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07TOKYO1764	SCENESETTER FOR MICHAEL MASON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [...] (C) You visit as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. We have highlighted specific law enforcement issues separately. This message will identify the broader political and economic framework within which we are advancin [...]	2007-04-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH JA

07TOKYO1765	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/CRS COORDINATOR JOHN E. [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 22-24, 2007 visit to Japan by S/CRS Coordinator John E. Herbst, Col. William Lee, and Scott Rolston (reftels A, B). 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Thy Nguyen. She can be reached at: Office p [...]	2007-04-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO1766	UNSCR 1747/OECD DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXPORT [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI),and Ministry of Finance (MOF) on the U.S. desire for the OECD to adopt a "common line" on restricting medium- to long-term export credits to Iran. While the Japan [...]	2007-04-20 09:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN JA
07TOKYO1767	(C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL [...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...]	2007-04-20 10:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-21 23:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1779	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 02:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1780	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1781	ECONOMIC REFORMS STALL AS ELECTIONS NEAR [...] (C) Economic reform momentum has stalled in the run-up to Japan's Upper House elections in July, while policy talk shops have proliferated. Reform proposals that have made it through the bureaucratic gauntlet reflect a "tinkering" mentality, while PM Abe and the politicians on his economic t [...]	2007-04-23 02:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO1782	MEDIA REACTION - DOHA ROUND - TOKYO [...] "WTO Negotiations: Japan Must Revitalize Agricultural Industry" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (4/23): "Japan is being forced to import more agricultural products in exchange for expanding its industrial exports. This puts the foundations of the nation's food self-sufficiency at risk [...]	2007-04-23 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1790	LDP SPLITS UPPER HOUSE BY-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The ruling LDP and opposition DPJ split two by-elections on April 22, reducing the number of seats the ruling coalition needs to win in the Upper House July elections, in order to retain a majority, from 65 to 64. In Okinawa, strong support from the LDP's coalition partner, Kom [...]	2007-04-23 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1791	PRC PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN: ICE MELTING, BUT [...] (C) Summary. PRC Embassy contacts told Embassy Tokyo that Beijing views Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 Tokyo visit as a "100 percent success." Wen and Japan PM Abe adopted a "forward-looking view" and attempted to build trust, while Tokyo further defined the nature of the "strategic [...]	2007-04-23 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1793	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS FRANK RUGGIERO AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 26-28, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Frank Ruggiero and Katherine Baker (PM/WRA Policy Analyst). A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...]	2007-04-23 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC AFIN MARR PARM PREL KS JA
07TOKYO1800	The Japan Economic Scope - April 20, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from April 20, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan joins China/IPR WTO case as third party 4. ANRE's Mochizuki Discusses East China Sea, G8 Summit, IEA 5. Japan Issues Annual Report on Trade Compliance, U.S. Remains Top of List [...]	2007-04-24 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO1802	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1817	TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER BREAKS NEW GROUND IN HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Tokyo Midtown Medical Center (TMMC),located in the newly opened Tokyo Midtown complex in the Roppongi area of central Tokyo, boasts Japan's first hospital with a foreign affiliation. TMMC has contracted with Johns Hopkins International (JHI),part of the Johns Hopkins med [...]	2007-04-24 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SOCI TBIO JA
07TOKYO1839	PM ABE TRIES TO DEFUSE COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE IN [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is making a concerted effort to defuse the comfort women issue prior to his first summit with the President. Stung by foreign criticism of his earlier comments distinguishing different "degrees" of coercion used to bring women to comfort stations, in recent we [...]	2007-04-24 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO184	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO 1718 [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Brett Blackshaw, Deputy, Politica [...]	2007-01-16 09:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO1843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1847	MEDIA REACTION - PM ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO [...] "PM Abe's Visit to US: Confirm Strong US-Japan Cooperation" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (4/25): "Prime Minister Abe will leave for the US Thursday for talks Friday with President Bush. This will be his first visit to the US since he became prime minister last September. While in Washing [...]	2007-04-25 04:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1848	PACFLEET COMMANDER MEETS WITH MOFA AND MOD [...] (C) Summary: During April 18 meetings with PACFLT Admiral Gary Roughead, MOFA North American Affairs Director General Shinichi Nishimiya and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya lauded the current atmosphere of cooperation between the U.S. and Japan. Both Ni [...]	2007-04-25 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1852	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1854	SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT BACKGROUNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) expires March 31, 2008. For the next SMA, the Japanese government will likely seek significant reductions in utilities reimbursements, and perhaps, labor costs. In the last round of negotiations, the Japanese government agreed to a tw [...]	2007-04-25 09:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1857	CHARGE URGES INCREASED COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Charge discussed a list of specific areas for enhanced bilateral and trilateral counterterrorism cooperation with MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism Cooperation, Akio Suda, on April 24. Using reftel points, the Charge raised initiatives aimed at improving: access to terroris [...]	2007-04-25 10:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV JA
07TOKYO1864	MEDIA REACTION - PM ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO [...] "Abe's Visit to US: Close Gaps in US-Japan Alliance" The conservative Sankei editorialized (4/26): "PM Abe Abe begins a two-day visit to the US on Thursday, his first since his inauguration last September.... Certainly, the US-Japan alliance is more mature than it has ever been. But the allian [...]	2007-04-26 06:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1865	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 06:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1872	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]	2007-04-26 07:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1895	MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Diet April 24 began debating government proposed legislation to extend the deployment to Iraq of Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) for an additional two years beginning at the end of July. Although the law is expected to be passed, the issue of Japanese forces [...]	2007-04-27 02:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ JA
07TOKYO19	VISIT TO JAPAN'S SHIMANE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 04:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PARM PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1901	CBRN DEFENSE WORKING GROUP PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary: DASD Richard Douglas led the U.S. delegation to the Japan-U.S. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Working Group (CDWG) Plenary on April 18, 2007. The Principals approved the CDWG Work Plan for 2007-2008, which features a bilateral capability assessmen [...]	2007-04-27 05:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1911	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: MEETING BETWEEN DIET MEMBER [...] (SBU) Changing Japan's child pornography laws to criminalize possession would significantly improve international law enforcement authorities' ability to work together on investigations, FBI Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations Michael Mason told Liberal Democratic Party D [...]	2007-04-27 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI JA
07TOKYO1912	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]	2007-04-27 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1915	JAPAN INFORMED OF PRESIDENTIAL APPEAL FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL EUN IZ JA
07TOKYO1916	THE VISION THING: POLTICAL WILL DISSIPATED FOR HIGH-QUALITY POSTAL PRIVATIZATION, SAYS FORMER POSTAL HEAD [...] (C) While the privatization of Japan Post is irreversible and will commence as planned on October 1, the political will and vision behind it dissipated once Prime Minister Abe took office, former Japan Post (JP) President Masaharu Ikuta told ECOUNS April 26. The change in political atmosphere [...]	2007-04-27 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
07TOKYO1918	ABE'S REPORT CARD: UNPRECEDENTED PROGRESS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abe has had a string of legislative and policy successes on alliance issues -- including realignment, BMD data-sharing, and extensions of Japan's maritime support for Operation Enduring Freedom in the Indian Ocean and for coalition forces in Iraq. Complaints about [...]	2007-04-30 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PREL
07TOKYO1919	MOFA SPEAKS TO EMBASSY REGARDING UPCOMING FCLP. [...] (C) In a scripted exchange using language employed prior to other rounds of Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) MOFA DDG of North America Affairs Kazuyoshi Umemoto spoke with A/DCM Mike Meserve on April 25 regarding the May 2 to May 11, 2007 FCLP. Umemoto asked for the U.S. Government to: [...]	2007-04-30 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA PARM
07TOKYO1923	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1926	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO193	MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE IN MIDEAST [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to plans by the Ministry of Defense to provide the US military with intelligence collected by the ASDF's Base Air Defense Ground Environment (BADGE) system in the event of a contingency in areas surrounding Japan. 2. "US Wins Support [...]	2007-01-17 03:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1931	MEDIA REACTION - ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO [...] "Bush-Abe Meeting: Efforts Needed to Make Alliance Rock Solid" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (4/29): "During their meeting in Washington, Prime Minister Abe and President Bush agreed to create an 'irreplaceable' US-Japan alliance. To do so, both allies must make constant [...]	2007-05-01 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1932	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]	2007-05-01 03:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1934	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-3 [...] Bills sponsored by government and ruling parties 2. Minshuto-sponsored bill National referendum bill Â [...]	2007-05-01 04:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1945	U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP APRIL 2007 SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG) for FY-2007 took place on April 13 via digital videoconference (DVC). The IWG reviewed progress on all agenda items in advance of the annual report to leaders in June. Both sides expressed satisfaction with t [...]	2007-05-01 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ELAB ETRD CVIS JA
07TOKYO1946	METI OUTLINES ABE-WEN SUMMIT OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The recent meeting between the Japanese Prime Minister and the Chinese Premier produced few tangible economic results, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economic, Trade, and Industry (METI). Nevertheless, the summit meeting did signal political commitment for fur [...]	2007-05-01 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1949	ABE GETS BOOST FROM SUMMIT; PRESS COVERAGE POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. Polls taken shortly after Prime Minister Abe met April 27 with President Bush show Abe's support rate has risen close to 10 percent since March, with an equivalent decline in those saying they oppose Abe. While the shift is not only because of Abe's successful visit to the U.S., [...]	2007-05-01 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1950	JAPAN OPPOSES BELARUS BID FOR HRC, UNCOMMITTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 10:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC JA
07TOKYO1951	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1957	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1976	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1980	GOJ BACKSLIDING ON BEEF DEAL? [...] (C) Japan's Health Ministry (MHLW) is balking at a deal to ease restrictions on U.S. beef exports that was apparently worked out between Agriculture Minister Matsuoka and Agriculture Secretary Johanns on the eve of the Bush-Abe Summit. The Charge underscored U.S. concern about the apparent b [...]	2007-05-02 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO1982	GNEP: MOFA RAISES CONCERNS FOLLOWING MAY 1 [...] (U) Note - This is an Action Request - See paragraph 6 below. 2. (C) On May 2 EST Deputy and EST Officer were called in by MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma to discuss questions that arose following the May 1 pre-ministerial [...]	2007-05-02 10:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO1989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1990	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Course for Stabilization Remains Unclear" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (5/6): "In Iraq, where a large number of citizens are dying every day due to violence and terrorism, millions of people have become refugees in their own country.... An international conference on Iraq was held in th [...]	2007-05-07 02:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2	MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Urgent Need to Draw Up Strategy for Overcoming Crises" The top-circulation, moderate conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1/3): "Crises are deepening across the globe in the face of the relentless pursuit of nuclear programs by Iran and North Korea, as well as the stalemated situation in Iraq. [...]	2007-01-03 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2004	JAPAN URGES PROGRESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN CCW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan believes in the need for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM) and wishes to see the U.S. encourage progress on CM via the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) for a formal negotiating mandate ""by the end of the year,"" DDG Shimbo told visiting DAS Ru [...]	2007-05-07 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO2025	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2029	GOJ HUDDLING ABOUT BEEF [...] (C) Over Japan's Golden Week holiday and again on May 7 the Charge underscored with GOJ authorities Washington's strong concern about apparent GOJ backsliding (see reftel) on a deal to ease restrictions on U.S. beef exports to Japan. Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka and Assistant Chief Cabinet [...]	2007-05-07 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2030	TRILATERAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),U.S., Japanese and Australian diplomatic and defense officials agreed on a range of trilateral initiatives, including: -- a U.S.-Japan-Australia P-3C exercise in October 2007; -- seminars to [...]	2007-05-07 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO2033	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2042	MEDIA REACTION - FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - [...] "Sarkozy's Diplomatic Ability Unknown" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/8): "...French President-elect Sarkozy's diplomatic ability is still unknown. While maintaining its alliance with the US, France has made strict demands on the US from time to time, thus showing its independent position. [...]	2007-05-08 04:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2052	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]	2007-05-08 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO2053	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2054	JAPAN WANTS ALL UNHRC SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC EUN JA
07TOKYO2074	MEDIA REACTION - US BUDGET FOR IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "US Must Fulfill Responsibility to Stabilize Iraq" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/9): "The Bush administration and Congress are increasingly at loggerheads over policy on Iraq, which has become more chaotic. President Bush has vetoed a supplementary budget for Iraq spen [...]	2007-05-09 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2076	JAPAN FORMULATING SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 09:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM XB JA
07TOKYO2077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2079	MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Iraq Situation: Utilize Framework for Stabilizing Iraq" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (5/10): "At the recent foreign ministerial on the security and stability of Iraq held in Egypt, representatives from about 50 countries, including Iraq's neighboring nations, Japan and other G-8 n [...]	2007-05-10 02:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2081	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD THOMAS MAHNKEN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 22-25, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD Thomas Mahnken, Paul Martin, Stephen Dinauer, and Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home pho [...]	2007-05-10 04:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO209	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IO ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 24-28, 2006 visit to Japan by IO A/S Silverberg and Ray Hotz. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 [...]	2007-01-17 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP OTRA CH JA
07TOKYO2094	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] EST Minster-Counselor met with her counterpart, Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007, to discuss reftel points. Ambassador Nakane stated that Japan shares the view that the global WMD threat will not go away and expa [...]	2007-05-10 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07TOKYO2097	JAPAN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON UNSCR-LISTED [...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 9 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto said that Japan has very strict border controls in place, and immigration officials have instructions to notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately [...]	2007-05-10 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PBTS PARM KNNP IR JA
07TOKYO210	CORRECTED COPY: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRILATERAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 21-27, 2007 visit to Japan by the U.S. Delegation to the Trilateral 1718 Working Group and ASTOP. Notional schedules for each event will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the delegation to the January 24 Tril [...]	2007-01-17 22:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP JA PARM PREL
07TOKYO2102	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2104	PM ABE,S YASUKUNI SHRINE DONATION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe and the Japanese government are refusing to publicly confirm or deny reports that the Prime Minister made a 50,000 yen contribution to Yasukuni Shrine. Abe, according to an Embassy Tokyo MOFA contact, paid for the offering from personal funds, but added the ti [...]	2007-05-10 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS CH JA
07TOKYO2109	WHALING: JAPAN SEAMEN'S UNION ON IWC AND NISSHIN MARU [...] As part of its annual pre-International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting "demarche" to Tokyo embassies, the All Japan Seamen's Union's (JSU) Suezo Kondo, Secretary for the Bureau of Fisheries, and Keiichi Imai of the Kanto Regional Branch visited EST Deputy and EST FSN on May 8 to preview the [...]	2007-05-11 00:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD
07TOKYO2113	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO213	JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON AT PARIS III [...] (C) Japan is unlikely to participate in the Paris III International Conference for Support to Lebanon at the ministerial level, nor is it contemplating any significant additional pledges of support, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Lebanon officer Hitoshi Ishizuka and Lebanese Cha [...]	2007-01-18 00:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID LE JA
07TOKYO2131	JAPAN YET TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES FOR COLOMBO PLAN [...] (C) Japan has not yet decided which candidate to support to be the next Secretary General of the Colombo Plan, according to Michiko Nakano of MOFA's First Country Assistance Planning Division. She anticipates MOFA will finish evaluating the candidates and reach a decision by the middle of nex [...]	2007-05-11 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC JA
07TOKYO2133	JAPAN RESPONDS TO U.S. WHA OBJECTIVES; INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, ESTOFF conveyed USG positions per reftel A to appropriate officials at Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW). The officials described Japan's views as being largely in line with U.S. positions on avian and pandem [...]	2007-05-11 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO AORC PREL AMED JA
07TOKYO2136	JAPANESE VIEWS OF IRAQ COMPACT AND NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is hopeful the good turnout at the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) and Iraq Neighbors meetings May 3-4 in Sharm el-Sheikh will lead to greater international support for Iraq that will translate into improved security conditions, according to National Security Advisor [...]	2007-05-11 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO2137	AFTER GOLDEN WEEK DUST UP, GOJ FINALLY SET TO [...] (C) After weeks of stop and go negotiations, three teams of Japanese auditors will finally travel to the United States May 13 as part of the effort to end the box-by-box inspection rules that currently hinder trade in U.S. beef. Twelve Japanese officials will spend two weeks in America,s hea [...]	2007-05-11 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2143	MEDIA REACTION Q BLAIR'S RESIGNATION - TOKYO [...] "Blair Stuck in Iraq QuagmireQ The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/12): "... British Prime Minister Tony Blair was obliged to announce his resignation halfway through his remaining term of office because of a sharp drop in public support and under rising pressure from his ow [...]	2007-05-14 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2144	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OSD DASD JOHN HILL AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 15-19, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD John Hill, Maj. Jason Perry, and Maj. Leo Kosinski. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Trevor Rosenberg. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5338 Home phone: (81-3 [...]	2007-05-14 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2154	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Embassy political officer delivered Reftel on May 11 to MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division officer Mikiko Masuda. Masuda asked if Japan would be expected to provide a keynote speaker, or be responsible for leading discussions d [...]	2007-05-14 05:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO2157	GNEP: "DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS" ON FAST REACTOR [...] (C) On May 14, ESTOFF delivered points in reftel A to MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Naganuma said he appreciated the clarity of Washington's response on the question of cooperation on fast reactor technology with Russia an [...]	2007-05-14 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA
07TOKYO2158	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2161	JAPAN DENIES PRESS REPORTS OF AID TO PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) MOFA categorically denies a May 10 Yomiuri Shimbun report that Japan is planning to resume Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) to the Palestinian Authority (PA),according to MOFA First Middle East Division Director Hideo Sato. Sato called in Embassy Tokyo political officer on May 14 [...]	2007-05-14 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL JA
07TOKYO2168	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2170	MEDIA REACTION Q CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON SDF - [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front- paged DaimlerChrysler's decision to sell the bulk of its stake in the Chrysler unit to US private equity fund Cerberus Capital. These papers also gave front-page coverage to Monday's enactment of referendum legislation for constitutional amend [...]	2007-05-15 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2171	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID SEDNEY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 15-16, 2007 visit to Japan by David Sedney. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Cynthia Carras. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6837 Mobile phone: 81-90-5430-0384 F [...]	2007-05-15 02:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO2177	The Japan Economic Scope - May 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 11, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren DG on Mideast Trip, FTAs and Upper House Elections 4. Advisory Committee's Recommends Joint Studies for a U.S. -- Japan FTA 5. Tokyo Uneasy on New WTO Paper on Agriculture 6. [...]	2007-05-15 04:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2185	JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MOFA Second Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi and May 14 to MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said Japan shares the U.S. concerns that Ven [...]	2007-05-15 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR JA
07TOKYO2187	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2188	JAPAN'S UNHRC VOTING STRATEGY FOR SLOVENIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNHCR PREL PHUM BL BO SI JA
07TOKYO2189	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO SE ASIA REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER JA
07TOKYO2190	JAPANESE PLEASED WITH PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Abe's April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a "great success" which enabled Tokyo to advance its "Japan and the Middle East: Entering a New Level" policy goal, according to MOFA contacts. National Security Advisor Koike told Charge d'Affaires that Abe enjoyed the trip, [...]	2007-05-15 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2194	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 23:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2195	MEDIA REACTION - US-RUSSIA RELATIONS - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's conservative Sankei front-paged a report quoting a source familier with Japanese and Taiwanese military affairs as disclosing on Tuesday that China is developing anti-ship missiles to possibly counter US aircraft carriers in the event of a cross-straits milit [...]	2007-05-16 23:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2219	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2232	JAPAN-ROK EXCHANGE "CANDID" VIEWS DURING [...] (C) Summary. After a three-year hiatus, the resumption of Japan-ROK security talks is part of a broader effort to improve relations. Though somewhat stilted and formulaic, the talks helped move the relationship forward. The May 10 dialogue resulted in a "candid exchange of views," with both [...]	2007-05-17 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS JA

07TOKYO2233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2234	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 10:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNSC JA
07TOKYO2239	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO224	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 11 [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the period from January 11 to 18. --- Kyushu AI Outbreak Confirmed to be H5N1 --- 2. On January 16, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry of Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed that the avian influenza outbreak in Miyazaki Prefecture, [...]	2007-01-18 07:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
07TOKYO2244	MEDIA REACTION - NORTH-SOUTH KOREA CONFIDENCE [...] "Connection of Two Koreas by Rail: Reconciliation Alone Cannot Lead to North's Denuclearization" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/18): "North and South Korea ran a train across the heavily militarized border Thursday for the first time in nearly 50 years. The ROK had str [...]	2007-05-18 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2245	DEMARCHE ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN HALEH [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo political officer May 18 delivered reftel background points to officials at MOFA's First North American Division and Second Middle East Division, and requested Japan to engage with Iranian officials to urge the prompt release of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. In addition, politica [...]	2007-05-18 05:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO225	JAPAN LIKELY TO SEND EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV EFIN HA JA
07TOKYO2251	The Japan Economic Scope - May 18, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 18, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP and DPJ Staff Members Discuss Upper House election 4. Keidanren Joins G-8 Business Declaration (SBU) 5. KORUS Creates Some Pressure for Japan-U.S. FTA (SBU) 6. FTA/EPA Debate Cont [...]	2007-05-18 06:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2255	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2258	UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO2259	JAPAN STUDYING TLSA, WILL RESPOND WITHIN TWO WEEKS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 18 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto explained that Japan will need at least one week before it can make a substantive comment. 2. (SBU) MOFA POCs for the TLSA are [...]	2007-05-18 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR KPKO JA
07TOKYO226	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2268	JAPAN OPPOSES NORWEGIAN DRAFT TEXT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) On May 18, Embassy Tokyo delivered ref (A) demarche regarding U.S. concerns about the Norwegian draft text on cluster munitions (CM) to MOFA Conventional Arms Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa, noting that Tokyo was "really concerned" about the draft text, reiterated that Japan r [...]	2007-05-21 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO2269	ECON CONTACTS CONFIRM SUCCESS OF ABE'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Separate talks with METI and Keidanren officials largely confirmed MOFA and Kantei reports (reftel) that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,s April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a success. One official emphasized the improved relationship with Saudi Arabia but explained that the [...]	2007-05-21 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2272	EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary. The dispute over oil and gas exploration in an area in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China is no closer to resolution following a technical experts meeting in April, according to an Embassy contact at METI's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). China's [...]	2007-05-22 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 02:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2277	MEDIA REACTION - EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT - TOKYO [...] "Breakdown of EU-Russia Summit: Concern over a 'New Cold War'" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (5/22): "With the confrontation between the two sides becoming so sharp, the EU-Russia summit held on May 18 in central Russia broke down. There are concerns that without efforts to improve [...]	2007-05-22 02:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2282	PACOM COMMANDER KEATING AND DEFMIN KYUMA DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PACOM Commander Admiral Timothy Keating told Defense Minister Kyuma May 15 that his efforts to engage China's military leaders will not come at the expense of a strong U.S.-Japan alliance. Stopping in Tokyo on his return from Beijing, Keating said Chinese officials claimed their [...]	2007-05-22 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL CH TW KS JA
07TOKYO2287	JAPAN-RUSSIA VICE MINISTER TALKS: NO PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. The May 17 Japan-Russia Vice Ministerial talks addressed a range of topics, but focused on preparations for the PM Abe-President Putin meeting on the margins of the G-8, MOFA and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo political officer. Japan asked for clarification on repo [...]	2007-05-22 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
07TOKYO2289	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2290	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO23	PM ABE'S EUROPEAN TOUR: STRENGTHENING TIES WITH [...] (SBU) Shinzo Abe's first trip to Europe as Prime Minister is intended to strengthen Japan's ties with its "natural partners," according to MOFA Western Europe Division Director Akira Kono. Abe's five-day tour of London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris starts on January 9 in London where Abe will me [...]	2007-01-05 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UK GM FR BE JA
07TOKYO230	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL AND DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 20-22, 2007 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher Hill, EAP Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons, and NSC Director Victor Cha. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer will be Keith Jordan. He can be r [...]	2007-01-18 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL CH KS JA
07TOKYO2304	MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged the OIE classification of the US as a "controlled risk country" for BSE. 2. "Russia Becoming More Distant from US and EU" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (5/23): "Russia's relations with the US and EU continue to c [...]	2007-05-23 06:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2306	METI MINISTER'S VISIT TO CENTRAL ASIA, MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI),the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed the success of METI Minister Akira Amari's April 27 - May 5 visit to Central Asia and the Middle East. In [...]	2007-05-23 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AEMR JA
07TOKYO2307	MACHIMURA DISCUSSES U.S. TRIP, ELECTIONS, AND PM [...] (C) Summary. Lower House Diet member and former Foreign Minister Machimura, in a May 23 conversation with the DCM, predicted that the ruling coalition would maintain its majority in the Upper House in the July elections, but only by a slim margin. He attributed PM Abe's rise in the polls to [...]	2007-05-23 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2312	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2315	DEPUTY VICE MINISTER PROTESTS TIP RANKING [...] (C) Deputy Vice Minister Chikao Kawai called the Deputy Chief of Mission May 23 to reiterate Japan's unhappiness with being listed as a Tier Two country in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. After earlier TIP Reports criticized the lack of specific legislation in Japan, the Diet made [...]	2007-05-23 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA
07TOKYO2316	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 30-June 2, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Robert Loftis, DOD Japan Country Director Scott Buchanan and EAP/J Desk Officer Gary Oba to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He c [...]	2007-05-24 00:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO232	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2323	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 02:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2325	MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TOKYO [...] Summary. According to Japan's Infectious Disease Surveillance Center (IDSC),an outbreak of measles cases has been reported in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, affecting young adults in particular. Some universities and high schools have cancelled classes in order to halt the further sprea [...]	2007-05-24 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED EAGR TBIO JA
07TOKYO2328	BSL-3 LAB REPORTED AT NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE [...] (C) In a meeting with Embassy Science Fellow Alan Lindquist and EST FSN on May 1, Dr. Yasuo Seto of the National Research Institute for Police Science (NRIPS) in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, said that NRIPS maintains a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory. Dr. Seto mentioned the BSL-3 la [...]	2007-05-24 04:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL PARM SENV JA
07TOKYO2329	JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HYBRID OPERATION [...] (U) This message contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 23 to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto and UN Policy Division Sudan Desk Officer Hirotaka Ishikawa. Fuj [...]	2007-05-24 04:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU JA
07TOKYO2330	CUBA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU JA
07TOKYO2336	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2342	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2343	MEDIA REACTION Q POST-KYOTO PROTOCOL FRAMEWORK - [...] "Global Climate Initiative Hinges on US and China" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/25): "...PM Abe on Thursday announced the GOJ's basic policy for an international framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which states tha [...]	2007-05-25 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2352	The Japan Economic Scope - May 25, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 25, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ministry of Agriculture Concerned About U.S. - Japan FTA 4. 4. Australian Ambassador Promotes EPA during Hokkaido Visit 5. Does METI Want to Launch FTA Talks with the United States? 6. [...]	2007-05-25 06:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2357	KOMEITO: "YES" TO EXPANDED ROLES FOR JAPAN'S [...] (C) Summary. Komeito, the LDP's indispensable partner in Japan's ruling coalition, has changed it's policy on Japan's right to use military force. Responding to four scenarios currently under consideration by a panel of experts appointed by Prime Minister Abe, the Komeito holds that the use [...]	2007-05-25 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2358	FM ASO TELEPHONES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI; RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki May 24 to urge Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities and to take a constructive approach in coming talks with the United States. Aso raised with Mottaki the subject of detained Iranian-American citizens and sai [...]	2007-05-25 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2359	THE U.S. BASE REALIGNMENT BILL: WHAT IT IS AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Upper House of the Diet passed legislation to support U.S. base realignment under the Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI). The legislation designates certain local governments as "special municipalities connected with U.S. force realignment," and will provide s [...]	2007-05-28 22:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR JA PARM PGOV
07TOKYO2361	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2363	Japanese Shipbuilding Still Going Strong [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite being a high-wage country, Japan's shipbuilders are still going strong, capturing 17.7 percent of new ship orders by tonnage world-wide in 2005, according to a new report by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association. Japanese shipping companies are expanding their fleets t [...]	2007-05-29 00:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND JA
07TOKYO2370	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2371	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO238	JAPANESE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MFO [...] (SBU) Japan recognizes the important mission played by the MFO in maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East, but is precluded by budget constraints from increasing its voluntary contribution to the organization at this time, according to Yusuke Yamasaki, Senior Deputy Director of MOFA [...]	2007-01-19 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MFO PKO JA
07TOKYO2389	MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO [...] "US, Iran Agree on Iraq's Stabilization, But Outlook for Improved Ties Unclear " Tehran correspondent Ando of the liberal Asahi wrote (5/29): "The US and Iran held direct talks Monday in Baghdad to discuss Iraq's stabilization. Though the Monday meeting was at the ambassadorial level, it was t [...]	2007-05-29 06:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2394	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 24 [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the period from April 13 to May 24. -- GOJ designated H5N1 as "government-decreed" infectious disease for the another year -- 2. On April 27, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's (MHLW) Health Sciences Council [...]	2007-05-29 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
07TOKYO2395	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2397	MATSUOKA SUICIDE SHAKES ABE ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) The suicide of scandal-tainted Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Toshikatsu Matsuoka in his Diet apartment on May 28 has dealt a blow to Prime Minister Abe. While negative sentiments toward Matsuoka himself may quickly fade, Abe's responsibility for failing to dismis [...]	2007-05-29 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 01:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2401	MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO [...] "US, Iran Should Continue Talks" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (5/30): "The US and Iran held their first formal talks in 27 years since they broke off diplomatic relations. The ambassador-level talks will not lead directly to improving bilateral ties, however, given that the [...]	2007-05-30 04:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2411	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2412	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2430	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 08:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2431	JAPAN OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Japan supports expanding regional cooperation to promote democracy, Asian Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer during a May 29 discussion about the [...]	2007-05-31 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL XB JA
07TOKYO2447	MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREA - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers front-paged the early-morning passage in the DietQs Lower House of two pension-related bills. 2. "G-8 Foreign Ministerial at Potsdam: Strengthen Ties to Deal with DPRK" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (6/1): "...Foreign ministers [...]	2007-06-01 04:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2451	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD BRIAN GREEN AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 4-8, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD Brian Green, LT COL Brian Bohannon, Suzanne Basalla, Steve Rosenkrantz, Michael Viland, Thomas J. Roth, Jeff Dillemuth and COL Sutton. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Xanthi Carras. [...]	2007-06-01 05:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2459	The Japan Economic Scope - May 31, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 31, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. CPRR Issues Interim Report 4. Upper House Member Shares Views on Reform 5. METI to Sell Share of Japex 6. Japan and India to Cooperate on IPR 7. Decentralization Minister Pledges S [...]	2007-06-01 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2461	JAPAN'S REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747 [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo political and EST officers delivered reftel demarche to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto, 2nd Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi, and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Officer Isami Takada. Fujimoto said t [...]	2007-06-01 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY JA
07TOKYO2462	JAPAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DOD CHINA REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-01 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JA CH
07TOKYO2463	NORIHIKO AKAGI - NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER, OLD [...] (C) After a difficult search that took a couple days longer than expected, Norihiko Akagi will be Japan's new Agriculture Minister. The 48 year-old, six-term Diet member from Ibaraki Prefecture replaces Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide earlier this week in the face of growing cor [...]	2007-06-01 08:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PINR JA
07TOKYO2464	"LABOR BIG BANG" PROPOSALS ON HOLD [...] (C) New Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) proposals to reform the labor market are on hold until after July's Upper House elections, and the six labor bills that the cabinet forwarded to the Diet are "so compromised" they will have little effect, CEFP private sector member Naohiro [...]	2007-06-01 10:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2473	MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's economic daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun gave top play to an interview in Moscow with Russian President Putin, who repeated Moscow's claim to the Northern Territories and said that resolving the territorial dispute with Japan would be difficult. 2. "US and Iran S [...]	2007-06-04 02:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2480	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2483	JAPAN URGES U.S. TO CO-SPONSOR NEGOTIATING MANDATE [...] (C) Summary. During a June 1 briefing on the May 24-25 Lima conference on cluster munitions (CM),MOFA officials stressed that there had been no change in the Japanese position and that Tokyo still sought to balance security and humanitarian issues. Citing concerns about growing momentum in t [...]	2007-06-04 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO2493	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2501	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE BRIEFS JAPAN'S OPPOSITION ON [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Greg Schulte provided a well-received DVC briefing on U.S nonproliferation policy to opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members on May 15, at their request. Questions focused primarily on what the DPJ members characterized as differences between U.S. tre [...]	2007-06-05 07:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP TRGY IR IN JA
07TOKYO2505	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD JAMES C. CLAD [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 6-8, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD James C. Clad. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile phone [...]	2007-06-05 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2507	VANISHING PENSIONS TEST ABE'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is making a concerted effort to recover the political football he fumbled last week over revelations that the Social Insurance Agency (SIA) mishandled pension benefits, forcing remedial legislation through the Lower House. The aggressive tactics, coupled with [...]	2007-06-05 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
07TOKYO2508	THE US-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA CIVIL-MILITARY DISASTER ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS ATTAIN THEIR OBJECTIVES--CAN WE PUSH FOR MORE? [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Embassy/Tokyo co-hosted with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) the third U.S.-Japan-Australia Civil-Military Disaster Assistance Workshop on May 30-31, 2007. The first day of the workshop focused on [...]	2007-06-05 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID JA MARR PREL PRM TPHY AORC
07TOKYO2517	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2521	MEDIA REACTION - MISSLE DEFENSE IN EASTERN [...] Wednesday's Yomiuri and Nihon Keizai front-paged the opening on Wednesday of the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. 2. "US, Russia Should Work Harder to Prevent New Cold War" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/6): "The US and Russia are sharply at odds over the planned US deployment o [...]	2007-06-06 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2529	ANRE'S HOSAKA "BORED" WITH EAST CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary. The eighth round of director- general level talks between Japan and China on May 25 over the disputed oil and natural gas deposits in the East China Sea broke no new ground. Japan expected a new proposal from China but none was proffered. The two sides will step up the frequency [...]	2007-06-06 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENFR PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2530	JAPAN CONSIDERING PLIGHT OF DPRK BOAT REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JA NK
07TOKYO2531	JAPAN ARRESTS MAN LINKED TO RED ARMY HIJACKERS [...] (C) Japanese police arrested Kuniya Akagi, a man linked to the radical Red Army Faction, on June 5 upon his arrival at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara confirmed to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer June 6. Akagi had just ret [...]	2007-06-06 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL JA NK
07TOKYO2532	JAPAN, PRC, ROK TRILATERAL FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. During the June 3 trilateral foreign ministers' meeting attended by officials from Japan, South Korea and the PRC, all three parties agreed on the need for an early resolution to the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) issue, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer June 5. Japan F [...]	2007-06-06 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KS CH JA
07TOKYO2533	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2534	DEMARCHE ON DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2542	MEDIA REACTION - G-8 SUMMIT - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged the Bush-Abe meeting Wednesday afternoon before the opening of the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. 2. "G-8 Summit Should Aim for Substantive Progress on Global Warming" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/7): "...Global warming i [...]	2007-06-07 03:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2553	FORMER SWEDISH DPRK AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NORTH [...] (C) Summary. DPRK foreign ministry officials appeared "tense" as a result of Pyongyang's 2006 missile and nuclear tests, former Swedish Ambassador to North Korea Paul Beijer told Embassy Tokyo Political Minister Counselor on June 4. Beijer judged the North Korean military to be in poor condit [...]	2007-06-07 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2555	TOKYO TO HOST PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr will visit Tokyo June 11-13, hosted by Foreign Minister Aso. Japan's message to Abu-Amr will be that the Palestinians must solve their internal problems and resume the peace process with the Israelis. Abu-Amr is expected to request a res [...]	2007-06-07 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2556	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2557	JAPAN WELCOMES U.S. ADVICE ON DPRK BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal and technical constraints prevent the Japanese government from cooperating with foreign organizations to conduct radio broadcasts into North Korea, Japanese government officials reiterated on June 5. Nonetheless, Tokyo will spend USD 1.1 million to undertake shortwave broad [...]	2007-06-07 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BBG PHUM JA KN KS
07TOKYO2558	PENSION CRISIS LEADS TO CHANGES IN LDP PLATFORM [...] (C) Summary. Alarmed by plunging approval ratings, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has reordered the party's platform for the upcoming Upper House elections. Pension reform has replaced Prime Minister Abe's core issue of constitutional revision as the top item in the LDP's list of [...]	2007-06-07 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO2559	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2560	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2561	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2575	MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA'S ISOLATION AT G-8 [...] LEAD STORIES: All six Friday morning papers gave top play to an agreement at the G-8 leaders' meeting Thursday in Heilingendamm, Germany, on the need for substantial global reductions in -- and consideration of seriously halving -- greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 2. "Russia Sharply at Odd [...]	2007-06-08 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2599	The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. VFM Yachi on FTA, WTO, Agriculture 4. Bilateral Investment Working Group Business Outreach; FTA, Transparency, DHS 5. Asia Pacific Business Leaders Discussed Regional Economic [...]	2007-06-08 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2601	The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Northern Japan's Biotech Crops Regulatory Regime: an In- depth Look 4. KIAC Chairman Welcomes Asian Open Skies Policy of GOJ 5. KIX Criticizes JAL for Cancelling LA Routes [...]	2007-06-08 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 04:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2612	MEDIA REACTION - G-8 SUMMIT IN GERMANY - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published Monday morning because of a press holiday. Quasi-governmental broadcaster NHK-TV reported on computer glitches Sunday at the Shizuoka and Okayama branch offices of the Social Insurance Agency (SIA),which inconvenienced pensioners who had flocked to [...]	2007-06-11 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2618	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2619	JAPAN, CHINA, PRESS FORWARD WITH MEETINGS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The importance of the Six-Party Talks, the need to resolve problems associated with the transfer of funds from the Banco Delta Asia to North Korea, and Chinese concerns over former President of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui's June visit to Japan topped the agenda during the June 3 meeting [...]	2007-06-11 09:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV KTIA CH KS JA
07TOKYO2627	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2629	MEDIA REACTION - PLANNED DEPLOYMENT OF MISSILE [...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's liberal Mainichi front- paged the alleged sale by the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) of its headquarters in Tokyo to a fund led by the former head of the Public Security Investigation Agency, which has monitored the gr [...]	2007-06-12 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2630	NO JAPANESE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's involvement with Iranian civil society is limited to the work of two non-governmental organizations that focus on refugee relief efforts. In addition, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently involved in four projects which provide technical assistan [...]	2007-06-12 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EAID IR JA

07TOKYO2650	REQUEST FOR JAPAN'S HELP ON POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghanistan's Ambassador in Tokyo, Haron Amin, expressed skepticism on June 11 that Japan would be willing to invest large sums in upgrading Afghanistan's electrical power distribution sector, given Japan's focus to date on funding rural development and the Disbandment of Illega [...]	2007-06-12 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF JA
07TOKYO2651	JAPAN ACTIVELY WORKING TO MAINTAIN UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA
07TOKYO2652	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 23:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2655	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 05:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2656	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH'S TRIP TO EUROPE [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's economic daily Nihon Keizai front-paged GOJ plans to resume full-scale military exchanges with China after a suspension of more than nine years. 2. "Bush Receives Warm Welcome in Former Communist Nations" Sofia correspondent Takashi Sadahiro of the top-c [...]	2007-06-13 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2662	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL WEBB [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 30-July 2, 2007 visit to Japan by CODEL Webb. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Ray Greene. Assisting control officer will be Political Intern Jonathan Stradling. Contact information as follows: [...]	2007-06-13 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL TH VM JA
07TOKYO2664	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2665	JAPAN SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Japan "will likely support" our request for demarches to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) participants on the need to avoid statements inimical to Coalition interests at the August SCO summit meeting, acc [...]	2007-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO ZK JA
07TOKYO2668	DASD CLAD TALKS INDIA WITH JAPANESE OFFICALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7, 2007 DASD for South and Southeast Asia James Clad met Ministry of Defense and MOFA officials to discuss Japan's emerging defense and security cooperation with India. Following the recent Japan-India Defense Ministerial as well as U.S./Japan/India naval training exercis [...]	2007-06-13 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA MARR PINR
07TOKYO2690	ABE-PUTIN G-8 SUMMIT: RUSSIA AGREES TO [...] (C) Summary. During their June 7 summit, PM Abe and President Putin agreed not to shelve the Northern Territories issue, and Putin promised to instruct his deputies to ""accelerate"" the negotiations, according to MOFA Russian Division Director Muto. On North Korea, Putin expressed frustrati [...]	2007-06-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO2691	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2692	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES U.S., ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr, speaking June 13 at a press conference in Tokyo, blamed U.S. and Israeli policy for the violence now taking place in Gaza, asserting that the failure to deal with the Palestinian government has inevitably led to the current situation. [...]	2007-06-14 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2696	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-15 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2715	JAPAN RECONSIDERS U.S. ROLE IN REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to a year ago, Japanese officials see the United States as a much more active and influential player in the discussion on regional economic integration. A senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) indicated that Japan's participation in various regi [...]	2007-06-15 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL APECO JA
07TOKYO2716	SALE OF THE CENTURY STARTS OCTOBER 1: A JAPAN POST [...] (SBU) Japan Post -- a public corporation with assets the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization process October 1. The institution, which encompasses a bank and an insurance company and is collectively the world's largest financial institution, has played a central role in Ja [...]	2007-06-15 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO2718	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 19-June 20, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Hill and EAP Special Assistant Thomas B. Gibbons. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Keith Jordan. Contact information is as follows: Office phone: (81 [...]	2007-06-15 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2719	AMBASSADOR LOFTIS DISCUSSES SMA WITH DIET MEMBERS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Robert Loftis, Senior Advisor on Security Negotiations and Agreements, met with Diet Members, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense (MOD),Ministry of Finance (MOF) and DFAA to outline the U.S. Government desire for a three-year extension of the Special M [...]	2007-06-15 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO272	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Tensions Reemerge Among Iraqis in Baghdad Over New US Military Deployment" Cairo correspondent Hajime Yoshioka of the liberal Asahi wrote (1/22): "About 10 days after the US decided to deploy around 21,000 more US troops in Iraq, the US military is again deploying units in the Iraqi capital t [...]	2007-01-22 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2720	The Japan Economic Scope - June 14, 2007 Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains part one the Japan Economic Scope from June 14, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Reform Report 4. EU -- Japan Business Dialogue Roundtable Calls for Joint FTA Study 5. Japan Is Time-Warner's Biggest Money-Maker in Asia 6. Diet Approves Bills for Overha [...]	2007-06-15 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2721	The Japan Economic Scope - June 14, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two the Japan Economic Scope from June 14, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Citigroup Assumes Full Control of Nikko Cordial Brokerage 4. New Earthquake Insurance Policy Process Raises Concern among U.S. 5. MLIT Postpones Downgrade of Itami Airport 6. [...]	2007-06-15 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2728	JAPAN TO PUSH FOR EFFECTIVE HYBRID OP FRAMEWORK, [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel C demarche June 15 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto and UN Policy Division Sudan Desk Officer Hirotaka Ishikawa. Ishikawa said that Japan agrees with all of the U.S. concerns about the mandate and the comman [...]	2007-06-18 02:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU JA
07TOKYO2729	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASH AND [...] "Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation the Only Way Forward" An editorial in the conservative Sankei stated (6/17): "Due to internal conflicts between Hamas and Fatah, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has essentially been divided into two government bodies in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. As things sta [...]	2007-06-18 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2737	JAPAN WILL HAVE FIRST MEETING WITH "GUAM" COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 05:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP JA
07TOKYO2739	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2741	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO; MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr enjoyed a "positive, fruitful" visit to Tokyo June 11-13, according to MOFA contacts. FM Aso discussed the possibility of resuming direct assistance to the Palestinians through the Office of President Abbas, although a final decision had [...]	2007-06-18 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2742	DOHA TALKS - JAPAN REMAINS KEEN TO JOIN G-4 [...] (C) Japan still wants to participate in the small group of countries that is working to conclude a Doha trade deal -- the so-called G-4 -- and it is the United States alone that is blocking its participation, MOFA DG for Economic Affairs Yoichi Otabe told EMIN on June 18. Otabe said that the [...]	2007-06-18 08:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2744	JAPAN WILL SUPPORT DE ALBA PROPOSAL TO UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA
07TOKYO2759	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Nihon Keizai front- paged a report from Vienna concerning an IAEA announcement on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog agency will send a group of inspectors to North Korea next week. 2. "Concern over Worsening Security Situation in Afghanistan" Liberal Asahi [...]	2007-06-19 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2760	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Nihon Keizai front- paged a report from Vienna concerning an IAEA announcement on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog agency will send a group of inspectors to North Korea next week. 2. "Concern over Worsening Security Situation in Afghanistan" Liberal Asahi [...]	2007-06-19 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2761	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2764	PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE'S BILATERAL MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bilateral meetings on the margins of the G-8 Summit were successful in building support for Japan's bid to obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, according to MOFA sources. Abe also agreed to work together with the EU and other G-8 countr [...]	2007-06-19 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREK SENV UNSC AF CH FR GM LE JA
07TOKYO2766	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WAE JAMES A. PIERCE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for WAE James A. Pierce to Japan for TDY support to the Political Section from June 26-August 31, 2007. 2. (U) Point of contact will be Political Minister-Counselor Mike Meserve. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5330 Hom [...]	2007-06-19 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2772	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2774	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASH [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Yomiuri front-paged Assistant Secretary of State Hill's meeting with his Japanese counterpart Tuesday evening at MOFA to discuss North Korea's nuclear program and other issues. 2. "Greater Efforts Should Be Made for Palestinian Reconciliation" The liberal [...]	2007-06-20 03:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2786	FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...]	2007-06-20 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO2787	JAPAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, embassy officials raised the DPRK,s possible procurement of Japanese-manufactured currency counterfeiting equipment with the government of Japan. We explained that, given the unlikelin [...]	2007-06-20 10:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA
07TOKYO2788	MOFA PRESENTS TALKING POINTS FOR UPCOMING G/TIP [...] (C) On June 19, 2007 MOFA Organized Crime Division Director Akihiko Uchikawa presented talking points to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer concerning the upcoming visit of Ambassador Lagon to discuss the 2007 G/TIP report. Though not visibly upset, Uchikawa was clearly frustrated and disappoin [...]	2007-06-20 10:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA
07TOKYO2789	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-2 [...] Differences in interest rates between Japan and foreign countries Masaki Fukui of Mizuho Corporate Bank: "There is a speculation that differences in interest rates of Japan, the US and European countries will not narrow. For the time being, the market will move toward a 125 against the dolla [...]	2007-06-20 20:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2790	JAPAN-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: SLOWLY WARMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan-Pakistan relations appear to be slowly warming, after having suffered a breach following Pakistan's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998. Japan's overriding concern regarding Pakistan is to maintain stability in the South Asia region and, therefore, to help keep it a moder [...]	2007-06-20 20:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID PK JA
07TOKYO2795	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASHES [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the Diet's enactment on Wednesdday of legislation extending by two years the Iraq Assistance Special Measures Law. 2. "Palestinian Split: Restructuring of Peace Diplomacy Should be Hastened" Business-oriented Nihon Keizai editori [...]	2007-06-21 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2799	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2813	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2814	JAPAN UNHAPPY WITH DRAFT FUTUREGEN AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. While the GOJ enthusiastically supports the FutureGen project, it has several changes it would like to make to the agreement. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy will travel to the US on June 25 and 26 to discuss these [...]	2007-06-21 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY JA
07TOKYO2823	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 03:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2825	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged DOS spokesman McCormack's confirmation of Assistant Secretary of State Hill's meeting on Thursday with his SIPDIS North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan in Pyongyang. 2. "A/S Hill's Visit to DPRK: Don't Leave Abduction Issue Behind" The [...]	2007-06-22 04:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2826	The Japan Economic Scope Part 2 - June 21, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 21, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Political Agenda for Coral Transplants Around Disputed Pacific Islets Denied (SBU) 4. Expansion of Social Insurance Coverage (U) 5. Electric Power Market System Under Review [...]	2007-06-22 04:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2829	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK LAGON AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 1-3, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Mark Lagon, and Mark Taylor. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...]	2007-06-22 04:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO2831	The Japan Economic Scope Part 1 - June 21, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of the Japan Economic Scope from June 21, 2007. See septel for part two. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ambassador Schieffer on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. JUSBC Chair Called for Enhanced Cooperation for US-Japan FTA 5. Japan and Doha Talks 6. [...]	2007-06-22 05:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2841	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2847	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2848	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2852	JAPAN'S POLICE RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL DPRK INTEREST [...] (S) FINATT, DHS/ICE, and LEGATT met with National Police Agency (NPA),Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department, Assistant Director and Police Superintendent Tomoaki Onizuka June 21 to share ref C information. Onizuka confirmed that NPA was both able to access Interpol's June 2006 Orange A [...]	2007-06-25 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KH KS SZ JA
07TOKYO2854	JAPAN RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (C) Poloff and FINATT delivered designation of Iranian entities information to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2nd Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Ministry of Finance, International Bureau, Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on June 18 and J [...]	2007-06-25 03:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR EUN JA KN KNNP
07TOKYO2856	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] "Will DPRK Take Concrete Action?" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (6/23): "...Assistant Secretary of State Hill, the US representative to the six-party talks, visited Pyongyang for talks with Foreign Minister Pak and other North Korean officials.... Last week, t [...]	2007-06-25 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2876	PRC EMBASSY: WARMING TREND IN CHINA-JAPAN TIES TO [...] (C) Summary: The warming trend in Sino-Japanese ties will continue even if Prime Minister Abe steps down after the July election, Chinese Embassy political officer Chen Zhiwen told Tokyo political officer during a June 18 meeting. Although the possibility of Abe resigning is slim, due to the [...]	2007-06-25 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV CH TW JA
07TOKYO2878	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2883	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASHES [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged the growing likelihood that the Tokyo headquarters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) will be auctioned off by the GOJ-backed Resolution and Collection Corporation (RCC). 2. "Palestinian Ch [...]	2007-06-26 06:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2893	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2895	INFORMATION SECURITY: AN ALLIANCE PRIORITY [...] (S) Summary: In tandem with the deepening of our bilateral alliance, the amount of information -- diplomatic, technical, intelligence, and operational -- provided to Japan has necessarily expanded exponentially over the past decade. Our ability to maintain momentum on information sharing, howe [...]	2007-06-26 09:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2897	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2898	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2905	UNSCR 1747/OECD DEMARCHE ON RESTRICTING EXPORT [...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MOFA OECD Division Director Naohiro Tsutsumi on June 26, following up on earlier Embassy discussions on the same issue with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and MOF officials (Refs C and D.) Tsutsumi confirmed that he had already consulte [...]	2007-06-27 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR JA
07TOKYO2906	JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY TOWARD BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Using humanitarian aid and technical assistance to keep bilateral lines of communication open is the backbone of Japan's foreign policy strategy on Burma, MOFA contacts told Tokyo Embassy political officer on June 20. Japan shares many of the United States' concerns on Burma, [...]	2007-06-27 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO2908	GNEP: JAPAN ON EXPANSION, FUTURE MEETINGS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: Following the May 21 GNEP Ministerial, Japan continues to voice concerns about expanding GNEP beyond the existing core group. Japan is cautious about undertaking cooperative research on sensitive nuclear technol [...]	2007-06-27 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA
07TOKYO2929	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2937	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DARFUR VIOLENCE [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to a GOJ plan to provide bullet-train technology to Russia. 2. "Don't Neglect Tragedy in Sudan" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (6/28): "The humanitarian crisis in Darfur has been neglected. The fighting between an Ara [...]	2007-06-28 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2944	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2946	TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE TO INTRODUCE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS BUT [...] (SBU) The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to introduce a system of Japanese Depositary Receipts (JDRs) starting in September 2007. The system will provide a new option for foreign companies that want to access the Japanese capital markets, but that cannot or do not wish to list their shares direct [...]	2007-06-28 09:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN JA
07TOKYO2947	LDP-KOMEITO COALITION LIKELY TO LOSE UPPER HOUSE [...] (C) Summary: The outlook for Japan's ruling LDP-Komeito coalition in upcoming House of Councillors elections is grim, as the support rate for Prime Minister Abe and his ruling LDP continues to fall over the botched handling of pension accounts. Abe's premiership, and the ruling coalition's [...]	2007-06-28 10:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2948	CNO MULLEN SPEAKS WITH FM ASO AND DEFMIN KYUMA [...] (S) SUMMARY. On June 18, 2007 Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Mullen met with Foreign Minister Aso, Defense Minister Kyuma, and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya. Admiral Mullen expressed appreciation for the close working relationship between the Japanese [...]	2007-06-28 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PINR SENV
07TOKYO2949	STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR DOHA PROGRESS [...] (C) "A pity," was how Vice Trade Minister Toshiaki Kitamura termed the collapse of last week's G-4 Doha Round meeting when outgoing EMIN met him in a farewell call on June 25. Kitamura and other officials from the Trade and Foreign Ministries have told us that the Japanese government is tryi [...]	2007-06-29 00:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2958	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 03:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO296	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 00:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2964	JAPAN'S REFORM AGENDA - PLENTY OF FOREST BUT FEW [...] (C) Summary. The Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP),the Council for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform (CPRR),the Asia Gateway Strategy Panel (Asia Gateway),and the Innovation 25 Strategy Council (Innovation 25),all advisory bodies to the Prime Minister's Cabinet office, each is [...]	2007-06-29 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD JA PGOV
07TOKYO2966	The Japan Economic Scope June 28, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from June 28, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Economic Section's Thinning Ranks 4. Doha Stock Taking in Tokyo 5. Ag Text Delay -- Is There a Silver Lining? 6. US-Korea FTA -- Political Will Key to Deal 7. U.S. Beef: Technical [...]	2007-06-29 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2967	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2971	JAPANESE ANGST ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Most Japanese media, academic and political sources cite A/S Hill,s June 21-22 Pyongyang visit as a first step toward denuclearizing the DPRK. Some observers, however, remain skeptical about the DPRK's intention to shut down its nuclear facilities, and there is widespread wor [...]	2007-07-01 23:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN JA
07TOKYO2972	JAPANESE ANGST ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Most Japanese media, academic and political sources cite A/S Hill,s June 21-22 Pyongyang visit as a first step toward denuclearizing the DPRK. Some observers, however, remain skeptical about the DPRK's intention to shut down its nuclear facilities, and there is widespread wor [...]	2007-07-01 23:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP JA NK
07TOKYO2979	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2982	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2994	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] "US-Proposed Four-Party Talks: Don't Destroy Six-Party Framework" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/2): "Concerns are growing among GOJ officials over the proposal by Assistant Secretary of State Hill that four nations - the US, North Korea, China, and South Korea - should meet to discu [...]	2007-07-02 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO30	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3004	JAPAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Foreign Policy Bureau's Isami Takada on June 28. Takada noted that Japan is always happy to cooperate with the United States, and thanked us for our efforts on both UNS [...]	2007-07-02 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM IR JA
07TOKYO3006	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO301	MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "US Troop Increase Intensifying Terrorism" Cairo correspondent Hajime Yoshioka of the liberal Asahi wrote (1/23): "Armed insurgents are intensifying their terrorist attacks at a time when the US military is moving to bolster its forces in Iraq. Sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunnis has [...]	2007-01-23 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3013	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3022	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] "Thorough Verification Needed to Ensure Complete Denuclearization" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (7/3): "North Korea and the IAEA have agreed on the modalities of the latter's verification of the shutdown and sealing of the Yongbyon nuclear complex. Given its track record of broke [...]	2007-07-03 04:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3028	JAPANESE VICE ADMIRAL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON AEGIS [...] (S) In a July 2 update for the Ambassador on the status of the GOJ's investigation into the AEGIS leak, Vice Admiral Kato said the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) found no evidence that the Chinese national spouse of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) seaman involved in the ca [...]	2007-07-03 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3031	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3038	LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER KONO ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3039	ADM WILLARD MEETS WITH MOD AND MOFA [...] (C) Summary. During a June 27, 2007 introductory visit Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, met with Defense Minister Kyuma, MOD Administrative Vice Minister Moriya, and MOFA Administrative Vice Minister Yachi. Admiral Willard noted his appreciation for the strong Navy [...]	2007-07-04 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3052	JAPANESE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is very fond of his slogan "Beautiful Country" and will likely use some version of that slogan as the overall theme for the 2008 G-8 summit to be held in Lake Toya Hokkaido, Ministry of Foreign Affair's Deputy Director for the G-8 Summit Office and Economic Pol [...]	2007-07-05 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD JA PGOV PREL SENV
07TOKYO3054	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH-PUTIN MEETING [...] "US, Russia Must Continue Efforts to Bridge Gap" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/4): "Presidents Bush and Putin met at a time when US-Russia relations are at a post-Cold War low. It appears that the two leaders were able to repair their personal relationship of trust after [...]	2007-07-05 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO307	JAPANESE RECONSIDER, WILL SEND MINISTER TO PARIS [...] (C) Japanese MOFA officials informed Lebanese Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo January 23 that after further consideration, Japan has decided to send Minister of Environment Masotoshi Wakabyashi to lead its delegation to the Paris III International Conference for Support to Lebanon, and will make a [...]	2007-01-23 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID LE JA
07TOKYO3073	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3075	IRANIAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER SAFAR'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Maintaining a positive relationship with Iran would be difficult unless Iran heeds the international community's concern about its uranium enrichment program, Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka told Iranian Vice Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari in Tokyo on June 28. Safari claimed [...]	2007-07-05 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER JA IZ
07TOKYO3076	PDASD SHINN ENGAGES JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS ON INFO [...] (C) Summary: PDASD Jim Shinn engaged Japanese counterparts June 29 on the need to enhance the protection of sensitive information in the wake of the recent unauthorized Aegis data disclosure, extend the current Special Measures Agreement (SMA),and consider a role in Afghan operations. Senior [...]	2007-07-05 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO3078	SENIOR VICE MINISTER ASANO'S SYRIA MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Syria must tighten its border controls and use its influence to help resolve internal strife in Lebanon, Senior Vice Minister Asano told Syrian President Al-Asad in Damascus on June 25. Asano delivered a "strong message" from Prime Minister Abe during his visit, according to a J [...]	2007-07-06 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE IZ TU JA
07TOKYO3087	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER FACES TOUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new Defense Minister, Yuriko Koike, will face an uphill battle to establish her policy and managerial credentials. Koike acknowledges that she was chosen primarily to help boost the ruling party's prospects in the July 29 Upper House election and, as such, will be subject [...]	2007-07-06 03:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO3088	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ONE YEAR AFTER DPRK'S [...] "Don't Allow North Korea to Flout UNSC Resolutions" The conservative Sankei editorialized (7/6): "On July 5, 2006, North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles, including a Rodong medium-range missile capable of reaching Japan. Although a Taepodong-2 missile, which is believed to be capable o [...]	2007-07-06 04:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO31	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 11-12, 2006 visit to Japan by S/P Director Stephen Krasner, Dr. William Inboden, and Mr. James Green. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the Tokyo portion of the visit will be Evan Read [...]	2007-01-05 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL CH KS JA
07TOKYO3100	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3103	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. THINKING ON DPRK NUCLEAR [...] (S) Acting Political Counselor conveyed reftel demarche to MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada on July 5. Yamada was impressed with the non-paper, calling it "comprehensive" and indicating that it "covered all of Japan's concerns." He said the non-pape [...]	2007-07-06 12:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL KNNP JA DPRK
07TOKYO3104	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3121	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL [...] "GOJ Should Deepen Discussion on Collective Defense" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/9): "A GOJ panel has worked out a course of action to enable Japan to exercise its right to collective defense. Further discussions are necessary to clarify that course of action. Expert [...]	2007-07-09 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3123	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3125	The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. G-10 Agriculture Ministers Issue Another Statement on Doha 4. An Early Glimpse at G-8 Planning 5. Advisory Councils-- Recommendations - Few Details for Concrete Action 6. [...]	2007-07-09 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3127	The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. JBIC Will Finance Pipe Manufacturing in Russia Autos, Energy 4. International Auto Standards and ACCJ Japan American Auto Industries Subcommittee 5. Nissan on Exchange Rates, O [...]	2007-07-09 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3128	LDP HISTORY GROUP REACTS TO HONDA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. The pendulum may be swinging back toward more assertive action by a group of conservative LDP lawmakers concerned with the comfort women issue, after passage of the Honda Resolution in committee on June 25, according to LDP League to Consider Japan's Future and Historical Educat [...]	2007-07-09 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3129	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 23:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3130	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/07 [...] The government will receive pension benefits in full in a responsible manner. 2. The party will introduce a child-rearing allowance system to pay 26,000 yen for each child. 3. The party will establish an income compensation system to cover every farmer. Seven proposals Â [...]	2007-07-10 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3137	JAPANESE ABDUCTION GROUPS UNEASY ON U.S. STANCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of AFVKN and NARKN, two NGOs dedicated to the return of Japanese nationals abducted by the DPRK, expressed growing concern about the U.S. commitment to resolving the abduction issue in a meeting with political officers on June 27. Motivated by a strong desire to aff [...]	2007-07-10 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO3151	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3157	ABDUCTION ADVISOR NAKAYAMA POSITIVE ON U.S. VISIT [...] (C) The Prime Minister's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue, Kyoko Nakayama, was very satisfied with her May 28-June 2 visit to the U.S., according to Councilor Naoki Fujii in the Office of the Prime Minister. Fujii, Nakayama's deputy on abduction issues, told Embassy political officer o [...]	2007-07-11 05:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KN PREF
07TOKYO3163	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3165	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN MOSQUE SIEGE [...] "Mosque Siege: Breeding Grounds for Terrorists Should Not Be Neglected" An editorial in the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (7/11): "What effect will Pakistan's difficult decision to use force against Islamist militants at the Red Mosque have on its shaky internal political situat [...]	2007-07-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3166	RADIO BROADCASTING TO THE DPRK [...] (C) Summary: Kazuhiro Taguchi, Acting Director of the Policy Planning Division in the Prime Minister's office overseeing abduction issues told Embassy Tokyo on July 5 that the Japanese government would begin short-wave radio broadcasts to the DPRK on July 9. Japanese officials believe the [...]	2007-07-11 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO JA KN
07TOKYO3167	JAPAN UNWILLING TO COMMIT ABOUT TOP IOM JOB [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG JA
07TOKYO3168	JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON DPRK NUCLEAR DISCUSSION LIST [...] (S) Summary: The Japanese Government agrees with the U.S. approach to discussions with North Korea on the nuclear list and subsequent declaration, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa. In a July 11 m [...]	2007-07-11 09:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL KNNP KN JA
07TOKYO3171	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3179	JAPAN POST PRIVATIZATION - COMMITTEE COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan Post begins a ten-year privatization process on October 1 releasing nearly $3 trillion in banking and insurance assets from government control. In preparation, the Japan Post Company on May 1 issued an implementation plan, rumored to be over 400 thousand pages in length, [...]	2007-07-12 03:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JA PGOV
07TOKYO3181	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN MOSQUE SIEGE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged a panel discussion among the heads of seven main political parties in Tokyo on Wednesday one day before the official start of the campaign for the July 29 Upper House election. 2. "Storming of Mosque: The Danger of Relying on Force" Th [...]	2007-07-12 06:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3184	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a July 11 introductory call with Ambassador Schieffer, Defense Minister Yuriko Koike listed information protection, alliance transformation, and the selection of a new fighter (FX) as her three major priorities. Koike said that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) is working in p [...]	2007-07-12 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO3186	G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The 2007 TIP Report assessment of Japan is unfair, said Foreign Policy Deputy Director-General Shimbo to Trafficking in Persons Ambassador Mark Lagon July 2 during a meeting with the Japanese anti-human trafficking inter-ministerial task force. The Report does not take into acc [...]	2007-07-12 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3187	REGIONAL INCOME GAPS: PRE-ELECTION FOCUS ON INCOME [...] (SBU) As July,s Upper House election approaches, regional income disparities have emerged as a priority issue in the national conversation on growing income gaps. Ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politicians recognized as early as mid-2006 that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DP [...]	2007-07-12 06:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI JA
07TOKYO3191	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3192	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3194	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SIX PARTY TALKS DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 13-15, 2007 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, NSC Director for Chinese Affairs Paul T. Haenle and Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sco [...]	2007-07-12 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO3198	DCM'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF CABINET [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD KNNP PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO3205	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3222	DCM RAISES BIATF PARITICIPATION WITH ASSISTANT [...] (S) Summary: During a July 13 meeting with Assistant Cabinet Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa, the DCM emphasized that all Japanese agencies involved in counter-intelligence should participate in bilateral efforts to enhance Japan's information assurance structure. Yanagisawa said that Japan is com [...]	2007-07-13 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO3232	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3235	JAPAN PRESSES IRAN ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: UN Security Council "confrontational moves" towards a new resolution would only lead to minimal Iranian cooperation with the IAEA, Iranian Director General Hamid Baeidinejad declared at non-proliferation talks in Tokyo on July 11, according to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science an [...]	2007-07-16 22:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM JA PREL IR
07TOKYO3236	The Japan Economic Scope--July 12, 2007 Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains the part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 12, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Informal Civ Air Talks in Tokyo (SBU) 4. Star Flyer to Open KIX -- HND Flight (U) 5. Centrair Strongly Supports USG Cargo Position (SBU) 6. Nuclear Fusion Research Cen [...]	2007-07-17 00:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3237	The Japan Economic Scope--July 12, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 12, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. 18. Disappointing Report by DC Pension Study Group Calls for Minimal Changes 4. Number of Foreign Business Headquarters in Kobe Hits Triple Digits 5. Nara Mayor and Governo [...]	2007-07-17 00:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3241	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK [...] "Continue Pressure on DPRK Nuclear Disablement" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/17): "... North Korea declared it has shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facilities. IAEA Director General ElBaradei said IAEA inspectors, visiting the Yongbyon complex, confirmed the facilities' [...]	2007-07-17 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3243	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 01:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3244	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3263	JAPAN: NUCLEAR POWER: EARTHQUAKE CAUSES FIRE AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 11:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY JA
07TOKYO3265	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 21:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3296	JAPAN: NUCLEAR POWER: ADDITIONAL MISHAPS AT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG JA TRGY
07TOKYO3301	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3311	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3312	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID HELVEY AND BRENDAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 29-August 1, 2007 visit to Japan by David Helvey and Brendan Kelly. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)32 [...]	2007-07-19 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO3318	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3319	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UK-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] "UK-Russia Relations Looking Like New Cold War" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/18): "At a time when US-Russia relations are awkward, ties between London and Moscow are becoming downright chilly, and the friction between the two appears so deep-rooted that coming to terms w [...]	2007-07-20 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3321	The Japan Economic Scope--July 19, 2007 Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains the part one of the Japan Economic Scope from July 19, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Reaction to Doha Draft Texts 4. Japan Agriculture: Doha Draft Text Triggers Customary Hyperbolic Response 5. Battered Agriculture Minister Faces Press 6. FSA Creates [...]	2007-07-20 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3322	The Japan Economic Scope--July 19, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains the part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 19, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Mississippi Governor Seeks Nagoya FDI 4. Sumitomo Chemical President Describes Japan-Saudi Rabigh Joint Project 5. Sharp, Kyocera, and Sanyo to Accelerate Manufacturing [...]	2007-07-20 05:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO333	MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS/ARMS [...] There were no immediate editorials or commentaries regarding the State of the Union Address. 2. "Bush Calls for Support for New Iraq Policy" Quasi- governmental NHK-TV's Washington bureau chief Nishikawa stated (1/23): "In his first State of the Union Address to a Democratic Congress, the p [...]	2007-01-24 06:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3336	AEGIS UPDATE: JAPANESE DEFENSE MINISTER AND VICE [...] (S) In a July 19 update for the Ambassador on the Aegis leak investigations, Vice Chief of Staff of the MSDF Vice Admiral Kato stated that Kanagawa Prefecture Police and the MSDF planned to indict the MSDF seaman who had copied AEGIS information onto his personal computer by mid-August before [...]	2007-07-20 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3339	REGULATING THE "DESCENT FROM HEAVEN": STILL A SOFT [...] (SBU) Summary: A new law aimed at mitigating the problems created by senior bureaucrats taking post- retirement jobs at organizations and companies they once regulated contains substantial loopholes that put its efficacy in doubt. Although a significant step in overall civil service reform [...]	2007-07-20 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
07TOKYO3346	DCM'S MEETING WITH ACCS YANAGISAWA ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Per ref A instructions, on July 20 the DCM delivered the draft Bilateral Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference (BISTF TOR) to Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Yanagisawa and urged the Japanese government to SIPDIS agree to the draft text and be ready to discuss the [...]	2007-07-20 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3347	JAPAN DISPUTES DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF CHOSEN [...] (S) Summary: The DPRK is making Japan's actions in regard to the General Association of (North) Korean Residents in Japan into a major bilateral issue, MOFA Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill on July 13. Sasae insisted that the actions of the Japanese government [...]	2007-07-20 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN JA KN PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3349	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] "No Optimism Warranted over DPRK Denuclearization" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/21): "Procedures for North Korea's denuclearization could not be finalized in the recent round of the six- party talks in Beijing, and the participants put off dealing with thorny issues. [...]	2007-07-23 03:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3360	JAPAN OPPOSING TAIWAN UN BID [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Japanese officials in Taiwan informed the Taiwan Authority on July 20, 2007 that Tokyo will not support Taiwan membership in international organizations, including the United Nations, when statehood is a prerequisite, MOFA contacts [...]	2007-07-23 10:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO3362	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3371	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3375	LDP PROSPECTS FOR JULY 29 ELECTIONS WORSEN [...] (C) Summary. The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition looks almost certain to lose its majority in the July 29 Upper House elections. Voters continue to fault Prime Minister Abe for his perceived failure to deal adequately with the pension mess and a host of administration scandals. Continued verba [...]	2007-07-24 10:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3376	JAPAN GEARED TO RATIFY THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO3380	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3383	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AS AL-QAEDA [...] "US Applies Pressure on Pakistan to Clear out al-Qaeda Stronghold" Washington correspondent Sakamoto of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported (7/25): "The Bush administration has become increasingly irritated with Pakistani President Musharraf, who is not inclined to take action again [...]	2007-07-25 04:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO339	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3398	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]	2007-07-25 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO3413	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MIDDLE EAST PEACE [...] "Stepped up Diplomacy for Middle East Peace" Jerusalem correspondent Mina Mitsui of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (7/26): "Egyptian Foreign Minister Gheit and Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Khatib visited Jerusalem for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Israeli Foreign [...]	2007-07-26 02:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3420	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANE BRITTING, ANGELA ENG, [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 26-August 6, 2007 visit to Japan by Political Officers Jane C. Britting, Angela K.Eng, and Kristin R. Willey. 2. (U) Control officer for the Tokyo visit will be Political Officer Mary Wilson. She can be reached at Office ph [...]	2007-07-26 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA JA
07TOKYO343	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3432	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) We very much look forward to your visit to Tokyo. As you touch down, please be prepared for some political turbulence. 2. (C) The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) appears to be headed for a crushing defeat in the July 29 elections for the Diet's Upper House. Every poll, and every pun [...]	2007-07-26 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3437	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3439	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE [...] "Taliban's Indiscriminate Brutality" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/27): "The Taliban have executed one of the 23 South Korean hostages that the group has been holding. The Koreans had entered the country on a relief mission. This is yet another example of the Taliban's i [...]	2007-07-27 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO345	The Japan Economic Scope - January 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. CPRR Insider Disappointed with Reform Report 4. Japanese Stock Markets Merging? 5. Electricity Deregulation: METI Backing Away; Commercial Customers Face Continued Price Discrimination 6. MHLW: Number of Drug Reviewers to Be Increased 7. Agriculture Prot [...]	2007-01-25 02:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3450	The Japan Economic Scope--July 26, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from July 26, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Deputy Secretary Set to Arrive in Tokyo 4. Niigata Earthquake: Damage Toll Mounts 5. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Shutdown Squeezes Tokyo's Electricity Supply 6. Earthquake Dents Japan's Auto [...]	2007-07-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3451	JAPAN WELCOMES ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 17 meeting with Deputy Special Envoy Christian Whiton, MOFA Regional Policy Division Director Kazutoshi Aikawa indicated initial support for the proposed Asian Democracy Partnership while saying that GOJ deliberations were ongoing and that they would provide a list of [...]	2007-07-27 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL XB JA
07TOKYO3452	HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED, JAPAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL JA
07TOKYO3453	RULING PARTIES TO TAKE A BEATING IN JULY 29 [...] (C) Summary. A sense of resignation appears to have taken hold in the ruling LDP, as the latest polls and predictions point to the strong possibility that the ruling coalition might win fewer than 50 of the 121 seats up for election in the Upper House on July 29. The ruling parties need 64 [...]	2007-07-27 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3454	WHO: JAPANESE CONCERNS ABOUT SINGAPORE IWG [...] (U) This message contains an action request - See para. 6. 2. (SBU) On July 27, EST Officer confirmed with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) that they received the U.S. Non-Paper in reftel through their participation in [...]	2007-07-29 00:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI EAGR JA
07TOKYO3455	WHALING: FIRST NATIONAL WHALE FORUM PRESSURES GOJ TO RESUME [...] (SBU) Mayors from coastal-whaling municipalities have officially pressured the GOJ to voluntarily resume commercial small-type coastal whaling (STCW). At a July 7-8 public whale forum in Ishinomaki City, north-eastern Japan, four mayors from whaling sites -- Abashiri, Ayukawa, Wada and Taiji - [...]	2007-07-29 00:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD
07TOKYO3456	HHS ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY HARGAN'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan met in Tokyo with the Japanese Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Hakuo Yanagisawa. After a brief discussion of beef imports and food safety issues, they exchanged views on foster [...]	2007-07-29 00:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI EAGR JA
07TOKYO3458	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3459	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO346	The Japan Economic Scope - January 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. New Regional Economic Initiatives 4. Keidanren Board Plays Same Old Tune on Triangular Mergers 5. Ambassador Attends American Airlines Ceremony at Narita 6. Central Japan Outlook for 2007 -- Optimistic but Wary 7. Regional Economic Integration: Kyushu Bu [...]	2007-01-25 02:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3460	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3469	COUNTRY CLEARANCE DASD FOR SEDNEY, BASALLA, GEIS, [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the July 28, 2007 to August 2, 2007 visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, John Geis, and Major Leonard Kosinski. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political-Military Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: [...]	2007-07-30 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO347	MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS - [...] "US Burden in Iraq Casts Shadow on its DPRK Policy" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/25): "The burden of Iraq rests heavily on the shoulders of President Bush, whose remaining term in office is about two years. The question is what impact America's Iraq policy will have o [...]	2007-01-25 04:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3470	PDAS STEPHENS JULY 23 MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: MOFA officials took a very cautious line on the Six-Party Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism Working Group during meetings with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Stephens on July 23. They were also cautious in SIPDIS reacting to initial U.S. ideas for core princi [...]	2007-07-30 05:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP JA DPRK
07TOKYO3475	PM ABE'S LDP TAKES A BATH IN UPPER HOUSE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a crushing defeat in the July 29 Upper House elections, returning only 37 of 64 incumbent seats and, in the process, losing control of the chamber. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was the big winn [...]	2007-07-30 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3479	RESPONSE TO JAPANESE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Summary: Post delivered ref A non-paper to Japan,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and National Police Agency (NPA). While the meetings revealed ongoing efforts by the Government of Japan to prevent Japan,s Kom [...]	2007-07-30 22:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KN JA
07TOKYO3487	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - US MILITARY AID TO [...] "US to Offer Large-Scale Military Aid to Middle East" Washington correspondent Hideo Kato of the business-oriented Nihon Keizai reported (7/31): "The USG will likely offer large-scale military aid to the pro-US Arab nations of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as Israel. Washington has announced [...]	2007-07-31 05:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3490	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3491	ABE ANNOUNCES EXTRAORDINARY DIET SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Abe told the press that his near term agenda includes a short session of the Diet, a reshuffle of senior party positions, and a cabinet change. End summary. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Abe appeared before the press on July 30, minutes after receiving an endors [...]	2007-07-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-1 [...] Meantime, the opposition camp, which obtained a majority in the House of Councillors in Sunday's poll, is poised to oppose that legislation. A termination of the SDF mission against the background of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan might rock the foundation of the Japan-US alliance a [...]	2007-08-01 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3496	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3505	JAPAN TO EXTEND SELF DEFENSE FORCE PARTICIPATION [...] (U) Japan decided July 31 to extend Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) participation in the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights (UNDOF) for an additional six months ending March 31, 2008, according to press reports confirmed by MOFA contacts. The decision was made in response [...]	2007-08-01 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS IS SY JA KPKO

07TOKYO3507	Earthquake Dents Japan's Auto Industry [...] (SBU) Summary. The July 16 earthquake off Niigata affected the Japanese auto industry nationwide. Production recovered relatively rapidly, however, and industry sources tell us that lost production will be made up by year end. Companies' all- important bottom lines will only be minimally a [...]	2007-08-01 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECOM JA
07TOKYO3508	JAPAN WILL SUPPORT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL JA
07TOKYO3509	JAPAN WILL CONSIDER REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO UNSYG [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN JA
07TOKYO3511	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3512	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3515	JAPAN RESPONDS TO U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request - see para. 4. 2. (SBU) EST and POL delivered the non-paper in reftel to officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on July 30 and 31. MOFA Arms Control and Disarmament Division Principal Deputy Director, Junichiro Otaka, noted that MO [...]	2007-08-01 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV IAEA JA
07TOKYO3516	UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Since our scenesetter last week, Prime Minister Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an historic defeat in July 29 elections for the Upper House of the Diet, losing 27 of 64 incumbent seats and, thereby, ceding control of the Upper House to the opposition. (Abe's ruling [...]	2007-08-01 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO352	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3523	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - A.R.F. MINISTERIAL [...] "Rice's Absence from ARF Ministerial Criticized" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun's Manila correspondent Tomoyoshi Aoyagi reported (8/2): "Representatives from some countries attending the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) ministerial are critizing Secretary of State Rice's absence from the meeting, saying [...]	2007-08-02 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO353	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 25 [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the period from January 18 to 25. --- Another Suspected AI Outbreak in Kyushu --- 2. On January 23, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry of Fisheries (MAFF) and the Miyazaki Prefectural Government announced that an avian influ [...]	2007-01-25 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
07TOKYO3538	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3539	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO354	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA'S [...] (C) Acting DCM Meserve met separately on January 25, 2007 with Hisao Inoue, Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister, and with Chikao Kawai, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister. Meserve conveyed to both the points contained in reftel regarding remarks critical of U.S. policy made on January 24 by [...]	2007-01-25 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL JA
07TOKYO3541	JAPAN TO APPROACH USUN IN NEW YORK ABOUT PARALLEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN JA
07TOKYO3547	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-1 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule 4. Abe Cabinet reaches new support low of 22% in Fuji-Sankei poll, with non-support rate at 64.8% ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting: 5. ASEAN ARF closes after having given consideration to North Korean abduction and comf [...]	2007-08-03 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3548	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO355	JAPAN RENEWS PUSH TO IMPROVE TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Yachi's January 26-27 trip to China is intended to maintain the momentum in improving bilateral relations, according to MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Nomura. Yachi and his counterpart, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, will sta [...]	2007-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG CH JA
07TOKYO3550	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the conclusion on Thursday of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) foreign ministerial in the Philippines, with the chairman's statement welcoming the shutdown of North Korean nuclear facilities. 2. "China's Presence at ARF Stands out in Rice's [...]	2007-08-03 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3553	Honda Motors on DHS's CBP Advance Trade Data Elements and [...] (SBU) Summary. Honda Motor Company visited the Embassy on July 20 to provide feedback on U.S. Custom and Border Protection's (CBP) proposed Advance Trade Data Elements (ATDE) requirement. Honda also outlined some of their experiences with the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism [...]	2007-08-03 04:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECOM JA
07TOKYO3554	Country Clearance for CODEL Hastert [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance to Congressman J. Dennis Hastert and his delegation traveling to Japan from August 4-7, 2007. The delegation is as follows: Rep. J. Dennis Hastert Rep. John Shadegg Mr. David Cavicke Mr. William Koetzle Maj. David Kincaid Post un [...]	2007-08-03 04:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
07TOKYO3557	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HOUSE ADOPTION OF [...] "House Adoption of 'Comfort Women' Resolution Could Damage US-Japan Relations" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (8/1): "The adoption by the US House of Representatives of a resolution calling for the GOJ to formally apologize for the 'comfort women' issue could damage US-Japan [...]	2007-08-03 05:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO356	ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's January 17-18 Tokyo visit, she signed an agreement to elevate policy talks from DG-level to VFM-level and reached agreements for Japanese business and cultural exchanges, according to MOFA and Israeli Embassy contacts. Japan agreed t [...]	2007-01-25 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KPAL XF IR IS JA
07TOKYO3560	The Japan Economic Scope--August 2, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 2, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Crushed By DPJ in Upper House Election 4. Agriculture Minister Steps Down 5. Expert Level Beef Talks Resume in Tokyo 6. METI Urged to Play More Assertive Role on FTA Policy 7. [...]	2007-08-03 06:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3567	JAPAN FAVORABLE ABOUT CARR FOR RED CROSS STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC JA
07TOKYO3568	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3569	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3575	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DARFUR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 06:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3587	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...]	2007-08-06 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA
07TOKYO359	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3591	POST-ELECTION MOOD DARK AT LDP, KOMEITO HQS [...] (C) Summary. In meetings at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito headquarters on July 31 and August 1, staff members revealed a deep discontent with the July 29 Upper House (UH) election results and with Prime Minister Abe's failure to resign. They spoke freely about Abe's lack of [...]	2007-08-06 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3592	MOFA ASKS ABOUT U.S. ROLE IN THE UN-AU HYBRID [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Media reports are premature that Japan will provide 50 billion yen (USD 417 million) to PKOs in Sudan, said MOFA First Africa Division Deputy Director Sotaro Ozaki during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo Political Offi [...]	2007-08-06 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF SU JA
07TOKYO3593	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S COURTESY CALL ON PRIME [...] (C) Prime Ministerial Advisor for Abductions Kyoko Nakayama emphasized the importance of the abduction issue in a meeting with the Deputy Secretary on August 3. She asked for continuing support from the United States in resolving the issue. Councillor Nakayama also asked for understanding o [...]	2007-08-06 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN JA
07TOKYO3594	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki assured the Deputy Secretary on August 3 that the LDP's election setback would not affect U.S.-Japan relations, and the two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance would continue to form the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region. CCS Shioz [...]	2007-08-06 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA
07TOKYO3595	TERRORISM FINANCE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 27, 2007. Both counterparts thanked Embassy O [...]	2007-08-06 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO3596	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Officer Mikiko Masuda and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 31, 2007. Both counterparts thanked Emba [...]	2007-08-06 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN FI PREL PTER UNSC JA
07TOKYO3598	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO36	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3600	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3601	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3606	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3612	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3614	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 22:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3617	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: In an August 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice SIPDIS Minister Moriya said the Japanese government would exert maximum effort to address its information security shortcomings and welcomed the agreement on the Bilateral Informat [...]	2007-08-07 22:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL JA
07TOKYO3618	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Koike reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance to the Deputy Secretary on August 3 and asked for the return of additional land from Camp Foster. She also reiterated the Japanese government's interest in purchasing F-22s, given continued security risk [...]	2007-08-07 22:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL JA
07TOKYO362	MEDIA REACTION - CHINA'S MISSILE TEST - TOKYO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 04:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3624	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3625	DIET OPENS; DPJ READY TO RUMBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Diet convened August 7 for a 4-day session, moving into uncharted waters where the ruling coalition controls the Lower House while the Upper House is the hands of the opposition. Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa has begun to flex his post-Upper House ele [...]	2007-08-08 01:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3634	EXTENSION OF JAPAN'S PARTICIPATION IN INDIAN [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 8, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Ichiro Ozawa did not rule out the possibility that the DPJ might agree to the continued support by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in the Indian Ocean. [...]	2007-08-08 12:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3635	JAPAN'S REACTION TO N/S KOREA SUMMIT ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) Japan has responded positively to news that South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a summit in Pyongyang August 28-30. Japan hopes dialogue between the two Korean leaders will lead to a "relaxation of tensions," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told re [...]	2007-08-08 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KS KN PGOV
07TOKYO3639	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 02:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3640	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 02:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3643	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT [...] "Can Roh-Kim Summit Help Denuclearization?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/9): "The main focus of the just-announced inter-Korean summit will be whether the talks can give momentum to the six- party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program. South Kor [...]	2007-08-09 03:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3658	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3660	UPPER HOUSE ELECTION COMPLICATES ECONOMIC [...] (C) The stunning defeat Japanese voters handed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on July 29 stems primarily from domestic concerns the Diet will have to tackle when it reconvenes in the autumn. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) takeover of the Upper House complicates the LDP's abili [...]	2007-08-09 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON JA
07TOKYO3664	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS GEN. PACE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an historic defeat in July 29 elections, ceding control of the Upper House of the Diet to the opposition. The electoral setback has put at risk Abe's ambitious security agenda, including moves to expand Japan's a [...]	2007-08-09 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3679	DEFENSE MINISTER KOIKE COMMENTS ON ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, meeting with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert on August 6, said that opposition control of the Diet's Upper House would generate some "turmoil," particularly true with respect to the renewal of the antiterrorism legislation autho [...]	2007-08-10 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR ENRG JA CH
07TOKYO3680	LDP DIET MEMBERS VOICE FRUSTRATION, CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings August 6 with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, senior Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet members stressed that the victory of the opposition parties in the recent Upper House election would substantially complicate and slow t [...]	2007-08-10 06:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO3681	The Japan Economic Scope--August 9, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 9, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP's Political Foundation Has "Crumbled," Says One Pundit 4. Postal Privatization, Other LDP Legislative Initiatives, Up for Review? 5. Beef Talks Grind Down, No Consensus Yet 6. [...]	2007-08-10 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3682	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Ambassador Schieffer, in a meeting on August 9, discussed extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law for the JMSDF Indian Ocean mission, strengthening information security, and Japan's next generation fighter aircraft. End summ [...]	2007-08-10 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KS KN PGOV MOPS MARR
07TOKYO3688	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/07 [...] The government's failure to extend the law would result in the withdrawal of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has been on the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for naval vessels of the United States, Britain, and other countries that are engaged in mop-up operations against terrorists [...]	2007-08-10 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3690	TERMS OF REFERENCE SETS MILESTONES FOR FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The DAS-level Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) approved on August 3 a Terms of Reference (TOR) and set of ambitious Milestones aimed at strengthening Japan's ability to protect classified information. The Japanese delegation was co-chaired by the Ministry of Defe [...]	2007-08-11 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PINR PREL
07TOKYO3696	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-1 [...] Views in the party are being unified after President Ichiro Ozawa expressed opposition to the said law, but many members are worried that if the party remains opposed to the said law, questions might be raised about its ability to grab political power. The party's move reflects its desire to do [...]	2007-08-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3703	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 03:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO371	S/P KRASNER DISCUSSES JAPAN-INDIA RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Japan and India will continue to pursue their many common interests, MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shimizu told visiting S/P Director Krasner on January 12. On the economic front, Japanese firms hope to create a hedge against the financial risks of operating in China by i [...]	2007-01-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN JA
07TOKYO3716	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-2 [...] Officials from the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Ministry explained the current state of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling operations based on the said law. But many DPJ members voiced dissatisfaction calling the ministries to disclose more detailed information. House of Councillor [...]	2007-08-13 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3717	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-3 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3718	DPRK RELIGIOUS PRISONER DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM JA
07TOKYO3719	JAPAN CONSIDERING INVOLVEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PREL JA
07TOKYO372	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner on January 12, Japanese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada welcomed the possible participation of the OECD in the Partnership for Democratic Governance initiative. He noted that ho [...]	2007-01-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM OECD JA
07TOKYO3720	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on August 9, 2007. Both counterparts [...]	2007-08-13 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN JA
07TOKYO3725	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN ON POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo officers spoke to a Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) staff member and a DPJ House of Councilors member about a range of issues following the July 29 Upper House election. The staff member discussed the post-election timeline, economic reforms, the upcoming Diet session and wh [...]	2007-08-14 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3727	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 06:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO373	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES ASIAN REGIONAL [...] (SBU) S/P Director Krasner January 12 met with MOFA Senior Official Deputy Director General Masashi Mizukami to discuss East Asian "architecture." Mizukami said the GOJ was only now starting to coordinate its positions on the multiple proposals for different forms of East Asian integration. [...]	2007-01-26 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD APECO ASEAN JA
07TOKYO3736	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3739	CLIMATE CHANGE: EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: NPP SHUTDOWN [...] Summary: According to a joint Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) interim report issued on August 10, Japan will miss its Kyoto Protocol emissions reduction target by 20-34 million tons per year (1.5-2.7 percent of total emissions) if it maintains [...]	2007-08-14 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
07TOKYO374	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...]	2007-01-26 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA
07TOKYO3749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 02:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO375	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3765	WEAKENED PRIME MINISTER ABE TO VISIT INDIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, weakened by his party's defeat in last month's Upper House elections and facing dropping support from the public and rising criticism from within the LDP, will depart Tokyo August 19 for a visit to Indonesia, India, and Malaysia. He returns to [...]	2007-08-15 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PARM IN ID MY JA
07TOKYO3766	Country Clearance for NTSB -- Rosenker, Mark; Doyle, [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo welcomes and grants country clearance to the NTSB delegation traveling to Tokyo August 19-27, 2007, for meetings with Japanese automobile manufacturers. The delegation is as follows: Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman Thomas W. Doyle, Counselor to the Chairman, Barbara A. Czech, [...]	2007-08-15 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ELTN EAIR ASEC NTSB JA
07TOKYO3768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3769	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3777	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 04:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3778	LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEMBERS DISCUSS IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Discussions with three Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet members during August 9-10 revealed concern over the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and Diet session, speculation on Prime Minister Abe resigning, and possible scenarios for dissolving the Lower House. The three recognized that Abe mi [...]	2007-08-16 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3783	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3785	JAPAN WILL NOT FIELD CANDIDATE FOR UNCAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO3792	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items in Friday morning national papers included worldwide stock-market plunges and the scorching heat wave sweeping Japan. 2. "SCO reinforces unity to check US." The business- oriented Nikkei reported from Bishkek, Kyrgyz (8/17): "The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation [...]	2007-08-17 02:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3794	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-17 03:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3798	The Japan Economic Scope--August 16, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 16, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Tokyo Markets Respond to Global Turmoil 4. Limited Subprime Impact on Japanese Financial Institutions 5. Carry-Trade Unwind: More Bark than Bite (U) 6. Japan: Second Quarter Real GDP [...]	2007-08-17 04:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/07 [...] Ozawa has expressed his opposition to the extension of the law, but Maehara, who is regarded as an active leader of the anti-Ozawa force, has advocated that the law should be extended. There was a rumor in the largest opposition party that Maehara might break away from Ozawa since the two ha [...]	2007-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3817	JAPAN'S FIRST RESPONSE TO TIP ROADMAP [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 17 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss Japan's reaction to the "Roadmap to Tier 1," presented to the Japanese government July 2 (reftel). Sasahara said that the government needed clarification [...]	2007-08-17 09:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3820	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3821	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL MARKET REACTION [...] "Can U.S. Rate Cut Stop Worldwide Stock Plunge?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/19): "In the wake of the downturn in global stock markets, the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate on its loans to banks, and this has helped the U.S. bourses rebound. Optimism, however, i [...]	2007-08-20 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3830	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3831	JAPANESE OFFICIAL "NOT HOPEFUL" ABOUT FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 17 with MOFA Aid Policy Planning Division Yukiko Okano to discuss Japan's contribution to the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). Okano said that Japan definite [...]	2007-08-20 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PREL JA
07TOKYO3837	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3841	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS [...] "Rules for SDF's Use of Arms Should Follow International Standards" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/21): "It is time for Japan to take a concrete first step toward revising the rules for the Self-Defense Forces' use of arms, which are very different from those of foreign [...]	2007-08-21 02:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO385	The Japan Economic Scope - January 25, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Tells Ambassador Position on M&A "Misunderstood" 4. Kansai Association of Corporate Executives: Support for Agriculture Reforms, Abe's Survivability 5. Keidanren Hasn't Given Up on Doha 6. U.S.-Japan Reg Reform Talks Commence 7. Financial Servi [...]	2007-01-29 06:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3855	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND JASON HAMM [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 22-24, 2007 visit to Japan by John Hill and Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobil [...]	2007-08-21 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA

07TOKYO3865	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3870	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3871	PRC EMBASSY ON JAPAN-CHINA TIES, NEW CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: Beijing is refraining from raising disputes on history with Tokyo in a bid to continue the warming trend in relations, Chinese Embassy Political Officer told an Embassy Tokyo Political Officer on August 17. Should Japan decide to "rewrite history," however, China would have no [...]	2007-08-22 02:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO3877	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3884	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO39	MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA TIES - TOKYO [...] "Japan Should Adopt Strategic Diplomacy Toward China" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (1/9): "...Japan and China have established close economic ties similar to the US-Japan economic relationship. Both Japan and China are opposed to North Korea's nuclear test. The removal of nuclear w [...]	2007-01-09 02:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO391	JAPAN LEERY OF TRYING TO INFLUENCE AFRICAN UNION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-29 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA XW SU JA
07TOKYO3914	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3919	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/07 [...] In Tokyo, members of the Tokyo Action Committee stood outside the West Entrance of Shinjuku Station and campaigned. Many people stopped to talk with them. A woman (36) from Saitama Prefecture stated: "I am absolutely against Japan cooperating with the war. It only makes terrorism worse. They [...]	2007-08-24 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3920	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S 8/22 [...] "President Bush Equates Prewar Japan with Al-Qaeda" The liberal Asahi's Washington correspondent Yoshiyuki Komurata wrote (8/24): "Although President Bush praised Japan's successful postwar democratization to justify his Iraq policy during his remarks at the national convention of Veterans of [...]	2007-08-24 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3922	The Japan Economic Scope--August 23, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 23, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Official Discusses Japan's "Confused" Political Situation, East China Sea and More 4. WTO Talks Set to Resume as Japanese Negotiators Face Cabinet Reshuffle 5. Abe V [...]	2007-08-24 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3930	ABE ALONE SELECTING NEW LDP EXECUTIVES, CABINET [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce his new Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership slate on August 27. Leaving the media, outside observers, and his own party in the dark, Abe has involved virtually no one else in the decision-making process. Embassy Tokyo officers have [...]	2007-08-24 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3948	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3954	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S 8/22 [...] "US Policy on Iraq Too Simplistic" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/25): "Faced with growing debate in the US about withdrawing troops from Iraq, President Bush during a speech last week at the national convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Missouri, likened the form [...]	2007-08-27 02:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3955	EXPLAINING U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT TIP SHELTERS IN [...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 23 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss the Japanese government's reliance on prefecture-level public shelters to protect victims of human trafficking. Embassy Political Officer delivered Ref A's "C [...]	2007-08-27 05:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3962	FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...]	2007-08-27 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA
07TOKYO3966	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3967	JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...]	2007-08-27 11:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3968	JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...]	2007-08-27 13:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3969	ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affairs Council Chairman -- Toshihiro NIKAI LDP Policy [...]	2007-08-27 14:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3970	ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. (This is a corrected copy amending paragraph 16.) This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affa [...]	2007-08-27 14:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3974	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3987	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3995	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4000	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 8/22 SPEECH OF [...] "Bush's Controversial Reading of War History" Washington correspondent Arimoto of the conservative Sankei wrote (8/29): "President Bush's speech on August 22 rejecting calls for a pullout of US forces from Iraq has generated controversy for his reference to the US victory over Japan in WWII an [...]	2007-08-29 04:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4004	CORRECTED TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 8/22 SPEECH [...] "Bush's Controversial Reading of War History" Washington correspondent Arimoto of the conservative Sankei wrote (8/29): "President Bush's speech on August 22 rejecting calls for a pullout of US forces from Iraq has generated controversy for his reference to the US victory over Japan in WWI [...]	2007-08-29 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO401	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4010	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS SHUBERT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-22, 2007 visit to Japan by Thomas Shubert. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobile phone: [...]	2007-08-29 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4011	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4015	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO402	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4027	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TALIBAN RELEASE OF [...] "Hard Lessons from Hostage Crisis" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/30): "It is a good thing that the South Koreans taken hostage by the Taliban are starting to be released and can now return home. The incident, however, is bound to have grave effects on reconstruction in Afghanistan and has [...]	2007-08-30 05:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO403	MEDIA REACTION - RESUMPTION OF SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] "Japan Should Strengthen Joint Stance with US at Six- Party Talks" An editorial in the conservative Sankei commented (1/30): "The US and the DPRK will begin bilateral talks Tuesday in Beijing concerning financial sanctions to open the way for a resumption of the six- party talks on North Korea [...]	2007-01-30 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4040	GERMAN CHANCELLOR WARNS OZAWA NOT TO CEASE OEF [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 06:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GM JA
07TOKYO4043	UNCERTAINTY CLOUDS TERMS OF DIET DEBATE ON OEF [...] (C) Summary: The terms of debate in the upcoming Diet review of the Anti-Terror Special Measures Law that governs Japan's contribution to the OEF Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) are still unclear. Direct negotiations between the ruling LDP coalition and opposition Democratic Party of Ja [...]	2007-08-30 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4044	ABE'S NEW CABINET GETS BOUNCE IN POLLS BUT REMAINS [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sagging poll numbers have received a boost with careful choices for his new Cabinet that included former and current Cabinet members and several Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction heads. That said, concerns remain about the fate of the Anti-terrorism bill, [...]	2007-08-30 07:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4046	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4047	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4051	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA DEFENSE [...] "China Needs to Increase Military Transparency" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/31): "Although progress was made on defense exchanges between Japan and China during the meeting this week between the Japanese and Chinese defense ministers, the bilateral talks failed to di [...]	2007-08-31 05:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4052	The Japan Economic Scope--August 30, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 30, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents Political Moves 3. Abe Reshuffles Cabinet 4. New Appointees and Postal Privatization 5. ACCJ T&L Committee Meets with CPRR on Aviation Policy Money Matters 6. Minimum Wage Non-Compli [...]	2007-08-31 05:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4053	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on August 30 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. S [...]	2007-08-31 06:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO4055	METI'S "ASIAN OECD" HAS FUNDING...BUT LITTLE ELSE [...] (C) Summary: The research institute initially conceived as part of Japan's "ASEAN Plus Six" proposal for regional economic integration will be, at least at the beginning, a small, independent entity with no direct ties to any organization or model for regional architecture, according to an [...]	2007-08-31 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN PREL ETRD JA
07TOKYO4056	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4057	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RIAD SEIF TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche and a copy of Department's statement on Riad Seif to MOFA First Middle East Division Syria officer Hitoshi Ishizuka, who replied that the Japanese Embassy in Damascus is in the process of checking the details of Seif's case and tha [...]	2007-08-31 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM EUN SY JA
07TOKYO4080	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//07 [...] Endo said to Yosano, "Please tell the prime minister that I will step down." TOKYO 00004080 006 OF 012 SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09 Yosano's determination to put a speedy end to Endo's scandal came from strong alarm against the Kantei's (Prime Minister's Official [...]	2007-09-04 01:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4085	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - US-DPRK NUCLEAR ACCORD [...] "Details Must be Thoroughly Worked Out" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/4): "...It is good that the US and North Korea confirmed that Pyongyang will declare all of its nuclear facilities and disable them within this year. The issue here is how to hammer out the details.... Implementing nuc [...]	2007-09-04 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4094	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4096	JAPAN'S NEW CABINET: GOOD NEWS FOR U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked a line-up of cabinet ministers friendly to the U.S. and committed to continuing to make progress in the areas of defense, security, trade, economic reform, and the environment. On defense and security issues the new ministers already have pledged suppo [...]	2007-09-04 10:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4101	THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the elimination of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA). Under the reorganization much of DFAA's functions will be folded into MOD's Internal Bureau. Final allocation of workload and portf [...]	2007-09-05 02:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4108	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-05 04:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4114	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND US-DPRK [...] "How to Get out of Iraq Quagmire" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (9/5): "The Maliki government is facing a crisis following a number of suicide bombings and a series of resignations of cabinet ministers. Although the Bush administration is looking at scaling back the US presence in Ir [...]	2007-09-05 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-05 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4121	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4140	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4159	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4167	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE BASALLA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 10-13, 2007 visit to Japan by Suzanne Basalla. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 Mobile phon [...]	2007-09-07 02:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4172	JAPAN'S ANNUAL REPORT ON HIV/AIDS FOR 2006 [...] Summary: According to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) AIDS Surveillance Committee Annual Report on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic for 2006, 952 new HIV-positive cases and 406 new AIDS cases were reported in Japan during the year. These were larger increases than reported in 2005. [...]	2007-09-07 03:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA
07TOKYO4176	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-DPRK [...] "Opportunity to Break the Ice" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/7): "Although no specific progress was made during the Japan-DPRK normalization talks held in Mongolia, the meeting set the stage for continued dialogue.... The fundamental gap between the two nations remains, but an atmosphere [...]	2007-09-07 05:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4184	The Japan Economic Scope--September 6, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 6, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Farming and Agriculture 3. Fukuoka Farmers Protest Free Trade 4. A New Agriculture Minister -- Financial Scandals Continue 5. Recent Agriculture Ministers Climate Concerns 6. Cle [...]	2007-09-07 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4187	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4196	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 02:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4198	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND US-JAPAN [...] "9/11 and US Society" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/9): "...Six years after 9/11, American society is divided over the war in Iraq. According to a Gallup poll conducted in August, 60% of the American people said the Iraq war was a mistake.... US presidential candidates are conducting a he [...]	2007-09-10 02:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4213	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MISSILE DEFENSE IN [...] "Tension Growing Between US and Russia" Warsaw correspondent Sakuraba of the business-oriented Nikkei commented on Polish Defense Minister Szczyglo's disclosure of his country's plan to begin the construction of a missile-defense facility next spring (9/6): "Tension is bound to increase betwee [...]	2007-09-10 06:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4217	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4218	MOFA ON OPPOSITION CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators and the opposition "does not necessarily signal a return to large-scale armed violence or an increased military threat," according to Japanese Foreign Ministry officials. Japan, at this point, has no plans for public statements criticiz [...]	2007-09-10 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4223	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4227	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PM SENIOR ADVISOR AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 20-26, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Jackson McDonald, CDR Thomas C. Herold, and LTC Phillip D. Janzen. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office pho [...]	2007-09-11 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4229	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WAR ON TERROR; APEC [...] "Six Years After 9/11: Unity Against Terrorism Still Needed" The conservative Sankei editorialized (9/11): "Six years have passed since 9/11.... Not only Americans but people the world over remember the shock of that day. There is as yet no end in sight to the fight against terrorism.... Is th [...]	2007-09-11 02:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4241	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4248	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4255	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - APEC SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO426	MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO [...] "Six-Party Talks: North Korea Has No Choice But to Denuclearize" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/31): "At the next round of the six-party talks, which are to resume on February 8 in Beijing, will there be any concrete progress that will lead to North Korea's denucleariza [...]	2007-01-31 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4261	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4262	ABE RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe sent shock waves through Japan's political world on September 12 with his sudden announcement that he will resign. As for the reason behind his decision, he offered his concern that his continued tenure as PM is making it difficult for Japan to live up to its [...]	2007-09-12 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4267	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4269	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PM RESIGNATION AND ITS [...] "Hope for Progress on Nuclear Dismantlement" Seoul correspondent Makino of the liberal Asahi wrote (9/12): "There is a possibility that the resignation of Prime Minister Abe could have an impact on progress in the six-party talks concerning North Korea's nuclear dismantlement, as Japan has bee [...]	2007-09-13 03:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4280	HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY CONTINUES JAPAN-PRC WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Hu Jintao twice on the sidelines of APEC to discuss ways to strengthen economic, environmental, and security ties. Marked more by warm atmospherics than progress on substantive issues, the informal talks signal the warming tren [...]	2007-09-13 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO4281	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4283	JAPANESE REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE IN COMMUNIQUE OF THE [...] (C) Following up on Foreign Minister Machimura's message to the Ambassador that Japan seeks to strengthen the international reasons to continue to provide Maritime Self Defense Forces support to Operation Enduring Freedom (Ref A),MOFA National Security Division Principal Deputy Director Shing [...]	2007-09-13 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN AF JA
07TOKYO4285	ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]	2007-09-13 11:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4287	ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]	2007-09-13 23:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4292	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RESIGNATION OF PRIME [...] "Candidates' Policies and Qualifications Must Be Scrutinized" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/14): "Following Prime Minister Abe's announcement that he will step down, the LDP presidential election campaign officially starts today. The ruling party must elect a new presi [...]	2007-09-14 01:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4297	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 02:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO43	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRORIST INTERDICTION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 18-20, 2007 visit to Japan by Robin Reichenbach, S/CT Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP) representative. Post understands, per reftel, that no further assistance is required. 2. (U) Point of Contact for the Tokyo portio [...]	2007-01-09 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KFRD ASEC OTRA AEMR TH RP JA
07TOKYO4316	SAFE AND SECURE SOCIETY: MEXT FUNDS PROJECTS FOR JFY2007 [...] Summary -- The Office of Science and Technology for a Safe and Secure Society in Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has selected five science and technology related "Safe and Secure Society" projects to receive Yen 405 million (USD 3.5 million) in JFY [...]	2007-09-14 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TNGD PTER JA
07TOKYO4317	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4322	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER UNABLE TO ATTEND AD HOC [...] (U) Due to the unsettled political situation in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Machimura will be unable to attend the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting in New York, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki Adachi. The meeting will take place on the day after t [...]	2007-09-14 11:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF JA
07TOKYO4327	FUKUDA CONSOLIDATES LEAD IN WEEKEND CAMPAIGNING [...] (C) Summary. The race to succeed Shinzo Abe as LDP President and Prime Minister looks to be a win for former Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuda, with weekend polls showing he has a commanding lead over Taro Aso among LDP Diet members and the public. Fukuda has the backing of nearly 60 percent of [...]	2007-09-18 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4328	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4329	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4330	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4359	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO436	JAPAN ASKS ABOUT U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONS [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 2. 2. (C) In the course of a separate conversation on FM Aso's recent visit to Eastern Europe, MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Deputy Director Hiroki Takabayashi observed that not all of the countries subsumed in Aso's "Arc [...]	2007-01-31 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP JA
07TOKYO437	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4371	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTCOL MARC CZAJA AND DAVID [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 21-26, 2007 visit to Japan by LTCOL Marc Czaja and David Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81 [...]	2007-09-19 06:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4373	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4374	JAPAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Japan is disinclined to make financial contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, although it is still considering a U.N. request to nominate judges for the tribunal, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Director Hideo Sato. His remarks were confirmed separately by U.N. Po [...]	2007-09-19 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC LE JA
07TOKYO4375	JAPAN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MINUSTAH, AWAITING [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political officer delivered reftel demarche September 19 to MOFA Caribbean Division Haiti Desk Officer Akiko Yamasaki. Yamasaki said that Japan will support the extension of the MINUSTAH mandate, and althoug [...]	2007-09-19 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPKO EFIN PGOV PREL HA JA

07TOKYO438	JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Japan supports the U.S. position on cluster munitions (CM) and believes that the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is the best venue for discussing the issue, according to MOFA officials. Japanese au [...]	2007-01-31 10:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO JA
07TOKYO4384	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4386	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FRB RATE CUT [...] "Drastic Measures Necessary to Resolve Subprime Loan Problem" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (9/20): "The US lowered its key interest rate for the first time in almost four years.... The US has adopted an easy-money policy as an 'emergency measure' to prevent cash-strapped financial instit [...]	2007-09-20 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 22:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO44	The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Unemployment Dips to Under 4% 4. Cabinet Approves Conservative Regular Budget for FY07 5. New Tax Commission Chairman Pro-Growth 6. METI "Investment Security" Study Group: Japan's "Exon-Florio"? 7. CPRR Issues Mixed Final Reform Recommendations 8. Japan Pos [...]	2007-01-09 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4408	LATEST POLLS SHOW FUKUDA STRETCHING LEAD IN LDP [...] (C) Summary. Yasuo Fukuda has lengthened his lead over rival Taro Aso in the LDP presidential race, securing the backing of nearly 70 percent of LDP Diet members, according to a Kyodo News report on September 20. Fukuda is also out-polling Aso in the LDP prefectural vote, based on preliminar [...]	2007-09-21 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO441	JAPANESE UPDATE OF AFGHAN RING ROAD PROJECT [...] Summary. Japan has signed a contract with a construction company, SAITA of Afghanistan, to complete its 114 km segment of the Afghan Ring Road (Kandahar to Herat),and expects work to be completed by December 2008, if not sooner. MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Grant Aid/Technical Coop [...]	2007-01-31 23:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AID PGOV PREL ELTN SNAR ASEC AFIN AF JA
07TOKYO4416	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4417	ASO AND FUKUDA SOFTPEDALING REFORM, STRESSING [...] (C) Prime ministerial candidates Taro Aso and Yasuo Fukuda continue to support economic "reform." But both are putting more stress on "stability" in their campaigns and addressing problematic side effects of reform. Specifically, Fukuda and Aso are promising relief to rural areas and are payi [...]	2007-09-21 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO4419	FUKUDA WINS [...] (C) Summary. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda defeated former Foreign Minister Taro Aso to win the LDP presidency by a comfortable margin on September 23. The generally conservative, pro-U.S. Fukuda garnered 330 of 528 votes cast, showing wide support among both LDP lawmakers and [...]	2007-09-24 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO4424	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4432	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OIL PRICES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 04:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4436	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4439	VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HEADING TO BURMA [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka will visit Burma September 29 to October 3 and is willing to convey a message from the USG to Burmese officials, MOFA contacts said on September 21. Japan is "deeply concerned" about the recent crackdown, but is not planning to issue a public statement conde [...]	2007-09-25 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4442	U.S./JAPAN DISCUSSIONS ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND [...] (SBU) A U.S. delegation led by DOE Deputy Under Secretary for Counterterrorism Steven Aoki, met July 18-19 with a Japanese interagency group headed by Takeshi Nakane, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department. The Japanese side consis [...]	2007-09-25 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KHLS TRGY JA
07TOKYO4446	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4452	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLIMATE CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 06:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4462	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4466	NEW PRIME MINISTER FUKUDA LEAVES CABINET LARGELY [...] (C) Yasuo Fukuda was officially elected Japan,s Prime Minister on September 26 and announced his cabinet late the same day. Because the Diet is already in session -- leaving little time to prepare for interpellations -- Fukuda opted to keep 13 of the 17 ministers from former Prime Minister Shi [...]	2007-09-26 10:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4467	GOJ CONCERNED OVER OEF REFUELING ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: MOD Administrative Vice Minister Kohei Masuda called in DCM September 26 to express the GOJ's concerns over several press reports, attributed to U.S. sources, that assert that Japanese fuel provided for use in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) has been used by the U.S. Navy for ot [...]	2007-09-26 10:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4468	NEW LDP EXECUTIVE LINEUP [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda selected four senior faction leaders on September 23 to assist him in unifying the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),countering the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and preparing for the next Lower House election. The appointments are generally s [...]	2007-09-26 10:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO4474	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO448	MOFA PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON CEBU ECON OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The endorsement of Japan's proposal for an academic study of a free trade area including the 10 ASEAN states along with Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and India at the January 15 East Asian Summit was a better outcome than had been expected, according to an [...]	2007-02-01 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN ECON PREL JA
07TOKYO4481	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN BURMA [...] "Burmese Junta in Stalemate" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (9/27): "Massive rallies have been taking place day after day in Burma to protest the junta's oppressive rule. Given the military regime's strict control, the demonstrations are a bold act. The junta's rule has continued f [...]	2007-09-27 02:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO449	JAPAN,S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minster Taro Aso's January 9-14 trip to Eastern Europe demonstrated Japan's increasing global focus, said a MOFA official during a January 16 meeting. In addition to promoting stability via economic development and exchanges, Japan took advantage of the trip to build supp [...]	2007-02-01 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BU HU LO RO JA
07TOKYO450	JAPAN GINGERLY SEEKS NEW ECON TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: Japan sees little prospect for substantial improvement in its official relations with South Korea in the near term because of the attitudes of the present Korean administration, according to a senior official of the Asia Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Th [...]	2007-02-01 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL JA CH KS
07TOKYO452	MEDIA REACTION - DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA'S [...] "The Responsibility of Defense Minister Kyuma" Guest commentator Naoyuki Agawa, a Keio University professor and former minister at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, wrote in the conservative Sankei (2/1): "...Meeting the press on January 24 at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Defense [...]	2007-02-01 03:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4533	AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER [...] Nearly one hundred guests attended the Ambassador's annual Iftar dinner, hosted at the residence on September 20. The guest list included Ambassadors and chiefs of missions from Islamic nations and their spouses, members of Tokyo's small Muslim community, and Japanese academics who specialize [...]	2007-09-27 22:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KISL ODIP JA
07TOKYO454	METI TO REVIEW SECURITY CRITERIA FOR FDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has established an outside study group to recommend possible revisions to the law that governs those sectors in which foreign direct investment (FDI) requires prior government notification and approval. The study group's ideas w [...]	2007-02-01 03:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PARM JA
07TOKYO4542	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4545	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN BURMA [...] "High Time for Burma to Democratize" The conservative Sankei editorialized (9/28): "The Burmese junta may be worried that more demonstrations will lead to its collapse. But if it continues its oppression, its rule will eventually wither in the face of the people's opposition and pressure from [...]	2007-09-28 01:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4551	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]	2007-09-28 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO4552	The Japan Economic Scope--September 27, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 27, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Political 3. New PM Fukuda Keeps Economic Team Intact 4. Less Uncertainty in Japan's Trade Team 5. Fukuda's Campaign Pledges Squishy on Reform ( International Interrelations 6. [...]	2007-09-28 07:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4555	$3 TRILLION FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: JAPAN POST [...] (C) Japan Post -- an institution with assets comparable to the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization October 1. The privatization directly affects U.S. commercial interests in banking, insurance, and express delivery services, and its sheer size means it is widely expected t [...]	2007-09-28 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO4556	JAPAN ECONOMIC AGENDA: FUKUDA STARTS WITH DOMESTIC [...] (C) Japan's new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has kept the Abe administration's economic team largely intact, but there are indications that policy focus has shifted toward domestic pocketbook issues. Former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki's appointment suggests a commitment to fiscal restra [...]	2007-09-28 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO4557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4558	JAPAN APPROVES PDG DECLARATION OF PRINCIPALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM OAS JA
07TOKYO4559	JAPANESE READOUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was very pleased with the outcomes of both the Iraq and Afghanistan High-Level Meetings held in New York September 22-23. Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) decided at the last moment to attend, despite the fact the meetings took place at the [...]	2007-09-28 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IZ JA
07TOKYO456	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THY M. NGUYEN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 06 - May 03, 2007 visit to Japan by Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Foreign Affairs Officer Thy M. Nguyen. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached [...]	2007-02-01 03:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4560	JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT GAER FOR UNCAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC JA
07TOKYO4561	JAPAN TO PLAY A PASSIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JA
07TOKYO4563	JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE ON BURMA UNLIKELY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Tokyo is publicly condemning the violent government crackdown on demonstrators in Burma and is urging Burmese leaders to "exercise restraint," but has no plans to change its foreign policy strategy on Burma, [...]	2007-09-28 09:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4564	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 6-13, 2007 visit to Japan by CODEL Inouye. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Raymond Greene. Administrative points of contact are Political Officer John Nylin and Management Officer Peter Hayde [...]	2007-09-28 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA AMGT AFIN ASEC PREL JA
07TOKYO4567	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS IRANIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) pressed Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki, at a meeting on September 22 in New York, to comply with United Nations sanctions and cease uranium enrichment. Machimura also rejected as "unrealistic" [...]	2007-09-30 22:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ JA
07TOKYO4570	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 01:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4574	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] "Vague Accord Will Create Problems for Future" The conservative Sankei editorialized (10/1): "There is a high possibility that the provisional six-party deal will create problems for the future, given that the definition of disablement, as well as its scope and procedures, remains vague and li [...]	2007-10-01 02:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4579	JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period from May 24 to September 27. MHLW to Approve Sale of New H5N1 Vaccine for Humans 2. An advisory panel to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on September 1 confirmed the safety [...]	2007-10-01 05:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
07TOKYO458	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND JOHN GEIS [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 02 -05, 2007, visit to Japan by OASD, East Asia John Hill and John Geis. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: [...]	2007-02-01 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4588	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4596	PM/SNA AMBASSADOR MCDONALD'S MEETINGS ON SMA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 25 visit by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Jackson McDonald, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials rejected the U.S. proposal for a three-year roll-over of the current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) governing USD 1.1 bill [...]	2007-10-02 00:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL JA
07TOKYO4599	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEAN VAUGHN AND KEFF CARTER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 9-12, 2007 visit to Japan by Dean Vaughn and Keff Carter. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6817 [...]	2007-10-02 00:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4617	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 3-4, 2007 visit to Japan by David Sedney. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6881 Mobile phone: 81-9 [...]	2007-10-02 04:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4633	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/07 [...] MSDF operations will be limited to oil and water supply. Search and rescue operations and rescuing victims will not be stipulated. 2. The MSDF will conduct operations based on UN Security Council Resolution 1776 that expressed appreciation for the Maritime Interdiction Operation by the US-led [...]	2007-10-02 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4634	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE [...] (C) The Japanese Government is waiting for a readout from Deputy Foreign Minister Yabunaka's September 30-October 2 Burma trip before deciding whether to adopt new measures to increase pressure on the Rangoon authorities, VFM Yachi told the Charge October 2. It is unlikely Yabunaka will be abl [...]	2007-10-02 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4635	PM FUKUDA AIMS FOR MIDDLE GROUND IN FIRST POLICY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda maintained a conciliatory tone in his policy speech given separately to the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet on October 1. He touched on many of the same subjects raised by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three weeks ago, including the pension system, regi [...]	2007-10-02 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
07TOKYO4636	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER YACHI ON POSSIBLE OEF [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo and the US are working to provide Japan with the most accurate and up-to-date information on press speculation that Japanese oil contributions for Operation Enduring Freedom were used by the U.S. military for operations in Iraq, the Charge told MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Sho [...]	2007-10-02 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4638	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4639	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT [...] "ROK Should Extract Denuclearization Pledge from DPRK" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/3): "...It is desirable not only for the two Koreas but also for their neighbors that Seoul and Pyongyang confirm reconciliation and cooperation and look for peace and stability during their summit. Alth [...]	2007-10-03 02:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4645	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/07 [...] The aim is to eliminate as many obstacles as possible in pursuing Diet deliberations due to the dominance of the opposition in the Upper House so that a possible vacuum in MSDF operations as a result of failure to secure Diet approval before the law expires can be lessened as much as possible. [...]	2007-10-03 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4646	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] "No Compromise on Nuclear Disablement" The liberal Mainichi wrote in an editorial (10/2): "The North Korean nuclear threat will remain even after the disablement of three facilities in Yongbyon. As these plants have already served their purpose, there is a growing view that their disablement w [...]	2007-10-03 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4648	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4653	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] "Step Forward toward Denuclearization" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/4): "... US experts have come to the view that the level of uranium enrichment by North Korea has not yet reached a stage where it can manufacture weapons-grade uranium. This being the case, the disablement of three fac [...]	2007-10-04 04:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4655	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN VFM YACHI [...] (C) Summary. Japan places the utmost importance on the U.S.-Japan relationship and is firmly committed to the alliance, VFM Yachi told visiting EAP A/S Hill on September 26. New PM Fukuda,s first overseas visit will be to the United States, not to China or South Korea. Yachi expressed disap [...]	2007-10-04 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO4656	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN PM ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK must take concrete steps for the return of the abductees and provide a credible explanation for the purported death of each victim in order to demonstrate progress on the abduction issue, Japan's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue Kyoko Nakayama told visiting EAP A/S [...]	2007-10-04 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO4658	GOING POSTAL: INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S LARGEST BANK [...] (SBU) Yucho, Japan,s postal bank, is the world,s largest bank, with total assets of 222 trillion yen ($1.9 trillion) and FY 2007 net income of 300 billion yen ($2.6 billion). As Yucho,s privatization began on October 1 (ref a),its sheer size and first steps into new banking businesses promise [...]	2007-10-04 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPRV JA
07TOKYO4661	PM FUKUDA PLANS NO SHIFT IN JAPAN POLICY ON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will not alter Tokyo's policy approach to Russia or the Northern Territories, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Russian Embassy representatives add that Moscow plans to continue its "two-track" approach toward Tokyo: 1) [...]	2007-10-04 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO4666	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4673	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4674	JAPAN PREPARING NEW OEF LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing the text of a new Anti-Terror Special Measures Law to authorize the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) to continue providing fuel to coalition forces engaged in OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO). MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau D [...]	2007-10-05 02:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4675	VICE MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS DATA ON OEF MIO [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense Minoru Terada urged the U.S. to provide detailed data on OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) by October 5 so that the Japanese government can respond to expected opposition questions during Diet Budget Committee deliberations set to begin on October 9. Durin [...]	2007-10-05 02:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4678	END OF THE DIET SESSION NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has declared its intention to introduce a new bill authorizing the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of OEF. The introduction and timing of this new bill create the possibility that the current extraordinary Diet session will ex [...]	2007-10-05 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4682	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 04:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER SA
07TOKYO4684	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] "Problems Remain in Six-Party Agreement" The conservative Sankei editorialized (10/5): "...The latest round of the six-party talks looked for a detailed roadmap for implementing the 'next phase' actions. However, the joint statement announced on Wednesday lacks details, and it is problematic i [...]	2007-10-05 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4685	JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...]	2007-10-05 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4686	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] "No Compromise on Nuclear Disablement" The liberal Mainichi wrote in an editorial (10/2): "The North Korean nuclear threat will remain even after the disablement of three facilities in Yongbyon. As these plants have already served their purpose, there is a growing view that their disablement w [...]	2007-10-05 04:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4688	JAPAN ANTICIPATES INVITATION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Japan's Special Envoy for Peace in the Middle East Tatsuo Arima was very pleased with the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting, as well as with meetings with NEA A/S Welch (reftel) and NSA Senior Director Abrams, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki [...]	2007-10-05 05:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JA
07TOKYO4689	The Japan Economic Scope--October 4, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 4, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Reform 3. CPRR, CEFP No Longer "Wheels of Change" Under Fukuda Administration 4. What Kansai Business Executives Expect of the Fukuda Cabinet 5. PM Fukuda's Strong Initial Polls, "Th [...]	2007-10-05 05:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4691	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MICHAEL W. [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 9, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Michalak. 2. (U) Point of contact is Political Officer Marc Forino, Tel: (03) 3224-5467, Mobile: 090-5578-0102. 3. (U) Post understands that the meeting with Diet Member Shiozaki is [...]	2007-10-05 05:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4696	JAPAN CONSIDERING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE, WARY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 06:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JA
07TOKYO4699	JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...]	2007-10-05 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4702	U.S. STATEMENT ON JAPAN'S OEF REFUELING OPERATION [...] (C) On October 5 Charge spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai to discuss U.S. plans to clarify press allegations of misuse of Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) fuel contributions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). K [...]	2007-10-05 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER JA
07TOKYO4703	MIXED PRESS REACTIONS TO LATEST SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Official comments on the six-party accord and the accompanying abduction issue have been generally favorable, with Japan being satisfied that its views were reflected in the final document, namely, that delisting would be considerably difficult unless the nuclear and humanitarian is [...]	2007-10-06 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA
07TOKYO4704	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-08 23:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4715	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4717	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SITUATION IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 04:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4721	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07 [...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...]	2007-10-09 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4726	JAPAN PLANS CONTRIBUTION FOR IRAQ REFUGEE SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM IZ JA
07TOKYO4732	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4734	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] "Prime Minister Should Swiftly Firm up Strategy" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/10): "The GOJ decided yesterday on a half-year extension of sanctions on North Korea. Such measures as a ban on the entry of the DPRK passenger-freighter Man Gyong Bong will continue for the time being.... It [...]	2007-10-10 05:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO474	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4744	JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4746	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO475	PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES, [...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...]	2007-02-01 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA
07TOKYO4766	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4768	JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS [...] (C) Burma experts in the Diet and academia are pressing the Japanese government to take a firmer stance against Burma's government over human rights violations. They are hopeful that intense media scrutiny after the death of a Japanese press photographer will convince Japan to ramp up its pre [...]	2007-10-11 04:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4769	JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS TO LOBBY AGAINST DELISTING [...] A group of "more than 10" lawmakers from the nonpartisan Parliamentarian League for Early Repatriation of Japanese Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea are planning to travel to Washington in early December to lobby against removing the DPRK from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, according [...]	2007-10-11 05:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO4775	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO478	ANRE'S HOSAKA DISCUSSES RUSSIA, CHINA ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka accompanied ANRE Director General Harufumi Mochizuki on a visit to Moscow the week of January 29 to talk to Gazprom about Japanese companies aiding the construction of a gas in [...]	2007-02-01 23:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO4784	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4787	The Japan Economic Scope--October 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 12, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Money Matters 3. Unemployment Post Slight Rise to 3.8% 4. Bank Sales of Insurance Advocacy 5. U.S. - Japan Investment Initiative 2007--Investment Seminar in Osaka 6. KIAC Welcomes [...]	2007-10-12 03:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4797	JAPAN: POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Thus far, Japan has taken a number of steps to influence events in Burma, including formal protests at the ministerial level. However, Japan can do more to signal to the Burmese junta that it is increasingly isolated. This cable summarizes Embassy Tokyo's view on possible next s [...]	2007-10-12 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PREF BM JA
07TOKYO4799	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4800	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGING BROAD SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Japan seeks a larger role in efforts to bring about democracy and respect for human rights in Burma, but realizes it lacks the leverage and influence necessary to bring about change, MOFA International Cooperation Division Deputy Director General Reiichiro Takahashi told Embassy Tokyo Aid [...]	2007-10-12 11:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4801	BILATERAL INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE ADVANCES [...] (C) The DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and the Tokyo-based Implementation Group (IG) have made steady progress on implementing milestones agreed upon bilaterally on August 3. The BISTF process is divided into three broad phases. The first aims to enhan [...]	2007-10-15 00:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO4803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4804	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2+2 TALKS IN RUSSIA [...] "Russia's Hard Line Pronounced" Moscow correspondent Seguchi of the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported (10/14): "During a 2+2 defense and foreign ministerial with the US in Moscow, Russian President Putin called for the cancellation of US plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eas [...]	2007-10-15 03:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4813	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4814	JAPANESE THINKING ON CUTTING TARIFFS ON GOODS THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese Government officials report the call in former PM Mori's September 24 speech to the UN High Level Event on Climate Change, for countries to reduce voluntarily their tariffs on goods that can help cut CO2 emissions, is a move to get countries to act now against climate [...]	2007-10-15 09:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV JA
07TOKYO4822	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4823	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - Chinese Communist Party [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 02:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4829	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 22:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4846	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4848	JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura announced on October 16 that Japan canceled an estimated 552 million yen grant aid project in Burma to construct a Human Resources Center because of strong concerns about the human rights and democratization situation there. After briefing the Cabinet on [...]	2007-10-17 06:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4856	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 22:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4857	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO486	YACHI,S CHINA VISIT: NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's January 26-28 visit to China went smoothly and there were no surprises, MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Kosei Nomura told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer January 29. Yachi and his Chinese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, [...]	2007-02-02 06:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS ENRG JA
07TOKYO4863	LITTLE SUBSTANCE LIKELY IN JAPAN-CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The high-level economic dialogue between China and Japan, a product of former Prime Minister Abe's effort to improve relations with China, will likely take place in late November or early December, according to an official of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Th [...]	2007-10-18 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ETTC KIPR JA CH
07TOKYO4870	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 22:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4872	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY AND IRAQ [...] "Tension Mounting over Iraq" The conservative Sankei's Istanbul correspondent Murakami wrote (10/18): "Concern is mounting over the possibility of further destabilization in Iraq following the Turkish parliament's move to grant the country's army the authority to cross the border and attack PK [...]	2007-10-18 22:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4879	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4881	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G7 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4883	WIREC: JAPAN UNDECIDED, SUGGESTS MINISTER-LEVEL [...] (SBU) As requested in reftel, Post contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) about GOJ participation at the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). According to Eriko Hamashiro of MOFA's Economic Security Division, the GOJ is unlikely to decide b [...]	2007-10-19 02:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA JA
07TOKYO4884	FINANCE MINISTER NUKAGA AGREES TO DISCUSS HOST [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 05:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JA
07TOKYO4885	The Japan Economic Scope--October 18, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 18, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Trade Forum 3. AUSTR Cutler Meets DG Otabe in Tokyo 4. US-Japan Launch New Reg Reform Cycle Fiscal Structure 5. Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy Influence Declining, Says La [...]	2007-10-19 05:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4887	DPJ'S HATOYAMA EXPLAINS DPJ VIEWS ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama gave his views on the July Upper House election, DPJ preparations for the next general election, the DPJ's handling of the current Diet session, and the new anti-terrorism legislation to an audience of journalists, businessme [...]	2007-10-19 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO489	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 02 [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the period from January 25 to February 02. -- MHLW drafts guidelines for pandemic influenza -- 2. On January 19, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) submitted to an advisory panel draft guidelines on measures to be [...]	2007-02-02 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
07TOKYO490	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4901	PANEL ANALYZES FUKUDA, JAPANESE POLITICS, REGIONAL [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Japanese politics were two of the topics discussed on October 11 by a Jiji press panel consisting of a politician, a bureaucrat, a Chinese researcher, and a member of the media. The panelists also commented on the income gap and regional disparity issue, the [...]	2007-10-19 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4902	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4903	GOVERNMENT SUBMITS NEW OEF BILL; MSDF TO WITHDRAW [...] (C) The Fukuda Cabinet voted to forward a new bill authorizing a continuation of Japan's Indian Ocean refueling efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to the Diet late on October 17. Maritime Self-Defense Forces assets will be withdrawn on November 2, one day after the current law e [...]	2007-10-19 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4905	OPPOSITION DPJ STRUGGLES FOR CONSENSUS ON OEF [...] (C) Summary. Main opposition DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa has drawn heavy criticism over the past week, including from some members of his own party, over a series of counterproposals seeking to replace Japan's current support to Operation Enduring Freedom with some form of as yet undefined support [...]	2007-10-19 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4913	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4917	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4925	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4926	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER ON OEF, ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized that his top priority is to increase public support for extending the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) refueling operation in the Indian Ocean during a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18. Ishiba said that extending the MSDF miss [...]	2007-10-22 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
07TOKYO4927	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 29-November 1, 2007 visit to Japan by DAS Alexander Arvizu. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3 [...]	2007-10-22 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4931	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO495	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4950	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4951	BURMA: JAPANESE ASSISTANCE FOR POLICE TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. Japan has no bilateral programs involving Burmese police, but has included Burmese representatives in widely attended multilateral seminars and training on the Japanese "koban" system and combatting drug crime. Japan currently has no legal restrictions on Burmese participation i [...]	2007-10-23 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JA BM
07TOKYO4953	ADVOCATING FOR TIP VICTIM IDENTIFICATION [...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met October 18 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss formal procedures for identifying victims of human trafficking. In proposing steps that Japan could take in this regard, Embassy Political Officer delivered R [...]	2007-10-23 22:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO4954	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4956	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NEW LEADERSHIP LINEUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 02:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4966	OUTLOOK GRIM FOR OEF BILL, AS MOD SCANDALS PUT [...] (C) Summary. Revelations of two Ministry of Defense-related scandals, emerging just as the Diet was scheduled to finally take up deliberations on new legislation to reauthorize Japanese refueling efforts in the Indian Ocean, are threatening to derail the ruling coalition's efforts to extend [...]	2007-10-24 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4967	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4968	JAPAN WILL DECIDE UNIAAC VOTE AT THE LAST MINUTE [...] This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 22 to MOFA UN Planning and Administration Division Principal Deputy Director Kenichi Matsuda. Matsuda said that Japan would "carefully consider" Mr Walke [...]	2007-10-24 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA JA
07TOKYO4969	JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP, DEPENDS ON PM [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MG JA
07TOKYO497	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND SPECIAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 05-07, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill and Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can be reached at: [...]	2007-02-02 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL CH KS JA
07TOKYO4970	JAPAN'S STRATEGY FOR THE THRID COMMITTEE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 21 and followed up October 22 with MOFA Human Rights Division Pricipal Deputy Director Takako Ito. Ito gave the following outline of Japan's strateg [...]	2007-10-24 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN KTIA JA
07TOKYO4971	JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO IR KNNP PREL IAEA USUN JA
07TOKYO4976	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO498	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES ZUMWALT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 11-19, 2007 visit to Japan by EAP/J Director James Zumwalt. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Geneve Menscher. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...]	2007-02-02 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO4980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4993	AMBASSADOR LAYS OUT SMA POSITION WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Action request contained in Para 6 2. (C) Summary: During an October 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, the Ambassador rejected Japan's proposal to make sharp cuts in the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) covering 1.15 billion in Japanese Host Nation Support (HNS) for U.S. [...]	2007-10-25 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4994	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ETRD BM JA
07TOKYO5	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO500	JAPAN NEGOTIATING TO RESUME ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is engaged in discussions with the Syrian Ministry of Transport and the Latakia Port General Company about entering into a technical assistance agreement to provide training and equipment to upgrade cargo handling facilities at the [...]	2007-02-02 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL EAID PTER SY JA
07TOKYO5002	SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) met October 9 and 10 with senior Japanese Diet members. Senator Inouye told his interlocutors the U.S. Senate is working to pass a resolution to form a U.S.-Japan interparliamentary forum, which would be the official means of communication between [...]	2007-10-26 00:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP MARR JA
07TOKYO5003	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5018	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5019	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV MEETING WITH JAPAN FM KOMURA: [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Moscow made no progress toward resolving the Northern Territories issue during Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's October 23 visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Embassy Tokyo on October 25. Lavrov expressed concern about U.S.-Japan missile defense cooperation and BMD deployment [...]	2007-10-26 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO5020	JAPAN'S SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. Japan extended sanctions originally imposed against the DPRK following the DPRK's 2006 missile and nuclear tests by six months on October 10. The sanctions are aimed at limiting trade and financial flows to the DPRK, while sending a strong public message to Pyongyang about the ab [...]	2007-10-26 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC EFIS ETRD JA KN
07TOKYO5021	DIET LEAGUE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Lawmakers from a nonpartisan group supporting the democratization of Burma plan to submit a resolution to the Diet over the next few weeks to condemn the recent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urge dialogue between the Burmese government and the opposition. The Diet members [...]	2007-10-26 09:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO5024	PILOTS CONVEY CONCERNS ABOUT JALWAYS-DOD JET INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On October 26, Econoff met with the Japan Federation of Aviation Workers' Union (JFAU) Chairman Hiroya Yamaguchi to receive a letter to the Ambassador conveying the union's concerns about an August 8 incident involving a U.S. military jet and a JALways commercial airliner near Guam. Yam [...]	2007-10-28 22:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECOM MARR JA
07TOKYO5025	The Japan Economic Scope--October 25, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 25, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Financial News 3. Recent Major Economic Indicators 4. Public Pension Fund Goes Small Cap for Big Returns 5. GOJ's Six Fiscal Projections Point to Consumption Tax Hike Transportatio [...]	2007-10-29 00:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5028	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5031	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] "What Happened to Syria-DPRK Connection?" The Liberal Mainichi wrote (10/29): "The US has decided to slap additional sanctions on Iran for its continued uranium enrichment.... The US has also claimed that Iran has been supplying arms to the Taliban and to Shiite militias in Iraq. However, Iran [...]	2007-10-29 05:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5032	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5034	NGO'S OUTLINE DEFININTION OF PROGRESS ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Japan must receive a clear statement from Kim Jong-il that North Korea will return all the abductees, release some of the victims it still holds, and start negotiations with Japan on the process of accounting for the others in order for Tokyo to achieve "progress" on the abductio [...]	2007-10-29 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5035	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) This is an action message. Action request contained in paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will continue to monitor the situation in Burma closely and is committed to fully cooperating with UN Burma Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Atsushi Kuwaba [...]	2007-10-29 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM JA
07TOKYO5036	JAPAN SUPPORTS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MIROSLAV LAJCAK [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK NATO JA
07TOKYO5038	Japan-Germany to Expand IPR Cooperation [...] (U) On October 19 Japan announced a pilot program with Germany under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH). The program, which will start in March 2008, extends to four the number of countries with which Japan has such agreements. The other countries already piloting PPH agreements with Japan [...]	2007-10-30 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR JA GE
07TOKYO5039	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO504	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Asahi front-paged the suicide bombing Saturday in central Baghdad, which claimed the lives of at least 135 people. 2. "International Community Must Tackle Issues That Cause Suicide Bombings" The conservative Sankei editorialized (2/5): "It is reported that mo [...]	2007-02-05 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5043	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5045	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 00:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5047	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY-IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 02:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5055	CORRECTED TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY-IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 04:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5059	FUKUDA FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR OEF IN FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda and opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa appear to have accomplished little in their first face-to-face talks on October 30, but did agree to continue talking later in the week, according to Embassy contacts and press reporting. LDP and DPJ party heads have held [...]	2007-10-31 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5060	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR MEETS IRAQI PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Ambassador to Baghdad Monji met October 25 in Baghdad with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to reiterate Japan's support for Iraq and to urge further steps to promote national reconciliation. MOFA sources state the purpose of the meeting was to garner publicity and to remin [...]	2007-10-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO5061	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5062	JAPAN RECONGNIZES PALESTINIAN NATIONALITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CPAS KPAL JA
07TOKYO5063	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5066	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL, EAP SPECIAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 2-3, 2007 visit to Japan by A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein, and NSC East Asian Director Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be [...]	2007-11-01 04:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5067	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 7-9, 2007 visit to Japan by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and party. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5325 Home phone: [...]	2007-11-01 05:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5069	JAPANESE HIV VACCINE GOES TO CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE U.S. [...] Japanese scientific and other press report that a Japanese consortium plans to begin clinical trials of its AIDS vaccine in the U.S. as early as 2010. It would be the first clinical test of a Japanese-developed AIDS vaccine. The consortium includes the University of Tokyo, the National Insti [...]	2007-11-01 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA
07TOKYO5070	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5072	HATOYAMA APOLOGIZES FOR LINKING HIMSELF TO AL-QAIDA [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama publicly retracted his claim of having a friend who is an al-Qaida member and told reporters he in fact did not have prior knowledge of the October 2002 Bali bombings. Hatoyama explained that a "friend of a friend" is a member of al-Qaida - whom h [...]	2007-11-01 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER JA
07TOKYO5073	DAS CHRISTENSEN, DIET MEMBERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Prospects for improved Japan-China ties under new Prime Minister Fukuda, the role of Japan against the backdrop of growing U.S-China cooperation, and contentious issues in Japan-China relations were the focus of EAP DAS Tom Christensen's discussions with senior lawmakers from Jap [...]	2007-11-01 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO5074	USMARFORPAC COMMANDER GOODMAN AND MOFA SHARE DPRI [...] (C) The maturing U.S.-Japan security alliance is critical to peace and stability in the region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) senior officials told Lieutenant General John F. Goodman, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Ambassador during October 30 office calls. MOFA V [...]	2007-11-01 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH KN
07TOKYO5076	JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP [...] (C) Japan still cannot commit to attending the U/S Dobriansky-hosted breakfast in Bamako, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 31. Per Ref A, MOFA raised the issue last week with the offic [...]	2007-11-01 10:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JA
07TOKYO5082	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5084	The Japan Economic Scope--November 1, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 1, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Fiscal Issues 3. Citigroup Shares to Hit TSE November 5 4. Unemployment Up Slightly to 4% 5. CPI Down 0.1% in September, 8th Consecutive Monthly Drop 6. BOJ's Economic Outlook: No [...]	2007-11-02 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5086	RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS [...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...]	2007-11-02 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL
07TOKYO5087	DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM EFIN JA
07TOKYO5092	RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS [...] (C) Following are the answers to REF A request for identification of tools for possible use against Iranian financial institutions, in original sequence. 2. (S) Question: Which governmental agencies govern banks? What actions can the government take against banks, especially in regard t [...]	2007-11-02 04:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN ETTC JA KNNP PARM PREL

07TOKYO5096	MEDIA COVERAGE OF OCTOBER 31 COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo hosted a briefing for Japanese Diet members focusing on the international nature of OEF Coalition efforts in the Indian Ocean to combat global terrorism, as well as on the importance of Japan's contribution to OEF. Approximately 10 [...]	2007-11-02 07:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA
07TOKYO5099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5105	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 00:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5106	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5109	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - US RATE CUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 05:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5112	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5114	FUKUDA-OZAWA MEETINGS INCITE LATEST POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa's November 4 offer to resign, and the private meetings with the Prime Minister that precipitated it, have further unsettled Japan's political scene. While much of the press reporting is focused on what sort of deal was proposed by whom in the Fukud [...]	2007-11-05 09:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5116	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5126	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5130	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/07 [...] (Omitted (by the Yomiuri Shimbun)) 2. The bill is to expressly stipulate basic principles for Japan to invoke its right to self-defense under the Constitution of Japan and participate in collective security measures under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter. Japan is to play a leading ro [...]	2007-11-07 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5133	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] "Nuclear Disablement Alone Is Not Enough" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/7): "Disablement of the nuclear facilities at Yongbyon has finally started.... However, it will be necessary to dismantle them in order to realize the ultimate goal of denuclearizing North Korea. Disableme [...]	2007-11-07 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5137	NORTH KOREA: DIET MEMBERS PRESS FOR ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Arvizu met October 31 with eight members of a Diet group dedicated to the return of Japan's abductees. Representative of hardline views in Japan on the issues of negotiating with North Korea and removing the DPRK from the state sponsors of terrorism list, the Diet members [...]	2007-11-07 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO5138	OZAWA WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION TO CRITICAL REACTION [...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa has withdrawn his resignation letter as leader of Japan's largest opposition party, bringing further uncertainty to an already unpredictable political situation. DPJ executives mounted a frantic campaign over the past several days to woo Ozawa back to the party, but [...]	2007-11-07 09:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5139	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5140	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5147	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S US [...] "From Invasion to Limited Air Strike" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's Ankara-based correspondent wrote (11/8): "Following Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's agreement with President Bush on Monday on greater sharing of US military intelligence concerning PKK rebels, there is a growing consensus in T [...]	2007-11-08 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5173	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5175	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5176	The Japan Economic Scope--November 8, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 8, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents 3. EisMAP and Fostering Sustainable Development in the Asia/Pacific Region Politics 4. Deja vu...D(PJ)eja -Vu 5. Unlikely to Get into Business School 6. Secretary of Defense Rob [...]	2007-11-09 03:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO518	FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS U.S. IRAQ POLICY "NAIVE" [...] (U) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso termed U.S. policy toward Iraq "naive" in a speech he gave last Saturday in Kyushu, according to press reports. He reportedly stated that once the initial combat operations were completed "everything went bad." He continued that "after the occupation s [...]	2007-02-05 09:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO5182	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 05:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5192	BURMA: SLAIN VIDEOGRAPHER'S BURMESE INTERPRETER [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese interpreter for slain Japanese videographer Kenji Nagai is now in Japan thanks to the support of Nagai's former employer and close friend, APF News President Toru Yamaji. Since Nagai's death, Yamaji has been conducting a one-man campaign to pressure the Japanese Gove [...]	2007-11-09 07:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF BM JA
07TOKYO5193	JAPAN OPPOSES RESTRICTING PDG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Japan opposes restricting membership in the Partnership for Democratic Governance, MOFA Aid Policy Planning Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiko Okano told Embassy Tokyo November 9. At the time of the October 1 PDG planning meeting, membership was open to any country willing to subsc [...]	2007-11-09 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM JA
07TOKYO5194	RESPONSE TO: TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (C) Summary. ICE Attach and FINATT in separate meetings discussed bulk cash smuggling and currency transportation reporting requirements with Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and National Police Agency (NPA) officials. The officials we spoke to are aware of Finan [...]	2007-11-09 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO5196	JAPAN: FROM GROWING THE PIE TO HANDING OUT PORK? [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fukuda, though initially reiterating former Prime Minister Abe,s fiscal goals of achieving a primary deficit surplus by FY 2011 and reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio by the mid 2010s, appears to have turned away from the Abe pro-growth strategy. Since the disastrous [...]	2007-11-09 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
07TOKYO5197	JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND SIGN STRATEGIC OIL RESERVE PACT [...] (U) Japan and New Zealand signed a pact November 5 which allows New Zealand access to Japan's strategic oil reserves for emergency use according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Under the agreement, New Zealand may purchase up to 90,000 metric tons, or 659,700 barrels of o [...]	2007-11-09 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO520	The Japan Economic Scope - February 2, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. High Pathology Avian Influenza in Japan 4. Abe Urges Early Listing of Japan Post Corporation Stock 5. USG Urges Postal Privatization Committee to Get Serious About Level Playing Field 6. ANRE's Hosaka Discusses Russian, Chinese Energy Issues 7. Machimura [...]	2007-02-06 00:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5202	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5203	JAPAN WILL ATTEND APDP BREAKFAST, STILL UNSURE [...] (SBU) Although Japan will not be able to send a cabinet-level representative to the U.S.-hosted breakfast on the Asian Pacific Democracy Partnership in Bamako, the government intends to "actively participate" in the discussion, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Pricipal [...]	2007-11-09 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL MG JA
07TOKYO5205	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON HAMM [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 12-17, 2007 visit to Japan by Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: 81 [...]	2007-11-09 09:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5216	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA [...] "Rose Revolution Losing Appeal" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/13): "Four years ago, a peaceful democratization movement called the 'Rose Revolution' displaced then Georgian President Shevardnadze and led to the election of Saakashvili as the nation's new leader. Ironically, ho [...]	2007-11-13 01:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5217	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5219	KOMEITO LAWMAKER ANALYZES OZAWA'S STRATEGY, DIET [...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa may have dealt his own DPJ a lasting body blow, Komeito Lower House Diet member Otohiko Endo told the Embassy on November 8, but his resignation and return have opened the door for policy discussions with the ruling coalition. Endo, a senior member of the Komeito, do [...]	2007-11-13 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5221	STAS MEETING ON U.S.-JAPAN FRAMEWORK INITIATIVE FOR A SAFE [...] Summary. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Advisor to the Secretary of State and Mr. Yasutaka Moriguchi, Director-General, Science and Technology Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) co-chaired a meeting on October 10 to discuss the U.S.-Japan Frame [...]	2007-11-13 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TNGD PTER TBIO TSPL KSCA JA
07TOKYO5222	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5224	JAPAN WILL OPPOSE AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTION [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Japan is "ready to fight" against any additional amendments to the resolution condemning rape as a tool for political or military objectives, MOFA Human Rights Division Principal Deputy Director Takako Ito told E [...]	2007-11-13 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA PHUM JA
07TOKYO5227	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5228	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5231	JAPANESE OFFICIALS SEE BENEFIT IN NEW NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Environment Ministry and METI officials expressed strong interest in the new U.S.-Canada-Mexico effort for managing high production volume (HPV) chemicals during meeting with EPA Assistant Administrator Jim Gulliford on November 8. The Japanese officials noted GOJ agreement with [...]	2007-11-14 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EIND ETRD JA
07TOKYO5232	FTC COMMISSIONER HARBOUR MEETINGS WITH GOJ [...] Summary: Japanese officials who met with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour November 8 showed interest in stronger cooperation with the United States on antitrust issues as well as in initiatives related to e-commerce and consumer protection. The Japan Fair Trad [...]	2007-11-14 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KCRM PGOV JA
07TOKYO5235	MINISTRY OF FINANCE OBJECTS TO SMA OFFER [...] (C) The Japanese government was surprised by the contents of a November 13 proposal from Deputy Secretary of Defense Minister England to Japanese Ambassador Kato to extend for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) two years, according to MOFA Security Treaty Division Director Kazuhiro Suzuki. S [...]	2007-11-14 10:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5236	DECISION TIME FOR OPPOSITION AS OEF BILL REACHES [...] (C) Summary. Legislation authorizing the resumption of refueling for coalition vessels engaged in anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean was forwarded to the opposition-controlled Upper House on November 14. MOFA assured Embassy Tokyo that the new bill will not/not add restrictions on th [...]	2007-11-14 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5240	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5241	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN'S CRISIS AND [...] "Power-Sharing Plan on Verge of Collapse" The conservative Sankei's Bangkok correspondent reported (11/15): "Political confusion in Pakistan is deepening, as President Musharraf has decided to take a harder line by rejecting a power-sharing arrangement with former Prime Minister Bhutto followi [...]	2007-11-15 04:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5244	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5258	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5261	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - Pakistan [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 04:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5267	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5268	JAPAN WATCHING CLOSELY SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was caught by surprise by Pakistan's declaration of a state of emergency only days after Foreign Minister Koumura announced significant increases in ODA to that country. As a result, he was forced to announce Japan will "reconsider" this decision in light of recent events. [...]	2007-11-16 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV MOPS PK JA
07TOKYO5270	RUSSIA EYEING JAPANESE RAIL, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin's November 4-6 visit demonstrates both countries' commitment to strengthening the bilateral relationship, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official. Russia would like to build a high-speed railway using Japanese expertise and techn [...]	2007-11-16 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL XH
07TOKYO5272	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5277	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - US-JAPAN SUMMIT [...] "Solid Alliance Must Be Maintained" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri argued (11/19): "Prime Minister Fukuda and President Bush in their first summit agreed to reinforce the US-Japan alliance. Each hoped to ease the doubts of the other, which, if unaddressed, could undermine the bilateral [...]	2007-11-19 04:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5278	SUBJECT: PRC EMBASSY ON BOOSTING JAPAN COOPERATION [...] (C) Despite failure to make progress on the East China Sea energy dispute, Beijing and Tokyo are moving forward with plans for Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda to visit Beijing before year's end, Chinese Embassy Political Officer Zhiwen Chen told Embassy Tokyo on November 16. A significant brea [...]	2007-11-19 04:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA BM CH KN
07TOKYO5283	WHALING: JAPANESE FLEET SAILS ON LARGEST RESEARCH [...] Japan's whaling fleet set sail Sunday, November 18 on the largest hunt to date as part of phase two of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPA II). For the first time since it began research whaling in 1987, Japan intends to take humpback whales (quota [...]	2007-11-19 07:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PREL SENV IWC JA
07TOKYO5290	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5294	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5295	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN SUMMIT AND OPEC [...] "First Step Toward East Asia Community" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/20): "The long-held dream of creating an 'East Asian Community' is finally coming into focus as a realistic goal for the future. Japan's decision to forge an economic partnership agreement with ASEAN will have signific [...]	2007-11-20 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5298	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5300	The Japan Economic Scope--November 16, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 16, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Beef 3. Spinning Wheels on Beef (SBU) 4. Ag Reform Going Backwards? (SBU) 5. Montana State Officials Discuss Beef in Kumamoto -Their Sister State (SBU) MOD Scandal 6. MOD Anno [...]	2007-11-20 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5303	S/P GORDON DISCUSSES CHINA/TRILAT POLICY PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Japan's primary foreign policy planning official, Deputy Vice Minister Kawai, held wide-ranging discussions November 16 on Afghanistan, Iraq, China, the Six-Party Talks, regional architecture, economic and trade policy, and other issues with visiting S/P Director Gordon. Japan pro [...]	2007-11-20 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5305	JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT APPROACH TO VENEZUELA [...] (U) This cable contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan's approach to the proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela is a "sensitive" and "delicate" matter, MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi told Embassy Tokyo P [...]	2007-11-20 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE JA
07TOKYO5306	ACHIEVING AGREEMENT ON SMA [...] (U) Action Request contained in para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Japanese officials are prepared to resume Host Nation Support (HNS) negotiations along the lines of the October 24 discussion between the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura (Ref A). Japanese negotiators have told the Emb [...]	2007-11-20 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5310	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 04:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5311	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN SUMMIT AND [...] "Rough Road Toward Community" The liberal Mainichi's Singapore correspondent wrote (11/21): "In its leaders' summit on Tuesday, ASEAN adopted the ASEAN Charter, which sets forth the organization's legal and other frameworks. While the charter is considered the basic principles upon which the g [...]	2007-11-21 04:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5315	JAPAN: ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 05:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT CVIS KPAL KWBG IS JA
07TOKYO5320	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5321	EXCHANGE OF TELECOM MRA LETTERS [...] On November 21, 2007, and per instructions in ref, Embassy and GOJ effected the exchange of letters required to bring the Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Results of Conformity Assessment Procedures between Japan and the United States of America into force on January 1, 2008. The Embassy re [...]	2007-11-21 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL JA
07TOKYO5324	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5327	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5329	FUKUDA-ROH SUMMIT FOCUSES ON DPRK [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met November 19 with ROK President Roh Moo-hyun, and the bulk of their conversation was focused on the DPRK. PM Roh underlined the importance of dialogue and generosity in dealing with the DPRK and explained that Kim Jong-il desires a security guarantee from th [...]	2007-11-26 06:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS JA
07TOKYO5331	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 28-29, 2007, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Offic [...]	2007-11-26 06:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5333	JAPAN FAVORABLY CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CERD [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 06:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO5335	FUKUDA-WEN SUMMIT SETS OUT HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY, [...] (C) During their November 20 meeting in Singapore, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offered to Premier Wen Jiabao to visit China "as soon as possible," which could be late this year or early next year depending on the Diet's schedule. Chinese President Hu Jintao will also visit Japan next year, mos [...]	2007-11-26 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5336	HIGH-LEVEL JAPAN-BURMA CONTACTS IN SINGAPORE [...] (C) During separate meetings November 20 and 21, PM Yasuo Fukuda and FM Masahiko Koumura called on their Burmese counterparts to take steps to promote democratization and human rights and to begin a "substantial" dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi. They also urged the Burmese authorities to conti [...]	2007-11-26 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5337	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5338	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5341	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ANNAPOLIS MEETING [...] "Good Opportunity for Progress on Middle East Peace" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (11/27): "The Annapolis meeting will be the first US-arranged Middle East peace conference since the days of the Clinton administration. The meeting is significant in that it will bring together minist [...]	2007-11-27 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5342	BURMA: JAPANESE FM KOUMURA MEETS WITH SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting in Singapore, Special Advisor Gambari told Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura that he has been pressing the Burmese authorities to relax their restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),engage in dialogue with her and take steps towards democratization in [...]	2007-11-27 02:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5343	JAPANESE PM FUKUDA MEETS WITH MEKONG REGION LEADERS [...] (C) Economic and infrastructure development cooperation figured prominently in PM Yasuo Fukuda's November 20 meeting with the leaders of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. PM Nguyen Tan Dzung, PM Bouasone Bouphavanh and PM Hun Sen welcomed Japan's efforts to develop two regional East-West Corridors [...]	2007-11-27 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VM CB LA JA
07TOKYO5345	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5346	JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM JA
07TOKYO5347	KOMEITO THINKING ON DIET ROADBLOCKS, OEF BILL, [...] (C) Summary: Senior leaders of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito and its Soka Gakkai religious support group offered insights on Japan's current Diet impasse and the outlook for the next Diet session, prospects for the OEF refueling bill, and relations with the DPRK, during recent meetings wi [...]	2007-11-27 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN JA
07TOKYO5350	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5355	READOUT OF US-JAPAN TRADE FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An array of bilateral trade issues were addressed and policy discussions on FTAs held in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Japan Trade Forum in Tokyo on October 18. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler led the U.S. delegation, while Director General for Economic Affa [...]	2007-11-28 04:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD JA
07TOKYO5356	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ANNAPOLIS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5359	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5364	JAPAN INCSR PART I [...] Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics effo [...]	2007-11-29 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR JA
07TOKYO5365	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5369	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ANNAPOLIS MEETING [...] "Implementation of Agreement Not in Sight" The liberal Asahi's report from Annapolis said (11/29): "President Bush announced during the Annapolis meeting on Wednesday an agreement of 'common understanding' between the Israelis and Palestinians to end their conflict and establish a Palestinian [...]	2007-11-29 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO537	JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY PROJECT: AN EFFORT TO [...] (C) Summary. Historians from Japan and China will meet a second time in March to address differences in how they view their shared history. Neither side expects to resolve contentious issues, but hope to narrow gaps in understanding, according to Professor Shinichi Kitaoka, who chairs the J [...]	2007-02-06 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
07TOKYO5376	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5377	JAPAN'S REACTION TO U.S.-IRAQI DECLARATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main concern about the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America is reference to the fact that it is anticipated the next rollover of the UN Security Council resolution [...]	2007-11-29 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ JA
07TOKYO538	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "The Use of Force Alone Cannot Stop Iraq's Sectarian Violence" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (2/6): "...In the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) submitted to Congress, US intelligence agencies said that Iraq was in a 'state of civil war.' The question is how to get control of the [...]	2007-02-06 04:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5388	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5391	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PROSPECTS FOR MIDDLE [...] "U.S. Role Most Important" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/30): "The fact that both Palestinian leader Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Olmert have weak political bases is a source of concern.... Given the circumstances, it is even more imperative that Washington act as [...]	2007-11-30 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO540	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-06 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5400	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-02 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5407	BALI AND BEYOND -- JAPAN CONSIDERING SECTORAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is going into the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Bali (UNFCCC/COP 13) with different ministries participating, but expressing differing views. Questions of Chinese and Indian participation in any further targets for cutting greenhouse gases (GHG) weigh [...]	2007-12-02 23:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA
07TOKYO5410	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5416	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] "Doubts Raised About Election Fairness" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's Moscow correspondent wrote (12/3): "Parliamentary elections were held across Russia on Sunday. Given that President Putin's ruling party "United Russia" appears to be heading toward a lopsided victory, momentum is bound to bui [...]	2007-12-03 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA

07TOKYO542	ASO REMARK THAT U.S. IRAQ POLICY "NAIVE": REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public remarks by Foreign Minister Aso on February 3 that the U.S. post-conflict planning in Iraq was "extremely naive" have made headlines here in the wake of more pointed criticism of the U.S. stance on Iraq and troop realignment by Defense Minister Kyuma. Vice FM Yachi said in [...]	2007-02-06 11:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JA
07TOKYO5425	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5426	JAPAN LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL UN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS JA
07TOKYO5429	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5435	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] "Premonitions of a 'Putin Dynasty'" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/4): "Each nation has its own form of democracy. Although the recent Russian parliamentary elections may have been conducted in a 'Russian way,' we have to wonder whether this was true democracy at all.... During President [...]	2007-12-04 04:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5439	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5441	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training. Post has no der [...]	2007-12-04 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO5444	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5450	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NIE REPORT ON IRAN [...] "U.S. Urged to Make Strategic Adjustments to Approach to Iran" The liberal Mainichi's report from Washington said (12/5): "Following the revelation on Monday that this year's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that Iran halted its nuclear-weapons program in 2003, the Bush administr [...]	2007-12-05 03:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5451	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office pho [...]	2007-12-05 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
07TOKYO5456	INITIAL JAPANESE REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was surprised by the National Intelligence Estimate finding that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development program, and has yet to draw any conclusions. Tokyo will be watching carefully how other nations react, but working level contacts believe the finding will make [...]	2007-12-05 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
07TOKYO5457	GOJ INFIGHTING HAMPERING EAST CHINA SEA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Achieving a resolution to the dispute between China and Japan over East China Sea gas fields before Prime Minister Fukuda's expected visit to China sometime in the near future, as called for by the two countries' foreign ministers on December 1, could force the Prime Minister to [...]	2007-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JA PGOV CH
07TOKYO5458	JAPAN AND VIETNAM AIM FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet's November 25-29 state visit to Japan was aimed at developing the two countries' "strategic partnership," with a strong focus on assisting infrastructure development, improving Vietnam's investment environment, raising bilateral trade and expanding polit [...]	2007-12-05 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM JA
07TOKYO5460	BURMA NGO LETTER TO POTUS CALLS FOR UNSC ACTION [...] (C) Four representatives of the Joint Action Committee of the Burmese Community in Japan (JAC) met with Embassy Political Minister Counselor on December 4 to express their concerns over the situation in Burma. They also passed on a letter addressed to President Bush praising U.S. efforts on b [...]	2007-12-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV JA BM
07TOKYO5463	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/5/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5465	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO547	MEDIA REACTION - CRITICISM OF IRAQ WAR - TOKYO [...] "How About Voicing Criticism Directly to Cheney?" An editorial in the liberal Asahi stated (2/7): "Defense Minister Kyuma and Foreign Minister Aso have made remarks critical of US policy in Iraq. Kyuma questioned America's justification for the launch of the war and said that the decision to i [...]	2007-02-07 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5474	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5475	AMBASSADOR URGES DEFENSE MINISTER TO FINALIZE HNS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the rapid conclusion of a new Host Nation Support (HNS) agreement during a December 5 meeting with Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The Ambassador noted that ambiguities in past understandings on HNS, and unilateral efforts by Japan to reduce its financial co [...]	2007-12-06 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5476	CUBA: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 10:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU JA
07TOKYO5477	TAIWAN, EAST CHINA SEA MAJOR TOPICS DURING [...] (C) The Taiwan UN referendum is an extremely "sensitive and serious issue," and Japan should not support it and must take care not to send the wrong message to Taiwan's independence forces, President Hu Jintao, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other senior officials told FM Koumura during his [...]	2007-12-06 23:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON CH JA
07TOKYO5480	JAPAN: TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY CONSULTS ON [...] (S) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met in Tokyo on November 14 and 15 with Government of Japan officials to discuss recent U.S. sanctions against Iran, reactions to the FATF statement on Iran, and the need for additional financial meas [...]	2007-12-07 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN PARM PINR PINS JA IR
07TOKYO5481	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5482	JAPANESE VIEW OF ANNAPOLIS, PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan considers the Annapolis Conference a great success, terming it an "historic opportunity" to advance the Peace Process. Unfortunately, Japan was not represented at the ministerial level. Separately, given budgetary constraints, the issue of whether Japan can contribute to [...]	2007-12-07 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID XF WE IS GZ KWBG KPAL JA
07TOKYO5484	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN NATIONAL [...] "And Then There Was North Korea" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (12/7): "This year's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that Iran halted its nuclear-weapons programs in 2003 and has not resumed it since. It must be a severe blow to the Bush administration, which has stressed th [...]	2007-12-07 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5487	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOINT GUAM PROGRAM OFFICE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 8-10, 2007 visit to Japan by JGPO delegation members Lynn Hicks, James Cannon, Lou Cariello, Wesley Ishuhizu, John Gamez, Scott Forrest, William Taylor, David Demoske, Thomas Cole, Matthew Gagelin and David Bice. 2. (U) Co [...]	2007-12-07 04:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
07TOKYO5488	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND RUSSIA [...] "Use NIE Report to Lead to Peaceful Resolution" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (12/6): "President Bush's hard line against Iran may falter following the issuance of the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report. The Bush administration should take advantage of the release and [...]	2007-12-07 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5491	ACTING U/S ROOD'S NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, conducted a series of successful and substantive nonproliferation meetings with senior GOJ officials November 9 on the margins of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non- [...]	2007-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNEP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PTER IAEA JA
07TOKYO5493	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/07 [...] Fund management organizations of Diet members and candidates for the Diet 2. Political organizations represented by Diet members and others and their branches in electoral districts 3. Political organizations recommending Diet members and others Political funds auditors (tentative name) regi [...]	2007-12-07 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5495	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5496	The Japan Economic Scope--December 7, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Bilateral Dialogs 3. Sub Cabinet Meetings Taking Place in Tokyo 4. Megaports Discussions Continue in Tokyo 5. Chukeiren Vice Chairman Frustrated With China; Favors FTA 6. Japan-Chi [...]	2007-12-10 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5499	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 07:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO55	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5502	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5503	DIET EXTENSION, OVERRIDE VOTE ON OEF BILL GROW [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda appears poised to extend the current Diet session beyond December 15, with the expectation that his ruling LDP-Komeito coalition will use their two-thirds majority in the Lower House to override the opposition-controlled Upper House and pass key anti-terror [...]	2007-12-10 23:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5504	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 02:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5505	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PUTIN'S SELECTION OF [...] "With Few Enemies, Medvedev Seen as Harmless Figure" The liberal Asahi wrote from Moscow (12/11): "In view of the deepening rivalry among political players over who will succeed President Putin, Medvedev is seen as an innocuous politician who has few enemies. In addition, Putin appeared to cho [...]	2007-12-11 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5510	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5511	JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION AT PARIS [...] (C) Japan is still uncertain who will lead its delegation to the December 17 Paris Donors Conference and how much it will be in a position to contribute, according to Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Representative in charge of Peace in the Middle East. Embassy Tokyo Deputy Chief of [...]	2007-12-11 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT PREL KWBG KPAL IS JA
07TOKYO5512	FORMER SDF COLONEL SATO DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The ruling coalition will extend the Diet into January in order to pass the new Anti-terrorism law, according to Upper House Diet member Masahisa Sato. The next month will be critical for the new legislation and the LDP is planning a PR campaign to better explain the Indian Oce [...]	2007-12-11 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5520	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5522	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PUTIN'S SELECTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5530	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5532	MISSING TEXT SOURS CHINA-JAPAN ECON DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Potentially exacerbating impressions many have here regarding the ability to work with China, Japanese media December 9 carried reports noting the Chinese text of the December 1 Japan-China High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) communique dropped language found in the Japanese ve [...]	2007-12-12 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL JA CH
07TOKYO5533	JAPAN WILL GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 09:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO5534	BAMAKO CONSULATATIONS DEMARCHE ON CUBA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 09:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CU JA
07TOKYO5535	JAPAN SURPRISED BY U.S. DEMARCHE ON UN BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 09:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ABUD UN JA
07TOKYO5536	WHALING: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY JAPAN NOT TO KILL [...] (C) Summary: International Whaling Commission (IWC) Chairman Dr. William Hogarth and IWC Vice Chairman and Japan Fisheries Agency Deputy Director General Akira Nakamae, came to a tentative agreement for Japan to delay killing any humpback whales until after the June 2008 IWC annual meeting. [...]	2007-12-12 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA
07TOKYO5537	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5539	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT PAYS LOW-KEY VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev paid a low-key visit to Tokyo November 14-16 during which he met with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the Emperor, and Minister of Administrative Reform Yoshimi Watanabe, whose father, former Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe, was the first senior l [...]	2007-12-13 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KY JA
07TOKYO5543	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] "Very Odd Change of Leadership" The conservative Sankei editorialized (12/13): "The word 'retirement' appears to be a forbidden one for Russian President Putin, who is scheduled to leave office next spring. First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, whom Putin has chosen as his heir apparent, decid [...]	2007-12-13 04:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5549	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5552	JAPAN: ECONOMIC POLICY UNDER A DIVIDED DIET [...] (SBU) The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's loss in July 2007's Upper House election resulted in a divided Diet and legislative gridlock, which has undercut economic reform advocates and pushed economic policymaking away from the prime minister's office. The result is a tougher environment fo [...]	2007-12-13 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN JA
07TOKYO5559	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5560	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU EXPANSION AND IRAQ- [...] "Accommodating Varying Interests of Members Makes Makes Lisbon Treaty Meaningless" A Brussels correspondent for the liberal Mainichi wrote (12/13): "EU leaders signed the Lisbon Treaty on Thursday calling for the creation of the posts of 'president' and 'foreign minister' in preparation for th [...]	2007-12-14 02:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5568	(S) JAPANESE RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per reftel, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer December 13 delivered non-paper concerning missing AmCit Robert A. Levinson to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano, along with a request that Japan 1) r [...]	2007-12-14 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	CASC PREL PTER IR JA
07TOKYO5569	DIET EXTENDED; PASSAGE OF OEF REFUELING BILL ON [...] (C) Summary. The Lower House has approved extending the Diet session to January 15. The move puts the ball into the opposition court to complete deliberations on the OEF refueling bill and put the matter to a vote in the Upper House. The DPJ has stalled Diet deliberations on the bill for we [...]	2007-12-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5570	The Japan Economic Scope--December 13, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Japan Post, Privatization 3. Japan Post Insurance Submits New Product Applications 4. Bill to "Review" Postal Privatization Passes Upper House 5. Japan Post Insurance Contract Sales [...]	2007-12-14 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5571	HOST NATION SUPPORT: DETAILS ON SUBSTANTIVE [...] (U) Action Request in Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Country Team has reached a substantive agreement with Japan for a new three-year Special Measures Agreement (SMA) for Host Nation Support to U.S. Forces in Japan. The new SMA includes a cosmetic reduction in Utilities Cost Sharing (UC [...]	2007-12-14 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR JA
07TOKYO5572	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-16 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5573	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO558	FEBRUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING [...] SUMMARY: On February 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries, Australia, Brunei Darussala [...]	2007-02-07 23:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV JA
07TOKYO5582	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - COP13 [...] "Use Bali Accord to Create Low-Carbon Society" The economic-oriented Nikkei editorialized (12/16): "Along with the return of the U.S., a major focus of attention at the Bali climate-change conference was the inclusion of China and India in a new framework, though the specifics of their partici [...]	2007-12-17 03:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5589	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/07 [...] Realize peace of mind and affluence: Expand medical services areas offered by nurses and midwives to reduce the burden of doctors. Introduce a direct contract method between authorized child-care centers and users. Ease standards for admission to child-care centers. Establish a school teacher-r [...]	2007-12-17 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5591	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5592	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] "Putin Rein to Continue" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Moscow correspondent Seguchi wrote (12/18): "With President Putin's official announcement on Monday that he will assume the premiership under President Medvedev, a new political system is in the making, under which Putin will con [...]	2007-12-18 02:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5598	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5599	DEFENSE REFORM: PROBLEM UNDERSTOOD, SOLUTION NOT [...] (SBU) A Kantei-led panel on Ministry of Defense (MOD) reform held its first expert meeting on December 3. The panel, set up in response to bribery scandals involving former Administrative Vice Minister of Defense Takemasa Moriya and defense trader Yamada Corporation executive Motonobu Miyazak [...]	2007-12-18 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO560	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 00:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5603	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5604	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S RELATIONS WITH [...] "U.S. Approach to Iran Facing Impasse" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent reported (12/19): "President Bush expressed support on Monday for the Russian provision of nuclear fuel to an Iranian nuclear power plant at Bushehr by saying that Tehran no longer needs to [...]	2007-12-19 02:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5609	JAPANESE AGAIN RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda lunched December 19 with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Moshen Talaeli and urged him again to help resolve the case of missing American Citizen Robert Levinson. Other topics discussed included Iran's nuclear [...]	2007-12-19 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	CASC PREL PTER PARM IR IZ JA
07TOKYO5610	JAPAN: INSURANCE ADVOCACY PAYS OFF FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Over the past several months, U.S. insurers have struck deals to market products through Japan's extensive postal network, taking advantage of Japan Post's privatization. They are also poised to capitalize on deregulation measures, set to go into effect December 22, that will allow ban [...]	2007-12-19 10:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BEXP JA
07TOKYO5611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5613	FUKUDA TAKES HIT ON PENSIONS, BUT NO BACK-TRACKING [...] (C) Summary. Uncertainty remains the watchword for Japanese domestic politics in the last two weeks of 2007, as fresh attention on the government's inability to resolve the issue of unidentified pension accounts, coupled with continued ruling and opposition party sparring related to the OEF r [...]	2007-12-19 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL JA
07TOKYO5615	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5619	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SOUTH KOREAN [...] "Good Opportunity for Improving Regional Coordination" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/20): "ROK President-elect Lee has not yet clarified his diplomatic stance. Judging from his previous comments, Lee apparently plans to uphold the basic tone of his predecessor's soft line toward North Ko [...]	2007-12-20 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5620	UNION LEADER ON OZAWA, PENSIONS, BASE STRIKES [...] (C) Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tsuyoshi Takagi told the Ambassador December 19 that opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ozawa is not anti-American and that Ozawa's decision to oppose Japan's Indian Ocean refueling activities was primarily driven by political tim [...]	2007-12-20 06:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV JA
07TOKYO5624	CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes the optimal solution to the cluster munitions issue is a legally binding agreement arrived at through the CCW process. However, because such an outcome is not certain, Japan will continue to participate in the Oslo Process in order to be able to influence any final [...]	2007-12-20 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS JA
07TOKYO5625	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's December 12-14 visit to Tokyo major topics of discussion included Afghanistan and the promotion of closer contacts between NATO and Japan. De Hoop Scheffer raised the subject of helicopter airlift but received no substantive [...]	2007-12-20 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO JA
07TOKYO5626	INITIAL JAPANESE REACTIONS TO SOUTH KOREAN ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese MOFA officials are pleased by the election of Lee Myung Bak as South Korea's next president and are hopeful that relations between Tokyo and Seoul will improve during his administration. They expect him to focus primarily on improving the South's economy and believe he [...]	2007-12-20 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SK JA
07TOKYO5627	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5633	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5637	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN MISSILE [...] "U.S.-Japan Coordination Important for Effective MD operation" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (12/21): "Missile defense is not perfect. Properly speaking, there are two types of military deterrence: deterrence via the possibility of a retaliatory strike, and deterrence by [...]	2007-12-21 02:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5641	The Japan Economic Scope--December 21, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 21, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents International Assistance 3. Japan to Provide Humanitarian Protection Assistance in Chad 4. Japan Increases Donation to International Development Association Taxation 5. Ruling Pa [...]	2007-12-21 04:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5643	UN BUDGET DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 05:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA XA XD JA
07TOKYO5644	JAPAN DONATES TO PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS IN EASTERN [...] (U) Japan will provide approximately $2.2 million to launch the Chadian Police for Humanitarian Protection (PTPH) according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) First Africa Division Deputy Director Sotaro Ozaki. The funds will be used to supply facilities and equipment needed for a PTPH hea [...]	2007-12-21 05:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL JA AF
07TOKYO5646	TIP: FINAL CLARIFICATION OF JAPAN'S ROADMAP TO [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Japan has begun taking steps to follow the "Roadmap to Tier 1" (Ref A),MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara told us December 20. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered Ref B's "Clari [...]	2007-12-21 05:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO5647	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAUSCHER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 09-11, 2007, visit to Japan by CODEL Tauscher. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6972 Mobile phone [...]	2007-12-21 05:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
07TOKYO5648	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 05:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5652	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5653	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 03:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5655	DNSA PRICE ENGAGES JAPANESE ON DOHA, BEEF, CHINA, [...] (C) Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price directly engaged Japanese politicians, business figures, and officials in Tokyo December 5 - 7 on the margins of the U.S./Japan Sub-Cabinet meetings and stressed the need to avoi [...]	2007-12-26 05:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KGHG EAGR ETRD SENV JA
07TOKYO5657	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5658	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5661	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE UNITED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 03:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN KJUS ASEC VE AR JA
07TOKYO5663	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAI ELECTION AND [...] "Ensure Political Stability after Election" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (12/27): "The People Power Party that supports former Prime Minister Thaksin won a plurality in the Thai general election. While there is the possibility that the party may lose several seats due to vote vio [...]	2007-12-27 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5668	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5670	PM FUKUDA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's 27-30 December visit to China is expected to produce positive visuals, but little in terms of substantive deliverables. PM Fukuda will highlight the common cultural and economic interests between the two countries, visiting a Japanese factory in Tianj [...]	2007-12-27 10:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5671	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO5674	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] "U.S. Concerned About Impact on War on Terror" A Washington dispatch in the business-oriented Nikkei wrote (12/28): "The death of pro-American political leader Bhutto has dealt a heavy blow to the Bush administration. President Bush condemned the act of terrorism as a 'cowardly act by murderou [...]	2007-12-28 02:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA

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