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08TOKYO2476	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO2480	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included U.S. media repots on the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Creating New Solidarity" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/10): "...Where has the worldwide solidarity created in the wake of 9/11 gone? The Bush administra [...]	2008-09-10 03:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2489	JAPAN ADVISED OF NEED TO CONCLUDE IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Bessho was advised by Charge September 9 that Iraq has decided to decrease the number of non-U.S. coalition partners effective January 2009, and that accordingly, Japan will no longer be required to deploy Air Self Defense Force (ASDF [...]	2008-09-10 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO249	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. JCMB DELEGATION TO JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 03-08, 2008, visit to Japan by the U.S. JCMB Delegation led by Ambassador Christopher W. Dell. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Evan Reade. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5 [...]	2008-01-30 23:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2493	Japan Economic Scope for September 8, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 25, 2008 Food and Agriculture ---------- 2. (U) FM Koumura Pledges Continued Support For Afghanistan, after Death of Non-Governmental Organization Aid worker. Foreign Minister Koumura pledged Japan's continued efforts for Af [...]	2008-09-10 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO2494	SENIOR MOFA OFFICIAL DOWN ON DPJ PRESIDENT OZAWA [...] (C) In a September 9 dinner with the Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Bureau Director General Shinichi Nishimiya gave an overwhelmingly negative assessment of the immediate future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in the event opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Presid [...]	2008-09-10 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2495	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2496	CHARGE DISCUSSES APEC AND AGRICULTURE WITH MOFA [...] (SBU) CDA told MOFA Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaharu KOHNO during a September 10 courtesy call that Japan and the United States should use their roles as upcoming chairs of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (in 2010 and 2011, respectively) to promote their free trade and [...]	2008-09-10 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD JA
08TOKYO2499	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO250	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2500	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HEALTH OF DPRK LEADER [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the official kickoff yesterday of the LDP presidential election, with most saying that party Secretary General Aso appears to have support from almost half of the party's Diet members. 2. "What Is Going on in No [...]	2008-09-11 05:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2503	RACE FOR NEW PM IS ON, WITH ASO MAKING STRONG [...] (C) The race for the next LDP President -- and Prime Minister of Japan -- has begun, and polling of LDP Diet members and party prefectural chapters shows that party Secretary General Taro Aso is in a strong position. The five candidates' focus has so far been almost completely on economic and [...]	2008-09-11 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON JA
08TOKYO2505	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2507	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2508	DASD SEDNEY'S AUG 27-28 MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) In August 27-28 meetings with former and current Japanese government officials and influential Diet members from both the ruling and opposition parties, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD)/East Asia David Sedney emphasized the importance of implementing as agreed the bil [...]	2008-09-12 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2509	GOJ RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Defense officials confirmed the details of the Global Gate contract with us August 22. Equipment Policy Deputy Director Takeshi Kawamura said the Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries in JFY 2005 for P-X patrol aircraft accessories. Mitsubishi [...]	2008-09-12 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC ETRD JA
08TOKYO2514	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the finding on Thursday that some of the pesticide- tainted rice from China that was intended for industrial use has been served at 119 hospitals and nursing homes in Japan. 2. "Preparations Needed for All Possible Contingencies" The con [...]	2008-09-12 06:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2517	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES' MEETING WITH JAPANESE MINISTRY [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa, urged the U.S. Government to confirm that the U.S. restriction on year-to-year, incremental funding for multi-year projects like the Mamizu projects in Guam is a U.S. Government-wide policy and not just [...]	2008-09-12 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2523	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2531	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2532	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Tuesday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters gave top play to the announcement on Monday by Lehman Brothers that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. 2. "Avoiding Worst-Case Scenario for Global Economy" The liberal Asahi editorializ [...]	2008-09-16 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2533	BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Post delivered reftel BBG paper on September 16 to MOFA Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada. Acknowledging that the paper included new technical and other information, Yamada pledged to pass it on to the appropriate authorities and respond as soon as possible. On the subject of a possi [...]	2008-09-16 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO2534	ABDUCTIONS: MOFA NOT COUNTING ON A DPRK RESPONSE [...] (C) Soon after Prime Minister Fukuda's sudden resignation announcement on September 1, the DPRK informed the Japanese that it will delay standing up its abductions reinvestigation committee until after it "can confirm the policy of the new Japanese administration," Foreign Minister Koumura anno [...]	2008-09-16 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN JA
08TOKYO2535	DEMARCHE ON INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (U) Please see GOJ request for information at the end of para 3. 2. (SBU) Energy Attache delivered nonpaper in ref to MEXT Director for Atomic Energy Tomohiro Yamano, the GOJ lead official on CSC matters, September 16. Yamano noted that Tokyo had received the draft IAEA General Conference [...]	2008-09-16 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC JA
08TOKYO2536	JAPAN TARGETED REQUEST FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires raised points contained in Ref A with Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho on September 16 and reminded him that the United States is still waiting for a response to our requests for further assistance to Afghanistan, to include: CH-47 and C-130 air [...]	2008-09-16 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF JA
08TOKYO2537	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...]	2008-09-16 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA
08TOKYO2538	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2539	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - LEHMAN COLLAPSE [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent front-page play to the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, including the worldwide stock plunge during Tuesday's trading. 2. "Paying the Price for Hesitation to Use Public Funds" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri edito [...]	2008-09-17 02:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2548	Japan Economic Scope for September 16, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 9, 2008 Business ---------- 2. (U) JFTC Requests Merger Plan From BHP Billiton, Establishes Exclusive Review Team The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has ordered mining giant BHP Billiton to submit its plans for a $147 [...]	2008-09-17 05:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO255	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08 [...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]	2008-01-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2550	JAPAN ON THE CD [...] (C) In response to reftel, MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division official Seitoku Kawakami told Embassy Tokyo that Japan is supportive of the CD's (Community of Democracies) accomplishments, particularly the Bamako Consensus on Freedom of Expression and Internet Freedom. However, [...]	2008-09-17 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO2553	JAPANESE ATTENDANCE AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI JA
08TOKYO2554	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano September 16 and left a copy of the Iran UAV non-paper (reftel). Matano accepted it without comment. Poloff explained that the Embassy would also b [...]	2008-09-17 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR TW
08TOKYO2555	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO256	BISTF PLENARY FOCUSES ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND [...] (S) The January 16 plenary meeting of the DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and preparatory Director-level meetings focused on the status of long-term milestones from the annex to the BISTF Terms of Reference (TOR) and broader Japanese government participat [...]	2008-01-31 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
08TOKYO2563	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi led with the informal agreement between the ruling LDP and its junior partner New Komeito to dissolve the Lower House in early October for a snap election on October 26. 2. "Public Fund Used This Time around" On the USG decision to bail out insurance f [...]	2008-09-18 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2564	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO257	JAPANESE AND IRAQIS FINALLY EXECUTE FIRST LOAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Iraqi officials signed loan agreements worth over USD 1.5 billion covering eight reconstruction projects in Iraq. These are the first of Japan's USD 3.5 billion worth of soft yen loans to Iraq to be signed and come after an extended period due to Iraq's lack of capac [...]	2008-01-31 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JA
08TOKYO2576	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2577	JAPAN CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING COOPERATION ON TIP [...] (U) Charge James Zumwalt met Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho for lunch on Tuesday, September, 17. Bessho was accompanied by Akihiko Nakajima, Deputy Director-General for Foreign Policy, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation, who also handles trafficking-in-persons issues fo [...]	2008-09-18 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA KTIP
08TOKYO258	JAPAN POSITIVE ON GREATER CHINA/INDIA ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Japan believes India and China need to be brought into the International Energy Agency (IEA),MOFA Economic Affairs Director-General Yoichi Otabe told visiting EEB DAS for Energy and Sanctions Hengel, even if it means that they do so without first becoming members of the OECD. Ja [...]	2008-01-31 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV PREL ETRD JA CH IN
08TOKYO2580	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the announcements on Thursday by the world's top central banks, including the Bank of Japan, to pump more than $180 billion into short-term money markets in a coordinated effort to ease the global credit crunch. 2. "Eve [...]	2008-09-19 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2581	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO259	JAPAN: LDP DIET MEMBER ON GAS TAX RISKS, RATIONALE [...] (C) Maintaining Japan's "provisional" gasoline tax and related tax surcharges is the right thing to do, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet member Masahiko Shibayama told Embassy Tokyo January 29, because letting them expire would exacerbate the country's difficult fiscal position. The [...]	2008-01-31 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2594	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2596	"TAINTED RICE" SCANDAL REVERBERATES THROUGH JAPAN [...] (U) Summary: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Minister Seiichi Ota's resignation on September 19 marks the latest casualty from Japan's "tainted rice" scandal, following the ouster of his deputy, Vice Minister Toshiro Shirasu, on September 18. Both Ota and Shirasa have been widely [...]	2008-09-21 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON SENV JA
08TOKYO26	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-06 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2602	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST BOMBING IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the reelection on Sunday of DPJ President Ozawa as party chief, as well as the anticipated landslide victory today of LDP Secretary General Aso in the party presidential race. 2. "Review of War on Terrorism Needed [...]	2008-09-22 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2610	IAEA: JAPAN OPPOSES IRAN AND SYRIA BUT UNDECIDED [...] (C) A/EMIN delivered demarche in ref. to MOFA Nonproliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa September 19. Ichikawa said Japan agreed with the U.S. that Syria and Iran were unacceptable candidates for the IAEA Middle East and South Asia group Board of Governor [...]	2008-09-22 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC JA
08TOKYO2611	JAPAN AT FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN GROUP [...] (C) The Friends of Pakistan Group is a "high priority" for the government of Japan, and MOFA officials up to the Vice Minister level are "strongly recommending" that the new Japanese Foreign Minister -- to be named on September 24 or 25 -- attend the inaugural meeting on September 26, according [...]	2008-09-22 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PK JA
08TOKYO2612	ASO WINS LDP PRESIDENCY; WILL BE ELECTED PM ON [...] (C) Summary. Taro Aso overwhelmed four other candidates in the September 22 ruling LDP presidential election, taking 351 of 527 votes. Aso succeeds Prime Minister Fukuda as LDP President effective immediately. He will replace Fukuda as Head of Government and name a new Cabinet on September 24 [...]	2008-09-22 10:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2613	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2614	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2615	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers led with the election of Taro Aso as LDP president, while Asahi and Nikkei gave top play to the decision by the Mitsubishi-UFJ Group to acquire a stake in Morgan Stanley. 2. "Russia Eager to Display Military Prowess" A Moscow correspondent for the [...]	2008-09-23 02:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2618	REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 805 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 06:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO262	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2620	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2624	JAPANESE ON ENGAGING CHINA ON [...] (S) Japan shares our concerns about Chinese violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions aimed at sanctioning Iran, but would like to study the points made in reftel non-paper before making a commitment to press China on this subject, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division [...]	2008-09-23 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER ECON EFIN IR CH JA
08TOKYO2625	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN STILL WORKING CCW AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan still expects to sign the Oslo Convention banning cluster munitions (CM) on December 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General Asahiko Nakajima told Political-Military Affairs Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard on September 10. At the same time, [...]	2008-09-23 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM JA PINR NATO
08TOKYO2627	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE BASALLA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the September 24--October 9, 2008, 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)3224-6859 M [...]	2008-09-23 23:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2629	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2630	Japan Economic Scope for September 22, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 17, 2008. Business ---------- 2. (U) Japanese Exports to China Hit New High Japan's exports to China in the first half of 2008 increased nearly 24 percent over the same period in 2007 to more than $62 billion -- a new hig [...]	2008-09-24 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO2631	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. GRAIN EXPORTS TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) The GOJ has no intention of portraying U.S. grains as unsafe and in fact cancelled recent rice and wheat tenders to shore up public confidence, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Director General of Staple Foods Masaaki Okuhara told FAS Senior Attache in response to R [...]	2008-09-24 05:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV JA
08TOKYO2634	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the Japanese securities firm Nomura Holdings' agreement with Lehman Brothers to purchase the U.S. company's European and Middle Eastern operations in addition to its Asia-Pacific business. 2. "Concern about Pakistan Becoming Asia's Arm [...]	2008-09-24 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2638	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2639	ASO ELECTED PM; CABINET PICKS AIMED AT SOLIDIFYING [...] (C) Former LDP Secretary General Taro Aso was elected Prime Minister of Japan on September 24, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda, who announced his intention to resign on September 1. Aso announced his new Cabinet the same day, re-appointing just five of 17 ministers from the recently reshuffled Fukuda [...]	2008-09-24 11:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA
08TOKYO2645	Emergency Communications Facilities in Japan [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) officials report that under the country's system for priority emergency communications, such services are provided by commercial telecommunications carriers under terms specified by Japanese law. Foreign missions do [...]	2008-09-24 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ACOA AMGT ANET JA
08TOKYO2646	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2647	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH SPEECH AT UNGA AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent top play to the launch of the Aso cabinet on Wednesday. 2. "U.S. Commitment to UN Remains Unclear" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (9/25): "In his farewell speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Bush stre [...]	2008-09-25 02:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2653	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08 [...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...]	2008-09-25 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2655	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2656	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - USS GEORGE WASHINGTON [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the results of their respective nationwide opinion polls on public support for the Aso cabinet, which was launched on Wednesday. 2. "Can George Washington Be Fortress of Peace?" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/26): "...The deploym [...]	2008-09-26 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2678	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2679	JAPANESE FINANCIAL COMPANIES ACTING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japanese financial companies are picking up assets available as a result of the failure of Lehman Brothers and other U.S.-based financial firms to grow their international presence. Announcements Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG),would purchase 10 to [...]	2008-09-26 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO268	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave prominent front-page play to a growing boycott across Japan of frozen food from China in response to an increase in the number of consumers who complained of food poisoning after eating frozen Chinese-made dumplings contaminated with an agricultura [...]	2008-02-01 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2682	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2687	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. BAILOUT PLAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Monday morning included the resignation on Sunday of the land and transport minister and a tentative agreement reached on early Sunday morning between the Bush administration and congressional leaders on a government proposal to purchase up to $700 billion i [...]	2008-09-29 03:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO27	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007, visit to Japan by EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, NSC China Director Paul Haenle, and EAP Special Assistant Chrisotpher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politic [...]	2008-01-07 00:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT JA KN KNNP MNUC OTRA PREL CH
08TOKYO270	Japanese Police Arrest Inventor of Computer Virus [...] (U) Summary: Japanese police in Kyoto have arrested Masato Nakatsuji, alleged to have invented and distributed a computer virus. The search and subsequent arrest were based on suspected violations of Japan's copyright laws, as it is believed that the virus was delivered embedded in a video fi [...]	2008-02-01 07:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINT ECPS TINT JA
08TOKYO2708	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 23:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO271	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2711	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2714	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 4, 2008, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, Special Assistant Yuri Kim, Director EAP/K Sung Y. Kim, NSC Director of Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle, and ISN DAS C.S. Eliot Kang. 2. (U) Control Officer for t [...]	2008-09-30 02:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08TOKYO2715	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY, NORTH [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged a coordinated decision by the central banks of the U.S., Japan, and Europe to provide financial markets an additional $330 billion in liquidity in order to make credit available in dollars amid a freeze in lending among commercial banks. [...]	2008-09-30 02:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2724	Progress in Asia Pacific Partnership Transport Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) members explored areas for cooperation in conserving energy and reducing CO2 emissions in road transport during the first APP Road Transport Sector Workshop in Tokyo September 18-19. Following detailed presentations [...]	2008-09-30 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN SENV EWWT PREL JA
08TOKYO2726	IAEA: JAPAN TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN FOR MESA BOG [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC JA
08TOKYO2727	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2728	SECNAV DISCUSSES GUAM, OEF, AND RUSSIA WITH NEW [...] (U) Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter met September 26 with newly appointed Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and MOFA Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka. Ambassador Schieffer and Commander of Naval Forces Japan Rear Admiral James Kelly joined Secretary Winter. 2. (C) Defens [...]	2008-09-30 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO2729	ASO'S ECONOMIC POLICY: STIMULATE THE ECONOMY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Taro Aso's campaign pledges and initial policy speech have focused on an economic stimulus policy that appeals to Japanese voters concerned about their pocketbooks and the direction of Japan's economy. Aso's short-term electoral focus is not to launch a return to t [...]	2008-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2730	BIO INFO ON IRAQI AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Dr. Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily currently serves as Iraq's Ambassador in Tokyo, where he is a well-known and close Embassy contact. To correct reftel, which indicates Jumaily is a career diplomat who served in the Saddam era, in fact Jumaily [...]	2008-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR IZ JA
08TOKYO2731	TRANSPORTATION MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER FIVE DAYS [...] (U) Summary: Only five days after his appointment, MLIT Minister Nariaki Nakayama formally resigned September 28 after a series of controversial remarks. Prime Minister Aso appointed Kazuyoshi Kaneko, a Lower House member with experience in construction and budget issues, to replace Nakayama. [...]	2008-09-30 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ELTN ETRD JA
08TOKYO2732	JAPAN'S CABINET APPROVES FY2008 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Just one month after the Government of Japan,s August 29 announcement of an economic policy package (reftel),the Cabinet Office approved September 29 the first supplemental budget for FY2008 to fund a portion of the spending promised under the package, and submitted it immediat [...]	2008-09-30 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON JA EFIN
08TOKYO2733	JAPANESE ATTITUDES ON BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese business sentiment toward economic opportunities in Russia remains cautious. Japanese business and government interests note concerns about the risks of doing business in Russia, continued uncertainty following Russia's invasion of Georgia, problems with the transport of [...]	2008-09-30 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ENRG PREL RU JA
08TOKYO2735	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2737	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. BAILOUT PLAN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers led with the worldwide stock plunge on Tuesday and President Bush's statement on Tuesday urging Congress to take action. 2. "U.S Should Realize Its Responsibility to The World" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/1): "...If the U.S. kills the bail [...]	2008-10-01 02:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO274	JAPANESE VIEWS ON IRAN AND BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. EEB DAS Hengel discussed Iran and Burma related sanctions with Japanese government officials January 23-24. The GOJ will continue to support the international community on Iran sanctions, but urged caution regarding Iran's central bank. The Japanese are concerned Iran's increas [...]	2008-02-01 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL XC XF JA
08TOKYO2741	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY TO VISIT [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 5-8, 2008, visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Mr. John C. Geis, LtCol Leonard J. Kosinski, and Mr. Patrick W. Graff. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be re [...]	2008-10-01 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2742	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO2744	JAPAN INSURANCE: POTENTIAL BUYERS UNSURE OF AIG'S [...] (SBU) AIG Japan's insurance operations are potentially an attractive acquisition target, given media reports that AIG Japan's FY2007 direct premium revenue was about $24 billion. Japanese domestic insurers are showing interest, but questions remain about AIG subsidiaries' balance sheets, solve [...]	2008-10-01 09:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2745	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT [...] (C) You will arrive in Japan in the wake of a dramatic leadership change. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is regarded as a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, who we expect will try hard to maintain course for our important bilateral initiatives, including the realignment of U [...]	2008-10-01 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2746	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included Prime Minister Aso's remarks in the Diet on Wednesday, during which he hinted at the need for an additional supplementary budget. 2. "EU Deploys Monitors in Georgia" The liberal Asahi wrote (10/2): "EU monitors began their operatio [...]	2008-10-02 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2747	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO275	WIREC -- PROPOSED SUBNATIONAL PANELISTS FROM JAPAN [...] (SBU) In response to request in ref A, propose the following individuals as potential panelists for the WIREC 2008 Subnational Sessions: Dr. Hideaki YUKAWA Director, Microbiology Research Group Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) Visiting Professor, University [...]	2008-02-01 09:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY ECON SOCI JA
08TOKYO2754	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2757	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed thanks for the non-paper. Taniza [...]	2008-10-02 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP ETTC PREL MNUC IR JA
08TOKYO2760	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2761	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the growing likelihood that an envisaged snap election on November 2 will be postponed, as well as the LDP's instruction to all GOJ ministries and agencies that they must alert and provide it in advance any policy- related data requested by [...]	2008-10-03 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2765	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR [...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed appreciation for the non-paper. [...]	2008-10-03 06:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM TRGY PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR
08TOKYO2771	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2773	Demarche Delivered: Draft Compliance Resolution on [...] (U) Please see action request contained in paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Econ officer delivered demarche in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu September 30. Umetsu said he did not see any problems with the draft compliance resolu [...]	2008-10-05 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO2775	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2776	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning newspapers gave top or front-page play to the summit among four European leaders in Paris on Saturday, during which they vowed to take all necessary steps to protect their banking systems. 2. "EU Should Show Firm Coordination to Prevent Financial Crisis" T [...]	2008-10-06 01:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2778	MEET MINISTERIAL POSTPONED: GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo will be postponed, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials told EMIN October 3. Although MLIT has not formally announced a postponem [...]	2008-10-06 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA
08TOKYO2779	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO278	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2780	ELECTION TIMING UNCERTAIN; EARLY NOVEMBER UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary. Lower than hoped poll numbers for Prime Minister Aso, domestic economic concerns, and the need to deal with the international financial crisis continue to reduce the chances for early elections in Japan. The ruling LDP and DPJ opposition have been unable to agree on a timetable [...]	2008-10-06 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2781	Japan Economic Scope for October 3, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 3, 2008. Insurance and Investment ------------------------ 2. (U) Japan's FDI Stock Up Sharply in 1H 2008 Japan's stock of inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) rose more than 11% in the first half of 2008, according to prelimi [...]	2008-10-06 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO2783	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: Financing for Development Conference [...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa told Emboff October 1 the GOJ is ramping up its preparations for the Doha high-level FfD Review Conference in November (reftel). Okawa's division leads formulating the GOJ' [...]	2008-10-06 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN JA
08TOKYO2784	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers led with the plunge in New York of the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years during Monday's trading. 2. "Fear of Free Fall Looming" The liberal Asahi's New York correspondent wrote on the plunge in the Dow during Monday's trading (10/7): [...]	2008-10-07 00:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2785	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO279	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with follow-up stories on food poisoning cases suspected of being caused by frozen Chinese-made dumplings. 2. "Coordination among G-7 Nations Necessary" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (2/3): "The U.S. economy appears to be slowing, as Americ [...]	2008-02-04 02:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2794	JAPAN TO CALL FOR BINDING TARGETS FOR EMERGING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is looking for the more developed emerging economies, e.g., China and India, to accept binding greenhouse gas (GHG) or energy intensity targets. In the proposal Japan sent the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action for the 14th UN Framework Convention on Cli [...]	2008-10-07 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL JA
08TOKYO2798	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2799	JAPAN: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IR JA
08TOKYO28	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2801	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WORLD ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent top play to the three Japanese scientists who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics. 2. "It's High Time for U.S., Europe to Employ All Policy Tools" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/8): "Japan experienced a banking crisis in the [...]	2008-10-08 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2802	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2808	ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES DISCUSS CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of abductee family groups described their high expectations for how Prime Minister Aso will address the abduction issue and contrasted PM Aso's likely approach with that of former PM Fukuda, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 3. In addition, they welcomed [...]	2008-10-08 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KN JA
08TOKYO2810	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2813	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2814	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Thursday morning were concerted reductions in interest rates by six U.S. and European central banks and the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to three scholars, including a Japanese scientist currently studying in Boston. 2. "Russia Completes Troop Pullout fr [...]	2008-10-09 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2815	REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 807 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO2816	USML CONTROLLED ITEMS CONTINUE TO SELL IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs continue to work with Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to track the source of apparently unlicensed U.S. Munitions List (USML) controlled items, including holographic weapon scopes and hand guards being sold on Yahoo A [...]	2008-10-09 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2817	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2824	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2825	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included Japan's plan to propose at the G7 meeting on Friday an emergency IMF loan program for newly emerging economies and small- and medium-sized nations. 2. "New Thinking Needed for Unprecedented Crisis" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/1 [...]	2008-10-10 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO283	DPRK-AFFILIATED CHOSEN SOREN FACING "CRISIS" IN [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-backed Chosen Soren faces a "crisis," with its income-generating network of financial institutions and schools showing cracks, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. CS membership continues to decline and rank-and-file members provide less support for Pyongyang-backed political c [...]	2008-02-04 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2830	TOKYO COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL (15-17 [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 15-17, 2008, visit to Japan by Senator Chuck Hagel, Mr. Rexon Ryu, and Colonel Phil Skuta. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-555 [...]	2008-10-10 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGMT ASEC AFIN JA CH KS
08TOKYO2834	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2836	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING JAPAN'S CONTINENTAL [...] Following is the text of Diplomatic Note 3938/E-O from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated October 9. The note was submitted following up on the July discussions between the U.S. and Japan regarding the extended continental shelf. The note was delivered to the Embassy in English. Embassy i [...]	2008-10-10 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA SENV TPHY KSCA JA
08TOKYO2837	JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING UPCOMING GI EXERCISE [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 4). 2. (SBU) Econ officer met October 9 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division official Yukari Aosa regarding the US invitation to attend the second Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting [...]	2008-10-10 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JA
08TOKYO2839	JAPANESE MARKETS FINISH WORST WEEK ON RECORD [...] Summary: The Nikkei 225 index ended the day down 9.62%, losing 881.06 points, registering its lowest close since May 28, 2003. During morning trading, however, the Nikkei shed over 1,040 points, over 11%, the second largest decline in its history. The broader Topix index, which is less heavi [...]	2008-10-10 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO284	SOKA GAKKAI GROUP MOVING TO SUPPORT SENDING [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's efforts to pass a Permanent Dispatch Law will require the support of ruling coalition partner Komeito Party, which to date has not embraced the plan to allow the government the authority to dispatch Self-Defense Forces abroad. As the Komeito's [...]	2008-02-04 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS JA
08TOKYO2842	SMALL LIFE INSURER FAILS AMID MARKET VOLATILITY [...] (C) Yamato Life Insurance filed for bankruptcy October 10. Media reports linked the company's failure to losses incurred from subprime mortgage-backed securities, but regulators noted the company has long struggled with high costs and failed to adapt to new sales methods. Pointing to Yamato' [...]	2008-10-10 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2843	CITING FINANCIAL TURMOIL, UNIONS SEEK HIGHER WAGES [...] (C) Financial turmoil in the United States is exacerbating the downturn in Japan's real economy, a top trade union official told Emboffs, and the effects are likely to continue to put downward pressure on the Japanese economy into 2009. In response to workers' subsequent feelings of economic i [...]	2008-10-10 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2845	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S OCT 15-17 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The situation you will find in Japan is one of continued political uncertainty, despite the recent election of a new government. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and appears to favor a more robust Japanese contribution to internation [...]	2008-10-10 10:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PARM OVIP JA PINR
08TOKYO2849	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO285	MOFA RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION [...] (SBU) ESToff delivered points in ref to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato January 28. Sato appreciated for the update and said the GOJ will likely need "some time" to examine the IAEA-India safeguards agreement [...]	2008-02-04 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PREL IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY JA
08TOKYO2859	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO286	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS USS BLUE [...] (C) In a February 1 one-on-one lunch, the Ambassador thanked Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka for his assistance with the USS Blue Ridge's upcoming port call and asked him to reconsider the presence of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe at the fourth Tokyo International Conference on Afri [...]	2008-02-04 09:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR OVIP MARR ZI JA
08TOKYO2861	MEXT DEPUTY MINISTER ASKS USG TO URGE MOFA TO LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Deputy Minister Toichi Sakata asked that the USG, in particular the Department, engage Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) at a "high level" to spur the Ministry to negotiate a U.S.-Japan Homeland Securi [...]	2008-10-14 08:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL PTER PREL TBIO JA
08TOKYO2862	JAPAN DECLINES TO MAKE FUTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) EmbOffs delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Humanitarian Assistance Deputy Director Hisanobu Mochizuki October 10. Mochizuki, while not ruling out additional contributions to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the future, said the GOJ would [...]	2008-10-14 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA JA
08TOKYO2864	USPACOM COMMANDER KEATING MEETS DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: USPACOM appreciates the Ministry of Defense's efforts leading up to the successful deployment of the USS George Washington to Japan, visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating told Defense Minister Hamada during an October 9 meeting. DefMin Hamada said the GW's arrival in Japa [...]	2008-10-14 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO2867	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND GLOBAL [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers on Tuesday morning because of a press holiday. Top stories on TV networks included the sharp rebound in share prices in U.S., European, and Asian markets on Monday following the announcement of the coordinated action plan by G7 policymakers to cope with the f [...]	2008-10-15 00:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2869	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO287	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2871	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave top play to Tuesday's announcement by President Bush on a policy package designed to stabilize the financial markets centering on the injection of $125 billion in public funds into major banks. 2. "Crisis Did Not Go Away" On the global reboun [...]	2008-10-15 04:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2875	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2876	(SBU) Delivery of Demarche to GOJ on proposal to exchange [...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel demarche on the proposal to exchange terrorist screening information pursuant to HSPD-6 to Maiko Fujiwara, MOFA, International Counter-Terrorism Coordination Division, Foreign Policy Bureau. 2. (SBU) Fujiwara thanked Conoff for the information and noted the GO [...]	2008-10-15 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT ASEC PTER PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2877	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2879	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2880	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included the plunge in the NYSE on Wednesday. 2. "U.S. Needs to Take Next Step" The conservative Sankei editorialized (10/16): "The U.S. announced an injection of public funds into major financial institutions as part of its measures to dea [...]	2008-10-16 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2882	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met October 16 with two prominent representatives of the abductees' family association -- Chairman Shigeo Iizuka and Shigeru Yokota (the father of Megumi Yokota, the best known abductee) -- to discuss the recent delisting of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror. [...]	2008-10-16 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO2883	DPRK: PM'S ABDUCTIONS ADVISOR TAKES HEART FROM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 14, Prime Minister Aso's Special Advisor on the Abductions Issue Kyoko Nakayama expressed relief that, although the United States lifted the DPRK's terror designation, ongoing sanctions will continue to require the United States to vote against IM [...]	2008-10-16 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO2884	BEIJING OLYMPICS MARGINALLY IMPROVED ATTITUDES, [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing Olympics were well viewed in Japan and helped to showcase for the Japanese China's ongoing modernization and global integration. The Olympics also solidified for the majority of Japanese already deeply suspicious of China and its intentions the view that the PRC is an [...]	2008-10-16 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO2885	JAPANESE FOLLOW UP ON G-7 ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister and Financial Services Minister Shoichi Nakagawa released a statement October 14 outlining Japan's follow-up policies to its October 10 G-7 Action Plan. The Plan calls for relaxing rules on corporate stock buy-backs, greater transparency in selling short, and te [...]	2008-10-16 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO2886	CITES: CHINESE SEEN AS WILLING TO PAY MORE AT IVORY AUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 108 tons of stockpiled ivory in four southern African states (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) will be auctioned to Japan and China from late October to early November 2008. The auction was approved by the CITES Standing Committee in July 2008. Japan' [...]	2008-10-16 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA ETRD CITES JA
08TOKYO2890	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 03:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2893	JAPAN'S ANNUAL REPORT ON HIV/AIDS FOR 2007 [...] Summary: Japan reported a record 1,082 new HIV-positive cases and 418 new AIDS cases during 2007, bringing the cumulative totals to 9,426 and 4,468 respectively at the end of 2007. As in previous years, Japanese males accounted for the majority of new HIV and AIDS cases in 2007 and sexual co [...]	2008-10-17 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA
08TOKYO2894	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included the plunge in Tokyo stocks on Thursday. 2. "Broad View Needed for Afghanistan" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/17): "...We should isolate the al-Qaeda terrorist network by seeking dialogue and achieving peace with moderates in th [...]	2008-10-17 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2895	SEN. HAGEL'S MEETINGS WITH PM ASO AND OTHER [...] (C) During an October 16 visit to Tokyo, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) exchanged views on his visits to China and South Korea, regional security, and the global financial crisis with Prime Minister Aso and other Japanese officials and Diet members. Aso and Finance Minister Nakagawa both stressed [...]	2008-10-17 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MNUC OVIP JA
08TOKYO2896	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO29	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] "U.S. Should Be Tough with North Korea" The moderate- conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1/7): "...The U.S. and Japan are urging North Korea to completely abandon its nuclear programs. However, Pyongyang has yet to produce a 'complete and correct declaration' of its nuclear programs as agreed [...]	2008-01-07 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2904	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO291	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2910	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top play to the agreement between the U.S. and EU to hold an emergency summit involving G8 members and emerging economies early next month in order to discuss how to deal with the international financial crisis. 2. "Concern about U.S., Europe Vy [...]	2008-10-20 02:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2913	TOKYO COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL PLUNKETT [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 21-30, 2008, visit to Japan by the STAFFDEL led by Ms. Vickie Plunkett and including Ms. Catherine Garman, Mr. David Sienicki, Mr. Paul Arcangeli, Ms. Lynn Williams, Ms. Eryn Robinson, Mr. Thomas Hawley, Ms. Lara Battles [...]	2008-10-20 06:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS JA
08TOKYO2915	PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT 9 MEETING WITH [...] (C) PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating, accompanied by the Ambassador, told Foreign Minister Nakasone during an October 9 courtesy call that continued Japanese refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) are critical for success in Afghanistan. Na [...]	2008-10-20 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC MARR JA
08TOKYO2920	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2924	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2930	RETIRED GSDF GENERAL GRIM ABOUT FUTURE ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Retired Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) General Naruhiko Ueda privately painted a bleak picture of the GOJ's ability to control sales/re-sales of dual-use and military items. Ueda said the lack of cooperation among government ministries, weak Customs enforcement activ [...]	2008-10-21 05:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2931	OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) DevCon Reed met with Hideki Uyama, Director of MOFA's Second Country Assistance Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau to deliver the points contained in reftel on October 22. 2. (SBU) Mr. Uyama advised that Japan shares the same views with the United States and it is ver [...]	2008-10-21 05:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG JA
08TOKYO2932	Japan Economic Scope for October 20, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 20, 2008. Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Japan And U.K. Sign Statement Of Cooperation on Carbon Footprints And Offsets The Ministry of Environment (MOE) published a Japan-U.K. statement of cooperation [...]	2008-10-21 06:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO2933	TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERIAL [...] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will convene the rescheduled Ministerial Conference on Global Environment and Energy in Transport (MEET) January 14-16, 2009 in Tokyo. On October 21, MLIT delivered by fax copies of the following letter from MLIT Minister Kan [...]	2008-10-21 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA
08TOKYO2934	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2935	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to a monthly economic report publicized by the Japanese government on Monday that downgraded the nation's monthly economic evaluation for the second time in three months. 2. "Summit Should Present Roadmap to Overcome Finan [...]	2008-10-21 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2936	NEW GOJ SPACE OFFICE CHIEF PROMOTES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly appointed Secretary General of Japan's Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy, Masakazu Toyoda, told EMIN he intends to formulate and implement a national space strategy for Japan in less than two years. Going forward Japan will focus more on application of technolog [...]	2008-10-21 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL KSCA PGOV PREL MARR JA
08TOKYO2938	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO294	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES P. ZUMWALT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 23-26, 2008 visit to Japan by James P. Zumwalt. 2. (U) Post understands that point of contact for the visit is Osaka CG Russel and that Osaka will handle all trip arrangements including lodging. ---- Visa ---- 3. [...]	2008-02-05 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO2941	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included the planned launch by the financial and monetary authorities of Japan, China, and South Korea of a new entity tasked with discussing measures for ensuring market stability in Asia. 2. "Guilty Ruling to Compound Political Stalemate [...]	2008-10-22 04:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2947	JAPAN SUPPORTS ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM AF JA
08TOKYO2948	INPEX LIKELY TO OPT FOR OFFSHORE LNG TERMINAL IN [...] (SBU) INPEX Corporate Strategy and Planning Division Manager Hiroshi Ikeda confirmed the firm expects to make a decision in mid-November to construct an LNG terminal to service the Abadi gas field in the Masela Block. Ikeda clarified an October 5 Nikkei report, one that suggests the firm has [...]	2008-10-22 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL ID JA
08TOKYO2953	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2954	MAYOR OF TEHRAN VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf visited Japan October 16 - 21, confirmed MOFA Second Middle East Director Motosada Matano. According to Matano, Ghalibaf was invited by the Japanese under the auspices of their "Opinion Leader Program." The Japanese view him as important because he is [...]	2008-10-22 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2955	MOD TO ASSIGN PERSONNEL TO HAWAII AND GUAM TO [...] (C) In line with private Japanese government statements (reftel),media reported 20 October that the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) has decided to assign nine officials to Guam and seven others to PACOM beginning in September 2009 in order to promote US force realignment initiatives, parti [...]	2008-10-22 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2956	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2959	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S-INDIA NUCLEAR PACT, [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included a USG announcement on Wednesday that the U.S. will host an emergency financial summit on November 15 in Washington. 2. "U.S.-India Pact to Endanger NPT Regime" The liberal Mainichi's correspondent in Vienna wrote (10/23): "Last mo [...]	2008-10-23 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2961	POLAR AIR CARGO: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, Post delivered the diplomatic note concerning Polar Air Cargo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 22. Post will report the GOJ's response. SCHIEFFER [...]	2008-10-23 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA JA

08TOKYO2963	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2964	JAPAN TO START VOLUNTARY CARBON FOOTPRINT LABELING [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) plans to start an experimental voluntary carbon footprint labeling program involving approximately 30 domestic companies in early to mid 2009. Industry associations will design the basic methodology for computing the carbon foot [...]	2008-10-23 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO2966	METI VM MOCHIZUKI ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Harufumi Mochizuki focused on energy, climate change, the WTO, and China, in an October 22 meeting with the DCM. Mochizuki noted a shared interest in an effective and inclusive post-Kyoto framework, as well as energy s [...]	2008-10-23 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ETRD JA PREL SENV CH
08TOKYO2969	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 04:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2971	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS, ASEM [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the estimate by a Japanese government panel on social security that concluded that health and nursing care programs will likely require 94 trillion yen in 2025, up 50 percent from fiscal 2007. 2. "ASEM Has Heavy Responsibility" The libera [...]	2008-10-24 05:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2976	ASO STILL UNDECIDED, AS UNCERTAINTY OVER NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts from both the ruling and opposition parties remain unanimous that the chances for an election before the end of this year remain no better than 50/50. They are also in agreement that PM Aso has yet to make up his mind on the timing, and is still in the process o [...]	2008-10-24 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2977	JMSDF TO CONDUCT ANTI-PIRACY OPERATIONS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso is considering deploying Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) to waters off of Somalia to protect Japanese commercial shipping vessels. The Japanese government is also in the early stages of drafting a new law that would allow JMSDF vessels to protect t [...]	2008-10-24 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO2978	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2980	INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT CONSULTS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Tokyo October 7, INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort consulted with counterparts from MOFA's Intelligence and Analysis Service, the Prime Minister's Cabinet and Intelligence Research Office (CIRO),the Ministry of Justice's Public Security Information Agency (PS [...]	2008-10-24 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PINR PREL CH KN GG PK RS JA
08TOKYO2982	UPCOMING CIV AIR TALKS: MORE OF THE SAME? [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming bilateral civil aviation talks in Tokyo October 29-30 offer an excellent opportunity to urge the GOJ to undertake needed meaningful liberalization of Japan's aviation sector. However, recent discussions with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB),Japanese airline [...]	2008-10-26 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA
08TOKYO2983	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2984	JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FTA? DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH [...] (C) Successful conclusion of an Australia-Japan free trade agreement remains uncertain, Allan McKinnon, DCM at the Australian embassy, told EMIN October 16. With a seventh round of negotiations slated to commence October 27 in Canberra, he described the process to date as "onerous." The GOJ [...]	2008-10-27 02:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD JA USTR
08TOKYO2985	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included a plan by the Japanese government to inject up to 10 trillion yen in public funds into domestic financial institutions as part of its emergency market-support measures. 2. "Establish Economic System That Can Control Market" An editorial [...]	2008-10-27 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2993	MP CRITICIZES JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO2994	GOSS/TKS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: Embassy conveyed ref A demarche regarding U.S. company Goss International at the DCM level to METI Vice Minister and Econoffs followed up with METI senior working level contacts. EMIN also discussed the case with the MOFA Director General for Economic Affairs. METI,s Director of [...]	2008-10-27 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD JA
08TOKYO2997	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 22:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO300	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTINE CHAN-DOWNER [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 28 - March 1, 2008, visit to Japan by Christine Chan-Downer for TIP-related meetings. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5559 Ho [...]	2008-02-05 07:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3000	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3002	JAPANESE QUESTIONS REGARDING IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Econ officer delivered demarche and non-paper in ref to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Department on October 23. Similarly, Pol officer delivered the demarche an [...]	2008-10-28 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IR MNUC TRGY JA
08TOKYO3004	NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo nominates Nami Takenaka, Chairperson of Prop Station, a non-profit welfare organization for people with disabilities, to receive the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Nami Takenaka was born in 1948 in Kobe, Japan. Blessed [...]	2008-10-28 05:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PHUM JA
08TOKYO3007	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CROSS-BORDER ASSAULT IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave front- page coverage to Monday's fall in Tokyo stock prices to the lowest level in 26 years, as well as an informal decision by Prime Minister Aso to postpone a snap election until next year so that he can concentrate on dealing with the economic [...]	2008-10-28 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3008	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO301	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attache conveyed reftel demarche on February 1 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division official Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. B [...]	2008-02-05 07:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER
08TOKYO3010	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3012	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONS [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Wednesday morning included the likelihood that the Bank of Japan will shortly release a report projecting 0 percent growth in fiscal 2008. 2. "U.S. Cross-Border Missile Strikes Creating Schism over War on Terrorism" On repeated U.S. cross-border missile strike [...]	2008-10-29 06:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3018	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3022	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. RAID ON AL-QAEDA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning Japanese dailies led with an outline of the second pump-priming package compiled by the GOJ that includes some 38,000 yen in special living allowances, a drastic cut in highway tolls, and massive mortgage tax breaks. 2. "Syria Unusually Low Key" The top-ci [...]	2008-10-30 04:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3023	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 05:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3028	Japan Economic Scope for October 27, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 27, 2008. Business -------- 2. (SBU) Japan to Start Voluntary Carbon Footprint Labeling with Domestic Companies The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) plans to start an experimental voluntary carbon footprint labe [...]	2008-10-30 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3029	NEW TAX EXEMPTION RULES FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan passed a new tax exemption law in 2006 and is finalizing implemention now. The new law, effective December 1, is expected to make the process of getting tax exempt status more transparent and more in line with policies elsewhere in the world. Opinions on the new regulatio [...]	2008-10-30 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL EAID JA
08TOKYO3030	FIFTH BISTF PLENARY WELCOMES METI AS NEW [...] (C) The DAS-level Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) broke new ground by bringing in the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) as a full member to the process during the October 7 plenary meeting in Tokyo. Japan-based working groups reported on their discussions and p [...]	2008-10-30 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
08TOKYO3033	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3035	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO304	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3041	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top play to the additional economic stimulus package announced on Thursday by the Japanese government. 2. "U.S. Economic Slowdown Clear" The liberal Mainichi wrote (10/31): "The U.S. announced on Thursday that its economy shrank at a 0.3 percent [...]	2008-10-31 06:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3042	RESPONSE TO: INFORMATION GATHERING REQUEST: SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Japan's key Summit objective is to matter. PM Aso has to call a general election by September 2009 and would like to leverage leadership in the Summit process to build domestic support at home. Top public officials have regularly gone on record saying that Japan's own financial crisis [...]	2008-10-31 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO3044	DEMARCHE DELIVERD: U.S. PROPOSAL ON ITU-R STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff presented reftel compromise proposal to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Mr. Yasushi Sakanaka October 30. Sakanaka responded Japan disagrees with the U.S. assessment that the proposal would be an improvement and feels the Study Group 5 structure sh [...]	2008-10-31 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON JA
08TOKYO3046	JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND [...] (C) Japan will try to maintain its current USD 240,000 annual contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO),but it will be difficult to contribute more, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Embassy Tokyo spoke with Tsuji October 3 [...]	2008-10-31 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMFO EG IS JA
08TOKYO3047	REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 810 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO305	JAPAN-DPRK: DIET STEPS UP INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) LDP faction leader and long-time North Korea watcher Taku Yamasaki believes that North Korean denuclearization must be achieved this year through the Six Party talks. Delisting the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror should also be effectively leveraged for the goal of denuclearization. Yama [...]	2008-02-05 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO3051	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3065	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3066	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included the U.S. presidential election, with papers saying that Sen. Obama appears to be leading Sen. McCain in many states. 2. "Russia Playing up Results of Mediation" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Moscow (11/4): "The politic [...]	2008-11-04 05:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3068	POVERTY, INEQUALITY TRENDS TAP ECONOMIC ANXIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan has the fourth-highest poverty rate among the 30 OECD members, with poverty among the elderly roughly 50 percent above the OECD average, according to a report issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, according to a Japanese ex [...]	2008-11-04 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI JA
08TOKYO3069	ASO MOVES DECISIVELY TO LIMIT FALL-OUT FROM ASDF [...] (C) Summary: "To say our country was an aggressor nation in World War II is a false accusation," Air Self Defense Force Chief Toshio Tamogami concluded in a prize winning essay made public on October 31. Already a delicate time politically, the government took steps to control the fallout, a [...]	2008-11-04 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO307	ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - JAPAN'S TICAD DILEMMA [...] (C) Summary. South African diplomats here report Japan would have "serious diplomatic problems" had Japan not invited Zimbabwe President Mugabe to attend the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). According to them, the U.S. can do little to prevent him from [...]	2008-02-05 23:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL JA ZI
08TOKYO3070	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3072	ACADEMICS QUESTION VIABILITY OF METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Japan's research and development of methane hydrate extraction has gained momentum and is drawing high-profile political support, academics and industry figures question its commercial viability and are urging a more thorough examination of the GOJ's methane hydrate program [...]	2008-11-04 22:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV JA
08TOKYO3073	IRANIAN EXPAT COMMUNITIES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian expatriates in Japan broadly fall within two categories, according to the Director of the Japan Institute of Middle East Economic Studies. One group comprises legitimate businessmen, mostly in Tokyo. The other, he asserted, is concentrated in central Japan and consists [...]	2008-11-04 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD EINV PREL ECON KCRM IR JA
08TOKYO3074	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS SYRIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone met October 18 with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualam in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the BMENA Forum for the Future meetings. According to MOFA, during the thirty minute meeting FM Mualam briefed Nakasone on Syria's normalization o [...]	2008-11-04 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IR LE IZ JA
08TOKYO3077	JAPANESE RESPONSE AND QUESTIONS ON NSG [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy official Shinichi Sato October 31. Sato responded positively, commenting that the GOJ support [...]	2008-11-05 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO3078	INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC SENV TPHY KSCA KTIA AY JA
08TOKYO3079	PM ASO ANNOUNCES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso announced a new 26.9 trillion ($269 billion),economic stimulus package October 30. The package equals 5.2% of Japan's GDP and is intended to mitigate the negative impact of the global credit crisis on Japan's real economy. The new stimulus package follows [...]	2008-11-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO308	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3080	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3081	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OBAMA VICTORY AND CROSS- [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave prominent top play to a set of recommendations on the nation's pension system compiled by a GOJ panel, noting that the proposal included a substantial increase in the consumption tax to finance the social security system. 2. "Shift to Interna [...]	2008-11-05 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3083	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3085	DPJ RAMPS UP ATTACK, AS MOD TAKES HIT FOR TAMOGAMI [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hamada and three other parliamentarians have taken voluntary pay cuts and three senior MOD bureaucrats have been disciplined as the government continues to manage the controversy over an essay published by former ASDF Chief Tamogami. The country's most senior m [...]	2008-11-05 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3088	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3091	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the victory speech made by President-elect Obama on Tuesday evening. 2. "Strong Hope for Change in America" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/6): "It looks like the American people's strong desire to change their nation emerged i [...]	2008-11-06 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3092	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to Tokyo October 28-30 to attend Trilateral Policy Planning talks with Japanese and South Korean counterparts, S/P Director David Gordon also met with several former senior Japanese government officials who now are active in academic or advisory capacities. Gordo [...]	2008-11-06 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NK CH IR JA
08TOKYO3093	PERSPECTIVES ON THE "NEW JICA", THE WORLD'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The reorganization of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),which recently announced its largest foreign assistance project loan to date, has not slowed Japan's overseas development assistance programs. The Japanese government expects the new JICA, which consolidat [...]	2008-11-06 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3094	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3095	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with Toyota Motor's earning forecasts for fiscal 2008, which project a 73.6 percent drop in group operating profits from the previous year. 2. "Obama to Face Rough Road Ahead" The liberal Mainichi contends (11/7): "... Sen. Obama will take offic [...]	2008-11-07 03:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3100	JAPAN ON RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, AND THE DPRK [...] (C) Japan sees "eye to eye" with the United States on UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, and will vote with us on them, Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho told DCM Jim Zumwalt November 7. He assured DCM that Japan opposes "no action" motions on pri [...]	2008-11-07 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IR BM KN JA
08TOKYO3101	Japan Economic Scope for November 5, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 5, 2008. Business -------- 2. (U) U.S.-Japan Seminar Promotes Cross Border Investment The 2008 Japan-U.S. Investment Initiative's "Invest Japan" seminar took place October 30 in Shizuoka City. Approximately 250 business le [...]	2008-11-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3102	OPPOSITION PUSHES COMPETING ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan is criticizing Prime Minister Aso's second stimulus plan and is pushing a competing agenda, which includes childcare allowances, reduction of gasoline taxes, and the elimination of highway tolls. The proposals fit into the broader economic framewor [...]	2008-11-07 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO3104	U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...]	2008-11-09 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO3109	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3110	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on the joint communique issued Sunday by the G20 financial ministers and the accident aboard the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Nerpa on Saturday. 2. "Serious Economic Situation W [...]	2008-11-10 03:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3112	U.S.-JAPAN BUSINESS COUNCIL: BILATERAL STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) The U.S. and Japan must build on their close economic relationship to become more competitive in the face of rapid developments in technology and the emergence of new global competitors, according to a new report "U.S.-Japan Economic Integration: Enhancing Competitiveness and Securing Ou [...]	2008-11-10 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO3115	S/P GORDON'S TRILATERAL POLICY TALKS WITH JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea was a major topic of discussion at Trilateral Policy Planning talks held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and [...]	2008-11-10 06:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN JA
08TOKYO3116	NIPPON OIL WEIGHING IRAQ OIL BID AMID POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Nippon Oil, Japan's largest petroleum company and one of four Japanese firms pre-qualified to participate in first-round bidding on Iraqi oil tenders, report the firm is still deliberating whether to bid on Iraqi contracts amidst internal questions about Iraqi polit [...]	2008-11-10 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO3117	LITTLE PROGRESS IN U.S.-JAPAN CIV AIR TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Japan officials held out little promise of broader liberalization of Japan's civil aviation sector during bilateral talks in Tokyo October 29-30. As in past civil aviation negotiations, the GOJ eschewed broader discussion of Japan's decade-old commitment to "ful [...]	2008-11-10 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA
08TOKYO3124	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 00:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3126	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3127	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G20 FINANCIAL SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the detention of former Taiwanese President Chen on graft charges, as well as yesterday's Diet testimony given by former ASDF Chief of Staff Tamogami concerning his controversial war essay. 2. "First Step toward Unity in New Era" On th [...]	2008-11-11 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3129	REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 809 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO3135	DPRK BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN "VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE" [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 07:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PGOV PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO3137	JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR
08TOKYO3138	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 23:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3139	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08 [...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...]	2008-11-12 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3140	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TAIWAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included plans by Prime Minister Aso to pledge at the upcoming G20 summit Japan's contribution of up to 10 trillion yen to the IMF in order to shore up its emergency loan program for emerging economies. 2. "Split in Taiwan Should Be Avoided" The [...]	2008-11-12 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3142	JAPAN REFUELING MISSION TO CONTINUE, ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) The bill extending the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law will clear the Diet on November 20, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts in the Diet and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will vote on the bill on November 18 and then send it to an U [...]	2008-11-12 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO3143	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3144	JAPAN ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING [...] (C) Japan looks forward to the November 17 Friends of Pakistan meeting in Abu Dhabi, and will be represented by MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Hiroshi Inomata, according to Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Takehiko Wajima. DG Inomata will be accompanie [...]	2008-11-12 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON EAID PK JA
08TOKYO3146	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3147	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TAIWAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included plans by Prime Minister Aso to pledge at the upcoming G20 summit Japan's contribution of up to 10 trillion yen to the IMF in order to shore up its emergency loan program for emerging economies. 2. "Split in Taiwan Should Be Avoided" The [...]	2008-11-13 02:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3148	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND G20 [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning were today's opening of the G20 financial summit in Washington and the dismissal of an ASDF general for sexual harassment in September. 2. "Do Not Allow North Korea to Refuse Sampling" The conservative Sankei editorialized (11/14): "It was learne [...]	2008-11-13 02:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3150	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3151	TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's experience resolving its 1990-2002 financial crisis demonstrates direct re-capitalization of banks is the most effective way to revive a weakened financial sector, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) President Atsushi Saito told visiting EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan November [...]	2008-11-13 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO3153	A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES G20 FINANCIAL SUMMIT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan held meetings with METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroyuki Ishige and DG for Trade Policy Hideichi Okada November 5. Topics included the upcoming G20 Summit and the potential to conclude Doha Development Agreement (DDA) modalities b [...]	2008-11-13 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO3154	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OKINAWA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima made a courtesy call November 12 on the Ambassador. Nakaima asked for the Ambassador's assistance in prompt disclosure of the results of the investigation into the October 24 crash of a Kadena Aero Club-based Cessna, and called for prompt settlem [...]	2008-11-13 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3155	TAMOGAMI REPURCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Ousted Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief Toshio Tamogami has continued to make headlines, most recently in Diet testimony where he refused to apologize for his revisionist historical views published in an essay and resulting in his removal as ASDF chief (ref A). Prime Minister [...]	2008-11-13 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO3158	JAPAN GETS READY FOR POZNAN -- WORKING TO KEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Japanese bureaucrats dealing with environment and energy policy report unrealistic expectations among EU and other governments in the run-up to COP 14 in Poznan December 1-12. These officials all report trying to convince European Commission and EU member governments not to [...]	2008-11-15 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG PREL ENRG KSCA JA
08TOKYO316	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT, [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Sankei gave top coverage to Russian President Putin's letter to Prime Minister Fukuda, in which Putin allegedly agreed to Fukuda's earlier proposal to move bilateral ties to a higher level. 2. "AU Must Demonstrate Will to Resolve Conflicts" The business-or [...]	2008-02-06 05:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3160	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G20 SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday papers gave top play to the declaration issued on Saturday by leaders of the G20 nations concerning measures to deal with the financial crisis. 2. "Unity Should Be Maintained" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/17): "...The declaration appears to be a simple compila [...]	2008-11-16 05:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3162	WHA A/S SHANNON'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese businesses and trade officials told Western Hemisphere Affairs Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon they continue to see long-term growth potential in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, despite possible short-term negative effects on the re [...]	2008-11-16 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL JA

08TOKYO3163	Japan Economic Scope for November 12, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 12, 2008. Food and Agriculture -------------------- 2. (SBU) USDA Urges Changes To New Wheat And Rice Tender Regs USDA's General Sale Manager W. Kirk Miller met with Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) Director General for the St [...]	2008-11-16 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-16 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3166	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3169	JAPAN TO CONTINUE DELIBERATING CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan sees no need to join the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) immediately, but has concluded the CSC is the "realistic future choice." The GOJ, therefore, will continue its internal deliberations. Despite comments from a MEXT official that U [...]	2008-11-17 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO317	METI VICE MINISTER CONDEMNS ROLE OF ACTIVIST [...] (SBU) METI Administrative Vice Minister Takao Kitabata belittled the role of shareholders in Japanese corporate governance during a recent speech to the Ministry's research institute. Defending a METI-sponsored proposal to expand the issuance of stocks that confer differential voting rights, [...]	2008-02-06 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3170	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-IRAQ SECURITY PACT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged the one-on-one meeting between Prime Minister Aso and DPJ President Ozawa on Monday, during which Ozawa reportedly urged Aso to submit a second supplementary budget bill to the current Diet session. 2. "Source of Conflict Remains over Wa [...]	2008-11-17 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3171	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (C) Japan's delegation to the November 19 International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees will be led by Ambassador in Charge of Afghanistan Assistance Coordination Masaki Okada, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Afghanistan desk officer Shizuka Morita. [...]	2008-11-17 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF AF IR PK JA
08TOKYO3172	AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI E. FRAZER MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will continue to deepen its economic and political engagement with Africa, senior Japanese officials told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer October 17. MOFA officials expressed skepticism about the sustainability of Chinese development programs in Af [...]	2008-11-17 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EAID KPKO SO ZI SU CH JA
08TOKYO3175	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO318	JAPAN SENDS GLENEAGLES DIALOGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo has received invitation letters dated January 31 to Secretary of State Rice, Energy Secretary Bodman, and CEQ Chairman Connaughton to attend the March 14-16 Ministerial Meeting of the Gleaneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development in Chiba, J [...]	2008-02-06 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG JA PREL
08TOKYO3180	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3181	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PIRACY OFF SOMALIA AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning papers led with a murder and a separate murder attempt on Tuesday at homes of former top health ministry officials, saying police suspect that these were acts of terrorism targeting ex-health ministry bureaucrats. 2. "Peace on the Ground Imperative to Stampin [...]	2008-11-18 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3188	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3189	DPJ BLOCKS OEF BILL, REQUIRING DIET EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The DPJ followed through on its promise to boycott Upper House deliberations on the OEF refueling legislation November 18, hoping to force PM Aso's hand on submission of a second supplementary budget bill and speed dissolution of the Lower House and a snap election. The oppositi [...]	2008-11-18 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
08TOKYO319	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3191	JAPAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON APEC, GUAM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bilateral summit with the President at APEC in Lima is critical to Prime Minister Aso's political and public standing, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging November 18 meeting. VM Yabunaka thanked the United States for hosting the G-20 Financ [...]	2008-11-18 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO3193	GOJ CONSIDERS NEW LAW FOR CHEMICALS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Japanese officials expect the Diet to approve a new law controlling trade in chemicals in the Spring. The legislation will ensure Japan meets the integrated chemical management objectives laid out at the 2002 UN World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The European Union [...]	2008-11-18 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV PREL JA
08TOKYO3194	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3196	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND CENTRAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Japanese dailies continued to give prominent top coverage to updates on a police investigation into Tuesday's apparent act of terrorism against two former top health ministry officials. 2. "Resurgence of Taliban Deepens Turmoil" On increasing uncertainty ov [...]	2008-11-19 04:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3197	WHALING: JAPAN REJECTS PROPOSAL TO CURTAIL LETHAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan rejects Australia's proposal that it curtail its lethal research whaling activity this year in exchange for Australia's consideration of Japan's coastal whaling proposal, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Vice Minister Murakami told the DCM November [...]	2008-11-19 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV PREL IWC JA
08TOKYO3198	FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT: JAPAN SHARES USG [...] (SBU) Responding to points delivered as a non-paper (reftel),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa said Japan views the purpose of the upcoming Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha as fo [...]	2008-11-19 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON UNGA PBIO JA
08TOKYO3199	REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 806 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO3200	RESPONSE TO REVOCATION OF IRAN'S U-TURN GENERAL [...] (S) In response to reftel demarches delivered November 7 and 17, respectively, to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),GOJ officials acknowledged they continue to study Financial Action Task Force (FATF) pronouncements on Iran. Finance Ministry Legal Office D [...]	2008-11-19 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC JA KTFN
08TOKYO3202	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3203	JAPAN ON FUTURE OF EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Japan will not open its new embassy in Nouakchott under the current political situation, according to MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoaki Kamoshida. Responding to ref A talking points, Kamoshida said Japan completely shares our view on the need to avoid giving inad [...]	2008-11-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR JA
08TOKYO3204	JAPAN PLUGS FOOD SECURITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN [...] (SBU) Despite cuts in the Japanese government's overall budget, politicians recently approved an additional 1.7 billion yen ($17 million) for the Ministry of Agriculture, Foresty, and Fisheries (MAFF) to promote food-related "self-sufficiency strategic public relations." Using full page adve [...]	2008-11-19 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD JA TBIO
08TOKYO3205	RUSSIA FM CRITCIZES JAPAN'S ROLE IN G8 REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. Russian FM Lavrov leveled pointed criticisms and expressed displeasure with Tokyo's policies toward Russia during a November 4-5 visit to Japan. The Russian said Moscow sees little advancement in bilateral relations ) a fact for which Tokyo is solely responsible, he charged. Lav [...]	2008-11-19 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JA RS KN
08TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3211	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3213	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Inouye's November 30 through December 5, 2008, visit to Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa). 2. (U) Control Officer for the Tokyo portion of the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3 [...]	2008-11-21 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3214	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Nikkei report on plans by the Chinese government fund China Investment Corporation to invest in AIG and its affiliate American Life Insurance Company. 2. "China Preparing for Construction of Aircraft Carrier" The business-oriented Nikke [...]	2008-11-21 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3215	DPRK: JAPANESE EXPERT RECOUNTS RODONG SINMUN [...] (S) DPRK expert Hajime Izumi recently recounted for Embassy Tokyo his late October meetings with Lee Yong, Beijing Bureau Chief for North Korea's Rodong Sinmun. During their discussions, Lee stressed that it would be unacceptable for a non-Six Party participant to provide energy assistance to [...]	2008-11-21 05:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KN JA
08TOKYO3216	Japan Economic Scope for November 18, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 18, 2008. Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (U) METI, Japan Power Exchange Rolls Out "Green Power" Trading Scheme The Japan Electric Power Exchange, which operates the wholesale electricity trade, introduced [...]	2008-11-21 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3217	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel demarche regarding the Nicaraguan municipal elections to MOFA Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Noritsugu Takahashi. Takahasi, who said Japanese officials had already noted remarks made [...]	2008-11-21 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA NU
08TOKYO3218	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3221	HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) As the world's second largest economy, Japan remains a strong ally and a key partner for the U.S. in global health efforts. During its G8 presidency, Japan has shown leadership on import [...]	2008-11-21 10:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI TBIO KSTH ECON PREL KFLU JA
08TOKYO3222	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3224	JAPAN FM STATEMENT SUPPORTS OUTCOME OF RECENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 06:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA RS GG
08TOKYO3225	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - APEC [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a USG announcement on Sunday that it will inject $20 billion into Citigroup. 2. "Effectiveness of APEC to Be Tested" The business- oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/25): "...The APEC leaders' meeting, which focused on measures to address [...]	2008-11-25 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3229	JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, EST Chief demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa November 25. Econoff and poloff previously had delivered points contained in ref B to MOFA counterparts in the Non-proliferat [...]	2008-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO323	DEMARCHE REGARDING SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE [...] Econ Officer delivered demarche points contained in ref on February 6 to METI Deputy Director of Chemical Industries Yoshinao Ogawa. Ogawa was aware of the U.S. concerns, but indicated METI would need to review the situation further before establishing an official position. He also noted he [...]	2008-02-07 06:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND JA
08TOKYO3233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3235	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO324	SAPPORO HOLDINGS PANEL CALLS FOR REJECTION OF [...] (SBU) Sapporo Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Sapporo Breweries, announced February 5 that an independent advisory committee it set up to analyze the February 2007 takeover bid (TOB) by U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners had determined the bid is not in the best interests of the [...]	2008-02-07 06:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO3241	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (S) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department Official Mizuyo Kuwako and to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Trade Control Department Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa November 25. Both [...]	2008-11-26 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
08TOKYO3242	INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE DRAFTS 2009-2010 [...] (U) Summary: The International Coral Reef Initative (ICRI) held its fourth East Asia Regional Workshop in Tokyo November 17-19 and produced a draft provisional plan for 2009-2010 as well as terms of reference for upcoming meetings. The group's goal is to develop short and long-term plans to e [...]	2008-11-26 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS EWWT PREL JA MX
08TOKYO3243	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD JA PGOV
08TOKYO3244	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO325	SENIOR LDP POLITICIAN ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, [...] (C) Senior ruling party politician Koichi Kato told Embassy Tokyo February 4 that poor economic management and a lack of leadership could force the Prime Minister to dissolve the Diet in the fall, with the ruling coalition likely to lose its 2/3 super-majority in the Lower House. During the c [...]	2008-02-07 07:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OECD JA
08TOKYO3251	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3252	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ATTACKS IN INDIA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with the attacks in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday. 2. "Fear in Emerging Nation" The liberal Asahi wrote in an editorial (11/28): "...The situation in India, which has suffered a series of terrorist attacks, is becoming more complicated. It is clear [...]	2008-11-28 04:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3253	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3255	AMBASSADOR, DEFMIN DISCUSS NEW ADMINISTRATION, [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed that Alliance initiatives should continue into the next U.S. administration without substantial changes and urged the Japanese government to appropriate significant amounts of money in 2009 to begin construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) during his [...]	2008-11-28 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO3257	AMBASSADOR AND FM NAKASONE DISCUSS DPRK, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID JA AF AS KS KN
08TOKYO326	CARRIER AIR WING MOVE DOMINATES IWAKUNI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Iwakuni voters will choose a new mayor in a contest most media outlets are framing as a referendum on the planned relocation of Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) from Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni. Democratic Party of Japan (D [...]	2008-02-07 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO3264	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3265	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND AIRPORT [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Monday morning included a plunge in public support for Prime Minister Aso. 2. "Is Roadmap for Exit in Sight?" on the Iraqi parliament's approval of a SOFA with the U.S., the liberal Asahi editorialized (12/1): "A roadmap for the U.S. to extricate itself from the q [...]	2008-12-01 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3266	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 2-3, 2008, visit to Japan by A/S Hill, Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, NSC Director Paul Haenle, DAS for ISN C.S. Eliot Kang, Special Assistant Yuri Kim, Chief of DPRK Unit EAP/K Eric Richardson, and DPRK Desk [...]	2008-12-01 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3270	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN URGES U.S. LEADERSHIP IN [...] (C) Summary: Key Diet Members from Japan's main opposition party hope for increased U.S. leadership in UNFCCC climate negotiations under the new Administration. At the same time they are concerned the financial crisis may undermine U.S. resolve to confront climate change. They reiterated J [...]	2008-12-01 05:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG PREL ENRG JA
08TOKYO3272	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3277	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY, SUZANNE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 2008, visit to Japan by DASD Sedney (8-10 Dec),Suzanne Basalla (4-11 Dec),and Marc Czaja (4-11 Dec). 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson C. Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: [...]	2008-12-01 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3279	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO328	FUKUDA-PUTIN PERSONAL LETTERS AIM TO PUT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently exchanged personal letters in which both sides agreed to move Tokyo-Moscow relations to a "higher dimension," Foreign Ministry and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koum [...]	2008-02-07 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO3281	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND AIRPORT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to the 27.3 percent drop in auto sales in Japan in November from a year earlier. The papers also front-paged President-elect Obama's appointment on Monday of Sen. Hilary Clinton as secretary of state. 2. "Reconciliation Necessary for 'Land of Smiles'" [...]	2008-12-02 01:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3283	JAPAN ANNOUNCES END TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT; LAUDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso November 28 officially announced Japan's intention to end the deployment of Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) stationed in Kuwait in support Operation Iraqi Freedom by the end of December. MOFA contacts tell us the ASDF plans to fly its last mission [...]	2008-12-02 06:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JA
08TOKYO3285	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3288	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3293	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THE OBAMA TEAM AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the collapse of the Somchai administration in Thailand. 2. "Quick End to Turmoil Needed" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/3): "Criticism of the government in a democratic state is a matter of course. However, such a reckless act as [...]	2008-12-03 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3296	JAPAN ON POTENTIAL DONORS CONFERENCE FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan supports in general the idea of holding a donors conference for Pakistan but has questions about timing, hosts, and whether Pakistan is prepared with a solid request that specifies how much is needed and for what purposes, according to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal [...]	2008-12-03 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IFM PK JA
08TOKYO3297	JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER CALLS INDIAN PRIME [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso spoke on the telephone with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the evening of November 30, confirmed MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida. According to Japanese press reports, confirmed by Yoshida, Aso told Singh that the at [...]	2008-12-03 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN JA
08TOKYO3299	FURTHER DELAY AT JNFL'S ROKKASHO REPROCESSING PLANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) is still experiencing technical difficulties related to its high level waste vitrification melter at Rokkasho and announced on November 25 that it will delay the end of its active testing phase from November to February. Officials at JNFL are [...]	2008-12-03 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO3300	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3301	ASO'S SUPPORT FALLS; ANTI-ASO MOVES INSIDE LDP [...] (C) Summary: Support for Prime Minister Taro Aso is in freefall, based on the results of the latest opinion polls. Verbal gaffes, policy miscues, a perceived inability to deal with the global economic crisis, and growing discontent within his own party have called Aso's leadership into questi [...]	2008-12-03 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3302	JAPAN SEES DRAMATIC DOWNTURN IN OCTOBER EXPORT DATA [...] (SBU) Reflecting reduced demand for Japan's key exports in the global economic slowdown, Japanese goods exports fell in October, according to Ministry of Finance trade data released November 20. Exports were down 7.7 percent year-on-year, with the largest declines in automobiles, semiconductor [...]	2008-12-03 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA
08TOKYO3303	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RUSSELL C. BILLS TO VISIT [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 3-6, 2008, visit to Japan by Russell C. Bills. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson C. Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5373 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6968 Mobile [...]	2008-12-03 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3304	ASEAN SUMMITS: MOFA WAITING FOR DIRECTION FROM PM [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials responsible for ASEAN affairs have resisted repeated Embassy requests to discuss the upcoming ASEAN summit, citing lack of time. Nevertheless, a working-level official in MOFA's Asian Regional Policy Division, which is responsible for the summit [...]	2008-12-04 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL ASEAN JA
08TOKYO3305	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3307	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THAILAND AND BIG THREE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the cabinet's approval on Wednesday of a basic policy for compiling the fiscal 2009 budget. 2. "Way to Stabilize Political Situation Needs to Be Found" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (12/4): "...The recent turmoil in Thailand h [...]	2008-12-04 04:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO331	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3310	JAPAN REAFFIRMS UNSC GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Koro Bessho reaffirmed Japan's goal of becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC). He stated that for its upcoming two-year UNSC rotation, Japan's focus will include Afghanistan, East Timor, African issues, and the UN's [...]	2008-12-04 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO3311	ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE AMONG JAPANESE SMES AND LARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Japanese large manufacturers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are rapidly losing confidence in the economy. Large-scale manufacturers' business sentiment, according to one source, fell to its lowest level since 2002, while SME sentiment fell to its lowest level si [...]	2008-12-04 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO3312	REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 811 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO3314	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3315	POSTAL PRIVATIZATION GETS POLITICAL, AGAIN [...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's recent comments about postponing the public sale of postal companies' stocks highlighted the rift between pro- and anti-reform elements in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Opposition efforts to legislate a postal privatization "freeze" appear to have made he [...]	2008-12-04 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO3316	IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT MASHAIE VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie visited Tokyo November 27-30, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While in Japan, Mashaie met with governmental and private tourism officials, had breakfas [...]	2008-12-04 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR JA
08TOKYO3317	JAPAN RENEWS LATIN AMERICAN TIES DURING APEC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Japanese officials reached agreement on two investment treaties but balked at proposals to begin EPA negotiations during talks with officials from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru during the November APEC Summit in Lima. Japan and Peru used their discussion to repair relations d [...]	2008-12-04 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV JA
08TOKYO3318	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3319	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Friday morning included an informal decision by the Japan Patent Office to recognize commercial footage and phrases as trademarks. 2. "Calls for Change Mounting in Iran in View of Obama Victory" A correspondent for the top-circulation, centrist Yomiuri wrote f [...]	2008-12-05 01:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3322	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G20 NATIONS ON REJECTING [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered demarche points (ref) December 1 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) G8 and Economic Policy Division Deputy Director Wataru Otsuka on the need to open trade and investment and to reduce protectionism in moving forward to a stable global financial system. 2. (C) Japa [...]	2008-12-05 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO JA
08TOKYO3323	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3325	Demarche on Implementation of Amended Lacey Act [...] (U) Environmental Officer, Senior Animal and Plant Health Officer, and Agricultural Scientist met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Second North America Division Deputy Director Tsuyoshi Uchida, Global Environment Division's Toshihisa Kato, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [...]	2008-12-05 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAGR BTIO PREL JA
08TOKYO3326	JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS ON CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Nomura Holdings Chairman Junichi Ujiie and Mitsui Chairman Nobuo Ohashi told Ambassador December 1 during a farewell lunch that despite what was wrung out of the Japanese economy following the collapse of the bubble economy and despite what they see as the basic health of Japan' [...]	2008-12-05 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO3327	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3328	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories in Monday morning papers included the results of weekend polls that showed falling support for Prime Minister Aso. 2. "Progress Needed for Agreement Next Year" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/7): "...If nations use the current economic turmoil as an excuse to s [...]	2008-12-08 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO333	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3330	STAFFDEL FARRELL--VISIT TO JAPAN 10-13 DECEMBER [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes Ms. Alycia Farrell and LTC Michelle Greene for their December 10-13, 2008, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Embassy POC for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile pho [...]	2008-12-08 07:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL OREP AFIN JA
08TOKYO3333	ASO AND MEDVEDEV DISCUSS NORTHERN TERRITORIES [...] (C) Summary. Japan PM Aso expressed concern with the pace of working-level discussions on the Northern Territories during talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the margins of the November 22-23 APEC Summit in Lima, Peru. Medvedev said a solution would require strong political will by [...]	2008-12-08 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA RS KN
08TOKYO3334	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3335	KOMEITO STILL STANDING BY ASO AND LDP [...] (C) Summary: The Komeito is sticking with its ruling coalition partner even as voices from within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are increasingly critical of Prime Minister Aso's leadership and calling for his ouster, senior Komeito politician Yoshio Urushibara told Embassy Tokyo. The rul [...]	2008-12-08 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO3336	SUBJECT: SENATOR INOUYE EXCHANGES VIEWS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) held discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister, the Foreign, Defense, Trade, and Finance Ministers, and several prominent Diet members during his November 30 to December 4 visit to Tokyo. The Senator underscored the importance of close bilateral r [...]	2008-12-08 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA

08TOKYO3338	CODEL BOSWELL'S DECEMBER 13-15 VISIT TO JAPAN: THE [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes CODEL Boswell's December 13-15 visit to Japan to discuss key agriculture-related issues. Your time in Tokyo provides an excellent opportunity to underscore the importance of U.S.-Japan trade in food and food products; to emphasize the vital role U.S. agricultural exp [...]	2008-12-08 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO334	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO DEFENSE [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning include the arrest of a former sumo stable master in connection with the fatal beating of a 17-year-old wrestler last June. 2. "How to Repair Discord within NATO" The top- circulation, moderate-Yomiuri's correspondent reported from Vilnius (2/8): [...]	2008-02-08 02:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3340	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to a set of recommendations by a government panel on decentralization. 2. "How to Carry Six-Party Efforts over into Obama Administration" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/9): "...The ongoing six-party head-of-delegation meeting has unprecedented s [...]	2008-12-09 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3341	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3344	JAPAN'S NEW TOURISM AGENCY: ACTIONS FALLING SHORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's renewed efforts to promote tourism to boost the economy face significant challenges. MLIT's new Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) aims to increase inbound and outbound tourism, but despite revenue gains in the tourism industry in recent years, projections for the final quarte [...]	2008-12-10 00:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV ECON EAIR JA
08TOKYO3345	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3347	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning Japanese national dailies gave top play to Sony's plans for layoffs. 2. "India, Pakistan Remain Calm" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (12/10): "Concerns emerged over a possible rise in tension between India and Pakistan in response to the Mumba [...]	2008-12-10 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3351	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KATHERINE WARD + 5 TO VISIT [...] (U) Embassy grants country clearance for the December 4-20, 2008, visit to Japan of the following DoD civilian/military personnel. Jeffrey M. Avery, 14-19 December Timothy B. Baltz, 7-19 December Troy Mueller, 15-19 December Lee A. Nickel, 14-19 December George G. Vergos, 4-20 December K [...]	2008-12-10 06:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO3357	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3359	JAPANESE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO VISIT KABUL, [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR AF JA
08TOKYO3361	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3362	Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 Business -------- 2. (U) American and Kyushu Companies to Develop Rapid Vehicle Charging Stations Ener1, a New York based energy storage company, announced a deal with Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) to develop rapid [...]	2008-12-11 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3366	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Oslo and the six-party talks in Beijing.' 2. "Chinese Arbitration Facing Crucial Moment" A correspondent for the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Beijing (12/11): "In view of the cont [...]	2008-12-11 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3368	REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS - 812, EUR-J-2/2008 AND EUR-J-4, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 06:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO3370	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3373	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 06:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3374	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a decision on Thursday by the ruling coalition not to specify when to raise the consumption tax in its tax system reform outline for fiscal 2009. 2. "North Korea's Offensive Attitude Should Not Be Allowed" The moderate Yomiuri editorializ [...]	2008-12-12 06:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3377	WHALING: JAPAN RESUMES WHALE MEAT IMPORT FROM ICELAND, [...] (SBU) Japan has officially resumed import of whale meat from Iceland for the first time since 1991. According to GOJ officials and industry insiders, Icelandic fin whale meat has been sold in the Japanese market since early November 2008 at a wholesale price of USD 43 per kilogram. Fin whale [...]	2008-12-12 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA
08TOKYO3379	THE OFFICIAL, PUBLIC IRANIAN LINE IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Sayed Abbas Araghchi continues to take advantage of opportunities to publicly promote Iran's policies, speaking most recently on December 5 at a lecture sponsored by the Sasagawa Peace Foundation. Araghchi provided a brief introduction attempting to ex [...]	2008-12-12 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR JA
08TOKYO3380	IEA BUDGET DEMARCHE: JAPAN SHARES USG POSITION ON [...] (SBU) The GOJ fundamentally shares the USG position on zero nominal growth (ZNG) and the need for scale of contribution reform with regard to the IEA budget, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Economic Security Division official Rumi Onishi said in response to the U.S. points (ref). However, Onishi [...]	2008-12-12 07:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IEA JA
08TOKYO3381	JAPANESE OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON THE WTO MODALITIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior METI and MOFA officials are still looking to conclude the Doha Development Agenda, but Japan remains held back by concerns over opening Japan's agricultural market. The GOJ is watching closely U.S. engagement with China, describing positive outcomes to those discussions [...]	2008-12-12 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EAGR JA
08TOKYO3382	PAKISTAN DONOR'S CONFERENCE: JAPAN SEEKS FURTHER [...] (C) Japan strongly supports Pakistan and recognizes that the country has significant financial needs, MOFA Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Aya Yoshida told Embassy Tokyo December 12. Furthermore, Japan wants to play a leadership role in assistance to both Pakistan and Afghanistan, she [...]	2008-12-12 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA
08TOKYO3383	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 00:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3387	DPJ'S MAEHARA POSITIVE ON ALLIANCE, BUT NEGATIVE [...] (C) Senior DPJ representative and security policy expert Seiji Maehara outlined in a December 10 meeting with Embassy Tokyo his thoughts on the U.S.-Japan alliance, realignment, and the potential impact of a DPJ government on these matters. Maehara affirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan [...]	2008-12-15 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
08TOKYO3388	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3389	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SUMMIT AMONG JAPAN, [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no Monday morning papers because of a press holiday. 2. "Make Tripartite Summit a Regional Stabilizer" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/15): "Holding frequent leaders' meetings to exchange frank opinions is a regular occurrence in Europe. An agreement among the [...]	2008-12-15 02:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3394	CFC FINAL REPORT: JAPAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	APER CFED JA
08TOKYO3395	JAPAN UNDECIDED ON SYRIAN-IAEA COOPERATION [...] (C) Econoff delivered demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Deputy Director Shoichi Nagayoshi and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division action officer for Syria Shingo Ito December 9. In response, Nagayoshi not [...]	2008-12-15 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY JA
08TOKYO3397	WHALING: JAPAN RESUMES WHALE MEAT IMPORT FROM ICELAND, [...] (SBU) Japan has officially resumed import of whale meat from Iceland for the first time since 1991. According to GOJ officials and industry insiders, Icelandic fin whale meat has been sold in the Japanese market since early November 2008 at a wholesale price of USD 43 per kilogram. Fin whale [...]	2008-12-15 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA
08TOKYO34	CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPANESE MINISTRIES READY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary: High level climate players at MOFA, METI, and MOE remain positive on close cooperation with the U.S. in the Major Economies Process (MEP) and initiatives to address climate change. Those who attended the Bali meetings expressed exhaustion and concern over future challenges, with [...]	2008-01-07 07:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG SENV JA
08TOKYO3401	POLITICAL STALEMATE DELAYING JAPAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Japan's response to the global economic slowdown has been short on immediate policy measures to stimulate economic growth and demand, and devoid of long-term measures to boost potential economic growth. The Japanese Government's August 29 economic policy package (headline figure [...]	2008-12-15 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO3402	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/08-2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3403	AMBASSADOR FOLLOWS UP ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Japan recognizes the importance of Pakistan to the war on terror and is committed to remain a top donor, VFM Yabunaka assured the Ambassador on December 15. At the same time, he said, Japan is "perplexed" by the immediacy of a planned donors conference in January and unclear on t [...]	2008-12-15 09:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA
08TOKYO3404	UN HARMONIZATION DEMARCHE: JAPAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered reftel demarche to Yuichi Nakai, Deputy Director of MOFA's UN Policy and Planning Division. Political Officer urged Japan to support the U.S. proposal for harmonized conditions of service and streamlined contractual arrangements at the United Nations. Nakai replie [...]	2008-12-15 09:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO3405	JAPAN'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS: IN THE EARLY STAGES [...] (C) Summary: Possible Japanese participation in international efforts to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa has received extensive media, government, and political attention in Japan in recent weeks. Current Japanese legislation allows the Prime Minister to dispatch the Japanese Maritime Sel [...]	2008-12-15 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER ELTN JA
08TOKYO3408	PRIME MINISTER ASO ANNOUNCES $256 BILLION ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso announced at a December 12 press conference the outline of a new 23 trillion ($256 billion, or 4.5% of GDP) economic policy package, the third of its kind in about 100 days (reftel) . Excluding some 6 trillion ($67 billion) of overlapping measures, the overall [...]	2008-12-16 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO3409	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3411	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO, COP14, AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the start on Monday of the Japanese Air Self- Defense Force's withdrawal from Kuwait following the completion of its five-year airlift operation in Iraq. 2. "Fear about Possible Rise in Protectionism" The conservative Sankei's editorial [...]	2008-12-16 01:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3416	JAPAN-CHINA-KOREA TRILATERAL SUMMIT FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso hosted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak at a one-day summit in Dazaifu, Fukuoka on December 13. The three leaders issued joint statements that focused on "future-oriented comprehensive cooperation" in economic, political, [...]	2008-12-16 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PARM CH KS KN JA
08TOKYO3417	BOJ BUSINESS SENTIMENT INDEX RECORDS STEEPEST FALL [...] (C) Summary: The Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment, a closely watched business cycle indicator and a principal input in the central bank's monetary policy deliberations, revealed a drastic across-the-board deterioration in business sentiment among large, medium si [...]	2008-12-16 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO3419	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08 [...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...]	2008-12-16 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO342	JAPAN MAKES ECONOMIC OVERTURES TO CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Despite growing cooperation on energy and the environment, Japanese officials in MOFA and METI report an overall lack of progress on advancing economic relations with China. To date, China has rejected Japan's request for an agreement on food safety -- a particularly hot topic [...]	2008-02-08 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO3420	CODEL BOSWELL: DIET MEMBERS POINT FINGER AT U.S. [...] (SBU) During a December 13 roundtable discussion, Japanese Diet members suggested to Codel Boswell that it is the USG that is responsible for a lack of progress to lift Japan's partial ban on imports of U.S. beef and beef products. Yoshio Yatsu, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) [...]	2008-12-16 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3422	AMBASSADOR THANKS FOREIGN MINISTER FOR WORKING ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 23:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO3423	AMBASSADOR THANKS FOREIGN MINISTER FOR WORKING ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 23:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO3424	CODEL BOSWELL: DIET MEMBERS' VIEWS ON WTO [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Diet members expressed no disappointment regarding the lack of progress in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in their roundtable discussion with Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA),Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, and his delegatio [...]	2008-12-16 23:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO3427	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO343	JAPAN INFORMED OF UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Deputy Director Yoshihiro Nakayama on February 7 thanked Embassy Tokyo for the U.S. comments on Singapore,s draft review of the ARF paper, the accompanying cover letter from A/S Hill, and the nonpaper on the U.S. draft ARF Counterterrorism and Transnational Cr [...]	2008-02-08 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF PTER JA
08TOKYO3430	JAPAN'S FY2009 TAX REFORM PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. Japan's ruling coalition parties announced December 12 a package of tax reform proposals featuring a series of tax cuts for households and businesses. Their proposals called for exempting in-substance dividends paid by overseas subsidiaries to their Japan headquarters, lowering [...]	2008-12-17 03:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON JA
08TOKYO3431	Japanese Leaders' Statements on WTO Ministerial [...] The Japanese media covered statements by Japanese leaders made December 15 concerning the recent decision by WTO Director General Pascal Lamy to postpone a ministerial level meeting in Geneva many had suspected would take place this week. Minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Nikai [...]	2008-12-17 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO3432	3-4 DECEMBER NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: During the third meeting of the G8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group (NSSG) held in Tokyo December 3-4, NSSG members reviewed the status of ongoing projects, discussed the future of initiatives proposed during Japan's 2008 G8 presidency, and reviewed a draft plan of work for t [...]	2008-12-17 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO3435	DPJ SECURITY POLICY STILL MUDDLED, AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The possible shift from an LDP-led administration to one led by the DPJ has potentially serious implications for Japan's security policy, as well as for the future direction of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The leading opposition party has opposed the war in Iraq and used its majorit [...]	2008-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3436	GOJ RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Defense Bureau of Finance and Equipment, Equipment Policy Division Deputy Director Takeshi Kawamura confirmed the details of the order of 20 Model QA-700 accelerometers (Honeywell Part No. 979-0704-001 IAI Part No. 1321.1080.00.00). The DOD ordered 10 Azimoth Indicators unde [...]	2008-12-17 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC JA
08TOKYO3437	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO, WAR ON TERROR, [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning dailies front- paged a GOJ panel decision to stipulate in the GOJ's mid-term tax reform program a phased increase in the consumption tax starting in fiscal 2011. 2. "Failure No Longer Acceptable" On the WTO failure to convene a ministerial on the Doha Ro [...]	2008-12-17 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3439	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 23:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3441	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3443	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FED'S DECISION TO LOWER [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included OPEC's decision to slash oil production. 2. "Stop Global Deflation" On the Fed's move to lower the key interest rate to near zero, the liberal Asahi editorialized (12/18): "Fed Chairman Bernanke decided on the rate reduction in order to [...]	2008-12-18 05:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3444	DAS HAYWARD'S MEETING WITH TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. Officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) briefed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Mary Alice Hayward December 11 on a dirty bomb/counter terror [...]	2008-12-18 06:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER PREL KGIC MNUC JA
08TOKYO3445	JAPAN AGREES WITH U.S. UN HARMONIZATION PLAN [...] (C) An expert group at MOFA has considered the U.S. proposal for harmonized conditions of service at the UN and agrees with it, MOFA informed Embassy Tokyo on December 17. "We agree to the U.S. proposal and will support it," Hideki Masuo of MOFA's UN Planning and Administration Division told u [...]	2008-12-18 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO3447	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3448	Japan Economic Scope for December 16, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for December 16, 2008 Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (U) METI Unveils Sample Carbon Footprint Labels at Eco Fair The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) publicly unveiled samples of its proposed carbon footpr [...]	2008-12-18 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO345	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3453	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3457	PART 1 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Japanese negotiators reached an ad ref agreement on December 15 for a bilateral International Agreement (IA) committing the Japanese government to provide USD 2.8 billion to construct facilities and infrastructure on Guam to support the relocation of III Marine Expeditio [...]	2008-12-19 05:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3458	PART 2 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3459	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OPEC, CARIBBEAN-LATIN AMERICA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the likelihood that Toyota will post an operating loss in the current business year ending in March for the first time in half a century. 2. "Plunging Prices No Excuse Not to Curb Reliance on Oil" On OPEC's decision to slash oil producti [...]	2008-12-19 05:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO346	KOIZUMI KIDS FACE TOUGH ROAD TO REELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The 82 "Koizumi "Children" who swept into office in the September 2005 postal privatization election, rode the coattails of Prime Minister Koizumi and his promises of reform. Today, they face widespread elimination in the next general election. The majority were elected with mi [...]	2008-02-08 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
08TOKYO3463	JAPAN'S STEPS TO CONCLUDE ENHANCED BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials assert they are making progress to finalize the text of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA),and MLIT officials reiterate their desire to finalize the document. The U.S. and Japan have been working for more than three years to conclude a BASA to enh [...]	2008-12-19 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ELTN JA
08TOKYO3464	JAPANESE OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY'S IRAQ STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese oil exploration firm INPEX's General Manager for the Middle East Tetsuro Tochikawa finds Iraq's oil minister seems committed to a fair and transparent bidding process. Tochikawa told Emboffs several factors, however, including a lack of capacity to negotiate and manage c [...]	2008-12-19 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL IZ IR JA
08TOKYO3465	JAPAN RELEASES UPDATED PANDEMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) released a draft of the GOJ's updated action plan for pandemic influenza November 28. The revised action plan, according to MHLW officials, incorporates recommendations by the ruling coalition's project team in the Diet on pandemic inf [...]	2008-12-19 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
08TOKYO3466	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO347	JAPAN PREPARED TO SUBSCRIBE TO WELLINGTON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese authorities will subscribe to the Wellington Declaration on cluster munitions (CM) if the parties attending the New Zealand meeting agree to treat as relevant four Japanese proposals which Tokyo will present at the April Dublin Diplomatic Conference, Foreign Ministry off [...]	2008-02-08 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO JA
08TOKYO3470	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3472	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO AND CUBA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers front-paged declassified documents from the MOFA archives, one of which showed that then Prime Minister Sato, when he held talks with then Defense Secretary McNamara in Washington in January 1965, asked that the U.S. use its nuclear weapons to attack Chi [...]	2008-12-22 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3477	JAPANESE IRAN EXPERT DETAILS SOCIAL-ECONOMIC WOES [...] (C) Summary: Iran's Economic Policy, in the view of a top Japanese academic expert on the Middle East, has created or at best exacerbated high unemployment and inflation. He cites social changes including an increasing number of retirees, under-employed younger workers, and a stranglehold on [...]	2008-12-22 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ETTC JA PREL
08TOKYO3478	LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: NO FURTHER CONTRIBUTION [...] (S) Japan is a "strong supporter" of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and, during last June's G-8 Ministerial in Kyoto, pledged $1 million for the STL, MOFA 1st Middle East Division Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji told Embassy Tokyo. However, at this point, Japan cannot make a new contribution o [...]	2008-12-22 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN JA
08TOKYO3483	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3484	JAPAN'S SEAMEN'S UNION AND SHIPOWNERS URGE ACTION [...] (SBU) In conjunction with Diet members in the bipartisan Maritime Safety Coalition, the Japan Shipowners' Association (JSA) has lobbied the Japanese government for greater involvement in anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden, a JSA official told Emboffs December 19. The JSA did not forma [...]	2008-12-22 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD PREL JA
08TOKYO3485	JAPAN INTRODUCES PILOT THIRD COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREF PHUM PREL SMIG JA
08TOKYO3492	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO35	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3500	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3502	EMBASSY TOKYO RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Per request in Ref A, Post provides the following information, keyed to the specific questions in reftel. Much of the most recent information results from meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Mexico and Central America Division Cuba Desk Officer Fusae Tsunoda and Ministry of E [...]	2008-12-24 05:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU JA
08TOKYO3503	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items this morning included a Yomiuri piece from Detroit on the struggling U.S. auto industry. 2. "U.S. Asking Europe to Take Coordinated Steps in Afghanistan" On JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen's remarks expressing America's readiness to double its force presence in Afgh [...]	2008-12-24 05:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3507	PART 1 OF 2 -- DEC 18 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials provided Embassy Tokyo generally positive assessments of the second Japan-Australia foreign affairs and defense 2-plus-2 ministerial held December 18 in Tokyo. Discussions on bilateral information sharing and a po [...]	2008-12-28 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON AU JA
08TOKYO3508	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3514	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACK [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the Israeli military's air strike on the Gaza Strip over the weekend. 2. "Israel Should First Exercise Self-Restraint" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/29): "... Although Israel claims that its attack on the Gaza Strip was part of i [...]	2008-12-29 05:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3518	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3520	GOJ AGREES TO LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Experts from the USG and GOJ agreed December 11 to continue their informal dialogue and to look at further steps to protect North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles. Representatives from the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ),Ministry of the Environment (MOE),National Marine Fisheries [...]	2008-12-29 23:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PHSA SENV KSCA JA MX
08TOKYO3521	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3523	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT [...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...]	2008-12-30 02:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3524	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACK [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a decline this year in foreign direct investment in Japan. 2. "Attacks on Gaza to Lead to Chain of Retaliation?" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (12/30): "Will they fall into a chain of retaliation again?... If the military confronta [...]	2008-12-30 04:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3526	CABINET APPROVES SLIGHTLY CONTRACTIONARY REGULAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's Cabinet approved the central government's draft regular FY2009 budget December 24, clearing the way for its submission to the forthcoming regular session of the Diet that begins January 5 and passage before the end of FY2008 (March 31, 2009). Proposed outlays of 33.5 t [...]	2008-12-30 05:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EAP JA
08TOKYO3527	PART 2 OF 2 -- DEC 18 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN [...] Both defense authorities share the intention to conduct the following joint defense activities. (a) High Level Exchange i. Hold annual bilateral Defense Ministerial meeting. ii. Hold regular visits between the Vice-Minister of Defense of the MOD and the Secretary of the ADOD; between t [...]	2008-12-30 05:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON AU JA
08TOKYO3532	CONSULTATIONS WITH JAPAN ON IMPLEMENTING THE OSLO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ensuring that activities of U.S. forces in Japan will not be hindered or restrained following Diet ratification of the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM),MOFA Deputy Director General Nakajima told Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard during [...]	2008-12-30 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM PINR ETTC NATO JA
08TOKYO3534	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3535	JAPAN ANTI-PIRACY UPDATE: LEGAL WRANGLING, [...] (C) Piracy issues in the Horn of Africa (HOA) remain a topic of extensive interest in Japan, both in the media and among contacts in the Japanese government. Calls from major publications for Japan to "do something" have grown louder in recent weeks, driven in part by China's December 26 dispa [...]	2008-12-30 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ELTN EWWT JA MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR
08TOKYO3538	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO354	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO3541	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 03:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3542	JAPAN'S LOWER FDI INFLOWS REFLECT GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the first ten months of 2008 declined year-on-year for the first time since 2003, reflecting the impact of global financial market turmoil and following record inflows in 2007. Preliminary Ministry of Finance (MOF) figures show [...]	2008-12-31 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO3543	Japan Economic Scope for December 29, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 17 to 29, 2008 Foreign Relations ----------------- 2. (U) Nippon Oil/Nippon Mining Merger Nippon Oil and Nippon Mining Holdings, Japan's largest and 5th largest oil companies, announced they have reached a basic agreement to [...]	2008-12-31 04:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO3544	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Wednesday morning included the U.S. Treasury Department's announcement on Monday that it will pump $5 billion into GMAC LLC. 2. "It's Time for Dialogue" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/31): "... French President Sarkozy, the current chair of the EU, received [...]	2008-12-31 04:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO358	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no Tuesday morning papers because of a press holiday. Most broadcasters gave top coverage to Monday's arrest of an Okinawa-based Marine on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old local girl. 2. "New Source of Contention with West" The liberal Mainichi's Wash [...]	2008-02-12 03:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO360	CODEL TAUSCHER MEETS WITH JAPAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: United States-Japan relations remain the "cornerstone" of Tokyo's foreign policy, not just for Japan's security, but for East Asia and the broader region as a whole, Japan DFM Yabunaka told visiting CODEL Tauscher on January 10. The DFM described Japan-PRC ties as improved from p [...]	2008-02-12 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL JA CH
08TOKYO363	MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DG TAKAMIZAWA ON FORCE [...] (C) Summary: MOD Defense Policy Bureau Director General Takamizawa reviewed the status of realignment with CDA Donovan during a lunch meeting on February 8. Takamizawa said that he was optimistic that the Japanese government would manage to avoid significant delays in the Futenma Relocation F [...]	2008-02-12 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO365	JAPAN UNABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH ASSISTANCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Other than public statements in support of the Lebanese government, Japan is unable or unwilling to take further steps at this time to support Lebanon. Funds are not available for the Special Tribunal, Lebanon does not qualify for Japanese official development assistance (ODA),t [...]	2008-02-12 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY JA
08TOKYO366	JAPAN PROTESTS INCURSION BY RUSSIAN BOMBER [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura delivered a "severe protest" to Russian authorities over the February 9 incursion by a Russian Tu-95 strategic "Bear" bomber into Japanese airspace, Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Tokyo officials provided Moscow with coordinates [...]	2008-02-12 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO367	VICE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH CDA AND USFJ [...] (C) Summary: On February 12 CDA Donovan and U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) Deputy Commander MajGen Flock were met by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka to receive a protest regarding an alleged sexual assault by a Marine in Okinawa. Acting on instructions, Yabunaka ca [...]	2008-02-12 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO371	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO376	NEWLY ARRIVED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON [...] (U) In a February 11 paid advertisement in the International Herald Tribune on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, newly arrived Iranian Ambassador Abbas Araghchi (not yet officially accredited) seeks to spread his country's official positions on withstanding foreig [...]	2008-02-13 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR JA
08TOKYO382	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL AND MARC CZAJA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 19-22, 2008 visit to Japan by John Hill and Marc Czaja. 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 M [...]	2008-02-13 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO385	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO386	JAPAN WILL NEED TIME TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will need time to review the text of Kosovo's declaration of independence before it can recognize Kosovo, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM February 13 in response to reftel demarche. To [...]	2008-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JA
08TOKYO387	JAPAN WELCOMES DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Japan welcomes the newly elected democratic government in Thailand and will work closely with the new government to strengthen bilateral ties, MOFA Principal Deputy Director told Embassy Tokyo on February 8. The return to power of a democratic government is a welcome change, but it is to [...]	2008-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TH JA
08TOKYO388	AMBASSADOR AND USFJ COMMANDER VISIT OKINAWA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 13 visit to Okinawa, the Ambassador told Okinawa Governor Nakaima that he and USFJ Commander Lt. Gen. Wright had come personally to show the people of Okinawa how seriously the United States takes the Feb. 10 alleged sexual assault/rape incident. He assured Naka [...]	2008-02-13 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
08TOKYO389	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS ALLEGED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the USFJ Commander, met with Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on February 13 to express regret over the alleged February 10 sexual assault of a Japanese school girl by a Marine in Okinawa. The Ambassador said that the U.S. government and U.S. Force [...]	2008-02-13 12:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
08TOKYO39	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO390	LDP PROTESTS OKINAWA ASSAULT CASE [...] (C) On February 12, CDA Donovan met with Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) International Bureau Director General Asahiko Mihara and Principal Deputy Secretary General Motoo Hayashi to receive a protest regarding the February 10 alleged rape by a Marine in Okinawa. The senior LDP officials noted [...]	2008-02-13 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO394	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO395	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EAST TIMOR [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Thursday morning papers front- paged the announcement by the Financial Services Agency that the total losses incurred by Japanese financial institutions from the subprime loan crisis came to about 600 billion yen as of the end of last year. Ambassador Schieffer's separate [...]	2008-02-14 02:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO397	LIBYAN ENVOY RECEIVES HIGH-LEVEL RECEPTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Fukuda and other high-ranking Japanese officials recently received a Special Envoy from Libyan Leader Muammar Qahdafi, who was sent to seek Tokyo's support for Qahdafi's "African Union Government" plan. The proposal calls for a single government for all of Africa a [...]	2008-02-14 05:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA LY JA
08TOKYO398	MTCR: SYRIAN FIRM'S INTEREST IN ACQUIRING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 06:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM PREL JA
08TOKYO400	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO402	METI OFFICIAL LABELS VM'S REMARKS "INAPPROPRIATE" [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Kitabata's controversial January 24 remarks dismissing the role of shareholders and independent directors in corporate governance (Ref) were "unacceptable" and "inappropriate", according to the METI official who drafted [...]	2008-02-14 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO403	DPJ AND SDP DELIVER MARINE SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, DCM Donovan met separately with representatives from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to receive protests regarding the alleged February 10 sexual assault on a junior high girl by a Marine in Okinawa. Both groups [...]	2008-02-14 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO407	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN JAPAN: FEBRUARY 6 ROUNDTABLE WITH THE [...] Summary: The Japanese Diet may soon consider criminalizing the simple possession of child pornography, U.S. delegates to the G8 Lyon-Roma meeting in Tokyo learned during a meeting with six Diet members arranged by Embassy Tokyo. Although most of the Diet participants in the meeting support re [...]	2008-02-14 17:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA
08TOKYO408	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN -- OBSTACLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ maintains its policy of boosting foreign direct investment and the sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2007 show foreign investors are not "fleeing Japan". Recent high-profile debates over particular investment cases, public warnings by a cabinet member that Japan's investment c [...]	2008-02-14 17:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO409	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO413	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO416	CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPAN REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: U.S. ideas on a future climate framework and our plan for negotiations in 2008 enjoy broad support within the Japanese government, GOJ officials told U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator Harlan Watson the week of February 11-15. Successfully bringing China into an agreement is still seen [...]	2008-02-16 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
08TOKYO423	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO425	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VICTORIA SEGAL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2008, visit to Japan by Interpreter Victoria Segal. 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)3224-685 [...]	2008-02-19 05:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO426	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S HILL AND PARTY TO JAPAN [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 20-21, 2008, visit to Japan by EAP A/S Christopher Hill, S/A Christopher Klein, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, and NSC Director for Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scot [...]	2008-02-19 05:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO427	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KOSOVO DECLARATION OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included an agreement between the ruling and opposition camps on procedures concerning Diet approval of nominees for key portfolios, such as Bank of Japan governor and Fair Trade Commission Chairman. 2. "How to Avoid Confusion on the Balkan Penin [...]	2008-02-19 06:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO429	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO43	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MIDDLE EAST PEACE & EU [...] "Put an End to 60-year Conflict" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/8): "President Bush is to visit Israel and the West Bank for the first time, with just one year remaining in his term.... Many are pessimistic about how much he can accomplish on Middle East peace in a year. Bush's efforts to [...]	2008-01-08 04:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO433	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO434	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with updates on the search for two fishermen who went missing after their boat was hit by an MSDF vessel early Tuesday morning. 2. "Rough Road Ahead for New Pakistani Government" The liberal Asahi's chief Asia news writer contended (2/20): "T [...]	2008-02-20 02:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO441	Country Clearance for Steven Tepp, U.S. Copyright [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Steven Tepp, Policy Planning Advisor, U.S. Copyright Office for February 26 through March 1, 2008. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for this visit is Economic Officer Scott A. Smith. He can be reached at any time through the embassy switch [...]	2008-02-20 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR OTRA JA
08TOKYO444	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO447	JAPAN ALLOCATES FUNDS FOR PKO TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. As part of its strategy of becoming a "peacebuilding nation," for the first time Japan will disperse USD 17 million to peacekeeping training centers in Africa. Japan will also examine bolstering this monetary assistance with the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces trainers. [...]	2008-02-20 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO449	IRANIAN VISITORS TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Javad Larijani, visited Japan February 11-18, 2008. He met with a number of officials, including the Foreign and Justice ministers. Although the purpose of his visit ostensibly was to discuss human rights issues and a po [...]	2008-02-20 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNPP UNSC IR IZ AF JA
08TOKYO450	FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKS DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura may propose increased dialogue with the United States on regional economic architecture during his February 27 meeting with Secretary Rice. Some in the Foreign Ministry appear concerned Japan is being excluded from U.S. initiatives such as the [...]	2008-02-20 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PREL PGOV APECO JA
08TOKYO454	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO458	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND CUBA [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with the continuing investigation into Tuesday's collision between an MSDF vessel and a fishing boat. 2. "Election Results Deal Blow to Musharraf" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/21): "...Whatever administration is established in [...]	2008-02-21 04:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO462	INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY JA
08TOKYO465	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO467	MLIT POLICIES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The recent public squabble over a draft bill that would limit the size of foreign shareholding and thus prevent foreign control of Japanese airport operators seems less about limiting foreign direct investment (FDI) and more about reducing the Transportation Ministry,s (MLIT) st [...]	2008-02-21 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO469	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO471	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning papers included the continuing investigation into Tuesday's collision between an MSDF vessel and a fishing boat. 2. "Path to Stability Should Be Created Quickly" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/22): "Though it was far from perfect, a fair el [...]	2008-02-22 04:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO473	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO474	MGKV01: JAPANESE SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD RECOGNITION [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 21 with MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Shinichi Nishimiya, and, per reftel, pressed him on Japan's position regarding recognition of Kosovo, stressing the great importance of this issue [...]	2008-02-22 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZL JA
08TOKYO475	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is very much looking forward to the Secretary's visit to Asia the week of February 25 and is SIPDIS anticipating fruitful discussions on strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Nishimiya told EAP Assistant Secretary Christop [...]	2008-02-22 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID XA XE CH AS KS KN IN JA
08TOKYO476	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (S) Begin Text. Madam Secretary, You arrive in Japan at a sensitive time in our relationship. Less than three weeks ago, a 38-year-old Marine confessed to raping a 14-year-old girl. I flew to Okinawa with the Commander of U.S. Forces Japan to express our own outrage and sympathy for th [...]	2008-02-22 11:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	OVIP PREL ECON JA
08TOKYO483	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO487	JAPAN SUPPORTS CHINA, INDIA IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) The GOJ "does not anticipate any obstacles" for Japan to support the U.S. proposal to allow China and India to join the International Energy Agency (IEA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Security Division Director Kazuyuki Takeuchi told Emboff February 21. Takeuchi believes th [...]	2008-02-25 03:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG JA IEA OECD CH IN
08TOKYO488	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included China's fivefold increase in exports over the past six years since its accession to the WTO in 2001. 2. "Empty Promise of Democracy Will Not Work" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/24): "Burma's military government has announced that it [...]	2008-02-25 04:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO491	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO492	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Tokyo February 25 to begin a four day visit to Japan. Accompanied by a 24-member business delegation, a main priority of the visit will be to bolster bilateral economic ties. In addition to bilateral ties, regional issues such as the [...]	2008-02-25 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD IS JA
08TOKYO493	JAPAN WILL ISSUE STATEMENT ON DEMOCRACY IN CUBA [...] (C) DCM contacted MOFA Director General of North American Affairs Shinichi Nishimiya and Deputy Director General for Latin American Affairs Masahi Mizukami separately February 24. Drawing from reftel points, he urged the government of Japan to publicly express the need for real democracy and [...]	2008-02-25 10:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU JA
08TOKYO495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO496	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DESTRUCTION OF [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers front-paged Prime Minister Fukuda's summit with new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Monday, during which the two affirmed the resumption of reciprocal visits and enhanced trilateral coordination with the U.S. on North Korea. 2. "Des [...]	2008-02-26 04:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO498	PHYSICAL PROTECTION: MOFA SUPPORT FOR US/JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. MOFA official Yasuyoshi Komizo, meeting February 18 with a visiting interagency delegation, conveyed strong support for continuing U.S.-Japan cooperation on the physical protection of nuclear materials. He also noted GOJ willingness to send representatives to the U.S. to partic [...]	2008-02-26 04:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG JA KNNP MNUC
08TOKYO5	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 07:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO505	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 00:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO508	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO509	AIT DIRECTOR YOUNG ENGAGES JAPANESE ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: AIT Director Young discussed the upcoming Taiwan presidential election, Japan's ties with China and Taiwan and cross-Strait relations during February 18 meetings with Japanese interlocutors. Japan and the United States have the ability to influence Taiwan and buttress its confid [...]	2008-02-27 02:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW JA
08TOKYO510	JAPAN: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has yet to seriously begin considering what actions it will take with regard to the Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) presence it has deployed in Kuwait following the expiration of MNF-I's mandate on December 31. It is likely that the basic plan governing this deployment will b [...]	2008-02-27 02:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO513	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the New York Philharmonic's performance in Pyongyang on Tuesday evening. 2. "Reform Should Be Realized through Real Transfer of Power" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/27): "...Fidel Castro appears to intend to remain as first secre [...]	2008-02-27 04:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO514	PRC STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S JAPAN VISIT: TAIWAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Taiwan, improving food safety, the dispute over the East China Sea, North Korea, Burma, and environmental cooperation with his Japanese interlocutors during his February 21-23 visit to Japan. Both Japan and China are seeking to preve [...]	2008-02-27 05:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG CH TW JA
08TOKYO515	SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI TO BURMA ON MARCH 6 [...] (C) UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari, in Tokyo for consultations with Japanese officials, telephoned Deputy Chief of Mission February 27 to thank Embassy for conveying to him the previous evening ref points regarding the Treasury Department's designation under U.S. sanctions law of [...]	2008-02-27 05:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA
08TOKYO516	JAPAN MULTI-PARTY DIET DELEGATION FINDS IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. A Japanese multi-party Diet delegation that visited the ROK on February 11 discovered that Tokyo-Seoul relations continue to improve and that ROK President Lee Myung-bak appears ready to develop bilateral ties in a "future-oriented manner," a leading Diet official told Embassy To [...]	2008-02-27 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO517	JAPAN TO MONITOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Japanese observers will monitor the March 2 Russian presidential election at the invitation of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC),Japanese Foreign Ministry and Russian Embassy diplomats informed Embassy Tokyo on February 27. The three-member delegation, consisting of officials [...]	2008-02-27 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA RU
08TOKYO518	JAPAN VIEWS AT WELLINGTON CONFERENCE ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 05:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL JA MOPS PARM NATO
08TOKYO519	JAPAN'S OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC [...] (SBU) In follow up with GOJ contacts as requested in ref, post has confirmed the following members of Japan's official delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008): Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) -------------------------------------- [...]	2008-02-27 06:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY EPET SOCI JA
08TOKYO520	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO522	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO525	JAPAN RELENTING ON CAP-AND-TRADE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has confirmed recent press reports that it formed a task force to prepare recommendations for a possible cap-and-trade system in Japan. The influential Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) came out in support of the stu [...]	2008-02-28 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV KGHG JA
08TOKYO527	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to the admission by Vice Defense Minister Masuda that top MSDF Staff Council officials questioned the chief navigator of the destroyer involved in last week's fatal collision with a trawler without prior approval from the Japan Coast Gua [...]	2008-02-28 06:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO529	UPDATE ON SITUATION IN BURMA PROVIDED TO UN [...] (C) Following up on UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's request (ref) for an update on the situation in Burma, Embassy Tokyo February 28 provided to him the following non-paper, which was prepared for him by Embassy Rangoon. Gambari was very grateful to receive the information, but [...]	2008-02-28 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA
08TOKYO538	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO54	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO542	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Tokyo Shimbun report from Beijing on China's alleged proposal regarding North Korea's nuclear declaration. 2. "Risk of U.S. Economic Slowdown Increasing" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/29): "The risk is growing for the U. [...]	2008-02-29 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO543	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO544	JAPAN PLANS NO ACTION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE [...] (C) The consortium led by Japan's Idemitsu Corporation to develop oil fields with PetroVietnam in the South China Sea has decided for business reasons to suspend work there, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Rep [...]	2008-02-29 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PBTS ECON PREL JA CH VN
08TOKYO546	SAPPORO REJECTS STEEL PARTNERS TAKEOVER BID [...] (U) Sapporo Holdings, Ltd.'s board of directors February 26 announced it had rejected U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners' $1.4 billion tender offer to acquire 66.6 percent of the company's shares. The board's announcement did not signal whether the company intended to implement formal [...]	2008-02-29 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO547	PM FUKUDA AND PRESIDENT LEE MARK "NEW ERA" IN [...] (C) Summary. Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and ROK President Lee Myung-bak marked a "new era" in bilateral relations and agreed to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" during a February 25 summit in Seoul. The two sides tentatively agreed that Lee would visit Tokyo April 20-21. The two leaders of [...]	2008-02-29 09:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO548	DECISION TIME IN DIVIDED DIET OVER BUDGET, BANK OF [...] (C) Summary. The final outcome of intense Diet debate over the budget, budget-related bills, and the appointment of a new Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor remains murky as key deadlines approach. Six weeks into the Diet session, the opposition DPJ has managed to block progress on deliberations, [...]	2008-03-01 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN MARR JA
08TOKYO550	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO551	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VISIT OF IRANIAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning include a nationwide telephone poll that put support for the Fukuda cabinet at 33 percent and nonsupport at 51 percent. 2. "Iranian President Visits Iraq as Message to U.S." The conservative Sankei ran a Cairo-datelined report that stated (3/3): [...]	2008-03-03 02:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO558	MISSION JAPAN INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY REPORT [...] (U) The following, keyed to the specific queries contained in ref, is in response to the Department's request for input in preparing the report to Congress mandated in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. It should be noted throughout, that while the Embassy's Economic Section, p [...]	2008-03-03 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG APER ABUD JA SENV
08TOKYO559	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO56	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO561	PM FUKUDA AS LEADER: AVOIDING RISK [...] (C) After five months as Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda has emerged as a cautious, risk-adverse, yet shrewd leader. Fukuda has played a weak hand fairly well and marginalized his opposition party opponent, Ichiro Ozawa. Unfortunately for Fukuda, his low-profile, rejection of Koizumi-style strong [...]	2008-03-03 09:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO565	JAPAN,S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...]	2008-03-03 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
08TOKYO566	JAPAN'S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...]	2008-03-03 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA

08TOKYO567	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO568	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a nationwide telephone poll that put support for the Fukuda cabinet at 32 percent and nonsupport at 50 percent. 2. "Putin Laughs in Triumph Again" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (3/4): "...Under a dual leadership structure with Presi [...]	2008-03-04 03:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO569	JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID [...] (C) Japanese recognition of Kosovo is likely "a matter of weeks, not months," Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Central and South Eastern European Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto told Emboffs February 28. Japan currently has a diplomatic mission in Kosovo to determine whether the c [...]	2008-03-04 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EINV JA PREL XG
08TOKYO57	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a report speculating that the government- sponsored new antiterrorism bill will be enacted by this weekend. 2. "President Bush to Visit Middle East Today" The conservative Sankei's report from Cairo stated (1/9): "President Bush will [...]	2008-01-09 04:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO570	NEW CONSERVATIVE GROUP FOCUSING ON PATRIOTISM, [...] (C) The "True Conservative Policy Study Group" was launched late last year by conservative standard bearer Shoichi Nakagawa. With close to 80 members in the Lower and Upper Houses, the group enjoys the support of conservative heavyweights Taro Aso, Takeo Hiranuma and former Prime Minister Shi [...]	2008-03-04 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO571	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO572	PM FUKUDA STOPS MOVE TO LIMIT FDI FOR AIRPORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has decided to strip out the proposed restrictions on foreign investment from the Transportation Ministry's (MLIT) draft Airport Development Bill, MOFA Economic Affairs Bureau DG Yoichi Otabe told EMIN February 28. Otabe took credit for bringing USG concern about th [...]	2008-03-04 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO574	JAPAN AGREES WITH USG POSITION ON TAIWAN OECD [...] (C) Japan agrees with the U.S. position that the OECD should continue to adhere to the guidelines for Taiwan's participation in the OECD as laid out in the 1995 letter to the Chinese from then-OECD Secretary General Paye, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) OECD Office Deputy Dir [...]	2008-03-04 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON JA CM TW OECD
08TOKYO575	REACTION TO RANCID BUTTER ATTACK ON JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese media reported widely on the attacks by the U.S. NGO Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Japan's whaling fleet in waters near Antarctica on March 3. The GOJ strongly condemned the attacks and called in the Dutch and Australian Ambassadors to protest, according to press [...]	2008-03-04 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS IWC KSCA JA
08TOKYO576	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO579	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UN SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning include Toyota's intention to invest 10 billion yen in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' plan to develop a small passenger aircraft model. 2. "U.S. Compromises to Apply Pressure on Iran" The liberal Asahi's report from New York said (3/5): "The UN [...]	2008-03-05 03:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO584	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO585	PIRQY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JA
08TOKYO586	INPEX OFFICIAL DISCUSSES AZADEGAN, CHINA SOVEREIGN [...] (C) Press reports regarding Iran's pumping 20,000 barrels per day from the Japanese-invested Azadegan oil fields are misleading, Inpex Investor Relations Group Manager Hiroshi Ikeda told Econoff February 28. Iran is using seven very old wells that have not been well maintained, Ikeda said, and [...]	2008-03-05 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG JA PREL RU
08TOKYO587	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL [...] On February 5, reftel was delivered to MOFA's Nonproliferation Science and Nuclear Energy Division Disarmament officer, Mr. Shinichi Sato. After extensive intergovernmental coordination, Mr. Sato sent the following letter to Embassy Tokyo on February 27, 2008. 2. BEGIN LETTER FROM MOFA: [...]	2008-03-05 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM JA KNNP MNUC
08TOKYO592	CHINA POLICY-MAKING IN THE FUKUDA CABINET [...] (C) Under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, senior politicians and opinion-makers seeking to play a leading role in Japan-China relations have complicated the policy coordination process. Adding to policy-making difficulties has been the lack of strong leadership and decisiveness on the part of th [...]	2008-03-06 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH JA
08TOKYO593	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA'S MILITARY [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page play to Sen. Hillary Clinton's victories in three of the four Democratic primaries on Tuesday. 2. "Concern about Chinese Military Buildup" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (3/6): "A sharp increase in military spe [...]	2008-03-06 05:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO597	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO603	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL FARKAS (MAR 22-25, [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 22-25, 2008 visit to Japan by Staffdel Farkas. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Christopher Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 Mobile [...]	2008-03-07 01:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO606	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA'S MILITARY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a GOJ plan to propose to the Diet the elevation of a Bank of Japan (BOJ) deputy governor to the top BOJ post. 2. "China Building up Military Power" The conservative Sankei's editorial said (3/7): "The Department of Defense said in its re [...]	2008-03-07 05:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO609	CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) February 29 and followed-up with MOFA Human Rights Division Principal Deputy Director Takako Ito March 7. Ito said since the Maldives has held only one informal meeting on its proposal and climate change could have an imp [...]	2008-03-07 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KGHG UNHRC JA
08TOKYO610	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO611	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...]	2008-03-07 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA
08TOKYO612	ACCJ ADVISES TARGETED APPROACH ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) President Allen Smith urged the Embassy and the USG to move carefully in lobbying Japan on investment issues at this politically sensitive time. "Rather than a strategy of 'gaiatsu', this was the time for 'shiatsu'", he advised. U.S. [...]	2008-03-07 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO614	JAPAN COMMUNIST PARTY PARADOX: MORE INFLUENTIAL AS [...] (C) The Japan Communist Party is in decline. One of the largest non-ruling communist parties in the world, the JCP is faced with an aging membership and shrinking revenue as subscriptions to its newspaper and main revenue source, Akahata Shimbun ("Red Flag Newspaper") drop. Most recently, the [...]	2008-03-07 21:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO616	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO621	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TENSIONS IN SOUTH [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Sen. Obama's victory in the Wyoming caucus. 2. "Source of Tension Remains Despite Reconciliation" The conservative Sankei reported from Los Angeles (3/9): "Diplomatic tensions in South America were eased following Friday's summit between [...]	2008-03-10 03:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO627	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO628	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO629	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KILLING IN EAST [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include the police finding that two senior DPRK spy agency officials close to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appear to have instructed agents in or around 1978 to abduct two Japanese couples who were repatriated in 2003. 2. "Cycle of Retaliati [...]	2008-03-11 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO643	LITTLE CHANGE IN JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS UNDER [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Ministry, Russian Embassy Tokyo, and Japanese academic experts see little chance Russian President-elect Dmitriy Medvedev will make significant changes in Japan-Russia relations. Outgoing President Vladimir Putin's expected central role in conducting international affairs [...]	2008-03-11 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO644	METI'S NEW STUDY GROUP ON INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: A new METI study group, composed largely of investment banking or investment funds executives, will examine best practices of the most common types of investment funds and consider whether new GOJ policies are needed to support them in providing risk capital to Japanese companies. [...]	2008-03-11 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO645	JMSDF VICE CHIEF OF STAFF BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NEW [...] (C) In a March 7 call, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Kato briefed the Ambassador on the recent incident involving a JMSDF officer who disappeared on February 23 after being questioned for having AEGIS information on his personal computer. Kato [...]	2008-03-11 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
08TOKYO646	DELAYED DIET DELIBERATIONS WILL NOT ADVERSELY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite recent delays in Japanese Diet deliberations, funding for Host Nation Support (HNS) will not be seriously affected. The SMA must be approved by the Diet in order to authorize the disbursement of funds for training relocation, utility reimbursements and labor cost sharing [...]	2008-03-11 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO648	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 23:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO65	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO656	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO663	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ SY JA
08TOKYO664	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon Yoshihisa Kukroda is aware of and plans to attend the March 14 Coalition conference in Beirut, according to MOFA First Middle East Division desk officer Hitoshi Ishizuka. SCHIEFFER [...]	2008-03-12 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE JA
08TOKYO665	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO666	JAPAN AND CAMBODIA HOLD MINISTERIAL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a first-ever meeting between the Japanese and Cambodian Ministers of Defense, Japanese Minister Ishiba told Cambodian Minister Tea Banh on March 5 that Japan will provide disaster relief support to Cambodia and allow Cambodian students to study at Japan's defense academy. [...]	2008-03-12 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CB JA
08TOKYO667	STALEMATE ON BANK OF JAPAN GOVERNOR? [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) voted down the GOJ nominations of Toshiro Muto for Governor of the Bank of Japan, and Takatoshi Ito as Deputy Governor in the Upper House of the Diet on March 12, while approving the nomination of Masaaki Shirakawa for the other Depu [...]	2008-03-12 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JA MARR PGOV
08TOKYO669	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO67	PARTIES VIE FOR LABOR SUPPORT [...] (U) Political turnout was impressive at the Japanese Trade Union Confederation's (JTUC-Rengo) annual new year's party January 7. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa both attended and addressed hundreds of guests, as did Minister of He [...]	2008-01-09 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV JA
08TOKYO674	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL ELECTION IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Yomiuri led with plans by the Environment Ministry to release its research projection that it is possible to curb the emission of global warming gases by 10 billion tons worldwide by 2020. 2. "Anti-President Mood Mounting" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's Tehran [...]	2008-03-13 04:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO675	GOJ PROVIDES RESPONSE TO MTCR: SYRIAN FIRM'S [...] (SE) METI Export Controls Policy Director Tatsuo Sato and Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa called us in on March 12 to provide a non-paper in connection with the Sokia case we discussed on February 13. Sato told us the ministry had contacted Sokia, but the matter was delicate because Japan d [...]	2008-03-13 05:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM PREL JA
08TOKYO677	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO679	INVITATION TO PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEAK AT 2008 [...] This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. Former Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi asked the Ambassador to pass a letter to President Bush inviting him to be a keynote speaker at the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum October 5 to 7, 2008. The Ambassador agreed to c [...]	2008-03-13 08:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL PREL JA
08TOKYO68	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO680	JAPAN WILL NOT ISSUE STATEMENT ON IRANIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Japan has no plans to issue any statements concerning the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Although Tokyo may share our concerns about the conduct and outcome of the elections, Matano told Emb [...]	2008-03-13 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL IR JA
08TOKYO681	JAPAN SUPPORTS NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Japan fully supports the appointment of Norwegian Political Director Kai Eide to be UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative for Afghanistan, and will take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself to make that support known, according to MOFA Second Middle East Di [...]	2008-03-13 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC AF JA
08TOKYO682	IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Tokyo Ghanim Al-Jumaily is concerned positive developments achieved in Iraq as a result of the surge may be wasted if progress is allowed to languish during the period before and after the U.S. presidential elections. He believes the Iraqi government is "o [...]	2008-03-13 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ JA
08TOKYO683	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO684	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND GLOBAL [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers led with the yen's rapid appreciation against the dollar to the highest level in 12 years. 2. "Constant Vigilance Needed against Chinese Strategy" The conservative Sankei editorialized (3/14): "It was revealed during congressional testimony by PACOM [...]	2008-03-14 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO689	GOJ RESPONSE ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] (SBU) Summary: Post was unable to determine definitively that the end user for the parts in the reftel is the Ministry of Defense (MOD) because the end user has no inventory. Trading company officials told us they stock parts for future contracts to aviod fines on late delivery. Company exe [...]	2008-03-14 04:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC JA KOMC
08TOKYO692	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO693	TAIWAN CONTINGENCY: NO "AUTOMATIC" JAPANESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura and other senior officials underscored publicly on March 13 that a Taiwan Strait contingency will not "automatically" invoke the Japanese legislation governing rear area support for U.S. forces. These senior-level comments -- the most unequivocal to date [...]	2008-03-14 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR CH JA
08TOKYO694	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSS BANNING [...] (C) Summary: Child pornography is a rapidly growing and serious problem, the Ambassador told the Japanese Minister of Justice Kunio Hatoyama on March 11. Japan could have a dramatic impact on the child pornography market by criminalizing simple possession. Hatoyama agreed, saying that the su [...]	2008-03-14 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA
08TOKYO697	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO7	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 04:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO70	JAPAN UNDECIDED ON U.N. SENIOR CIVILIAN FOR [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met January 8 with MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Afghanistan desk officer Shizuka Morita to share reftel Terms of Reference and to advise of our strong support for the UK's Lord Paddy Ashdown to fill the posit [...]	2008-01-10 02:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AF JA
08TOKYO701	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Monday morning included the spreading violence in the Chinese provinces neighboring Tibet following the Chinese government's crackdown on Tibetan protesters on Sunday in Lhasa. 2. "Instability Growing Around the World" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (3/17) [...]	2008-03-17 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO707	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO71	JAPANESE VIEWS OF SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Japan shares the concerns and views of the United States, as expressed ref A, and agrees that efforts must be made to keep Pakistan on the path to democracy, according to Principal Deputy Director Masaki Ishikawa of MOFA's Southwest Asia Division. Ishikawa told Embassy Tokyo Political Offic [...]	2008-01-10 02:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PK JA
08TOKYO711	NO NEW GOJ MEDIUM- OR LONG-TERM LOAN GUARANTEES [...] (C) Summary. Japan has not issued any new medium- or long-term loan guarantees for trade with Iraq for the last two years, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Nippon Export and Invstment Insurance (NEXI) officials stated during meetings with econoff March 12 and 13. Any uptick [...]	2008-03-17 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG ETTC JA PREL IR
08TOKYO712	EMBASSY TOKYO CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] (U) Ambassador Schieffer hosted on March 4 Embassy Tokyo's first-ever event in honor of International Women's Day. More than 180 women, including Japanese Diet members, government officials, academics, members of the press and female diplomats from 25 nations, attended the inaugural event. Gu [...]	2008-03-17 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL JA CH RU
08TOKYO713	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO717	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET, U.S. [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers led with the GOJ's failure to nominate a new candidate for BOJ governor by Monday, predicting that the post will be vacant for some time after current chief Fukui steps down tomorrow. 2. "Riots Caused by Failure of China's Ethnic Policy" The top-ci [...]	2008-03-18 02:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO721	NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON IRAQI COUNTERPART [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Recently accredited Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi made one of his first courtesy calls on Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim Al-Jumaily on March 12. Ambassador Jumaily subsequently provided an Embassy Tokyo political officer with a readout of the meeting. Jumaily said [...]	2008-03-18 07:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PINS IR IZ JA
08TOKYO722	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO723	COUNTERTERRORISM TRILATERAL BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Government officials from Australia, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo on February 26 for the Counterterrorism Trilateral Border, Transport, and Maritime Security Sub-Group meeting. The meeting was chaired by Paul Fujimura, Director for Asia-Pacific, Department of Homeland [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS PTER PGOV PREL AS ID MY RP JA
08TOKYO724	JAPAN RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (C) The Japanese Cabinet March 18 recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state, according to MOFA. According to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Principal Deputy Director Yuichi Oba, immediately following the decision, the Serbian Ambassador to Tokyo requested an app [...]	2008-03-18 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZL JA
08TOKYO726	NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 791, 792 AND 790. [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO727	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has faced a variety of natural disasters and other historical challenges to its critical infrastructure and systems. As a result, the country has developed preparations and capacity for responding to known threats, such as earthquakes, and has a record of willingness to [...]	2008-03-18 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ETTC JA PGOV PREL PTER
08TOKYO728	GOJ RESPONSE ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] (C) Summary: Post was unable to determine definitively that the end user for the SH-60 helicopter parts listed in reftel is the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) because MOD has been unable to provide inventory records. Describing it as a general practice, trading company officials told us [...]	2008-03-19 00:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC JA KOMC
08TOKYO730	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO734	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the largest opposition party's decision to reject the GOJ's second nominee for governor of the Bank of Japan. 2. "Hu Government to Be Tested over Tibet Unrest" Business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (3/19): "The government of Hu Jinta [...]	2008-03-19 02:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO736	JAPAN FOLLOWUP ON BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 050044815 [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Ministry of Defense officials on March 19 to determine definitively the end user for the F4 fighter jet wing parts listed in Ref A. Air Defense LtCol. Katsuhiro Nishi explained the Air Defense inventory records are maintained by part number, not by aircraft. Subsequent [...]	2008-03-19 04:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC JA
08TOKYO748	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO750	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO REFERENDUM IN BURMA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM JA
08TOKYO752	TIBET: JAPANESE CALL ON CHINA TO EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: Japan is deeply concerned about the violence in Tibet and has called on the Chinese authorities to respond calmly, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on March 18. Japan raised its concerns with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing called on the Chines [...]	2008-03-19 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO753	MOD EXPRESSES DESIRE TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT FOR BLUE [...] (C) Summary: Over the past year, Post has observed several worrisome developments related to some small Japanese firms dealing in defense trade, pointing either to their negligence or possible malfeasance. On March 19 Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told EconOff they are committ [...]	2008-03-19 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO754	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO757	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the Upper House rejection on Wednesday of the second GOJ nominee for Bank of Japan governor. 2. "U.S. Economic Management Dependent on Rate Cuts" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (3/20): "The U.S. appears to be taking full-sca [...]	2008-03-20 03:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO758	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ROHRABACHER (MARCH [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 25-28, 2008 visit to Japan by CODEL Rohrabacher. 2. (U) Points of contact for the visit: Substantive Control Officer: Raymond Greene Office phone: (81-3)3224-5338 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6801 Mobile phone: (81-80)-122 [...]	2008-03-20 05:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO760	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO761	BANK OF JAPAN -- ACTING GOVERNOR ONLY [...] (C) Despite the appointment of Masaaki Shirakawa as acting governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ),local and international press wasted no time in lambasting Japanese politicians for failing to appoint a new governor by March 19, the end of the previous governor's term. The vacancy is the first [...]	2008-03-20 10:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO762	NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 788, 789 AND - 794. [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 00:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO765	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO776	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POL M/C AUBREY CARLSON [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 25-30, 2008 visit to Japan by Political Minister Counselor Aubrey Carlson. 2. (U) Point of contact for the visit will be Joyce Ogier. She can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5332 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6970 Mo [...]	2008-03-21 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO779	JICA PRESIDENT OGATA MEETS SYRIA'S ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Sadako Ogata met March 12 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. According to MOFA, their discussion focused on economic assistance and did not address political issues. Japan believes it necessary to maintain c [...]	2008-03-21 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID KPAL KWBG IS IZ SY JA
08TOKYO780	JAPAN'S PARTICIPATION AT DAMASCUS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East, Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, is planning to attend the Arab Summit meeting March 29-30 in Damascus as an observer, confirmed MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Per ref B, Embassy Tokyo political officer told Tsuj [...]	2008-03-21 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI AL JA
08TOKYO781	SUPRAPARTISAN LEAGUES PROLIFERATE IN DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The proliferation of suprapartisan parliamentary leagues has been a noteworthy aspect of Japanese politics since the opposition gained control of the Upper House in the July 2007 elections. Some observers see the cross-party groupings as nothing more than a means for overcoming [...]	2008-03-21 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO782	JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT [...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...]	2008-03-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA
08TOKYO783	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO785	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO794	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included an interview with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, during which he expressed interest in the idea of concluding a regional free trade agreement in Northeast Asia. 2. "Improvement Expected in Relations between China and Taiwan" The l [...]	2008-03-24 04:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO8	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning include a plan by the U.S. and Japanese governments to begin as early as this month talks on drawing a roadmap for sharing missile defense intelligence. 2. "Uncertainty in U.S. Causing Anxiety" The moderate- conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1 [...]	2008-01-03 04:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO800	MITSUBISHI REGIONAL JET SET FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) A March 20 Nikkei article announced Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will go forward with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. Also on March 20, a 35-year veteran of the Japanese aviation industry, Masao Suzuki, told EconOff the large ANA and JAL purchases, nearly 100 aircraft c [...]	2008-03-24 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAIR PGOV JA

08TOKYO801	BANK OF JAPAN CUSTODIANS PUT ON BRAVE FACE [...] (U) Working to ensure the smoothest possible operations following the Diet's inability to compromise on a central bank governor before incumbent Governor Fukui's term expired March 19, the Bank of Japan's Policy Board met on March 21 and elected deputy governor Masaaki Shirakawa as Chairman. T [...]	2008-03-24 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO802	SUDANESE ADVISOR NAFIE VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie, the Assistant to the President of Sudan, made an official visit to Japan March 3-9 at the invitation of MOFA. MOFA officials report "frank and direct talks" took place, but said there is a wide variance between Japanese and Sudanese perceptions of the situati [...]	2008-03-24 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU JA
08TOKYO803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO804	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN'S POLICY OF AMBIGUITY [...] (S) Summary. This cable describes Japanese policy on cluster munitions (CM) and summarizes Tokyo's participation in both the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and the Oslo process. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) possess CM, and Japan has no intention of supporting a t [...]	2008-03-24 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO
08TOKYO809	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO818	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2008 OLYMPICS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Japanese dailies on Tuesday gave front-page play to the release of data on land prices by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, which pointed to a slow increase in the value of real estate in the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya areas. The dailies noted that the subpri [...]	2008-03-25 04:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO82	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/10/08 [...] Include all major greenhouse gas emitters to reduce gases emitted from the entire world beyond the timeframe set in the Kyoto Protocol. 2. Make a flexible and diversified framework, giving consideration to each country's circumstances. 3. Give priority to both environmental preservation and [...]	2008-01-10 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO820	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN JAPAN: THE AMBASSADOR,S MARCH [...] Summary: Something must be done to save children who are being abused everyday for child pornography, the Ambassador told Komeito Chief Representative Akihiro Ota on March 19. Questions about possible human rights abuses if simple possession is criminalized are not as important as preventing [...]	2008-03-25 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA
08TOKYO821	INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP TARGETS JAPAN'S DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no change in Japan's policy of promoting foreign direct investment (FDI),according to the Japanese co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),which met March 17 via digital videoconference. The GOJ will continue to showcase Japan as an investment desti [...]	2008-03-25 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO822	JAPAN: TEMPORARY TARIFF BILL PASSES LOWER HOUSE [...] (U) Japan's Lower House passed a bill March 25 extending for one year temporary tariff rates -- including beef and pork tariffs -- that would otherwise expire March 31. Covering 417 tariffs in total, the bill to revise partially the Customs Tariff Law would maintain the current applied 38.5 pe [...]	2008-03-25 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV JA
08TOKYO823	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO826	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO828	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning include the growing likelihood that gas prices will drop in April, as it has now become certain that parliamentary deliberations on the GOJ's omnibus tax bill, which includes an extension of provisional gasoline surcharges for road construction, wil [...]	2008-03-26 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO829	JAPAN: DNSA PRICE PRESSES FOR PROGRESS ON DOHA AND [...] (C) During bilateral talks with senior Japanese officials and politicians March 19 in Tokyo, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price underscored the need for Japan to show more leadership now, particularly on agriculture, t [...]	2008-03-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV WTRO EINV JA
08TOKYO830	CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPAN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. STANCE IN [...] (C) Summary: High-level Japanese officials reiterated strong support for the Major Economies Process and the U.S. approach on climate change in meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor Daniel Price in Tokyo March 19. All agreed on the need for each of the major economies to agree upon [...]	2008-03-26 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG JA
08TOKYO833	JAPAN REGULAR DONOR TO IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL JA
08TOKYO834	WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PREL KWMN JA
08TOKYO835	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO837	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO838	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the decision on Wednesday by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly's budget panel to inject an additional 40 billion yen into ShinGinko Tokyo, the indebted bank established at the initiative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. 2. "Politica [...]	2008-03-27 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO839	LEGISLATORS EXPRESS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 6PT, LEE [...] (C) Summary. LDP elder statesmen Taku Yamasaki and Koichi Kato discussed DPRK policy with A/S Hill during a roundtable at the Tokyo American Center on February 21. In addition to Yamasaki and Kato, the meeting included other leaders of a Diet league on Korean Peninsula issues. The discussion [...]	2008-03-27 02:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KN JA
08TOKYO840	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Section Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Deputy Director-General Masahiro Kohara on March 25. Kohara thanked Meserve for notifying Japan of the error. Econoff delivered [...]	2008-03-27 04:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH JA
08TOKYO841	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...]	2008-03-27 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID JA
08TOKYO846	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO849	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO852	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top play to a set of proposals made on Thursday by Prime Minister Fukuda concerning road-related taxes. 2. "U.S. Anxious about Relations with China over Unrest in Tibet" The business-oriented Nikkei's Washington correspondent wrote (3/28): "The B [...]	2008-03-28 06:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO854	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND PROBLEMS IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front- paged the finding by Japanese police that a personal article belonging to a missing U.S. sailor was discovered in the car of a taxi driver who was stabbed to death in Yokosuka on Wednesday. 2. "Iraq War Altered World Picture" The business- [...]	2008-03-28 06:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO856	OPPOSITION DPJ PARLIAMENTARIAN EDANO ON TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The Fukuda cabinet's response to the situation in Tibet has been unsatisfactory and their public statements on Tibet have been too weak, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) parliamentarian Yukio Edano told Embassy Tokyo on March 24. China needs to grant diplomats and forei [...]	2008-03-28 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO858	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO859	ANIMAL CLONING UPDATE: FSC RISK ASSESSMENT TO BE [...] (C) MOFA's Second North Americas Division informed us March 28 that it is highly likely that the Health Ministry (MHLW) will request a risk assessment on the safety of products from clones and from the offspring of clones. The submission to the Food Safety Commission will reportedly be made A [...]	2008-03-28 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD JA
08TOKYO86	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO860	FUKUDA GAS TAX COMPROMISE FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emulating former Prime Minister Koizumi in facing down powerful interests in his own party, Prime Minister Fukuda put forward a compromise plan to resolve the ongoing gasoline tax controversy without securing the agreement of other Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders. The o [...]	2008-03-28 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO862	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN D. HILL DELEGATION [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 3, 2008 visit to Japan by John D. Hill, Suzanne Basalla, Leo Kosinski, Wesley Ishizu, David Bice, Lynn Hicks and David Spasojevich. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He ca [...]	2008-03-31 04:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO863	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND D. RICHHART [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 31-April 4, 2008 visit to Japan by Raymond D. Richhart. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Chris Gunning. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5342 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6910 M [...]	2008-03-31 04:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO868	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO869	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT AND UNREST [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to the police finding that a U.S. sailor hinted at his involvement in the March 19 murder of a taxi driver in Yokosuka during a phone call to an acquaintance that night. 2. "Absence of Some Leaders Exposes Schism" The liberal Asahi's Dam [...]	2008-03-31 06:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO877	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] On March 17, ESToff delivered the points in ref to MOFA Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division officer Masahiro Fujikawa. The Foreign Ministry official appreciated receiving the non-paper on the Complementary Notes and the draft Host Country Agreement (HCA). Fujikawa believes t [...]	2008-03-31 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KTIA CWC KNNP TGRY JA
08TOKYO879	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] ESToff delivered the points in ref, regarding the dual use item provision contained in UNSCR 1803, to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officer Isami Takada on March 25. The MOFA official appreciated receiving the non-paper and agreed [...]	2008-04-01 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JA
08TOKYO880	JAPAN: DIET EXTENDS TEMPORARY TARIFFS [...] (U) The Diet passed a law March 31 to extend "temporary" tariff rates -- including tariffs on beef, pork, and corn products -- for one year. The legislation passed after both the Upper House Finance Committee and the full Upper House plenary voted in favor of a bill that the Lower House appro [...]	2008-04-01 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV JA
08TOKYO881	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO882	JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of January 30 to March 31 2008. Japanese research team develops a new PI vaccine. --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. A Japanese research team has developed a new vaccine [...]	2008-04-01 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
08TOKYO883	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's expiration of gasoline surcharges for road construction, noting that pump prices fell at a number of stations across Japan at midnight. 2. "'Six-Day War' Highlights Instability" The liberal Asahi reported from Cairo (4/1) [...]	2008-04-01 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO888	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO889	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JOINT DECLARATION FOR [...] (SBU) ESToff delivered letter in ref from Ambassador Wolcott to MOFA's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Director Yasuyoshi Komizo March 31. On April 1, Director Komizo expressed appreciation for the letter and asked Post to forward the response in para 2 to Ambassador Wolcot [...]	2008-04-01 09:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP PREL TRGY RS JA
08TOKYO892	GAS TAX, SMA EXPIRE; "APRIL PANIC" OVERBLOWN [...] (C) Summary: March 31 marked the sunset of Japan's decades-old "provisional" gas tax rate, as the opposition parties rejected an eleventh-hour proposal by Prime Minister Fukuda that would have kept the taxes in place but would have made related revenues available for general use starting in F [...]	2008-04-01 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MOPS JA
08TOKYO894	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO895	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included plans by Japanese police to question as early as today the U.S. sailor whose credit card was found in the car of a slain taxi driver in Yokosuka on March 19 concerning his possible involvement in the murder. 2. "No More Indulgence Towa [...]	2008-04-02 02:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO898	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO90	JAPANESE FRUSTRATED WITH SRI LANKANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned by Sri Lanka's decision to withdraw from the cease-fire agreement it had with the LTTE, and was surprised and miffed by this move, since President Rajapaksa had only three weeks earlier personally assured Prime Minister Fukuda that his government agreed a politic [...]	2008-01-11 02:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE JA
08TOKYO901	TOKYO GOVERNMENT PRESENTS YOKOTA AFB DUAL USE TO [...] (C) Summary. During the past week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) gave presentations to a number of commercial organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and an open Town Hall meeting at the Tokyo Hyatt Hotel. During these presentations, TMG speakers [...]	2008-04-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO904	JAPAN: FUKUDA IN NO HURRY TO CALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has said repeatedly he will not call Lower House elections during 2008. A full political and diplomatic calendar, Fukuda's strong desire to preside over the July G8 Summit, the PM,s low popularity, and a reluctance to risk the ruling coalition's two-thirds majority i [...]	2008-04-03 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO905	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO908	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a government simulation of the movement of evacuees in the event of a major earthquake in the Tokyo area. 2. "International Criticism of China Is Natural" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/3): "...Although the Beijing Olympics is just [...]	2008-04-03 04:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO91	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID SEDNEY, SUZANNE [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the January 13-18, 2008, visit to Japan by David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Russell Morales, Richard Weir, Leonard Kosinski, Richard Morefield and Peter Batten for the purpose of consultations with Embassy, USFJ, and GOJ officials. 2. (U [...]	2008-01-11 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA KS
08TOKYO912	JAPAN DISCUSSIONS OF TRILATERAL ECON TIES FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Japan's desire to leverage cooperation with the U.S. in dealing with China figured prominently in discussions March 27 between Japanese officials and visiting economic section heads from Embassies Beijing and Seoul. On climate change, for example, the GOJ wants U.S. assistance [...]	2008-04-03 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EINV PREL ETTC JA CH KS OECD
08TOKYO913	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO92	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the planned enactment of the new antiterrorism legislation today, noting that this will allow the GOJ to resume the refueling operation in the Indian Ocean in mid-February. 2. "Bush Should Urge Parties to Coexist" The liberal Tokyo Shimb [...]	2008-01-11 04:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO920	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO921	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers gave top coverage to Thursday's arrest of a 22-year-old U.S. sailor on suspicion of fatally stabbing a taxi driver in Yokosuka last month. 2. "NATO Eastward Expansion Losing Steam" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Bucharest (4 [...]	2008-04-04 02:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO925	TOYOTA SEES AN ALL HYBRID FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota plans to more than double hybrid vehicle sales by 2010, apply hybrid technology across powertrain types, and integrate hybrid systems into long-term R&D programs to develop clean diesel, synthetic fuel, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, according to executives at a Toyo [...]	2008-04-04 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA
08TOKYO927	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/J POL-MIL OFFICER DAVID [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 7-13, 2008 visit to Japan by David A. Schlaefer. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Simon Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6815 Mobile phone: [...]	2008-04-04 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO93	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOJ INVITATION TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) EMIN delivered demarche points (ref) to MOFA Director General for African Affairs and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative for Africa Shuichiro Megata Jan. 9. Charge also discussed USG concerns over the invitation the GOJ issued to Mugabe to participate in the Fourth Tokyo Interna [...]	2008-01-11 04:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID JA PHUM PREL ZI
08TOKYO930	NUCLEAR: REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTE EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 795 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP ENRG JA
08TOKYO933	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO939	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT, NATO SUMMIT, AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in London by a group of protestors opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, as well as Sunday's summit in Sochi, Russia, between President Bush and Russian President Putin. They reportedly adopted a n [...]	2008-04-07 04:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO94	CHINESE 2007 ASAT TEST DEMARCHE: JAPAN'S RESPONSE [...] (U) This contains an action request in paragraph 3. 2. (S//NF) Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor delivered the message regarding China's 2007 ASAT test (reftel) to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs North America Bureau Deputy Director General Koji Haneda and Asia Bureau Deputy [...]	2008-01-11 05:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MNUC CH JA
08TOKYO942	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD DAVID SEDNEY AND [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 6-11, 2008 visit to Japan by DASD David Sedney, Suzanne Basalla, Patrick Graff, and LtCol Richard Weir. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3 [...]	2008-04-07 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL JA
08TOKYO944	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO945	RULING COALITION DIET MEMBERS ON CHINA, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: China needs to increase its transparency and react calmly to the situation in Tibet, but its handling of the situation there should not be linked to the Olympics, influential ruling coalition Diet members told Embassy Tokyo over the past several days. While the Japanese Governmen [...]	2008-04-07 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL CH TW JA
08TOKYO947	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS TO DISCUSS CHILD [...] Summary: Our consciences demand that we do something about child pornography, the Ambassador told nine Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members during an April 2 meeting. Although some people raise questions about possible abuses of police power, the experience of the other six G8 countr [...]	2008-04-07 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA
08TOKYO948	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO95	JAPAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SITUATION IN KENYA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KE PGOV JA
08TOKYO953	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris by demonstrators opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. 2. "Outstanding Issues Remain" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (4/8): "The issue of MD deployment in Europe remains a ser [...]	2008-04-08 04:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO956	METI SIGNALS OPPOSITION TO TCI INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) signaled again April 5 it opposes the proposal by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) to increase its investment in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power.) In January, TCI, which [...]	2008-04-08 07:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO958	WHALING: JAPANESE RESOLUTION CALLS ON U.S. TO ACT AGAINST [...] Japan's House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries unanimously adopted a resolution (No.169-4) condemning the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and other anti-whaling NGOs' interference with Japan's research whaling April 2. The resolution, submitted to Foreign [...]	2008-04-08 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA
08TOKYO959	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO960	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...]	2008-04-08 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA
08TOKYO967	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO969	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND OLYMPIC TORCH [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the informal decision by the DPJ to reject the GOJ nomination of former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Watanabe as deputy BOJ governor. 2. "U.S. Military Accepts Status Quo" On Gen. Petraeus's congressional testimo [...]	2008-04-09 02:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO97	FM KOUMURA VISITS TANZANIA, TALKS ECONOMICS AND [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to highlight Japan's relations with Africa while shoring up support for the May 2008 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV),Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Tanzania January 4-7 (after scaling back plans to visit Kenya as well). Th [...]	2008-01-11 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON JA PGOV PREL AF
08TOKYO973	JAPANESE POLITICIANS QUIBBLE AS ECONOMY SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. Although signs are Japan's main political parties may have finally agreed on a new central bank head, there is little to suggest they are looking at indications of an economic slowdown. Moreover, rather than undertake or even focus on needed economic reforms, national politici [...]	2008-04-09 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV JA
08TOKYO974	JAPAN SEEKING TO DISCOURAGE MUGABE FROM ATTENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID XA ZI JA
08TOKYO975	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO976	MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PREPS, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator Takehiro Funkoshi told visiting EAP/J Director that the four major political issues facing the upcoming G-8 summit will be Afghanistan, climate change, Tibet, and G-8 expansion. Japan plans to step up its engagement with Afghani [...]	2008-04-09 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF AU KS CH TT JA
08TOKYO977	BANK OF JAPAN: SHIRAKAWA AT LAST [...] (C) Japan's ruling coalition and leading opposition party finally agreed on a candidate to fill the post of central bank chief April 9, endorsing Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa. Shirakawa was named one of the two deputy governors March 19, and served as Acting Governor during the three week [...]	2008-04-09 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO979	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO98	JAPAN NEW ABDUCTEE NGO CHAIRMAN HOPES FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The newly-appointed chair of Japan's leading abduction NGO expressed appreciation for the letter sent by President Bush to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in December, which NGO members believe would "raise the hurdle for the DPRK on the nuclear and abduction issues." He expressed hope tha [...]	2008-01-11 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO983	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Wednesday's one-one-one Diet debate between Prime Minister Fukuda and DPJ President Ozawa. 2. "Don't Be Baited by North Korea" The conservative Sankei editorialized (4/10): "...Even after the U.S.-DPRK talks in Singapore, there is no cl [...]	2008-04-10 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO987	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ EXPANDED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the Iraq Expanded Neighbors Ministerial meeting in Kuwait on April 22 by Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While Matano and his colleag [...]	2008-04-10 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO99	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met January 11 with MOFA First Middle East Division Syria Officer Hitoshi Ishizuka to request a public statement from Japan in support of Syrian human rights and democracy activists and a call to Syria to release all detained prisoners of conscience, includi [...]	2008-01-11 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY JA
08TOKYO990	EMBASSY AND USFJ DISCUSS OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to addressing cluster munitions (CM) within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) but may be forced to sign an agreement restricting CM under the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told E [...]	2008-04-10 12:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO
08TOKYO991	NAIG 7200: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR COOPERATION [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (S/NF) ESToff delivered points in ref to METI Security Export Control Policy Division Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and Security Export Licensing Division Deputy Director Furui Ryoji. The GOJ officials appreciated receiving the n [...]	2008-04-10 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL JA KNNP MNUC
08TOKYO994	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TRIPOLI466	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CONVERSION OF THE RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY [...] (C) Summary: The GOL's lead interlocutor on CWC issues told us: 1) conversion of the Rabta chemical weapons production facility would not be completed until December 2009 (which the GOL appears to have known since early 2006),2) the GOL would not submit a new National Paper at the upcoming June 2 [...]	2008-06-15 15:48:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH JA IT LY
08ULAANBAATAR206	APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...]	2008-05-02 09:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA164	IAEA/DG SELECTION: PFIRTER JOINS AMANO IN THE RACE [...] (S) Summary: This cable is provided solely for the purpose of updating the Department on the state-of-play on IAEA DG succession. Consistent with previous instructions, Mission is not engaging publicly or privately in this campaign. The campaign for DG succession has coalesced around two mo [...]	2008-03-14 08:53:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KNPP JA AR
08UNVIEVIENNA643	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY,S CAMPAIGN PITCH TO WEOG [...] (C) Meeting with Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Ambassadors, at his request, on December 1, South African Governor Abdul Minty fielded a wide range of pointed questions on Agency priorities as a prospective candidate for IAEA Director General. Minty informed WEOG members that his Mi [...]	2008-12-05 14:16:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM IAEA KNPP JA AR SF

08USUNNEWYORK1008	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...]	2008-11-04 00:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK
08USUNNEWYORK1029	PECDAR [...] (SBU) Legoff met with Mr. Nakamura at the Japanese Mission on November 4 and delivered the points contained in Reftel. Nakamura said that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) had requested that Japan reach out to the United States through diplomatic channels to try to facilitate a [...]	2008-11-06 14:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNDP PREL PGOV JA KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK1173	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...]	2008-12-16 00:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08USUNNEWYORK258	UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...]	2008-03-20 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK310	PGA KERIM REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS ON INTERMEDIARY [...] (U) This is an action request for Department guidance before the April 10 OEWG session. Please see para 6. 2. (U) Summary. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on April 4 to discuss UNSC reform. Noting that he had received several p [...]	2008-04-07 14:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK343	UNSC REFORM: MOSTLY PROCESS AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on April 10 to discuss the four proposals he received as a basis for inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform -- the Cypriot paper, Italian letter, African [...]	2008-04-11 22:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC BR IN JA GR
08USUNNEWYORK545	UNSC REFORM: MEMBER STATES SPLIT ON BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on June 17 to discuss the report prepared by his four-person Task Force with suggestions on moving forward towards inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform. Major p [...]	2008-06-20 20:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JA GM AR SP KS
08USUNNEWYORK654	UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM PLANS TO LAUNCH [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgan Kerim told the Ambassador in a July 21 meeting that he planned to submit a report to the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) recommending that the General Assembly adopt a resolution that th [...]	2008-07-22 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK716	UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING [...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...]	2008-08-08 20:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK874	UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND [...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...]	2008-09-29 16:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS
09ASHGABAT1060	TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...]	2009-08-21 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX
09ASHGABAT1286	TURKMENISTAN: JAPAN HOPES TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) Members of the Japanese-Turkmenistan Committee for Economic Cooperation visited Turkmenistan from October 4-8 and met with President Berdimuhamedov. Tetsuro Chida, Special Advisor to the Japanese Charge d'Affaires, told Poloff that the delegation included executives from Itochu, Komatsu [...]	2009-10-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL BTIO ECON ETRD JA TX
09ASHGABAT1541	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED HARVEST [...] (U) Turkmenistan celebrated its annual harvest holiday on the last Sunday of November. The festival was a state-centric event, with the booths focused on promoting Turkmenistan's national industries. There were booths dedicated to sheep and wool products, Ahal-teke horses, cotton, and wheat [...]	2009-12-03 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL SOCI TX JA
09ASHGABAT1665	TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO JAPAN NOT A PANACEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen media spent several days giving headline coverage to President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Japan. Although they painted the trip as successful, a Japanese Embassy official was more cautious, saying that the visit was more productive economically than politically. Eve [...]	2009-12-29 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD PREL JA TX
09ASTANA2257	KAZAKHSTAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 07:48:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09ASTANA2273	KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 07:44:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09BANGKOK1088	UNESCAP 65TH COMMISSION SESSION DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) held its 65th annual session at its headquarters in Bangkok on April 23-29. A recurrent topic of discussion was the current global economic downturn and the meeting's ministerial segment provi [...]	2009-05-01 05:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR IR CH INCB KS JA PK RS XB TH
09BANGKOK2382	BANGKOK POC AND HOTEL INFORMATION : STAFFDEL WATSON (SEP 25 - OCT 11) [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 08:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA TH
09BANGKOK2465	Bangkok POC and Hotel Information: StaffDel Watson/Barron [...] Post welcomes StaffDel Barron with regards to participation in the UNFCCC Meeting. Post requests that flight information and any administrative requests be forwarded as soon as possible to the administrative POC (control officer) listed below. Upon arrival and after clearing customs, taxis c [...]	2009-09-29 01:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA KS TH
09BANGKOK2487	Bangkok POC and Hotel Information: StaffDel Watson/Barron - [...] Post welcomes StaffDel Goo with regards to participation in the UNFCCC Meeting. Post requests that flight information and any administrative requests be forwarded as soon as possible to the administrative POC (control officer) listed below. Upon arrival and after clearing customs, taxis can [...]	2009-09-30 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA KS TH
09BEIJING1064	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing April 17, German Ambassador Michael Schaefer told the group that a Bundestag delegation had been able to hold a dinner meeting with Charter '08 writers and signers after the German Embassy informed the MFA and asked the Chinese government [...]	2009-04-21 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING1067	APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM, [...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...]	2009-04-21 22:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS
09BEIJING1094	APRIL 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Yasukuni Shrine, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 23 MFA press briefing: -- A "correct and proper handling" of historic issues is the bedrock of Sino-Japanese relations, and Japan should take appropriate steps to safeguard the relationship following Prime Minister Taro Aso's sending an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine. [...]	2009-04-23 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH JA FR KN KS
09BEIJING1136	APRIL 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR DETAINEES, SWINE FLU, [...] Key points at the April 28 MFA press briefing: -- The Uighur detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay are "members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement" and "should be handed over to China." -- China takes the swine flu issue "seriously" and has "jump started" a program to respond to the t [...]	2009-04-28 22:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CH JA FR MX
09BEIJING1170	APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits [...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...]	2009-04-30 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX
09BEIJING1172	PRC: CHINESE SCHOLARS SUGGEST ACHIEVING NEAR-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese participants at a UK/France-sponsored seminar on UN Security Council Reform April 29 uniformly affirmed the need for UN Security Council reform, though none expressed any urgency in acting on this need. While offering generally positive views of the UK/France "intermedia [...]	2009-04-30 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR UN CH JA RS
09BEIJING1247	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State Councilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President Chirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on North Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic d [...]	2009-05-08 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING1249	WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: CHINESE REPORTERS AND [...] (C) PRC journalists and bloggers lamented continued government restrictions on the media and the Internet at a May 3 Charge-hosted dinner, organized jointly by Embassy POL and PAS sections, to mark World Press Freedom Day. Our contacts, mostly outspoken journalists and bloggers in their earl [...]	2009-05-08 12:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV PREL KFLU CH JA
09BEIJING1579	JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO [...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...]	2009-06-11 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1626	JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL [...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...]	2009-06-16 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1710	JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN [...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...]	2009-06-23 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW
09BEIJING1747	JAPANESE EMBOFFS ON ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Emboffs, described the June 7 China-Japan High-level Economic Dialogue (HLED) as making little progress on substantive matters but enjoying good atmospherics. The most recent meeting of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese negotiators to discuss a trilateral investment treaty w [...]	2009-06-25 06:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD CH JA KS PK
09BEIJING1804	JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...]	2009-06-30 23:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW
09BEIJING1838	JULY 2 MFA PRESS BREIFING: WU DAWEI, G-8, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the July 2 MFA press briefing: -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei began his visit to Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea on July 2, and will "exchange views with relevant parties" on the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as issues relating to Northeast Asia. [...]	2009-07-01 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM ECIN CH JA KN KS ZI RS IT TW
09BEIJING1845	INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...]	2009-07-05 02:50:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING1847	INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-05 02:51:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING1848	INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-05 02:51:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2062	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON XINJIANG, [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing July 17, French Ambassador Ladsous reported that during French National Day, he spoke with a Chinese Vice Minister who said Xinjiang was "just like Tibet" and implied France "best keep quiet." On Rio Tinto, Ladsous reported that he hea [...]	2009-07-20 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING2398	SEOUL SEARCHING DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS:THE [...] (C) Summary. Falling China-ROK trade levels and an investment dispute between a Chinese firm and its Korean employees have put some strain on China-ROK economic relations. Regarding negotiations among China, Japan, and Korea of a trilateral investment treaty, the Koreans (who signed a bilatera [...]	2009-08-20 03:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ETRD JA KS CH
09BEIJING2521	WELCOME TO BEIJING [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of S/R Bosworth and delegation to China September 3, 2009 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Mark Lambert, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6430-7657 Office: (86-10)8531-3764 Cell: (86)139-1056-2317 Fax: (86-10)8 [...]	2009-09-02 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH JA KS
09BEIJING2617	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPANESE [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing on September 11, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto stated that while the recent elections in Japan were "significant," he does not expect major changes in Japan's foreign policy. British Ambassador William Ehrman said the United Kingdom was " [...]	2009-09-11 11:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING2772	BEIJING WELCOMES DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Deputy Secretary James Steinberg and delegation to China September 28-29, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Mr. Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Mr. Sung [...]	2009-09-25 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP AMGT CH KS JA
09BEIJING2873	CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche requesting China to include subject matter experts in its delegation for bilateral CWC consultation with the United States to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Director Yang Yi on October 15. [...]	2009-10-15 02:29:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA
09BEIJING2897	READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...]	2009-10-16 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2911	PRC PROPOSES U.S.-PRC MEKONG DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recognition of increased U.S. engagement with Lower Mekong countries and China's ongoing development assistance to the region, China proposes an annual Mekong Dialogue within the Strategic and Economic Dialogue framework to coordinate development priorities and projects. Th [...]	2009-10-20 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SENV ECON CH JA XC CN VM LA BM CB
09BEIJING2934	OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA [...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...]	2009-10-22 00:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2980	OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION, [...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...]	2009-10-26 22:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING302	ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 12:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN JA KS
09BEIJING3138	NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...]	2009-11-19 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA
09BEIJING3422	DECEMBER 22, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Key points at the December 22 MFA press briefing were: -- China took positive measures in Copenhagen during the Climate Change Conference. -- UK citizen Akmal Shaikh was sentenced to death for drug smuggling despite claims that he suffers from mental disorders. -- No deal was made with C [...]	2009-12-22 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH EUN JA NP CB
09BEIJING469	February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...]	2009-02-24 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING477	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...]	2009-02-25 06:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING499	February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...]	2009-02-26 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING613	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING713	March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...]	2009-03-19 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES
09BEIJING765	JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...]	2009-03-24 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA
09BEIJING767	MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...]	2009-03-24 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF
09BEIJING807	MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...]	2009-03-26 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW
09BEIJING858	MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09BEIJING885	APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...]	2009-04-03 00:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE
09BEIJING923	APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...]	2009-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW
09BEIJING97	CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...]	2009-01-13 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA
09BEIJING973	CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...]	2009-04-13 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH
09BEIJING983	APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...]	2009-04-14 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI
09BERLIN1070	US 2009 MTCR PLENARY PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO GERMANY [...] (C) On September 1, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, regarding US "small group" proposals for the 2009 MTCR Plenary in Rio de Janeiro. Reck thanked the USG for the non-paper and said she would deliver it to the appropriate authorities [...]	2009-09-03 13:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM
09BERLIN1429	MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany Â [...]	2009-11-12 11:53:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM
09BERLIN426	PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE: GERMANY STILL MULLING [...] (C) Pol-Mil/External Chief delivered ref A talking points to MFA Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on April 9 in a joint demarche with Japanese Political Counselor Ryo Nakamura and Pakistani Counselor Khayyam Akbar, stressing the importance of a generous German pledge in [...]	2009-04-09 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK JA GM
09BISHKEK855	AMBASSADOR RECEIVES JAPANESE MFA DIRECTOR FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador received Katsuro Kitigawa, Central Asian Affairs Director in the Japanese Foreign Ministry on July 31 during his first regional tour since his appointment. Kitigawa, a career diplomat new to the position and Central Asian and CIS affairs, broadly laid out Japanese [...]	2009-08-04 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KG JA
09BRASILIA605	IAEA ELECTIONS: BRAZIL APPEARS POISED TO THROW ITS HAT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post delivered demarche (REFTEL A) about USG support for the Japanese candidate Amano to become the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reasons why Brazil should do so too. Nonetheless, Brazil will support the South African candidate Minty. [...]	2009-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC JA SF BR
09BRATISLAVA365	FICO CALLS FOR END TO CO2 PERMITS DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of defending the sale of assigned amount unit (AAU) CO2 permits to the U.S.-registered Interblue Group (refs A, B, and C),Prime Minister Robert Fico has publicly acknowledged his opposition to the contract. While cancellation of the deal will likely prevent Interblue [...]	2009-08-18 16:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KGHG SENV KCOR JA LO
09BRUSSELS422	INVITING CZECHS TO PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 15:16:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK EZ JA
09CANBERRA32	PACIFIC WORKING GROUP DECEMBER MEETING [...] (U) The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Island Working Group (PWG) meeting was hosted by Australia on December 1 in Canberra. Australian delegation: Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division Ravi Kewalram, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional and New Zealand [...]	2009-01-09 06:31:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AS EAID FJ JA PREL
09CANBERRA376	DFAT READOUT OF FM SMITH'S DISCUSSIONS IN CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) North Asia First Assistant Secretary Graham Fletcher told Polcouns on April 8 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's talks with Chinese officials on his recent trip to that country went well. He noted that the March 24-27 visit [...]	2009-04-14 03:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS CH JA KN PK PREL
09CANBERRA418	TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21 [...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...]	2009-04-29 01:58:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS
09CANBERRA459	AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION [...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
09CANBERRA565	AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT [...] (SBU) In reply to the Charge's letter of thanks, reftel, to Foreign Minister Smith for Australia's help in the release of AMCIT Roxana Saberi, Smith's Chief of Staff, Frances Adamson, wrote on June 9: Start text Thank you for your letter dated 15 May 2009 thanking the Government for its assi [...]	2009-06-16 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
09CARACAS104	VENEZUELAN OIL SHIFTING TO ASIA [...] (C) A senior BP executive told EconCon and Petroleum Attache that PDVSA is shipping 100,000 b/d to China non-competitively (PDVSA continues to pay transportation costs). A senior Chevron executive noted that it has been common knowledge that this is PDVSA's strategic direction. At a separate [...]	2009-01-28 13:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CH JA VE
09CHIANGMAI34	DESPITE FTA, LITTLE GOOD NEWS IN THAI-JAPAN ECON RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Thai-Japanese free trade agreement in place since 2007, and with 2009 designated as the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, hopes have been high in northern Thailand for a strengthening of the Thai-Japanese bilateral economic relationship. However, a variety of factors includi [...]	2009-03-10 08:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV JA TH
09COLOMBO35	U.K., India and Japan Call for Political Solution [...] The recent capture of Kilinochchi, the former capital of the LTTE in northern Sri Lanka, to the Sri Lankan Armed Forces elicited similarly cautious responses from the British Foreign Office, the Indian Foreign Secretary, and an unnamed Japanese foreign ministry official. UK Calls for Sustaina [...]	2009-01-12 02:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV UK IN JA CE
09DILI104	TIMOR-LESTE "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) Following up on an April 8 diplomatic note to Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charge, together with his Japanese counterpart, met April 9 with MFA Acting Secretary General Constancio Pinto to convey our concern over North Korea's April 5 missile launch. Drawing on reftel, we s [...]	2009-04-09 15:22:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KS KN JA TT
09DILI163	TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) POST PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE MEMBER FOR DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S. PACIFIC ARMIES CHIEF CONFERENCE (PACC) IN TOKYO, JAPAN UNDER THE 2009 USPACOM TITLE X PROGRAM. THE CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM AUGUST 24, 2009 UNTIL AUGUST 27, 2009. [...]	2009-07-06 08:53:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TT KPKO MARR JA
09DJIBOUTI156	JAPAN SEEKS TO DEPLOY P-3 AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DJIBOUTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mid-February discussions with visiting Japanese officials--from the Diet, MFA, MOD, and Japanese embassies in Addis Ababa and London--suggest that Japan is preparing to deploy two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft and possibly two JMSDF frigates to Djibouti, in order to support intern [...]	2009-03-01 16:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI255	JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...]	2009-03-29 15:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI991	SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language Radio Saw [...]	2009-07-28 17:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL KPKO DJ SO ER JA XA
09DOHA150	EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE [...] Qatar hosted February 16-18, 2009 the Fourth Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),attended by 400 delegates from 80 countries. The conference was officially opened by Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiya [...]	2009-03-01 07:18:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV EMIN EAGR QA AJ CH IN JA LI
09DOHA18	JAPAN'S EMPEROR EXTENDS INVITATION TO QATAR'S HEIR [...] (C) Japanese Embassy Political Chief Kazuhiro Higashi informed P/E Chief Rice January 7 that the Emperor of Japan has extended an invitation to Qatar's Heir Apparent, Shaykh Tamim, to visit Japan as an "honored guest" between mid-May and mid-June. According to Higashi, the Japanese Ambassador [...]	2009-01-08 09:42:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA JA
09DOHA357	DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP FIVE (EU, JAPAN) [...] (SBU) During a May 27 meeting, EU Envoy on Sudan Torben Brylle commended SE Gration's comprehensive focus on Sudan, noting the CPA is "the real big thing" and Darfur can be a distraction. SE Gration responded that he would welcome EU participation in the June 23 Washington Forum on Sudan, part [...]	2009-05-31 09:23:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU EG QA ER JA EUN
09DOHA468	QATAR RESHUFFLES AMBASSADORS [...] (U) On July 22, 2009, a local Arabic-language newspaper, Al Arab, published a wide-ranging list of new ambassadorial appointments by the Government of Qatar. 2. (U) Of note, the Amir appointed Mishaal Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Thani, a member of the ruling family, as Qatar's Permanent Repre [...]	2009-07-26 09:50:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL INRB PINR QA IR EG DJ JA PK PL GM NL
09HANOI165	JAPAN RESUMES SUSPENDED ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Not unexpectedly, Japan announced the resumption of its suspended assistance to Vietnam when Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc met Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in Tokyo on February 23. Japanese DCM Koichi Abioshi told DCM that the resumptio [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON JA PREL VM
09HANOI181	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON ROLE OF CHINA IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-01 23:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON JA PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI94	VISIT OF JAPAN,S CROWN PRINCE TO VIETNAM - [...] (C) Summary: In considering the resumption of new assistance to Vietnam, which was suspended last August due to a bribery scandal, Japan seems to be lowering its expectations for "meaningful" steps by the GVN from prosecution of the well-connected Vietnamese official who accepted the bribes to [...]	2009-02-06 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PGOV PREL VM
09HAVANA86	JAPAN SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON CUBA [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador Akira Takamatsu invited the COM to lunch on February 9, COM's first day in Havana following consultations. Takamatsu's main discussion point was to urge the USG to pursue a policy of "engagement" with the GOC, which he said Japan believed would be in the interest of the [...]	2009-02-10 21:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU JA
09HOCHIMINHCITY103	KEY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN PCI CORRUPTION ARRESTED [...] (C) Former HCMC Department of Transportation Director, Huynh Ngoc Si and his deputy, Le Qua, were arrested on February 11 and charged with "abuse of power" for their role in the East-West Highway corruption scandal that led Japan to suspend Vietnamese ODA assistance and prosecute three Japanese [...]	2009-02-13 07:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY181	(C) REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, LE KIEN THANH ON MEDIA AND [...] (C) Summary: Whether high-profile international bribery cases like Pacific Consultants International (PCI) or informal fees for a check up at the local clinic, Vietnam is beset by corruption because special interests have monopolized decision-making and the country lacks an effective media, a [...]	2009-03-12 03:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL JA VM
09HONGKONG1266	UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: At a July 9 working lunch, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey presented Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam with specific examples of North Korean efforts to use HK-based banks, trading companies and individuals to circumv [...]	2009-07-10 08:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1267	HK BANKS PROMISE COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed with Hong Kong banks the risks posed by North Korean deceptive financial conduct and the financial provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1718 and 1874 in meetings [...]	2009-07-10 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1296	U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG [...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...]	2009-07-16 04:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1297	UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH HONG [...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Undersecretary Julia Leung told Treasury U/S Levey on July 10 that the Hong Kong government (HKG) values its cooperative relationship with the USG on North Korea-related issues. She said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) h [...]	2009-07-16 04:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS
09HONGKONG1637	HK BANKS DELIVER ON COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Economic Unit Chief and Economic Officer met August 27 with representatives of three Hong Kong banks briefed by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey in July 2009; HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and Wing Hang Bank (reftel). The representatives [...]	2009-08-28 09:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC KS CH JA KN HK
09ISLAMABAD660	FINANCE ADVISOR TARIN AGREES ON WAY AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following interventions from the U.S. and Japan, the Pakistanis have backed off plans to press a $10 billion request for the April 17 Tokyo donors conference and agreed to focus on the $4 billion target established by the IMF. Expressing a desire to "resolve his confusion," Fina [...]	2009-03-27 14:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON JA PK

09JAKARTA633	PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE -- URGING HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia supports the April 17 Japan/World Bank-sponsored Donors' Conference for Pakistan, but has not yet finalized its participation. Underscoring the importance of the conference, Mission has urged the GOI to attend at a senior level and to pledge support for Pakistan. The [...]	2009-04-07 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID PK AF JA
09LONDON1203	UK WINDOW ON IRAN: NGO ARGUES MORE SABERI-LIKE [...] (SBU) This cable responds to Department (NEA/IR) request that Iran Watcher posts, echoing IRPO Dubai's widely read "Window on Iran" round-ups, provide as feasible occasional front channel summaries of day-to-day Iran-related interactions appropriate for reporting in summary form to a wide Wash [...]	2009-05-21 12:47:00	Embassy London	SECRET	IR JA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK
09LONDON2198	U/S TAUSCHERâ€™S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...]	2009-09-22 14:13:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK
09LONDON547	UK FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-0141752 [...] Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Office (HMRC) has provided the responses to the REF questions posed by the Department for a name check and bona fides on Specialist Technologies Ltd., a United Kingdom Company. The text of the UK response follows: Specialist Technologies Ltd were established [...]	2009-03-02 16:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM KOMC JA UK
09LONDON668	IRAN - ROXANA SABERI: LONDON FRIENDS SAY LAWYER [...] (S/NF) Summary. A lawyer's visit to Roxana Saberi on March 9 indicated Ms. Saberi was encouraged by news of efforts being made on her behalf, but is generally distraught at her situation. According to UK Embassy Tehran, the charges against Ms Saberi were brought in by a court which tries na [...]	2009-03-16 18:07:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	CASC IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON731	IRAN-ROXANNA SABERI'S CONTINUED DETENTION [...] (S/NF) The UK Embassy Tehran on 18 March raised Roxanna Saberi's case at EU Heads of Mission in Tehran and asked the Presidency to include her detention in the next EU demarche on human rights to IRIG, London Iran Watcher learned on March 24 from FCO Iran Coordination Group. FCO also asked Pol [...]	2009-03-25 16:52:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	CASC IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON811	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN ON ECONOMY AND POLITICS [...] (SBU) Turkish PM Erdogan spoke at a Chatham House event April 3, in which he commented on the accomplishments of the London Economic Summit, Turkey's economic progress, and his party's recent election "success." In response to questions from the audience, he was vague on Turkey's relations wi [...]	2009-04-03 16:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EU NATO TY DA FR RS IZ IS AJ JA
09LONDON859	IRAN/SABERI CASE: UK LEADING CHARGE ON IMMEDIATE [...] (C) The UK is asking the Czech EU Presidency to issue a public statement April 9 on the Saberi case, but believes that a direct, informal USG signal to the Czechs is needed to ensure a speedy EU statement, according to Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Ira [...]	2009-04-09 13:52:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09MEXICO1021	MEXICO ON RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) Poloff conveyed points in response to North Korea's launch of a long-range missile (reftel) to Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs. Gonzalez said the Government of Mexico (GOM) was concerned by North Korea's launch and considered it a threat to [...]	2009-04-08 18:43:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX
09MEXICO981	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) Political Counselor contacted Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs, to convey points in reftel. Gonzalez said the Mexico was following events closely and shared our concern with North Korea,s announced plans to launch a rocket between April 4 and [...]	2009-04-03 22:09:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX
09NAHA63	POST-ELECTION MANEUVERING IN OKINAWA OVER FRF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Okinawa's newly elected Diet delegation, encouraged by the local media, is seeking to present a united front in calling for the new government to revise the 2006 agreement to relocate MCAS Futenma to Camp Schwab. While the local chapters of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) [...]	2009-09-09 02:05:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAHA67	DPJ SENSES USG FLEXIBILITY ON FRF RENEGOTIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Hatoyama administration is working towards an early decision over implementation of the 2006 Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) plan, but deep rifts remain between the Defense and Foreign Ministry leadership. Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa's September 25-26 visit to Okinawa [...]	2009-10-05 09:30:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAHA77	TOKYO'S INDECISION FUELS OKINAWAN RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 8 rally to oppose the Futenma Relocation Facility (FRF) was directed as much at Tokyo's inability to take a clear policy position on Okinawa as it was on the merits of the realignment plan. Beyond the normal politics of Futenma relocation, the rally showcased growin [...]	2009-11-12 10:29:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NEWDELHI1857	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Domichi described the Indo-Japanese relationship as "on an upswing" in a meeting with Ambassador Roemer August 31. The implications for Japan's foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) victory in the August 30 elections were not yet cle [...]	2009-09-04 13:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA IN AF
09NEWDELHI2142	U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...]	2009-10-21 14:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA
09NIAMEY324	NIGER: WORLD MALARIA DAY OBSERVANCE [...] On Saturday, April 25, 2009, Nigerien First Lady Fati Tandja (the 2nd first lady) presided over a World Malaria Day observance in Maradi (about 400 miles from Niamey). The event featured several sensitization skits and included speeches by Government of Niger Health Minister Issa Lamine, reg [...]	2009-05-04 15:46:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO NG JA
09NIAMEY551	SINO-NIGERIEN COOPERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) [...] Summary. Le Sahel (the state newspaper) prominently featured reports on the Sino-Nigerien and Sino-African partnerships this past week. Journalist Saidou Daoura filed a front-page image of Beijing with the headline "The Marvels of the Middle Empire" together with a two-page story and a full-p [...]	2009-07-30 17:07:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV SOCI CH KN JA NG
09NOUAKCHOTT513	JAPAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON ESTABLISHING EMBASSY IN [...] (C) The head of the "Japanese Preparatory Office" in Nouakchott, Miyamoto Musayuk, told DCM August 12 that Tokyo was moving forward on the establishment of an embassy in Mauritania. As discussed in REFTELs, the Japanese had been well advanced in their planning for an embassy but had to put e [...]	2009-08-12 17:14:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA MR
09OSAKAKOBE102	Kyocera Solar - Kyoto's Tech Edge [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyocera, manufacturer of solar panels with among the highest efficiency for converting sunlight into electricity, believes that new incentives for solar power by the Japanese government will boost the company's domestic sales. Until recently, Kyocera has focused on installing [...]	2009-06-25 02:09:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE135	Of Madonnas and Manifestos: Kansai Braces for [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in western Japan are poised to hand a historic victory to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in legislative elections, tracking developments nationwide in a race highlighted by negative campaigning by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),a debate dominated by issue [...]	2009-08-28 09:09:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE24	Japanese Solar Powers Pin Hopes on Obama "Green [...] (U) Executives from the solar power divisions at Sharp Corporation and Sanyo Electric Company have told us that they plan to accelerate U.S. bound solar technology investments, tie-ups with U.S. firms, and sales under a presumed Obama administration policy emphasizing alternative energy and e [...]	2009-01-28 00:56:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG JA
09OSAKAKOBE34	Kaneka Seeks FIT to be Tied to Green New Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Kaneka Corporation, a leading innovator in thin-film solar cell production remains focused on the European market and has no immediate plans to make green energy investments in the United States. While its much larger Japanese solar rivals such as Sharp and Panasonic/Sanyo are [...]	2009-02-17 02:22:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG JA
09OSAKAKOBE37	Paradigm Shift: Kansai Enterprises Contemplate a [...] (SBU) Summary: "Paradigm shift" was the catchphrase of choice during the annual meeting of Kansai area economic groups, global companies, high tech firms, and other major enterprises. With major stakes in manufacturing for export, many participants bemoaned the gloomy prospects for dealing w [...]	2009-02-25 22:37:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ENRG PGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE38	Smart Ideas from Smart People: Kansai Japanese [...] (SBU) Summary: Many people in the Kansai region of Japan not only wish the Obama administration well but have provided practical suggestions to help restore health to America and the global economy as a whole. These suggestions -- many based on Japanese best practices -- include: strengtheni [...]	2009-02-26 03:15:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL JA
09OSAKAKOBE45	KANSAI ECONOMIC RECOVERY OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary. Kansai-based business people and experts are generally optimistic on the mid to long term outlook for Kansai's economic recovery. In the short term, they cite lack of economic confidence and the uncertainty over Japan's leadership and political outlook are the biggest obstacl [...]	2009-03-16 23:13:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE49	RECYCLING ELECTRONIC WASTE - PANASONIC'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. With the onset of digital television broadcasting, Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba launched a joint U.S. based Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM) in 2007 to deal with the anticipated wave of electronic waste from recycled televisions. MRM's purpose is [...]	2009-03-19 01:27:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV BEXP EIND PGOV ELAB JA
09OSAKAKOBE76	GS Yuasa: Economic Downturn Assault on Lithium [...] (SBU) Summary: Tucked into a corner of Japan's cultural center of Kyoto is GS Yuasa Corporation (GSYC),a cutting edge producer of new greener battery technologies for use in hybrid and electric vehicles. GSYC's research ventures and projects with widely known companies such as Honda, Mitsubi [...]	2009-05-07 02:37:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE84	Kansai Wind Power: A Breath of Fresh Innovation [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike the GOJ's recently announced feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy favoring solar power (reftel) and aggressive goals to raise Japan's solar power production capacity forty-fold by 2030, Japanese officials have established much more modest goals for increasing wind power productio [...]	2009-05-14 04:03:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE92	Sharp Doubles Down, Heavily Invests in Solar [...] (SBU) Summary: In follow up to a meeting earlier this year (Ref A),we toured Sharp Corporation's state-of-the- art 160mw capacity photovoltaic (PV) plant in Katsuragi, Nara with Embassy's Energy Attach and discussed with senior executives from Sharp's Solar Group, the company's short and mid [...]	2009-05-27 03:21:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE93	H1N1 Kansai Economic Bell Begins to Toll [...] (SBU) Summary: As the spread of H1N1 and official countermeasures to the flu outbreak in Kansai continue to evolve, it is too early to calculate the full impact of the H1N1 flu virus on the Kansai economy, but as local governments and business organizations struggle to sweep away the percepti [...]	2009-05-27 03:22:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KFLU SOCI TBIO PINR JA
09OTTAWA282	CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, jointly with Acting Pakistan High Commissioner Naela Chohan and Japanese Minister Counselor Abe Koji, on April 6 met with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Senior Policy Advisor Keith Fountain to encourage high level Canadian participation and a generous ple [...]	2009-04-08 18:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PK JA CA
09PARIS1389	FRENCH ENVOY ON INFORMATIONAL MISSION TO NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials, including senior presidency staff, confirmed that newly appointed Special Envoy to North Korea Jack Lang is going on an information gathering mission to Six-Party capitals to provide President Sarkozy a more comprehensive "snapshot" of the DPRK denuclearization is [...]	2009-10-14 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RU FR
09PARIS1412	MFA STRATEGIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the heels of an early October trip to Washington, recently-appointed MFA Strategic Affairs Director (A/S-equivalent) Patrick Maisonnave updated post October 16 on GOF thinking on Afghanistan, where France cannot contribute more militarily, but may have room for more civilian su [...]	2009-10-20 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MOPS KCFE NATO EUN AF KG JA
09PARIS1558	"NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...]	2009-11-24 12:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR
09PARIS1721	DPRK: FRANCE CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE [...] (C/NF) The Government of France may establish an office in Pyongyang, based on a recommendation by Special Presidential Envoy for North Korea Jack Lang who briefed the Ambassadors from the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia (the Five Parties) on December 14. Accompanied by members [...]	2009-12-17 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR
09PARIS956	GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR [...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...]	2009-07-16 09:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	BG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR
09PARISFR48	SEOUL MEETINGS ON THER RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY TO ITS [...] Begin Summary. From November 26-28, two international meetings were held in Seoul, South Korea to address the issue of the return of cultural property to its country of origin. On November 26, independent Experts met under the auspices of the Korean Government to review selected case studies [...]	2009-01-14 17:37:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO KPAO KS FR JA
09PARISFR767	UNESCO AVOIDS IGNITING A ROW OVER CULTURAL PROPERTY [...] Summary. At its 181st session in April 2009, UNESCO's Executive Board barely averted a dramatic and politically damaging showdown over the issue of cultural objects displaced in connection with the Second World War (WWII). At the core of the dispute was whether the Board should adopt or endo [...]	2009-06-09 14:35:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO JA CH IN
09PARTO12	(U) Secretary Clinton's July 22, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) July 22, 2009; 3:10 PM Phuket, Thailand 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell NSC Senior Director Jeff Bader Deputy Chief of St [...]	2009-08-03 14:53:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL JA KN CH
09PARTO40903	Secretary Clinton's March 31, 2009 Conversation [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S Richard Boucher Mr. Jacob Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Lt. Gen Paul Selva, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mr. Daniel King (Embassy Notetaker) [...]	2009-04-09 20:43:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP CASC PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS AF JA PK
09QUITO254	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC. She sai [...]	2009-04-13 17:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA
09RIYADH935	GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS [...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...]	2009-07-18 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA
09ROME472	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY AWARE OF IRANIAN [...] (C) On 15 and 16 April Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of International Trade and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively, concerning Iranian efforts to procure sensitive items for use in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) via an Italian intermediary. Econoff prese [...]	2009-04-28 15:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT
09ROME989	ITALIAN SURVEILLANCE SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF EXPORTS [...] (S) Summary: In response to Post's inquiry about the GOI's investigation of the suspected export of restricted Japanese-origin items by an Italian firm to Iran, the GOI advised that it had put the suspected Italian firm under surveillance for the 3 months ending on July 28. The surveillance u [...]	2009-08-27 13:54:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	ETTC IR IT JA KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL
09SANAA1330	RED SEA PIRACY: HUDAYDAH'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 21 visit to Hudaydah, political figures, business leaders, and the local Coast Guard commander described how piracy is driving up business and security costs for public and private sector alike, at a time when both are are feeling squeezed by the international financi [...]	2009-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT JA PGOV PHSA PREF YM
09SAPPORO15	IN NORTHERN JAPAN LOCAL POLITICS IS LOCAL: LOOKING AT THE [...] (U) Japan's latest politics and money scandal highlights in big round numbers the long and cozy relationship between construction companies and northern Japan politicians of both major political parties. Names have been named, including aides to the sitting Akita governor, the colorful DP [...]	2009-03-20 08:20:00	Consulate Sapporo	UNCLASSIFIED	JA ECON PGOV
09SAPPORO30	TOMARI: JAPAN'S NORTHERNMOST NUCLEAR COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sapporo Conoffs recently visited the town of Tomari, home to Hokkaido's only nuclear power facility. As a new nuclear reactor there that will be capable of burning mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel prepares to come online, the community continues to benefit from subsidies an [...]	2009-07-29 10:26:00	Consulate Sapporo	UNCLASSIFIED	JA ENRG ECON PGOV TRGY
09SEOUL1070	LEE ADMINISTRATION CHANGES TO DEFENSE REFORM 2020 [...] (C) On June 26, the ROK Government announced significant revisions to the "National Defense Reform 2020" plan. In short, the plan will increase the ROK's counterstrike/counterfire capability in the face of the growing North Korean missile threat, while reducing the numbers of ROK troops by 1 [...]	2009-07-07 07:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV KS KN JA CH TW
09SEOUL160	ROK DEFENSE MINISTER ON WORSENING NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) At a January 30 dinner at the Ambassador's Residence in honor of the ROK Minister of National Defense (MND) Lee Sang-hee and other senior ROK security officials, contrasting views were presented on how the ROKG should respond to that day's statement by the DPRK that it would no longer reco [...]	2009-02-03 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF KS KN CH JA
09SEOUL1807	ROKG'S TOP PRIORITY FOR POTUS VISIT: HIGHLIGHTING [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korea issues, told Ambassador Stephens on 11/13 that the ROKG's top priority for the POTUS visit is to highlight the strength of the ROK-U.S. relationship. Wi asked that POTUS specifically praise the excellent coordination between W [...]	2009-11-13 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MNUC KN KS JA
09SEOUL1863	MOFAT NORTHEAST ASIA DG ON ROK TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) During a November 12 lunch with the DCM, MOFAT Northeast Asia Division Director General Cho Tai-young stressed that the ROK's trade and people-to-people ties with the PRC continue to expand rapidly. Cho cautioned, however, that the expanding relationship with Beijing had begun to "set off [...]	2009-11-25 06:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS JA CH MG
09SEOUL216	ROKG DEMARCHED ABOUT INTELLIGENCE LEAKS [...] (S/NF) On February 9, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon, conveying strong USG concern about recent ROKG leaks of intelligence drawn from satellite imagery of the North Korean missile program, especially because this was not the first time the ROKG had [...]	2009-02-10 08:36:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL KS KN JA
09SEOUL222	ROKG UNDERTAKING INVESTIGATION OF INTELLIGENCE LEAK [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The ROKG took USG concerns about the leak of intelligence pertaining to North Korean missile movements "very seriously," ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon told the DCM on February 11, and was initiating an investigation to find its source. The leakage was not the resul [...]	2009-02-11 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PINR PREL KS KN JA
09SEOUL71	MORE ON LEE-ASO SUMMIT: JOINT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 11-12 summit between Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and ROK President Lee Myung-bak was a quiet affair, just as the two principals had hoped for; no protests on history, territory or the Aso family's past use of forced Korean labor in its mining business. This was th [...]	2009-01-14 09:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KS KN
09SEOUL910	U.S.-ROK-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 2-3, 2009 visit to Seoul for U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Policy Planning Talks, Policy Planning (S/P) Director Anne-Marie Slaughter was told by Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan that China was changing its views on what to do about North Korea, "but too slowly, and too [...]	2009-06-10 02:52:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KS JA KN
09SEOUL975	Courageous Channel Evacuation Exercise and Related Events [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Seoul continues to expand its role in evacuation planning for South Korea. During the first three weeks of May 2009, post was heavily involved in Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) events and exercises in conjunction with U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and third-country embass [...]	2009-06-18 07:39:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AEMR MARR XE JA KS
09SHANGHAI135	(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS SAY CHINA CANNOT STOP NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea will launch its missile (or satellite) as a means to influence U.S. policy and drive a wedge between the United States and its regional allies. Political normalization with the United States is of paramount importance to North Korea, which pr [...]	2009-03-23 06:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA
09SHANGHAI246	S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA, G2, INTERNET, [...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Shanghai May 28-31, Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter met with Shanghai academics, the local business community, and Shanghai Expo Bureau officials. The scholars said China is upset by recent North Korean provocations and will likely [...]	2009-06-03 02:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EIND EINT CH KN KS JA PK
09SHANGHAI257	(C) CHINA UNLIKELY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea, for domestic political reasons, will not bow to international pressure in the near term over its recent provocative actions. Tension on the Korean peninsula is nearing a "climax," after which a "cooling down period" will be necessary to bring [...]	2009-06-12 02:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA TW
09SHANGHAI258	NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...]	2009-06-12 02:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA
09SHANGHAI277	NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL DIRECTOR SEEKS CHANNEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-Chinese, including some Japanese, accounted for about 10 percent of the 5.4 million visitors in 2008 to Nanjing's memorial hall commemorating the Chinese victims of the city's occupation by Japanese forces in 1937. Zhu Chengshan, the director of the memorial, which contains [...]	2009-06-26 05:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH JA PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
09SHANGHAI73	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA: PROVOCATIONS TO DRAW OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars explained North Korea's recent provocative actions as attempts to draw the Obama Administration's attention and pressure South Korea to continue aid to North Korea. They offered little insight on the succession issue but said recent rumors about Kim Jong-il's t [...]	2009-02-09 09:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
09SHANGHAI79	JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN EAST CHINA HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese manufacturers in East China started seeing a drop in domestic and export demand in early 2008 but did not cut production until late 2008, hoping for Olympics-driven growth and pressured by Chinese JV partners to "keep the machines running," according to Shanghai-based [...]	2009-02-13 01:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH JA
09STATE100275	WHALING: US COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT GROUP TALKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post is requested to approach appropriate Government of Japan officials regarding the Future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Support Group meeting in Santiago, Chile, October 5-1 [...]	2009-09-25 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IWC PREL EFIS JA SENV
09STATE101146	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (SBU) The Administration has decided to withdraw Ms. Anne Slaughter Andrew as the candidate for U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. Post is requested to inform the Government of Jamaica of this decision via diplomatic note (text at para 2). On September 25, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon notifie [...]	2009-09-29 13:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER PREL JA
09STATE108978	ADDITIONAL INFO ON IAEA PLANS TO FUEL TEHRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: During an October 7 briefing with MOFA Officials on the outcome of the 1 October P5 1 meeting in Geneva with Iran (reftels),MOFA Iran Desk Chief Junichi Sumi asked whether the United States could provide additional [...]	2009-10-21 19:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IR JA KNNP MNUC PARM
09STATE115095	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050183081 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled target drone spare [...]	2009-11-06 20:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC JA
09STATE117709	WHALING: REQUEST FOR POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Post is requested to discuss with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Fukuyama the potential for reaching a political agreement regarding Japan's whaling practices. Background: 2. (C) Department of Commerce Principal Deputy Undersecretar [...]	2009-11-14 00:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIS PREL SENV KSCA IWC JA
09STATE119005	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON HONDURAS ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 15:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HO JA
09STATE11918	JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...]	2009-02-10 00:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE12311	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): GUIDANCE FOR [...] Guidance in paragraphs 6-8. -------- Overview -------- 2. This cable provides information and guidance to the U.S. delegation for use during 11-13 February 2009 meeting of government experts to consider the report submitted by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to the Second Review [...]	2009-02-10 22:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KTIA MARR PARM CWC
09STATE124623	(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON JAPAN-IRAN TRADE [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REF REPORT ON JAPAN-IRAN TRADE ISSUES. IT PROVIDES TIMELY, DETAILED, AND UPDATED TRADE AND ECONOMIC TIES INFORMATION THAT IS VERY HELPFUL, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN ANALYSTS ARE TRYING TO DIG DEEPER INTO IRAN'S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS. WE ESPEC [...]	2009-12-04 21:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ETRD PREL IR JA
09STATE125572	GOJ MAKES CLEAR ICNND REPORT IS UNOFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Takeo Akiba, Minister for Political Affairs at the Japanese embassy, called on ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Vann Van Diepen and Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk on December 7 to make clear the status of the forthcoming report of the International Commissio [...]	2009-12-08 19:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA PARM PREL
09STATE126206	U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...]	2009-12-09 22:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP
09STATE129118	JAPAN: DEMARCHE ON POSTAL REFORM REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan is currently undergoing an intensive process of reviewing postal reform policies and drafting new legislation regarding the structure and services offered by Japan Post. The USG, though neutral [...]	2009-12-17 20:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JA
09STATE129240	DEMARCHE REQUEST: MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Tokyo. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (S) Summary. Iranian Supreme Council for National Security Secretary General Saeed Jalili is expected to travel to Japan December 20-24, 2009. Embassy Tokyo is requested to convey to appropriate Japanese offic [...]	2009-12-18 03:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	IR PARM PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD JA
09STATE16717	RESPONDING TO JAPAN'S REQUEST FOR MEGAPORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2-3. 2. (SBU) As outlined in reftel, officials in the Government of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have repeatedly requested Megaports "reciprocity" and information-sharing (reftel) in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach (LA/LB). Embassy T [...]	2009-02-23 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT JA
09STATE19794	DEMARCHE REQUEST: MAFF STORAGE OF IMPORTED RICE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) publicly released findings of its December 2008 and January 2009 inspection of imported rice that is kept in long-term government storage. The inspections resu [...]	2009-03-03 22:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PREL JA
09STATE22496	GUIDANCE FOR G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS GROUP [...] (U) This message provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the U.S. delegation to the G-8 Bioterrorism Experts Group (BTEX) workshop in Tokyo, March 12-13, 2009. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Disarmament, Nonproliferation a [...]	2009-03-10 19:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER GM JA RS CA UK IT FR TBIO
09STATE27842	USUN INSTRUCTIONS: ELEMENTS FOR DPRK LAUNCH [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests USUN use the elements of the draft Security Council resolution in paragraph 3 as a starting point to negotiate a Security Council resolution in the event of a missile launch by the DPRK. 3. (S) Some of the elemen [...]	2009-03-24 00:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	UNSC KNNP JA KN
09STATE29794	REPORTING: AMBASSADOR SANO'S BRIEFING TO [...] (C) Summary: PM Deputy Assistant Secretary Greg Delawie met with Ambassador Toshio Sano, Director General for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 13 to discuss the Japanese progress in developing their national implementation legislation for the [...]	2009-03-27 16:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL PGOV JA
09STATE29932	(S) ALLIANCE COORDINATION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (S/NF) For alliance management reasons and in order to shape public perceptions, it is important that our Embassies and military Commands in the ROK and Japan work closely with host governments and provide consistent messaging in responding publicly to the expected North Korean Taepodong-2 lau [...]	2009-03-27 19:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PARM KPAO KN KS JA
09STATE32269	IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN ITEMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuat [...]	2009-04-02 21:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT
09STATE3451	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW INSURANCE [...] (U) BACKGROUND AND ACTION REQUEST: According to recent press reporting in Japan, Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. (Kampo Life) has announced that it intends to develop and market a new cancer insurance product with assistance from Nippon Life Insurance Company. Embassy Tokyo is requested to vis [...]	2009-01-13 21:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV JA
09STATE34798	IRANIAN PROCUREMENT ENTITY USES ITALIAN FIRM AS [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Rome, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information indicating that in mid-February 2009, Iran's Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company (FEDCO) sought servo-actuators manufactured by the Japanese firm Tonegawa-Seiko via [...]	2009-04-09 13:34:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT
09STATE3512	KOREA-JAPAN SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Taro Aso met in Seoul from January 11-12. The following is an official read-out of the meeting provided by the ROK Embassy to Washington. End Summary. 2. (C) The ROK Embassy provided the English tr [...]	2009-01-13 23:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL JA KN KS
09STATE35229	PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an April 9 meeting with S/SRAP Holbrooke to discuss the Pakistan Donor,s Conference, Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki passed a matrix displaying donor information. The matrix showed a tentative 500 million dollar Chinese c [...]	2009-04-09 23:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PK JA CH
09STATE37357	KUDOS ON JAPANESE REPORTING AND ADVOCACY [...] (U) The Secretary's February visit to Japan, new domestic political developments almost every week, and a flood of visitors to and from Tokyo have the past few months a particularly busy time in U.S.-Japan relations. Fortunately, Washington has had the benefit of Mission Japan,s stellar repor [...]	2009-04-15 21:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ECON ETRD EFIN MARR PGOV PREL JA
09STATE37478	NIAG 9041: IRANIAN ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH [...] (S) We have received information that Iranian entities with ties to Iran's missile program seek to procure Japanese-origin diesel generators, ostensibly for a planned light-water moderated nuclear reactor to be built near Darkhovin, Iran. While Iran is not prohibited from constructing light- [...]	2009-04-16 12:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR JA
09STATE42999	SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE-ORIGIN CHEMICAL USED IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States has information that as of late April 2009, a consignment of over 210 metric tons of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) was scheduled to be loaded on the Islamic Republic of Ira [...]	2009-04-28 20:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
09STATE44624	RESPONDING TO GOJ QUESTIONS ABOUT IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuat [...]	2009-05-01 18:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT
09STATE47278	JAPAN: SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION [...] This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo is requested to meet with senior officials at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to encourage Japan to maintain its current launch schedule for the Global Change Observation Mission satellite program. 2. Back [...]	2009-05-08 19:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TSPA SENV JA
09STATE52206	PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK TO THE GOJ ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since the summer of 2007, we have discussed with Japanese officials the efforts of entities acting on behalf of Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program to acquire SSPS105 and PS050 servo-actuat [...]	2009-05-21 16:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR CH
09STATE60443	JAPAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 20:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JA
09STATE60952	(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON HAMADA MEETING [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOUND REFTEL ON PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S APRIL 20 MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER HAMADA TO BE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL. POST PROVIDED VALUABLE INSIGHT ON HAMADA'S WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS JAPANESE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DPRK'S APRIL TD-II MISSILE LAUNCH WITH US OFFICIALS. [...]	2009-06-12 16:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PINR MARR PARM PREL JA
09STATE62400	JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...]	2009-06-16 21:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE6399	MALAYSIAN BROKER SEEKING JAPANESE-ORIGIN SERVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: Since August 2007, the U.S. has discussed with Japan efforts by Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle program (UAV) to procure equipment produced by the Japanese firm Tonegawa-Seiko using [...]	2009-01-23 21:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
09STATE64019	RESPONDING TO JAPAN'S REQUEST FOR "RECIPROCITY" [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan (GOJ) and the Department of Energy (DOE) recently commenced a Megaports Initiative pilot project at the Port of Yokohama. Discussions between the GOJ and DOE regarding a range of Megaports issues [...]	2009-06-19 20:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT JA
09STATE65286	(S) POSSIBLE PAYMENT TO JAPANESE FIRM FROM [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: The United States has information indicating that, as of September 2008, the Myanmar branch of the Korea Mining Development General Trading Corporation (KOMID) was arranging a payment of $1 million t [...]	2009-06-24 12:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA KN
09STATE68254	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050104138 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled harness cable asse [...]	2009-07-01 17:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC JA UK

09STATE71038	(C) KUDOS FOR ROK EMBASSY APPLAUDS ASO; FEARS [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOUND TOKYO 000421 TO BE A VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE REPORT. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WERE THE INSIGHTS INTO HOW SOUTH KOREA VIEWS ACTIONS TOWARD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN (DPJ),SPECIFICALLY THAT KIM NOTED HIS EMBASSY HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING CONTACTS WIT [...]	2009-07-09 15:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL JA KS

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