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07TBILISI3064	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/10/07 [...] (C) On 7 December, members of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group were provided a copy of the letter sent by Ambassador Terhi Hakala, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, to Acting President Nino Burjanadze. In the letter, Hakala outlined the main issues which need to be addressed to ensure [...]	2007-12-10 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG

07TBILISI3065	PROFILES OF OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] On December 6, the Central Election Commission registered thirteen candidates for the early presidential elections January 5 but only eight, including former President Mikheil Saakashvili, had sufficient signatures to meet the threshold to be registered as a presidential candidate. Following a [...]	2007-12-11 04:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO GG
07TBILISI3080	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE, 12/12/07 [...] (U) Imedi is due to begin broadcasting December 12 with the Kronika program, beginning at 8 p.m. Tbilisi time. The Imedi staff report that one entire control room at Imedi is out of commission and phone and internet access was severely damaged, with only 15 of their former 150 telephone lines [...]	2007-12-12 11:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3092	IMEDI BACK ON THE AIR, MICHNIK AND MONITORS IN PLACE [...] (SBU) Summary. After 34 days off the air due to a governmental shutdown, Imedi, Georgia's most popular television network, resumed full broadcasting on the evening of December 12, 2007. While some technical difficulties remain, Imedi is broadcasting nationally and by satellite to London and [...]	2007-12-13 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO GG PHUM
07TBILISI3096	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE DECEMBER 14 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of December 1-14. Georgian Politicians React to Medvedev -------------------------------------- 2. Georgian political figures reacted immediately -- and unanimously -- to Russi [...]	2007-12-14 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
07TBILISI3099	GEORGIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final list of the seven registered candidates for the January 5 pre-term presidential elections. Several candidates, however, have been actively campaigning for as long as a week, meeting daily with Tbilisi res [...]	2007-12-14 12:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3101	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/14/07 [...] (C) On December 13, the OSCE/ODIHR Monitoring Team briefed the diplomatic community on its series of meetings with civil society, political parties, and government representatives. ODIHR reviewed election concerns to date with "misuse of administrative resources" being one heard frequently. [...]	2007-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3112	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/17/07 [...] (C) In a meeting December 14, the Ambassador told NSC Chairman Alexander Lomaia that we had done a comprehensive feasibility evaluation and found that we could not sponsor and mount a proper exit poll (factoring in an adequate amount of time for voter education) in the short time before the Ja [...]	2007-12-17 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3135	DOCUMENTARY FILM HIGHLIGHTS LABOR EXPLOITATION, [...] (U) Summary: Embassy officials opened the USAID sponsored anti-trafficking film "Labor Trafficking Reality" on December 19 to an audience of representatives from Parliament, state ministries, domestic and international NGOS, journalists, and members of the Interagency Council on Combating T [...]	2007-12-19 12:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3137	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/19/2007 [...] (C) In a meeting December 18, United National Council of opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told Ambassador he was certain the elections would go to a second round, and he expected Saakashvili to gain at most 15 -20% in the first round. Gachechiladze said during UNC d [...]	2007-12-19 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3145	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: TWO COMPETING WORLDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Black Sea town of Batumi in the autonomous region of Adjara December 11-13 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, election-monitoring organizations and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap presidential election. Opposition pa [...]	2007-12-20 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3147	GEORGIA MEDIA AND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE: THE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. As the election campaign heats up, Embassy Tbilisi is reviewing the media coverage of the elections. Although the Autonomous Republic of Ajara remains an opposition stronghold according to polls, Ajara media is indirectly controlled by the National Movement, and seems to be la [...]	2007-12-21 10:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI3148	GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO AKHALKALAKI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Armenian minority region of Akhalkalaki in Javakheti December 18-19 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOs, press and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap Presidential elections. This impoverished region traditionally [...]	2007-12-21 10:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3149	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/21/07 [...] (C) At the 21 December meeting of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group, the Chairman of the Election (CEC) Levan Tarkhnishvili addressed the group. He discussed the following points: - Cameras at the polling stations: The CEC distributed a press release explaining the purpose of video su [...]	2007-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3151	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary: As the Georgian Presidential election campaign gears up for its final two weeks, a number of themes have emerged on the campaign trail. The most glaring is the brutal blood sport aspect of the Georgian campaign, with each political party battling to the death for dominance. The [...]	2007-12-21 12:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GG
07TBILISI3152	PATARKATSISVILI COUP PLOT UNCOVERED [...] (SBU) On December 24, the Prime Minister called in the U.S., UK, French, German and Baltic Ambassadors to provide a briefing on a plot to undermine Georgia's presidential election on January 5 and thereby to overthrow the Georgian government. The Prime Minister showed videos of Patarkatsisvi [...]	2007-12-24 10:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3166	SAAKASHVILI STRONG IN ZUGDIDI DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili is strong in Samegrelo and its capital, Zugdidi, the home of many displaced persons from the conflict in Abkhazia. His National Movement is well-organized, well-funded and has many campaign volunteers. As a result, he is likely to gather a majority of the d [...]	2007-12-27 13:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3167	IMEDI STRUGGLES AND SUSPENDS OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Imedi TV voluntarily ceased operation shortly after 20:00 hrs on December 26, 2007. This was a decision of News Corp management after 16 key Imedi journalists announced their resignations in the aftermath of the release of a number of video and audio tapes in which Badri Patar [...]	2007-12-27 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI3174	ALEX RONDELI: THE UNM SHIP MIGHT STILL FLOAT [...] (C) Alex Rondeli, Director of the Georgian Foundation for Security and International Studies (GFSIS) and widely respected political analyst, shared his views on recent political developments and media professionalism with the DCM on December 26. Rondeli wasn,t surprised by reports of Patarka [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI3177	OPPOSITION GEARING UP FOR THE DAY AFTER GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign enters its final week and following a series of events that have strengthened former president Saakashvili's bid to win the January 5 presidential elections, it is increasingly clear that most opposition parties are planning not for victory on election d [...]	2007-12-28 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3178	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGNS SPAR OVER PROCESS IN [...] (C) During a December 19-20 pre-election visit to Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city, we found opposition campaigns focused almost exclusively on alleged government plans to intimidate voters or to manipulate the results. Some of the charges contained credible-sounding details, especially [...]	2007-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI3179	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/28/2007 [...] (U) ODIHR's second report was released on December 28 and notes that the campaign environment has been soured by allegations of use by Saakashvili of budgetary funds, unequal campaign conditions, intimidation, and vote buying. OSCE ODIHR has received information and first hand accounts which [...]	2007-12-28 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI384	Georgia Update February 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 10-23. The 81 Richest Georgians? ------------------------- 2. The newspaper Georgian Times stirred up considerable public interest with its February 15 list of Geor [...]	2007-02-26 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI387	SAAKASHVILI DISMISSES ANTI-NATO DEBATE AND [...] (U) At a February 23 news conference, President Saakashvili dismissed as "foolish" the recent public debate over whether Georgia's NATO aspirations will prevent it from restoring territorial integrity over the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The debate began on February 16, [...]	2007-02-27 06:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
07TBILISI401	AMBASSADOR URGES GEORGIA TO AGREE TO JCC MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Manjgaladze on February 27 to deliver reftel demarche urging the Georgians to agree on a date and time of a meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) for South Ossetia. Noting a recent press report on Georgian plans to invest 3.5 million U [...]	2007-02-28 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI405	UN TO USE UNOMIG RENEWAL TO MOVE SIDES FORWARD [...] (C) On February 27, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Georgia Jean Arnault briefed the SIPDIS Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on UN plans to use the April 15 deadline for renewal of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) to push the sides to fulfill t [...]	2007-03-01 15:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI431	GOG CONTINUES ITS ANTI-TIP PUBLIC OUTREACH [...] (U) On February 27, Poloff participated in a GOG sponsored presentation on anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) at the University of Foreign Languages -- the second event held in Tbilisi this month. The presentation included a showing of the Frontline documentary titled "Sex-Slave" to an audie [...]	2007-03-05 05:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL GG RU
07TBILISI436	OSCE SAYS THERE IS AGREEMENT TO INFORMAL JCC MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Tefft called on OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve February 28 to discuss South Ossetia. On the Joint Control Commission (JCC),Ambassador said that the U.S. is pressing the Georgians to agree to the JCC. Reeve said that there were some positive signals that a JCC meeting wou [...]	2007-03-05 14:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI489	ABKHAZIA: UN BRIEFS WESTERN FRIENDS ON KODORI [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed the Western Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on the alleged rocket and missile firing on Georgian villages in Upper Kodori on March 11 (reftel). Arnault said that the Georgians had [...]	2007-03-12 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI623	BAGAPSH ALLIES WIN ABKHAZ DE FACTO PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) After a poor showing in the first round (reftel),candidates aligned with de facto Abkhaz president Sergey Bagapsh rallied in the parliamentary run-offs March 18 (likely with the help of "administrative resources") to win an outright majority. According to a UN official, Bagapsh supporter [...]	2007-03-23 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI624	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update March 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 11-23. Investigation of MOD Finances under Okruashvili --------------------------------------------- -- 2. Georgian newspapers are reporting that the Audit Chamber has [...]	2007-03-23 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO GG
07TBILISI652	THE GEORGIAN ECONOMY LOOKS FORWARD TO A YEAR OF [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Georgia's economy overcame Russian sanctions and grew 9.3 percent in 2006. Growth is expected to continue at a 7-8 percent rate in 2007. Prospects for increased foreign direct investment ar [...]	2007-03-28 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV GG
07TBILISI674	ABKHAZIA: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON KODORI ATTACK [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting of the Friends of the Secretary General (FSG),UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault and UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Commander General Khattak briefed the FSG on the preliminary findings of the Joint Fact Finding Group's (J [...]	2007-03-29 14:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI769	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update April 5 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 24-April 6. --------------------------- Georgians Pay Tribute to Late President Gamsakhurdia --------------------------- 2. Thousands of people throughout Georgia cam [...]	2007-04-05 14:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI816	SOUTH OSSETIA ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS LAW MOVES [...] (SBU) Parliament Speaker Nino Burjanadze briefed the diplomatic corps April 11 on the draft law establishing a new autonomous status for South Ossetia, which had passed Parliament in second reading just hours earlier. Parliament passed the bill in third and final reading April 13. Burjanadze [...]	2007-04-13 12:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI826	SOUTH OSSETIA: LAW ON RESTITUTION [...] Summary: On January 1, 2007, a new Georgian restitution law entered into force, authorizing the GoG to provide compensation for the approximately 60,000 Ossetian refugees (90% of whom fled to North Ossetia) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who lost their homes during the 1990-92 war. [...]	2007-04-16 13:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF GG
07TBILISI894	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update April 20 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 7-20. Controversy over Border Monastery --------------------------------- 2. A longstanding controversy over the border with Azerbaijan -- and specifically over the Dav [...]	2007-04-20 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI918	GEORGIA RELEASES CHAKABERIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 12:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI932	Ambassador's meeting with High School of Justice and High [...] Summary: Ambassador met with representatives of the Georgian High School of Justice (HSOJ) and High Council of Justice to discuss the HSOJ's progress on meeting the legislatively imposed deadline for launching a fourteen-month training course for newly appointed judges. With less then the six [...]	2007-04-25 12:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI996	RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russia appears ready to complete its withdrawal from its military base in Akhalkalaki and to finish removing all heavy equipment from its base in Batumi in 2007. On April 13, the first of five convoys of Russian arms and equipment left the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki [...]	2007-04-30 06:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1077	HONDURAS: TELECOM LAW PROGRESS STALLED WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting pressure to agree upon a draft law to liberalize the telecommunications sector, the GOH and private industry representatives failed June 13 to come to an agreement. The action now moves to Congress where congressional leaders have promised passage of a previously [...]	2007-06-15 16:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA1112	CONTROVERSY OVER MANDATORY HONDURAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Honduran President Mel Zelaya decreased the number of government mandated broadcasts, which he originally ordered on May 23, 2007, from ten to three amid intense public controversy among broadcasters, political leaders, and civil society (reftel). The government propaganda, [...]	2007-06-21 18:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1154	A CAFTA-DR SUCCESS STORY: TIME TO START A BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 14:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EIND PGOV DR GT CS HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1192	WHO WILL BREAK FIRST? HONDURAS MAY SOON FACE FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 21:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA1232	HONDUTEL WARNING CABLE [...] Recent newspaper reports have identified serious corruption and fraud at state-run telephone company Hondutel. The charges, which include extortion, fraudulent signing of contracts and misuse of power, are currently under review by the Honduran Attorney General's office after the national Congr [...]	2007-07-18 17:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINV ELAB KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1247	SELECTION OF NEW HONDURAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UN RAISES VISA ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jorge Arturo Reina, the current Minister of Government and Justice, was nominated by President Zelaya to represent Honduras as the ambassador to the United Nations. To assume his duties at the United Nations, Reina will need a G-1 visa to travel to the United States. To obtain that vis [...]	2007-07-19 21:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	CVIS PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1292	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to a request by the GOH, Ambassador Ford met with Honduran President "Mel" Zelaya, Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez and proposed Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Arturo Reina. Zelaya used the first part of the meeting to offer another explanation for his trip to M [...]	2007-07-31 21:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1295	MCC REQUIREMENTS KEY TO REDUCING BUSINESS OPENING TIME IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 22:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EIND PGOV DR CS HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1311	INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE VICE-MINISTER ROSA MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and EconOff met with Industry and Commerce Vice-Minister Jorge "Coque" Rosa and Official CAFTA-DR negotiator Melvin Redondo on August 2, 2007, regarding the potential imposition of safeguards on the sock industry. The GOH does not believe that the USG has a legitimate r [...]	2007-08-02 22:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA133	HONDURAS: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY [...] (C) Honduras is likely to accept migrants from the Caribbean who have been interdicted by the United States, but based on the GOH's current policies it is very likely that any migrants temporarily settled in Honduras would not be detained or prevented from departing Honduras to seek entry into [...]	2007-01-22 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1337	HONDURAS: "LIZZIE LAW" FALLS VICTIM TO CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 15:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ETRD PGOV KJUS PINR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1367	TELECOM PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT DIVISION IN LIBERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent scuffling in the Honduran National Congress, when union members of Hondutel, with the support of the minor left-wing party Unificacion Democratica, attempted to stop Congress from passing a telecommunications rate reduction bill, was a visible manifestation of an ongoing [...]	2007-08-14 00:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1387	HONDURAN PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Emboffs met with President Mel Zelaya and some of his closest ministers and advisors at the Ambassador's residence on August 13, 2007 to discuss key areas of mutual interest. President Zelaya indicated his willingness to publish the Government of Honduras' Nat [...]	2007-08-16 22:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1484	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] (SBU) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States and Honduras are generally good. President Zelaya considers himself a friend of the United States, and Honduras generally supports U.S. positions on major international issues, including the War on Terrori [...]	2007-08-30 21:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAGR EAID ECON EFIS ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA1614	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S TRIP TO CUBA OCTOBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Honduran President Zelaya will travel to Cuba to sign a maritime delimitation treaty with the GOC. FM Milton Jimenez told Polcouns on October 2 that the President chose to travel October 9 instead of October 8 because they did not want to be manipulated into partic [...]	2007-10-03 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CU NI HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1678	SOTO CANO DUAL USE DISCUSSIONS: WE ARE ALL IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, U.S. and Honduran delegations met to discuss possible future commercial use of the air strip at Soto Cano airbase at Palmerola. The discussions were cordial and productive. The USG recognized the sovereign right of the GOH to use the strip for commercial purposes [...]	2007-10-19 14:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT
07TEGUCIGALPA1785	CHIMIRRAZO: HONDUTEL DIRECTOR OUT; HOUSE AND [...] (C) On November 9, Honduran police simultaneously raided the state telecommunications (Hondutel) offices across the country and the residences of Hondutel Director Marcelo Chimirri and other officials. The search warrants were executed in response to a legal complaint of illegal taping of pho [...]	2007-11-13 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV SOCI KCOR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1792	SMUGGLING, UNCERTAINTY AND RED INK IN HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: Oil industry sources here report that the Zelaya Administration's efforts to manipulate pump prices and control the importation of petroleum products has increased gasoline smuggling. Zelaya still appears publicly in favor of building new import terminals to receive fuel from a so [...]	2007-11-14 21:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1794	TIP: 2007 INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following 2007 interim Trafficking in Persons (TIP) assessment report for Honduras (ref. A). On September 26, 2007, Poloffs hosted a meeting with 15 members of the Inter-Institutional Committee, composed of Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, prosecutors, [...]	2007-11-14 21:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1818	GOH PURSUING PETROCARIBE DEAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Facing severe losses at state-run electric energy company ENEE, in addition to increasing losses stemming from gasoline subsidies, the GOH is pursuing a package of solutions that includes a deal with PetroCaribe. [...]	2007-11-26 21:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1820	HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...]	2007-11-26 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM
07TEGUCIGALPA1828	CHIEF OF DEFENSE ROMEO VASQUEZ VELASQUEZ TO STAY [...] (U) Late on November 26 it was announced that General Romeo Vasquez Velazquez, who was appointed by President Maduro as Chief of Defense (CHOD) in 2004, would be staying on in this position for an additional three years, for a total of six years in the position. Vasquez was slated for retire [...]	2007-11-27 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1830	HONDURAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION PROTESTS DEMAND [...] (U) On November 9, the head of the state run telecommunications company, Hondutel, was accused of abuse of authority for allegedly committing telephone espionage against President Manuel Zelaya, cabinet members, and members of Congress. After evading authorities for almost a week, Chimirri v [...]	2007-11-28 14:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECPS HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1870	BOTH LIBERAL AND NATIONALISTS WORRY PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week, representatives of both the opposition National Party (NP) and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's own Liberal Party have expressed concern with Zelaya's possible desires to extend his mandate. On a recent trip to the countryside, Zelaya was quoted as [...]	2007-12-06 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR KDEM VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1876	PRESIDENT ZELAYA "DISSES" UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON [...] (U) UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression Ambeyi Ligabo visited Honduras November 26 - 30, 2007. Ligabo's goal was to investigate recent threats and attacks against journalists, especially those who denounce corruption. Ligabo was invited by the Honduran gov [...]	2007-12-07 16:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1909	UN MAY PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN NEXT HONDURAN [...] On December 13, 2007 The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Rebeca Arias, called a meeting of the G-16 plus the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the November 2009 general elections in Honduras. Since 2005, the OAS has been assisting the Supreme [...]	2007-12-14 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1915	SUPREME COURT VOTES TO ALLOW PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12 the Constitutional Court was unable to muster a unanimous decision in the President of Congress Roberto Micheletti case. President Manuel Zelaya was able to manipulate this outcome and saw this as a personal victory. This forced the case to go to the entire plenary [...]	2007-12-17 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1944	HONDURAS JOINS PETRO CARIBE; ANALYZING POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Honduras took a clear step toward securing energy financing from Venezuela by becoming the 17th member of PetroCaribe during the December 20-21 energy conference in Havana. Joining PetroCaribe allows Honduras to engage in discussions toward a possible energy agr [...]	2007-12-27 22:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1945	HONDURAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PASSES MIXED BAG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran National Congress approved new electoral reforms on December 20, 2007, in late-night, closed-door discussions only a few days after the Supreme Court ruled that the President of Congress, Roberto Michelleti, could run for President (ref. A). With substantive changes [...]	2007-12-27 22:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA215	THE HONDURAN ECONOMY AFTER FIRST YEAR OF ZELAYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Following one year in office for the Zelaya administration, the Honduran economy continues to perform solidly. Some critics would say that this continued robust performance owes more to the Maduro administration's (2001-2005) fiscal austerity than to any new Zelaya policies. [...]	2007-02-02 01:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA258	WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: UPDATE TO [...] SUMMARY: There has been a lack of political will and resources to address adequately the problem of child labor in Honduras. Honduras has not yet completed its list of the worst forms of child labor required by International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 182. The National Plan for the [...]	2007-02-08 17:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA462	HONDURAN NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION REFORMS FALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Party (NP) held its annual convention in San Pedro Sula on March 10-11, 2007. Before the convention, there was speculation the NP Party President, Pepe Lobo, would be pressured to resign from the Presidency in order to run fairly in the next national elections in 20 [...]	2007-03-16 13:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA469	HONDURAN NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION REFORMS FALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Party (NP) held its annual convention in San Pedro Sula on March 10-11, 2007. Before the convention, there was speculation the NP Party President, Pepe Lobo, would be pressured to resign from the Presidency in order to run fairly in the next national elections in 20 [...]	2007-03-16 17:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA471	CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: All leading dailies and a number of television and radio stations in Honduras covered the U.S. Human Rights Report on Honduras and the National Human Rights Commission's own Human Rights Report for 2006, both released on March 6. Major media also highlighted the signing, on the [...]	2007-03-16 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB KCRM KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
07TEGUCIGALPA509	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT [...] (SBU) Summary: After 14 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]	2007-03-22 22:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA579	I AM THE STATE: HONDUTEL MANAGER REMAINS MAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: While a new telecommunications law to liberalize the market remains stalled in the Honduran Congress, the battle to control the lucrative margins in international calling continues. Hondutel, the state telecoms operator, has aggressively pursued companies charged with pirating c [...]	2007-04-03 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA584	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]	2007-04-09 20:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA585	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...]	2007-04-09 20:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA64	PRESIDENT'S POLICY ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 21:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IQ HO
07TEGUCIGALPA667	DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...]	2007-04-24 12:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA701	HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...]	2007-04-25 21:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
07TEGUCIGALPA782	HONDURAS: FACING CORRUPTION CHARGES, HONDUTEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of surprise moves, Hondutel operations director Marcelo Chimirri was essentially stripped of authority at the state run telecommunications company and all his legal actions during his tenure were nullified. However, Chimirri was then promoted several days later as the [...]	2007-05-09 15:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA838	HONDUTEL UNDER FIRE AS NEGOTATIONS OVER NEW LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The major actors in on-going effort to pass a new telecommunications law met May 11, and agreed to reconcile four key issues: license authorizations, naming of commissioners, taxes, and mobile licenses. While the group plans to meet again May 18, a related effort by Congress to [...]	2007-05-16 00:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA892	HONDURAS: TWIN SHOCKS IN ENERGY MAY HIT THIS SUMMER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 23:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA904	CONGRESS TRIES TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SECURITY [...] (U) The Honduran Congress, before an invited crowd of diplomats, private businessmen, Church officials, and representatives from a number of government agencies, revealed on May 15 its proposal to address the security situation in Honduras by creating yet another commission. President of Congr [...]	2007-05-23 15:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KRCM PGOV SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA906	POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MICHELLETI'S BID FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post believes it is likely that Liberal Party member Roberto Michelleti Bain will succeed in his attempt to be allowed to run for President in the 2009 elections without resigning from his position as President of the National Congress. This means that a contest in the next elec [...]	2007-05-23 16:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HO
07TELAVIV1038	ISRAEL BUILDING SUPER HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY [...] (C//REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, AND GBR) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO DAN WEINSTOCK, DIRECTOR OF THE ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY AT THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PAYMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 161-KILOVOLT (KV) POWER LINE FROM THE ISRAELI CITY OF NETIVOT TO NORTHERN GAZA IS ONE-THIRD COMPLETE. HOWEVER [...]	2007-04-06 14:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1086	CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...]	2007-04-13 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1110	FM LIVNI: ARAB LEAGUE PEACE COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The MFA reports that FM Livni has been actively lobbying both her Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts prior to the meeting of the Arab League's "Follow-Up Committee" scheduled for April 18 in Cairo (reftel). Senior GOI officials, including PM Olmert, have made public [...]	2007-04-17 15:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL ARABL JO IS
07TELAVIV1113	ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...]	2007-04-18 06:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV1114	CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary. Representative Gary Ackerman (D, New York),Chairman of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu at the Knesset April 11. The discussion covered Netany [...]	2007-04-18 06:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1147	DID MK AZMI BISHARA PASS SECRETS TO HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli-Arab MK and Balad party leader Azmi Bishara left Israel in early April amid rumors that the security services were preparing a case against him for unspecified security offenses. While a gag order prevents public discussion of the case by GOI officials, contacts have t [...]	2007-04-19 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1211	POLITICAL DECISION LACKING IN HEBRON SETTLER [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE'S (MOD) ASSERTION THAT THEY WILL EVACUATE THE NEWLY-ESTABLISHED HEBRON OUTPOST -- BET HASHALOM -- EMBASSY CONTACTS DOUBT THAT SUCH ACTION IS IMMINENT. BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL, FORMER ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ, TOLD ECONC [...]	2007-04-23 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1212	MK BISHARA RESIGNS FROM KNESSET; REPLACED BY DRUZE [...] (U) MK Azmi Bishara, leader of the Arab nationalist Balad Party, resigned his Knesset seat at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on April 22. According to press reports, Bishara entered the Embassy unannounced and, accompanied by fellow Balad MK Wasil Taha, presented Israeli Ambassador Shalom Cohen [...]	2007-04-23 15:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1229	FISCHER SAYS ISRAELI ECONOMY BOOMING AS FINANCE [...] (C) In an April 25 meeting Stanley Fischer, the Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI),had no comment for the Ambassador on Finance Minister Hirschson's suspension/resignation, but commented that Olmert has been a good Finance Minister in the past. He said that the economy is in excellent sha [...]	2007-04-26 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS
07TELAVIV1257	WINOGRAD IN APRIL: OLMERT'S CRUELEST MONTH? [...] (C) Summary: Israel is on tenterhooks, ready to dissect the long-awaited "interim report" of the Winograd Committee that PM Olmert's cabinet appointed to look into the events of the "Second Lebanon War." There have been no known leaks of the contents of this report, which is cloaked in secre [...]	2007-04-27 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1262	WINOGRAD INTERIM REPORT SLAMS OLMERT, PERETZ, [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Channel 10 news reported extensive leaks from the Winograd interim report on the conduct of last summer's Lebanon War late on April 27. These apparently credible leaks have fed a blitz of early commentary (see septel for media reaction). The official text is scheduled [...]	2007-04-30 09:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS LE
07TELAVIV1305	WINOGRAD FALLOUT AND POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/OVERVIEW: PM OLMERT SURMOUNTED TWO HURDLES IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE APRIL 30 RELEASE OF THE WINOGRAD COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT ON THE SECOND LEBANON WAR: A MAY 2 COALITION MEETING AND A MAY 2 KADIMA FACTION MEETING THAT COULD HAVE SPELLED AN IMMEDIATE END TO HIS POLIT [...]	2007-05-03 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IS LE
07TELAVIV1328	DEMONSTRATORS CALL ON LEADERS TO RESIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 3 Tel Aviv demonstration gathered more than 100,000 people, but its diverse assortment of students, reservists and settlers will not compel political action such as early elections. Some analysts speculated, however, that the demonstration may strengthen the hand of t [...]	2007-05-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IS LE

07TELAVIV1376	COALITION SURVICES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTES; BARAK AND NETANYAHU [...] (U) PM Olmert kept the Kadima Party and the coalition together despite last week's resignation of the coalition chairman, Avigdor Yitzhaki, and shaky support from the Labor Party, defeating opposition attempts to pass no-confidence votes on May 7. Olmert's supporters bruited the possibility o [...]	2007-05-11 04:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
07TELAVIV1383	GERMAN FM STEINMEIER FINDS OLMERT FOCUSED ON SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN AMB. HARALD KINDERMANN SAID THAT FM FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER'S MAY 6 MEETING WITH PM EHUD OLMERT FOCUSED LARGELY ON SAUDI ARABIA, WHILE HIS MAY 7 DISCUSSION WITH FM TZIPI LIVNI WAS DOMINATED BY SYRIA. KINDERMANN TOLD AMB. JONES THAT OLMERT IS LOOKING FOR A SYMBOLIC GESTURE F [...]	2007-05-11 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG GM IS
07TELAVIV1483	GOI RESPONSE TO ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (C) FOLLOWING A SECURITY CABINET MEETING MAY 16, PM EHUD OLMERT ANNOUNCED THAT THE IDF WOULD CARRY OUT STRIKES AGAINST QASSAM LAUNCHERS, HAMAS MILITARY COMMANDERS AND "TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE." THE PM'S SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCED THAT "ISRAEL CANNOT CONTINUE TO SHOW RESTRAINT WHEN ITS CITIZENS A [...]	2007-05-17 16:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1508	NEW EAST JERUSALEM SETTLEMENTS FAR FROM APPROVED [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Dr. Chaim Fialkoff, Senior Deputy Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) clarified to econoff that the May 10 Ha'aretz article stating that the Jerusalem municipality had approved three new neighborhoods was i [...]	2007-05-18 13:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1535	MOF DG WANTS TO REMOVE TRADE IRRITANTS [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with A/DCM Weinstein and A/EconCouns, Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Ariav expressed the strong desire to find a solution to U.S. trade concerns, and offered to spearhead a GOI inter-agency effort to deal with the problem areas. Regarding a visit of U/S Burns to Israel, [...]	2007-05-22 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS KWBG
07TELAVIV1536	SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL BLASTS IDF [...] (C) Summary: Haggai Alon, Senior Political Advisor to Defense Minister (DM) Peretz, criticized the IDF in a Ha'aretz interview for serving as the "settlers' army," defying High Court of Justice (HCJ) rulings on the separation barrier and stonewalling AMA (Agreement on Movement and Access) i [...]	2007-05-22 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1682	AMANA SETTLER MOVEMENT REPORTEDLY BUILDING 100 [...] (C) Lt. Col. (ret.) Oded Herman, advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff on June 7 that the Amana settlement organization will likely build 100 new housing units in the West Bank, as reported recently in Israeli and Palestinian press. He said that Amana had obtained [...]	2007-06-08 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1684	FM LIVNI DISCUSSES GAZA, A TWO-STATE SOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Leahy May 29, FM Livni described the situation in Gaza and southern Israel as intolerable and emphasized the importance of stopping arms smuggling from Egypt. She told the CODEL that Egypt was cooperating, but needed to do more to prevent smuggling throug [...]	2007-06-11 05:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL KWBG IR LE EG JO
07TELAVIV1691	PM OLMERT DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH CODEL LEAHY MAY 30, ISRAELI PM EHUD OLMERT REAFFIRMED HIS COMMITMENT TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION AND DESCRIBED HIS EFFORTS TO REACH THIS GOAL. CALLING THE INTERNAL PALESTINIAN SITUATION "UNBEARABLE," OLMERT EXPRESSED HIS SINCERE DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION AND [...]	2007-06-11 14:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL SY LE
07TELAVIV1704	A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...]	2007-06-12 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA
07TELAVIV1750	A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES LEBANON AND UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed Lebanon and UNSCR 1701 issues with MFA IO Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. Ya'ar reiterated Israeli concerns over the rearmament of Hizballah, noting Israeli plans to meet with the UN border assessm [...]	2007-06-14 14:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV PTER SY LE IS
07TELAVIV1758	SETTLEMENTS BACK ON GOI AGENDA? [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, MK Otniel Schneller briefed the Ambassador on his plan to separate the Israeli and Palestinian populations in the West Bank until the political climate warranted final status negotiations. Schneller's plan envisions creating an interim Palestinian state on 65 perce [...]	2007-06-15 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1844	GOI UPDATE ON CROSSINGS AND FUEL SITUATION IN GAZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 19 that most of the Gaza border crossings are effectively closed. However, the GOI is facilitating import of humanitarian goods into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing and working on an alternate mechanism at Erez crossing point to ass [...]	2007-06-19 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV1918	ISRAEL WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HAMAS [...] (S) Summary. PM Olmert on June 24 will chair the first cabinet discussion of how to respond to the new situation in the Palestinian territories since Olmert's visit to Washington. Senior policy advisers in the MFA, NSC, and MOD have described for us the sub-cabinet discussion of options thi [...]	2007-06-22 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1919	BARAK IS BACK: WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN FOR U.S. POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak swiftly assumed the Minister of Defense portfolio on June 19. PM Olmert facilitated Barak's rather dramatic reentry into public life by securing the cabinet's approval by telephone on the 15th and a Knesset vote of confidence on the [...]	2007-06-22 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG PINR IS IR SY
07TELAVIV192	ISRAELIS APPRECIATE PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON [...] (C) Pol Couns drew on reftel background to brief MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East (A/S equivalent) Yacov Hadas-Handelsman January 16. Hadas-Handelsman said Israel shared the U.S. interest in a unified, stable Iraq, adding that this was what the Arabs wanted as well. Hadas-Hand [...]	2007-01-17 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IS IZ
07TELAVIV1928	GOI CONTINUES TO FACILITATE PASSAGE OF [...] (SBU) COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 25 that despite the main border crossings with Gaza remaining closed, the GOI continues to facilitate passage of individuals through Erez Crossing Point on a special humanitarian basis. It is also allowing the import of humanitarian goods, food, and fu [...]	2007-06-25 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV1995	150 PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS AFTER NEW ROUND OF HOME [...] (U) In the year's first major demolition operation in the Negev, the GOI on June 25 demolished 28 structures (mostly homes) in the unrecognized Bedouin villages of A-Tir and Um Al-Hiran -- a pair of villages with a population of about 2200 in the northern Negev desert. According to press acco [...]	2007-06-28 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV2087	CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAELI [...] (U) SUMMARY. (Note: See action request para 7.) Christian leaders representing the holy sites on the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) are concerned about a GOI plan to construct a pedestrian pathway around the lake. They argue the planned walkway would bisect their properties and destroy the a [...]	2007-07-06 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS
07TELAVIV209	MFA DEBUNKS MEDIA REPORT OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) THE LEFT-LEANING DAILY HA'ARETZ RAN AN EXCLUSIVE FRONT PAGE STORY JANUARY 16 BY VETERAN JOURNALIST AKIVA ELDAR "REVEALING" THAT BACK CHANNEL ISRAELI-SYRIAN NEGOTIATIONS HAD RESULTED IN A DRAFT PEACE AGREEMENT. THESE TALKS, WHICH WERE UNDERTAKEN THROUGH UNSPECIFIED EUROPEAN MEDIATION FROM [...]	2007-01-18 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS SY
07TELAVIV2098	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHIMON PERES: AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 6 meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Peres offered an ambitious agenda for his presidency, including restoring optimism to the Israeli public and reinvigorating Israel's relations with the American Jewish community. Peres thought Israel should not apply too [...]	2007-07-09 13:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN EINV JO KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2225	LINDENSTRAUSS ATTACKS OLMERT GOVERNMENT, BUT ONLY [...] (C) Summary: State Comptroller Lindenstrauss issued a scathing critique of Israel's lack of homefront preparedness during the Second Lebanon War (SLW). Lindenstrauss presented his report to the Knesset on July 18, and its assessment that little was done by government authorities to assist or [...]	2007-07-20 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
07TELAVIV224	WILL OLMERT AND PERETZ WEATHER THE STORM NOW THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RESIGNATION OF THE IDF CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF (COS) HAS PROMPTED INCREASED MEDIA SPECULATION THAT OLMERT MAY RESHUFFLE HIS CABINET BEFORE THE PUBLICATION NEXT MONTH OF THE INTERIM WINOGRAD COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE LEBANON WAR, A REPORT THAT IS LIKELY TO FURTHER WEAKEN HIS PUBL [...]	2007-01-19 16:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
07TELAVIV2287	NEW WEST BANK OUTPOSTS AND SETTLEMENT EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran -- who has a track record of accurate reporting -- briefed econoff on three newly discovered outposts in the West Bank, and highlighted recent expansion in existing outposts. As far as we know, Peace Now has not [...]	2007-07-26 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2326	IAA DIRECTOR DESCRIBES NEW PLAN FOR MUGHRABI GATE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Director General Yehoshua (Shuka) Dorfman told Embassy and ConGen poloffs July 24 that the IAA was proposing a new design for an access ramp at the Mughrabi Gate that would follow the same path as the earlier, collapsed ramp, and that the ruins [...]	2007-07-27 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2446	GOI CONSIDERS 2008 BUDGET, COALITION PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 5, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) formally presented the 2008 draft budget to the Government of Israel (GOI). Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and newly-appointed Finance Minister Roni Bar-On have made strong public statements on their commitment to maintaining fiscal discipl [...]	2007-08-10 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON MASS MCAP EAID PGOV PREL IS
07TELAVIV2448	YEDIOT ARTICLE CLAIMS BARAK TILTS RIGHT, [...] (U) Israel's largest circulation daily, Yediot Aharonot, ran a banner headline on August 10 "Barak: There is no chance for a settlement with the Palestinians." Although not a direct interview, the article by well-connected journalist Shimon Schiffer states that Barak has been telling associa [...]	2007-08-10 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV25	TRIAL BALLOON FOR A CABINET SHAKE UP [...] (U) On the evening of January 4, Israeli TV news reported that PM Olmert had decided to remove Labor Party leader Amir Peretz as Defense Minister and replace him with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Peretz would be offered the vacant Social Welfare ministry, according to these press reports [...]	2007-01-05 14:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
07TELAVIV2508	FOURTH NEW WEST BANK OUTPOST FOUND WITHIN THREE [...] (C) Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran told econoff that on July 26 she had discovered another new West Bank outpost -- making this the fourth new outpost discovered by Peace Now within the last three months (reftel). According to Ofran, this new outpost, called "Givat Ha' [...]	2007-08-17 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV252	GOI CAUTIOUSLY IN FAVOR OF INFORMAL UNSCR 1701 [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 22 meeting with NEA DAS Robert Danin, Aharon "Ronny" Yaar (MFA Deputy Director General and Head of the UN and International Organizations Division) and Tal Becker (Advisor to Foreign Minister Livni) observed that smuggling of weapons, including hundreds of long-ra [...]	2007-01-24 06:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS FR
07TELAVIV2578	ISRAELIS WAITING FOR EU WRITTEN REQUEST ON EU [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche requesting the GOI provide timely diplomatic accreditation for members of the EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EU COPPS) with MOD Director General Buchris, MFA Director General Abramovitch, MFA Senior Deputy Director General Gal, and [...]	2007-08-24 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KWBG IS EU
07TELAVIV2630	SETTLEMENT SQUATTERS WILL NOT BE EVACUATED [...] (C) Summary: On August 1-2, hundreds of would-be-homeowners broke into unfinished apartments in West Bank settlements and the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem following rumors that Heftsiba, one of Israel's largest construction companies, had gone bankrupt. Acting on instructions from [...]	2007-08-29 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07TELAVIV2670	HCJ: IDF MUST REROUTE WEST BANK BARRIER SEGMENT [...] (U) On September 4, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) ruled that the IDF must reroute a section of the West Bank separation barrier near the Israeli settlement of Mattityahu East, located in the Modi'in Illit settlement bloc north-west of Jerusalem. The Court ruled that the current ro [...]	2007-09-04 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07TELAVIV2671	DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER VILNAI COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai described his close working and personal relationship with Defense Minister Barak. Vilnai described his key areas of responsibility at MOD as improving the defense of the homefront; serving a [...]	2007-09-04 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2672	AMBASSADOR AND DAS DANIN DISCUSS REGIONAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin met with MFA DG Aharon Abramovitch in Jerusalem August 28 to discuss ongoing regional and bilateral issues. Abramovitch reported significant progress in the negotiations over stationing Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambul [...]	2007-09-04 16:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG LE SY IS
07TELAVIV2682	TEL AVIV RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S JUNE 5 PRAGUE [...] Israel's status as a well-established democracy means that most of our public and media outreach on the Freedom Agenda is focused on promoting the functional integration of Israeli minorities -- particularly the Israeli-Arab community -- into the political system. As part of these efforts, the [...]	2007-09-05 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	XF KMPI KPAO SCUL PGOV IS
07TELAVIV2703	ISRAEL CALM, NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON SYRIAN CLAIMS [...] (U) The Israeli media were dominated September 6 and 7 by Syrian media reports that IAF aircraft penetrated deep into Syrian airspace early in the morning of September 6 and may or may not have dropped ordinance on unspecified targets. Much of the television news commentary the evening of Sep [...]	2007-09-07 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SY IS
07TELAVIV2714	ISRAEL CALM, NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON SYRIAN CLAIMS [...] (U) The Israeli media were dominated September 6 and 7 by Syrian media reports that IAF aircraft penetrated deep into Syrian airspace early in the morning of September 6 and may or may not have dropped ordinance on unspecified targets. Much of the television news commentary the evening of Sep [...]	2007-09-07 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC SY IS
07TELAVIV2715	HCJ UPHOLDS RETROACTIVE LEGALIZATION OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld the GOI's retroactive approval of illegal settlement construction in the Mattityahu East settlement, located in the Modi'in Illit settlement bloc north-west of Jerusalem. The Court rejected petitions by Peace Now an [...]	2007-09-07 16:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07TELAVIV2746	GOI PROMISES NO PATHWAY AROUND SEA OF GALILEE [...] (C) MFA Bureau of World Jewish and Inter-Religious Affairs Head Shmuel Ben-Shmuel and MFA Director for Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour assured poloff September 6 that the planned construction of a pedestrian pathway around the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) would not traverse or otherwise infringe [...]	2007-09-12 04:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS
07TELAVIV2780	EMBASSY RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INPUT ON [...] (U) Israel is a well-established democracy with a large number of influential NGOs and human rights activists. Human rights are guaranteed in a series of "Basic Laws," which function as a constitution. The government's treatment of NGOs is consistent with the 2006 Guiding Principles on NGOs. [...]	2007-09-18 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV IL
07TELAVIV2800	GOI POSITIVE FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 3 TALKS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. GOI officials described the latest (September 3) round of negotiations with the Vatican on outstanding issues as "positive." GOI negotiator Shmuel Ben-Shmuel said the sides were "on the verge of a major breakthrough," and noted that the GOI tabled a new proposal on the taxation [...]	2007-09-19 12:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS
07TELAVIV2810	SECURITY CABINET DECLARES HAMAS-RULED GAZA A [...] (U) The Israeli security cabinet, meeting shortly before the Secretary's arrival on the morning of September 19, decided to declare Hamas-ruled Gaza a "hostile entity." The full range of measures this designation entails is not yet clear, (and according to the Foreign Minister not yet decide [...]	2007-09-20 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2819	DEMARCHE ON BARRIER CONSTRUCTION AND SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the demarche on the route of the separation barrier and retroactive legalization of unauthorized settlement construction (see reftel) on September 18 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Aharon Abramovitch. Abramovitch said he understood these were serious [...]	2007-09-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07TELAVIV2834	ISRAEL SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES, CANNOT [...] (SBU) On September 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on priorities for the Communities of Democracies (CD) to Ron Adam, Director of the UN Political Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which also handles the CD portfolio. Adam expressed Israel's support for the Community [...]	2007-09-24 16:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07TELAVIV2995	IDF BLOCKS SETTLERS RE-ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH OUTPOST [...] (C) In a conversation with econoff on October 15, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Political-Military Director Amos Gilad clarified that the IDF did not evacuate an existing outpost, as Israeli press had reported earlier that day. According to Herman, the IDF stopped settlers from establish [...]	2007-10-17 06:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3027	GOI RESPONDS TO EAST JERUSALEM DEMARCHE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the demarche on continued and planned Israeli settlement activities in East Jerusalem to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General Aharon Abramovitch on Sunday, October 14. The following text was passed to Ambramovitch's office: 2. (U) (Begin text) Esta [...]	2007-10-19 08:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3045	REGULATORY HURDLES CONTINUE TO DELAY PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Regulatory roadblocks continue to delay implementation of the MOU between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS),specifically the placement of five PRCS ambulances in East Jerusalem. MFA Director of International Organizations and Human Rights Sim [...]	2007-10-22 07:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3060	AMBASSADOR JONES AND MK SCHNELLER DISCUSS OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MK Otniel Schneller, accompanied by ECF (Economic Cooperation Foundation) General Director Ya'ir Hirschfeld met with the Ambassador on October 18 to discuss Schneller's ongoing efforts to gain settler consensus to voluntarily evacuate illegal West Bank outposts. Claiming to wo [...]	2007-10-22 13:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3061	AMBASSADOR JONES AND MK SCHNELLER DISCUSS OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MK Otniel Schneller, accompanied by ECF (Economic Cooperation Foundation) General Director Ya'ir Hirschfeld met with the Ambassador on October 18 to discuss Schneller's ongoing efforts to gain settler consensus to voluntarily evacuate illegal West Bank outposts. Claiming to wo [...]	2007-10-22 13:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3070	MK SCHNELLER'S MEMO ON THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING [...] (C) During Kadima Knesset member Otniel Schneller's October October 19 meeting with the Ambassador and emboffs (reftel),he gave us a memo elaborating on his ideas about how final status issues should and should not be handled at the international meeting if we want to gain broad support from [...]	2007-10-23 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3088	BRITISH EMBASSY'S NOTE VERBALE TO ISRAEL ON EAST [...] (SBU) Below is a the text of the Note Verbale the British Embassy delivered to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Shepherd's Hotel and Mufti's Grove in East Jerusalem. The Note was passed to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, October 19, and provided to us by [...]	2007-10-25 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3111	CHIEF JUSTICE BEINISH ON SETTLEMENTS AND THE [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, The Ambassador met with Chief Justice Dorit Beinish to discuss the High Court of Justice's (HCJ) recent decision to uphold the GOI's retroactive approval of settlement construction in the Mattityahu East settlement, GOI implementation of the Court's rulings to re [...]	2007-10-26 18:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3184	IDF REMOVAL OF 23 WEST BANK OBSTACLES HAS MINIMAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Brig. Gen. Eitan Dangot, Military Advisor to the Minister of Defense provided the Ambassador with a map indicating the locations of 23 West Bank obstacles dismantled by the IDF earlier this month. Analysis by ECF (the Economic Cooperation Foundation) indicates th [...]	2007-11-02 07:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3258	DAS DANIN AND DASD KIMMITT DISCUSS GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Rob Danin and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mark Kimmitt met November 6 with Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin to discuss relations with Egypt regarding the Gaza border. Diskin said the ISA had provided detailed information on smugg [...]	2007-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL PINR IS EG
07TELAVIV3285	IFRC ENVOY PAR STENBACK FAIRLY POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary. International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) Special Envoy Par Stenback suggested to the Ambassador on November 2 that his progress report on the implementation of the MOU between Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society would be fairly positive. He expected the [...]	2007-11-16 09:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3288	ICRC FINDS EXCESSIVE FORCE USED IN KETZIOT PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY. ICRC Deputy Head of Delegation Paul Conneally briefed poloff on the ICRC's preliminary findings following a visit to the Ketziot prison to investigate the circumstances of the October 22 riot among Palestinian prisoners (reftels). According to Conneally, the ICRC team found that [...]	2007-11-16 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3303	OLMERT, BARAK AND LIVNI HEADING FOR ANNAPOLIS, [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli cabinet met the morning of November 19 to discuss the Annapolis Conference. In a reportedly contentious session, the cabinet agreed to the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, although several key ministers, including Avigdor Lieberman and Shaul Mofaz, opposed the [...]	2007-11-19 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IS EG SY
07TELAVIV3316	AMBASSADOR HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON "TOWARDS ANNAPOLIS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14th Ambassador Jones held a round-table discussion with leading Israeli academics and think tank representatives to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference. Opinions varied as to the possible outcomes of the conference, but there was general agreement that plannin [...]	2007-11-20 17:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SA IR SY
07TELAVIV3336	MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR HIGHER SPENDING [...] (C) Playing to public concern about the large gap between Israel's rich and poor, Avishai Braverman, a Labor Party Knesset member, submitted a bill to the Knesset to significantly raise Israel's year-to-year budget expenditure increase ceiling from the present 1.7 percent, starting with the 2 [...]	2007-11-21 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
07TELAVIV3377	ISRAEL FIRST REACTION: ANNAPOLIS GOOD START, BUT [...] The day after the international conference in Annapolis, most Israelis view the event as a success but still think the difficulties in achieving peace are too great to overcome, especially before the end of 2008. Newspapers have devoted most of their front page and large internal sections to [...]	2007-11-28 12:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3378	MOF SOLIDIFIES ITS NEW TEAM [...] (C) After a very difficult year that saw corruption allegations and high-level resignations due to scandal, the Israeli Ministry of Finance (MOF) is reorganizing itself, bringing in people with previous experience in the ministry to take over senior positions. This attempt to reassert itself a [...]	2007-11-28 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS
07TELAVIV3379	LIEBERMAN SAYS HE WILL LEAVE COALITION SOON, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister for Strategic Affairs and leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party, Avigdor Lieberman, met with Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (DAPDNSA) Elliott Abrams on November 19. Lieberman repeated his position that Annapolis was a mistake, [...]	2007-11-28 12:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG EG IS
07TELAVIV3443	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] On December 4, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Daniel Nevo, Director for Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination and Water Issues at the MFA, who also has responsibility for the Iraq portfolio. Nevo was aware of the joint declaration but had no substantive comment. ********************* [...]	2007-12-04 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IS
07TELAVIV3455	ISRAELIS ANGRY ABOUT EGYPTIAN COOPERATION WITH [...] (S) Summary. MOD and IDF contacts tell us that Egypt cooperated with Hamas in allowing hundreds of Gazan Hajj pilgrims selected by Hamas to cross through the Rafah Crossing this week. MOD Arab Affairs adviser Hacham, who conducts the MOD's day to day contacts with Egyptian General Intellige [...]	2007-12-05 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS EG KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3482	ISRAEL'S RESPONSE TO BRITISH NOTE VERBALE ON [...] (SBU) Below is the text of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs' response to the British Embassy's October 19 Note Verbale regarding Shepherd's Hotel and the Mufti's Grove site in East Jerusalem. The MFA's response was provided to Ambassador Jones by the British Ambassador on November 20. [...]	2007-12-10 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3487	GOI PREPARING FOR DECEMBER 12-13 TALKS WITH [...] (C) (Note comment para 4.) MFA Director for Inter- Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff December 3 that the GOI hopes to make significant progress during the next round of talks (December 12-13) with the Vatican over outstanding issues related to the Fundamental Agreement. The talks ar [...]	2007-12-10 14:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS
07TELAVIV3492	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UNGA IS
07TELAVIV3501	READOUT: INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, Vice Premier Haim Ramon told the Ambassador that the basic principle of any legislation to standardize the rules of construction in the West Bank would ensure that any politically sensitive settlement construction would have to be approved by the government. Pri [...]	2007-12-12 12:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3502	AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon on December 11, 2007 in Ramon,s Jerusalem office. In response to the Ambassador's questions regarding the meeting of Ramon,s inter-ministerial committee on illegal outposts earlier in the day, Ramon declared that a [...]	2007-12-12 12:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV351	ISRAEL APPOINTS FIRST ARAB MUSLIM CABINET MINISTER [...] (U) Fifty-eight years since the establishment of the state of Israel, the first Arab Muslim has been sworn in as a government minister (although currently without a portfolio). Labor MK Ghaleb Majadleh's controversial appointment was spearheaded by Labor party leader Amir Peretz, who most obse [...]	2007-01-31 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SCUL KISL IS
07TELAVIV3517	ISRAEL PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN RELATIONS WITH INDIA AND CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, PolCouns and PolOff met with newly-appointed Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific (A/S EAP and SCA equivalent) Ruth Kahanoff to discuss Israel's relations with India and China. . . . ---------------------------------- China Has Great Respect for Israel - [...]	2007-12-13 17:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PARM MASS CH IN ID MY PK IS
07TELAVIV3525	KETZIOT PRISON BECOMES HOME TO AFRICAN [...] Summary. Ketziot Prison, in the Negev desert near the Israel-Egypt border, is now home to roughly 1,080 African asylum-seekers. Warden Brigadier General Shlomo Cohen told RefCoord and EmbOffs during a December 5 visit that as many as 250 asylum-seekers enter Israel each week, but that Ketzio [...]	2007-12-14 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SU
07TELAVIV357	LABOR'S POTENTIAL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings with the Ambassador, Labor MKs Ami Ayalon, Avishai Braverman and Ophir Pines-Paz all aspire to lead the party following the May 28 primaries, which they believe will end the era of Amir Peretz at the helm. Ayalon and Braverman were the first to team up [...]	2007-02-01 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY
07TELAVIV3578	ECF: IMPACT OF RECENTLY REMOVED WEST BANK [...] (C) Brig. Gen. Eitan Dangot, Military Advisor to the Minister of Defense provided the Ambassador in late November with a second list of 25 West Bank obstacles identified by the IDF as recently dismantled. According to Dangot, the IDF completed the removal of these obstacles as of November 22 [...]	2007-12-19 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3587	MUGHRABI GATE CHIEF ARCHEOLOGIST ON EXCAVATIONS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Israel Antiquities Authority's (IAA) chief archeologist for the Mughrabi Gate excavation site, John Seligman, told Poloff December 19 that, contrary to December 17 press reports, he has received no instructions to resume excavations at the site. Seligman disputed claims tha [...]	2007-12-20 16:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3593	GOI SENDING MIXED MESSAGES ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following press reports this week that on November 29 the GOI ordered the resumption of excavation work at the Mughrabi Gate access point for the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount, Poloff contacted PMO Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor Ari Varon and the chief archeologist at the site, John [...]	2007-12-21 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KISL KPAL JO IS
07TELAVIV3597	BOIM TO AMBASSADOR: NO SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION IN [...] (C) Summary: On December 21, the Ambassador met with Housing Minister Boim to discuss recent press reports saying that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) planned to commence construction on new settlement housing in East Jerusalem. Minister Boim disavowed claims that a new Isra [...]	2007-12-21 15:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV36	MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING STATE TAX COFFERS [...] Significant new scandals marked the new calendar year in Israel. Police detained some thirty individuals on allegations of involvement in influence-peddling and bribery within and around the Israel Tax Authority (ITA). Unlike other recent scandals that have focused on sexual harassment cases [...]	2007-01-08 08:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS EFIN ECON KCRM IS
07TELAVIV3613	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Specter met with Prime Minister Olmert December 25. Their discussion focused on the possibility of peace negotiations with Syria; the National Intelligence Estimate and Iran's nuclear program; Egypt and the problem of smuggling into Gaza; dealing with Hamas in Gaza; and the [...]	2007-12-27 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP KPAL SY IR EG IS
07TELAVIV3629	AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 24 MEETING WITH ISA [...] (S) Summary: In a December 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Yuval Diskin, director of the Israel Security Agency (ISA, Shin Bet or Shabak),promised to share information with the U.S. on smuggling and tunnel networks between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. According to Diskin, the infestation of t [...]	2007-12-28 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG PINR IS EG
07TELAVIV372	RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER'S ALTERNATIVE VISION OF [...] (C) Summary. Renewed Religious National Zionist Party leader, Reserve Brigadier General Effie Eitam, offered both a harsh critique and an alternative vision of Israel in a January 24 meeting with PolCouns and Deputy PolCouns. Eitam stated that the secular Zionist program had run its course, [...]	2007-02-02 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI IS KPAL
07TELAVIV421	ISRAEL-SYRIA: FORMER MFA DG DESCRIBES TRACK-TWO [...] (C) Summary. Former MFA Director General Alon Liel briefed DCM, PAO, and PolCouns February 5 on track two peace negotiations with Syria that lasted from January 2004 until a final meeting in July 2006 during the fighting in Lebanon. The track two discussions were initially sponsored by the T [...]	2007-02-07 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SY IS TU
07TELAVIV455	CHIEF ARCHEOLOGIST DESCRIBES MUGHRABI GATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: CHIEF JERUSALEM ARCHEOLOGIST FOR THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY, BARUCH YUVAL, TOLD POLOFFS FEBRUARY 8 THAT THE NEW EXCAVATIONS OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM AL-SHARIF COMPLEX IN JERUSALEM,S OLD CITY (REFTELS) HAD BEEN PLANNED OPENLY AND IN CONSULTATION WITH ALL INTERESTED PART [...]	2007-02-09 16:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
07TELAVIV466	CHIEF ARCHEOLOGIST CONFIRMS EXCAVATIONS TO [...] (C) The daily Ha'aretz reported February 12 that Jerusalem Mayor Lupoliansky, after consulting with the Islamic Waqf and the rabbi of the Western Wall, decided to suspend construction of the pedestrian ramp to the Mughrabi Gate, but that archeological excavations related to the project would c [...]	2007-02-12 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS
07TELAVIV489	KNESSET SPEAKER SAYS THE BIG BANG IS NOT OVER IN [...] (C) Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik told the Ambassador February 12 that she anticipated PM Olmert would reshuffle some government portfolios and find a way to remove Defense Minister Peretz from his security portfolio after the Winograd Committee issues its interim report (expected sometime befo [...]	2007-02-14 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
07TELAVIV507	PEACE NOW'S SOON-TO-BE PUBLISHED 2006 SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, Peace Now's settlement watch co-coordinator Hagit Ofran told econoff that the organization plans to release its annual report on settlement and outpost growth on Monday, February 19. Ofran provided econoff with an advanced briefing on the organization's observa [...]	2007-02-16 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV515	FINANCE MINISTER HIRCHSON LOOKS TOWARDS HIS LEGACY [...] (C) Finance Minister Avraham Hirchson, seemingly distracted by the corruption allegations swirling around his ministry and around him personally, emphasized his accomplishments after eight months in office and stressed the importance of ensuring that future finance ministers not be able to e [...]	2007-02-16 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAIR MASS IS KWBG
07TELAVIV559	CODEL KYL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Livni echoed Prime Minister Olmert February 19 by telling CODEL Kyl that despite Israeli "disappointment" with Abu Mazen in the wake of the Mecca Agreement, contacts would continue, although she also cautioned that Abu Mazen needed to understand that he had "los [...]	2007-02-22 08:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR
07TELAVIV64	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 13-15 [...] (S) Madam Secretary, internal tensions among GOI leaders have intensified since your last visit and have reached the point that there appears to be little coordination or even dialogue among the key decision makers. Therefore, we will need to be sensitive to perceptions that we are favoring o [...]	2007-01-08 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV IS KWBG
07TELAVIV694	STATE COMPTROLLER'S REPORT ON DEFENSE OF THE HOME [...] (C) Well-connected former Mossad officer and current think tank director Uzi Arad told PolCouns and visiting S/P deputy director Matt Waxman March 1 that the State Comptroller's report on the GOI's protection of the Home Front during last summer's war with Hizballah is scheduled for release M [...]	2007-03-02 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS
07TELAVIV732	ISRAEL-EGYPT: FILM CONTROVERSY OVERSHADOWS [...] (C) Summary: FM Tzipi Livni is concerned that distorted reports about a recent Israeli documentary film is damaging both GOE-GOI relations and the Mubarak government. Discussion of the film about the IDF's Shaked reconnaissance unit during the 1967 war dominated FM Tzipi Livni's meeting with [...]	2007-03-08 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IS
07TELAVIV736	ISRAEL MFA INFORMED OF USG INTEREST IN AMIA CASE [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov expressed appreciation for the update on the USG interest in the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing case, calling it a "front and center" issue for the MFA. [...]	2007-03-08 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL FBI KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL KIRF
07TELAVIV762	GOI APPROVES REFORM OF ELECTRIC COMPANY DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the cabinet approved a proposal by Minister of Finance Abraham Hirchson and Minister of National Infrastructure Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to reform Israel's electricity market. The reform plan is to be phased-in starting in 2008 and envisions dividing the Israel Ele [...]	2007-03-13 14:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ELAB PGOV KPRV IS
07TELAVIV803	WILL OLMERT WEATHER THE STORM? [...] (C) Summary: Israeli media March 13-14 were saturated with the announcement by the Winograd Commission charged with investigating the failures of last summer's Lebanon war that it would issue its interim report in mid-April, and that the report would include "personal conclusions" regarding t [...]	2007-03-14 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS
07TELAVIV83	2007 BUDGET PASSES EASILY AMID GROWING SCANDALS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE 2007 BUDGET, TOTALING NIS 283 BILLION (USD 67 BILLION),BREEZED THROUGH THE KNESSET ON JANUARY 4, AFTER THE PARTIES IN THE GOVERNING COALITION DROPPED THEIR DEMANDS FOR ADDITIONAL SPENDING. THE BUDGET MAINTAINS THE GOI POLICY OF FISCAL RESTRAINT, EVEN WITH THE LARGER THAN EX [...]	2007-01-09 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PGOV IS
07TELAVIV866	NATIONAL STRIKE IN ISRAEL COULD SHUT DOWN AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) The National labor congress, Histadrut, will launch a full-fledged nationwide strike on March 21 that will shut down airports, seaports, land crossings and railroads. In a March 20 meeting with Labor Reporting Officer (LRO),Government Employees Union Chairman Ariel Yacobi claimed that [...]	2007-03-20 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB IS PGOV
07TELAVIV907	MUTED NATIONAL STRIKE IN ISRAEL CALLED OFF IN [...] (SBU) The national labor congress Histadrut called off Israel's national strike March 21, less than 24 hours after it began. Numerous public services expected to join the strike did not, and the "land, sea, and air" shutdown that Histadrut contacts had predicted to Labor Reporting Officer was [...]	2007-03-23 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB IS PGOV
07TELAVIV918	ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS: EU ENVOY ON PEACE TALKS, NUG [...] (C) Summary: During a March 22 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Deputy Legal Adviser Schwartz, and the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte said he believes Israelis are uneasy with political horizon discussions, nervous about U.S. intentions, and uncer [...]	2007-03-26 07:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER EFIN IS
07TELAVIV932	GOI POISED TO ACT AGAINST SETTLERS REESTABLISHING [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL, FORMER ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ, TOLD ECONCOUNS ON MARCH 26 THAT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) IS PREPARED TO ACT AGAINST SETTLERS THAT MAY TRY TO REOCCUPY HOMESH, ONE OF FOUR NORTHERN WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS EVACUATED BY THE GOI IN 2005. [...]	2007-03-26 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS

07TELAVIV975	NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL HEAD SAYS INCREASED [...] (C) PROFESSOR MANUEL TRAJTENBERG, THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL (NEC),TOLD ECONCOUNS AND DEPCOUNS THAT THE SECOND LEBANON WAR SHATTERED THE ILLUSION THAT ISRAEL COULD SURVIVE ON PRESENT LEVELS OF DEFENSE SPENDING IN THE FACE OF EVER-PROLIFERATING SECURITY THREATS. ADDITIONAL AID [...]	2007-03-29 16:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV MASS IS
07TELAVIV984	PUBLIC ISRAELI RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT (U) [...] (U) Summary: Initial GOI reaction to the Arab League Summit has been cautiously positive. PM Ehud Olmert's office announced that they would "study in detail the initiative and see if there is anything new ... and then respond." In the official response, the MFA released a statement that skir [...]	2007-03-30 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
07THEHAGUE105	NETHERLANDS: HARD DECISIONS ON DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD leadership is searching for ""creative ways"" to preserve some 2007 defense investment projects, including unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and CH-47 Chinook helicopter acquisition, and participation in NATO's C-17 Strategic Airlift Initiative. While Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) p [...]	2007-01-19 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE106	NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) Following the transmission of The Hague 00094 (ref A) on the Dutch response to the GAERC demarche (ref B),post received the following information about Dutch intentions with regard to UNSCR 1737 and Iran from Andre van Wiggen, Deputy Director, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political [...]	2007-01-19 17:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ENRG EUN KPAL MARR PGOV BK IR IS
07THEHAGUE1144	NETHERLANDS/SCO SUMMIT: REACHING OUT ON MANAS [...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered ref A demarche June 13 to Thymen Kouwenaar, Deputy Head of Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Kouwenaar agreed that the Dutch could and should encourage President Karzai to attend the summit and make the case for Manas. He agreed that other steps sh [...]	2007-06-14 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1153	NETHERLANDS: JUNE GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch eagerly await details of the German proposal for a European treaty. Barring sufficient changes in size, form, and content, a new treaty is unlikely to win passage in the Netherlands. The Dutch hope for a robust Sudan sanctions package from the UN but are prepared to [...]	2007-06-15 12:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV SOCI
07THEHAGUE1157	NETHERLANDS: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] In response to reftel, Post is not aware of any significant investment disputes involving the Dutch government or any expropriation claims involving U.S. citizens for the period of 2006 through June 1, 2007. This message represents a coordinated response from Embassy The Hague's FCS, FAS and [...]	2007-06-15 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE1196	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO LATEST CASUALTIES [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...]	2007-06-20 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1295	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The GONL sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament on June 30 noting it will decide this summer whether to extend its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The decision will follow an exhaustive review of all options, including staying in the mission's current capacity, reducing its contribution or [...]	2007-07-05 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1324	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PLEASED WITH KARZAI [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was pleased with Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop's July 6-7 trip to Afghanistan. According to MFA Task Force Uruzgan Coordinator Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan, comments by Afghan President Karzai during van Middelkoop's visit were constructive, especially in con [...]	2007-07-10 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1329	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Charge D'Affaires, MFA Director of Security Affairs Robert de Groot commented on the recent suicide attack in Uruzgan province and briefed on the state of play on the ISAF mission extension question. He commended the Dutch public for responding in [...]	2007-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1340	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW ON TRACK [...] (C) The key ministers involved in the GONL decision to extend its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province approved July 12 "a way forward" to consult with NATO on various extension options. MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata July 13 that P [...]	2007-07-13 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1364	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD FATA'S JULY 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Dutch officials on July 13, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata discussed the Dutch decision on whether to extend in some capacity its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Dutch officials were receptive to Fata's suggestion of [...]	2007-07-19 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1376	JULY GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] Summary: The Dutch are concerned about the lack of progress and will press for a unified European approach on Kosovo. They anticipate the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) will be a formal ceremony without any substantive changes to the mandate text. The Dutch may provide a limited [...]	2007-07-20 05:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AL ENRG ETRD ETTC EUN IR IS KPAL PGOV PREL
07THEHAGUE1383	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/AFRICA: GAME PLAN FOR NATO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is wrapping up review of several investigations into civilian casualties resulting from the Dutch participation in heavy fighting around Chora several weeks ago. According to MFA Deputy Director for Conflict Prevention Joop Nijssen, the GONL will soon send a letter to th [...]	2007-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1418	NETHERLANDS EXPECT TO LOWER DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: While plans are not yet set, and Parliament must then approve, the Dutch indicated their deployment in Afghanistan will probably be extended but at a reduced level. End Summary 2. (C) Background: On July 12 the six Dutch ministers responsible for deciding on future deployment g [...]	2007-07-27 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PGOV PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE1424	NETHERLANDS/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: DUTCH "VERY [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph (5). 2. (C) The GONL is "very worried" about granting privileges to a non-NPT nation without that nation also accepting obligations which all other nations have already accepted. That is what Dutch MFA Officer Ceta Van Noland said when pol [...]	2007-07-30 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP KTIA IN
07THEHAGUE1448	NETHERLANDS/AZERBAIJAN: SUPPORT BUT LIMITED [...] On July 27, Poloff delivered non paper to Thymen A. Kouwenaar, Department Head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division in the MFA, on Dutch coordination with the USG on promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Kouwenaar mentioned that while the Dutch support the USG position [...]	2007-08-03 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07THEHAGUE145	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) In response to ref A, poloff followed up with MFA Human Rights Division Policy Officer Sonja van der Meer Jan 25. Van der Meer, who in December provided information (ref B) on the Netherlands' 13 million Euro Iranian media diversity program, promised to seek details on an additional 1 mi [...]	2007-01-29 09:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR NL
07THEHAGUE1492	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PASTOR VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS, [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes Congressman Ed Pastor and his delegation to the Netherlands August 23-26. Your visits to the Energy Center of the Netherlands, Wind Turbine Laboratory, and a wind farm present an ideal opportunity to learn first hand how the Dutch are tackling the issue of in [...]	2007-08-13 14:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL
07THEHAGUE1505	SWIFT/INFORMATION EXCHANGES: DUTCH RELEASE REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A June report to Parliament by the Dutch Ministries of Finance and Justice provided the results of the ministries' review of the SWIFT program and four cases of reported direct contact between Dutch financial institutions and the USG. SWIFT's recent registration with the Depart [...]	2007-08-16 14:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ECON PTER PGOV KCRM NL
07THEHAGUE1625	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ENCOURAGED BY POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: While initially upset by a perceived delayed response by NATO to their call for assistance, the Dutch acknowledge the search for further contributions toward a Dutch-led ISAF mission extension in Uruzgan is beginning to bear fruit. According to Dutch officials, potential contrib [...]	2007-09-04 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE163	SWIFT/TFTP: TREASURY EXPLORES NEXT STEPS WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Dutch interagency group told visiting Treasury officials that there is a general consensus within the GONL and the Dutch Central Bank on the need to shift the current debate on SWIFT procedures away from only data privacy issues to broader national security interests. Treasur [...]	2007-01-29 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ECON PTER PGOV EUN NL
07THEHAGUE1630	STAFFDEL KAMARCK DISCUSSES DUTCH APPROACHES TO TRAFFIC [...] SUMMARY. Staffdel Kamarck visited the Netherlands August 8-11 to discuss Dutch approaches to countering traffic congestion, including a new road usage tax scheme and the expansion of metro lines in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The delegation also focused on freight transport issues, with a visit [...]	2007-09-05 11:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OREP PGOV ECON NL
07THEHAGUE1642	NETHERLANDS/EU: KOSOVO IS TOP PRIORITY FOR GYMNICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 5, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Desiree Kopmels, EU correspondent for the Dutch MFA. In discussions the next day, Ms. Kopmels emphasized that the Netherlands would push for the EU to send a united message to Belgrade and Pristina: 'get to a solution.' K [...]	2007-09-06 14:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU NL RU YI KV
07THEHAGUE1647	NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER -- DEFENSE MINISTER VAN MIDDELKOOP'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop heads to Washington during a turbulent period for the Dutch Ministry of Defense. The Dutch are deployed to a challenging area of Afghanistan as part of ISAF, filling a vital hole in the Alliance's efforts in the south. The GONL is looking hard [...]	2007-09-07 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF MOPS NL
07THEHAGUE1701	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH MFA SKEPTICAL OF EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel points Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer Peter van der Bloemen. Staff in the MFA Departments of Middle East and Security Affairs do not support the Lebanon border monitoring mission at this time, without a clear exit strategy and without gu [...]	2007-09-17 12:36:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS LE NL
07THEHAGUE1729	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DESPERATELY SEEKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch Cabinet is prepared to approve an extension of the Dutch mission in Uruzgan for approximately 1,200 troops, but only if a third party (or parties) steps forward to replace the 400 or so Dutch troops who will need to be withdrawn. Dutch lobbying efforts -- bilaterally and thro [...]	2007-09-19 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1769	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: NO NEWS EXPECTED FROM EU-CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 07:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NL CU
07THEHAGUE1785	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: GOING PUBLIC ON CHORA [...] (S) Summary: In its monthly Afghanistan update letter sent to Parliament on September 24, the GONL described four separate reports regarding possible civilian casualties related to the June 16-20 heavy fighting in and around Chora. The GONL letter acknowledged COMISAF's opinion that the use o [...]	2007-09-26 15:06:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1800	NETHERLANDS/CD: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Ruth Emmerink, Senior Policy Officer in the Department of Human Rights and Peacebuilding at the Dutch MFA. Emmerink indicated that Ambassador Piet de Klerk, formerly ambassador for human rights and now deputy permrep at the UN, would represent the Netherl [...]	2007-09-27 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07THEHAGUE1808	NETHERLANDS/EU TREATY: DUTCH DODGE A BULLET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Labor Party's (PvdA) September 25 decision to drop its demand for a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty avoids a messy -- and potentially disastrous -- repeat of the Dutch 2005 popular rejection of the previous Constitutional Treaty. Parliament is now expected to ratif [...]	2007-09-28 10:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU NL
07THEHAGUE1810	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EIGHTY ADDITIONAL TROOPS [...] (SBU) Finance Minister and Vice Prime Minister Wouter Bos announced September 28 that the Dutch Cabinet has decided to send an additional 80 troops to Afghanistan due to increased fighting near Deh Rawod in southwest Uruzgan province. The two platoons will deploy for Deh Rawod in a matter of d [...]	2007-09-28 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1836	DUTCH 2008 BUDGET: REPAIRING THE ROOF WHILE THE SUN IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In presenting the 2008 national budget, the Netherlands' new center-left coalition government has opted for a series of measures aimed at promoting a "fairer" income distribution, while also ensuring the country's future financial sustainability. By introducing new taxes and [...]	2007-10-03 08:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE1840	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DUTCH KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 2, 2007 POLOFF delivered reftel points to Mr. Karel Hartogh, Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania at the Dutch MFA. The Dutch support boosting pressure on Burma, including action at the UN, the EU, and the Human Rights Council. (A list of Dutch activities was sent in [...]	2007-10-03 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NL CH BU
07THEHAGUE1856	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ZEROING IN ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan visited The Hague October 2 to discuss potential GONL extension plans regarding its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. In a series of productive meetings, Cag [...]	2007-10-05 14:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1872	DUTCH TRANSPORT MINISTER FOCUSED ON MOBILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dutch Transport Minister Eurlings believes a more rational, practical approach is needed for tackling mobility and traffic congestion in the Netherlands. He recently told Ambassador Arnall that he plans to use his October 15-19 trip to the United States to learn more about Ame [...]	2007-10-11 08:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON PGOV PINR NL
07THEHAGUE1898	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance Wouter Bos remains wary of extending the Dutch deployment to Southern Afghanistan, on the grounds that Dutch and NATO forces are unlikely to achieve meaningful reconstruction results in the current security environment. As the leade [...]	2007-10-16 11:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1899	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH OPEN TO EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Dutch would prefer a "United Nations context" for any additional sanctions on Iran, they are also prepared to push for consideration of separate EU sanctions if necessary. Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen highlighted his support for "gradual, proportional, (and) target [...]	2007-10-16 14:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL IR
07THEHAGUE1902	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PREVIEW OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) On October 10, Embassy shared reftel points with the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmells; Deputy Director for European Integration, Marisa Gerards; and Pauline Diepenbroek, Senior Policy Officer, European Cooperation Directorate. 2. (SBU) WTO off the agenda: Diepenbroek to [...]	2007-10-16 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC NL EU
07THEHAGUE1906	NETHERLANDS/IMF: DEPUTY PM/FINANCE MINISTER ON IMF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dutch Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Bos recently told Ambassador Arnall that the Dutch remain concerned about U.S.-led efforts to reform the governance structure of the IMF and a consequential loss of some of the Netherlands' voting power. The Dutch can be expected to [...]	2007-10-18 08:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PINR EUN NL
07THEHAGUE1925	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE NEWS ON MARGINS [...] (S) Summary: The GONL received potentially good news from France on the margins of the European Council meeting in Lisbon on October 18-19. According to Dutch officials, French President Sarkozy agreed in a meeting with Dutch PM Balkenende to deploy up to two Operational Mentoring and Liaison [...]	2007-10-23 12:23:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1936	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH DUBIOUS OF DEMARCHE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 14:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PGOV PREL IAEA NL IR BL
07THEHAGUE1955	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO THE [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt and his delegation to the Netherlands November 8-9. Your visit to the Dutch Health Ministry will provide you with in-depth information about the new Dutch health care system, which came into force as of Janu [...]	2007-11-01 13:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PREL PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE1967	ABN AMRO TAKEOVER BATTLE OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A consortium of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Spain's Banco Santander and the Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis have gained control of the Dutch bank ABN Amro after a long takeover battle that pitted the group against a rival bidder, the British bank Barclays. A detailed plan for ABN A [...]	2007-11-05 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE1979	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NORWEGIAN "NO" [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was disappointed -- but not surprised -- by the Norwegian Government's decision not to deploy to Uruzgan province as part of an extended Dutch mission. A French-Norwegian combination was viewed by many Dutch interlocutors as the only way to ensure quick Dutch Cabinet an [...]	2007-11-09 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1991	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PM BALKENENDE HOPEFUL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is cautiously optimistic that the Cabinet can reach agreement before the end of the month to extend the Dutch troop deployment in Uruzgan for at least another 18 months. Serious questions remain, however, on the length, financing, and composition o [...]	2007-11-15 12:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU NL
07THEHAGUE1992	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: BALKENENDE MIXES BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 5-8 visit to Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende engaged Russian President Putin on tough issues such as Kosovo, Iran, and human rights in addition to announcing a major multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal (reported septels). Balkenende believes that strong e [...]	2007-11-15 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU KO NL
07THEHAGUE2001	NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 19-20 (GAERC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 15, POLOFF delivered reftel points to the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmels. Also on November 15, Stefan van Wersch, Director for EU external policy, and Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, reviewed Dutch priorities ahead of the November 19-20 GAERC du [...]	2007-11-20 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL EU EAID ETRD
07THEHAGUE2002	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE (PART 2) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past month, POLOFF has engaged Dutch MFA officials Mr. Karel Hartogh, Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania, and Ms. Maaike van der Werf, Burma Desk, on reftel A - D points, expressing USG appreciation for Dutch leadership in pursuing Burma sanctions at the EU. The Dutc [...]	2007-11-20 16:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD NL BM EU UNGA
07THEHAGUE2011	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION DECISION IN [...] (C) Summary: The GONL appears poised to make a positive decision in favor of extending its contribution to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Uruzgan; the only significant remaining questions are: 1) for how long?; and 2) what happens next? Negotiations within Ca [...]	2007-11-21 17:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE2018	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL, MD/CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: The GONL does not "expect much" from the upcoming OSCE Madrid ministerial, given too many issues pitting Russia against Europe and the United States, such as Kosovo, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, and missile defense. MFA OSCE Special Advisor Tony v [...]	2007-11-28 10:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREK PGOV PHUM NL OSCE
07THEHAGUE2025	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CABINET OPTS FOR TWO-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet announced November 30 the decision to extend its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province for an additional two years to August 2010, followed by a four month "re-deployment" phase so that Dutch Task Force Uruzgan is withdrawn from Uruzgan by December 2010. By this date [...]	2007-11-30 16:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE2044	NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and ECONOFF shared reftel A points to key contacts at the Dutch MFA, including: EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels, Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk, and Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit. Iran sanctions points were also share [...]	2007-12-07 15:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU KV IR
07THEHAGUE2053	NETHERLANDS: SUBPRIME CRISIS EFFECTS LIMITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' biggest banks have until now been largely unaffected by any spillover from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. Any damage appears to be limited to two medium-sized financial institutions -- the NIBC and Hiax fund, with the NIBC ultimately falling prey to a tak [...]	2007-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE2057	NETHERLANDS/PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: DUTCH TO [...] (C) Summary. The GONL will pledge 10 million euros at the Paris Donors Conference in addition to the 35.3 million euros in assistance they provided in 2007. They also favor the establishment of an international mechanism to distribute the aid. The Dutch delegation will likely be led by For [...]	2007-12-13 07:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE2061	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD CAGAN'S DEC. 12 [...] (C) Summary: During her December 12 meetings with Dutch officials, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (A) for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan stressed the GONL has the unique opportunity -- especially with a long lead-time to August 2008 -- to work with po [...]	2007-12-14 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE2082	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: IT'S OFFICIAL! TWO MORE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL obtained broad support on December 20 from the Dutch parliament in favor of extending its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province until December 2010. This officially brings to a close months of internal Dutch deliberations on the controversial extension issue, and ensures that the D [...]	2007-12-21 12:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE2095	STATUS OF RATIFICATION OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT TREATIES: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch ratification package for the U.S.-EU extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) Treaties, including the bilateral implementing agreements, has not yet been submitted to Parliament for approval. The package has been approved by the Cabinet and is currently with th [...]	2007-12-27 12:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM KJUS PREL PGOV EUN NL
07THEHAGUE222	DUTCH ON CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS TO THE IFIS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch agree that a multilateral solution is needed to address Liberia's arrears to the IFIs but also stress the need to guard against negatively impacting the financial integrity of all the IFIs. They worry that a [...]	2007-02-06 12:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR LI NL
07THEHAGUE234	NETHERLANDS/LIBERIA: DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA [...] (U) As requested, Post conveyed ref A message from Secretary Rice to Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation SIPDIS van Ardenne. Post also followed up with officials from the Dutch ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs to emphasize the importance of the February 13-14 Liberia Partn [...]	2007-02-07 16:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PINR PREL LI NL
07THEHAGUE236	NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: INITIAL RESPONSE TO AFRICOM [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall raised reftel with Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp and MOD Director for General Policy Affairs Lo Casteleijn on February 6, stressing the importance of drawing upon European expertise in Africa. Kamp said the creation of the new command will be important for the contine [...]	2007-02-08 09:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NL
07THEHAGUE297	NETHERLANDS/NEW CABINET: INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister-designate Maxime Verhagen told Ambassador Arnall on February 15 that becoming foreign minister was the fulfillment of a "boyhood dream." He stressed that maintaining and strengthening U.S.-Dutch relations will be among his highest priorities as foreign mini [...]	2007-02-16 12:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER EUN NL
07THEHAGUE325	NETHERLANDS: BALKENENDE IV CABINET SWORN IN [...] The cabinet of the new center-left Dutch coalition government of Christian Democrats (CDA),Social Democrats (PvdA),and Christian Union (CU) was sworn in by Queen Beatrix on February 22. CDA leader Jan Peter Balkenende remains Prime Minister; this is the fourth government led by Balkenende. [...]	2007-02-22 16:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR NL
07THEHAGUE340	PART-TIME WORK PROMOTES WOMEN'S LABOR PARTICIPATION; [...] (U) Summary. Participation of women in the workforce in the Netherlands has increased substantially in the last 15 years. During mid-February meetings with a visiting Government Accountability Office (GAO) delegation, government, academic, and labor union experts highlighted some of the complex [...]	2007-02-23 14:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN SOCI PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE396	NETHERLANDS/EU: MARCH PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Following the PIC, the Dutch expect a continued but significantly smaller EU military presence in Bosnia over the next year. On Kosovo, they await Serbia's and Kosovo's responses to SE Ahtisaari's proposals. The GONL is skeptical on the Palestinian GNU but will wait to see how t [...]	2007-03-05 11:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EUN KPAL PGOV PHUM AF BK IR IS SO
07THEHAGUE418	NETHERLANDS/PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: NEW COALITION PASSES [...] (U) Summary: Dutch voters gave Prime Minster Balkenende's new center-left coalition government a conditional vote of confidence in the March 7 provincial elections. As a result of these elections, the three coalition parties will hold a slim majority (41 out of 75 seats) in the upper house of [...]	2007-03-08 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE496	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia John Gastright visited The Hague on March 13 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. Dutch interlocutors expressed satisfaction with their deployment in Uruzgan, but said increased insurgency activities have complic [...]	2007-03-20 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
07THEHAGUE497	YOUR VISIT TO THE NETHERLAND... [...] (SBU) My staff and I are happy to welcome you back to The Netherlands March 22-23. You will be the most senior Department of State visitor here since the formation of the new, center-left coalition government (Balkenende IV). While the coalition has survived its first major political test by w [...]	2007-03-20 14:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KISL NL
07THEHAGUE50	DUTCH ECONOMY RETAINS ITS MOMENTUM [...] SUMMARY. In 2006, the Dutch economy outperformed the European average for the first time since the late nineties, largely due to a rise in disposable family income and investment and export growth. Experts expect this trend to continue in 2007 and 2008, widening the gap between Dutch and Euro [...]	2007-01-11 13:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE501	NETHERLANDS: LINKING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH WATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Geographical realities in the Netherlands and the economic consequences of rising sea levels argue for a U.S.-Dutch dialogue that links climate change initiatives with water management and innovation efforts. In response to reftel, Post will continue to encourage Congressional and st [...]	2007-03-21 08:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV SENV ENRG TSPL NL
07THEHAGUE551	NETHERLANDS: UN KOSOVO PROPOSAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels on March 26; Charge has requested senior appointments. To date, the GONL has been supportive of the Ahtisaari status process for Kosovo, but remains concerned with Russian opposition and the possibilit [...]	2007-03-26 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU NL
07THEHAGUE63	NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE BUDGET WOES -- PRICE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The cost of the Dutch deployment in Afghanistan and probems related to the Dutch Ministry of Defense reoganization -- coupled with negotiations on defene issues during coalition formation talks of the nw Dutch government -- could jeopardize several key projects for the 2007 defense bud [...]	2007-01-12 17:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE642	NEW DUTCH FINANCE MINISTER READY TO TACKLE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Only one month in the job, new Dutch Finance Minister Bos is clearly not afraid to take on some of the politically sensitive issues handled by his ministry. He recently told Ambassador Arnall that his ministry's investigation into the transfer of data from Dutch banks to U.S. [...]	2007-04-05 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV PINR EUN NL
07THEHAGUE687	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: INL PDAS SCHWEICH ON [...] (C) Summary. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Tom Schweich visited The Hague on March 29 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. The conversation focused on anti-narcotics programs and balancing poppy eradication with providing alternativ [...]	2007-04-13 12:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL
07THEHAGUE728	NEW DUTCH TRADE MINISTER TO FOCUS ON BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. New Dutch Trade Minister Heemskerk's positive experience in America as a young student should bode well for maintaining Dutch support within the EU for U.S. positions in WTO/Doha talks and related trade issues. Heemskerk recently told Ambassador Arnall that support for "one-s [...]	2007-04-19 12:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV USTR WTRO PINR NL
07THEHAGUE744	ICI SIGNING: DUTCH LIKELY TO ATTEND BUT OFFER NO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch are committed to supporting Iraqi reform, economic development, and reconstruction, but do not plan a pledge at the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) signing, Dutch officials say. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered on April 16 ref A demarche regarding s [...]	2007-04-20 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN EAID EFIN PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE747	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DUTCH INCREASINGLY CONCERNED [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche April 20 to Laurent Stokvis, Director of the MFA Americas Department. According to Stokvis, the closure of RCTV has been of "concern to (the GONL) for quite a long time." The Dutch, he said, are pushing the Venezuelans bilaterally and are encour [...]	2007-04-20 15:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL VE NL
07THEHAGUE760	SUPPORTING LEBANON: PLANNED DUTCH CONTRIBUTION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch are finalizing a plan to provide 3.6 million euros (approximately $4.9 million) in 2007 to support of Lebanese reconstruction and security sector reform efforts. Dutch support in 2006 totaled 11.1 million euros (approximately $15.1 million). End Summary. 2. (SBU) Fo [...]	2007-04-24 08:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV LE NL
07THEHAGUE781	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ANNOYED BY INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch MFA is irate the GOA violated one of the conditions the Dutch set concerning poppy eradication operations in Uruzgan province. According to the MFA, the Dutch embassy in Kabul raised its objections with the GOA and the U.S. Embassy, and may raise them at the NATO foreign [...]	2007-04-26 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL
07THEHAGUE833	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS, MAY 7-8, 2007 [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands. You will be the first cabinet-level visitor since the new Dutch government took office. Your agenda will include meetings with three Ministers: Health Minister Ab Klink, Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin, and Foreign Minister Maxime Verhage [...]	2007-05-03 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL
07THEHAGUE916	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: ELEMENTS ARE THERE IN UNSC [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has seen the draft UN Security Council Resolution for Kosovo circulated on May 11, and believes it contains "all the elements" from UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's Settlement Plan. But the Dutch believe Moscow will continue to oppose the plan, and questioned whether [...]	2007-05-15 12:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI NL
07THEHAGUE937	NEW DUTCH FINANCE STATE SECRETARY - A FRIEND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Finance State Secretary de Jager credited recent reductions in corporate tax and withholding rates for strengthening the Dutch investment and business climate. He said the new coalition government was considering measures to address r [...]	2007-05-16 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV PINR NL
07THEHAGUE94	NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL supports the European Neighborhood Policy but does not want to see it used as a back door to EU candidacy. The Dutch continue to push for Serbian ICTY cooperation and will view warily offers to compensate Serbia for any change in Kosovo's status. Secretary Rice's efforts [...]	2007-01-19 13:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG EUN KPAL MARR PGOV BK IR IS
07THEHAGUE949	ONDCP DIRECTOR'S MAY 7-8 VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS [...] (C) Summary. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters visited The Hague May 7-8. In meetings with the Foreign, Justice, and Health Ministries, Walters thanked the Dutch for their cooperation on a range of counter-narcotics issues from improved police-to [...]	2007-05-18 16:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR NL
07TIRANA1004	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 17-23, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-11-23 15:22:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1013	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 23-30, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-11-30 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1015	PRESIDENT TOPI IN GREECE: ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET [...] (SBU) Athens welcomed President Bamir Topi for his first state visit to Greece November 25 - 27. Accompanied by a delegation of government officials and Albanian businessmen, the visit's positive images and controlled public relations message overshadowed enduring tensions on many of the polit [...]	2007-12-04 09:01:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1032	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-07 14:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1054	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 7 - 14, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-14 13:49:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SCUL AL
07TIRANA1067	ALBANIA: SOCIALIST PARTY CHAIRMAN: THE SP [...] (C) In a one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador following EUR/DAS DiCarlo's December 19 DVC with Albanian leaders on Kosovo, Tirana mayor and Socialist Party (SP) chairman Edi Rama voiced consternation that the USG might be misconstruing the party's position in supporting Albania's future [...]	2007-12-21 11:27:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AL
07TIRANA1068	ALBANIA: COMBATTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (U) Ambassador Withers hosted a roundtable discussion at the University of Tirana Law Center on December 11 to mark the end of sixteen days of activism in honor of the International Day Against Gender-Based Violence. Participants included students, civil society leaders and government officia [...]	2007-12-21 13:06:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV AL
07TIRANA1069	ALBANIA: IMPRESSIVE EARLY PERFORMANCE BY NEW PG [...] (C) In an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador December 13, Albania's newly appointed Prosecutor General (PG),Ina Rama, outlined an ambitious set of priorities for her new job. Describing herself as an "activist" who wanted to energize the PG's office, Rama promised to devote herself to s [...]	2007-12-21 13:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1070	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 15 - 21, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-21 15:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI AL
07TIRANA1078	GOA'S 2008 BUDGET INCREASES INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL [...] The GOA's 2008 budget increases both spending and borrowing as the government looks toward national elections in 2009. Further tax reductions and a dramatic increase in spending on infrastructure projects as well as social and defense programs to meet NATO accession criteria will be financed [...]	2007-12-27 09:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AL
07TIRANA1083	ALBANIA: IMMUNITY LIFTED FOR FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] (U) Albania's Parliament voted December 27 to lift the immunity of Foreign Minister/Member of Parliament Lulzim Basha. The Prosecutor General's (PG) office (under the recently dismissed PG) requested the action in order to pursue an investigation of suspected irregularities affecting the aw [...]	2007-12-28 14:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1084	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 21-28, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMI [...]	2007-12-28 16:19:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1090	OVERVIEW OF THE ALBANIAN INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Albania's intelligence services, the Military Intelligence Service (SHIU) and the Albanian State Intelligence Service (SHISH),have improved their capabilities and are close partners with the USG. During the visit of President Bush, in the support they provide for troops in Iraq and Af [...]	2007-12-31 15:06:00	Embassy Tirana	SECRET	PINR PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA981	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 3-10, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2007-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA989	ALBANIA: READOUT OF NOVEMBER 7 INTERAGENCY [...] (C) The Interagency Team led by USNATO Ambassador Nuland on November 7 provided clear benchmarks toward NATO integration to Albania's President Topi, Prime Minister Berisha and key Ministers, and a group of Parliamentarians. She explained that the USG and other NATO Allies will start making na [...]	2007-11-14 16:05:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO AL

07TIRANA991	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 9-16, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-11-16 12:24:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA997	ALBANIAN REACTION TO KOSOVO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Across the political spectrum, Albanians responded positively to the November 17 elections in Kosovo. All major players (President Bamir Topi, PM Sali Berisha, Speaker Jozefina Topalli, opposition leader Edi Rama) personally phoned PDK Chair Hashim Thaci to congratulate him on his expect [...]	2007-11-19 16:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV AL
07TOKYO1	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO100	DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES: JAPAN AWARE OF POSSIBLE [...] (C) Japan is aware that Chinese banks may be involved with North Korea, given their close geographic proximity to the DPRK, MOF International Bureau Legal Office official Shunichi Fukushima told Embassy financial attache January 9 in response to reftel demarche. Fukushima expressed thanks for [...]	2007-01-10 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA
07TOKYO1000	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1004	LARGE-SCALE CHOSEN SOREN PROTESTS IN JAPAN: A DPRK [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-affiliated General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren) organized large demonstrations March 3 in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe to protest "unjustifiable (Japanese) political suppression." The protests, orchestrated by Pyongyang as all Chosen Soren activiti [...]	2007-03-08 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO1022	PM ABE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS ON "COMFORT WOMEN" TO [...] (S) Summary. A group of LDP Diet members has submitted a proposal to PM Abe, calling on the Japanese government to undertake historical research into the "comfort women" issue. The lawmakers stated goal is to clear up "misperceptions" contained in the Kono Statement and promote greater unde [...]	2007-03-09 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1025	ANRE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS DIRECTOR GIVES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on March 2 Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka expressed only partial satisfaction with discussions between Japan and Russia that took place in late February. He appreciated assurances from Russian P [...]	2007-03-09 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO1026	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1038	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 02:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1059	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1089	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1096	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1113	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1116	AVM MORIYA BLAMES DEFMIN KYUMA FOR UNDERMINING [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya accused Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma of derailing negotiations with the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) on implementation of the May 1, 2006 Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) agreement during an infor [...]	2007-03-14 11:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1122	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1132	JAPAN - NO OBJECTION TO U.S. PROVIDING GENERATORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1133	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1146	JAPANESE ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (C) In an exchange of letters with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Japanese Ambassador SIPDIS for Iraq Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa confirmed his plan to attend the March 16 meeting on the International Compact with Iraq in New York. He also indicated that the Japanese Diet had recentl [...]	2007-03-15 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL QA SA KU
07TOKYO1147	EAP/DAS CHRISTENSEN,S MARCH 2 TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Japan's ties with China have warmed significantly since Prime Minister Abe's October visit to China and both sides are working to achieve a compromise on gas exploration in the East China Sea, MOFA officials, Diet members and academics told EAP/DAS Christensen during separate M [...]	2007-03-15 09:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV CH TW KN KS JA
07TOKYO1153	AVM MORIYA BLAMES DEFMIN KYUMA FOR UNDERMINING DPRI IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1158	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1181	JAPAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STILL SQUEAMISH ABOUT WTO [...] (C) Summary: Japan remains hesitant to join U.S.- initiated dispute settlement cases against China in the World Trade Organization (WTO) largely over concerns about possible Chinese retaliation against Japanese companies that have invested in China, according to the director-general for eco [...]	2007-03-16 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD WTRO PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1184	METI REMAINS CAUTIOUS TOWARD U.S. APPROACH ON CHINA [...] (C) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Tim Stratford, in meetings with METI officials on March 9, stressed that the U.S. "two track" approach of intensified dialogue combined with a willingness to take China to dispute settlement in the WTO had shown substantial progress. The Japan [...]	2007-03-16 10:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD WTRO PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO1185	EAP DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MARCH 12 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: Officials from MOFA's Southeast Asia Division told visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson March 12 that pressuring Burma to release political prisoners, promote dialogue on national reconciliation, improve access for international organizations, and end violence directed at eth [...]	2007-03-16 10:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH BM TH VM RO IN CB RP JA
07TOKYO1215	COMFORT WOMEN: KEEPING IT LOW KEY [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders appear to have made a conscious decision to lower the volume on the comfort women issue, judging by a sharp decrease in the number of public statements on the subject over the past week. Abe demonstrated this restrain [...]	2007-03-19 11:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1216	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 11:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1218	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1251	SENK ADVISOR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: In March 4-5 Tokyo meetings, Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Jay Lefkowitz, discussed plans to promote North Korean human rights. While citing obstacles to regular U.S. medium-wave broadcasts from Japan to North Korea using Japanes [...]	2007-03-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO1252	JAPAN-ROK VICE MINISTER'S MEETING: "CONVIVIAL AND [...] (C) Summary. Both MOFA and ROK Embassy describe ROK VFM Cho Joong-pyo,s March 12-13 meeting with Japan VFM Yachi in Tokyo as "convivial" and "constructive." The two men, who focused on a broad range of issues as part of the fourth annual Japan-ROK strategic dialogue, reached no new agreement [...]	2007-03-20 10:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1253	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 22:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1267	RUSSIA AND JAPAN SEEK TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's February visit to Japan included visits with Japan's top leaders and centered on economic issues, especially trade. Japanese officials noted a new openness in their Russian counterparts and speculated that Prime Minister Putin's re [...]	2007-03-22 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA RU
07TOKYO1271	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1274	MOD DENIES REQUEST FOR BRIEF ON U.S. NUCLEAR POLICY [...] (C) The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted "senior Ministry of Defense" officials in its March 20 evening edition about a plan to request a briefing from the USG on how the U.S. nuclear umbrella would be utilized in an attack on Japan. The article claimed that the briefing was part of ongoing efforts to u [...]	2007-03-22 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1296	NIIGATA: LOOKING TO CHANGE FROM REAR WHEEL TO [...] (C) Summary. Niigata Prefecture' economic recovery is proceeding at a slower pace than other parts of Japan. Prefecture and city officials hope to wean the area from its dependency on the construction sector but also suggested that Niigata suffers from the lack of a powerful political patron i [...]	2007-03-23 06:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JA
07TOKYO1314	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1322	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 02:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1338	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1341	SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT: FRAMING THE DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Maintaining sufficient levels of Japanese Host Nation Support (HNS) during upcoming discussions on a new Special Measures Agreement will require a sustained, high-level political message about Japan's alliance responsibilities. There is a growing perception among Japanese officia [...]	2007-03-27 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1344	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1345	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1349	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 04:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1360	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1363	GENERAL PACE MEETS WITH MOD LEADERS: TALK ALLIANCE [...] Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Pace reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance during March 21 meetings with Defense Minister Kyuma and Administrative Vice Minister Moriya. Noting Gen. Pace's upcoming visit to the PRC, Kyuma and Moriya expressed differing outl [...]	2007-03-28 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
07TOKYO1378	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1379	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1391	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1414	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 10:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1420	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 03:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1421	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/02/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1431	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1448	JAPAN FM ASO'S MEETING WITH ROK FM SONG [...] (C) Summary. FM Aso's March 31 meeting with ROK FM Song was "very good" and "forward-looking, according to MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Yamada. Aso and Song agreed that China's economic rise offered opportunities, but differed slightly on their evaluation of PRC military transparenc [...]	2007-04-03 22:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KS
07TOKYO1471	COMFORT WOMEN: ABE PHONE CALL AIMS TO CLEAR THE [...] (SBU) Media reaction to Prime Minister Abe's April 3 telephone call with the President has been generally positive. All major dailies on April 4 gave prominent coverage to Abe's statement to the President that he continue to stand by the Kono Statement and express sympathy to the comfort wom [...]	2007-04-04 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1474	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) You take your command as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is focused on expanding Japan's ties, including security relations, with new partners like Australia and India. It [...]	2007-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JN
07TOKYO1482	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 00:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1489	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 00:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO15	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1507	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 02:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO151	JAPAN WELCOMES NEW U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ [...] (C) Based on reftel talking points, the Charge provided a detailed explanation of the new U.S. policy towards Iraq on January 12 to newly named Deputy Vice Foreign Ministry Chikao Kawai. The Charge thanked Kawai for the positive expressions of support for the new initiative by Prime Minister [...]	2007-01-12 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO1518	CHINESE AMBASSDOR ON PREMIER'S VISIT, HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: China hopes the upcoming visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will help to stabilize its relations with Japan and to clarify Japanese thinking on the future nature of their bilateral relations, according to Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi. Wang stressed that joining the "con [...]	2007-04-06 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN JA CH
07TOKYO1521	PREVIEW OF APRIL 8 UNIFIED LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The results of Japan's April 8 nationwide local elections will be determined primarily by local issues. Nevertheless, some of the local races, where national issues are in play, will be early indicators for the outcome of the July Upper House elections and a measure of PM Abe' [...]	2007-04-06 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1524	NO RESOLUTION TO EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Despite positive reports in the press, the March 29 meeting in Tokyo between Japan and China to discuss the East China Sea dispute yielded no new proposal and failed to bring the two sides any closer to a resolution. A panel of experts from both countries likely will meet on Apri [...]	2007-04-06 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-08 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO153	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...]	2007-01-12 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM
07TOKYO1537	NO SURPRISES IN JAPAN'S ELECTIONS: GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (C) Summary. The first round of unified local elections, held on April 8, resulted in no surprises. The status quo was preserved and, overall, conservative and LDP strength was reaffirmed by the voters. This is good news for PM Abe, whose poll numbers and popularity had been flagging. Candi [...]	2007-04-09 22:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1538	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 00:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1545	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1560	MEDIA SPINS ELECTIONS AS WIN FOR DPJ DESPITE ONLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Media analysis April 10 focused on opposition DPJ gains in the April 8 prefectural and municipal assembly races. While it is true that the DPJ made inroads into some districts where they had never held seats before, and even gained majorities in a few assemblies, the overall [...]	2007-04-10 10:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1564	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 23:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1577	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1592	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO16	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1605	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1608	NIIGATA PREF LOOKING TO EXPLOIT ENERGY ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) Niigata is looking to exploit its energy advantage to attract new business to the prefecture. The prefecture is Japan,s largest producer of oil and natural gas and the country's leading supplier of electric power, which allows it to sell electricity at a substantial discount compared to [...]	2007-04-12 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1615	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/07 [...] Enhancing efforts to protect drinking water resources. Preventing river pollution and cooperating in preventing water pollution, especially the basins of Bo Hai and Huang Hai. 2. Making every effort for recycling wastes. Cooperating in collecting wastes and implementing a corporate environme [...]	2007-04-12 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1631	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-15 22:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1643	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1647	FMR DEFMIN NUKAGA ON SUMMIT, DPRI IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: The April 27 Summit meeting will be a critical opportunity to dispel public concerns over the health of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, according to former Defense Minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) heavyweight Fukushiro Nukaga. Nukaga told the Ambassador on April 10 that the f [...]	2007-04-13 10:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO1657	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1665	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1677	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1679	PM ABE ASSURES PACOM OF FULL SUPPORT FOR SECURITY [...] (S) Summary. During an April 12 meeting, Prime Minister Abe assured Commander of the US Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, that he regards the US-Japan Alliance as critical to Japan's security. Abe stated that in view of China's rapid military build-up and the threat posed by North Ko [...]	2007-04-17 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL POL PGOV MARR CH JA
07TOKYO1680	GPOI: MOFA TELLS AA/S MULL JAPAN STILL STUDYING [...] (C) Summary. Japan continues to study ways to contribute to the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI),MOFA Foreign Policy Deputy Director General Nagamine told Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Mull during their April 11 meeting, but must first overcome hi [...]	2007-04-18 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO JA
07TOKYO1681	(S) JAPAN SEEKS ASSURANCES ON EXTENDED DETERRENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary: During April 11-12 meetings with visiting P/DASD (Asia Pacific) Jim Shinn, Japanese officials asked the USG to publicly and privately reiterate its commitment to defend Japan, including with nuclear weapons. Ministry of Defense (MOD) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya said that DPRK [...]	2007-04-18 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV PNUC JA
07TOKYO1689	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1693	PACOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH MOD LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The leadership of the Japanese Ministry of Defense affirmed their commitment to implement the May 1, 2006 base realignment agreement during meetings April 11-12 with visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating. Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma and Administrative Vice Minister Tamkem [...]	2007-04-18 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PINR JA PREL
07TOKYO1708	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1713	AA/S MULL MEETING WITH MOFA DG FOR NORTH AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: Missile defense cooperation, radar and PAC-3 implementation, and the May 2006 Alliance Transformation Roadmap have strengthened our robust security partnership and it is important to keep marching forward, MOFA North American Affairs Director-General Shinichi Nishimiya told Actin [...]	2007-04-18 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1714	NAGASAKI MAYOR'S MURDER: SHARP REACTIONS; MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan's leaders and media characterized the April 17 assassination of three-term Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito in the midst of his reelection campaign as a threat to Japan's political system. Most reports highlighted PM Abe's description of the killing as a "challenge to democracy. [...]	2007-04-18 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1728	(RESEND) PACOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH MOD LEADERSHIP [...] (U) This is a resend of Tokyo 1693. 2. (C) Summary: The leadership of the Japanese Ministry of Defense affirmed their commitment to implement the May 1, 2006 base realignment agreement during meetings April 11-12 with visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating. Defense Minister Fumio Kyu [...]	2007-04-19 04:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PINR JA PREL
07TOKYO1740	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1744	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...]	2007-04-19 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA
07TOKYO1752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1761	APRIL 22 UPPER HOUSE BY-ELECTIONS POSE ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary. All eyes are on key Upper House by-elections in Okinawa and Fukushima prefectures, as Japan goes to the polls again on April 22. While the main event is supposed to be the second round of the unified local elections that same day, the significance of the hundreds of mayoral and [...]	2007-04-20 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1764	SCENESETTER FOR MICHAEL MASON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [...] (C) You visit as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. We have highlighted specific law enforcement issues separately. This message will identify the broader political and economic framework within which we are advancin [...]	2007-04-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH JA

07TOKYO1767	(C) REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW PANEL [...] (C/NF) The following is embassy Tokyo's response to Reftel request for insights into Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposed Panel on Collective Security (Note: The embassy comments are keyed to reftel questions): A. (C/NF) WHO ELSE WILL SERVE ON THE PANEL ASIDE FROM THOSE LISTED IN PRESS? [...]	2007-04-20 10:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-21 23:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1771	JAPAN TO JOIN CHINA/IPR WTO CASE AS THIRD PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade Minister Amari announced on April 20 that Japan will join the U.S. as a third party in a WTO complaint against China on IPR prosecutions. The GOJ is worried about the Chinese reaction and will be monitoring it closely. Chinese Customs and Copyright agency officials warne [...]	2007-04-22 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV CH JP
07TOKYO1779	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 02:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1780	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1781	ECONOMIC REFORMS STALL AS ELECTIONS NEAR [...] (C) Economic reform momentum has stalled in the run-up to Japan's Upper House elections in July, while policy talk shops have proliferated. Reform proposals that have made it through the bureaucratic gauntlet reflect a "tinkering" mentality, while PM Abe and the politicians on his economic t [...]	2007-04-23 02:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO1790	LDP SPLITS UPPER HOUSE BY-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The ruling LDP and opposition DPJ split two by-elections on April 22, reducing the number of seats the ruling coalition needs to win in the Upper House July elections, in order to retain a majority, from 65 to 64. In Okinawa, strong support from the LDP's coalition partner, Kom [...]	2007-04-23 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO1791	PRC PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN: ICE MELTING, BUT [...] (C) Summary. PRC Embassy contacts told Embassy Tokyo that Beijing views Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 Tokyo visit as a "100 percent success." Wen and Japan PM Abe adopted a "forward-looking view" and attempted to build trust, while Tokyo further defined the nature of the "strategic [...]	2007-04-23 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1802	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1839	PM ABE TRIES TO DEFUSE COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE IN [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is making a concerted effort to defuse the comfort women issue prior to his first summit with the President. Stung by foreign criticism of his earlier comments distinguishing different "degrees" of coercion used to bring women to comfort stations, in recent we [...]	2007-04-24 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1848	PACFLEET COMMANDER MEETS WITH MOFA AND MOD [...] (C) Summary: During April 18 meetings with PACFLT Admiral Gary Roughead, MOFA North American Affairs Director General Shinichi Nishimiya and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya lauded the current atmosphere of cooperation between the U.S. and Japan. Both Ni [...]	2007-04-25 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1852	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1854	SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT BACKGROUNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) expires March 31, 2008. For the next SMA, the Japanese government will likely seek significant reductions in utilities reimbursements, and perhaps, labor costs. In the last round of negotiations, the Japanese government agreed to a tw [...]	2007-04-25 09:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1856	RESPONSE TO SHOKO ASAHARA,S PENDING EXECUTION [...] (C) Summary: Aum Shinrikyo head Chizuo Matsumoto (AKA Shoko Asahara) and his followers involved in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system are unlikely to be executed within the next five years, according to multiple Japanese government officials. As of late April 2007, the Pub [...]	2007-04-25 10:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR
07TOKYO1857	CHARGE URGES INCREASED COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Charge discussed a list of specific areas for enhanced bilateral and trilateral counterterrorism cooperation with MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism Cooperation, Akio Suda, on April 24. Using reftel points, the Charge raised initiatives aimed at improving: access to terroris [...]	2007-04-25 10:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV JA
07TOKYO1865	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 06:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO19	VISIT TO JAPAN'S SHIMANE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 04:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PARM PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1901	CBRN DEFENSE WORKING GROUP PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary: DASD Richard Douglas led the U.S. delegation to the Japan-U.S. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Working Group (CDWG) Plenary on April 18, 2007. The Principals approved the CDWG Work Plan for 2007-2008, which features a bilateral capability assessmen [...]	2007-04-27 05:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1911	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: MEETING BETWEEN DIET MEMBER [...] (SBU) Changing Japan's child pornography laws to criminalize possession would significantly improve international law enforcement authorities' ability to work together on investigations, FBI Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations Michael Mason told Liberal Democratic Party D [...]	2007-04-27 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI JA
07TOKYO1916	THE VISION THING: POLTICAL WILL DISSIPATED FOR HIGH-QUALITY POSTAL PRIVATIZATION, SAYS FORMER POSTAL HEAD [...] (C) While the privatization of Japan Post is irreversible and will commence as planned on October 1, the political will and vision behind it dissipated once Prime Minister Abe took office, former Japan Post (JP) President Masaharu Ikuta told ECOUNS April 26. The change in political atmosphere [...]	2007-04-27 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
07TOKYO1918	ABE'S REPORT CARD: UNPRECEDENTED PROGRESS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abe has had a string of legislative and policy successes on alliance issues -- including realignment, BMD data-sharing, and extensions of Japan's maritime support for Operation Enduring Freedom in the Indian Ocean and for coalition forces in Iraq. Complaints about [...]	2007-04-30 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PREL
07TOKYO1919	MOFA SPEAKS TO EMBASSY REGARDING UPCOMING FCLP. [...] (C) In a scripted exchange using language employed prior to other rounds of Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) MOFA DDG of North America Affairs Kazuyoshi Umemoto spoke with A/DCM Mike Meserve on April 25 regarding the May 2 to May 11, 2007 FCLP. Umemoto asked for the U.S. Government to: [...]	2007-04-30 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA PARM
07TOKYO1923	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1926	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1934	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-3 [...] Bills sponsored by government and ruling parties 2. Minshuto-sponsored bill National referendum bill Â [...]	2007-05-01 04:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1946	METI OUTLINES ABE-WEN SUMMIT OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The recent meeting between the Japanese Prime Minister and the Chinese Premier produced few tangible economic results, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economic, Trade, and Industry (METI). Nevertheless, the summit meeting did signal political commitment for fur [...]	2007-05-01 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1949	ABE GETS BOOST FROM SUMMIT; PRESS COVERAGE POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. Polls taken shortly after Prime Minister Abe met April 27 with President Bush show Abe's support rate has risen close to 10 percent since March, with an equivalent decline in those saying they oppose Abe. While the shift is not only because of Abe's successful visit to the U.S., [...]	2007-05-01 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1951	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1957	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1976	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2025	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2033	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2053	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2076	JAPAN FORMULATING SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 09:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM XB JA
07TOKYO2077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2102	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2113	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2158	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2168	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2187	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2194	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 23:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2219	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2232	JAPAN-ROK EXCHANGE "CANDID" VIEWS DURING [...] (C) Summary. After a three-year hiatus, the resumption of Japan-ROK security talks is part of a broader effort to improve relations. Though somewhat stilted and formulaic, the talks helped move the relationship forward. The May 10 dialogue resulted in a "candid exchange of views," with both [...]	2007-05-17 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS JA
07TOKYO2233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2239	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO225	JAPAN LIKELY TO SEND EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV EFIN HA JA
07TOKYO2255	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO226	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2272	EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary. The dispute over oil and gas exploration in an area in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China is no closer to resolution following a technical experts meeting in April, according to an Embassy contact at METI's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). China's [...]	2007-05-22 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 02:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2282	PACOM COMMANDER KEATING AND DEFMIN KYUMA DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PACOM Commander Admiral Timothy Keating told Defense Minister Kyuma May 15 that his efforts to engage China's military leaders will not come at the expense of a strong U.S.-Japan alliance. Stopping in Tokyo on his return from Beijing, Keating said Chinese officials claimed their [...]	2007-05-22 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL CH TW KS JA
07TOKYO2287	JAPAN-RUSSIA VICE MINISTER TALKS: NO PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. The May 17 Japan-Russia Vice Ministerial talks addressed a range of topics, but focused on preparations for the PM Abe-President Putin meeting on the margins of the G-8, MOFA and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo political officer. Japan asked for clarification on repo [...]	2007-05-22 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
07TOKYO2289	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2290	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2307	MACHIMURA DISCUSSES U.S. TRIP, ELECTIONS, AND PM [...] (C) Summary. Lower House Diet member and former Foreign Minister Machimura, in a May 23 conversation with the DCM, predicted that the ruling coalition would maintain its majority in the Upper House in the July elections, but only by a slim margin. He attributed PM Abe's rise in the polls to [...]	2007-05-23 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2312	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO232	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2323	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 02:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2336	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2342	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2357	KOMEITO: "YES" TO EXPANDED ROLES FOR JAPAN'S [...] (C) Summary. Komeito, the LDP's indispensable partner in Japan's ruling coalition, has changed it's policy on Japan's right to use military force. Responding to four scenarios currently under consideration by a panel of experts appointed by Prime Minister Abe, the Komeito holds that the use [...]	2007-05-25 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2359	THE U.S. BASE REALIGNMENT BILL: WHAT IT IS AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Upper House of the Diet passed legislation to support U.S. base realignment under the Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI). The legislation designates certain local governments as "special municipalities connected with U.S. force realignment," and will provide s [...]	2007-05-28 22:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR JA PARM PGOV
07TOKYO2361	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2370	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2371	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2395	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2397	MATSUOKA SUICIDE SHAKES ABE ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) The suicide of scandal-tainted Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Toshikatsu Matsuoka in his Diet apartment on May 28 has dealt a blow to Prime Minister Abe. While negative sentiments toward Matsuoka himself may quickly fade, Abe's responsibility for failing to dismis [...]	2007-05-29 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 01:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2411	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2412	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2430	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 08:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2431	JAPAN OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Japan supports expanding regional cooperation to promote democracy, Asian Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer during a May 29 discussion about the [...]	2007-05-31 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL XB JA
07TOKYO2464	"LABOR BIG BANG" PROPOSALS ON HOLD [...] (C) New Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) proposals to reform the labor market are on hold until after July's Upper House elections, and the six labor bills that the cabinet forwarded to the Diet are "so compromised" they will have little effect, CEFP private sector member Naohiro [...]	2007-06-01 10:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EAGR JA
07TOKYO2480	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2481	VFM YACHI REVIEWS SUMMIT, BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) The Japanese were very happy with April's summit between President Bush and Prime Minster Abe, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told the Ambassador June 1, and PM Abe would welcome a stopover in Tokyo by President Bush en route to the APEC summit in Sydney. Abe would also welcome a p [...]	2007-06-04 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAGR PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PINR ETRD
07TOKYO2493	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2501	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE BRIEFS JAPAN'S OPPOSITION ON [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Greg Schulte provided a well-received DVC briefing on U.S nonproliferation policy to opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members on May 15, at their request. Questions focused primarily on what the DPJ members characterized as differences between U.S. tre [...]	2007-06-05 07:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP TRGY IR IN JA
07TOKYO2507	VANISHING PENSIONS TEST ABE'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is making a concerted effort to recover the political football he fumbled last week over revelations that the Social Insurance Agency (SIA) mishandled pension benefits, forcing remedial legislation through the Lower House. The aggressive tactics, coupled with [...]	2007-06-05 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
07TOKYO2517	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2529	ANRE'S HOSAKA "BORED" WITH EAST CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary. The eighth round of director- general level talks between Japan and China on May 25 over the disputed oil and natural gas deposits in the East China Sea broke no new ground. Japan expected a new proposal from China but none was proffered. The two sides will step up the frequency [...]	2007-06-06 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENFR PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2533	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2553	FORMER SWEDISH DPRK AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NORTH [...] (C) Summary. DPRK foreign ministry officials appeared "tense" as a result of Pyongyang's 2006 missile and nuclear tests, former Swedish Ambassador to North Korea Paul Beijer told Embassy Tokyo Political Minister Counselor on June 4. Beijer judged the North Korean military to be in poor condit [...]	2007-06-07 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2556	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2557	JAPAN WELCOMES U.S. ADVICE ON DPRK BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal and technical constraints prevent the Japanese government from cooperating with foreign organizations to conduct radio broadcasts into North Korea, Japanese government officials reiterated on June 5. Nonetheless, Tokyo will spend USD 1.1 million to undertake shortwave broad [...]	2007-06-07 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BBG PHUM JA KN KS
07TOKYO2558	PENSION CRISIS LEADS TO CHANGES IN LDP PLATFORM [...] (C) Summary. Alarmed by plunging approval ratings, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has reordered the party's platform for the upcoming Upper House elections. Pension reform has replaced Prime Minister Abe's core issue of constitutional revision as the top item in the LDP's list of [...]	2007-06-07 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO2559	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2560	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2561	KOIZUMI AIDE PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SLAMS ABE [...] (C) Summary. Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi's senior aide, Isao Iijima, shared his analysis of the LDP's and Komeito's chances in the upcoming election with Embassy Tokyo on June 6. Iijima, who said he had spent the morning meeting senior LDP Diet members, predicts a stunning loss for the ruling [...]	2007-06-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 04:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2618	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2627	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2630	NO JAPANESE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's involvement with Iranian civil society is limited to the work of two non-governmental organizations that focus on refugee relief efforts. In addition, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently involved in four projects which provide technical assistan [...]	2007-06-12 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EAID IR JA
07TOKYO2652	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 23:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2655	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 05:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2664	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2665	JAPAN SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Japan "will likely support" our request for demarches to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) participants on the need to avoid statements inimical to Coalition interests at the August SCO summit meeting, acc [...]	2007-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO ZK JA
07TOKYO2668	DASD CLAD TALKS INDIA WITH JAPANESE OFFICALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7, 2007 DASD for South and Southeast Asia James Clad met Ministry of Defense and MOFA officials to discuss Japan's emerging defense and security cooperation with India. Following the recent Japan-India Defense Ministerial as well as U.S./Japan/India naval training exercis [...]	2007-06-13 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA MARR PINR

07TOKYO2690	ABE-PUTIN G-8 SUMMIT: RUSSIA AGREES TO [...] (C) Summary. During their June 7 summit, PM Abe and President Putin agreed not to shelve the Northern Territories issue, and Putin promised to instruct his deputies to ""accelerate"" the negotiations, according to MOFA Russian Division Director Muto. On North Korea, Putin expressed frustrati [...]	2007-06-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO2691	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2696	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-15 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2716	SALE OF THE CENTURY STARTS OCTOBER 1: A JAPAN POST [...] (SBU) Japan Post -- a public corporation with assets the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization process October 1. The institution, which encompasses a bank and an insurance company and is collectively the world's largest financial institution, has played a central role in Ja [...]	2007-06-15 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO2719	AMBASSADOR LOFTIS DISCUSSES SMA WITH DIET MEMBERS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Robert Loftis, Senior Advisor on Security Negotiations and Agreements, met with Diet Members, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense (MOD),Ministry of Finance (MOF) and DFAA to outline the U.S. Government desire for a three-year extension of the Special M [...]	2007-06-15 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2739	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2761	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2772	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2786	FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...]	2007-06-20 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO2789	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/07-2 [...] Differences in interest rates between Japan and foreign countries Masaki Fukui of Mizuho Corporate Bank: "There is a speculation that differences in interest rates of Japan, the US and European countries will not narrow. For the time being, the market will move toward a 125 against the dolla [...]	2007-06-20 20:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2799	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2813	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2823	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 03:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2841	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2847	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2848	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2878	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2893	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2895	INFORMATION SECURITY: AN ALLIANCE PRIORITY [...] (S) Summary: In tandem with the deepening of our bilateral alliance, the amount of information -- diplomatic, technical, intelligence, and operational -- provided to Japan has necessarily expanded exponentially over the past decade. Our ability to maintain momentum on information sharing, howe [...]	2007-06-26 09:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO2897	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2898	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2929	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2944	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2947	LDP-KOMEITO COALITION LIKELY TO LOSE UPPER HOUSE [...] (C) Summary: The outlook for Japan's ruling LDP-Komeito coalition in upcoming House of Councillors elections is grim, as the support rate for Prime Minister Abe and his ruling LDP continues to fall over the botched handling of pension accounts. Abe's premiership, and the ruling coalition's [...]	2007-06-28 10:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO2948	CNO MULLEN SPEAKS WITH FM ASO AND DEFMIN KYUMA [...] (S) SUMMARY. On June 18, 2007 Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Mullen met with Foreign Minister Aso, Defense Minister Kyuma, and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya. Admiral Mullen expressed appreciation for the close working relationship between the Japanese [...]	2007-06-28 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PINR SENV
07TOKYO2958	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 03:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO296	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 00:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2964	JAPAN'S REFORM AGENDA - PLENTY OF FOREST BUT FEW [...] (C) Summary. The Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP),the Council for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform (CPRR),the Asia Gateway Strategy Panel (Asia Gateway),and the Innovation 25 Strategy Council (Innovation 25),all advisory bodies to the Prime Minister's Cabinet office, each is [...]	2007-06-29 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD JA PGOV
07TOKYO2967	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2979	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2982	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO30	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3006	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3013	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3028	JAPANESE VICE ADMIRAL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON AEGIS [...] (S) In a July 2 update for the Ambassador on the status of the GOJ's investigation into the AEGIS leak, Vice Admiral Kato said the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) found no evidence that the Chinese national spouse of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) seaman involved in the ca [...]	2007-07-03 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3031	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3038	LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER KONO ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3039	ADM WILLARD MEETS WITH MOD AND MOFA [...] (C) Summary. During a June 27, 2007 introductory visit Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, met with Defense Minister Kyuma, MOD Administrative Vice Minister Moriya, and MOFA Administrative Vice Minister Yachi. Admiral Willard noted his appreciation for the strong Navy [...]	2007-07-04 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3052	JAPANESE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is very fond of his slogan "Beautiful Country" and will likely use some version of that slogan as the overall theme for the 2008 G-8 summit to be held in Lake Toya Hokkaido, Ministry of Foreign Affair's Deputy Director for the G-8 Summit Office and Economic Pol [...]	2007-07-05 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD JA PGOV PREL SENV
07TOKYO3073	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3076	PDASD SHINN ENGAGES JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS ON INFO [...] (C) Summary: PDASD Jim Shinn engaged Japanese counterparts June 29 on the need to enhance the protection of sensitive information in the wake of the recent unauthorized Aegis data disclosure, extend the current Special Measures Agreement (SMA),and consider a role in Afghan operations. Senior [...]	2007-07-05 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3087	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER FACES TOUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new Defense Minister, Yuriko Koike, will face an uphill battle to establish her policy and managerial credentials. Koike acknowledges that she was chosen primarily to help boost the ruling party's prospects in the July 29 Upper House election and, as such, will be subject [...]	2007-07-06 03:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO3099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3100	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3104	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3123	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3128	LDP HISTORY GROUP REACTS TO HONDA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. The pendulum may be swinging back toward more assertive action by a group of conservative LDP lawmakers concerned with the comfort women issue, after passage of the Honda Resolution in committee on June 25, according to LDP League to Consider Japan's Future and Historical Educat [...]	2007-07-09 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3129	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 23:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3130	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/07 [...] The government will receive pension benefits in full in a responsible manner. 2. The party will introduce a child-rearing allowance system to pay 26,000 yen for each child. 3. The party will establish an income compensation system to cover every farmer. Seven proposals Â [...]	2007-07-10 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3137	JAPANESE ABDUCTION GROUPS UNEASY ON U.S. STANCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of AFVKN and NARKN, two NGOs dedicated to the return of Japanese nationals abducted by the DPRK, expressed growing concern about the U.S. commitment to resolving the abduction issue in a meeting with political officers on June 27. Motivated by a strong desire to aff [...]	2007-07-10 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO3151	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3163	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3171	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3179	JAPAN POST PRIVATIZATION - COMMITTEE COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan Post begins a ten-year privatization process on October 1 releasing nearly $3 trillion in banking and insurance assets from government control. In preparation, the Japan Post Company on May 1 issued an implementation plan, rumored to be over 400 thousand pages in length, [...]	2007-07-12 03:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JA PGOV
07TOKYO3184	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a July 11 introductory call with Ambassador Schieffer, Defense Minister Yuriko Koike listed information protection, alliance transformation, and the selection of a new fighter (FX) as her three major priorities. Koike said that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) is working in p [...]	2007-07-12 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO3187	REGIONAL INCOME GAPS: PRE-ELECTION FOCUS ON INCOME [...] (SBU) As July,s Upper House election approaches, regional income disparities have emerged as a priority issue in the national conversation on growing income gaps. Ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politicians recognized as early as mid-2006 that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DP [...]	2007-07-12 06:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI JA
07TOKYO3191	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3192	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3198	DCM'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF CABINET [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD KNNP PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO3205	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3222	DCM RAISES BIATF PARITICIPATION WITH ASSISTANT [...] (S) Summary: During a July 13 meeting with Assistant Cabinet Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa, the DCM emphasized that all Japanese agencies involved in counter-intelligence should participate in bilateral efforts to enhance Japan's information assurance structure. Yanagisawa said that Japan is com [...]	2007-07-13 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO3232	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3243	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 01:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3244	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3265	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 21:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3301	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3311	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3318	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3336	AEGIS UPDATE: JAPANESE DEFENSE MINISTER AND VICE [...] (S) In a July 19 update for the Ambassador on the Aegis leak investigations, Vice Chief of Staff of the MSDF Vice Admiral Kato stated that Kanagawa Prefecture Police and the MSDF planned to indict the MSDF seaman who had copied AEGIS information onto his personal computer by mid-August before [...]	2007-07-20 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3339	REGULATING THE "DESCENT FROM HEAVEN": STILL A SOFT [...] (SBU) Summary: A new law aimed at mitigating the problems created by senior bureaucrats taking post- retirement jobs at organizations and companies they once regulated contains substantial loopholes that put its efficacy in doubt. Although a significant step in overall civil service reform [...]	2007-07-20 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
07TOKYO3346	DCM'S MEETING WITH ACCS YANAGISAWA ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Per ref A instructions, on July 20 the DCM delivered the draft Bilateral Information Security Task Force Terms of Reference (BISTF TOR) to Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Yanagisawa and urged the Japanese government to SIPDIS agree to the draft text and be ready to discuss the [...]	2007-07-20 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3347	JAPAN DISPUTES DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF CHOSEN [...] (S) Summary: The DPRK is making Japan's actions in regard to the General Association of (North) Korean Residents in Japan into a major bilateral issue, MOFA Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill on July 13. Sasae insisted that the actions of the Japanese government [...]	2007-07-20 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN JA KN PGOV PREL
07TOKYO3362	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3371	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3375	LDP PROSPECTS FOR JULY 29 ELECTIONS WORSEN [...] (C) Summary. The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition looks almost certain to lose its majority in the July 29 Upper House elections. Voters continue to fault Prime Minister Abe for his perceived failure to deal adequately with the pension mess and a host of administration scandals. Continued verba [...]	2007-07-24 10:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3380	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO339	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO343	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3432	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) We very much look forward to your visit to Tokyo. As you touch down, please be prepared for some political turbulence. 2. (C) The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) appears to be headed for a crushing defeat in the July 29 elections for the Diet's Upper House. Every poll, and every pun [...]	2007-07-26 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3437	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3453	RULING PARTIES TO TAKE A BEATING IN JULY 29 [...] (C) Summary. A sense of resignation appears to have taken hold in the ruling LDP, as the latest polls and predictions point to the strong possibility that the ruling coalition might win fewer than 50 of the 121 seats up for election in the Upper House on July 29. The ruling parties need 64 [...]	2007-07-27 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3458	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3459	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3475	PM ABE'S LDP TAKES A BATH IN UPPER HOUSE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a crushing defeat in the July 29 Upper House elections, returning only 37 of 64 incumbent seats and, in the process, losing control of the chamber. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was the big winn [...]	2007-07-30 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3490	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3491	ABE ANNOUNCES EXTRAORDINARY DIET SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Abe told the press that his near term agenda includes a short session of the Diet, a reshuffle of senior party positions, and a cabinet change. End summary. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Abe appeared before the press on July 30, minutes after receiving an endors [...]	2007-07-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-1 [...] Meantime, the opposition camp, which obtained a majority in the House of Councillors in Sunday's poll, is poised to oppose that legislation. A termination of the SDF mission against the background of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan might rock the foundation of the Japan-US alliance a [...]	2007-08-01 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3496	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3511	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3512	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3515	JAPAN RESPONDS TO U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request - see para. 4. 2. (SBU) EST and POL delivered the non-paper in reftel to officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on July 30 and 31. MOFA Arms Control and Disarmament Division Principal Deputy Director, Junichiro Otaka, noted that MO [...]	2007-08-01 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV IAEA JA
07TOKYO3516	UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Since our scenesetter last week, Prime Minister Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an historic defeat in July 29 elections for the Upper House of the Diet, losing 27 of 64 incumbent seats and, thereby, ceding control of the Upper House to the opposition. (Abe's ruling [...]	2007-08-01 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3517	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CABINET [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Kyoji Yanagisawa reported to Ambassador Schieffer July 31 that the Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) Terms of Reference (TOR) had been coordinated inter-agency and approved by the Japanese Government. Referring to the Aegis cas [...]	2007-08-01 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PINR PREL

07TOKYO352	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3538	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3539	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO354	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA'S [...] (C) Acting DCM Meserve met separately on January 25, 2007 with Hisao Inoue, Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister, and with Chikao Kawai, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister. Meserve conveyed to both the points contained in reftel regarding remarks critical of U.S. policy made on January 24 by [...]	2007-01-25 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL JA
07TOKYO3547	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-1 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule 4. Abe Cabinet reaches new support low of 22% in Fuji-Sankei poll, with non-support rate at 64.8% ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting: 5. ASEAN ARF closes after having given consideration to North Korean abduction and comf [...]	2007-08-03 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3548	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO355	JAPAN RENEWS PUSH TO IMPROVE TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Yachi's January 26-27 trip to China is intended to maintain the momentum in improving bilateral relations, according to MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Nomura. Yachi and his counterpart, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, will sta [...]	2007-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG CH JA
07TOKYO3568	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3569	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO359	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3591	POST-ELECTION MOOD DARK AT LDP, KOMEITO HQS [...] (C) Summary. In meetings at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito headquarters on July 31 and August 1, staff members revealed a deep discontent with the July 29 Upper House (UH) election results and with Prime Minister Abe's failure to resign. They spoke freely about Abe's lack of [...]	2007-08-06 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3598	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO36	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3600	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3601	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3606	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3612	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3614	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 22:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3624	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3625	DIET OPENS; DPJ READY TO RUMBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Diet convened August 7 for a 4-day session, moving into uncharted waters where the ruling coalition controls the Lower House while the Upper House is the hands of the opposition. Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa has begun to flex his post-Upper House ele [...]	2007-08-08 01:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3634	EXTENSION OF JAPAN'S PARTICIPATION IN INDIAN [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 8, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Ichiro Ozawa did not rule out the possibility that the DPJ might agree to the continued support by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in the Indian Ocean. [...]	2007-08-08 12:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3635	JAPAN'S REACTION TO N/S KOREA SUMMIT ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) Japan has responded positively to news that South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a summit in Pyongyang August 28-30. Japan hopes dialogue between the two Korean leaders will lead to a "relaxation of tensions," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told re [...]	2007-08-08 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KS KN PGOV
07TOKYO3639	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 02:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3640	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 02:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3658	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3664	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS GEN. PACE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an historic defeat in July 29 elections, ceding control of the Upper House of the Diet to the opposition. The electoral setback has put at risk Abe's ambitious security agenda, including moves to expand Japan's a [...]	2007-08-09 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO3680	LDP DIET MEMBERS VOICE FRUSTRATION, CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings August 6 with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, senior Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet members stressed that the victory of the opposition parties in the recent Upper House election would substantially complicate and slow t [...]	2007-08-10 06:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO3682	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Ambassador Schieffer, in a meeting on August 9, discussed extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law for the JMSDF Indian Ocean mission, strengthening information security, and Japan's next generation fighter aircraft. End summ [...]	2007-08-10 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KS KN PGOV MOPS MARR
07TOKYO3688	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/07 [...] The government's failure to extend the law would result in the withdrawal of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has been on the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for naval vessels of the United States, Britain, and other countries that are engaged in mop-up operations against terrorists [...]	2007-08-10 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3690	TERMS OF REFERENCE SETS MILESTONES FOR FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The DAS-level Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) approved on August 3 a Terms of Reference (TOR) and set of ambitious Milestones aimed at strengthening Japan's ability to protect classified information. The Japanese delegation was co-chaired by the Ministry of Defe [...]	2007-08-11 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PINR PREL
07TOKYO3696	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-1 [...] Views in the party are being unified after President Ichiro Ozawa expressed opposition to the said law, but many members are worried that if the party remains opposed to the said law, questions might be raised about its ability to grab political power. The party's move reflects its desire to do [...]	2007-08-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3716	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-2 [...] Officials from the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Ministry explained the current state of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling operations based on the said law. But many DPJ members voiced dissatisfaction calling the ministries to disclose more detailed information. House of Councillor [...]	2007-08-13 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3717	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-3 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3725	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN ON POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo officers spoke to a Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) staff member and a DPJ House of Councilors member about a range of issues following the July 29 Upper House election. The staff member discussed the post-election timeline, economic reforms, the upcoming Diet session and wh [...]	2007-08-14 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3727	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 06:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3736	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 02:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO375	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3769	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3777	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 04:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3778	LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEMBERS DISCUSS IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Discussions with three Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet members during August 9-10 revealed concern over the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and Diet session, speculation on Prime Minister Abe resigning, and possible scenarios for dissolving the Lower House. The three recognized that Abe mi [...]	2007-08-16 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3783	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3794	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-17 03:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/07 [...] Ozawa has expressed his opposition to the extension of the law, but Maehara, who is regarded as an active leader of the anti-Ozawa force, has advocated that the law should be extended. There was a rumor in the largest opposition party that Maehara might break away from Ozawa since the two ha [...]	2007-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3820	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3830	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3837	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3865	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3870	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3871	PRC EMBASSY ON JAPAN-CHINA TIES, NEW CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: Beijing is refraining from raising disputes on history with Tokyo in a bid to continue the warming trend in relations, Chinese Embassy Political Officer told an Embassy Tokyo Political Officer on August 17. Should Japan decide to "rewrite history," however, China would have no [...]	2007-08-22 02:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO3877	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3884	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3914	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3919	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/07 [...] In Tokyo, members of the Tokyo Action Committee stood outside the West Entrance of Shinjuku Station and campaigned. Many people stopped to talk with them. A woman (36) from Saitama Prefecture stated: "I am absolutely against Japan cooperating with the war. It only makes terrorism worse. They [...]	2007-08-24 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3930	ABE ALONE SELECTING NEW LDP EXECUTIVES, CABINET [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce his new Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership slate on August 27. Leaving the media, outside observers, and his own party in the dark, Abe has involved virtually no one else in the decision-making process. Embassy Tokyo officers have [...]	2007-08-24 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO3948	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3966	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3967	JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...]	2007-08-27 11:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3968	JAPAN'S ABE CHOOSES VETERANS, PLAYS IT SAFE IN NEW [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe, avoiding criticism levied against his first cabinet that it was "friends of Abe," has filled his new cabinet and party leadership with seasoned politicians. The appointment of veteran lawmakers and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) insiders will help Abe maintain politica [...]	2007-08-27 13:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3969	ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affairs Council Chairman -- Toshihiro NIKAI LDP Policy [...]	2007-08-27 14:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3970	ABE CABINET, LDP EXECUTIVE LINE-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. (This is a corrected copy amending paragraph 16.) This cable outlines the backgrounds of Japan's new cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership line-up announced on August 27, 2007. New appointees and posts are: LDP Secretary-General -- Taro ASO LDP General Affa [...]	2007-08-27 14:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO3974	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3987	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3995	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO401	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4011	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4015	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO402	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4040	GERMAN CHANCELLOR WARNS OZAWA NOT TO CEASE OEF [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 06:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GM JA
07TOKYO4043	UNCERTAINTY CLOUDS TERMS OF DIET DEBATE ON OEF [...] (C) Summary: The terms of debate in the upcoming Diet review of the Anti-Terror Special Measures Law that governs Japan's contribution to the OEF Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) are still unclear. Direct negotiations between the ruling LDP coalition and opposition Democratic Party of Ja [...]	2007-08-30 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4044	ABE'S NEW CABINET GETS BOUNCE IN POLLS BUT REMAINS [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sagging poll numbers have received a boost with careful choices for his new Cabinet that included former and current Cabinet members and several Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction heads. That said, concerns remain about the fate of the Anti-terrorism bill, [...]	2007-08-30 07:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4046	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4047	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4056	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4080	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//07 [...] Endo said to Yosano, "Please tell the prime minister that I will step down." TOKYO 00004080 006 OF 012 SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09 Yosano's determination to put a speedy end to Endo's scandal came from strong alarm against the Kantei's (Prime Minister's Official [...]	2007-09-04 01:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4094	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4096	JAPAN'S NEW CABINET: GOOD NEWS FOR U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked a line-up of cabinet ministers friendly to the U.S. and committed to continuing to make progress in the areas of defense, security, trade, economic reform, and the environment. On defense and security issues the new ministers already have pledged suppo [...]	2007-09-04 10:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4101	THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the elimination of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA). Under the reorganization much of DFAA's functions will be folded into MOD's Internal Bureau. Final allocation of workload and portf [...]	2007-09-05 02:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4108	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-05 04:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-05 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4121	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4140	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4159	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4187	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4196	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 02:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4217	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4218	MOFA ON OPPOSITION CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators and the opposition "does not necessarily signal a return to large-scale armed violence or an increased military threat," according to Japanese Foreign Ministry officials. Japan, at this point, has no plans for public statements criticiz [...]	2007-09-10 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4223	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4241	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4248	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4261	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4262	ABE RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe sent shock waves through Japan's political world on September 12 with his sudden announcement that he will resign. As for the reason behind his decision, he offered his concern that his continued tenure as PM is making it difficult for Japan to live up to its [...]	2007-09-12 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4267	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4281	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4285	ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]	2007-09-13 11:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4287	ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]	2007-09-13 23:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4297	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 02:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO4317	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4327	FUKUDA CONSOLIDATES LEAD IN WEEKEND CAMPAIGNING [...] (C) Summary. The race to succeed Shinzo Abe as LDP President and Prime Minister looks to be a win for former Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuda, with weekend polls showing he has a commanding lead over Taro Aso among LDP Diet members and the public. Fukuda has the backing of nearly 60 percent of [...]	2007-09-18 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4328	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4330	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO437	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4373	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4375	JAPAN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MINUSTAH, AWAITING [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Tokyo Political officer delivered reftel demarche September 19 to MOFA Caribbean Division Haiti Desk Officer Akiko Yamasaki. Yamasaki said that Japan will support the extension of the MINUSTAH mandate, and althoug [...]	2007-09-19 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPKO EFIN PGOV PREL HA JA
07TOKYO4384	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 22:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4408	LATEST POLLS SHOW FUKUDA STRETCHING LEAD IN LDP [...] (C) Summary. Yasuo Fukuda has lengthened his lead over rival Taro Aso in the LDP presidential race, securing the backing of nearly 70 percent of LDP Diet members, according to a Kyodo News report on September 20. Fukuda is also out-polling Aso in the LDP prefectural vote, based on preliminar [...]	2007-09-21 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO441	JAPANESE UPDATE OF AFGHAN RING ROAD PROJECT [...] Summary. Japan has signed a contract with a construction company, SAITA of Afghanistan, to complete its 114 km segment of the Afghan Ring Road (Kandahar to Herat),and expects work to be completed by December 2008, if not sooner. MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Grant Aid/Technical Coop [...]	2007-01-31 23:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AID PGOV PREL ELTN SNAR ASEC AFIN AF JA
07TOKYO4416	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4417	ASO AND FUKUDA SOFTPEDALING REFORM, STRESSING [...] (C) Prime ministerial candidates Taro Aso and Yasuo Fukuda continue to support economic "reform." But both are putting more stress on "stability" in their campaigns and addressing problematic side effects of reform. Specifically, Fukuda and Aso are promising relief to rural areas and are payi [...]	2007-09-21 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO4419	FUKUDA WINS [...] (C) Summary. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda defeated former Foreign Minister Taro Aso to win the LDP presidency by a comfortable margin on September 23. The generally conservative, pro-U.S. Fukuda garnered 330 of 528 votes cast, showing wide support among both LDP lawmakers and [...]	2007-09-24 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO4424	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4436	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4439	VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HEADING TO BURMA [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka will visit Burma September 29 to October 3 and is willing to convey a message from the USG to Burmese officials, MOFA contacts said on September 21. Japan is "deeply concerned" about the recent crackdown, but is not planning to issue a public statement conde [...]	2007-09-25 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4446	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4462	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4466	NEW PRIME MINISTER FUKUDA LEAVES CABINET LARGELY [...] (C) Yasuo Fukuda was officially elected Japan,s Prime Minister on September 26 and announced his cabinet late the same day. Because the Diet is already in session -- leaving little time to prepare for interpellations -- Fukuda opted to keep 13 of the 17 ministers from former Prime Minister Shi [...]	2007-09-26 10:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4467	GOJ CONCERNED OVER OEF REFUELING ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: MOD Administrative Vice Minister Kohei Masuda called in DCM September 26 to express the GOJ's concerns over several press reports, attributed to U.S. sources, that assert that Japanese fuel provided for use in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) has been used by the U.S. Navy for ot [...]	2007-09-26 10:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO4468	NEW LDP EXECUTIVE LINEUP [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda selected four senior faction leaders on September 23 to assist him in unifying the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),countering the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and preparing for the next Lower House election. The appointments are generally s [...]	2007-09-26 10:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
07TOKYO4474	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4542	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4555	$3 TRILLION FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: JAPAN POST [...] (C) Japan Post -- an institution with assets comparable to the size of China's GDP -- begins a ten-year privatization October 1. The privatization directly affects U.S. commercial interests in banking, insurance, and express delivery services, and its sheer size means it is widely expected t [...]	2007-09-28 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO4556	JAPAN ECONOMIC AGENDA: FUKUDA STARTS WITH DOMESTIC [...] (C) Japan's new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has kept the Abe administration's economic team largely intact, but there are indications that policy focus has shifted toward domestic pocketbook issues. Former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki's appointment suggests a commitment to fiscal restra [...]	2007-09-28 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
07TOKYO4557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4559	JAPANESE READOUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was very pleased with the outcomes of both the Iraq and Afghanistan High-Level Meetings held in New York September 22-23. Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) decided at the last moment to attend, despite the fact the meetings took place at the [...]	2007-09-28 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IZ JA
07TOKYO4561	JAPAN TO PLAY A PASSIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JA
07TOKYO4563	JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE ON BURMA UNLIKELY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Tokyo is publicly condemning the violent government crackdown on demonstrators in Burma and is urging Burmese leaders to "exercise restraint," but has no plans to change its foreign policy strategy on Burma, [...]	2007-09-28 09:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4570	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 01:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4588	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4633	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/07 [...] MSDF operations will be limited to oil and water supply. Search and rescue operations and rescuing victims will not be stipulated. 2. The MSDF will conduct operations based on UN Security Council Resolution 1776 that expressed appreciation for the Maritime Interdiction Operation by the US-led [...]	2007-10-02 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4634	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE [...] (C) The Japanese Government is waiting for a readout from Deputy Foreign Minister Yabunaka's September 30-October 2 Burma trip before deciding whether to adopt new measures to increase pressure on the Rangoon authorities, VFM Yachi told the Charge October 2. It is unlikely Yabunaka will be abl [...]	2007-10-02 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4635	PM FUKUDA AIMS FOR MIDDLE GROUND IN FIRST POLICY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda maintained a conciliatory tone in his policy speech given separately to the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet on October 1. He touched on many of the same subjects raised by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three weeks ago, including the pension system, regi [...]	2007-10-02 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
07TOKYO4636	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER YACHI ON POSSIBLE OEF [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo and the US are working to provide Japan with the most accurate and up-to-date information on press speculation that Japanese oil contributions for Operation Enduring Freedom were used by the U.S. military for operations in Iraq, the Charge told MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Sho [...]	2007-10-02 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4638	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4645	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/07 [...] The aim is to eliminate as many obstacles as possible in pursuing Diet deliberations due to the dominance of the opposition in the Upper House so that a possible vacuum in MSDF operations as a result of failure to secure Diet approval before the law expires can be lessened as much as possible. [...]	2007-10-03 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4648	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4655	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN VFM YACHI [...] (C) Summary. Japan places the utmost importance on the U.S.-Japan relationship and is firmly committed to the alliance, VFM Yachi told visiting EAP A/S Hill on September 26. New PM Fukuda,s first overseas visit will be to the United States, not to China or South Korea. Yachi expressed disap [...]	2007-10-04 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO4656	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN PM ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK must take concrete steps for the return of the abductees and provide a credible explanation for the purported death of each victim in order to demonstrate progress on the abduction issue, Japan's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue Kyoko Nakayama told visiting EAP A/S [...]	2007-10-04 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO4661	PM FUKUDA PLANS NO SHIFT IN JAPAN POLICY ON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will not alter Tokyo's policy approach to Russia or the Northern Territories, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Russian Embassy representatives add that Moscow plans to continue its "two-track" approach toward Tokyo: 1) [...]	2007-10-04 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO4666	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4673	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4674	JAPAN PREPARING NEW OEF LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing the text of a new Anti-Terror Special Measures Law to authorize the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) to continue providing fuel to coalition forces engaged in OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO). MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau D [...]	2007-10-05 02:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4675	VICE MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS DATA ON OEF MIO [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense Minoru Terada urged the U.S. to provide detailed data on OEF Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) by October 5 so that the Japanese government can respond to expected opposition questions during Diet Budget Committee deliberations set to begin on October 9. Durin [...]	2007-10-05 02:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4678	END OF THE DIET SESSION NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has declared its intention to introduce a new bill authorizing the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of OEF. The introduction and timing of this new bill create the possibility that the current extraordinary Diet session will ex [...]	2007-10-05 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4685	JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...]	2007-10-05 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4699	JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...]	2007-10-05 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4702	U.S. STATEMENT ON JAPAN'S OEF REFUELING OPERATION [...] (C) On October 5 Charge spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai to discuss U.S. plans to clarify press allegations of misuse of Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) fuel contributions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). K [...]	2007-10-05 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER JA
07TOKYO4703	MIXED PRESS REACTIONS TO LATEST SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Official comments on the six-party accord and the accompanying abduction issue have been generally favorable, with Japan being satisfied that its views were reflected in the final document, namely, that delisting would be considerably difficult unless the nuclear and humanitarian is [...]	2007-10-06 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA
07TOKYO4704	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-08 23:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4715	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4721	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07 [...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...]	2007-10-09 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4732	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO474	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4744	JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4746	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO475	PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES, [...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...]	2007-02-01 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA
07TOKYO4766	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4768	JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS [...] (C) Burma experts in the Diet and academia are pressing the Japanese government to take a firmer stance against Burma's government over human rights violations. They are hopeful that intense media scrutiny after the death of a Japanese press photographer will convince Japan to ramp up its pre [...]	2007-10-11 04:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4769	JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS TO LOBBY AGAINST DELISTING [...] A group of "more than 10" lawmakers from the nonpartisan Parliamentarian League for Early Repatriation of Japanese Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea are planning to travel to Washington in early December to lobby against removing the DPRK from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, according [...]	2007-10-11 05:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO4775	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO478	ANRE'S HOSAKA DISCUSSES RUSSIA, CHINA ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka accompanied ANRE Director General Harufumi Mochizuki on a visit to Moscow the week of January 29 to talk to Gazprom about Japanese companies aiding the construction of a gas in [...]	2007-02-01 23:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO4784	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4797	JAPAN: POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Thus far, Japan has taken a number of steps to influence events in Burma, including formal protests at the ministerial level. However, Japan can do more to signal to the Burmese junta that it is increasingly isolated. This cable summarizes Embassy Tokyo's view on possible next s [...]	2007-10-12 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PREF BM JA
07TOKYO4799	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4800	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGING BROAD SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Japan seeks a larger role in efforts to bring about democracy and respect for human rights in Burma, but realizes it lacks the leverage and influence necessary to bring about change, MOFA International Cooperation Division Deputy Director General Reiichiro Takahashi told Embassy Tokyo Aid [...]	2007-10-12 11:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4801	BILATERAL INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE ADVANCES [...] (C) The DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and the Tokyo-based Implementation Group (IG) have made steady progress on implementing milestones agreed upon bilaterally on August 3. The BISTF process is divided into three broad phases. The first aims to enhan [...]	2007-10-15 00:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
07TOKYO4803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4813	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4822	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4829	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 22:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4848	JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura announced on October 16 that Japan canceled an estimated 552 million yen grant aid project in Burma to construct a Human Resources Center because of strong concerns about the human rights and democratization situation there. After briefing the Cabinet on [...]	2007-10-17 06:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4856	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 22:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4857	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO486	YACHI,S CHINA VISIT: NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's January 26-28 visit to China went smoothly and there were no surprises, MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Kosei Nomura told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer January 29. Yachi and his Chinese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, [...]	2007-02-02 06:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS ENRG JA
07TOKYO4870	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 22:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4879	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4887	DPJ'S HATOYAMA EXPLAINS DPJ VIEWS ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama gave his views on the July Upper House election, DPJ preparations for the next general election, the DPJ's handling of the current Diet session, and the new anti-terrorism legislation to an audience of journalists, businessme [...]	2007-10-19 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO490	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4901	PANEL ANALYZES FUKUDA, JAPANESE POLITICS, REGIONAL [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Japanese politics were two of the topics discussed on October 11 by a Jiji press panel consisting of a politician, a bureaucrat, a Chinese researcher, and a member of the media. The panelists also commented on the income gap and regional disparity issue, the [...]	2007-10-19 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4902	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4903	GOVERNMENT SUBMITS NEW OEF BILL; MSDF TO WITHDRAW [...] (C) The Fukuda Cabinet voted to forward a new bill authorizing a continuation of Japan's Indian Ocean refueling efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to the Diet late on October 17. Maritime Self-Defense Forces assets will be withdrawn on November 2, one day after the current law e [...]	2007-10-19 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4905	OPPOSITION DPJ STRUGGLES FOR CONSENSUS ON OEF [...] (C) Summary. Main opposition DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa has drawn heavy criticism over the past week, including from some members of his own party, over a series of counterproposals seeking to replace Japan's current support to Operation Enduring Freedom with some form of as yet undefined support [...]	2007-10-19 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4913	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4925	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4926	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER ON OEF, ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized that his top priority is to increase public support for extending the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) refueling operation in the Indian Ocean during a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18. Ishiba said that extending the MSDF miss [...]	2007-10-22 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
07TOKYO4931	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO495	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4950	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4951	BURMA: JAPANESE ASSISTANCE FOR POLICE TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. Japan has no bilateral programs involving Burmese police, but has included Burmese representatives in widely attended multilateral seminars and training on the Japanese "koban" system and combatting drug crime. Japan currently has no legal restrictions on Burmese participation i [...]	2007-10-23 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JA BM
07TOKYO4954	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4966	OUTLOOK GRIM FOR OEF BILL, AS MOD SCANDALS PUT [...] (C) Summary. Revelations of two Ministry of Defense-related scandals, emerging just as the Diet was scheduled to finally take up deliberations on new legislation to reauthorize Japanese refueling efforts in the Indian Ocean, are threatening to derail the ruling coalition's efforts to extend [...]	2007-10-24 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO4967	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO4969	JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP, DEPENDS ON PM [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MG JA
07TOKYO4971	JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BO IR KNNP PREL IAEA USUN JA
07TOKYO4976	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO499	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 07-09, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Of [...]	2007-02-02 09:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL BM ID RP SG TH WHO
07TOKYO4993	AMBASSADOR LAYS OUT SMA POSITION WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Action request contained in Para 6 2. (C) Summary: During an October 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, the Ambassador rejected Japan's proposal to make sharp cuts in the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) covering 1.15 billion in Japanese Host Nation Support (HNS) for U.S. [...]	2007-10-25 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO4994	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ETRD BM JA
07TOKYO5	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5002	SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) met October 9 and 10 with senior Japanese Diet members. Senator Inouye told his interlocutors the U.S. Senate is working to pass a resolution to form a U.S.-Japan interparliamentary forum, which would be the official means of communication between [...]	2007-10-26 00:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP MARR JA
07TOKYO5003	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5018	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5019	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV MEETING WITH JAPAN FM KOMURA: [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Moscow made no progress toward resolving the Northern Territories issue during Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's October 23 visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Embassy Tokyo on October 25. Lavrov expressed concern about U.S.-Japan missile defense cooperation and BMD deployment [...]	2007-10-26 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO5020	JAPAN'S SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. Japan extended sanctions originally imposed against the DPRK following the DPRK's 2006 missile and nuclear tests by six months on October 10. The sanctions are aimed at limiting trade and financial flows to the DPRK, while sending a strong public message to Pyongyang about the ab [...]	2007-10-26 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC EFIS ETRD JA KN
07TOKYO5021	DIET LEAGUE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Lawmakers from a nonpartisan group supporting the democratization of Burma plan to submit a resolution to the Diet over the next few weeks to condemn the recent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urge dialogue between the Burmese government and the opposition. The Diet members [...]	2007-10-26 09:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO5028	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5032	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5034	NGO'S OUTLINE DEFININTION OF PROGRESS ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Japan must receive a clear statement from Kim Jong-il that North Korea will return all the abductees, release some of the victims it still holds, and start negotiations with Japan on the process of accounting for the others in order for Tokyo to achieve "progress" on the abductio [...]	2007-10-29 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5035	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) This is an action message. Action request contained in paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will continue to monitor the situation in Burma closely and is committed to fully cooperating with UN Burma Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Atsushi Kuwaba [...]	2007-10-29 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM JA
07TOKYO5036	JAPAN SUPPORTS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MIROSLAV LAJCAK [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK NATO JA
07TOKYO5039	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5043	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5045	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 00:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5059	FUKUDA FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR OEF IN FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda and opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa appear to have accomplished little in their first face-to-face talks on October 30, but did agree to continue talking later in the week, according to Embassy contacts and press reporting. LDP and DPJ party heads have held [...]	2007-10-31 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5061	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5063	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5070	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5072	HATOYAMA APOLOGIZES FOR LINKING HIMSELF TO AL-QAIDA [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama publicly retracted his claim of having a friend who is an al-Qaida member and told reporters he in fact did not have prior knowledge of the October 2002 Bali bombings. Hatoyama explained that a "friend of a friend" is a member of al-Qaida - whom h [...]	2007-11-01 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER JA
07TOKYO5073	DAS CHRISTENSEN, DIET MEMBERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Prospects for improved Japan-China ties under new Prime Minister Fukuda, the role of Japan against the backdrop of growing U.S-China cooperation, and contentious issues in Japan-China relations were the focus of EAP DAS Tom Christensen's discussions with senior lawmakers from Jap [...]	2007-11-01 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO5074	USMARFORPAC COMMANDER GOODMAN AND MOFA SHARE DPRI [...] (C) The maturing U.S.-Japan security alliance is critical to peace and stability in the region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) senior officials told Lieutenant General John F. Goodman, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Ambassador during October 30 office calls. MOFA V [...]	2007-11-01 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH KN
07TOKYO5076	JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP [...] (C) Japan still cannot commit to attending the U/S Dobriansky-hosted breakfast in Bamako, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 31. Per Ref A, MOFA raised the issue last week with the offic [...]	2007-11-01 10:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JA
07TOKYO5082	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5106	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5112	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5114	FUKUDA-OZAWA MEETINGS INCITE LATEST POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa's November 4 offer to resign, and the private meetings with the Prime Minister that precipitated it, have further unsettled Japan's political scene. While much of the press reporting is focused on what sort of deal was proposed by whom in the Fukud [...]	2007-11-05 09:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5116	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5126	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5130	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/07 [...] (Omitted (by the Yomiuri Shimbun)) 2. The bill is to expressly stipulate basic principles for Japan to invoke its right to self-defense under the Constitution of Japan and participate in collective security measures under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter. Japan is to play a leading ro [...]	2007-11-07 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5134	GOVERNOR FEELING PRESSURE ON FUTENMA MOVE [...] (C) Consul General Maher was in Kanucha, the resort development directly across the bay from the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) site at Camp Schwab, November 1 and 2 to attend an ""Okinawa Kariyushi Wear Fashion"" promotion co-chaired by former Defense Minister Yuriko KOIKE. He took the [...]	2007-11-07 05:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV
07TOKYO5137	NORTH KOREA: DIET MEMBERS PRESS FOR ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Arvizu met October 31 with eight members of a Diet group dedicated to the return of Japan's abductees. Representative of hardline views in Japan on the issues of negotiating with North Korea and removing the DPRK from the state sponsors of terrorism list, the Diet members [...]	2007-11-07 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO5138	OZAWA WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION TO CRITICAL REACTION [...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa has withdrawn his resignation letter as leader of Japan's largest opposition party, bringing further uncertainty to an already unpredictable political situation. DPJ executives mounted a frantic campaign over the past several days to woo Ozawa back to the party, but [...]	2007-11-07 09:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5139	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5140	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5173	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5175	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5192	BURMA: SLAIN VIDEOGRAPHER'S BURMESE INTERPRETER [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese interpreter for slain Japanese videographer Kenji Nagai is now in Japan thanks to the support of Nagai's former employer and close friend, APF News President Toru Yamaji. Since Nagai's death, Yamaji has been conducting a one-man campaign to pressure the Japanese Gove [...]	2007-11-09 07:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF BM JA
07TOKYO5197	JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND SIGN STRATEGIC OIL RESERVE PACT [...] (U) Japan and New Zealand signed a pact November 5 which allows New Zealand access to Japan's strategic oil reserves for emergency use according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Under the agreement, New Zealand may purchase up to 90,000 metric tons, or 659,700 barrels of o [...]	2007-11-09 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG JA PGOV PREL
07TOKYO5202	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5203	JAPAN WILL ATTEND APDP BREAKFAST, STILL UNSURE [...] (SBU) Although Japan will not be able to send a cabinet-level representative to the U.S.-hosted breakfast on the Asian Pacific Democracy Partnership in Bamako, the government intends to "actively participate" in the discussion, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Pricipal [...]	2007-11-09 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL MG JA
07TOKYO5217	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5219	KOMEITO LAWMAKER ANALYZES OZAWA'S STRATEGY, DIET [...] (C) Summary. Ichiro Ozawa may have dealt his own DPJ a lasting body blow, Komeito Lower House Diet member Otohiko Endo told the Embassy on November 8, but his resignation and return have opened the door for policy discussions with the ruling coalition. Endo, a senior member of the Komeito, do [...]	2007-11-13 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5222	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5227	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5228	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5232	FTC COMMISSIONER HARBOUR MEETINGS WITH GOJ [...] Summary: Japanese officials who met with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour November 8 showed interest in stronger cooperation with the United States on antitrust issues as well as in initiatives related to e-commerce and consumer protection. The Japan Fair Trad [...]	2007-11-14 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KCRM PGOV JA
07TOKYO5235	MINISTRY OF FINANCE OBJECTS TO SMA OFFER [...] (C) The Japanese government was surprised by the contents of a November 13 proposal from Deputy Secretary of Defense Minister England to Japanese Ambassador Kato to extend for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) two years, according to MOFA Security Treaty Division Director Kazuhiro Suzuki. S [...]	2007-11-14 10:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5236	DECISION TIME FOR OPPOSITION AS OEF BILL REACHES [...] (C) Summary. Legislation authorizing the resumption of refueling for coalition vessels engaged in anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean was forwarded to the opposition-controlled Upper House on November 14. MOFA assured Embassy Tokyo that the new bill will not/not add restrictions on th [...]	2007-11-14 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5240	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5244	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5258	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5267	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5268	JAPAN WATCHING CLOSELY SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was caught by surprise by Pakistan's declaration of a state of emergency only days after Foreign Minister Koumura announced significant increases in ODA to that country. As a result, he was forced to announce Japan will "reconsider" this decision in light of recent events. [...]	2007-11-16 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV MOPS PK JA
07TOKYO5270	RUSSIA EYEING JAPANESE RAIL, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin's November 4-6 visit demonstrates both countries' commitment to strengthening the bilateral relationship, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official. Russia would like to build a high-speed railway using Japanese expertise and techn [...]	2007-11-16 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL XH
07TOKYO5272	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5290	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5294	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5298	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5303	S/P GORDON DISCUSSES CHINA/TRILAT POLICY PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Japan's primary foreign policy planning official, Deputy Vice Minister Kawai, held wide-ranging discussions November 16 on Afghanistan, Iraq, China, the Six-Party Talks, regional architecture, economic and trade policy, and other issues with visiting S/P Director Gordon. Japan pro [...]	2007-11-20 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5305	JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT APPROACH TO VENEZUELA [...] (U) This cable contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan's approach to the proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela is a "sensitive" and "delicate" matter, MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi told Embassy Tokyo P [...]	2007-11-20 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE JA
07TOKYO5306	ACHIEVING AGREEMENT ON SMA [...] (U) Action Request contained in para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Japanese officials are prepared to resume Host Nation Support (HNS) negotiations along the lines of the October 24 discussion between the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura (Ref A). Japanese negotiators have told the Emb [...]	2007-11-20 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5310	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 04:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5320	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5324	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5329	FUKUDA-ROH SUMMIT FOCUSES ON DPRK [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda met November 19 with ROK President Roh Moo-hyun, and the bulk of their conversation was focused on the DPRK. PM Roh underlined the importance of dialogue and generosity in dealing with the DPRK and explained that Kim Jong-il desires a security guarantee from th [...]	2007-11-26 06:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS JA
07TOKYO5335	FUKUDA-WEN SUMMIT SETS OUT HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY, [...] (C) During their November 20 meeting in Singapore, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offered to Premier Wen Jiabao to visit China "as soon as possible," which could be late this year or early next year depending on the Diet's schedule. Chinese President Hu Jintao will also visit Japan next year, mos [...]	2007-11-26 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5336	HIGH-LEVEL JAPAN-BURMA CONTACTS IN SINGAPORE [...] (C) During separate meetings November 20 and 21, PM Yasuo Fukuda and FM Masahiko Koumura called on their Burmese counterparts to take steps to promote democratization and human rights and to begin a "substantial" dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi. They also urged the Burmese authorities to conti [...]	2007-11-26 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5337	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5338	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5342	BURMA: JAPANESE FM KOUMURA MEETS WITH SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting in Singapore, Special Advisor Gambari told Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura that he has been pressing the Burmese authorities to relax their restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),engage in dialogue with her and take steps towards democratization in [...]	2007-11-27 02:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM JA
07TOKYO5343	JAPANESE PM FUKUDA MEETS WITH MEKONG REGION LEADERS [...] (C) Economic and infrastructure development cooperation figured prominently in PM Yasuo Fukuda's November 20 meeting with the leaders of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. PM Nguyen Tan Dzung, PM Bouasone Bouphavanh and PM Hun Sen welcomed Japan's efforts to develop two regional East-West Corridors [...]	2007-11-27 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VM CB LA JA
07TOKYO5345	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5346	JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM JA
07TOKYO5347	KOMEITO THINKING ON DIET ROADBLOCKS, OEF BILL, [...] (C) Summary: Senior leaders of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito and its Soka Gakkai religious support group offered insights on Japan's current Diet impasse and the outlook for the next Diet session, prospects for the OEF refueling bill, and relations with the DPRK, during recent meetings wi [...]	2007-11-27 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN JA
07TOKYO5350	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5359	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5365	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO537	JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY PROJECT: AN EFFORT TO [...] (C) Summary. Historians from Japan and China will meet a second time in March to address differences in how they view their shared history. Neither side expects to resolve contentious issues, but hope to narrow gaps in understanding, according to Professor Shinichi Kitaoka, who chairs the J [...]	2007-02-06 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
07TOKYO5376	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5388	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO540	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-06 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5400	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-02 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5410	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO542	ASO REMARK THAT U.S. IRAQ POLICY "NAIVE": REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public remarks by Foreign Minister Aso on February 3 that the U.S. post-conflict planning in Iraq was "extremely naive" have made headlines here in the wake of more pointed criticism of the U.S. stance on Iraq and troop realignment by Defense Minister Kyuma. Vice FM Yachi said in [...]	2007-02-06 11:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JA
07TOKYO5425	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5429	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5439	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5444	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5457	GOJ INFIGHTING HAMPERING EAST CHINA SEA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Achieving a resolution to the dispute between China and Japan over East China Sea gas fields before Prime Minister Fukuda's expected visit to China sometime in the near future, as called for by the two countries' foreign ministers on December 1, could force the Prime Minister to [...]	2007-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JA PGOV CH
07TOKYO5458	JAPAN AND VIETNAM AIM FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet's November 25-29 state visit to Japan was aimed at developing the two countries' "strategic partnership," with a strong focus on assisting infrastructure development, improving Vietnam's investment environment, raising bilateral trade and expanding polit [...]	2007-12-05 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM JA
07TOKYO5460	BURMA NGO LETTER TO POTUS CALLS FOR UNSC ACTION [...] (C) Four representatives of the Joint Action Committee of the Burmese Community in Japan (JAC) met with Embassy Political Minister Counselor on December 4 to express their concerns over the situation in Burma. They also passed on a letter addressed to President Bush praising U.S. efforts on b [...]	2007-12-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV JA BM

07TOKYO5463	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/5/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5465	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5474	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5475	AMBASSADOR URGES DEFENSE MINISTER TO FINALIZE HNS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the rapid conclusion of a new Host Nation Support (HNS) agreement during a December 5 meeting with Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The Ambassador noted that ambiguities in past understandings on HNS, and unilateral efforts by Japan to reduce its financial co [...]	2007-12-06 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
07TOKYO5477	TAIWAN, EAST CHINA SEA MAJOR TOPICS DURING [...] (C) The Taiwan UN referendum is an extremely "sensitive and serious issue," and Japan should not support it and must take care not to send the wrong message to Taiwan's independence forces, President Hu Jintao, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other senior officials told FM Koumura during his [...]	2007-12-06 23:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON CH JA
07TOKYO5481	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5493	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/07 [...] Fund management organizations of Diet members and candidates for the Diet 2. Political organizations represented by Diet members and others and their branches in electoral districts 3. Political organizations recommending Diet members and others Political funds auditors (tentative name) regi [...]	2007-12-07 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5495	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO55	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5502	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5503	DIET EXTENSION, OVERRIDE VOTE ON OEF BILL GROW [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda appears poised to extend the current Diet session beyond December 15, with the expectation that his ruling LDP-Komeito coalition will use their two-thirds majority in the Lower House to override the opposition-controlled Upper House and pass key anti-terror [...]	2007-12-10 23:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5504	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 02:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5510	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5512	FORMER SDF COLONEL SATO DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The ruling coalition will extend the Diet into January in order to pass the new Anti-terrorism law, according to Upper House Diet member Masahisa Sato. The next month will be critical for the new legislation and the LDP is planning a PR campaign to better explain the Indian Oce [...]	2007-12-11 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5520	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5530	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5532	MISSING TEXT SOURS CHINA-JAPAN ECON DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Potentially exacerbating impressions many have here regarding the ability to work with China, Japanese media December 9 carried reports noting the Chinese text of the December 1 Japan-China High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) communique dropped language found in the Japanese ve [...]	2007-12-12 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL JA CH
07TOKYO5537	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5549	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5552	JAPAN: ECONOMIC POLICY UNDER A DIVIDED DIET [...] (SBU) The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's loss in July 2007's Upper House election resulted in a divided Diet and legislative gridlock, which has undercut economic reform advocates and pushed economic policymaking away from the prime minister's office. The result is a tougher environment fo [...]	2007-12-13 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN JA
07TOKYO5559	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5569	DIET EXTENDED; PASSAGE OF OEF REFUELING BILL ON [...] (C) Summary. The Lower House has approved extending the Diet session to January 15. The move puts the ball into the opposition court to complete deliberations on the OEF refueling bill and put the matter to a vote in the Upper House. The DPJ has stalled Diet deliberations on the bill for we [...]	2007-12-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS JA
07TOKYO5572	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-16 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5573	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5589	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/07 [...] Realize peace of mind and affluence: Expand medical services areas offered by nurses and midwives to reduce the burden of doctors. Introduce a direct contract method between authorized child-care centers and users. Ease standards for admission to child-care centers. Establish a school teacher-r [...]	2007-12-17 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5591	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5598	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5599	DEFENSE REFORM: PROBLEM UNDERSTOOD, SOLUTION NOT [...] (SBU) A Kantei-led panel on Ministry of Defense (MOD) reform held its first expert meeting on December 3. The panel, set up in response to bribery scandals involving former Administrative Vice Minister of Defense Takemasa Moriya and defense trader Yamada Corporation executive Motonobu Miyazak [...]	2007-12-18 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO560	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 00:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5603	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5613	FUKUDA TAKES HIT ON PENSIONS, BUT NO BACK-TRACKING [...] (C) Summary. Uncertainty remains the watchword for Japanese domestic politics in the last two weeks of 2007, as fresh attention on the government's inability to resolve the issue of unidentified pension accounts, coupled with continued ruling and opposition party sparring related to the OEF r [...]	2007-12-19 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL JA
07TOKYO5615	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5620	UNION LEADER ON OZAWA, PENSIONS, BASE STRIKES [...] (C) Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tsuyoshi Takagi told the Ambassador December 19 that opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ozawa is not anti-American and that Ozawa's decision to oppose Japan's Indian Ocean refueling activities was primarily driven by political tim [...]	2007-12-20 06:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV JA
07TOKYO5627	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5633	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5648	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 05:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5653	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 03:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5657	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5658	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5668	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5670	PM FUKUDA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's 27-30 December visit to China is expected to produce positive visuals, but little in terms of substantive deliverables. PM Fukuda will highlight the common cultural and economic interests between the two countries, visiting a Japanese factory in Tianj [...]	2007-12-27 10:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO5671	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5680	IWAKUNI MAYOR RESIGNS, SEEKS NEW MANDATE [...] (C) Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara, a vocal opponent of the planned relocation of Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) from Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, tendered his resignation December 26 following a dispute with the city council over funding for a new city [...]	2007-12-28 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
07TOKYO5682	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5690	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5694	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 04:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO580	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO582	I/O SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DVM Kawai told IO A/S Silverberg on January 25 that Japan would contest Iran for the 2009-10 UNSC nonpermanent Asia slot. A/S Silverberg recalled Washington's positive experience working with Japan during Tokyo,s last tenure on the UNSC. She applauded Japan's approach on UN [...]	2007-02-08 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC JA
07TOKYO599	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/07 [...] Name(Time of establishment) 2. Immediate purpose 3. Confronting challenge Â [...]	2007-02-09 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO602	PROGRESS ON BILL TO FUND MARINES MOVE TO GUAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legislation to fund the transfer of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam will be submitted to the Diet for approval as early as the week of February 12, MOD Deputy Director-General Kanazawa told Embassy on February 5. He praised the recent Ambassador Schieffer-led visit of senior [...]	2007-02-09 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO61	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO619	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO643	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO650	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO661	JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT PASSAGE OF "COMFORT WOMEN" [...] (C) The Abe government is moving ahead on several fronts to counter the proposed sense of Congress resolution condemning Japan for its treatment of World War II "comfort women." MOFA Asian Bureau Regional Policy Division Director Aikawa told us February 13, he had been asked to relay that the [...]	2007-02-15 10:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KS CH JA
07TOKYO692	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO697	VFM YACHI ATTENDS FIRST JAPAN-RUSSIA STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials told VFM Yachi during his January 23-25 Moscow visit that Russia has no intention of "controlling" or "monopolizing" Central Asia, but said that Moscow should be "an important interlocutor" on issues affecting the region, according to MOFA Russia Division Direct [...]	2007-02-17 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO7	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 05:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO701	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO702	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO708	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 16 MEETING WITH KOMEITO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 16 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Komeito Chief Representative Ota: -- stated his firm belief in the U.S.-Japan alliance; -- expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep abductions on the front burner in dealings with the DPRK; -- said he strongly supp [...]	2007-02-20 04:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
07TOKYO722	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 00:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO739	CHINESE FM LI ZHAOXING VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: China will "cooperate to the fullest extent possible" to help Japan resolve the abduction issue with the DPRK, Chinese FM Li Zhaoxing told the Japanese during a February 15-16 visit. According to MOFA China Division contacts, the two sides hope to reach general agreement on th [...]	2007-02-22 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV CH KS JA
07TOKYO752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO762	DIET ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2007 Diet convened on January 25 and will run 150 days to June 23 during which it will consider a number of economic bills with potential impact on this summer's Upper House election, particularly those designed to bolster PM Abe's "Second Chance" initiative to close a perce [...]	2007-02-22 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB EINV ETRD JA
07TOKYO763	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 23:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO774	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO785	BOSNIA: JAPAN TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON OHR ISSUE, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK JA
07TOKYO807	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO827	GOVERNMENT COUNCIL RECOMMENDS NEW NATIONAL [...] (SBU) During a February 27 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch, Japan's National Security Advisor Yuriko Koike provided Dr. Crouch with an advanced copy in Japanese of the "Report (draft) by the Council to Strengthen the National Security Function of the Prime Minister's [...]	2007-02-27 13:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ASEC PINS JA
07TOKYO832	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO856	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO859	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO879	JAPAN MOVES TO WEAKEN 1993 KONO APOLOGY ON [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is directing efforts to pursue World War II historical issues, including "comfort women," LDP Diet member Yasuhide Nakayama told Embassy Political Minister Counselor Meserve on February 28. The Japanese government actions are in response to the U.S. congressi [...]	2007-03-01 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO896	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-04 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO903	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO956	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO967	PM ABE TAKES BACK FIRST OF "FAILED" POSTAL REBELS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe's abrupt decision to allow postal rebel Seiichi Eto to rejoin the LDP for the purpose of running in the July Upper House election has the potential to further weaken his public support, reopen divisions within the party, and strain relations with ruling coalit [...]	2007-03-07 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO971	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO974	COMFORT WOMEN: JAPAN BACKS AWAY FROM HARD LINE [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has backed off on earlier instructions to a group of conservative LDP lawmakers to submit a proposal for a revised Kono Statement, according to one of the group's members. Instead, he has instructed the group to produce a statement criticizing the Honda resol [...]	2007-03-07 10:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA
07TOKYO985	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TORONTO118	HOUSE ARREST FOR SECURITY CERTIFICATE DETAINEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of Canada's Supreme Court having struck down Canada's security certificate program on February 23, two men who are currently alleged to be security threats have been or will be released from custody and join other released detainees on house arrest. These men will b [...]	2007-03-16 20:02:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER CA
07TORONTO120	ONTARIO AG SUPPORTS IPR, PROMISES TO PROSECUTE IF POLICE [...] (SBU) On March 15 Consul General and Pol/Econ officer met with Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant to urge a strengthening of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Bryant said that he fully supports prosecuting those who pirate DVDs and CDs and confirmed he concurs that profits f [...]	2007-03-16 20:47:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KIPR PREL PGOV CA
07TORONTO125	2007 Ontario Budget Focuses Social Deficit in Election [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's 2007 budget, unveiled on March 22, focuses on reducing poverty, increasing services for modest-income families, and reducing property tax increases. It contains little additional funding for infrastructure investments and continues funding programs previously announce [...]	2007-03-23 20:26:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV CA
07TORONTO139	UPDATE ON TORONTO TERRORISM SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since June 2, 2006, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has arrested 18 men with suspected connections to a Toronto-based terrorist group. The terrorist group is most notorious for its plot to behead the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Currently, 14 adults and 3 youths [...]	2007-04-02 20:48:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CVIS CA
07TORONTO430	Unraveling Canada's Asset-Backed Commercial Credit Crunch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By agreement among the players, the Canadian non-bank asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, which was valued at C$40 billion in August, is frozen until December 14. Canada's market for ABCP sold by non-bank dealers ground to a halt in mid-August after Toronto-based Covent [...]	2007-10-25 18:44:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
07TORONTO439	FORMER CANADIAN KANDAHAR COMMANDER MAKES CASE FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Speaking before the Toronto-based Canadian Institute for International Affairs on November 2, Major General Tim Grant, recently returned from a stint as commander of Canadian Forces troops in Afghanistan, encouraged patience and highlighted progress in Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Gr [...]	2007-11-02 18:57:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER CA AF
07TORONTO44	NDP PICKS UP LIBERAL SEAT IN ONTARIO BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's major political parties split three Toronto-area by-elections on February 8. The ruling Liberal Party, held onto one seat, but lost one to the New Democratic Party (NDP). The Conservatives held onto their seat. Though the Liberals have a large majority in the Ontario [...]	2007-02-09 16:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CA
07TORONTO440	TORONTO TERROR PLOT BAIL HEARINGS RESUME, NEW CHARGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, Canadian prosecutors terminated preliminary hearings in September and decided to move the defendants in the 2006 Ottawa and Toronto terrorism plots directly to trial. Ontario courts will now revisit the confinement conditions of each of the suspected terrori [...]	2007-11-02 19:43:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CA
07TORONTO441	Federal Government Promotes Canada as a Low Tax Country [...] Summary: Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made no new announcements in a November 5 Toronto speech, instead apparently previewing Conservative economic themes for the next campaign by focusing mostly on Canada's strong economy and Conservative tax-cutting, including the next promised one [...]	2007-11-05 19:35:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL SENV CA
07TORONTO448	Narcotics Smugglers Still Working the U.S.-Canada Border [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug smuggling continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement. Organized criminal groups smuggle ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana in and out of Canada on a regular basis, trying to exploit seams along the lengthy shared border with the United States, and Pearson I [...]	2007-11-13 15:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM CA
07TORONTO450	Changing Face of Canadian Auto Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: An ascending Canadian dollar, briefly topping US$1.10 for the first time in modern history on November 7 and still at US$1.04 as of November 14, continues to put pressure on the Canadian auto manufacturing sector, and to erode its global competitiveness. Canadian Auto Workers ( [...]	2007-11-14 18:21:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
07TORONTO457	Strong Loonie - Cross-border Shopping Hurts Canadian Auto [...] (SBU) Summary: The strong Canadian dollar and weaker U.S. consumer demand are challenging Canadian-based auto assemblers' efforts to remain globally competitive. Sales to Canadians of new and used autos from the U.S. are up by 21% to 136,666, setting a new record for the first 10 months of th [...]	2007-11-29 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
07TORONTO466	Fight Against Counterfeit Goods Boosted in Ontario [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Toronto police seized C$10 million in designer knock-offs on Toronto's black market. On December 4, a significant four-day anti-counterfeiting conference in the Toronto area included 120-150 law enforcement personnel, government officials, and industry representa [...]	2007-12-05 20:23:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCRM KIPR PGOV CA
07TORONTO470	WHIT: ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW SECURE DRIVERS LICENSE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The new Ontario Drivers License, while incorporating new, badly needed security features, is unlikely to meet the threshold for use as a WHTI-approved passport alternative. Recently appointed Minster of Transportation Jim Bradley, has announced that he will begin discussions [...]	2007-12-10 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PBTS PREL CPAS CA
07TORONTO81	ONTARIO PURSUES DRIVERS' LICENSES AS PASSPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario plans to issue a secure drivers' license by the end of 2007 that provincial officials hope can be used to document identity and citizenship in lieu of passports for travel across the U.S. border. The initial, informal plan for use of the card to cross into the U.S. woul [...]	2007-03-07 09:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA
07TORONTO90	ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING IN ONTARIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police seizures and arrests during the past year show that illegal drug activity, including cross-border smuggling, continues to be a big problem in Ontario. Police have seized large quantities of ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana. They have discovered and shut down nearly 300 in [...]	2007-03-08 08:59:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM CA

07TRIPOLI1026	ABDALLAH YEHIA IS "UNQUESTIONED LEADER" OF SLA/UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Three SLA/Unity representatives visiting Tripoli said December 9 that Abdallah Yehia is the unquestioned leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity branch and that SLA/Unity is open to an agreement with the newly-formed United Revolutionary Front (URF),though serious [...]	2007-12-10 14:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU

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