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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09STATE71091DEMARCHE REQUEST: JAPANESE BUDGET SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU)Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) under President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is facing a severe financial crisis that threatens its financial and political stability. According to the PA and International M [...]
2009-07-09 16:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG JA IS
09STATE79114APPROACH TO THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN ON ASSISTING
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo is requested to meet with Government of Japan (GOJ) officials to request their assistance in allowing Uighur Medivacs from Palau to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa. 2. Background: On June 4, 2009, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Det [...]
2009-07-29 17:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL JA PS KDRG
09STATE82884COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - JAPAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 17:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC JA
09STATE85620A/S BLAKE-AKASHI TELECON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 14 telephone conversation with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Blake, Japanese Special Envoy to Sri Lanka Yasushi Akashi said that Japan, anticipating a change in government following upcoming elections, will delay the proposed U.S.-J [...]
2009-08-17 20:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL CE JA
09STATE88999(U) JAPAN: KUDOS FOR ECONOMIC POLICY REPORTING
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WHO FOLLOW ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS, COVERAGE OF JAPANESE APPROACH TO ACQUIRING CRITICAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING RARE EARTH METALS. REFTELS A-B PROVIDED WELCOME DETAILS ON JAPANESE EFFORTS TO SECURE RARE EARTH METALS, INCLUDING THE USE OF [...]
2009-08-26 15:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR EAID EMIN ENRG PREL SENV JA
09STATE90555BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE 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 pre-license check on license 050185582 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled electromechanical arm [...]
2009-08-31 15:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
09STATE91981BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE 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 pre-license check on application 050187092 for the export of naval vessel component parts to Japan. Post is requested to comp [...]
2009-09-03 17:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
09STATE99410RESPONDING TO GOI QUESTIONS ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Rome, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: On April 2, 2009, we shared with the government of Japan information indicating that in mid- February 2009, Iran's Farazeh Equipment Distributor Company (FEDCO) sought servo-actuators manufactured by [...]
2009-09-24 15:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR IT
09TAIPEI1169TAIWAN NSC: WHAT IS THE JDF DOING ON YONAGUNI?
[...] (C) During a conversation on a separate issue (reftel, NOTAL) National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi asked the Director if the United States had more information about Tokyo's recent focus on the island of Yonaguni. Specifically, Su said, Taiwan was curious about the motivation beh [...]
2009-09-28 06:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA TW
09TAIPEI790THE DIRECTOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Improvements in Taiwan-China relations have come at the expense of Taiwan's traditionally close relations with the United States and other partners, and of the island's long-term viability as a sovereign state, Lee Teng-hui warned the Director during his June 26 farewell call on t [...]
2009-06-30 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TW CH JA
09TELAVIV1880ISRAELI MFA ASKS USG TO BROKER OPENING TO INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting with PolCouns senior MFA officials Kahanoff and Ben-Abba asked for U.S. help, prior to the scheduled November visit of President Obama to Indonesia, in facilitating the development of Israeli-Indonesian relations. Specifically, they asked if President O [...]
2009-08-27 14:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IN JA IS
09THEHAGUE481CWC: U.S.-CHINA CONSULTATIONS: RESPONSE FROM
[...] (C) On August 7, Delreps Granger and Smith met with Chinese Deputy PermRep Chen Kai and Chinese delegate Xu Feng to deliver reftel points. Delrep informed Chen of Washington's positive response to China's standing invitation for bilateral discussions in Beijing and site visits to Nanjing and [...]
2009-08-10 16:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JA
09THEHAGUE634CWC: U.S.-CHINA NOVEMBER CONSULTATIONS DISCUSSED
[...] (SBU) Delreps met separately with members of the Chinese and Japanese delegations in an effort to seek further clarification on the scope of the scheduled visit to Beijing (November 4-7, 2009) for CWC bilateral consultations on implementation and compliance issues (refs A and B). In an effort [...]
2009-10-23 09:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OPCW CWC CH JA
09TOKYO100TREASURY VISIT ASSESSES SEVERITY OF JAPAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan's economic recession may turn out to be longer and deeper than the U.S. downturn, Japanese government, academic, and private sector economic and financial experts told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. The Japan-based economic analysts explained t [...]
2009-01-16 08:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO1000TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the death of an infant in the U.S. as a result of the H1N1 influenza, as well as yesterday's summit in Beijing between Prime Minister Aso and Chinese Premier Wen. 2. "DPRK Plays Up Crisis to head off UN sanctions" A correspondent for th [...]
2009-04-30 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1002REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 827
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 03:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1004GOJ REQUESTS COPY OF U.S.-UAE BILATERAL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, during a April 28 meeting with Econoff on other issues (septel),expressed interest in the status of the U.S.-UAE bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement. He explained [...]
2009-04-30 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE JA
09TOKYO1005 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 07:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1007REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 830
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1009JAPAN, RUSSIA LIKELY TO CONCLUDE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Japan and Russia likely will conclude a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement in May during the planned visit of Prime Minister Putin to Tokyo. Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials and a Russian Embassy contact indicate an agreement is in the final stage [...]
2009-04-30 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE RU JA
09TOKYO101TERRORISM FINANCE--GOJ RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 09:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER PREL PGOV JA LE
09TOKYO1013JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1014TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CHRYSLER
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the announcement by the Health Ministry that a high school student in Yokohama is likely to have contracted the new strain of Type A influenza. 2. "Has President Obama Taken Necessary First Steps toward Change?" The liberal Tokyo Shi [...]
2009-05-01 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1019CHINESE INFO TECH ANNOUNCEMENT, JAPANESE REACTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Japanese media have reported extensively over the past week on China's proposed IT security disclosure requirements. While there is some relief China walked back from immediate implementation, Japanese industry remains concerned. Praising the effect of U.S.-Japan coordination to [...]
2009-05-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINT ETRD ETTC JA KIPR TINT CH
09TOKYO1020COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR STEPHEN W.
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 11-12, 2009, visit to Japan by S/R Stephen W. Bosworth, Ambassador Sung Y. Kim, NSC Asia Director Daniel R. Russel, and DPRK Desk Officer Amy Patel. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Marc Kna [...]
2009-05-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
09TOKYO1021JAPAN'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST ITS AILING AIRLINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released its "Support Package to Strengthen the Foundation of the Airline Industry" April 10, a set of initiatives to assist Japan's struggling airline sector. The support package does not require Diet approval [...]
2009-05-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EIND ETRD WTRO EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1025 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 12:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1031COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAURA ROSENBERGER
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 11-12, 2009, visit to Japan by Foreign Affairs Officer Laura Rosenberger. Ms. Rosenberger will be traveling with S/R Bosworth's delegation. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Marc Knapper. H [...]
2009-05-07 01:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
09TOKYO1032DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR
[...] (S) Emboff delivered ref A talking points to Takao Shishikura, Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 1. Shishikura said his offic [...]
2009-05-07 04:01:00Embassy TokyoSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR JA
09TOKYO1033ACTION REQUEST: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT
[...] (S) Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) , Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control Director Takao Shishikura and METI Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division Atsushi Tanizawa, delivered the following non-paper in English May 1 in response to ref [...]
2009-05-07 04:39:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
09TOKYO1034DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE-ORIGIN
[...] (S) Emboff delivered nonpaper contained in ref A to Takao Shishikura, Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 1. Shishikura said hi [...]
2009-05-07 05:37:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
09TOKYO1035 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1036 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/09-1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 07:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1042TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Thursday morning due to a press holiday. Lead stories in news broadcasts on Thursday morning included updates on the worldwide spread of H1N1 influenza. 2. "'Carrot' Should Not Be Given to North Korea for Military Expansionism" The conservative [...]
2009-05-07 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1047JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO105TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA AND OBAMA'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included today's inauguration of President-elect Obama, as well as a GOJ panel finding that cloned beef and pork are safe to eat. 2. "Ceasefire Should Be Used to Jumpstart Peace Talks" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (1/20): "Direct t [...]
2009-01-20 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1050TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a huge revenue loss posted by GM. 2. "Deeper Strategic Dialogue Necessary to Enhance Alliance" On a recent U.S.-Japan defense ministerial, the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (5/8): "Japan plans to renew the 'National Defense [...]
2009-05-08 03:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1059 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 07:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO106JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1061JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 00:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1063TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Monday morning included Sunday's announcement by the Health Ministry that another Japanese was confirmed to be infected with the new H1N1 influenza strain, bringing the total number of cases in Japan to four. 2. "Clear Departure Needed from Cold War Mental [...]
2009-05-11 03:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1067JAPAN-IRAN: FOREIGN MINISTER NAKASONE VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone visited Tehran May 2 where he met separately with President Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Motaki. In a conversation with Charge d'Affaires, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Toshiro Suzuki characterized the [...]
2009-05-11 07:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR CASC KNNP KN AF IR JA
09TOKYO1068JAPAN PLACING IMPORTANCE ON TIES TO INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan sees Indonesia as the pillar of Tokyo's foreign policy in Southeast Asia. Recent discussions between Embassy Tokyo and Indonesia watchers suggest that Japan sees the world's largest Muslim country as an integral part of Japan's strategy in the region. Indonesia's large bu [...]
2009-05-11 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN JA ID
09TOKYO1069 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1076JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1077TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to DPJ President Ozawa's announcement on Monday of his intention to step down as party leader. 2. "Mutual Distrust between U.S. and Afghanistan" The moderate Yomiuri wrote from Washington (4/12): "Regarding the U.S. air raids in Afghani [...]
2009-05-12 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1080 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 22:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1081JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1082RESIGNATION OF DPJ LEADER ICHIRO OZAWA
[...] (C) Summary: DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa resigned from the party presidency on May 11, succumbing to a combination of sinking polls, criticism from within his own party, continuing press scrutiny over his role in a political funds scandal, and the realization that he had become a liability in the [...]
2009-05-13 01:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV JA
09TOKYO1083TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA UNREST AND REPLACEMENT OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the upcoming DPJ presidential election on Saturday, as well as yesterday's summit between Prime Minister Aso and Russian Premier Putin. 2. "Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka" On the civil war in Sri Lanka, the liberal Asahi editorialize [...]
2009-05-13 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1084 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1085NIAG 9041: RESPONSE FROM MITSUBISHI ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) gave Emboff non-paper May 13 in response to points in ref B. The non-paper, in English, bears the GOJ classification "SECRET." 2. (S) TEXT OF NONPAPER AS RECEIVED [...]
2009-05-13 08:05:00Embassy TokyoSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR JA
09TOKYO1090JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1091JAPAN POST: NEW PRODUCTS NECESSARY FOR IPO, SAYS
[...] (C) For the initial public offerings of Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance to be successful, the postal financial entities should be permitted to issue new products, Postal Services Privatization Committee (PSPC) Chairman Naoki Tanaka told emboffs May 13. Tanaka said he understands some [...]
2009-05-14 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1093 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 07:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1096DEMARCHE TO JAPAN CONVEYING THANKS FOR SABERI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC IR JA
09TOKYO1097JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/09
[...] Aiming at a fraternal society based on the independence and dignity of individuals; compiling budgets under the leadership of lawmakers; reforming the civil servant system, including a total ban on amakudari (the practice of senior bureaucrats landing postretirement jobs at entities related to [...]
2009-05-15 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1100TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's national dailies gave prominent top play to the official announcements by DPJ Secretary General Hatoyama and former party President Okada that they will run in Saturday's party presidential election. 2. "Concerted International Pressure Imperative" On addition [...]
2009-05-15 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1103JAPAN "SERIOUSLY CONCERNED" ABOUT TREATMENT OF SUU
[...] (C) Japan is "seriously concerned" about the Burmese authorities' treatment of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her transfer from house arrest to Insein Prison, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said May 15. The Japanese Government has raised its concerns with the Burmese Ambassador and has calle [...]
2009-05-15 04:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM JA
09TOKYO1104FIRST MOFA OFFICIAL DEPARTS FOR CHAGHCHARAN, THREE
[...] (SBU) The first MOFA official to be seconded to the Lithuanian PRT in Chaghcharan departed Japan for Afghanistan 14 May, according to MOFA National Security Division Deputy Director Takatoshi Mori. Jiro Kanzawa, who until recently was assigned to the Foreign Minister's Secretariat, is an Arab [...]
2009-05-15 06:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AID PGOV PINR AF JA
09TOKYO1105MEXT SUPPORTS GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSION
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle appropriately. 2. (SBU) The EST Chief delivered ref A points and the letter contained in ref B from Commerce Under Secretary Lubchenco to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Deputy Director-General Masaaki Tanaka Ma [...]
2009-05-15 07:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR TSPA SENV JA
09TOKYO1106OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS INDICT JAPAN POST CEO
[...] (U) Twelve Diet members from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),the People's New Party (PNP),and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) submitted a third-party criminal indictment of Japan Post Holdings CEO Yoshifumi Nishikawa to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office May 15, a [...]
2009-05-15 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1107JAPAN-RUSSIA SIGN NUCLEAR COOPERATION PACT
[...] (C) Summary. Nuclear cooperation and trade and investment, rather than the Northern Territories issue, dominated Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's May 11-13 Tokyo visit. The countries signed an historic accord on nuclear cooperation and agreed to expand economic and other cooperative efforts in [...]
2009-05-15 08:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA RS
09TOKYO1108 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-17 22:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1109JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO111 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1112TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the increasing number of cases of domestic infection of H1N1 influenza confirmed in Japan. 2. "Political Oppression in Burma Unpardonable" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (5/18): "Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu [...]
2009-05-18 01:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1114COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD MICHAEL SCHIFFER AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 24-28 visit to Japan by DASD Schiffer and Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile pho [...]
2009-05-18 05:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1121COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD REBECCA HERSMAN AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 25-27 visit to Japan by DASD Hersman and Lieutenant Colonel Smith. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6 [...]
2009-05-18 07:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1122JAPAN ON ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN'S IDP
[...] (C) Japan will consider requests for additional funding for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan, according to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida. However, Yoshida reminded us that Japan last April provided grant aid totaling USD 5 million for IDPs i [...]
2009-05-18 07:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID PK JA
09TOKYO1124NEW DPJ PRESIDENT HATOYAMA KEEPS OZAWA IN KEY ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Yukio Hatoyama's election as party President over Katsuya Okada on May 16 and his appointment of outgoing President Ichiro Ozawa to a senior position signals a continuation in the status quo for the opposition DPJ, according to Embassy contacts, and should result in few changes i [...]
2009-05-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1127TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA (ADDITIONAL)
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the increasing number of cases of domestic infection of H1N1 influenza confirmed in Japan. 2. "Burma in Crisis" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/16): "Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged and jai [...]
2009-05-19 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1129TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA, SRI LANKA, AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Sankei gave top play to a report on an arrest warrant against a Japanese company president, who allegedly exported to North Korea two large trucks that are prohibited for export due to the potential that they could be converted for use as vehicles to transport bal [...]
2009-05-19 02:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1130JAPAN'S VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SRI LANKA
[...] (U) Japan announced May 15 it would give assistance in kind worth approximately USD 470,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help aid Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. The assistance will include 560 tents, 30,000 jerry cans, 4,000 plastic sheets, 10,00 [...]
2009-05-19 04:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID CE JA
09TOKYO1131JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TELEPHONES BURMESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a first-ever telephone call by a Japanese Foreign Minister to his Burmese counterpart, Foreign Minister Nakasone May 18 telephoned Burmese Foreign Minister U Nyan Win to express Japan's "deep concern" about the case against Aung San Suu Kyi. MOFA had already called in the Burm [...]
2009-05-19 05:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM JA
09TOKYO1133 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1135DEMARCHE DELIVERED AND ACTION REQUEST -- NIAG
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) Emboff delivered reftel non-paper to Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and his successor, Hiroaki Machii, May 18. Tanizawa said METI is willing to loo [...]
2009-05-19 07:42:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC JA IR
09TOKYO1141JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 00:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1143JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DAW AUNG SAN SUU
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the Ref A demarche to MOFA Deputy Directors Ken Ota, First Southeast Asia Division, and Kazumi Yamada, United Nations Policy Division. Mr. Ota stated that Japan is in agreement on the need to drop the charges on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and release her from detention. [...]
2009-05-20 01:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
09TOKYO1144TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Asahi front-paged a report from Washington claiming that the Obama administration informed the Japanese government on Tuesday of its decision to nominate California lawyer John Roos as the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan. 2. "Force Alone Can Not Bring Peace" T [...]
2009-05-20 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1147USAF CHIEF OF STAFF'S MAY 13 CALL ON DEFENSE
[...] (C) Accompanied by the Charge and U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) Commander Edward Rice, visiting U.S. Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz called on Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on May 12. Gen Schwartz expressed appreciation for all of Japan's contribution to Iraq and Afghanistan. [...]
2009-05-20 04:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO1151 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 22:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1154JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1155TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the confirmation on Wednesday of the first two cases of the new strain of H1N1 influenza in Tokyo and Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. 2. "Junta Should Immediately Stop Shameful Acts" The business-oriented Nikkei editori [...]
2009-05-21 03:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1156REPLY: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK
[...] (C) Emboffs delivered points in ref A to Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara and Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Wataru Kikuchi and MOF International Bureau International Organi [...]
2009-05-21 04:06:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KN JA
09TOKYO1158GOJ REPORTS UAE PREFERENCES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT
[...] (C//NF) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division Deputy Director Junichi Yokota commented on the UAE's selection of three international consortia to bid on its upcoming nuclear plant tender during a May 18 meeting with Emboffs (to be reported sept [...]
2009-05-21 06:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG TRGY NRR PUNE KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE JA
09TOKYO1159JAPAN'S CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FUNDING
[...] (SBU) EST Chief met Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Senior Negotiator for Climate Change Yoshiko Kijima May 21 to discuss Japan's programs and funding for adaptation to climate change per reftel request. Kijima said the GOJ combines funding for adaptation and mitigation programs and does [...]
2009-05-21 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO1160 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 07:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1162TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 08:28:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO1163TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG
[...] (C) Begin text of Scenesetter: Mr. Deputy Secretary, The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains strong and Japan will continue to be a close friend and partner, but our relationship will be stressed on several fronts over the next year as Japan wrestles with daunting political and economic challeng [...]
2009-05-21 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO1165JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 00:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1166TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION, BURMA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Nikkei led with a speech by Prime Minister Aso on Thursday, during which he expressed Japan's commitment to provide aid of $67 billion in total to help Asian economies 'double' their respective GDPs by 2020. 2. "Time Has Come to Seal Accord on Nuclear Test Ban" [...]
2009-05-22 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1170 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 07:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1177JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 00:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1178TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NUCLEAR TEST BY NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning Japanese national dailies led with statements of condemnation released by the U.S., Japan, Russia, and China of Monday's nuclear test by North Korea. 2. "U.S.-China Coordination Needed to Stop North Korea's Reckless March" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/ [...]
2009-05-26 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO118JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1181FM NAKASONE MEETS BURMESE COUNTERPART
[...] (C) Summary: FM Nakasone met with Burmese FM Nyan Win in Hanoi May 25 and expressed "strong concern" about the ongoing trial of Aung San Suu Kyi. Nakasone predicted a harsh international reaction to a guilty verdict and called on the Burmese authorities to allow Suu Kyi and others to partici [...]
2009-05-26 06:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL BM JA
09TOKYO1184 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 07:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1185JAPAN, THE U.S., AND TIP: AT A TIPPING POINT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an unprecedented multi-year, multi-agency effort to meet TVPA (Trafficking Victims Protection Act) minimum standards, the Government of Japan has indicated at a high level that it is considering no longer cooperating with the United States in providing information for th [...]
2009-05-26 07:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO1190JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 00:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1191TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included North Korea's additional launch of two short-range missiles off its coast in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday. 2. "Strong Unity Imperative" On expected UN Security Council deliberations on a new resolution against North Korea's nuclear t [...]
2009-05-27 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1192JAPAN OPPOSES PGA DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR UN
[...] (SBU) Japan "totally agrees" with the U.S. opposition to the draft outcome document the President of the General Assembly (PGA) distributed in preparation for the U.N. Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Internation [...]
2009-05-27 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN UNGA JA
09TOKYO1193GOJ STRATEGY FOR IAEA ELECTION; REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) Please note action request contained in para 5. 2. (SBU) The GOJ is aware of and greatly appreciates U.S. advocacy on behalf of its candidate for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and [...]
2009-05-27 03:46:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1194STAFFDEL SHELLY HAN VISIT TO JAPAN FROM 9-12 JUNE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Ms. Shelly Han to Japan from June 9-12, 2009. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile phone: (81-80)1202-8406 Fax: [...]
2009-05-27 06:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1197COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OTTAWAY + 8 TO VISIT JAPAN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Ottaway, Leslie Maher, Richard Love, Samuel Howerton, Kenneth Cole, Bruce Bennett, Donald Romberger, Jonathan Newmark, and Douglas Lyons for their May 24-29 visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politica [...]
2009-05-27 07:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1198 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1199JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 00:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO12TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACKS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Monday morning included the start on Saturday evening of Israel's ground attack on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. 2. "Hatred Could Lead to Quagmire" A correspondent wrote in the liberal Asahi from Jerusalem (1/5): "Israel's air and ground attacks are the larg [...]
2009-01-05 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1200JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT ARF WORKSHOP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 03:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TBIO ARF JA
09TOKYO1202TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the growing likelihood of GM filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy following the failure on Wednesday of its talks with creditors. 2. "Financial Sanctions and Ship Inspections Should Be Implemented" The conservative Sankei edito [...]
2009-05-28 05:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1204 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1205IS JAPAN READY TO DISCUSS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports suggesting Japan is willing to consider easing its requirements on testing of cattle for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) have raised speculation the GOJ might be prepared to engage the USG to lift remaining barriers to U.S. beef. Current BSE-related [...]
2009-05-28 09:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PREL JA
09TOKYO1207JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO121TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INAUGURATION OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers focused intense coverage on the inauguration of President Obama. 2. "Obama Is Tasked with Rejuvenating America" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/21): "President Obama is set to reconstruct the role of a federal government in the belief that the [...]
2009-01-21 05:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1210TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Yomiuri story claiming that the GOJ has decided to tighten controls on domestic technologies and information that could be used for military purposes, including the development of WMD, by requiring Japanese universities, research institutio [...]
2009-05-29 03:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1214 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1216WHALING: JAPAN UNLIKELY TO COMPROMISE IN UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) While the Japanese public does not oppose whaling - in fact most support continued whaling - interest groups here are divided over whether to accept a compromise in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that would allow Japan limited coastal whaling in exchange for a reduction/elim [...]
2009-05-29 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA
09TOKYO1217UNION DELIVERS MESSAGE ON U.S. LABOR LEGISLATION
[...] Tomoyasu Kato, President of the All NTT Workers Union of Japan, delivered the following letter and resolution regarding the Employee Free Choice Act to the Embassy May 28. Kato, who is also Vice President of the Japan Trade Union Confederation (RENGO),said he delivered the message in his ca [...]
2009-05-29 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV JA
09TOKYO1218CLIMATE CHANGE: STAKEHOLDERS DIFFER ON JAPAN'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Aso intends to announce Japan's midterm greenhouse gas reduction target by mid-June in order to use it at the G8 Summit/MEF and in the UNFCCC negotiations. There remain wide differences over the size of an appropriate target, however, among the various climate/e [...]
2009-05-29 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO122 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1224JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/09
[...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's weekend schedule (Nikkei) North Korea problem: 4. U.S. high-level delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg starts 4-nation tour of Japan, ROK, China and Russia, focusing on North Korea issues (Yomiuri) 5. Large U.S. delegat [...]
2009-06-01 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1225TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to GM's plans to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as today. 2. "Step toward Ethnic Reconciliation" The liberal Asahi editorialized (6/1): "President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka declared victory in the civil war. The governme [...]
2009-06-01 02:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1230JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/02/09
[...] He said: "Let us take on the big challenge posed by various issues with Democratic governments both in Japan and the United States," calling for strengthening bilateral relations while also indicating a strong motivation toward a change of government. On the North Korea issue, Hatoyama pointe [...]
2009-06-02 04:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1232TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GM BANKRUPTCY
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to GM's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. 2. "Reconstruction Is a Long Way Off" The liberal Mainichi wrote in an editorial (6/2): "... The bankruptcy and nationalization of GM, which used to be the world's largest [...]
2009-06-02 06:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1234 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/09
[...] While they were unable to narrow their gaps on such key issues as the consumption tax hike and global warming prevention measures, this meeting gave hints to each side's thinking on the next House of Representatives election. The first policy consultation between the DPJ and Nippon Keidanren [...]
2009-06-02 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1238JAPAN TAKING WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH TO GM BANKRUPTCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japanese officials and auto industry representatives expressed concern at the announcement of General Motors' bankruptcy, but not alarm. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister Toshiro Nikai pledged unspecified financial support for Japanese small and medium- [...]
2009-06-02 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ETRD PREL WTRO JA
09TOKYO1239JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 00:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO124PM ASO URGES PRESIDENT LEE TO ACCELERATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Aso strongly urged South Korean President Lee to accelerate consultations on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) during their January 12 summit, according to MOFA Economic Partnership Director Shinichi Hosono. Aso made the push because current working-level tal [...]
2009-01-21 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL JA
09TOKYO1241IRAN INVITE TO EMBASSY TOKYO NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Tokyo seeks guidance on whether to invite Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi to our national day reception. 2. (C) Ref A indicates representatives of the Iranian government "may" be invited to this year's national day receptions. Ordinarily, given [...]
2009-06-03 04:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP IR JA
09TOKYO1242TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Asahi gave top play to the disclosure by several sources close to the DPRK leadership that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has selected his third son Kim Jong Un as his heir. 2. "Treasury Secretary Shows 'Low Key' Attitude in China" The conservative Sankei [...]
2009-06-03 04:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1244JAPAN'S PACIFIC ISLANDS SUMMIT: ENVIRONMENT,
[...] (C) Japan hosted the fifth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 5) in Hokkaido May 22-23. The tri-annual summit meeting between Japan and the members of the Pacific Islands Forum was divided into three sessions focused on climate change, human security and expanding people-to-people exchang [...]
2009-06-03 07:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO1245 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 07:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1248DPRK RESOLUTION: MOFA HIGHLIGHTS ARMS EMBARGO,
[...] (C) MOFA UN Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima requested a meeting with Poloff June 3 to convey Japan's position on a proposed UNSC resolution on the DPRK. Referring to a non-paper which he said has already been provided to the State Department in Washington and to the U.S. Mission in New [...]
2009-06-03 08:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA KN
09TOKYO1250JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 00:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1251TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Health Ministry data pointing to a rise in Japan's fertility rate for the third consecutive year. 2. "U.S. Secretary Guarantees 'Dollar's Security'" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (6/4): "During his meetings with Chinese lea [...]
2009-06-04 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1252 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1255JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1257DASD FOR EAST ASIA SCHIFFER'S MAY 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer discussed Japan's next generation fighter program (F-X). While the May 25 DPRK nuclear test highlights the need for close [...]
2009-06-05 06:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1258TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN CAIRO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged a speech in Cairo by President Obama, in which he reportedly expressed his strong commitment to engage the Muslim world. 2. "High Hopes for 'New Beginning'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/5): "Given that the relationship between [...]
2009-06-05 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1261DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary - Meeting June 2 with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Board of Governors discussed the possible economic policies of a DPJ-led government, Japan's economic situation, including how the current global recession has affected J [...]
2009-06-05 07:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP PGOV JA
09TOKYO1262THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship remains the core to an approach on several regional and global issues, including security, engagement with China, and redesigning the East Asian architecture, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice-Foreign Minister Mit [...]
2009-06-05 07:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON JA
09TOKYO1263DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama said that his key priority, after securing an electoral victory, is building a cooperative relationship with the United States to confront the global challenges of nucle [...]
2009-06-05 07:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PARM OVIP KN JA
09TOKYO1266JAPAN'S PLANS FOR NSG PLENARY MEETING PRESENTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Japan has no plans to give Iran-related presentations during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary Meeting in Budapest, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Science Department, Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato. Econoff [...]
2009-06-05 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL ETTC ENRG TRGY JA
09TOKYO1268MOFA COMMENTS ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan's official position of supporting zero growth in the IAEA budget has not changed, but within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),officials are moving to relax the policy in an attempt to reach a compromise position between the U.S. and those countries supporting zer [...]
2009-06-05 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA
09TOKYO1269ASD FOR APSA GREGSON DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: Key challenges to strategic balance in the region and strategic deterrence come from China, North Korea and Russia, Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Wallace Gregson during a June 1 meeting on [...]
2009-06-05 07:58:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR CH KN KS RU JA
09TOKYO1270 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-07 22:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1274JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 00:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1276TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN CAIRO AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers front-paged Secretary of State Clinton's remarks on North Korea during an ABC interview on Sunday. 2. "Moderates Should Be Involved" The conservative Sankei editorialized (6/7): "... Efforts to remove anti-U.S. sentiment among the Muslims and win ove [...]
2009-06-08 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1279SECOND JAPAN-CHINA ECONOMIC DIALOGUE -- LONG ON
[...] (C) Summary: After an 18 month hiatus, Japan and China held the second High Level Economic Dialogue June 7 in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Hirofume Nakasone and his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, issued 11 documents highlighting cooperation in areas including promoting a global eco [...]
2009-06-08 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL CH JA
09TOKYO128JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 04:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1281 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1284JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1285JAPAN-RUSSIA ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT: PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials expect economic engagement with Russia to proceed slowly despite Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's widely-reported pitch for broader investment in the Russian Far East. The bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement will advance cooperation in the nuc [...]
2009-06-09 01:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ENRG PREL PUNE TRGY JA RS
09TOKYO1286WHALING: JAPAN SUPPORTS ANOTHER YEAR FOR FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Japan supports continuing the Future of the International Whaling Commission process until the 2010 IWC Annual Meeting, Fisheries Agency of Japan Deputy Director General Jun Yamashita told Emboffs June 8. However, Japan is concerned the "starting point" for the Small Working Grou [...]
2009-06-09 03:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA
09TOKYO1287TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the GOJ's draft of basic policies for economic and fiscal reform for fiscal 2009. 2. "Relisting North Korea as Terror Sponsor Is Obvious Choice" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (6/9): "Secretary of State Cli [...]
2009-06-09 03:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1289 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1292REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 832
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 23:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1294JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 00:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1295REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 833
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1296TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Sankei gave top play to the finding by intelligence authorities that DPRK leader Kim Jong Il's third son Jong Un has been given a post within the country's National Defense Commission, which is defined by the Constitution as "the highest guiding organ of the mi [...]
2009-06-10 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1297SUDAN CONFERENCE: JAPANESE REPRESENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 04:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SU JA
09TOKYO1298REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 834
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 05:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1299Delivery of Talking Points on Ending the E-Passport
[...] (U) On June 9, Conoff met with Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Passport Division Director Nobuyuki Kawamura and delivered reftel message requiring emergency and temporary passports to either have electronic chips or a visa. Kawamura and his staff said they understood the regulatio [...]
2009-06-10 06:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO PREL PBTS JA
09TOKYO13 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1301CANADIAN DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER FONBERG'S TOKYO
[...] (C) Canadian Deputy Minister of National Defense Robert Fonberg visited Tokyo from 1-3 June for talks with senior Japanese government officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD). Embassy of Canada Political Counselor Karen MacArthur told Poloff that Fon [...]
2009-06-10 06:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1302OKINAWA PRIVIDES LEADERSHIP ON INFORMATION AND
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Contains Proprietary Information. 2. (U) Summary: Okinawa's information technology (IT) sector is breaking some new ground and represents a key sector in the Prefecture's economy, as shown in emboff's recent visit. Prefectural officials reported on successe [...]
2009-06-10 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT ECON EINV TINT JA
09TOKYO1304 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 22:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1305RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH JAPAN
[...] (U) Post offers the following information on U.S.-Japan joint energy initiatives in response to ref A. Collaborative Research ---------------------- 2. (U) The Department of Energy has actively cooperated with Japan on energy, science, and technology over the past several decades, includ [...]
2009-06-10 22:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECIN APECO JA
09TOKYO1306JAPAN'S SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET GIVES MORE TO S&T
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ's FY09 supplemental budget includes an additional JPY 1.35 trillion ($13.5 billion) for science and technology. The majority of these funds will go to the Ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and He [...]
2009-06-10 22:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO TRGY TNGD TSPA EAGR ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO131TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the launch of the Obama administration on Tuesday. 2. "President Obama to Take 'Soft but Sound' approach?" The liberal Asahi wrote in an editorial (1/22): "... President Obama expressed his willingness to establish a new relationsh [...]
2009-01-22 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 00:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1312TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with Prime Minister Aso's press conference on Wednesday, during which he revealed Japan's plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. The papers also gave front-page play to the agreement reached on Wednesday am [...]
2009-06-11 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1315JAPAN AGREES: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper 11 June to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. "We agree that this is not the right direction," Miyamoto said, and emphasized [...]
2009-06-11 05:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA
09TOKYO1317 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 07:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1319 Japan Announces Midterm Greenhouse Gas Target
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of internal GOJ discussion and input from various study groups, Prime Minister Aso announced June 10 that Japan will aim to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. Looked at from a 1990 base year, the figures would equal an e [...]
2009-06-11 21:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL KGHG ECON JA
09TOKYO1324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 00:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1325TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning Japanese dailies led with the official WHO declaration of a worldwide 'pandemic' of H1N1 influenza. 2. "China Holds Key to Enforcement of New UN Resolution" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (6/12): "There is no doubt that North Korea trampled on previous [...]
2009-06-12 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1327DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL FUEL BANK
[...] (SBU) Japan supports open discussions of fuel bank proposals at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting. Energy Attach and Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref June 8 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-Proliferation, Science and N [...]
2009-06-12 06:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY PREL PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1328 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1329INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER RESIGNS OVER POSTAL ROW
[...] (C) Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kunio Hatoyama resigned June 12 after learning PM Aso would reappoint Yoshifumi Nishikawa as Japan Post Holdings (JPH) CEO despite Hatoyama's objections. Hatoyama has been a public critic of Nishikawa and JPH's attempt to sell off assets unr [...]
2009-06-12 07:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1335IAEA: JAPAN PROMISES STRONG STATEMENTS ON SYRIA
[...] (C) Econoffs delivered points contained if ref regarding statements on Syria and Iran at the upcoming IAEA BOG meeting to MOFA Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa June 12. Ichikawa said Japan agrees fully with the U.S. call for strong statements an [...]
2009-06-12 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY JA
09TOKYO134DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 5TH GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Econoff accompanied Dutch Embassy First Secretary (Political) Onny Jalink and Russian Embassy Second Secretary (Political) Andrey Savinov to meet with the MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy D [...]
2009-01-22 07:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MNUC JA
09TOKYO1341 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/09-1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1343TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Monday morning included the arrest of a senior Health Ministry official for "postal system abuse" involving a fabricated ministry document, as well as the landslide victory of the opposition-backed candidate in the Chiba mayoral election on Sunday. 2. "Dtente [...]
2009-06-15 04:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1344JAPAN INTENDS TO JOIN IRENA, CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan intends to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the June 28-30 meeting in Egypt but has not yet finalized legal and financial preparations, Foreign Ministry (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials said in response to ref A d [...]
2009-06-15 07:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG SENV JA
09TOKYO1345NIKKEI BREAKS 10,000 SUGGESTING THE ECONOMY HAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A spate of relatively positive economic news, both international and domestic, pushed the Nikkei 225 to close over the psychologically important 10,000 level on June 12. Some politicians and pundits argue the economy has "hit bottom" and will recover, albeit slowly, over the nex [...]
2009-06-15 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL JA
09TOKYO1346U.S., JAPANESE OFFICIALS ENGAGE IN EXTENDED
[...] (S) A U.S. delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Rebecca Hersman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer, and accompanied by VCI Senior Advisor Harry Heintzelman, engaged in a discussion on the 2009 Nuc [...]
2009-06-15 08:43:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH RU JA KN
09TOKYO1347 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1349JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO135 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1350TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included an Asahi report from Beijing claiming that it has learned from several sources connected to North Korea that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's third son Kim Jong Un made a secret visit to Beijing on or around June 10 as a special envoy for h [...]
2009-06-16 01:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1353 FCC COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN DISCUSSES BROADBAND, DIGITAL TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's focus since 2000 on infrastructure expansion as a national priority has yielded good results, with nearly all Japanese households now having access to broadband Internet, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Vice Minister Akira Terasaki told FCC Commissi [...]
2009-06-16 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO1357 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 21:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO136REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 810
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1361JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 02:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1365TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND U.S.-ROK SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Wednesday morning included growing unrest in Iran over the recent reelection of President Ahmadinejad and yesterday's summit in Washington between President Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee. 2. "No More Bloodshed" The conservative Sankei editorialized [...]
2009-06-17 04:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1367 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 21:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1368JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1369TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-ROK SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Yomiuri report claiming that an analysis by the Ministry of Defense shows that the long-range ballistic missile apparently being prepared for launch by North Korea from the Dongchang-ri missile site on the country's northwest coast will l [...]
2009-06-18 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO137TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Asahi gave front-page play to Secretary of State Clinton's first day on the job at the State Department on Thursday. 2. "President Obama Orders Closing of Guantanamo" The liberal Mainichi wrote from Washington (1/23): "President Obama ordered on Thursday the closing of the de [...]
2009-01-23 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1373TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (S) Begin text of Scenesetter: Ms. Under Secretary, The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains strong and Japan is a close friend and partner. In spite of this, our relationship will be stressed on several fronts over the next year as Japan wrestles with daunting political and economic challenges. [...]
2009-06-18 02:52:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL OVIP JA
09TOKYO1375 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1379JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO138REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 810
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1381CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON JA
09TOKYO1382TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-ROK SUMMIT AND U.S. DIPLOMACY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included a Yomiuri report on a recent notice issued by the Chinese government to local government entities recommending that they select domestic products when procuring goods and services in order to stimulate the economy. 2. "Good Opportuni [...]
2009-06-19 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1386COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 24-26, 2009 visit to Japan by Under Secretary of Defense Michele A. Flournoy and her party. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 H [...]
2009-06-19 05:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1387DELAY TO COMPLETION DATE FOR JAPAN'S MOX
[...] (U) The scheduled completion date for Japan's program of converting Light Water Reactors (LWRs) so that they are able to use Mixed Plutonium Uranium Oxide (MOX) fuel has slipped from 2010 to 2015. Japan's Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC) issued a press release announcing the revi [...]
2009-06-19 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY PREL PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1388JAPAN'S POSITION ON MIDDLE EAST DESALINATION AND
[...] (C) The GOJ fully supports the goals of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC),but would like to see it providing more tangible results, Foreign Ministry First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji told econoff June 19. Tsuji said a lack of clearly defined [...]
2009-06-19 06:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALTSPL PREL MU XF JA
09TOKYO139JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1//09
[...] Overcome the financial crisis (78.7 PERCENT ) 2. Favorable impact on the Japanese economy (48.0 PERCENT ) 3. Environmental policy (37.3 PERCENT ) 4. North Korea problem (34.0 PERCENT ) 4. Middle East stabilization (22.7 PERCENT ) These issues should be undertaken by the Japanese governme [...]
2009-01-23 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1393READOUT OF CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MOFA DFM SASAE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo is conveying a firm message to Burmese leaders as part of Japan,s engagement strategy with the country, Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Kenichiro Sasae told Charg Zumwalt on June 17. Sasae said that he used his June 3-5 trip to Burma to press Rangoon on human rights issues, [...]
2009-06-19 07:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM JA BM
09TOKYO1394JAPAN PROPOSING TRILATERAL TRACK II DIALOGUE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo would like to restart Track II discussions, dormant since the mid 1990s, among the United States, Japan, and Russia to learn more about Russia,s "intentions" behind its growing security and energy interest in the Asia-Pacific region. Washington and Tokyo should encourage R [...]
2009-06-19 07:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS JA
09TOKYO1395 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1397DIET APPROVES BILL AMENDING COPYRIGHT LAW
[...] Japan's Diet approved legislation amending the Copyright Law June 12. The revised law goes into effect January 1, 2010 and addresses piracy issues and the use of digital content as well as facilitates information access for the handicapped. Illegal downloading ------------------- 2. T [...]
2009-06-19 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO140REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 821
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 05:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1400SETTING NEW FISCAL CONSOLIDATION TARGETS
[...] (SBU) The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) has released its draft basic policy framework for 2009. Known as the honebuto ("big-boned" or "robust"),the policy framework is meant to place this year's policy priorities in a medium-term context. The 2009 honebuto makes clear that the [...]
2009-06-22 00:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1401JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1402TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND U.S. FINANCIAL REFORM PLAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included an Iranian state media report saying that at least 10 people were killed and 100 injured in clashes on Saturday between demonstrators and police. 2. "Fairness Should Be Guaranteed" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/21): "... Ther [...]
2009-06-22 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1404TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP: JAPANESE
[...] Japan remains committed to its pledge of economic assistance to Pakistan, Foreign Ministry (MOFA) International Cooperation Bureau, First Country Planning Strategy Division, Southwest Asia Team Chief Hitomi Sato told AID counselor. MOFA announced June 9 an additional $10 million in emergency g [...]
2009-06-22 07:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PK JA
09TOKYO1405 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 21:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1406JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 00:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1407THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative recently completed its eighth year of work on improving Japan's investment climate and contributing to economic growth in both countries. The Initiative can claim a number of successes. However, we may be able to engage Japan more effectiv [...]
2009-06-23 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL JA
09TOKYO1408CHILD LABOR: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) In interviews with government officials (Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare, Ministry of Justice),International Organizations (ILO Office in Japan, IOM Japan),worker organizations (RENGO),and academics and NGOs involved in Child Labor issues (JNATIP),Embassy Tokyo has discovered no [...]
2009-06-23 02:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP JA
09TOKYO1410TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included a Nikkei report saying that the U.S. and Japan plan to conclude a new agreement to streamline their customs clearance procedures. 2. "Concern about Oppression of Reformers" The liberal Asahi editorialized (6/23): "Transformation into [...]
2009-06-23 04:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1411NISSAN DISCUSSES U.S. AND GLOBAL AUTO INDUSTRY,
[...] (SBU) Nissan Senior VP for External and Government Affairs Hitoshi Kawaguchi and International Affairs General Manager Takehiro Kasai met June 10 with EMIN and FCS Minister Counselor, the first such meeting between senior Nissan personnel and emboffs in a number of years. Kawaguchi opened st [...]
2009-06-23 04:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EFIN PGOV SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO1412METI OFFICIAL: JAPANESE EXPORTS TO IRAN DOWN BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The Japan Government continues to restrict export credit insurance for Iran to only short-term transactions in accordance with UNSCR 1803, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Deputy Director for Trade Insurance Toshihiro Kawakami. The GOJ continues to decline of [...]
2009-06-23 08:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL IR JA
09TOKYO1413JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE URGING ASEAN
[...] (C) Japan is committed to enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1874 and to encouraging ASEAN member states to do the same, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the Charge on June 23, in response to Ref A demarche. "Japan is listening and is ready to help," Sasae noted, and [...]
2009-06-23 08:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KN JA ASEAN
09TOKYO1415 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 21:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1420JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 00:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning included questionable corporate donations received by Finance Minister Yosano. 2. "'Democracy' Is Tested in Iran" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (6/24): "Political confrontation [between reformists and conservatives] is developing int [...]
2009-06-24 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1424 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1426YOKOSUKA ELECTION PROJECTION: LDP-BACKED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ryoichi Kabaya--the 64 year-old independent incumbent backed by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),Komeito, and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)--will most likely retain his seat during the June 28 Yokosuka City mayoral election, according to U.S. Embassy Diet contacts. Yokosuka [...]
2009-06-24 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA
09TOKYO1427JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 00:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1429TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play on Thursday morning to Japan Post's business improvement plan submission to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 2. "No Path to Dialogue in Sight" The liberal Asahi wrote from Washington (6/25): "The Obama administration's strategy of s [...]
2009-06-25 04:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1430REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 835
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 04:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1432METI RESPONSE TO POSSIBLE EFFORT BY SYRIA'S
[...] (S) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Security Export Control International Affairs Office Director Takao Shishikura provided emboff the following non-paper June 23 in response to points delivered as per reftel. The non-paper, in English, bears the GOJ classification "SECRET." [...]
2009-06-25 04:43:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA SY
09TOKYO1433REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 837
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 05:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1434ENDING THE CAMBODIAN WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL DEADLOCK:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings May 14-15 with senior officials of MOFA's First Southeast Asia Department, as well as with a Japanese judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson suggested a possible solution to the logjam in negotiations [...]
2009-06-25 06:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL JA
09TOKYO1436 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 07:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1437ASO IGNORES CALLS TO STEP DOWN; NO WORD ON
[...] (C) Summary: Rapidly falling popularity ratings, a string of local electoral defeats, internal party discord over the resignation of Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama, a lackluster performance in a head-to-head debate with the opposition leader, and a growing dearth of justifications for [...]
2009-06-25 08:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
09TOKYO1441JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 00:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1442TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri led with final arrangements between the Iraqi government and three Japanese oil companies concerning the purchase of an oil concession to develop a field in southern Iraq. 2. "Iranian Leadership Should Exercise Self-Restraint" The moderate Yomiuri edit [...]
2009-06-26 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1445 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN BLAIR ENGAGES JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Facing declining mail volume and decreased revenues, Japan Post Service needs to consider new ways to generate income, Japanese government officials told U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Dan Blair in meetings in Tokyo June 10-12. As it proceeds with the privatization [...]
2009-06-26 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINT PGOV ECON BEXP JA
09TOKYO1449JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT REVISES H1N1 INFLUENZA GUIDANCE
[...] (U) Summary: The Japanese Government revised its guidelines for responding to H1N1 influenza outbreaks June 19. Acknowledging the difficulty in using border controls to keep the H1N1 virus from entering Japan, the GOJ will, in many cases, allow arriving passengers with flu symptoms to enter t [...]
2009-06-26 05:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC TBIO PREL MG EAGR JA
09TOKYO145NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON EU COUNCIL'S DRAFT "CODE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 06:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PREL ECON KTIA JA
09TOKYO1452MEETINGS BETWEEN USG AND JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A delegation from Washington comprised of representatives from the Department of State and the Terrorist Screening Center, supported by Embassy Tokyo, met with Japanese government officials in Tokyo on June 4 and 5 to discuss a possible agreement related to the sharing of terrori [...]
2009-06-26 06:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALCVIS CMGT ASEC PTER PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1453JAPANESE UNIONS REITERATE SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] Japan Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) President Tsuyoshi Takagi sent the following letter to the CDA in support of the Employee Free Choice Act. Takagi's letter follows a visit by Tomoyasu Kato, President of the All NTT Workers Union of Japan and an executive member of the Union Network In [...]
2009-06-26 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV JA
09TOKYO1454 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 06:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1455JAPAN AIRLINES TO RECEIVE LOANS UNDER INDUSTRIAL
[...] (U) Summary: Japanese press reports the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and three other financial institutions will provide Japan Airlines (JAL) a 100 billion yen (approximately $1 billion) loan facility under a GOJ program to assist companies adversely affected by the economic downturn (ref) [...]
2009-06-26 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ELTN ETRD WRTO JA
09TOKYO1456 U.S. AUTOMAKERS NOTE CHALLENGES IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: Members of the American Chamber of Commerce of Japan's Automotive Committee, representing GM, Ford, and Chrysler, told the country team during the monthly meeting with the ACCJ Board of Governors that they face several non-tariff imports of U.S. manufactured vehicles. Particular probl [...]
2009-06-28 21:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO1458JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1459TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Sunday's Japan-ROK summit in Tokyo and a revelation by a former vice foreign minister about a U.S.-Japan secret accord on the introduction of nuclear weapons by U.S. warships and aircraft. 2. "Coordination Must Be Maintained to Deal with N [...]
2009-06-29 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO146TERRORISM FINANCE--GOJ RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 07:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTFN PETR EFIN PREL PGOV JA PK
09TOKYO1461STAFFDEL TRIVEDI'S JAPAN VISIT FROM JUNE 30-JULY
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the Japan visit of Mr. Atman Trivedi from June 30-July 5. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5373 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6968 Mobile phone: (81-80)5479-4214 Fax: [...]
2009-06-29 05:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC OREP JA
09TOKYO1463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 07:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1464IAEA ELECTIONS- JAPAN'S CAMPAIGN AND REQUESTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The GOJ would appreciate continued U.S. outreach to IAEA board members in support of Yukiya Amano's candidacy for IAEA Director General. MOFA Non-proliferation Director Ichikawa told emboffs June 29 the GOJ would like the USG to emphasize to other member states the need to resolv [...]
2009-06-29 10:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1467JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1468TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. FORCES FROM IRAQ
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the arrest on Monday of the presidents of three Tokyo trading firms for an alleged attempt to illegally export to Myanmar on behalf of North Korea a device believed to be necessary for developing long-range ballistic missiles. 2. "Turnin [...]
2009-06-30 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO147TERRORISM FINANCE--GOJ RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 07:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN ETTC PINR PREL PTER JA IR
09TOKYO1474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1475JAPAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 07:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PK JA
09TOKYO1476JAPAN: RESPONSE TO POSSIBLE TRANSACTION BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 07:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KN BM JA
09TOKYO1477JAPAN-RUSSIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT AIMED
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's goal in concluding its recently signed nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia is to acquire fuel services, both to supply domestic needs and to permit Japanese companies to sell reactors with fuel contracts. The GOJ is pleased with the Russian concessions to submit so [...]
2009-06-30 21:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PUNE ENRG TRGY KNNP RU JA
09TOKYO148UNU PEDOPHILIA CLEARANCE
[...] (U) After a review of sources and contacting NGOs, Embassy Tokyo found no indication that the United Nations University (UNU) grants any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia or has subsidiaries or [...]
2009-01-23 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JA
09TOKYO1485JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 00:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1486JAPANESE RESPONSE TO 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] (U) Mitsuko Shino, Director of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division delivered to Embassy Tokyo officers the following non-paper of comments on the "2008 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Japan." TEXT OF JAPANESE NON-PAPER -------------------------- 2. (U) (Non Pape [...]
2009-07-01 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM JA
09TOKYO1487TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Wednesday morning included Prime Minister Aso's plan to shuffle his cabinet and the LDP leadership as early as tomorrow. 2. "Strong-Armed Posture to Constrain Ties with U.S." A Tehran-based reporter for the moderate Yomiuri wrote (7/1): "There is no doubt that [...]
2009-07-01 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1488JAPAN: RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 02:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA KN
09TOKYO149FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH: PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post seeks approximately $13,600 in program funding for a U.S. speaker to participate in the "BioJapan2009" Trade Show October 15-17, 2009. This annual business-to-business event is expected to draw about 24,000 participants and includes "food security and biotechnology" as [...]
2009-01-23 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JA
09TOKYO15JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO150 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1501PRC HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CHINA"S
[...] (C) Chinese lawyer Feng, Zhenghu, the first Shanghai signer of Charter '08, met with Embassy Tokyo in late June. Feng has tried three times to return to China from Japan but has been turned around and sent back to Japan each time. Feng says he believes the initial decision not to allow him to [...]
2009-07-01 08:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALCH JA PGOV PHUM
09TOKYO1502 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 21:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1505JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1506TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDONESIA AND RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to Prime Minister Aso's decision on Wednesday to appoint two new cabinet ministers. 2. "Splits in Muslim Society in Indonesia" The liberal Asahi wrote from Jakarta (7/2): "Religious conflicts and the human rights issue are serious prob [...]
2009-07-02 02:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO151JAPAN: MOFA ON BURMA AND DFM SASAE,S RECENT TRIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Washington and Tokyo &differ in process" regarding Burma "but share the same goals: democracy and rule of law,8 MOFA,s First Southeast Asia Director recently told Embassy Tokyo. During a briefing on Deputy Foreign Minister Sasae,s recent visit to Burma, our interlocutor explain [...]
2009-01-23 08:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM JA
09TOKYO1515CLIMATE CHANGE: SENIOR JAPANESE MOE OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Ministry of Environment Deputy Director General for Global Environment Masaru Moriya discussed preparations for the Major Economies Forum leaders meeting and progress towards a post-2012 agreement on climate change in the UNFCCC when he met with EMIN and EST Chief July 1. Moriya said the [...]
2009-07-02 06:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO1518 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1524JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 00:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1529TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, IRAQ, BURMA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers led with the victory of the DPJ-backed candidate in Sunday's gubernatorial election in Shizuoka, saying that the results are clear evidence of growing popular support for the opposition party. 2. "Stronger Coalition against North Korea Necessary" On N [...]
2009-07-06 02:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1532 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1533JAPAN CONSIDERING ECOSOC NGO VOTE REQUEST
[...] (C) On July 9 Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Tomoko Yoshihiro of MOFA's Global Issues Cooperation Division. Yoshihiro stated that Japan had an observer present when the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations deliberated the case of the DCP [...]
2009-07-06 07:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO1534JAPAN REPORTS FIRST CASE OF TAMIFLU-RESISTANT H1N1
[...] The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced July 2 it has detected the first case in Japan of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 influenza A virus. The patient, a woman in her 40s from Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, had been administered Tamiflu since May 18 as a preventive measure after she [...]
2009-07-06 07:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO JA
09TOKYO1536ASO WEAKENED FURTHER BY INDECISION ON CABINET,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso's decision July 1 to make just two minor adjustments to his Cabinet and leave other portfolios and party executive positions unchanged has touched off a new round of criticism over his inability to exercise decisive leadership. Media reports cite his failure [...]
2009-07-06 08:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1539JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 00:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO154JAPANESE SENIOR OFFICIALS SEEK TO SCHEDULE
[...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament, Non-proliferation, and Science Director General Toshio Sano told EMIN he will travel to Washington in February to attend the second meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). Japan co-chairs ICNND [...]
2009-01-23 09:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC NRR NPT TRGY JA
09TOKYO1540TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT, NORTH KOREA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play to the U.S.-Russia summit on Monday in Moscow. 2. "Progress Toward 'World without Nuclear Weapons'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (7/7): "The U.S.-Russia summit, which was held ahead of the G-8 summit starting on Wednesday, marked a milestone in [...]
2009-07-07 04:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1542MEGAPORTS: NEXT STEPS FOR JAPAN'S PILOT PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Megaports Initiative technical team met GOJ officials June 24-25 to review data sharing arrangements and to discuss proposed areas for technical cooperation areas. Both sides agreed to continue discussions in early October 2009 to address remaining issues. Japanese officials [...]
2009-07-07 05:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD PREL JA
09TOKYO1543 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1544TRADE UNION AND NGOS DELIVER LETTER ON DISARMAMENT FOR THE
[...] (U) Representatives of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (RENGO),the Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (GENSUIKIN) and the National Council for Peace and against Nuclear Weapons (KAKKIN) met EMIN July 2 to deliver a letter to President Obama signed by the heads of their de [...]
2009-07-07 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PUNE KNNP JA
09TOKYO1548JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1549U.S.-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON CHINA IT SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese officials seek continuing close coordination with the USG to engage China at the highest levels to express concerns over China's proposed new information security and content filtering regimes. Senior Japanese officials have raised the information security testing regime [...]
2009-07-08 02:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECPS EINT ETRD TINT PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO1553TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND UNREST IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included consultations scheduled for later this month between the U.S. and Japan over the "nuclear umbrella." Other news included the revelation by a former Japanese ambassador to the U.S. that the GOJ in 1974 considered allowing port visits by U.S [...]
2009-07-08 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1558 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 21:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO156JAPAN RELEASES GLOOMY DECEMBER TRADE DATA
[...] (U) Summary: Japan's trade surplus dropped 80 percent in 2008, according to trade data released January 22 by the Ministry of Finance. Both exports and imports fell sharply late in the year, with December exports down by 35 percent, year-on-year, and imports down by 21.5 percent. Japan ran a [...]
2009-01-23 09:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA
09TOKYO1567ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TOKYO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 06:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON INTELSAT KTIA JA
09TOKYO1569TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UIGHUR
[...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning papers gave front-page play to the G-8 statement on the world economy. 2. "High-handed Policy Will Not Solve Problem in Uighur" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/9): "The bloody riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region showed the depth of ethnic conf [...]
2009-07-09 22:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO157EMINENT PERSONS' GROUP SUGGESTS A NEW FRAMEWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: An eminent persons' study group organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will report to Foreign Minister Nakasone January 23 on its work regarding a new economic dialogue between the U.S. and Japan. MOFA officials called in econoffs to say the group recommends the [...]
2009-01-23 09:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR SENV EFIN PGOV EINV JA
09TOKYO1572JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 02:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1573TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Asahi gave top coverage to the revelation by several unnamed former GOJ officials that a senior MOFA official in around 2001 instructed his deputies to dispose of all ministry documents pertaining to a U.S.-Japan secret accord on the introduction of nuclear weapon [...]
2009-07-10 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1575OPPOSITION LEADER OFFERS ASSURANCES ON ALLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Chair Kenji Yamaoka told Embassy Tokyo July 8 that, in spite of the often contradictory statements about the Alliance that his party's members make, "when the DPJ takes power, we will have a unified policy." The relationshi [...]
2009-07-10 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA
09TOKYO1577ASO AND THE LDP: STRUGGLING FOR MOMENTUM BEFORE
[...] (C) Summary: After a series of poor ruling party showings in local elections, Prime Minister Aso and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) may face another loss in July 12th's Tokyo city assembly election. A loss in this contest-seen by many as a bellwether of the public's mood-may intensify ef [...]
2009-07-10 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1578 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/09
[...] Return of facilities and sites south of Kadena Air Base (KAB),other issues The road map for the implementation of U.S. Forces Japan realignment agreed upon by Japan and the U.S. is rated highly for contributing to the reduction of the burden imposed by the bases on Okinawa. Special consider [...]
2009-07-12 21:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1581JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 00:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1582TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN GHANA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top play to the results of Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, in which the opposition DPJ became the leading party by winning the largest number of contested seats. 2. "President Obama Calls for End to Violence and Corruption" The li [...]
2009-07-13 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1586 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1587POSITIVE REACTION TO, FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ABOUT
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche July 10 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kotaru Otsuki and to MOFA Arms Control and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu. 2. Umetsu said that MOFA sees the agreement as an important step in enha [...]
2009-07-13 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL RS JA
09TOKYO1588JAPANESE DIET DISSOLUTION: PRIME MINISTER ASO
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party of Japan won a decisive victory in the July 12th Tokyo city assembly elections, a bellwether of the public's mood in the weeks ahead of a required general election. PM Aso, according to media reports, has decided to dissolve the Diet on July 21st [...]
2009-07-13 08:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1589U.S.-JAPAN WORKSHOP PROMOTES COLLABORATION TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Tokyo, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and others hosted a workshop July 8 to promote better U.S.-Japan collaboration in cancer clinical trials. Nearly one hundred participants from academia, industry, government, and the media discussed how to strengthen capaciti [...]
2009-07-13 08:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSTH ECON PGOV SOCI CASC JA
09TOKYO1593TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNREST IN XINJIANG AND IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday papers gave top play to Prime Minister Aso's official announcement on Monday of his intention to dissolve the Lower House next week and hold a general election on August 30. 2. "Split among Uighurs" The moderate Yomiuri reported from Urumqi (7/14): "In order to cal [...]
2009-07-14 04:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1594JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 04:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1595DPJ TO TAKE SOFTER LINE ON ALLIANCE ISSUES?
[...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) may be taking a softer line on U.S.-Japan Alliance matters, according to recent statements in Japanese media reports. In its October 2008 party manifesto, the DPJ called for a "drastic review" of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). With a [...]
2009-07-14 04:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1598AUSTRALIA GROUP: JAPAN'S RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 07:30:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW JA
09TOKYO1599 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1601JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1603TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Wednesday morning included Tuesday's passage of a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Aso by the House of Councillors, as well as the rejection by the House of Representatives of a no-confidence motion against the prime minister. 2. "China Concern [...]
2009-07-15 04:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1604JAPAN ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP MEMBERSHIP
[...] Embass Tokyo delivered reftel non-paper 7 July to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. Japan agrees, in principle, with opening participation in Contact Group on Pir [...]
2009-07-15 04:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA
09TOKYO1607JAPAN REVISES ORGAN TRANSPLANT LAW
[...] The GOJ amended the National Organ Transplant Law of 1997 for the first time July 13, making in-country organ donations easier. The amended law, which passed the Diet's Upper House by a vote of 138 to 82, recognizes brain dead persons as legally deceased and abolishes the age limit for organ d [...]
2009-07-15 06:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AEMED SOCI PGOV JA
09TOKYO161JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1613JAPAN, U.S. SIGN CARGO SECURITY ARRANGEMENT
[...] Japan and the United States have signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) aligning security standards in both countries' trade partnership programs. Under this arrangement, signed on June 26 in Brussels, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Japan Customs and Tariff Bureau (CTB) r [...]
2009-07-15 21:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ELTN ELTD PREL JA EWWT
09TOKYO1614 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 21:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1619TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GM's RECONSTRUCTION AND CHINA'S GAS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to moves within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to urge Prime Minister Aso to hold a party presidential election ahead of the next general election. 2. "New GM to Depart from Nationalization?" The moderate Yomiuri wrote in an edit [...]
2009-07-16 04:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO162TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OBAMA DIPLOMACY, GLOBAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the results of Sunday's gubernatorial election in Yamagata Prefecture, in which the opposition-backed candidate defeated the LDP-endorsed incumbent. 2. "'Fairness' Needed to Remove Distrust in U.S. Foreign Policy" The liberal Mainichi edi [...]
2009-01-26 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1620JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/09
[...] The authorized number of special advisors is up to three. However, Hamada will only appoint Morimoto. The special advisor attends meetings of a defense council (chaired by the defense minister) to be established anew as a non-permanent staff serving the minister to ensure political leadershi [...]
2009-07-16 05:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1625 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 21:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1629JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 03:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1630TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA AND NON-ALIGNED
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers led with the continued disarray within the ruling LDP over Prime Minister Aso's plan to dissolve the Lower House next week for a snap election on August 30. 2. "U.S. Diplomacy Entering Stage of Implementing Policies" On President Obama's foreign poli [...]
2009-07-17 03:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1631GOJ LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUED COOPERATION ON IRENA
[...] (SBU) The GOJ looks forward to continuing its work with the USG to advance common positions in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),including pressing for a permanent seat on the IRENA Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Security Division officials Daigo Takeichi [...]
2009-07-17 06:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV JA
09TOKYO1632 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 21:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1638DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/21/09-1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1639JAPANESE AUTO EXECUTIVES LOOK TO MARKET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Honda and Nissan Executives see conditions improving in both auto and financial markets. Honda stresses the importance of being able to benefit now from past investments, especially in alternatives to the classic internal combustion engine investment and taking a long-term vie [...]
2009-07-21 05:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND KGHG SENV ETRD JA
09TOKYO1640TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no newspapers on Tuesday morning because of a press holiday. Broadcasters gave top play to Prime Minister Aso's plan to dissolve the Lower House today for a snap election on August 30. 2. "Outflow of Nuclear Technology Must Be Monitored" On the UN Security Council d [...]
2009-07-21 05:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1644A/S CAMPBELL MEETS DPJ SECRETARY GENERAL OKADA
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada told EAP A/S Kurt Campbell July 17 that, in the event of an opposition victory in the next election, his party will need a strong relationship with the United States to remain in power. That said, the DPJ will need to address issues [...]
2009-07-21 05:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO1646JAPAN CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES-PROTEST MEETING
[...] Representatives from the NGO "Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines" (JCBL) visited the embassy July 16 to request the U.S. accede to the Mine Ban Treaty. The JCBL presented 1,500 butterfly-shaped cards from Osaka residents calling on the U.S. to join the treaty. Embassy representative advised that [...]
2009-07-21 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR JA PGOV
09TOKYO1649 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/21/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 21:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1651JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 00:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1655TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VP BIDEN'S VISIT TO UKRAINE,
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers led with the effective start of campaigning for the general election scheduled for August 30. 2. "U.S. Expresses Continued Support" On Vice President Biden's visit to Ukraine, the liberal Mainichi wrote from Moscow (7/22): "Vice President Biden he [...]
2009-07-22 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1659 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 07:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1664JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 00:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1667TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ASEAN POLICY AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included yesterday's total solar eclipse visible from some of Japan's southern islands and a draft DPJ policy manifesto for the August 30 general election. 2. "U.S. Policy of Attaching Importance to Southeast Asia Becoming More Pronounced" [...]
2009-07-23 03:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1669JAPAN TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON TWO NGOS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 06:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO1671 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1673JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 00:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1674TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged arrangements being made between the U.S. and Japan for President Obama to visit Japan in mid-November. 2. "Do Not Overlook Signs from U.S." On recent remarks by DOS officials, including Secretary of State Clinton and Assistant Secretar [...]
2009-07-24 03:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1676MOVING FROM 3 TO 2 NUCLEAR PRINCIPLES IN JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: The recent disclosure of a "secret" agreement between the United States and Japan dating from the 1960s has caused a media and political stir on the continued relevance of Japan's "Three Non-nuclear Principles." Former Vice Foreign Minister Ryohei Murata, who served as VFM from [...]
2009-07-24 05:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA MNUC PREL
09TOKYO1677GREENPEACE'S WHALE BACON THEFT
[...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: While investigating allegations that Japan's "scientific whaling" was a cover for commercial whaling activities Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki seized a box of whalemeat (labeled as "cardboard") on May 15, 2008, held a press conference to release their findi [...]
2009-07-24 05:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC ECON EFIS PGOV PHSA PHUM JA
09TOKYO1678UNGA: JAPAN NOT YET ABLE AT PRESENT TO PROVIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 05:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA JA
09TOKYO168DG SAIKI ON CHINA, KOREAN PENINSULA ISSUES
[...] (C) MOFA Asia DG Saiki told Charge January 26 that his government welcomes the Obama Administration's emerging Asia lineup, as well as some of the recent high-level statements on Japan and the U.S.-Japan relationship. Saiki looks forward to the opportunity to meet with his new counterpart to [...]
2009-01-26 07:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
09TOKYO1681ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 17 meeting, EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell told Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone that a strong, robust partnership with Japan was essential to meet the geopolitical challenges in East Asia. Secretary Clinton highly values the conversations she has had with t [...]
2009-07-24 06:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA KN
09TOKYO1683ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL MEETING WITH MOFA
[...] (S) Summary: Over a 17 July lunch, EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho engaged on Russian interests in Asia, discussed greater Indian involvement in East Asia, and reviewed China-Taiwan relations. End [...]
2009-07-24 07:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1685READOUT OF A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH MOFA DG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Campbell discussed challenges in dealing with China during his July 17 meeting with Foreign Ministry Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Akitaka Saiki. A/S Campbell and DG Saiki noted progress in their countries' respective relations with China, b [...]
2009-07-24 07:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH JA
09TOKYO1686HISTORIC LOWER HOUSE ELECTION SET FOR AUGUST 30
[...] (C) Summary: With the July 21 Diet dissolution, the stage has been set for Japan's first general election since September 2005. Although campaigning is to begin on August 18, most politicians in the House of Representatives have already started to make preparations for the historic race on [...]
2009-07-24 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1689 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-26 21:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1693JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 00:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO17TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACKS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Tuesday morning included a Sankei report indicating that the Democratic Party of Japan, Japan's main opposition party, plans to make a new proposal for MCAS Futenma relocation by reviewing the current plan to relocate the airfield's functions to Camp Schwab. 2 [...]
2009-01-06 05:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO170REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 819
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1700TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND U.S.-CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several national dailies on Monday gave top coverage to the official release today by the DPJ of its policy manifesto for the August 30 general election, in which the party will propose the creation of a "National Strategy Bureau," which would be headed by the prime minister and [...]
2009-07-27 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1701SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO JAPAN: 24 POINTS FOR
[...] (U) At its 60th session the UN Commission on Human Rights appointed for a three year term a Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons especially women and children. This Special Rapporteur is charged with taking action on violations committed against trafficked persons, as well as submittin [...]
2009-07-27 04:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTIP PHUM JA
09TOKYO1706DPJ ADVISOR DISCUSSES PARTY'S FOREIGN AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: The DPJ wants to work closely with the U.S. and resolve any differences through dialogue, DPJ Policy Affairs Chief Kiyoshi Sugawa told Embassy Tokyo July 27. Sugawa came to the Embassy to deliver and discuss the DPJ's Policy Index 2009, a 60-page document outlining the Party's pos [...]
2009-07-27 07:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO171REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBERS 813 AND 815
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1710JAPAN INCREASES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR DROUGHT-AFFLICTED
[...] USAID Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General Akira Yamada urging Japan to consider increased emergency and humanitarian assistance for Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Fully aware and concerned about drought conditions and food emergencies in the Horn of A [...]
2009-07-27 22:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID JA AFR
09TOKYO1711 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 00:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1714JAPAN RE=ORGANIZES FOREIGN AID POLICY BUREAU
[...] Summary: USAID Counselor paid introductory courtesy calls the week of July 20 on the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's (MOFA) International Cooperation Bureau, including Masato Kitera, Director General for International Cooperation, Akira Yamada, and newly-arrived Kazuo Sunaga, [...]
2009-07-28 04:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV JA
09TOKYO1720TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA DIALOGUE, IRAN, AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave prominent top play to yesterday's release of the official DPJ policy manifesto for the August 30 general election. 2. "Economic and Strategic Dialogue Marks Launch of 'G2' System" The liberal Mainichi commented on Monday's commencement of U.S.-Ch [...]
2009-07-28 05:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1722 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1725JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 00:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1727TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA DIALOUGE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning included a draft LDP policy manifesto for the August 30 general election, in which the ruling party calls for a review of the current constitutional interpretation regarding the ban on collective defense. 2. "U.S. Policy Turnaround for Economic Re [...]
2009-07-29 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1729 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 06:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1730APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials and U.S and Japanese [...]
2009-07-29 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV PREL APECO JA
09TOKYO1731DPJ BACKTRACKING ON SUPPORT FOR OEF REFUELING
[...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will end Japan's refueling support to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) if it takes the reins of government in the August 30 election, according to July 29 Japanese press reports. Media quote DPJ President Hatoyama as saying that if the party win [...]
2009-07-29 07:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1733JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1735TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Thursday morning included a proposal made by a Justice Ministry panel to lower the age of majority to 18 from the current age of 20 on the condition that the voting age for national elections is also lowered to 18. 2. "Cooperation Necessary to Ensure Peace" The lib [...]
2009-07-30 03:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1739Japanese Media Spins U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue
[...] Summary. The Japanese press gave the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (July 27-28) detailed coverage that has yet to abate. While much of the press reaction has been positive and supportive of the initiative, segments of the Japanese media have (possibly deliberately) distorted the P [...]
2009-07-30 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO JA CH
09TOKYO174LAYOFFS GENERATE HEADLINES, LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Company layoffs in Japan have become a staple of recent daily newspaper and television reporting despite relatively low unemployment numbers, especially in comparison with other parts of the world. Expectations the markets will continue to deteriorate, a perception vulnerable groups bear [...]
2009-01-26 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1740JAPAN ON UIGHUR MEDEVACS FROM PALAU
[...] (C) Charge D' Affaires delivered reftel talking points July 30 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto. Umemoto said Japan would give "serious thought to the matter" and indicated he understood pressure in the U.S. to close Guantanamo. ZUMW [...]
2009-07-30 07:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG JA PS
09TOKYO1741METI RELEASES STRATEGY TO LEVERAGE ODA, RESOURCE DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan should augment its use of official development assistance (ODA) to secure supplies of strategically important rare metals, according to a strategy released July 28 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). In particular, the plan highlights a need for greater co [...]
2009-07-30 07:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN EAID PREL SENV JA
09TOKYO1742THE DPJ ELECTION MANIFESTO: POTENTIAL NEW JAPANESE MARKET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) released its election "manifesto" (platform) on July 27 intend to highlight the party's efforts to reform and revitalize the Japanese economy and its social safety net. The 55-point election manifesto includes no new economic or social safety [...]
2009-07-30 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO1743RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050104138
[...] Masanori (Mac) Matsushita, Aerospace Department Manager at Shintoa Corporation, confirmed the procurement of the United States Munitions List (USML) brush block power harness identified in reftel is for the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) upgrade of the US-1A Search and Rescue Aircraft. Shintoa [...]
2009-07-30 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDJA
09TOKYO1744 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 21:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1745JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1747TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - "SUMBARINE RACE" IN SOUTH CHINA SEA,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri led with the finding that a student from an Iranian research institution, which is on a GOJ list of foreign entities suspected of engaging in nuclear development, was allowed to study nuclear technology at one of Japan's leading universities. 2. "'Subm [...]
2009-07-31 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1748DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 01:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL JA
09TOKYO175JAPAN AIRLINES DISCUSSES CURRENT CIVAIR MARKETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Airlines (JAL) is coping with the decrease in business travelers by focusing more on the market for leisure travel and maintaining its strategy of flying smaller aircraft with larger load factors, according to a JAL executive. The JAL Vice President for International Affai [...]
2009-01-26 09:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO1753 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1755POLICY ENTERS THE JAPANESE ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's major political parties released their campaign platforms this week, directing voter attention to the issues that will decide next month's general election of the Diet's lower house. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will run under the mantra of "regime change [...]
2009-08-02 21:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1757DPJ FISCAL POLICY -- AMBITIOUS SPENDING, UNCERTAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The release of the Democratic Party of Japan's "manifesto" (platform) and accompanying policy index have given a better sense of the party's fiscal priorities as well as its specific spending and financing plans. As reported (reftel),the DPJ's proposed fiscal policy contains [...]
2009-08-02 22:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO1758JAPANESE IDEAS ON ENDING TORTURE: "JUST DON'T DO
[...] (C) In response to Reftel, Embassy Tokyo asked Japanese governmental and non-governmental organizations and academicians for examples of programs, policies, and initiatives, that are successful in countering torture and assisting victims in other countries around the world. The main themes th [...]
2009-08-02 23:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNDC JA
09TOKYO1759JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 00:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO176DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW INSURANCE PRODUCT BY
[...] (SBU) The Government of Japan has not received an application from Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life Insurance for a new cancer insurance product, officials from the Office for the Promotion of Privatization of Postal Services (OPJP),the Financial Services Agency (FSA),and the Ministry of [...]
2009-01-26 10:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD JA
09TOKYO1760TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC
[...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Mainichi gave top play to an interview with a crew member of the Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. 2. "U.S., Japan Need to Exercise Power to Lead" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/3): "The U.S. and China held the fi [...]
2009-08-03 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1769 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 07:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1773JAPANESE POLITICS MAKE CHILD PORN SIMPLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the Diet,s dissolution, there were media reports that the ruling and opposition parties had reached an agreement to ban the simple possession of child pornography (CP). According to Embassy contacts, however, these reports were apparently an attempt by the ruling Liberal [...]
2009-08-03 21:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTIP PHUM JA
09TOKYO1774JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 00:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1775DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MTCR: PROMOTING PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 02:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA JA
09TOKYO1776PANEL REPORT FORWARD-LEANING ON JAPAN'S DEFENSE
[...] (C) A civilian expert panel charged with providing an independent assessment of Japan's defense and security capabilities will submit its final report to the Prime Minister's Office on August 4. The report is to be briefed immediately to the Cabinet Security Council and incorporated subseque [...]
2009-08-04 03:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO1778REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 838
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 03:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1779REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 839
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 03:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1780REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 840
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 03:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1782TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top play to the first trial in Japan involving lay judges that started on Monday. 2. "Difficult Voyage for New Iranian Administration" The liberal Asahi wrote from Tehran (8/4): "Reelected President Ahmadinejad kicked off his second term followi [...]
2009-08-04 04:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1784JAPAN-CHINA TALKING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Fifth Japan-China Human Rights Dialogue, held July 9-10 in Tokyo, produced "useful" discussions about basic human rights policies in the respective countries and seemed to spark lively debate, particularly on issues related to Japan's pending child pornography law and Beijing's [...]
2009-08-04 06:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH JA
09TOKYO1786 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1788JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 00:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1790TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with yesterday's surprise visit to North Korea by former President Bill Clinton and his meeting with DPRK leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Main Principle of Denuclearization Must Not Be Compromised" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/5): "Concern [...]
2009-08-05 04:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1792 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 21:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1793JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 00:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1797TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the arrival of the two freed American journalists at an airport near Los Angeles on Wednesday. 2. "Developments Following Journalists' Release" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/6): "Although there might be moves to [...]
2009-08-06 05:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1799 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 21:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1800JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1804REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 841
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 04:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1805REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 842
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 04:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1806REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 843
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 04:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1807REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 844
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 04:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO1808TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND FORMER
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's conclusion of the first trial involving lay judges. 2. "Former Soviet Republics Distance Themselves from Russia" The business-oriented Nikkei wrote from Moscow (8/7): "Following the Russian military's clash with Georgian [...]
2009-08-07 06:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1811DPJ SHOWS PRE-ELECTION AMBIGUITY TOWARDS THE
[...] (C) Summary: Media portrayals of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as pro-U.S. and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) as less friendly to our interests are overly simplified. While DPJ politicians have been more vocal in questioning issues related to the U.S.-Japan Allian [...]
2009-08-07 07:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1812DPJ GROUPS
[...] (C) Summary: With the possibility of a DPJ victory in the August 30 Lower House election, how the party is organized will impact its decision-making process and the assignment of key positions within the government and Diet. Post-election maneuvering within the party, and differing loyalties t [...]
2009-08-07 07:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1813 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-09 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1815JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 02:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1816TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the ceremony at Nagasaki on Sunday to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing. 2. "Iranian President Should Clear up International Doubts about Nuclear Development" The Liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/10): "The gre [...]
2009-08-10 04:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1819 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 06:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO182JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1822MOFA CAUTIONS ON U.S. MILITARY INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS
[...] (C) The U.S. military should tighten discipline in response to recent crimes and accidents involving locally based U.S. servicemen, particularly in view of Japan's approaching elections, MOFA Director General for North America Kazuyoshi Umemoto told the Charge d'Affaires in an August 10 lunch [...]
2009-08-10 07:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1825JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 00:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1829TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning included the impact of Typhoon No. 9, which brought heavy rains, floods, and landslides to western Japan on Monday. 2. "Afghanistan Should Take First Step toward Independence" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (8/11): "Terrorism is esca [...]
2009-08-11 04:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO183TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NEW ADMINISTRATION'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning papers gave front-page play to President Obama's address on Monday on his environmental policy. 2. "Obama Diplomacy Should Ensure Both Principles and Fight against Terrorism" The conservative Sankei editorialized (1/27): "President Obama signed an executive or [...]
2009-01-27 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1832 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 21:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1834JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 00:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1835TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the conviction on Tuesday of Aung San Suu Kyi. 2. "Burmese Junta Poses Threat to Asia" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/12): "The international community, including Japan, is calling on Myanmar's (Burma's) junta to release all politic [...]
2009-08-12 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1839 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1840JAPANESE GOVERNMENT INITIAL RESPONSE ON ASSISTING
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government understands the importance the Obama Administration has placed on the closure of Guantanamo and wants to cooperate as much as possible on assisting with possible Uighur medevacs from Palau, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA noted, h [...]
2009-08-12 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG JA PS
09TOKYO1841JAPAN: GOVERNMENT SIDESTEPPING YASUKUNI VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso and most of his Cabinet are signaling their decision to forgo August 15 visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. In keeping with his longtime opposition to ministerial Shrine visits, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama also said that he [...]
2009-08-12 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALCH JA
09TOKYO1842HIGH HOPES IN JAPAN FOR OBAMA,S NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD
[...] (C) Summary: Every year on the occasion of the August 6 and 9 anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagaki atomic bombings, Japanese media give extensive coverage to the anti-nuclear weapons movement and suffering of radiation victims. This year's coverage, however, differed markedly from that o [...]
2009-08-12 21:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA MNUC PREL
09TOKYO1843JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 00:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1845TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to Wednesday's one-on-one debate between Prime Minister Aso and DPJ President Hatoyama. 2. "Myanmar Should Not Become 'Another North Korea'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (8/13): "Many people share the view that there are 'insuff [...]
2009-08-13 04:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1847 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO185 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1851JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO186METI HOSTS SEMINAR ON IRAN SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) recently hosted German attorney Dr. Harald Hohmann at a speaking engagement at its Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). Hohmann advised GOJ officials managing Japan's Iran policy on "grey areas" Japanese companies [...]
2009-01-27 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL JA IR
09TOKYO1863TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Friday morning included North Korea's release on Thursday of a South Korean worker it had detained since March. 2. "Resilience of U.S. Economy Remains Weak" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (8/14): "The view has become prevalent in financial mar [...]
2009-08-14 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1866JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS
[...] (C) On August 13, Embassy Tokyo delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama and Section [...]
2009-08-14 04:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN JA
09TOKYO187METI LOOKING TO CONTINUE FORMAL BILATERAL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: METI wants to continue a bilateral economic dialogue similar to the Economic Partnership for Growth (EPG) with the U.S., according to METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroyuki Ishige. He envisions the new partnership having three pillars -- (a) macro-economy and trad [...]
2009-01-27 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SENV PREL JA
09TOKYO1871READOUT OF TRILATERAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan hosted the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Workshop on Efforts to Empower Moderate Sectors of Society, July 27-28. Participants detailed assistance programs aimed at empowering credible institutions and voices in Southeast Asia. The Workshop also discussed diversifying ed [...]
2009-08-14 05:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER AS JA
09TOKYO1873JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 06:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO JA
09TOKYO1877DEBATE OVER FTAS AND AGRICULTURE FEATURE IN
[...] (U) Summary: Japan's agricultural lobby has pushed the opposition DPJ back from an earlier election proposal that Japan negotiate an FTA with the U.S. This predictable reaction by agricultural interests against any threat to the status quo has not completely drowned out, however, public debat [...]
2009-08-14 06:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD PREL JA
09TOKYO1878JAPAN EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares Washington's deep disappointment over the August 11 verdict and subsequent decision by the Burmese regime to extend Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) house arrest. MOFA officials also stress the importance of recognizing indications that Burma is heeding international conc [...]
2009-08-14 07:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO1879PART 1 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] (S) The Assistant Secretary-level U.S.-Japan-ROK Defense Trilateral Talks convened July 16-17 in Tokyo. The U.S. interagency delegation, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Wallace Gregson, and the Japanese and ROK delegations, led by Japanese Mi [...]
2009-08-14 07:04:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1880 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1881PART 2 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:22:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1882PART 3 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:36:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1883PART 4 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:46:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1886 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS (1) 08/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 04:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO189DFM OTABE MULLS USG ASSISTANCE TO AUTOMAKERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 09:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EFIN WTRO JA
09TOKYO1890TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported over the weekend on the first death from H1N1 influenza virus in Japan. 2. "U.S. Not Relaxing Sanctions on North Korea" The liberal Asahi wrote from Washington (8/15): "The U.S. is sh [...]
2009-08-17 05:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1892RESPONSE TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ON ASSISTING
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel information as a non-paper to MOFA First North American Division Deputy Director Yamamoto 17 August. Yamamoto expressed appreciation for the information as well as for U.S. agreement to take a case-by-case approach in the event of any medical emergency that may ari [...]
2009-08-17 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG JA PS
09TOKYO1893 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 21:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1894POST-LOWER HOUSE ELECTION MECHANICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Regardless of who emerges victorious in the August 30 election, the mechanics for forming a new government are determined by Japan's Constitution. These include calling a special session of the Diet to order and electing a new Prime Minister. With the Pittsburgh Summit and [...]
2009-08-17 21:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
09TOKYO1897JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1898TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Monday's televised debate among the leaders of six major political parties ahead of the official start of the Lower House election campaign on Tuesday. 2. "What's Behind North Korea's Staging of Dialogue?" The business- [...]
2009-08-18 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1903JAPAN: FOLLOW-UP ON UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 03:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN JA
09TOKYO1906 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 06:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1910JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 00:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1912TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DEATH OF KIM DAE-JUNG
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the official start on Tuesday of the campaign for the August 30 House of Representatives election and the death of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung on Tuesday. 2. "Mixed Results of 'Sunshine Policy'" The libe [...]
2009-08-19 04:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1917 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 06:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1921JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 00:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1922TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DEATH OF FORMER ROK PRESIDENT KIM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi led with projections concerning the August 30 general election, saying that the DPJ may win as many as 300 seats, while the ruling LDP could lose almost half of its current seats. 2. "Debate to Continue over Pros and Cons of Sunshine Policy" On the de [...]
2009-08-20 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1926 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1929JAPAN AF-PAK ASSISTANCE AND THE ELECTION(S)
[...] Summary: (C) On the eve of Afghanistan elections, Government of Japan (GOJ) Special Representative for Afghanistan-Pakistan Motohide Yoshikawa re-iterated to AID Counselor the country's highest priority commitment to the region, echoing verbatim the USG's interests in a "secure, credible, an [...]
2009-08-20 22:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON AID JA PGOV PREL PK
09TOKYO1931JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1934TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Nikkei and Yomiuri gave top play to their predictions about the August 30 general election, with both pointing to a landslide victory for the DPJ. 2. "Rough Road Ahead toward Self-Reliance" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Kabul (8/20): "The Afg [...]
2009-08-21 04:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1938 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1944JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1948TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave extensive front- and inside-page coverage to yesterday's meeting between South Korean President Lee and a North Korean delegation that visited Seoul to convey condolences over the death of former ROK President Kim Dae-jung. 2. "North Korea Uses S [...]
2009-08-24 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO195JAPAN-CHINA: UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Japanese Foreign Ministry officials and PRC diplomats stationed in Tokyo are upbeat about the current state of Sino-Japanese relations and optimistic about the future of the relationship. Neither believes all problems have been solved, however. Territorial disputes and Ja [...]
2009-01-27 23:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO1950METI HALTS JAPANESE FIRM'S SHIPMENT OF SERVO-MOTORS
[...] (S) Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI),Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control Director Masaaki Takabatake and METI Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division Hiroaki Machii, gave emboffs the following lightly-edited, English-language document Au [...]
2009-08-24 05:55:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC PREL MNUC KSCA JA IR
09TOKYO1953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 21:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1954JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1958TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the growing H1N1 influenza epidemic in Japan. 2. "Change in North Korea's Approach" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (8/25): "Despite the fact that North Korea employs such tactics often, it was surprising how quickly the nation changed [...]
2009-08-25 05:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1959 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 05:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1961AMBASSADOR MEETS SENIOR JAPANESE LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) During August 25 introductory calls on Prime Minister Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura, the Ambassador underlined his goals of strengthening bilateral ties, bringing the peoples of our two countries closer together and addressing the challenges before us, including issues as divers [...]
2009-08-25 07:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SENV ECON MARR JA
09TOKYO1962JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1963TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included an Asahi report on the Japanese government's alleged request to the U.S. in 1999 to classify the declassified government documents concerning a reported U.S.-Japan "secret accord" on the introduction of U.S. nuclear weapons into Japan. [...]
2009-08-26 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1966 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 21:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1968JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 00:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1972TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - REAPPOINTMENT OF FED CHAIRMAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included an Asahi prediction for the August 30 general election in Japan that the largest opposition party DPJ could win as many as 320 seats, two-thirds of the total seats in the Lower House. 2. "Next Four Years to Be Challenging" The liberal M [...]
2009-08-27 04:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1976AMBASSADOR STRESSES TRILATERAL COOPERATION IN CALL
[...] (C) During his August 27 introductory call on South Korean Ambassador Kwon Chul-hyun, the Ambassador stressed the importance of enhancing trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK),particularly with respect to dealing with North Korea. Kwon concur [...]
2009-08-27 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MNUC ECON EFIN ETRD KN KS JA
09TOKYO1977 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 21:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1978DPJ POISED FOR MAJOR VICTORY IN THE 2009 JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 30, Japanese voters will choose between 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partners, or give the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-which has called for major changes in the way Japan is governed, spends its [...]
2009-08-27 21:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
09TOKYO198JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1983JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 23:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1984TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri and Mainichi gave top play to the results of their respective latest nationwide opinion surveys both projecting a landslide DPJ victory in Sunday's general election. 2. "Policy Turnaround by Ayatollah Khamenei" On Wednesday's remarks by Iran's supreme [...]
2009-08-28 02:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1986 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-30 21:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1987AMBASSADOR'S AUG 28 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA PART
[...] (C) The Ambassador stressed in an August 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka that continuity in Japan's foreign policy and the U.S.-Japan Alliance following the August 30 Lower House elections are critical. VFM Yabunaka concurred fully on the need for continuity in Japan's [...]
2009-08-30 21:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO199TERRORIST FINANCE: IMPLICATIONS OF JAPAN,S POOR
[...] (S) Summary: The Financial Action Task Force,s (FATF) mutual evaluation of Japan,s illicit finance safeguards and countermeasures gives the country low marks that should be a call to action for Japanese government, financial regulatory, and financial institutions. The exhaustive assessment [...]
2009-01-28 01:14:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKCRM ECON KNNP SNAR PTER PINS EFIN IR JA
09TOKYO1991GOLDBERG-SAIKI LUNCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 lunch hosted by MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director General Akitaka Saiki, Ambassador Philip Goldberg described UNSCR 1874 as having a positive impact on North Korean behavior. Both Ambassador Goldberg and DG Saiki noted the apparent easing of ten [...]
2009-08-31 01:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNSD PARM KN JA
09TOKYO1993JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 02:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1994AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG VISIT: MOD OFFICIAL ASSURES
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting, a senior Ministry of Defense official told Ambassador PhilipGoldberg, Coordinator for Implementation of UNSCR 1874, that policy on the implementation of UNSCR 1874 will not change after the August 30 elections even if the opposition Democratic Party of [...]
2009-08-31 02:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PARM KN JA
09TOKYO1995AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S INTER-AGENCY MEETING WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 25, GOJ officials led by MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki and Ambassador Philip Goldberg discussed UNSCR 1874 implementation and issues related to the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs. JapaQe officials said they are happy with the current level of coordination between the [...]
2009-08-31 02:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA KN PARM KNSD UNSC
09TOKYO1996AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR GENERAL UMEMOTO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 03:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM UNSC KN JA
09TOKYO1997JAPAN EXPLAINS VISIT BY BURMESE OFFICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo invited Burmese Agriculture Minister Htay Oo to Japan because of his "high standing" in the Burmese regime and his position as a central decisionmaker on agriculture policy, a key area of interest to Japanese aid policy planners, particularly in the continuing aftermath of [...]
2009-08-31 04:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO1998 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1999TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL ELECTION IN JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers were dominated by coverage of the DPJ's landslide victory in Sunday's general election. 2. "DPJ Must Respond to People's Expectations" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/31): "The election results should be considered a reflection [...]
2009-08-31 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Friday morning due to a press holiday. However broadcasters reported on Israel's continuing air attacks on Gaza. 2. "No Mediator for Gaza" The moderate Yomiuri's correspondent reported from Cairo the following (1/1): "... The U.S., Europ [...]
2009-01-02 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO20 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2000HISTORIC WIN FOR THE DPJ
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)'s victory on August 30 in the 45th Lower House (House of Representatives) was historic and unprecedented. Alone, the DPJ took 308 out of 480 seats, a record-setting figure. There was also record turnout and interest in the election [...]
2009-08-31 21:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
09TOKYO2001JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON E.O. 13382
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 23:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS JA
09TOKYO2003AMBASSADOR ROOS'S MEETING WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 23:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA
09TOKYO2005JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 02:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2009TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL ELECTION IN JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the DPJ's preparations for forming a ruling coalition with the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party. 2. "Foundation of Foreign Policy Should Be U.S.-Japan Relations" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/1): " [...]
2009-09-01 05:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO201TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the enactment on Tuesday of a second supplementary budget. 2. "New Environment Policy to Call for Change in U.S. Industries" The business-oriented Nikkei argued in an editorial (1/28): "President Obama revealed his plans to impose str [...]
2009-01-28 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2010 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2017DFM SASAE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On September 1, DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae in advance of Sasae September 5-6 trip to Tehran to ask that he urge the Iranian Government to cooperate completely with the IAEA, to address fully the international c [...]
2009-09-01 21:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CASC IR JA
09TOKYO2018JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 02:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2020TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NEW JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers front-paged the GOJ decision to convene a special Diet session on September 16 to select the next prime minister. 3. "Hatoyma Administration Should Change its Policy toward U.S." The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (9/2): "The most serious c [...]
2009-09-02 03:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2024DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AUSTRALIA GROUP DOCUMENTS
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the non-papers contained in reftels to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division official Ms. Kaori Mita on August 27. Mita, the Division's officer responsible for Australia Group matters, said she would disseminate the [...]
2009-09-02 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC JA
09TOKYO2025JAPAN WILL OPEN EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) On September 2, MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoaki Kamoshida told the Embassy that Japan intends to open an embassy in Mauritania on December 1, 2009. In November 2008, the U.S. had asked that Japan defer a plan to open its embassy there on January 1, 2009, in orde [...]
2009-09-02 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR JA
09TOKYO2026POLITICAL TRANSITION MAKES JAPAN'S UN PLANS
[...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA UN Planning Division Deputy Director Yoko Tsuda. Tsuda remarked that her division had "carefully followed" Ambassador Rice's speech at New York University and had translated it into Japanese. She stated that the Obama administrat [...]
2009-09-02 06:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2027 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 21:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2028IRAQI CHARGE URGES AUGUST 19 BOMBING INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) During a September 2 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Iraqi Embassy Charge William Odisho strongly urged the creation of a UN Security Council-sanctioned commission -- similar to the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) in Lebanon -- to investigate the August 19 Baghd [...]
2009-09-02 21:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC IZ SY JA
09TOKYO2030JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 00:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2032TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NUCLEAR COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to President Obama's telephone conversation early Thursday morning with DPJ President Hatoyama. 2. "Nuclear Cooperation between North Korea and Iran Should Be Prevented" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (9/3): " [...]
2009-09-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2033AMBASSADOR'S AUG 28 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA PART
[...] (S) The Ambassador underscored the Obama Administration's strong, consistent position on the U.S. commitment to the U.S.-Japan Alliance and on its resolute stance against North Korea's belligerent actions in an August 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka. Yabunaka noted that [...]
2009-09-03 06:28:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MNUC ECON ETRD CASC KN JA
09TOKYO2034NPT: GOJ SEES DISARMAMENT ON TRACK; ACADEMIC WARNS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 21. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Japan wants a successful 2010 Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon),and believes the current momentum towards disarmament should help achieve a positive outcome, according to a Ministry of [...]
2009-09-03 06:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM NPT CDG KNNP JA
09TOKYO2035AMBASSADOR MEETS HATOYAMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Democratic Party of Japan President -- and presumptive Prime Minister -- Yukio Hatoyama on September 3. The Ambassador and Hatoyama pledged to work together to strengthen the bilateral relationship as our two countries cooperate to address issues as varied as N [...]
2009-09-03 07:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2040 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 21:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2041LDP REELING AFTER LOSS
[...] (C) Summary: With its thorough defeat in the August 30 Lower House election, the now-opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is facing an existential crisis. A power vacuum at its most senior levels, combined with widespread uncertainty about its political identity, are posing direct and [...]
2009-09-03 21:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO2042DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL
[...] (C) Emboff delivered non-paper contained in ref A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Non-Prolferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division official Mizuyo Kuwako September 2. Kuwako said her office would review the proposals and would respond to ISN through the Japanese Embassy in Washin [...]
2009-09-03 22:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM JA
09TOKYO2043TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning Japanese papers gave top play to DPJ President Hatoyama's decision to appoint Deputy President Ozawa as DPJ Secretary General. 2. "Confidence Building Required" On growing concerns in the U.S. about a recent essay by DPJ President Hatoyama carried by the New [...]
2009-09-04 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2044JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 05:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2050JAPAN REQUIRES CONSENSUS FOR ISRAEL TO GET JUSCANZ
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Seitoku Kawakami of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Kawakami said that Japan's official position on JUSCANZ membership for Israel remains "unchanged:" "We support a consensus-based decision: [...]
2009-09-04 07:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2051JAPAN CONSIDERS IRAN'S CHANCES FOR HRC MEMBERSHIP,
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Seitoku Kawakami of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Kawakami stated there are already five candidates from the Asian Group for Human Rights Council (HRC) membership, "Malaysia, Iran, Thail [...]
2009-09-04 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2054 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-05 22:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2055JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 00:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2057DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Econoff delivered the demarche and nonpaper contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Principle Deputy Director Naoto Nakahara and Deputy Director Katsura Sasaki September 4. Nakahara said Japan fully agrees with the [...]
2009-09-08 01:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA JA
09TOKYO206 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 22:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2060TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G20 FINANCIAL MINISTERIAL AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a DPJ plan to ask Social Democratic Party (SDP) Chairwoman Fukushima and People's New Party (PNP) Chief Representative Kamei to assume cabinet portfolios in the Hatoyama administration. 2. "Challenges Awaiting New Prime Minister" On the con [...]
2009-09-08 05:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2061HATOYAMA CONFIDANTE ON UPCOMING HATOYAMA
[...] (C) Ruling DPJ Diet member and Yukio Hatoyama confidante Yorihisa Matsuno told Embassy Tokyo September 4 that the presumptive next Prime Minister's ""first priority"" will be to establish a close relationship with the United States and President Obama. To that end, Hatoyama had already turned [...]
2009-09-08 06:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2066 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 21:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2067PM-ELECT HATOYAMA ANNOUNCES STRICTER GREENHOUSE GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister-Elect Hatoyama, on September 7, called for a new target of reducing Japan's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25 percent by 2020, from 1990 levels. The goal is far more ambitious than the proposal put forth by former PM Aso in June and approximately double the p [...]
2009-09-08 21:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2068EARLY PICKS FOR THE HATOYAMA CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: The new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration has started to take shape with the reported decisions on several important posts. DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama announced on Saturday his intention to nominate DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan as Minister of the planned Natio [...]
2009-09-08 21:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA PINR ECON
09TOKYO2071JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 00:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2072TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with continued discussions among the DPJ, the SDP, and the PNP on the formation of a coalition government. 2. "U.S. to Consider Pros and Cons of Dialogue with DPRK" On the conclusion of U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Boswor [...]
2009-09-09 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2079INSURANCE: DELAY OF JAPAN POST IPO LIKELY
[...] (SBU) Japan Post watchers are trying to predict what will happen to the privatization process as the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) forms a coalition government with the People's New Party (PNP),which strongly opposes the postal privatization process, and the Social Democratic Party. The co [...]
2009-09-09 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO2080BUSINESSES AND METI UNHAPPY WITH HATOYAMA'S
[...] (C) Summary: PM-Elect Hatoyama's September 7 announcement that the GOJ would target a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, from 1990 levels, by 2020 (Ref A) was made with little or no consultation with Japanese ministries. Businesses and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indus [...]
2009-09-09 07:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2088 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 21:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2089JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 00:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO209JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2094TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's agreement among the DPJ, the SDP, and the PNP to establish a coalition government. 2. "U.S. Considering Dialogue with North Korea while Maintaining Sanctions" Claiming that U.S. Special Representative for North Korea P [...]
2009-09-10 03:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2098 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 06:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2101A STRONGER DPJ SET TO LAUNCH TRIPARTITE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: After about a week of negotiations, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) reached an agreement on September 9 with two smaller parties-the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the People's New Party (PNP)-with which it had said it would enter into a coalition arrangement after the A [...]
2009-09-10 21:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA PINR ECON
09TOKYO2103JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 23:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2105TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged ongoing coordination within the DPJ to select ministers for the Hatoyama cabinet. 2. "Do Not Allow Afghanistan to Harbor Terrorists Again" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/11): "In order to prevent the reemergence of [...]
2009-09-11 00:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2108AMBASSADOR ROOS DISCUSSES BASING ISSUES WITH KANAGAWA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 7 courtesy call with Kanagawa Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa, the Ambassador said there would be no renegotiation of the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),and stated the USG implements the higher of the U.S. or Japanese standards on environmental prot [...]
2009-09-11 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MARR PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO2109JAPAN OFFERS COOPERATION FOR CONSENSUS IN THE HRC
[...] (C) Embassy political officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Directors Makoto Tanabe, Manabu Murakami, and Seitoku Kawakami, as well as UN Planning Division Deputy Director Kei Kamei. MOFA's reaction to the various elements of reftel fo [...]
2009-09-11 05:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO211TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND IRAQ
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the successful development by Japanese researchers of a new vaccine that appears to be effective in animal tests against all types of influenza. 2. "Dark Clouds Hanging over Obama-led War on Terror" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's correspo [...]
2009-01-29 02:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2114 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2118JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 00:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO212 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2120TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Monday morning included competition between American Airlines and Delta Airlines to take control of ailing Japan Air Lines. 2. "'Irresponsible' Corporate Culture Remains Unchanged" On the collapse of Lehman Brothers a year ago, the liberal Mainichi editorialized ( [...]
2009-09-14 02:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2125THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. The United States and its Allies have reached an "inflection point" and need a new strategy to convince Pyongyang to change, visiting DepSec told PM Taro Aso during a June 1 meeting in Tokyo. Steinberg said he plans to tell the PRC that unless the North Korea agrees to change it [...]
2009-09-14 05:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2133 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2134TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Asahi gave top play to a report from Washington claiming that the White House studied the possibility of then President Ford visiting Hiroshima when he visited Japan in 1974. 2. "Climate Change and Nuclear Disarmament to Be Focus of UN General Assembly" The business-oriented N [...]
2009-09-15 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2137DPJ MOVES QUICKLY TO CREATE NEW NATIONAL STRATEGY
[...] (C) Incoming Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has named former DPJ President Naoto Kan to head a new National Strategy Bureau (NSB),which will be responsible for formulating a framework for the budget and creating a broad domestic policy vision. The DPJ wants the [...]
2009-09-15 06:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2138DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Deputy Director Naoto Ito September 15th. Ito agreed with USG concerns about Middle East issues dominating the agenda, and said Japan's missi [...]
2009-09-15 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS JA
09TOKYO214JAPANESE REPORT GEORGIA CONCERNED UNOMIG MAY LAPSE
[...] (C) Georgian officials are worried about the prospect of maintaining an international presence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia if UNOMIG's mandate expires on Feb. 15, according to MOFA's Central Asia and Caucasus Division Director Hiroshi Tajima. Tajima met with Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister [...]
2009-01-29 07:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN JA GG RS
09TOKYO2141 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 21:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO215DEPUTY FM OTABE ON NEW BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Discussing the experts' report released and briefed to FM Nakasone on the future of U.S./Japan economic relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Yoichi Otabe called the study "frank and forthcoming" and favorably received by the Minister. Otabe said the report was able to make a number of recomm [...]
2009-01-29 07:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD PGOV EAGR JA
09TOKYO2154JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 00:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2155TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the planned election today of DPJ President Hatoyama as the nation's 93rd prime minister by both houses of the Diet. 2. "Iran Trying to Avert Sanctions" On Iran's likely talks concerning its nuclear development with UN Security Coun [...]
2009-09-16 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/09 - 2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2162EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN
[...] (C) On September 16, Embassy Poloff delivered reftel demarche seeking to expand the number of countries encouraging Iran to take advantage of the P5 plus 1 proposal to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto. Poloff expressed appreciation for Japan's continu [...]
2009-09-16 06:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR JA
09TOKYO2163 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 06:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2164MOFA DEPUTIES OFFER VIEWS ON ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs deputy directors-general (DDG) discussed a wide range of Asia-related policy issues during separate meetings with Political Minister-Counselor September 9-10. The PDAS/DAS equivalents noted that the Foreign Ministry is providing policy briefs to D [...]
2009-09-16 06:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH KN KS BM JA
09TOKYO2170JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2172DPRK REFUGEES: A JAPANESE NGO'S PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Japan-based NGO with twenty years of experience working with DPRK refugees in the DPRK-China border region estimates there are a total of 100,000 DPRK refugees throughout China, cumulative over twenty years since the early 90's. These "refugees" are in various states of assimil [...]
2009-09-17 01:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC KTIP PHUM PREF CH KN KS JA
09TOKYO2173TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the launch on Wednesday of a DPJ-led government in coalition with the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party following the election of DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama as prime minister. 2. "Foundation of U.S.-Japan Relations Sho [...]
2009-09-17 03:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2175 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2177PROFILE OF NEW HATOYAMA CABINET
[...] (C) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama was elected the 93rd Prime Minister of Japan on September 16, succeeding Taro Aso, who resigned with his cabinet earlier the same day. Hatoyama then introduced his new 17-member Cabinet. Stacked with current and former Democratic P [...]
2009-09-17 21:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON KPAO JA
09TOKYO218TWO IRANIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Iranians officials, Senior Advisor to the President Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi and Foreign Ministry Spokesman and Special Advisor to the Minister Hassan Qashqavi, recently paid separate visits to Tokyo to push Tehran's views on the situation in Gaza and in the wider Middle East [...]
2009-01-29 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KWBG KNNP IR JA
09TOKYO2184JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2186TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DECISION TO CANCEL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the results of opinion surveys by various national dailies, all pointing to 70 percent or more support for the Hatoyama administration - the second highest approval rating ever for a new cabinet. 2. "Eastern Europe Could Become Concerned" [...]
2009-09-18 02:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO219GOJ TARGETS CLEAN ENERGY, RESOURCE SECURITY IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOJ's FY09 energy budget proposal focuses on securing stable access to conventional energy resources while simultaneously pursuing energy efficiency and low-carbon alternatives. It should enable the GOJ to launch several policies developed in the run-up to the 2008 Toyako G8 [...]
2009-01-29 09:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN SENV KGHG PGOV JA
09TOKYO2190JAPANESE REQUEST FOR CHANGE TO/COMMENTS ON DRAFT
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: The GOJ is concerned there is an inconsistency in one paragraph of the draft UNSC Resolution on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, and would like to propose alternate wording to resolve Japan's concern [...]
2009-09-18 05:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM KNNP UNSC IAEA JA
09TOKYO2191JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 06:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTIP PHUM UNSC JA
09TOKYO2194 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 21:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2196EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPJ DIET AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN KENJI YAMAOKA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 21:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALJA PGOV PINR PREL
09TOKYO2197EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell met with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Director General (DG) of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Akitaka Saiki at the latter's Tokyo office on September 18. DG Saiki praised [...]
2009-09-21 21:28:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV JA PINR KS KN
09TOKYO2198EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. New Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada promised there would be no surprises in Japan's foreign policy. During his initial 100 days as Minister, he planned to focus on U.S-Japan relations, force realignments and U.S. bases in Okinawa; reconstruction assistance for Afghanis [...]
2009-09-21 21:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA PINR
09TOKYO2199JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO22TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA ATTACKS AND JAPAN-
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included an Israeli attack on Tuesday on three UN schools sheltering civilians in Gaza that killed at least 45 people. 2. "U.S. Should Stop Israel" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (1/7): "... No country or organization, including the UN, se [...]
2009-01-07 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2200TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning dailies front-paged Prime Minister Hatoyama's departure yesterday for the U.S. for a series of summits with President Obama and other world leaders. 2. "High Expectations for U.S. Leadership" On the upcoming UN climate change conference in New York, the lib [...]
2009-09-22 02:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2204WALKOUT REDLINES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 06:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC UNGA JA
09TOKYO2207JAPAN'S COMMENTS ON INFORMAL CTBT MEETING
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the invitation contained reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Arms Control and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu September 22, concerning a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) informal meeting. Umetsu told econoff later in the day that MOFA [...]
2009-09-22 07:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTBT KNNP JA
09TOKYO2208 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 21:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2216JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO222MESSAGE FROM FORMER DPJ PRESIDENT MAEHARA TO
[...] On January 28, 2009, Embassy Tokyo received a congratulatory letter to President Barack Obama from Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Vice President Seiji Maehara. Following is the English translation provided by the DPJ International Department. The original letter will be sent via diplomatic [...]
2009-01-29 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC JA PGOV PREL
09TOKYO2221TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN FOREIGN MINISTERIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's speech on Tuesday at the UN climate change summit, during which he reiterated Japan's mid-term goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. 2. "No Better Way to Win [...]
2009-09-23 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2222AMBASSADOR ROOS MAKES COURTESY CALL ON FINANCE
[...] (C) Ambassador Roos paid a brief courtesy call on Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii on September 18 at the Ministry of Finance. Fujii stressed that he wanted to work closely with the United States, looked forward to working with the Ambassador, and hoped to meet Secretary Geithner at the G-20 S [...]
2009-09-23 04:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO2223RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Post officers are unable to conduct a site visit, as the foreign consignee, Unitech Corporation, is located in Nagasaki Prefecture, approximately 600 miles from Tokyo. Alternatively, emboff spoke with Unitech Corporati [...]
2009-09-23 05:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO2226 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2228 JAPANESE PRESS MORNIGN HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 23:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2229TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MIDDLE EAST PEACE AND UN CLIMATE
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the summit meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Hatoyama on Wednesday in New York. 2. "Additional U.S. Commitment Needed" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (9/24): "As President Obama reconfirmed in his s [...]
2009-09-24 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2234TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN SUMMIT IN NEW YORK
[...] All media outlets gave top coverage to the Hatoyama-Obama summit, remarking the two leaders reaffirmed a commitment to strengthening the bilateral alliance. Both print and broadcast media noted the President and Prime Minister did not discuss controversial issues facing the bilateral alliance [...]
2009-09-24 21:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2236 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2237TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN SUMMIT IN NEW YORK
[...] All media outlets gave top coverage to the Hatoyama-Obama summit, remarking the two leaders reaffirmed a commitment to strengthening the bilateral alliance. Both print and broadcast media noted the President and Prime Minister did not discuss controversial issues facing the bilateral alliance [...]
2009-09-24 22:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2239RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Emboffs visited the premises of the foreign consignee, Mitsuhiro Corporation, and spoke with the firm's president, Kenzaburo Nagao, Managing Director Atsushi Kato, and Iyori Imamura and Takaaki Kato (identified below a [...]
2009-09-24 23:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO2240JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 00:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2241TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN SUMMIT, U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers led with Thursday's unanimous adoption by the UN Security Council of a motion calling for a 'world free of nuclear weapons.' 2. "Pending Issues Put on Backburner" On the summit between President Obama and Prime Minister Hatoyama, the top-circulation, [...]
2009-09-25 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2243JAPAN'S TAKE ON GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Yuichi Mikami, Head of the Middle East Peace Process Section in MOFA's First Middle East Division, and Seitoku Kawakami, Deputy Director of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Mikami said, "Frankly we believe the re [...]
2009-09-25 03:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO2246INSURANCE: DPJ'S FIRST STEPS ON POSTAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-led government appears likely to take several steps to halt, and in some cases reverse, the postal privatization process. Although no official statement has been made, by all accounts the government plans to pass a bill in the extraordinary [...]
2009-09-25 06:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO2247 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 06:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2255JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 00:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2256TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNSC RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to press remarks on Sunday by Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Maehara, during which he revealed his plan to drastically review Japan's special budgetary account for airport construction. 2. "UNSC Resolution S [...]
2009-09-28 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO226JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2266 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 21:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2268AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT: MOF EMPHASIZES GOJ'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Ambassador Philip Goldberg said the goal of the recent U.S. Advisory relating to UNSCR 1874 was to bring transparency to North Korean financial activities in an August 26 meeting with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Director-General Takehiko Nakao a [...]
2009-09-28 21:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS JA
09TOKYO2269ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPJ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Strategy Bureau, Economic and Science and Technology Policy Naoto Kan in Tokyo on September 18. The officials spoke about the historic nature [...]
2009-09-28 21:22:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV JA PINR
09TOKYO227TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to Japan Post's plan to temporarily freeze its planned sale of its resort facilities. 2. "Obama Administration to Face Big Challenge on Afghanistan" The moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent wrote (1/30): "President Obama met with [...]
2009-01-30 01:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2271JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2272TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the election of former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki as the new LDP leader in the party's presidential election on Monday. 2. "Stage Being Set for Resumption of Six-Party Talks" The business-oriented Nikkei wrote (9/29): "Regarding the [...]
2009-09-29 00:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2274 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 06:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2277A/S CAMPBELL'S SEPTEMBER 18 MEETING WITH VICE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka, Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell stressed the importance of close U.S.-Japan consultations as the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) settled into its role as the ruling party. Close high-level U.S.-Japan engagemen [...]
2009-09-29 23:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO2278JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-04 23:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2279TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND "EAST ASIAN COMMUNITY"
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included new LDP President Tanigaki's appointment of key party officials. 2. "U.S. to Apply Pressure on Iran in Coordination with China, Russia" Concerning planned talks tomorrow between Iran and the P5 plus Germany on Iran's uranium enrich [...]
2009-09-30 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO228TOYOTA DISCUSSES AUTO MARKETS, HOPES FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Toyota hopes Congress will pass the proposed economic stimulus package quickly and act to "save" the Big Three automakers, Toyota Vice Chairman Katsuhiro Nakagawa told EMIN. Toyota and other automakers are hit by both tight markets for commercial credit and problems consumers h [...]
2009-01-30 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEIND EFIN PGOV SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2282TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's arrival in Pyongyang on Sunday. 2. " U.S. Policy Shift Should Lead to Breakthrough" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/5): "The Obama administration has changed its basic policy toward Myanmar (Burma) and will [...]
2009-10-05 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2283INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM: JAPAN POSTPONES
[...] (C) Officials at the Japan Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center (CSIC) informed Post late Monday, September 28 that the Government of Japan would need to postpone signing the amendment extending the 1999 Memorandum of Understanding for the Information Gathering System (reftel). Chief Cabinet [...]
2009-09-30 06:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKSCA KSTC ETTC PINR PREL TSPA JA
09TOKYO2284JAPAN WELCOMES CONCLUSION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) On September 29, Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel points to MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Deputy Director Takuma Sakaguchi. Poloff reaffirmed Washington's fundamental interests, including a unified, peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Burma, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi [...]
2009-09-30 07:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM JA
09TOKYO2285 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2286 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 23:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2288Media Reaction to Ambassador Roos's Hiroshima Visit
[...] Ambassador Roos's visit to Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park with his family October 4 attracted wide coverage in the Japanese media. The national editions of the Mainichi and Yomiuri; the regional editions of the Asahi and Sankei; regional newspapers including the Sanyo Shimbun and Chugoku Shim [...]
2009-10-01 00:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO JA
09TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2291TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEOPLE'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia's Sumatra Island early Wednesday evening. 2. "China Should Seek Affluence Instead of Strength" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/1): "For China, which had been invaded by imperialist power [...]
2009-10-01 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2292TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's arrival in Pyongyang on Sunday. 2. " U.S. Policy Shift Should Lead to Breakthrough" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/5): "The Obama administration has changed its basic policy toward Myanmar (Burma) and will [...]
2009-10-05 21:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2294 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2297JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 00:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2298TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the planned start later this month of H1N1 influenza vaccinations. 2. "Iran Should Stop Provoking World" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/2): "Of course Iran has the right to use nuclear energy peacefully. However, this should be premis [...]
2009-10-02 00:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO23JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2301SAVOIE CASE: PROMPTING JAPAN ON THE HAGUE
[...] He noted that the tragic Savoie case in Fukuoka had only highlighted the urgent need for the United States and Japan to agree on a mechanism for parents to resolve their disagreements over child custody issues. DCM pointed out that we would like to follow up on Vice Foreign Minister Yabunak [...]
2009-10-02 05:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC CASC KOCI PGOV JA
09TOKYO2302DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]
2009-10-02 06:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2305DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]
2009-10-02 06:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2306DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]
2009-10-02 06:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2308SAVOIE CASE: PROMPTING JAPAN ON THE HAGUE
[...] He noted that the tragic Savoie case in Fukuoka had only highlighted the urgent need for the United States and Japan to agree on a mechanism for parents to resolve their disagreements over child custody issues. DCM pointed out that we would like to follow up on Vice Foreign Minister Yabunak [...]
2009-10-02 06:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC CASC KOCI PGOV JA
09TOKYO2309ON THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF JAPAN'S TIP LAWS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A consensus of Japanese legal scholars believes that Japan's set of anti-TIP laws prohibits "recruitment through fraudulent or deceptive means." (NOTE: This crime is thought to be closely linked to forced labor in which a recruiter knowingly, and with intent to fraud, uses materi [...]
2009-10-02 06:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO231JAPAN TO LAUNCH MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE PILOT PROJECT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOJ recently announced it will commence a Megaports Initiative pilot project at the Port of Yokohama March 2. After five years of USG-GOJ discussions, and despite differences between the GOJ's particular implemen [...]
2009-01-30 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA
09TOKYO2311 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 00:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2313TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Tokyo Shimbun led with a report on declassified MOD data regarding ASDF airlift operations in Iraq between July 2006 and December 2008, saying that 67 percent of transported personnel during that period were American service members. 3. "Kim Jong Il holds T [...]
2009-10-06 00:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2314DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada met with Deputy Secretary Steinberg 1 October and said that during his initial 100 days as Minister he planned to focus on U.S-Japan relations, including force realignment and U.S. bases in Okinawa; reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan [...]
2009-10-06 00:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SENV MARR KGHG JA
09TOKYO232METI COMMENTS ON JAPANESE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) Japanese electronics manufacturers are expected to announce grim 3rd quarter financial results over the coming days. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) acknowledges the difficult conditions affecting this bellweather sector of Japan's economy, but is looking more at adju [...]
2009-01-30 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD JA
09TOKYO2320TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's arrival in Pyongyang on Sunday. 2. " U.S. Policy Shift Should Lead to Breakthrough" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/5): "The Obama administration has changed its basic policy toward Myanmar (Burma) and will [...]
2009-10-06 06:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2321 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 06:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2322SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO JAPAN OF DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 06:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2324JAPAN LOOKS TO BUILD MIDDLE EAST PROCESS SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA is considering a possible initiative to build support for the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) in Southeast Asia should MEPP discussions restart. Key elements of MOFA,s nascent plan would be expanding the base of support for the MEPP beyond the neighboring Arab countries, s [...]
2009-10-06 21:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SN MY ID JA
09TOKYO2325 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 00:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2326TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's announcement by the administrative reform minister that some 2.5 trillion yen will be pared down from the 15 trillion-yen supplementary budget that was compiled by the former LDP administration. 2. "Do Not Repeat Talks [...]
2009-10-07 04:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2327MOFA PONDERS NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) In an October 5 meeting with Embassy Political Minister-Counselor and Poloff, MOFA Middle Eastern and African Affairs Director General Toshiro Suzuki discussed possible next steps in Afghanistan assistance. MOFA is weighing three questions in that regard: 1) How to further the expansion o [...]
2009-10-07 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR AF JA
09TOKYO2328JAPAN AND TIP: A NEW NATIONAL PLAN IS IN THE WORKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's Inter-Ministerial Liaison Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons is formulating a new National Action Plan that is expected to be released early next year. Observations from individuals in attendance at planning meetings paint a mixed picture: some ministries do not a [...]
2009-10-07 06:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO2329PRIME MINISTER HATOYAMA'S FOCUS ON CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister (PM) Yukio Hatoyama has made Sino-Japanese ties a foreign policy priority as he seeks to establish political footing abroad. A key policy challenge facing his new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-led coalition government is maintaining the current political goodwi [...]
2009-10-07 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA
09TOKYO233JAPAN INCHES CLOSER TO SETTING MID-TERM CLIMATE
[...] (C) Summary: A subcommittee of scientists and academics is close to finalizing its recommendations for Japan's mid-term climate targets, according to a Ministry of Environment (MOE) official. The Council on Global Warming Issues will weigh these recommendations and advise the Prime Minister, w [...]
2009-01-30 09:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG ELTN EWWT PREL JA
09TOKYO2330 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 21:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2331BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5 PLUS 1 GENEVA TALKS WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Drawing on background provided in reftel, Embassy Poloff on October 7 briefed MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto and Iran Desk Chief Junichi Sumi on the outcome of the October 1 P5 plus 1 m [...]
2009-10-08 21:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2332 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 00:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2335TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EAST ASIAN TOUR,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the first meeting on Thursday of a new GOJ tax panel created under the Hatoyama administration. 2. "U.S. to Call Attention to Stronger Ties with China" On the White House announcement concerning President Obama's upcoming trip to East Asi [...]
2009-10-09 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2342PUBLIC OPINION REGARDING HATOYAMA ADMINISTRATION AND ITS
[...] (U) The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was swept into power in the Lower House election on August 30 by voters hungry for change after a half century of nearly unbroken rule by a Liberal Democratic Party, which the media judged ineffectual and out of touch with the people. On September 16, the [...]
2009-10-09 06:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2343JAPAN PREPARING FOR SECOND TRILATERAL SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is preparing for the second Japan-China-South Korea Summit, slated for Beijing, October 10. The Third Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting, held in Shanghai October 2, expounded on agreements from the first Summit in December 2008, and helpe [...]
2009-10-09 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO2344 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-12 21:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2349 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2350TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IDEA OF "EAST ASIAN COMMUNITY"
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Tuesday morning because of a press holiday. Television news stories on Tuesday morning included North Korea's apparent firing on Monday of short-range missiles. 2. "Study of East Asian Community to Begin" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/11 [...]
2009-10-13 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2358APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials in the Ministry of Fo [...]
2009-10-13 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV PREL APECO JA
09TOKYO2359 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 21:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO236JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2361 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 00:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2362TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA FOREIGN MINISTERIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Wednesday morning papers led with the Okinawa governor's submission to MOD of a position paper concerning the ministry's environmental impact survey on Futenma relocation. 2. "Russia Cautious about Sanctions on Iran" On Secretary of State Clinton's meeting with Russian [...]
2009-10-14 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2365 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 06:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2367TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MCAS FUTENMA RELOCATION AND RUSSIA'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the likelihood that budgetary requests from government ministries for fiscal 2010 will hit a record high, with the total amount estimated to be over 90 trillion yen. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Should Accept Futenma Relocation within O [...]
2009-10-15 00:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2368A/S CAMPBELL'S OCT 12 MEETING WITH MOFA STATE
[...] (C) EAP A/S Kurt Campbell cited recent and upcoming high-level interaction between the U.S. and Japanese governments, including the visits to Japan by the President and Secretary Gates, as evidence of U.S. intent to work closely with the new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Government in his O [...]
2009-10-15 00:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO2369MANAGING ALLIANCE ISSUES: A/S CAMPBELL'S
[...] (S) Summary: EAP A/S Kurt Campbell urged Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) and State Minister for Okinawa Seiji Maehara to inform Prime Minister Hatoyama and Foreign Minister Okada that the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Government's attempts to review every aspe [...]
2009-10-15 00:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO237TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DAVOS CONFERENCE AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included Secretary of State Clinton's possible visit to Japan as part of her first official overseas trip. 2. "Davos Conference Shows Seriousness of Economic Crisis" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/2): "Many participants in this [...]
2009-02-02 03:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2370 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2372JAPAN'S SOUS-SHERPA UNABLE TO ATTEND NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) Japan's sous-Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director Tsutomu Arai will be unable to attend the November sous-Sherpa meeting in Washington, but Japan will send a representative from its Embassy in Washington in order to contribute to the meeting. MOFA [...]
2009-10-15 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PUNE ENRG KNNP JA
09TOKYO2375 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 06:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2376SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: It is essential for the Secretary to speak frankly with Japanese Minister of Defense Kitazawa about the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) issue, according to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Director General Takamizawa. FRF will be Kitazawa's top priority during the offi [...]
2009-10-15 06:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2377A/S CAMPBELL, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS PM HATOYAMA'S
[...] (S) Summary: EAP A/S Kurt Campbell underscored in his October 11-12 meetings with senior-level Japanese officials the U.S. Government's concern regarding Prime Minister Hatoyama's remarks during the October 10 Japan-China-ROK Summit in Beijing on U.S.-Japan relations. He strongly urged Japan [...]
2009-10-15 06:48:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09TOKYO2378A/S CAMPBELL, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF
[...] (S) A State-DOD delegation led by EAP A/S Kurt Campbell engaged October 12 with Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense Akihisa Nagashima and officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense on the historical background on realignment of U.S. forces and plans to relocate Futenma Ai [...]
2009-10-15 07:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO2379SINGAPORE PM LEE EXPRESSES CAUTION TO PM HATOYAMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama exchanged views on overall bilateral ties, APEC, climate change, and his "East Asian Community" (EAC) vision during an October 6 meeting and lunch with visiting Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Lee underscored the importance of working clos [...]
2009-10-15 07:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR JA
09TOKYO238DEPUTY FM OTABE ON NEW BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Discussing the experts' report released and briefed to FM Nakasone on the future of U.S./Japan economic relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Yoichi Otabe called the study "frank and forthcoming" and favorably received by the Minister. Otabe said the report was able to make a number of recomm [...]
2009-02-02 03:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD PGOV EAGR JA
09TOKYO2380AMBASSADOR RAISES AVIATION AND RAIL WITH JAPAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Seiji Maehara, who is also State Minister for Okinawa and Space Minister, seemed intent on discussing only alliance and Okinawa-related issues during his initial meeting with the Ambassador October 14. When pressed [...]
2009-10-15 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR ETRD ELTN JA
09TOKYO2381EAST ASIAN COMMUNITY: TRANSPORT MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Participation by the United States is crucial in any East Asian Community concept, Cabinet member Seiji Maehara (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; State Minister for Okinawa, Northern Territories and Disaster Prevention; and Space Minister) told the Ambass [...]
2009-10-15 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ELTN CH JA
09TOKYO2384 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 23:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2385TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers front-paged stories about the major ministries filing their budget requests for fiscal 2010, noting that the total state budget for the next fiscal year is estimated to be a record high of more than 90 trillion yen. 2. "U.S. Cross-Border Attacks Reinfo [...]
2009-10-16 02:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2386GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 03:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNSC JA
09TOKYO2387JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECDEF TRAVEL
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and members of his delegation for their October 20-21, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: [...]
2009-10-16 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL JA
09TOKYO2388JAPANESE OFFICIALS: JAPAN-CHINA-SOUTH KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government and industry officials are optimistic about prospects for further economic integration among Japan, China, and South Korea following Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's October 10 statement that he hopes the three countries conclude an investment agreement by earl [...]
2009-10-16 05:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD PREL CH KS JA
09TOKYO2390 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2391AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFGHAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to Japan Eklil Ahmad Hakimi met October 15 with the Ambassador and DCM to discuss cooperation in dealing with the GOJ, the Indian Ocean Refueling mission, future GOJ assistance to Afghanistan, Japanese Foreign Minister Okada's recent visit to Kabul, and a Diet-l [...]
2009-10-16 07:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF JA
09TOKYO2392THE AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 15 PHONE CALL WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: In a 15-minute phone call with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama discussed his September meetings with the President on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, the Secretary of Defense's upcoming October 20-21 visit to Japan, and t [...]
2009-10-16 07:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR JA
09TOKYO2397THE DPJ ADMINISTRATION'S EMERGING GOVERNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) promised to bring change to Japan. Since taking control of the government last month, cabinet members have announced big policy changes. The new government has proposed and created new organizations and decision-making mechanisms with the ai [...]
2009-10-18 21:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2399 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-18 23:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2400TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave top play to press remarks by an unnamed senior Pentagon official, in which the official indicated that the U.S. would be prepared to accept moving the envisaged Futenma replacement facility at Camp Schwab offshore by about 50 meters. 2. "Dissati [...]
2009-10-19 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2402SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHANGING THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Nuclear Energy Attach and econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Division Principle Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, Deputy Director Shouichi Nagayoshi, and Staffer Junko Horibe October 16. Referencing t [...]
2009-10-19 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PARM PUNE TRGY JA
09TOKYO2407 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 23:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2409TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a Nikkei interview with Finance Minister Fujii, who said that the GOJ may issue additional government bonds to cover tax revenue shortages in fiscal 2009. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Should Make Decisions on Issues Related to U.S.-Japan [...]
2009-10-20 03:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2410U.S. BEEF: AGRICULTURE MINISTER VOICES CONCERNS OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAFF) Hirotaka Akamatsu told the Ambassador October 14 that Japanese consumers will refrain from purchasing U.S. beef and beef products so long as food safety concerns remain. He cited the recent incident involving a U.S. meat packin [...]
2009-10-20 03:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PGOV JA
09TOKYO2412JAPAN: NEW ADMINISTRATION TO SPUR CHANGE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Chairman Takeshima suggests that the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is more friendly to the JFTC and antitrust policy than the outgoing Liberal Democratic Party, but how such influence may manifest itself is not yet fully apparent. As an indep [...]
2009-10-20 04:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA
09TOKYO2415ENGAGING JAPAN ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 06:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD JA PREL
09TOKYO2416AMBASSADOR MEETS KOMEITO LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Komeito party head Natsuo Yamaguchi described his party's dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency and accountability in the Hatoyama government's policy making process during a meeting with the Ambassador October 20. In particular, there have not been adequate discussions [...]
2009-10-20 06:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
09TOKYO2417 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 06:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO242JAPAN EXTENDS PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN GOLAN HEIGHTS
[...] (U) The Japanese government January 30 decided to extend its participation in the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights until September 30, 2009. This was a routine extension. The Japanese have 45 Ground Self Defense Force personnel participating in the mission. They [...]
2009-02-02 06:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IS SY JA
09TOKYO2421 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHAN ELECTION RESULTS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave top play to Japan Post Holdings President Nishikawa's announcement on Tuesday of his intention to step down. 2. "Karzai Gives In to U.S. Pressure" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun wrote in a correspondent's report (10/21): "Concerning the confused r [...]
2009-10-21 03:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2426 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2432GOJ BACKTRACKS ON POSTAL PRIVATIZATION, CHANGE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced plans to halt postal privatization and undo reforms undertaken by the Koizumi administration in 2007, following an October 20 cabinet decision. Notably, the GOJ intends to introduce legislation in the regular Diet session scheduled for January 2010 to abolis [...]
2009-10-21 09:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2434 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 23:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2436TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RELOCATION OF FUTENMA AIR STATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Yomiuri report claiming that Secretary of Defense Gates urged Foreign Minister Okada during their meeting on Tuesday in Tokyo to make a decision on Futenma relocation by the time President Obama visits Japan on November 12-13. 2. "Hat [...]
2009-10-22 05:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2438AMBASSADOR COURTESY CALL ON MIC MINISTER HARAGUCHI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi told Ambassador Roos he sees an important role for information and communications technologies (ICT) to contribute to solving both domestic and global problems. He said he discussed prospective ex [...]
2009-10-22 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT JA
09TOKYO2439JAPANESE READOUT OF JAPAN-CHINA-ROK SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Second Japan-China-South Korea Trilateral Summit held October 10 in Beijing helped continue momentum toward greater overall regional cooperation, according to a readout provided by MOFA officials. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and South Korean Pr [...]
2009-10-22 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH KS JA
09TOKYO2440METI MINISTER NAOSHIMA CALLS FOR STRONGER, MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Masayuki Naoshima told Ambassador Roos he hopes the U.S. and Japan can build a stronger, more comprehensive economic relationship over the next few years during an October 21 courtesy call. The Minister said bilateral economic re [...]
2009-10-22 07:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL ETRD JA
09TOKYO2441AMBASSADOR MEETS OZAWA
[...] (C) Summary: DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa stressed several times to the Ambassador October 21 that his focus is on politics and elections, and that he cannot discuss policy. That said, he underlined the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship and assured the Ambassador that the Hatoyam [...]
2009-10-22 07:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV JA
09TOKYO2442 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 21:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2443PREVIEW OF THE DIET'S 2009 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: The new Hatoyama government will face its first Diet session October 26 to November 30. Bills that will likely be on this extraordinary session's agenda include those on North Korea-related cargo inspections, repayment moratorium on loans by small and medium-sized enterprises, a [...]
2009-10-22 21:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2444 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 23:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2448TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. RELATIONS WITH EASTERN EUROPE,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Sankei led with the disclosure by several GOJ sources that the Hatoyama administration has informally decided to choose and propose to the U.S. an alternate site for the Futenma replacement facility somewhere else in Okinawa by the end of the year. 2. "Distrus [...]
2009-10-23 02:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO245 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2453JAPAN'S 3RD COMMITTEE PLANS UNCHANGED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 06:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2454 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2456OVERVIEW OF JAPANESE EXPORTS OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The export of clean energy technology to Asia is a growing market at the nexus of Japan's industrial policy, overseas development goals, and energy security posture. To date four strategies have driven development and marketing of such technology, including: (1) ongoing economic [...]
2009-10-25 21:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD SENV EAID PREL JA
09TOKYO2458JAPAN: CHILD SEX TOURISM UPDATE
[...] (C) Atsushi Maeda, Chief Prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice for TIP-related issues provided Embassy Political Officer with information regarding Japan's prosecution of child sex tourists. Maeda said that the Japanese laws --the "Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostituti [...]
2009-10-25 23:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTIP PHUM JA
09TOKYO2459 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-25 23:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2460JAPAN OFFERS TRADE ON ICSC CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-25 23:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PGOV UNGA JA
09TOKYO2461UPPER HOUSE MEMBER DISCUSSES TRACK II CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Poloff met October 21 with Diet Upper House member Tadashi Inuzuka (DPJ-Nagasaki) to discuss Inuzuka's recent travel to Afghanistan, the Indian Ocean refueling mission and plans for a Track II Conference on Afghanistan to be held November 23-25 in Tokyo. End Summary. [...]
2009-10-26 00:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID AF JA
09TOKYO2462TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with reports on the DPJ victories in Sunday's Upper House bi-elections in Kanagawa and Shizuoka Prefectures. 2. "Let's Cultivate Community Together" On the recent ASEAN summit in Thailand, the liberal Asahi editorialized (10/26): "ASEAN takes pride [...]
2009-10-26 00:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2464HATOYAMA CABINET STRUGGLES TO HOLD DOWN FY10
[...] (C) The Hatoyama Cabinet completed a key step in the compilation of the FY10 budget with the submission to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of budget requests from individual ministries and agencies. FY10 general account budget requests reached a record JPY 95 trillion (USD 1.1 trillion),7 perc [...]
2009-10-26 01:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2469 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO247JAPAN AND IRAQ ESTABLISH COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Baghdad January 28 as a Special Envoy of Prime Minister Taro Aso, where he met with President Talibani, Vice-President al-Hashimi, and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, and signed a "Declaration on Establishing a Comprehensive Partnership [...]
2009-02-02 08:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ JA
09TOKYO2470INFORMATION ON TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 06:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP IR JA
09TOKYO2473 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/09
[...] Bill to freeze the sale of shares in Japan Post and other companies 2. Bill to cope with credit crunch and withdrawal 3. Bill to retain shakai-hoken (social insurance) and kosei-nenkin (employee annuity) hospitals as public facilities 4. Bill to combat new strains of influenza 5. Bill ame [...]
2009-10-26 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2477TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Prime Minister Hatoyama's first key policy speeches in both chambers of the Diet on Monday. 2. "Palestinian Reconciliation Hits Snag" The liberal Asahi wrote from Jerusalem (10/27): "Reconciliation talks between the two conflicting Pale [...]
2009-10-27 02:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO248SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Tokyo January 26-29. The Japanese told him that while they appreciate recent positive movements on the Syrian-Israeli track and the move to normalized relations between Syria and Lebanon, Damascus still needs to play a much mo [...]
2009-02-02 08:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SY JA
09TOKYO2482 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2485PRIME MINISTER HATOYAMA'S FIRST DIET POLICY SPEECH
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama delivered his first policy speech to both houses of the Diet on October 26. He outlined his administration's policies on prominent domestic and international issues such as unemployment and economic recovery, child care allowances, free public high [...]
2009-10-27 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2487 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 23:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2488TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND U.S.-CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with reports on yesterday's collision between an MSDF destroyer and an ROK freighter in the Kanmon Strait in Fukuoka. 2. "Run-off Election Must Be Fair" On the upcoming run-off presidential race in Afghanistan, the liberal Mainichi editorialize [...]
2009-10-28 00:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO249JAPAN POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) As requested in ref, Econoff contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) regarding the appropriate points of contact for NPT-related matters February 2. Arms Control and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Shigeru Umetsu confirmed his office has the lead for NPT matters, in coordin [...]
2009-02-02 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CDG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT ENRG UNGA IAEA JA
09TOKYO2494 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 21:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2495 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 23:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2498JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a significant increase in the monetary value of Japanese trade with Iran in 2008 due to fluctuations in the price of oil, Japanese economic engagement with Iran is not growing, according to Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) officials. Japanese export of chemical c [...]
2009-10-29 04:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL IR JA
09TOKYO2499CHANGES COME WITH JAPAN POST HOLDINGS CO. BOARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Ministry of Finance (MOF) Vice Minister Jiro Saito was named president of Japan Post Holdings Co. at a, October 28 board meeting. Most of the former board members, who hail from the private sector, were forced to resign. The new board, which doubled in size to 18 memb [...]
2009-10-29 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2501BURMESE AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS HIS COUNTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Burmese Ambassador to Japan Hla Myint gave an underwhelming presentation on the demographics, history, and political background of his country at the Sasagawa Peace Foundation on October 9. The Ambassador sought to justify his government's brutal policies against political opposi [...]
2009-10-29 06:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL BM JA
09TOKYO2502 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 06:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2505TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave front-page play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's Diet remarks on Wednesday, during which he expressed his determination to carry out his party's policy platform within four years. 2. "International Coordination Important for Eliminating Terrorism" [...]
2009-10-29 22:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2507 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 23:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2508TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the Japanese government's plans to revive Japan Airlines under the control of a joint corporation composed of the government and private-sector financial institutions. 2. "Japan Extending No Help to Allies" The conservative Sankei ed [...]
2009-10-30 00:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2510JAPAN'S 2009 FREEDOM DEFENDER NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 00:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM JA
09TOKYO2512JAPAN'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IMPROVES
[...] SUMMARY. September saw Japan's unemployment rate improve from 5.5 percent to 5.3 percent. Japan uses a slightly different method than the United States to calculate unemployment. Also, the Hatoyama Administration announced an emergency measure that aims to create 100,000 new jobs by March [...]
2009-10-30 04:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB JA
09TOKYO2515TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AMBASSADOR ROOS AND SEVEN EMBASSIES
[...] SUMMARY: On October 16 Ambassador Roos and seven other envoys called on Justice Minister Chiba to urge her to accelerate Japan's accession to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The demarche brought the issue press coverage and increased the pressure on J [...]
2009-10-30 06:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC OIIP KMDR KPAO JA KOCI
09TOKYO2516 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO252JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2523 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-01 23:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2524TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN'S DRAFT LEGISLATION ON
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included an Asahi report indicating that North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals were conducted under the direct instructions of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Cargo Inspection Bill Appropriate" The liberal Mainichi argued in an edito [...]
2009-11-02 02:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2526JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG REVIEW OF UNSCR
[...] (C) On October 28, Embassy Tokyo delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura, and to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama, Special [...]
2009-11-02 03:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC JA
09TOKYO2529DCM URGES GOJ TO SHOW FLEXIBILITY IN WHALING TALKS
[...] (C) Following up on an October 22 letter from the Ambassador to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu, the DCM met with MAFF Vice Minister for International Affairs Shuji Yamada November 2 to convey U.S. commitment to build upon progress at recently-concluded talks i [...]
2009-11-02 07:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA
09TOKYO2531THAILAND AND JAPAN TO INK SOP ON TIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: First Secretary Rapipongs Bachong-Silpa of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo informed Embassy Political Officer that Thailand and Japan will sign a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) agreement regarding the rescuing, repatriating and social integration of human trafficking victims. [...]
2009-11-02 07:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTIP PGOV PHUM ELAB JA TH
09TOKYO2532 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 21:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2539 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2542TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Tokyo Shimbun led with the finding that a senior SDF officer assigned to the MOD Defense Intelligence Headquarters divulged information to his colleagues in April concerning the dates of unannounced inspections of the headquarters by a special MOD unit. 2. [...]
2009-11-04 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2545 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2546DEMARCHE ON UNGA GOLDSTONE DEBATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2548TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Nikkei report saying that Toyota Motors is planning to establish a research and development center in China next year. 2. "Karzai Should Restore Domestic and International Confidence" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/5): [...]
2009-11-05 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2549 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO255TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Sankei led with the revelation by several GOJ sources that spy satellites operated by the U.S. and others have taken photos pointing to apparent preparations by North Korea for the launch of a long-range ballistic missile. 2. "One Step forward for Iraq" On th [...]
2009-02-03 02:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2551ADVANCING U.S.-JAPAN COLLABORATION IN CANCER CLININAL
[...] (U) Summary: Dr. Edward Trimble of the National Cancer Institute participated in a series of meetings and programs on October 20 and 21 as part of Embassy Tokyo's ongoing effort to promote increased collaboration between U.S. and Japanese researchers in cancer clinical trials. The activities [...]
2009-11-05 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSTH ECON PGOV SOCI CASC JA
09TOKYO2553 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 23:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2555JAPAN URGED TO FOLLOW UK IN REFUSING INSURANCE TO
[...] (C) In coordination with UK Embassy Economic Counselor Paul Hunter, Deputy Financial Attache delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama, Special Officer for Research on Foreign Exchange Transactions Wataru Kikuchi [...]
2009-11-06 00:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL UK IR JA
09TOKYO2556 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2558TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Tokyo Shimbun led with the finding that senior Japanese Embassy officials in Washington used a MOFA "slush fund" in January 2000 in order to "entertain" a visiting delegation headed by the commissioner of the Board of Audit of Japan. 2. "Abbas Not Likely to Jo [...]
2009-11-06 02:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO256TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTERING TERRORIST ABUSE OF
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Deputy Financial Attache and Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche January 23 and January 29, respectively, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Divis [...]
2009-02-03 02:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID JA
09TOKYO2563URGING JAPAN TO ACCEDE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We believe the President,s visit offers an opportunity for progress on International Child Abduction issues. Within the last year, US officials including Secretary Clinton have raised this issue with GOJ counterparts. The new Hatoyama government seems more sympathetic to worki [...]
2009-11-06 07:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALCASC PREL KOCI KITA JA
09TOKYO2564MOMENTUM GATHERS BEHIND JAPAN'S ABOLITION OF FAIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japan Business Federation's (Keidanren) recent advocacy in support of abolishing the Japan Fair Trade Commission's (JFTC) internal appeals process adds to momentum gathering behind antitrust policy reform under the new government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. This call u [...]
2009-11-06 08:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA
09TOKYO2566AMBASSADOR ROOS MEETS WITH JICA PRESIDENT OGATA
[...] (U) As JICA President, Ogata directs Japan's core development aid agency, managing approximately $10 billion in annual foreign assistance to more than 100 countries around the world. Since a comprehensive reform and consolidation of Japan's foreign aid structures took effect in late 2008, JIC [...]
2009-11-06 09:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON JA PGOV
09TOKYO2567JAPAN ADVANCING TIES TO THE MEKONG REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Japan-Mekong Summit on November 6-7 is the culmination of a year-long effort by Japanese leaders to strengthen ties to mainland Southeast Asia and will cap the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, a program aimed at deepening cooperation and mutual understanding. Japan has assu [...]
2009-11-06 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM CB CH LA TH VM JA
09TOKYO2570 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-08 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2575US/JAPAN NONPRO/SECURITY COOPERATION:NNSA
[...] UNCLASSIFIED -- entire message. 2. Summary. On October 26, on the margins of the Second International Meeting on Next Generation Safeguards, NNSA Administrator Tom D'Agostino met Yasutaka Moriguchi, Deputy Minister of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [...]
2009-11-09 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP JA
09TOKYO2581 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 02:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2583JAPANESE NON-PAPER ON SE ASIA MIDDLE EAST PEACE
[...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with Embassy Poloff, MOFA First Middle East Principal Deputy Director Kazutaka Kawahara provided an English-language copy of a non-paper (See paragraph 5) explaining current MOFA internal discussion on the form and substance of its proposed Southeast Asia Middle [...]
2009-11-09 02:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SN MY ID JA
09TOKYO2585TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Most broadcasters reported on a mass rally held on Sunday in Ginowan, Okinawa, to protest the current plan to relocate MCAS Futenma to Camp Schwab. 2. "GOJ Should Work on Restructuring U.S.-Japan Alliance" [...]
2009-11-09 04:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2588JAPAN RECEPTIVE TO FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ON WHALING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. representative to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Monica Medina met with senior officials from the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) November 4 to discuss progress in negotiations under the Future of the IWC process. The FAJ Director General described the results of re [...]
2009-11-09 06:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA
09TOKYO2589SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER 13-14
[...] (C) Begin Text of Scenesetter: Dear Mr. President: Welcome to Japan. It is fitting that you begin your inaugural visit to Asia here as the U.S.-Japan Alliance remains the indispensible foundation of U.S. strategy in Asia. Prime Minister Hatoyama and his administration have stressed the [...]
2009-11-09 06:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON MARR JA
09TOKYO2590TOKYO AFGHANISTAN TRACK CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND
[...] (C) During a November 6 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Embassy of Afghanistan Press Officer Jason Pratt provided a copy of the program schedule and participants for the November 23-25 Track II conference on Afghanistan (reftel A) organized by Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Upper House Member Ta [...]
2009-11-09 08:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF JA
09TOKYO2591 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2592WHALING: MOFA WORKING LEVEL THOUGHTS
[...] (C/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs working level officials would prefer to postpone any public announcement of a U.S.-Japan commitment to conclude an agreement on whaling by a date certain, and keep our bilateral negotiations confidential until we are closer to an agreement, MOFA Fisheries Di [...]
2009-11-09 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA
09TOKYO2598 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2599VFM YABUNAKA PREVIEWS NEW AFGHANISTAN AID PACKAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 03:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF PK JA
09TOKYO2600TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the decision on Monday by the government revitalization unit to review 447 government programs in the fiscal 2010 budget as part of its efforts to curtail the "wasteful" use of taxpayer money. 2. "Myanmar Should Take Ste [...]
2009-11-10 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2606AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: AUSTR DELANEY RAISES RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Government of Japan (GOJ) officials told Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia (AUSTR) Michael Delaney November 2 that Japan's development assistance strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan would in principle complement U.S.-proposed Reconstruction Opportunity Zo [...]
2009-11-10 09:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID EINV AF PK JA
09TOKYO2607 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 23:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO261 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2610 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2613TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO JAPAN AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to open hearings held yesterday by Government Revitalization Unit teams concerning budget request items, saying that some 50 billion yen for 10 projects was identified as "waste" and needs to be eliminated. 2. "Will to Manage Alliance [...]
2009-11-12 04:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2614EAP A/S KURT CAMPBELL DISCUSSES FUTENMA, POTUS
[...] (S) In a November 5 meeting, EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, joined by the Ambassador, stressed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto the importance of ensuring a successful visit to Japan by the President and provided a five-point [...]
2009-11-12 05:59:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO2615DAS KANG AND DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH GOJ ON THE FUTURE OF THE IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 08:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PUNE ENRG IAEA JA
09TOKYO2617ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL'S NOVEMBER 5 LUNCH
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 5 lunch meeting with MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell briefed on his trip to Burma (see septel report),and discussed the President,s upcoming visit to Japan, U.S.-Japan alliance man [...]
2009-11-12 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KOCI CASC MARR CH JA
09TOKYO2618AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT'S VISIT WITH
[...] (S) The Ambassador met briefly one-on-one November 12 with Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki to discuss the upcoming visit of President Obama to Japan. Ambassador Fujisaki made two personal suggestions to the Ambassador regarding the President's meeting with Prime Minist [...]
2009-11-12 09:43:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR JA
09TOKYO2619 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 23:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO262RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE
[...] (U) Takeshi Kawamura, Deputy Director Equipment Policy Division, Bureau of Finance and Equipment, Ministry of Defense confirmed the quantity and commodities listed in reftel were delivered to the 4th Air Depot of Iruma Base in Saitama Prefecture on December 5, 2008. According to a report from [...]
2009-02-03 23:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO2621JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GATES + 2
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Mr. Kevin Gates, Mr. Doug Bush, and LT Brandon Hamilton to Japan on November 15-17, 2009. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mr. Rod Tanaka. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5420 Home phone: (81-3)3700-0570 Mobile phone: [...]
2009-11-13 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
09TOKYO2622 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2626TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO JAPAN, NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the Government Revitalization Unit's continued review on Thursday of fiscal 2010 budget requests. 2. "'Uncertain Situation' Should Be Improved" The conservative Sankei argued in an editorial (11/13): "President Obama will [...]
2009-11-13 03:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2628COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO2629 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO263 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2632 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-14 00:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2634 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 03:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2635TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included yesterday's Asia policy speech by Prime Minister Hatoyama in Singapore, in which he explained his policy of moving forward with the East Asian Community initiative while stressing that the U.S.-Japan alliance is the central pillar of Japanese [...]
2009-11-16 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2639MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOKYO SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 23:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2640MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOKYO SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: On November 14 President Obama delivered a speech on Asian policy in Tokyo. The speech was the major news item of the day and received nearly universal praise for its consideration of Japan and for signaling a vigorous reengagement of the U.S. with Asia. According to Japanese public br [...]
2009-11-16 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2641 MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOKYO SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: On November 14 President Obama delivered a speech on Asian policy in Tokyo. The speech was the major news item of the day and received nearly universal praise for its consideration of Japan and for signaling a vigorous reengagement of the U.S. with Asia. According to Japanese public br [...]
2009-11-16 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2643 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 23:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2648 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO265TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included a plan by 10 nations, including the U.S., Japan, Germany, and the UK to create a framework for a "world-wide" patent examination system. 2. "North Korea Trying to Shake U.S.?" The business- oriented Nikkei wrote from Seoul (2/4): [...]
2009-02-04 03:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2653TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Tuesday morning included President Obama's town hall meeting with Chinese students on Monday in Shanghai. 2. "President Obama's Position on U.S.-China Cooperation Clear" The business-oriented Nikkei wrote from Shanghai (11/17): "President Obama took part [...]
2009-11-17 05:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2657 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2658GOJ WILL DELIVER U.S. AFGHAN PRIORITIES TO
[...] (C) On November 17, Embassy Poloff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government to MOFA Second Middle East Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto. Hamamoto expressed appreciation for the information and pledged to share the points with the Japanese Embassy in [...]
2009-11-17 08:55:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL AF JA
09TOKYO2662 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2664LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Headquarters Director General Hitoshi Motojuku and Secretary General Tadamori Oshima described their party's plans to return to its conservative roots, and focus on preventing the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from attaining an independent majority [...]
2009-11-18 04:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR JA
09TOKYO2665TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers front-paged the summit between President Obama and Chinese President Hu in Beijing on Tuesday. 2. "Can New Era Be Established through Prioritizing Practical Benefits?" On yesterday's U.S.-China summit, the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editoria [...]
2009-11-18 06:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2667 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2674 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 01:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2676ASD GREGSON DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND CHINA WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Akitaka Saiki said in a November 17 meeting with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Wallace Gregson that the Japanese government fully supports U.S. bilateral engagement wit [...]
2009-11-19 04:23:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MNUC MARR KN JA
09TOKYO2677TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, BURMA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Tokyo Shimbun report claiming that it has learned from U.S.-Japan military sources that the U.S. military has developed plans for possible contingencies around Japan, under which the U.S. will deploy additional airplanes to Kadena AB and [...]
2009-11-19 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO268SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICIAL STRESSES NEED FOR EARLY
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Global Issues Shinsuke Sugiyama told EMIN February 3 that the GOJ very much wants to maintain close coordination/cooperation with the U.S. on climate change and energy matters. Sugiyama noted the series of UNFCCC-related meetings leading u [...]
2009-02-04 09:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA
09TOKYO2681HONDURAS ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Noritsugu Takahashi on November 19. Takahashi said MOFA has not made a final decision on the assistance request. MOFA is curious whether or not th [...]
2009-11-19 08:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM HO JA
09TOKYO2682 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 02:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2683TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, PRESIDENT
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave front- page coverage to the Lower House passage early Friday morning of legislation allowing small- and medium-sized companies to defer loan payments to banks. 2. "U.S. to Press Denuclearization in Comprehensive Manner" On President Obama's annou [...]
2009-11-20 04:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2686 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2687GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: Embassy Tokyo supported Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Japan, working with local organizers, and featuring a keynote program with Ambassador Roos on entrepreneurship. Organizers coordinated 14 separate events around Japan under a GEW umbrella, and attracted over 3000 participa [...]
2009-11-20 08:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL SOCI JA
09TOKYO2688TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included an Asahi report claiming that Tokyo prosecutors are preparing to charge a former top aide to Prime Minister Hatoyama with violation of the Political Funds Control Law in connection with his alleged false reporting of a total of 200 million y [...]
2009-11-24 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO269(C-AL8-02662) ENERGY SECURITY: GOJ OFFICIALS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials and businesspeople describe relations with Russian energy suppliers as businesslike. METI officials and others report Russia's assertiveness in oil and gas disputes and its military action in Georgia have not fundamentally changed this attitude. Japanese policy [...]
2009-02-04 09:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL RU JA
09TOKYO2690 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2691JAPAN URGED TO DESIGNATE FIRST EAST EXPORT BANK,
[...] (C) Deputy Financial Attache delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama, Special Officer for Research on Foreign Exchange Transactions Wataru Kikuchi, and Section Chief Yuka Kunisato on Novmeber 18. In addition, [...]
2009-11-24 05:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2692TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S NOVEMBER 10-11 TRIP
[...] (C) Secretary Geithner visited Japan on November 10-11 en route to the November 12 APEC Finance Ministers meeting in Singapore. In separate meetings with Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Secretary Geithner stressed the import [...]
2009-11-24 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO2697 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 23:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO270 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 22:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2702 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2707TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-INDIA SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included a Yomiuri report claiming that a political organization linked to Prime Minister Hatoyama allegedly made "false statements" regarding political donations. 2. "U.S. and India Take Step toward Relationship of Strategic Cooperation" The c [...]
2009-11-25 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2708U/S HORMATS: KEIDANREN OFFICIALS WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) officials told Under Secretary of State Hormats the Japanese business community welcomes American "reengagement" in the region and, in particular, the U.S. commitment to APEC. They expressed concern, however, about the global management of [...]
2009-11-25 02:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2709JAPANESE DEPUTY PM KAN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC STRATEGY,
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Vice Minister Motohisa Furukawa discussed the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government's thinking on economic strategy and called for political-level bilateral dialogue on economic issues during a meeting with National Economic Council (NEC) Director [...]
2009-11-25 04:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL EINV JA
09TOKYO271JAPAN TO EXPAND EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE RARE METALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ is more than doubling its budget for rare metals exploration and acquisition in FY2009. Priorities include remote sensing activities in southern Africa, projects to stockpile and recycle rare metals from used equipment, and research to leverage advances in technology to [...]
2009-02-04 22:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG PREL SENV JA XA
09TOKYO2710 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2712TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - COP15 MEETING
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the yen's rapid appreciation against the U.S. dollar, as well as a call by a GOJ panel for the Defense Ministry to review labor costs for Japanese base workers that the GOJ shoulders as part of its host nation support for the U.S. military. [...]
2009-11-27 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2714 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 02:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2715U/S HORMATS' MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Japanese government officials welcomed the visit of Under Secretary Hormats on November 16 and 17, immediately following that of President Obama, as a strong sign of the importance the United States attaches to the U.S.-Japan economic relationship. They agreed with U/S Hor [...]
2009-11-27 04:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG ETRD PREL EAID EAGR PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2718MOFA DG UMEMOTO ON SECRET AGREEMENT INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) On November 27, Charge d,Affaires discussed MOFA,s investigation of the so-called nuclear secret agreements and its possible effects on U.S. nuclear deterrent policy with MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto. Charge stressed that an important element of U.S. deterrenc [...]
2009-11-27 07:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2721 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 00:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2722TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Monday morning included Prime Minister Hatoyama's meeting on Sunday with senior GOJ officials. They reportedly discussed the rapid appreciation of the yen. 2. "Time for Diplomacy" On recent announcements by the U.S. and China on their respective goals for reduction [...]
2009-11-30 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2723 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 01:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2734 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2739BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Post contacted Kenichiro Teramoto of the Equipment Policy Division, Ministry of Defense on November 11, 2009, by e-mail. Teramoto confirmed by e-mail on November 26, all items listed in reftel have been ordered by t [...]
2009-12-01 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO274JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/05/09
[...] Junichiro Koizumi 14.4 PERCENT 2. Ichiro Ozawa 13.7 PERCENT 3. Yoichi Masuzoe 7.5 PERCENT 4. Taro Aso 4.7 PERCENT 5. Yoshimi Watanabe 4.6 6. Naoto Kan 3.1 7. Nobuteru Ishihara 2.7 8. Yukio Hatoyama 2.4 9. Seiji Maehara 1.9 10. Katsuya Okada 1.7 11. Yuriko Koike 1.5 12. Kaoru Y [...]
2009-02-05 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2740 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2743TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a meeting on Monday of the Government Revitalization Unit, during which members confirmed the Hatoyama administration's policy to "respect" the results of the recent screening of budget requests in formulating the state budget for fiscal 20 [...]
2009-12-01 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2745KANTEI INSIDER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FUTENMA DECISION
[...] (C) Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Hatoyama confidante Yorihisa Matsuno told Embassy Tokyo November 30 that he is pessimistic about the PM's ability to reach a decision on Futenma "anytime soon." The reason is coalition politics, Matsuno explained. Over the past several days, the Socialis [...]
2009-12-01 05:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR JA
09TOKYO2748 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2749 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO275TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - "BUY AMERICAN"
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Thursday morning included Panasonic's decision to slash its workforce by 15,000 worldwide. 2. "Trade Protectionism Cannot Be Accepted" On the so- called "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package, the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized [...]
2009-02-05 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2752TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Tuesday morning included court testimony on Tuesday by a former senior Japanese diplomat, who acknowledged the existence of two "secret accords" with the U.S. regarding the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. 2. "Zardari Government Anxious to Hang on to Power" The [...]
2009-12-02 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2754JAPAN RESPONSE TO IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: REPORTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government officials and INPEX company representatives confirmed the company holds a 10 percent stake in Iran's South Azadegan oilfield. Officials from both the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and INPEX said the firm has not made any investment in Iran's h [...]
2009-12-02 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL JA
09TOKYO2757 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO276 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/09
[...] North Korea has been modernizing its missile sites. The missile site at Musudanri, which was used to test a Taepodong-2 missile in 2006, is now capable of launching satellites. The new missile site at Tongchangri is for launching both intercontinental ballistic TOKYO 00000276 006 OF 016 [...]
2009-02-05 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2761 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 02:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2764TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included an Asahi report claiming that Prime Minister Hatoyama is considering postponing a conclusion on the Futenma relocation issue until next January or later. 2. "Training of Afghan Forces Holds Key to Success" The liberal Asahi editorialize [...]
2009-12-03 04:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2766 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/03/09
[...] Hatoyama said during the meeting: "Priority must be given to the coalition. Is it necessary to rush a decision before the end of the year?" Okada and Kitazawa explained that the foreign affairs and defense officials of both countries have been stepping up the coordination process to aim at a [...]
2009-12-03 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2767VERIFICATION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' ACTIONS A
[...] (SBU) A proposal by developing countries to exempt domestically-funded climate actions from measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) will be a red-line issue for Japan at upcoming UNFCCC climate negotiations in Copenhagen December 7-18, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indust [...]
2009-12-03 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2768JAPAN MAY EXTEND "CASH FOR CLUNKERS" PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's second FY09 supplementary budget will likely extend its auto purchase incentive program for certain fuel-efficient vehicles. No U.S. autos qualify, and although U.S. automakers advocate modification of the program, their main concern is preservation of benefits they c [...]
2009-12-03 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA
09TOKYO2769 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2773UNGA DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 07:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2774 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2775JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/R BOSWORTH, S/E KIM,
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, and their delegation for their December 12-13, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Poli [...]
2009-12-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT ASEC KNNP PREL CN JA KN KS RS
09TOKYO2777JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON PRESSING
[...] (C) On December 2, Political Officer discussed reftel demarche with MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Deputy Director Takuma Sakaguchi. Sakaguchi stressed that the Japanese Government attaches great importance both to pushing the Burmese regime to respond positively to Aung San Suu Kyi's (AS [...]
2009-12-04 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO2778JAPAN RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 2 meeting with Embassy Political Minister-Counselor and in public statements by the Chief Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Minister, Japan voiced support for the President,s new approach to Afghanistan, with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama,s government saying it welcomes [...]
2009-12-04 09:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF JA
09TOKYO2780RESULTS OF A RECENT CONFERENCE ON COMBATING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: According to a recent conference held in Tokyo, despite strong efforts by the Government of Japan to improve law enforcement cooperation between Japan and its major source countries, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia -efforts which have resulted in good working rel [...]
2009-12-06 23:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTIP KWMN PHUM JA
09TOKYO2781 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2782GOJ FEEDBACK ON REALIGNMENT ENHANCEMENTS PACKAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Schiffer presented U.S. proposals for enhancements to the Realignment Roadmap to MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto in a December 4 senior officials-level meeting of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) Working Group [...]
2009-12-07 02:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2783TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Asahi gave top play to a correspondent's report from Seoul on the start of tripartite consultations among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea concerning the creation of a roadmap for North Korea's denuclearization. 2. "We Are Concerned about Delay in Decision on [...]
2009-12-07 06:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2784TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUTENMA RELOCATION AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's apparent decision on Thursday to postpone a conclusion on Futenma relocation beyond the end of the year. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Should Reconsider Postponement of Decision on Futenma Relocat [...]
2009-12-07 06:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2788 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 23:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO279JAPAN THINKING AHEAD TO APEC 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials responsible for APEC affairs have begun internal discussions of GOJ priorities for Japan's 2010 APEC chairmanship focusing on a "New APEC Vision" that provides strategic direction for the organization to 2020 and beyond. The GOJ is considering a "Green APEC [...]
2009-02-05 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SENV ENRG APECO JA
09TOKYO2795TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Tuesday morning front- paged the GOJ's move to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Hatoyama and President Obama next week in Copenhagen so that the premier can directly explain to the President the Japanese administration's current position on Futenma relocation [...]
2009-12-08 23:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2798 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 23:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2799 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 23:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO28JAPAN EXPRESSES CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER GAZA;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan remains deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, but official public statements have been measured and even-handed. Following his December 31 telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (ref A),Prime Minister Aso telephoned Palestinian Authority Abbas on [...]
2009-01-07 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS JA
09TOKYO280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2800TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Tuesday morning front- paged the GOJ's move to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Hatoyama and President Obama next week in Copenhagen so that the premier can directly explain to the President the Japanese administration's current position on Futenma relocation [...]
2009-12-08 23:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2803 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 01:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2811TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the GOJ's decision to suspend the bilateral working group on Futenma relocation. 2. "Do Not Make Compromise Readily" On Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth's visit to the DPRK capital yeste [...]
2009-12-09 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2814 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2815FRF: SENIOR DPJ LEADER SAYS ""NO DEAL"" THIS YEAR
[...] (C) Summary: DPJ Diet Affairs Chair Kenji Yamaoka (a close confidante of DPJ Secretary General Ozawa) told Embassy Tokyo December 8 that the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) decision was ""all about managing the Diet."" Until two weeks ago, he thought the Japanese government would agree to [...]
2009-12-09 08:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV JA
09TOKYO2819HATOYAMA CABINET ANNOUNCES JPY24.4 TRILLION
[...] (SBU) On December 8, the Hatoyama Cabinet finalized a new economic policy package, entitled "Emergency Economic Measures for Reassurance and Economic Growth Tomorrow". This is the first economic policy package under the Hatoyama administration, but is the fifth of its kind since the onset of [...]
2009-12-09 23:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO282TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - "BUY AMERICAN"
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Friday morning included Prime Minister Aso's remarks in the Diet on Thursday hinting at a possible review of the current GOJ postal privatization program centering on the separation of postal corporation-related services into four separate corporate entities. [...]
2009-02-06 04:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2821 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 03:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2822AMBASSADOR ROOS'S MEETING WITH MINISTER MAEHARA
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a one-hour meeting, Minister Maehara outlined the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government's plan to ultimately accept the existing Futenma relocation plan, with or without the support of its coalition partners. Maehara cautioned that his government must first pass t [...]
2009-12-10 05:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2827TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories this morning included the indictment of a secretary to a senior opposition LDP lawmaker on charges related to illicit political donations from a general contractor. 2. "Do Not Turn Futenma Issue into Bilateral Crisis" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/10): [...]
2009-12-10 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 23:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2838 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2839REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 850
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO2840REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 851
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO2844TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE,
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama in Oslo on Thursday. 2. "President Obama's Distress over 'War and Peace'" On a speech delivered by President Obama upon his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, the [...]
2009-12-11 04:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2845JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OFFICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) strategic planning head Tadashi Maeda told Embassy Tokyo Economic Minister Counselor the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leadership's failure to move forward on Futenma relocation will likely remain a problem well into the next year [...]
2009-12-11 04:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV PREL ELTN SENV JA
09TOKYO2846JAPAN MULLS GREATER PEACKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (S) During a December 10 meeting with Embassy poloff, MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoki Takahashi and Sudan Desk Officer Sho Nishimura said that although Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada has spoken publicly in favor of increased Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) participat [...]
2009-12-11 06:31:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU JA
09TOKYO2847REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 854
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO2848REQUEST FOR GOJ ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION: - DIP. NOTES EXCHANGED FOR CASE NUMBER 853
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KNNP ENRG JA
09TOKYO285DPRK: PRO-DIALOGUE DIET GROUP IN MINORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Members of a non-partisan Diet group in favor of dialogue with the DPRK and a focus on denuclearization rather than abductions are urging the Obama Administration to stay with the Six Party process. In a meeting with the Charge, the group lamented that Japan's DPRK policy is con [...]
2009-02-06 06:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN JA
09TOKYO2852 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-13 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2853 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2854TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. NHK reported this morning that Prime Minister Hatoyama plans to meet with cabinet members today to conduct coordination on the Futenma relocation issue. 2. "Easy Compromise Should Be Avoided" The moderate [...]
2009-12-14 05:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2855TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. NHK reported this morning that Prime Minister Hatoyama plans to meet with cabinet members today to conduct coordination on the Futenma relocation issue. 2. "Easy Compromise Should Be Avoided" The moderate [...]
2009-12-14 06:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO286HONDA: IT'S GENERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS THAT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Governments need to act quickly to stabilize financial markets and restart credit flows to companies and consumers, Honda executives told emboffs. The auto company executives argued assistance should aim to provide a general stimulus to economies rather than be targeted to spec [...]
2009-02-06 06:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEIND ECON PGOV SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2860 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 23:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2861TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Prime Minister Hatoyama's apparent decision on Monday to postpone a conclusion on the site for the Futenma replacement facility until next year and make a decision probably by May. 2. "Japan and China Should Establish Relationship of Tr [...]
2009-12-15 04:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2862FORTY THREE DAYS AT THE AIRPORT AND COUNTING
[...] (U) Terminal One in Tokyo's Narita has become the world headquarters of Chinese economist, scholar, freelance journalist and human rights and anti-corruption activist Zhenghu Feng's battle to be allowed to return to China. In a waiting area immediately before immigration, camped out on some c [...]
2009-12-15 04:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM JA
09TOKYO2869 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 23:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2872 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2875MOFA ""ALLIANCE HANDS"" EXPRESS FRUSTRATION AT DPJ
[...] (S) Former U.S-Japan Alliance managers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) summoned back back to Tokyo to participate in the ministry's team investigating the so-called ""secret agreements"" on nuclear weapons being carried into Japan on U.S. Navy vessels, expressed considerable frust [...]
2009-12-16 07:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO2876XI JINPING MEETS HATOYAMA
[...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice President Xi Jinping had a "good and productive meeting" with PM Hatoyama December 14, and Xi strongly endorsed China's policy of attaching importance to Sino-Japan ties, MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki told the DCM December 15. PM Hatoyama told Xi that the linchpin of Japan [...]
2009-12-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH JA
09TOKYO2877TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged press remarks on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, who said that he would like to spend several months looking for a new site for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF). 2. "Apprehension Mounting over Hatoyama Diplomacy" On the GOJ [...]
2009-12-16 23:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2878TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged press remarks on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, who said that he would like to spend several months looking for a new site for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF). 2. "Apprehension Mounting over Hatoyama Diplomacy" On the GOJ [...]
2009-12-16 23:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO288COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL TO VISIT JAPAN
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 9-13, 2009, visit to Japan by John D. Hill and Eric S. Jaffe. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3 [...]
2009-02-06 06:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO2880 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 23:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2883 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2884FRF COALITION DISCUSSIONS A "DOGFIGHT"
[...] (C) Summary: The discussion within the Japanese coalition government over the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) is a "dogfight" with no input from the Japanese bureaucracy, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Koji Tomita told Political Minister-Counselor 16 December. Th [...]
2009-12-17 03:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2886TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - COP15 CONFERENCE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to Wednesday's meeting between key cabinet ministers and DPJ senior officials, during which the DPJ submitted to the GOJ a set of requests for the fiscal 2010 budget. 2. "Do Not Give Up On New Protocol That Includes U.S. and China" The [...]
2009-12-17 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2889AMBASSADOR VERVEER CALLS FOR COOPERATION ON
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer proposed cooperation between Japan and the United States to improve the situation of women in a meeting in Tokyo with Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety, Social Affairs and Gender Equality, Mizuho Fukus [...]
2009-12-17 06:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KWMN JA
09TOKYO2890AUSTR CUTLER RAISES BILATERAL TRADE IRRITANTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Government of Japan (GOJ) officials -- politicians and bureaucrats alike -- told AUSTR Wendy Cutler during her December 10 visit to Tokyo they are frustrated by the challenges with the new government's political transition, most notably inconsistencies in the decision making pro [...]
2009-12-17 06:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA
09TOKYO2891 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2893 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2894TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND COP15 MEETING
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged the announcement by Secretary of State Clinton in Copenhagen on Thursday that Washington is prepared to join other developed nations in establishing a fund by 2020 to raise $100 billion annually to help developing countries cope with globa [...]
2009-12-18 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO29JAPAN TO WAIT FOR OTHER UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] (C) Japan has stated it will wait before declaring support for a candidate for the UNESCO Director-General position. According to Yoshio Ando, Director of MITI's Multilateral Cultural Cooperation Division, Japan hopes that a candidate will be chosen who can continue the reform efforts undertak [...]
2009-01-07 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO JA
09TOKYO290GOJ TAKING "WAIT-AND-SEE" APPROACH ON IRENA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials told econoff the GOJ is still evaluating participation in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) following the January 26-27 founding conference in Bonn. Officials state the GOJ must address four concerns before it can join, [...]
2009-02-06 07:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL EUN TBIO GM JA
09TOKYO2900 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2901APEC SOM TONG'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC MEETINGS WITH MOFA AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. APEC Senior Official Kurt Tong met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to discuss U.S.-Japan bilateral economic dialogue ideas, Japan Post, whaling, the future of the investment dialogue and beef on December 8 [...]
2009-12-18 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EAGR APEC JA
09TOKYO2902AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd focused on climate change, but discussed disarmament, the Japan-Australia FTA, and whaling during his talks with Prime Minister Hatoyama and others in Tokyo December 15, according to the Australian Ambassador to Japan and the MOFA Director [...]
2009-12-18 08:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV ETRD PINR AS JA
09TOKYO2904MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR
[...] (S) DCM met December 17 with Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae to deliver reftel demarche urging that the GOJ make clear to Iranian Supreme Council for National Security Secretary General Saeed Jalili during his December 20-24 Japan visit that Iran must comply with its UN Security Counci [...]
2009-12-18 09:07:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV PARM PHUM ETRD JA IR
09TOKYO2905DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S VIEW ON US-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM's December 17 meeting with Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka centered primarily on U.S.-Japan relations and, more specifically, on issues related to the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Yamaoka expounded on PM Hatoy [...]
2009-12-18 10:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2907INCJ President Meets Ambassador to Discuss Innovation and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Roos and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) President and CEO Kimikazu Nomi discussed ways to improve the Japanese environment for innovation and entrepreneurship on December 14. Nomi described impediments within Japan's entrepreneurial ecosystem, and out [...]
2009-12-21 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON JA
09TOKYO2908 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2910TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - COP15 MEETING
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Monday morning papers led with the results of their respective weekend opinion polls that showed sharp drops in public support for the Hatoyama administration. 2. "World Should Swiftly Restart Negotiations toward Settlement Next Year" The liberal Asahi editorialized ( [...]
2009-12-21 02:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2912 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2913TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's announcement on Monday of his decision on such issues as child allowances and provisional gasoline tax rates. 2. "Iranian Official Expresses Confrontational Position" Carrying a one-on-one interview with Se [...]
2009-12-22 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2917"FORCING THE HENOKO PLAN WILL DAMAGE THE
[...] (C) Summary: Implementing the current Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) plan will "damage the U.S.-Japan Alliance," Social Democratic Party (SDP) President Mizuho Fukushima told the Ambassador 21 December. Despite arduous negotiations over 13 years, the existing plan has not been implemented [...]
2009-12-22 06:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO29192010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: JAPAN
[...] (U) After a reasonable but thorough review of organizations with official status, accreditation, or recognition from the United Nations University (UNU),post has not identified any which condone or promote pedophilia. The UNU moreover has an official policy of not granting any official status [...]
2009-12-22 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC JA
09TOKYO292 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2920WHY JAPAN ABSTAINS ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] (C) Following its normal practice, Japan once again abstained on the Defamation of Religion resolution. According to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Director Makoto Tanabe, Japan thinks that the Defamation of Religion resolution is "not a good resolution, but it is no [...]
2009-12-22 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC JA
09TOKYO2921POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: JAPAN AND U.S. SHOULD
[...] (C) Summary: The USG and GOJ should quietly resolve any differences regarding Japan's postal privatization process, Financial Services Agency Senior Vice Minister Kouhei Ohtsuka told the DCM December 21 in response to points in reftel. Ohtsuka welcomed USG statements that postal privatization [...]
2009-12-22 08:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2922JAPAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per reftel, 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Japan provided in paragraph 2. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Jamie Roane (roanejo@state.gov, roanejo@state.sgov.gov). 2. (U) Begin report text. Japan Japan bolstered border security and enhanced national counterterr [...]
2009-12-22 09:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2923DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S READOUT ON CHINA VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's visit to China was aimed at ensuring that the new DPJ government started off well with Beijing, Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka told the DCM on December 17. Yamaoka and Ozawa expressed concern about Chin [...]
2009-12-24 00:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO2926JAPAN MAY EXTEND "CASH FOR CLUNKERS" PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's second FY09 supplementary budget will likely extend its auto purchase incentive program for certain fuel-efficient vehicles. No U.S. autos qualify, and although U.S. automakers advocate modification of the program, their main concern is preservation of benefits they c [...]
2009-12-24 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA
09TOKYO2928 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2929TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave front- page coverage to the questioning by prosecutors of a DPJ lawmaker on Sunday concerning his role in a dubious land purchase in 2004 by DPJ Secretary General Ozawa's political fund management organization. 2. "U.S. Mediation Leads to Antici [...]
2009-12-28 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2930TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUTENMA RELOCATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers on Tuesday morning front- paged reports from New Delhi on press remarks on Monday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, during which he reportedly said that the coalition agreement on Futenma relocation must not ignore the U.S.'s intentions. 2. "Sites Other Than Okinawa Must [...]
2009-12-29 22:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2931 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 22:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2935 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2936 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2942TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AIRLINE BOMBING ATTEMPT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers on Wednesday morning front- paged Prime Minister Hatoyama's meeting on Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Singh. 2. "U.S. Concern That Yemen Could Become New Battlefield" The liberal Asahi wrote from Washington (12/30): "Concerning the recent failed attempt to blow [...]
2009-12-30 05:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2944 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 05:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2946AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 21 LUNCH MEETING WITH VICE
[...] (C) Summary: The ROKG sees hints of movement from the DPRK but that it will not offer any inducements to the DPRK without meaningful action from the North Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka told the Ambassador on December 21. Foreign Minister Okada's upcoming travel abroad will include st [...]
2009-12-30 07:35:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PINR JA
09TOKYO2948 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2949 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO295POSTAL PRIVATIZATION DEVELOPMENTS RATTLE U.S.
[...] (C) Signs Japan Post Insurance might introduce a new product continue to ratchet up concerns among U.S. insurers operating in Japan. It is still early in Japan Post Insurance's ten-year privatization process and a new product would enjoy substantial non-competitive advantages, several stakeho [...]
2009-02-06 10:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO2952TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Thursday morning gave top or front-page play to the Hatoyama administration's announcement on Wednesday of its basic policy for Japan's growth strategy through 2020. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Must Reacknowledge Importance of U.S." The conservative Sankei edito [...]
2009-12-31 03:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 03:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO298TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AT
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on a wildfire caused by a heat wave that killed at least 108 people in southern Australia. 2. "U.S. Wooing Europe" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Munich (2/8): " [...]
2009-02-09 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO3 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/02/09
[...] In it, he stressed his government's intention of putting every effort into devising measures to revive the economy that has been hit by the global financial and economic crisis. The prime minister stated: "The government will expend all efforts to remove the nation's anxieties about the economy [...]
2009-01-02 03:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO30 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO300 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 1 02/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 02:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO302 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 2 02/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO306DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING
[...] (S) Emboff delivered talking points contained in ref A to Takao Shishikura, Director, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Shishikura said Japanese authorities are investigating Tonegawa-Seiko, but he did not have any [...]
2009-02-09 08:21:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM ETTC KSCA JA IR
09TOKYO307PM ASO'S ECONOMIC AGENDA: STALLED AND LOSING
[...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's policies have not had the impact on Japan's economy he wanted. When the global economic crisis hit, Aso promised "bold countermeasures" to confront rising unemployment and bankruptcies, record drops in business confidence and manufacturing output, and slumping public [...]
2009-02-09 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ELAB JA
09TOKYO308JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY COMMISSION TRYING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY The Japan-China Joint Historical Research Committee, formed in October 2006, is aiming for a March 2009 release of its long awaited report, despite last-minute Chinese misgivings about language contained therein. The Committee initially sought to complete the project by Summer 2 [...]
2009-02-09 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO309SONY EXECUTIVE ON CHALLENGES TO JAPAN'S
[...] (SBU) Sony reports serious concern within Japan's electronics industry about actions various governments have taken recently that restrict or could restrict trade. He included in his assessment adoption of the "10 2" rule in the U.S. and reports of possible "Buy American" amendments to the [...]
2009-02-09 09:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO312TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, MUNICH SECURITY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a continued fall in public approval of Prime Minister Aso and Nissan's massive layoff plan. 2. "Prime Minister Wins by Improving Security" On the recent Iraqi provincial elections, the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/10) [...]
2009-02-10 02:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO317SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso, Foreign Minister Nakasone and Defense Minister Hamada are eager to see you to discuss our new Administration's foreign policy and ways to improve our global and regional partnership. That your first stop on your first overseas trip i [...]
2009-02-10 07:16:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO319POST CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN-RELATED MATTERS
[...] (SBU) Political Officer Jamie Roane is Embassy Tokyo's point-of-contact for ASEAN-related matters. Roane's office phone number is (81) 03-3224-6936; his unclassified email is roanejo@state.gov. Economic Officer David DiGiovanna is in charge of APEC-related issues. DiGiovanna's office phone n [...]
2009-02-10 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECIN ASEAN JA
09TOKYO320 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO322WHALING: JAPAN ASKS USG TO EXAMINE TAX EXEMPT
[...] (U) Please see action request contained in para 5. 2. (C) Fisheries Agency of Japan Director General Shuji Yamada called in EMIN Feb. 10 to raise the recent incident in which a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel allegedly collided with a Japanese research whaling vessel in th [...]
2009-02-10 08:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV EFIS IWC PREL JA
09TOKYO324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO328TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMIC MEASURES,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Thursday morning included press remarks on Wednesday by South Korean Foreign and Trade Minister Yu that a meeting between a former North Korean agent now living in South Korea and family members of a missing Japanese abductee, who is believed to have taught [...]
2009-02-12 03:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO329RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE
[...] (SBU) Econoff conducted a site visit of Laser Measurement Corporation (ref) February 3 and met with Managing Director Hiroo Sugihara at the firm's premises in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. Sugihara displayed the Grey Field Polariscope and the supporting documentation for the transaction identified in [...]
2009-02-12 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO33JAPAN: ASO EKING OUT POSITIVE REVIEWS ON CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has forged modest success on China. Facing plummeting approval ratings, a sputtering economy, and a Diet divided with the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, PM Aso has managed to keep bilateral ties to China on an even keel by actively engagin [...]
2009-01-07 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO330 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO332JAPAN'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has been an active participant in negotiations on a post-Kyoto climate change agreement in the UNFCCC, as well as in talks on the subject in the Major Economies Meetings, G8, and APEC. Seeing itself as a bridge between the U.S. and EU on climate change, the GOJ also has [...]
2009-02-12 09:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA
09TOKYO335JAPAN POST INSURANCE UPDATE
[...] (U) Please note action request contained in paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (C) Japanese officials hope to avoid discussion of Japan Post Insurance and level playing field concerns during Secretary Clinton's first visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Emboffs during a February 10 meeting, an [...]
2009-02-13 00:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL JA
09TOKYO336TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. BAILOUT PLAN AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the Chinese military's plans to construct its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier after 2020. 2. "U.S. Bailout Plan Unsatisfactory" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (2/13): "A new financial stabilization plan revealed by the Obama ad [...]
2009-02-13 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO337JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO338COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 16-18, 2009 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Yuri Kim. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...]
2009-02-13 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA TH
09TOKYO339CODEL SKELTON VISIT TO IWOJIMA, JAPAN, FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes Representative Ike Skelton and members of his delegation for their February 18 visit to Iwojima, Japan. 2. (U) Embassy POC for the Iwojima visit is Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...]
2009-02-13 02:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO341LATVIAN PM VISIT TO JAPAN FOCUSED ON TRADE
[...] (C) Summary. Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis' Tokyo visit focused on economic, financial, and trade issues, while renewing political ties largely devoid of contentious issues, according to Foreign Ministry officials and Tokyo-based Latvian Embassy diplomats. Tokyo and Riga did not sign [...]
2009-02-13 07:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD JA LG
09TOKYO343FM NAKASONE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, PIRACY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Bilateral cooperation on Afghanistan reconstruction and better coordination on DPRK issues dominated the discussion during FM Nakasone's meetings with ROK President Lee and FM Yu in Seoul February 10-11. Other key issues included efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa, [...]
2009-02-13 07:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ETRD JA KA
09TOKYO344BULGARIAN PRESIDENT CONFIRMS COORDINATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Bulgarian President Parvanov sought to establish "a new type of partnership" with Japan, one which would reflect Sophia's new-found status as a democratic member of the EU community, during a January 25-29 visit to Tokyo. A second major goal involved attempts to reduce the large [...]
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