Settlement Next Year" The liberal Asahi editorialized ( [...] |
2009-12-21 02:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2912 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-22 02:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2913 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's announcement on Monday of his decision on such issues as child allowances and provisional gasoline tax rates. 2. "Iranian Official Expresses Confrontational Position" Carrying a one-on-one interview with Se [...] |
2009-12-22 02:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2917 |
"FORCING THE HENOKO PLAN WILL DAMAGE THE [...] (C) Summary: Implementing the current Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) plan will "damage the U.S.-Japan Alliance," Social Democratic Party (SDP) President Mizuho Fukushima told the Ambassador 21 December. Despite arduous negotiations over 13 years, the existing plan has not been implemented [...] |
2009-12-22 06:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO2919 |
2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: JAPAN [...] (U) After a reasonable but thorough review of organizations with official status, accreditation, or recognition from the United Nations University (UNU), post has not identified any which condone or promote pedophilia. The UNU moreover has an official policy of not granting any official status [...] |
2009-12-22 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC JA |
| 09TOKYO292 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2920 |
WHY JAPAN ABSTAINS ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] (C) Following its normal practice, Japan once again abstained on the Defamation of Religion resolution. According to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Director Makoto Tanabe, Japan thinks that the Defamation of Religion resolution is "not a good resolution, but it is no [...] |
2009-12-22 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC JA |
| 09TOKYO2921 |
POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: JAPAN AND U.S. SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: The USG and GOJ should quietly resolve any differences regarding Japan's postal privatization process, Financial Services Agency Senior Vice Minister Kouhei Ohtsuka told the DCM December 21 in response to points in reftel. Ohtsuka welcomed USG statements that postal privatization [...] |
2009-12-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO2922 |
JAPAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per reftel, 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Japan provided in paragraph 2. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Jamie Roane (roanejo@state.gov, roanejo@state.sgov.gov). 2. (U) Begin report text. Japan Japan bolstered border security and enhanced national counterterr [...] |
2009-12-22 09:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO2923 |
DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S READOUT ON CHINA VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's visit to China was aimed at ensuring that the new DPJ government started off well with Beijing, Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka told the DCM on December 17. Yamaoka and Ozawa expressed concern about Chin [...] |
2009-12-24 00:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JA |
| 09TOKYO2926 |
JAPAN MAY EXTEND "CASH FOR CLUNKERS" PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's second FY09 supplementary budget will likely extend its auto purchase incentive program for certain fuel-efficient vehicles. No U.S. autos qualify, and although U.S. automakers advocate modification of the program, their main concern is preservation of benefits they c [...] |
2009-12-24 02:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO2928 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-28 03:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2929 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave front- page coverage to the questioning by prosecutors of a DPJ lawmaker on Sunday concerning his role in a dubious land purchase in 2004 by DPJ Secretary General Ozawa's political fund management organization. 2. "U.S. Mediation Leads to Antici [...] |
2009-12-28 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2930 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUTENMA RELOCATION [...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers on Tuesday morning front- paged reports from New Delhi on press remarks on Monday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, during which he reportedly said that the coalition agreement on Futenma relocation must not ignore the U.S.'s intentions. 2. "Sites Other Than Okinawa Must [...] |
2009-12-29 22:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2931 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-29 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2935 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-29 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2936 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-29 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2942 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AIRLINE BOMBING ATTEMPT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers on Wednesday morning front- paged Prime Minister Hatoyama's meeting on Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Singh. 2. "U.S. Concern That Yemen Could Become New Battlefield" The liberal Asahi wrote from Washington (12/30): "Concerning the recent failed attempt to blow [...] |
2009-12-30 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2944 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-30 05:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2946 |
AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 21 LUNCH MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: The ROKG sees hints of movement from the DPRK but that it will not offer any inducements to the DPRK without meaningful action from the North Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka told the Ambassador on December 21. Foreign Minister Okada's upcoming travel abroad will include st [...] |
2009-12-30 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL PINR JA |
| 09TOKYO2948 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-30 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2949 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-31 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO295 |
POSTAL PRIVATIZATION DEVELOPMENTS RATTLE U.S. [...] (C) Signs Japan Post Insurance might introduce a new product continue to ratchet up concerns among U.S. insurers operating in Japan. It is still early in Japan Post Insurance's ten-year privatization process and a new product would enjoy substantial non-competitive advantages, several stakeho [...] |
2009-02-06 10:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO2952 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Thursday morning gave top or front-page play to the Hatoyama administration's announcement on Wednesday of its basic policy for Japan's growth strategy through 2020. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Must Reacknowledge Importance of U.S." The conservative Sankei edito [...] |
2009-12-31 03:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO2953 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-31 03:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO298 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AT [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on a wildfire caused by a heat wave that killed at least 108 people in southern Australia. 2. "U.S. Wooing Europe" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Munich (2/8): " [...] |
2009-02-09 01:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO3 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/02/09 [...] In it, he stressed his government's intention of putting every effort into devising measures to revive the economy that has been hit by the global financial and economic crisis. The prime minister stated: "The government will expend all efforts to remove the nation's anxieties about the economy [...] |
2009-01-02 03:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO30 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO300 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 1 02/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-09 02:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO302 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 2 02/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-09 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO305 |
JAPANESE POLICE SHOWCASE TIP EFFORTS, (BUT BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: Eager to showcase its anti-TIP efforts, the NPA (National Police Agency) recently hosted two TIP-related symposia, including the "5th Contact Point Meeting for Trafficking in Persons in Japan." Significantly, for the first time, Embassy Tokyo was invited to elaborate on U.S. anti [...] |
2009-02-09 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PHUM JP |
| 09TOKYO306 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING [...] (S) Emboff delivered talking points contained in ref A to Takao Shishikura, Director, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Shishikura said Japanese authorities are investigating Tonegawa-Seiko, but he did not have any [...] |
2009-02-09 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM ETTC KSCA JA IR |
| 09TOKYO307 |
PM ASO'S ECONOMIC AGENDA: STALLED AND LOSING [...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's policies have not had the impact on Japan's economy he wanted. When the global economic crisis hit, Aso promised "bold countermeasures" to confront rising unemployment and bankruptcies, record drops in business confidence and manufacturing output, and slumping public [...] |
2009-02-09 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO308 |
JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY COMMISSION TRYING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY The Japan-China Joint Historical Research Committee, formed in October 2006, is aiming for a March 2009 release of its long awaited report, despite last-minute Chinese misgivings about language contained therein. The Committee initially sought to complete the project by Summer 2 [...] |
2009-02-09 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA CH |
| 09TOKYO309 |
SONY EXECUTIVE ON CHALLENGES TO JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Sony reports serious concern within Japan's electronics industry about actions various governments have taken recently that restrict or could restrict trade. He included in his assessment adoption of the "10 2" rule in the U.S. and reports of possible "Buy American" amendments to the [...] |
2009-02-09 09:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV ETRD PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO311 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-10 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO312 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, MUNICH SECURITY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a continued fall in public approval of Prime Minister Aso and Nissan's massive layoff plan. 2. "Prime Minister Wins by Improving Security" On the recent Iraqi provincial elections, the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/10) [...] |
2009-02-10 02:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO317 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso, Foreign Minister Nakasone and Defense Minister Hamada are eager to see you to discuss our new Administration's foreign policy and ways to improve our global and regional partnership. That your first stop on your first overseas trip i [...] |
2009-02-10 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP JA |
| 09TOKYO319 |
POST CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN-RELATED MATTERS [...] (SBU) Political Officer Jamie Roane is Embassy Tokyo's point-of-contact for ASEAN-related matters. Roane's office phone number is (81) 03-3224-6936; his unclassified email is roanejo@state.gov. Economic Officer David DiGiovanna is in charge of APEC-related issues. DiGiovanna's office phone n [...] |
2009-02-10 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECIN ASEAN JA |
| 09TOKYO320 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO322 |
WHALING: JAPAN ASKS USG TO EXAMINE TAX EXEMPT [...] (U) Please see action request contained in para 5. 2. (C) Fisheries Agency of Japan Director General Shuji Yamada called in EMIN Feb. 10 to raise the recent incident in which a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel allegedly collided with a Japanese research whaling vessel in th [...] |
2009-02-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS IWC PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO324 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/12/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-12 01:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO328 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMIC MEASURES, [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included press remarks on Wednesday by South Korean Foreign and Trade Minister Yu that a meeting between a former North Korean agent now living in South Korea and family members of a missing Japanese abductee, who is believed to have taught [...] |
2009-02-12 03:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO329 |
RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted a site visit of Laser Measurement Corporation (ref) February 3 and met with Managing Director Hiroo Sugihara at the firm's premises in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. Sugihara displayed the Grey Field Polariscope and the supporting documentation for the transaction identified in [...] |
2009-02-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 09TOKYO33 |
JAPAN: ASO EKING OUT POSITIVE REVIEWS ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has forged modest success on China. Facing plummeting approval ratings, a sputtering economy, and a Diet divided with the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, PM Aso has managed to keep bilateral ties to China on an even keel by actively engagin [...] |
2009-01-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO330 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO332 |
JAPAN'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has been an active participant in negotiations on a post-Kyoto climate change agreement in the UNFCCC, as well as in talks on the subject in the Major Economies Meetings, G8, and APEC. Seeing itself as a bridge between the U.S. and EU on climate change, the GOJ also has [...] |
2009-02-12 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO335 |
JAPAN POST INSURANCE UPDATE [...] (U) Please note action request contained in paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (C) Japanese officials hope to avoid discussion of Japan Post Insurance and level playing field concerns during Secretary Clinton's first visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Emboffs during a February 10 meeting, an [...] |
2009-02-13 00:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO336 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. BAILOUT PLAN AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the Chinese military's plans to construct its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier after 2020. 2. "U.S. Bailout Plan Unsatisfactory" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (2/13): "A new financial stabilization plan revealed by the Obama ad [...] |
2009-02-13 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO337 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/13/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-13 01:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO338 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 16-18, 2009 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Yuri Kim. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...] |
2009-02-13 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA TH |
| 09TOKYO339 |
CODEL SKELTON VISIT TO IWOJIMA, JAPAN, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes Representative Ike Skelton and members of his delegation for their February 18 visit to Iwojima, Japan. 2. (U) Embassy POC for the Iwojima visit is Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...] |
2009-02-13 02:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO341 |
LATVIAN PM VISIT TO JAPAN FOCUSED ON TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis' Tokyo visit focused on economic, financial, and trade issues, while renewing political ties largely devoid of contentious issues, according to Foreign Ministry officials and Tokyo-based Latvian Embassy diplomats. Tokyo and Riga did not sign [...] |
2009-02-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD JA LG |
| 09TOKYO343 |
FM NAKASONE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, PIRACY IN [...] (C) Summary: Bilateral cooperation on Afghanistan reconstruction and better coordination on DPRK issues dominated the discussion during FM Nakasone's meetings with ROK President Lee and FM Yu in Seoul February 10-11. Other key issues included efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa, [...] |
2009-02-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD JA KA |
| 09TOKYO344 |
BULGARIAN PRESIDENT CONFIRMS COORDINATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. Bulgarian President Parvanov sought to establish "a new type of partnership" with Japan, one which would reflect Sophia's new-found status as a democratic member of the EU community, during a January 25-29 visit to Tokyo. A second major goal involved attempts to reduce the large [...] |
2009-02-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID JA BU |
| 09TOKYO345 |
PROGRAMS FOR JAPAN'S AUTOMAKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although car manufacturers in Japan have been hit hard by the global economic crisis -- with six of the country's eight auto manufacturers reporting losses last year -- none is clamoring for a bailout. The GOJ has adopted an incremental approach to assist the auto industry with [...] |
2009-02-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTO EFIN ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO346 |
PANASONIC CONFIRMS PLANS TO REPATRIATE STAFF [...] (SBU) Summary: Panasonic says pandemic preparedness and risk management are behind its decision to repatriate dependents of employees working in many emerging countries. However, the company concedes there is no imminent pandemic threat. With no particular guidance from the GOJ or other aut [...] |
2009-02-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KFLU TBIO KSTH JA |
| 09TOKYO347 |
KOIZUMI BLASTS ASO [...] (C) Summary: Former PM Koizumi sent political sparks flying February 12, leveling criticism at PM Aso for his professed willingness to review landmark 2005 postal reforms in what the press and some Embassy contacts are painting as a clear attempt to bring about a change in leadership. Former [...] |
2009-02-13 10:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO348 |
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points contained in ref to MOFA International Science Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Shigenobu Kobayashi February 13. Kobayashi appreciated the update on the collision between the U.S. Iridium and Russian Cosmos satellites and stressed MOFA's desire f [...] |
2009-02-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO349 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-16 19:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO350 |
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points contained in ref to MOFA International Science Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Shigenobu Kobayashi February 13. Kobayashi appreciated the update on the collision between the U.S. Iridium and Russian Cosmos satellites and stressed MOFA's desire f [...] |
2009-02-16 19:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO351 |
SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION OF THE DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-16 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO352 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/17/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-17 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO354 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included Secretary of State Clinton's arrival in Tokyo on Monday evening. 2. "Prior Notice of Missile Launch a Message to U.S.?" The moderate Yomiuri's dispatch from Seoul argued (2/17): "North Korea's 'prior notice' of its launch of a ball [...] |
2009-02-17 02:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO358 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO363 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO365 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REPRESENTATIVE DANA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2009, visit to Japan by Congressional Representative Dana Rohrabacher and Mr. Paul Berkowitz (February 19-21). 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: O [...] |
2009-02-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO366 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLINTON'S VISIT TO [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers led with Tuesday's resignation of Finance Minister Nakagawa to take responsibility for the "strange behavior" he had displayed during a press conference following the G7 financial ministerial in Rome last week. 2. "Summit Is Fine, But...." The libe [...] |
2009-02-18 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO367 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO368 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 814 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 22:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO369 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 816 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 22:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO37 |
METI SOLICITING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON STRENGTHENING TRADE [...] Summary and Action Request: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is soliciting public comments on the contents of a recent draft report from its Industrial Structure Council's Intellectual Property Subcommittee. Among other measures, this report recommends stronger efforts to p [...] |
2009-01-07 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV JA |
| 09TOKYO370 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 817 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 23:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO371 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTESEXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 818 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 23:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO372 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTESEXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 822 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 23:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO374 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/19/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-19 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO375 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND RESCUE [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Prime Minister Aso's meeting yesterday with Russian President Medvedev in Sakhalin. 2. "Vietnam Syndrome Still Haunts (U.S.)" On President Obama's decision to beef up U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a Washington correspondent for the liber [...] |
2009-02-19 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO376 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTESEXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 823 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-19 02:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO385 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO387 |
AUSTR CUTLER RAISES JAPAN POST INSURANCE WITH FSA, [...] (SBU) During a February 18 meeting with Financial Services Agency (FSA) officials, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler conveyed U.S. concerns that Japan Post Insurance is preparing to launch a product before it is held to the same standards applied to its U.S. competitors. Supervi [...] |
2009-02-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO388 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/20/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-20 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO39 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-08 01:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO392 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. POLICY IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the alleged "influence peddling" by a top secretary to Prime Minister Aso in connection with the admittance of a son of the aide's acquaintance to a medical college. 2. "Japan Should Assist U.S. in Devising Strategy for Afghanistan" On Pr [...] |
2009-02-20 06:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO394 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/20/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-20 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO395 |
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Yoko Yanagisawa, MOFA Senior Coordinator for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, reports the GOJ is following up on local media reports that Japanese firms were involved in Abdul Qadeer Khan's efforts supporting development of Pakistan's nuclear program. Yanagisawa told econoff MOFA and M [...] |
2009-02-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL PK JA |
| 09TOKYO399 |
PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S FEB 19 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told visiting PACOM Commander Timothy Keating on February 19 that realignment of U.S. forces should move forward and that the signing of the Guam International Agreement during Secretary Clinton's visit was a major step in that direction. He stressed that [...] |
2009-02-22 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 09TOKYO4 |
JAPAN CALLS FOR HALT TO ATTACKS ON GAZA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso telephoned Prime Minister Olmert to urge an end to Israel's airstrikes on Gaza. Japan has also called on Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israel. The Israeli Embassy in Tokyo has been in touch with MOFA concerning possible UNSC actions concerning the situation in [...] |
2009-01-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG UNRWA IS JA |
| 09TOKYO40 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA AND GAS ROW [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included the reported release of a Japanese female doctor who has been held hostage in Somalia since September as well a decision by a Russian state company to completely halt its natural gas exports to Europe through Ukraine. 2. "Traged [...] |
2009-01-08 03:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO402 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/23/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 01:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO403 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY'S TRIP TO [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Monday morning included the results of several opinion surveys showing a further decline in public support for Prime Minister Aso. 2. "Will U.S. diplomacy Save All in 'Common Boat?'" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/22): "Secretary of State Clinton's East As [...] |
2009-02-23 02:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO408 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO409 |
(SBU) USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER REGARDING MARINE [...] (U) Please see action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) Post delivered the letter contained in ref to Fisheries Agency of Japan Deputy Director General Jun Yamashita February 23. Yamashita's address is: 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8907. 3. (U) The links provided in ref for ba [...] |
2009-02-23 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV OTRA JA |
| 09TOKYO410 |
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ASO WEAKENS ON EVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The latest polls from a broad range of media outlets show more bad news for Prime Minister Taro Aso and his ruling LDP on every front. Aso's support rate is now the second or third lowest in memory, his non-support rate has hit 80 percent in at least one survey, and he trails op [...] |
2009-02-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO411 |
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (SBU) Minister Yoichi Masuzoe has ordered a review of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW)'s February 6 ordinance that would ban Internet and mail order sales of most over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. The review was ordered within hours of the provision's announcement following comp [...] |
2009-02-23 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV TBIO KSTH JA |
| 09TOKYO416 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/24/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO417 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY CLINTON'S [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included an estimate revealed on Monday by the Health Ministry that the ratio of employees' pension benefits to the average after-tax salary payment is expected to fall from the current 62.3 percent to 50.1 percent in fiscal 2038. The ministry [...] |
2009-02-24 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO418 |
INTEREST IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT GROWS IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Japan's recent decision to accept some 90 Burmese refugees, makes it the first Asian nation to provide third country resettlement. This cable summarizes two recent symposia held in Japan on resettlement and the experiences of other countries in dealing with refugees. Although Jap [...] |
2009-02-24 06:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PHUM PREL SMIG JA |
| 09TOKYO419 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/24/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO420 |
MOFA SUPPORTING BROAD ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials want to strengthen cooperation with the United States on Southeast Asia policy and enthusiastically welcome what they see as renewed U.S. engagement in the region. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) welcomed Secretary Clinton's visit to Indonesia and [...] |
2009-02-24 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA ASEAN JA CH |
| 09TOKYO421 |
ROK EMBASSY APPLAUDS ASO; FEARS FOR U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: PM Aso has worked hard to improve relations with Korea, and his efforts are widely appreciated in Seoul, ROK Embassy Minister Kim told the Charge in a meeting on February 24. Aso and ROK President Lee have worked well together to defuse potentially explosive historical issues an [...] |
2009-02-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV ETRD JA KA |
| 09TOKYO422 |
JAPAN DEFENDS POSITION ON CONSERVATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: EST Chief and LES Environment Specialist delivered demarche in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fisheries Division Officer Daisuke Kiryu and Fisheries Agency of Japan International Affairs Division Officer Wataru Tanoue February 5. In response, Kiryu said Japan sees no reason [...] |
2009-02-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV KSCA JA |
| 09TOKYO423 |
JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER LOOKS FOR CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: Japan Environment Minister Saito called for continuing strong U.S.-Japan cooperation on climate change, including on efforts to bring China into a post-Kyoto framework, during his February 17 meeting with Climate Change Special Envoy Stern. The Japanese Minister also proposed s [...] |
2009-02-25 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ENRG KGHG PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO424 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/25/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-25 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO425 |
METI VICE MINISTER EMPHASIZES ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: METI Vice Minister Mochizuki called for continued U.S.-Japan cooperation in research and development of clean energy technology and in bringing the emerging market economies into a post-Kyoto framework during his February 18 meeting with Climate Change Special Envoy Stern. Moch [...] |
2009-02-25 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG JA |
| 09TOKYO428 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave front-page play to Tuesday's summit between President Obama and Prime Minister Aso. 2. "President Calls for Patience" A Washington correspondent for the quasi-government broadcaster NHK stated (2/25): "President Obama's speech before the join [...] |
2009-02-25 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO431 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-25 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO433 |
ICC WARRANT FOR PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR [...] (C) According to Tetsuo Takagi, Deputy Director of MOFA's United Nations Policy Division, Japan's approach to a possible Security Council Article 16 Resolution to delay the issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al-Bashir will be based on three principles. "First we want to main [...] |
2009-02-26 00:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA JA |
| 09TOKYO434 |
UN APPEAL TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-26 00:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UNGA JA |
| 09TOKYO435 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/26/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-26 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO441 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Sankei report claiming that Japanese police plan to raid a machinery trading firm in Tokyo on suspicion of exporting materials that could be used for military purposes to North Korea via a third country without GOJ approval. 2. "Diff [...] |
2009-02-26 06:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO443 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-26 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO445 |
READ-OUT ON COORDINATION MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (S/NF) Alliance and intelligence managers from the Embassy, U.S. Forces Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joint Staff Office and Ministry and Defense met on February 20 to discuss policy and intelligence coordination in anticipation of a possible North Korean missile launch. The meeting fol [...] |
2009-02-26 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
| 09TOKYO447 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/27/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 01:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO449 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included President Obama's budget plan for fiscal 2010 and GM's announcement of a $30.9 billion loss in 2008. 2. "Even Satellites are Unacceptable" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (2/27): "North Korea announced its preparations for a 'sate [...] |
2009-02-27 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO45 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL; [...] This message contains an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Deputy Director Naoto Ito and Special Assistant for Nuclear Issues Toshio K [...] |
2009-01-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
| 09TOKYO450 |
JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (C) Embassy shared reftel points with MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji who advises that Japan's delegation to the March 2 Sharm al-Sheikh conference will be led by State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito, and that Japan will pledge 19.5 billion y [...] |
2009-02-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID KPAL KWBG JA |
| 09TOKYO455 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/27/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO456 |
JAPAN TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING DURBAN DOCUMENT [...] (C) Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA's Human Rights Division officer Kazuyoshi Soneda. Soneda responded that Japan's position is to keep negotiating the draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. He stated, "Japan is concerned about the language as it applies [...] |
2009-02-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UNGA JA |
| 09TOKYO458 |
POSITIVE REACTION TO GUAM INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction in Japan to Secretary of State Clinton's February 17 signing of the Guam International Agreement (GIA) with the Japanese Foreign Minister has been overwhelmingly positive. The media has characterized the GIA, and the Secretary's strong message on realignment, as a cl [...] |
2009-02-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO459 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO46 |
JAPANESE ADVOCACY FOR IAEA CANDIDATE, UPCOMING [...] (U) This message contains an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates reftel readout from Vienna on the IAEA DG election. In a discussion which touched on this issue, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Div [...] |
2009-01-08 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IAEA KNNP SF PARM MNUC ENRG TRGY |
| 09TOKYO460 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: GOJ RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 02:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC KTFN JA CH |
| 09TOKYO462 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officers responsible for Iran and Syria February 24. Similarly, poloff delivered the points to contacts in MOFA's First and Second Middle East D [...] |
2009-03-02 06:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY JA |
| 09TOKYO464 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN, JAPAN-CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included Foreign Minister Nakasone's remarks made during his meeting with Chinese Premier Wen on Sunday in Beijing that even a satellite launched by North Korea would constitute a violation of the relevant UN Security Council resolution. 2. [...] |
2009-03-02 06:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO467 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSAD0R STEPHEN BOSWORTH [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 5-7, 2009, visit to Japan by Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korean Policy, Ambassador Sung Kim, Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks, NSC Asia Director Daniel Russel and DPRK Unit Chief Eric [...] |
2009-03-02 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
| 09TOKYO468 |
MEGAPORTS: JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON "RECIPROCAL" [...] (SBU) Despite the March 2 scheduled launch of the Megaports pilot project at the Port of Yokohama, considerable differences in expectations exist between the GOJ and USG about how and what kind of information-sharing will take place, MOFA Second North Americas Division Official Kako Sasai exp [...] |
2009-03-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
| 09TOKYO469 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO47 |
JAPAN TELLS IRAN TO "ACT RESPONSIBLY" ON GAZA [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Nakasone in a January 7 telephone conversation told Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki that Iran, as a regional power, needs to act responsibly to help bring an end to the violence in Gaza. According to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yuki [...] |
2009-01-08 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IR JA |
| 09TOKYO473 |
WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL LAMY DISCUSSES PROTECTIONISM [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy focused on the need for economies to guard against protectionism and to promote a reinvigorated Doha Development Agenda (DDA) during his February 24-25 meet [...] |
2009-03-02 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO476 |
U.S. BUSINESS RECOMMENDS INFO-TECH STIMULUS [...] The American Chamber of Commerce (ACCJ) recently recommended several near-term information technology (IT) measures the Japanese government might adopt to stimulate the economy. Suggested measures cover areas such as supporting SMEs and facilitating online commerce, improving utilization in [...] |
2009-03-03 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT TINT PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO477 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND GAZA DONOR [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Tuesday morning included a plunge in the Dow stock index below the 7,000 mark during Monday's trading, as well as a new rescue package devised by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve for American International Group (AIG). 2. "Improvement of Security M [...] |
2009-03-03 01:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO478 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-03 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO479 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 820 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-03 01:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO48 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-08 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO482 |
2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: TOKYO INPUT [...] (SBU) Japan should not be listed in the 2009 Special 301 report. Considerations remain unchanged from 2008. 2. (U) Post has reviewed industry submissions per ref and notes one substantive comment from the International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA). The IIPA makes "special ment [...] |
2009-03-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO484 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-03 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO485 |
JAPAN: TALKING POINTS ON U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ [...] (C) Charge delivered Ref A points March 2 to MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kazuyoshi Umemoto. Umemoto was grateful to receive the points and noted that Japan has begun to pursue the "next phase" of its relationship with Iraq, which will focus on building commercial relations [...] |
2009-03-03 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS IZ JA |
| 09TOKYO487 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-04 00:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO489 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA DONOR CONFERENCE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most national dailies on Wednesday morning led with the arrest of a top secretary to DPJ President Ozawa on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-ridden general contractor Nishimatsu Construction Co. in violation of the Political Funds Control Law. 2 [...] |
2009-03-04 05:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO490 |
OZAWA CRIES CONSPIRACY; VOWS TO STAY [...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPJ President Ozawa is on the defensive after the arrest of one of his political secretaries on charges of accepting illegal campaign contributions. Ozawa has denied knowledge of any wrongdoing, suggesting that the investigation is politically motivated, and says he w [...] |
2009-03-04 07:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO492 |
JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of May 2, 2008 to March 4, 2009. ------------------------------------------- H7N6 Detected in Quail in Aichi Prefecture ------------------------------------------- 2. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fo [...] |
2009-03-04 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA |
| 09TOKYO493 |
JAPAN: REQUEST INFORMATION IN PREPARATION FOR G-20 [...] (C) Summary. Domestic political gridlock continues to stymie Japan's ability to implement the economic and financial policies needed to help lead the country out of its worst recession in over half a century. The government's economic stimulus measures have large headline figures, but the Ca [...] |
2009-03-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD JA |
| 09TOKYO497 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-04 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO498 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROBLEMS WITH AG MINISTRY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Responding to demarche points contained in reftel, Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) Staple Foods Department International Office Director Tadashi Sato stated imported rice is more susceptible to mold than Japanese domestic [...] |
2009-03-04 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRC TBIO JA |
| 09TOKYO499 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA AND CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with follow-ups on the recent arrest of a top aide to DPJ President Ozawa for allegedly violating the Political Funds Control Law. 2. "U.S. to Send Senior Diplomats to Syria" The business-oriented Nikkei's correspondent report from Washington [...] |
2009-03-05 05:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO5 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division official Isami Takada December 22. Takada commented his office is already aware of the designation, but he welcomed the additional background [...] |
2009-01-02 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR JA |
| 09TOKYO50 |
ABDUCTEE GROUPS CALL FOR CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The abductee families look forward to continuing support from the United States "in whatever way it sees as right," Sakie Yokota and three other representatives of the two major abductee support groups told Ambassador Schieffer in a farewell call on January 8. The families expre [...] |
2009-01-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
| 09TOKYO501 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-05 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO504 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/05/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-05 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO505 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-06 00:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO51 |
DPJ VP OKADA ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, DPRI, AND DPRK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPJ VP Okada assured the DCM January 6 that his party would act very differently in government than it has in opposition. Okada said that DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa would completely change stripes after an election and that the party would not appoint members of its cu [...] |
2009-01-08 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 09TOKYO511 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-06 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO512 |
FORMER JAPANESE OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON NPT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Econoff met March 4 with Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe, head of the MOFA-affiliated Center for the Promotion of Nonproliferation and Disarmament (CPNPD) to discuss Japan's position on the 2010 NPT review conference. Abe said Japan understands "nothing gets accomplished at the conference [...] |
2009-03-06 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV UNGA IAEA NPT JA |
| 09TOKYO513 |
JAPANESE AUTHORITIES MAKE ARRESTS IN HORKOS [...] (C) On March 4 the Tokyo Public Safety Bureau and Hiroshima prefectural police arrested four senior officials of Horkos Corporation, a Hiroshima machine tools maker, for illegally exporting high-precision equipment to South Korea and China without an export license. Japanese authorities initi [...] |
2009-03-06 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC JA |
| 09TOKYO514 |
DUAL LABOR MARKET ROOT OF PROBLEMS, NEEDED REFORM, [...] (SBU) The split between "regular" and "non-regular" workers is key to understanding Japanese labor market weaknesses and the need for change, a leading labor economist told econoffs. Japan's social safety net was built for the regular, career workforce in a model that worked from the 1950s th [...] |
2009-03-06 08:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO515 |
TOYOTA IN TALKS TO ACCESS JBIC LOAN FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota Financial Services, the Japanese automaker's financing arm, reportedly has requested $2 billion from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to support its financing operations in the U.S. JBIC officials told emboffs March 6 its recently launched lending fa [...] |
2009-03-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTO EFIN ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO516 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers continued to give prominent front-page play to the ongoing investigation by prosecutors of DPJ President Ozawa's aide for allegedly receiving illegal corporate contributions from a scandal-hit general contractor. 2. "Explanations on Surging Military [...] |
2009-03-06 10:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO518 |
JAPANESE MOFA BRIEFS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) MOFA officials March 5 briefed selected members of the diplomatic community concerning Japan's plans to host back-to-back meetings on April 17 of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Group and a Pakistan Donors Conference. According to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Yusuke Shindo, oth [...] |
2009-03-08 22:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK JA |
| 09TOKYO520 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-09 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO521 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Monday morning dailies gave top coverage to the results of their respective opinion surveys all pointing to mounting calls for DPJ President Ozawa to resign to take responsibility for the arrest of his top assistant on suspicion of accepting illegal corporate donations. [...] |
2009-03-09 01:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO525 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO526 |
PUBLIC OPINION TURNS AGAINST OZAWA, DPJ OVER FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Public opinion is quickly turning against DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa, as additional information on his possible complicity in illegal dealings with Nishimatsu Construction emerges in the press. As many as 61 percent of respondents to four recent media polls indicated that Ozawa sho [...] |
2009-03-09 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO529 |
JAPANESE PLEDGE USD 200 MILLION AT MARCH 2 SHARM [...] Ref A indicates that Japan's contribution at the March 2 Sharm al-Sheikh donors conference for Gaza is "unknown." In public remarks made at the conference, Japan's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito stated as follows: "The reconstruction of Gaza must serve as a cornerstone for t [...] |
2009-03-10 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG JA |
| 09TOKYO53 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/9/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO530 |
WHALING:GOJ REPORTS SEA SHEPHERD TO IMO [...] (SBU) EST Unit Chief and Senior Environmental Affairs LES called on Fisheries Agency of Japan Far Seas Fisheries Division Assistant Director Shigeki Takaya March 9 to inform him of CEQ Chair Sutley's March 6 statement regarding the USG position on whaling, and of USG plans to demarche the Gov [...] |
2009-03-10 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS IWC JA |
| 09TOKYO532 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-10 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO533 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included follow-up stories on the recent political donation scandal involving DPJ leader Ozawa. 2. "Will for Nuclear Arms Reduction Expressed" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/10): "The U.S. and Russia agreed to conclude by the end of the year [...] |
2009-03-10 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO534 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-10 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO537 |
MOFA PROVIDES MIXED ASSESSMENT OF JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone's trip to China, February 28-March 1, continued the overall goodwill generated by recent high-level bilateral exchanges but did not make progress on key disagreements. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi did not raise Taiwan and gener [...] |
2009-03-11 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM KN KS TW CH JA |
| 09TOKYO538 |
GOJ PLANS FOR TICAD IV FOLLOW-UP CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) call for donor countries and institutions to "not fall behind" in commitments to African development will be a main theme of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development IV (TICAD IV) Ministerial Follow-up Meeting in Gabor [...] |
2009-03-11 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD PREL XA JA |
| 09TOKYO539 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Wednesday morning included yesterday's press conference by DPJ President Ozawa, in which he apologized for the alleged illegal corporate donation scandal involving his top aide. 2. "Human Rights Neglected in Tibet over Half Century" On the 50th anniver [...] |
2009-03-11 06:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO54 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories this morning included President-elect Obama's reported intention to nominate Harvard University Professor Joseph Nye as Ambassador to Japan. 2. "Vulnerability of Europe Exposed" On Russia's decision to completely halt its natural gas exports to Europe throu [...] |
2009-01-09 03:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO540 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Wednesday morning included yesterday's press conference by DPJ President Ozawa, in which he apologized for the alleged illegal corporate donation scandal involving his top aide. 2. "Human Rights Neglected in Tibet over Half Century" On the 50th anniversa [...] |
2009-03-11 06:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO541 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-11 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO543 |
GOJ COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE AND [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and counterparts from the Korean and Russian embassies delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials in Tokyo March 10. The MOFA officials could not confirm whether Japan would send anyone to the Global Initiative workshop and [...] |
2009-03-11 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS JA |
| 09TOKYO545 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO548 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-12 02:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO552 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Wednesday's meeting between the family of a Japanese abductee and a former North Korean agent who claims to have been taught Japanese by the abductee. 2. "Cruelty of North Korean Crimes Revealed" The liberal Asahi editorialized (3/12): [...] |
2009-03-12 05:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO554 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO555 |
JAPAN POST'S PRIVATIZATION: DEALING WITH THE NEXT [...] (SBU) Seventeen months into the ten-year privatization of Japan Post -- whose operations included mail delivery, the world's largest bank, and Japan's biggest insurer -- a major milestone is coming into view. The initial public offerings (IPOs) of Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance could [...] |
2009-03-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO556 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-13 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO56 |
JAPAN CAN SUPPORT DELAY IN UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (C) Japan will support a postponement of the January 9 UNDP Executive Board presidential election, MOFA Director General for Global Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama told Deputy Chief of Mission January 9. However, Japan is hesitant to actively lobby against Iran's candidacy. Sugiyama agreed that Ja [...] |
2009-01-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UN IR JA |
| 09TOKYO564 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN GEIS +2 TO VISIT JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 15-29, 2009, visit to Japan by John C. Geis, Graham Gilmer, and Nicholas T. Wzientek. 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 p [...] |
2009-03-13 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO565 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Friday morning included the GOJ announcement on Thursday that it has confirmed North Korea's notification to the International Maritime Organization of its plan to launch a satellite between April 4 and 8. 2. "Adoption of UNSC Resolution Appears Difficult" The li [...] |
2009-03-13 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO566 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-13 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO567 |
RULING PARTIES IN CHINA AND JAPAN SIZE EACH OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the February 19-24 "Japan-China Ruling Parties Exchange," visiting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department Chief Wang Jiarui and members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) focused their discussions primarily on the glo [...] |
2009-03-15 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA CH |
| 09TOKYO568 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G20 FINANCIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included Sunday's remarks on a TV show by Prime Minister Aso, in which he said that he cannot say at this moment whether a snap election will be held in May or June. 2. "Ministers' Commitment Is Significant" On the G20 statement that the mem [...] |
2009-03-16 01:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO569 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 01:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO57 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO572 |
EXTENT OF JAPANESE PEACEFUL USE AGREEMENTS MAY [...] (C) Summary: Japanese export control regulations and policies regarding nuclear reactor components could significantly affect the ability of U.S. industry to export nuclear power plants to certain countries, according to recent discussions with officials from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trad [...] |
2009-03-16 03:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG TRGY NRR PUNE IN JA |
| 09TOKYO575 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 824 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 06:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO576 |
REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 825 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP ENRG JA |
| 09TOKYO578 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/16/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO579 |
PRE-COORDINATION WITH JAPAN ON POSSIBLE DPRK TD2 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The CDA and the U.S. Forces Japan Deputy Commander met on March 12 with Directors-General from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense as well as General/Flag Officers from the Japan Joint Staff Office and agreed on the need for bilateral coordination, information sharing [...] |
2009-03-16 22:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
| 09TOKYO58 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/13/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-13 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO584 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-17 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO586 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included a plan by Prime Minister Aso to instruct the GOJ and the ruling coalition to draft a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 after the G20 financial summit in April. 2. "China Should Stop Dangerous Actions" The conservative Sankei edi [...] |
2009-03-17 04:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO588 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO589 |
JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER LOOKING TO VISIT U.S. [...] (SBU) Environment Ministry Councilor for Global Environmental Affairs Masaru Moriya told EMIN and EST Chief March 17 that Japanese Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito plans to visit Washington May 2 - 5. The Minister is looking to meet May 4 with EPA Administrator Jackson, Assistant to the Pr [...] |
2009-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG OTRA PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO593 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning included yesterday's press remarks by DPJ President Ozawa, in which he insisted that political donations by private companies, labor unions, and other entities should be completely prohibited. 2. "Khatami Makes Difficult Decision" On former Irani [...] |
2009-03-18 00:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO594 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-18 01:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO596 |
JAPAN MOVES TOWARD SURPLUS POWER BUYBACK SCHEME TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: METI officials hope the Diet will approve a bill during the current legislative session introducing a feed-in-tariff (FIT)-like scheme to compel electric power companies to buy surplus solar photovoltaic (PV) power from residential generators. If approved, the surplus power rep [...] |
2009-03-18 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV JA |
| 09TOKYO597 |
JAPAN'S LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS BILL TO AVOID [...] (U) Japan's Lower House is deliberating a bill to extend for one year temporary tariff rates -- including beef and pork tariffs -- that will otherwise expire March 31. This same problem has occurred in previous years. Covering 417 tariffs in total, mostly for agriculture products, the bill t [...] |
2009-03-18 07:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV JA |
| 09TOKYO598 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/18/09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-18 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO599 |
JAPAN-IRAN: VISIT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL TO TOKYO; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Oceania Nematollah Izadi visited Tokyo March 9-12 for semi-annual Director General-level meetings. His discussions with counterpart Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Toshiro Suzuki and Deputy Minister [...] |
2009-03-18 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR CASC AF IR JA |
| 09TOKYO600 |
JAPAN'S OPPOSITION PARTY OFFERS VARYING VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), lacks a coherent, unified message on China policy. Most party members agree on the importance of strengthening Sino-Japanese ties and believe that a DPJ-led government would have to handle relations with Chi [...] |
2009-03-18 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA CH |
| 09TOKYO602 |
GREENPEACE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN CASE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace International representatives met EMIN and EST Chief March 18 to express concern about the case of two Greenpeace Japan activists arrested in 2008. The Greenpeace representatives said the case raises human rights concerns regarding freedom of expression and claimed [...] |
2009-03-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS IWC PHUM JA |
| 09TOKYO603 |
JAPAN: CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Japan is deeply dependent on key infrastructure sectors and, given the depth of the U.S.-Japan economic and security relationships, a major disruption here would likely have immediate consequences in the U.S. Embassy Tokyo sees [...] |
2009-03-18 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP JA |
| 09TOKYO604 |
WHO'S WHO IN JAPAN'S CLIMATE TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Prime Minister is advised by the Council on Global Warming and by an interagency group that includes the Chief Cabinet Secretary and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, of Economics, Trade and Industry, and of Environment. The Council on Global Warming is chaired by [...] |
2009-03-18 22:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO605 |
JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//09 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-19 00:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO606 |
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included an announcement on Wednesday by the Japanese government that it has reached an agreement with the Ukraine government to purchase Ukraine's 30 million tons of greenhouse gas emission rights. 2. "North Korea Refuses U.S. Food Aid" Th [...] |
2009-03-19 00:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO608 |
JAPANESE OFFICIAL'S PERSPECTIVES ON IRAQ TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A 16-member delegation of senior officials from 12 Japanese companies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani and several other high-level Iraq [...] |
2009-03-19 02:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL JA IR IZ |
| 09TOKYO610 |
JMSDF DEPARTS ON ANTI-PIRACY MISSION - WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) destroyers departed Japan on March 14 bound for the Horn of Africa (HOA) region on an anti-piracy mission. The vessels will operate independently from CTF-151 and other multi-national efforts in the region, but will interact close [...] |
2009-03-19 03:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL |