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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09TELAVIV1842MINISTERS PUBLICLY SPLIT ON SETTLEMENTS
[...] SUMMARY: Government ministers are sending mixed signals in the press on Israel's position regarding settlements ahead of the expected meeting next week between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Special Envoy Mitchell. Political tensions are growing as several influential ministers visited illegal o [...]
2009-08-19 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1846ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1854NETANYAHU'S RIGHT GETS LOUDER, BOLDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a tour of illegal outposts by four cabinet ministers on August 17 (reftel),and ahead of Netanyahu's expected meeting in London next week with Senator Mitchell, some right wing members of the government have continued to up their rhetoric in support of settlements and [...]
2009-08-21 08:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IS
09TELAVIV1855ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited the White House as saying yesterday that President Obama wants Israel and the Palestinians to restart stalled peace talks as soon as possible and that he urged both side [...]
2009-08-21 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV186HIGH COURT REVERSES ELECTION COMMITTEE BAN ON ARAB PARTIES
[...] SUMMARY: Amidst growing tension between Israeli Jews and Arabs over hostilities in and around the Gaza Strip, two right-wing parties and a now-defunct centrist party successfully petitioned the Knesset's Central Elections Committee (CEC) to exclude two Israeli Arab political parties from cont [...]
2009-01-21 17:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM IS
09TELAVIV1867ISRAEL SPACE AGENCY HAS HIGH AMBITIONS
[...] (SBU) Post ESTOff met with Zvi Kaplan, Director General of the Israel Space Agency (ISA),on August 25, who outlined an ambitious agenda for Israel in space sciences, and in particular for the ISA's showcase conference in January. This message is background and heads-up for likely engagement b [...]
2009-08-25 12:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA PREL IS
09TELAVIV1880ISRAELI MFA ASKS USG TO BROKER OPENING TO INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting with PolCouns senior MFA officials Kahanoff and Ben-Abba asked for U.S. help, prior to the scheduled November visit of President Obama to Indonesia, in facilitating the development of Israeli-Indonesian relations. Specifically, they asked if President O [...]
2009-08-27 14:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IN JA IS
09TELAVIV1886ISRAEL HIKES INTEREST RATE TO HEAD OFF INFLATION
[...] (SBU) Amid intense Israeli and international speculation, the Bank of Israel (BoI) became the first central bank to raise interest rates since initial signs of a global recovery. The August 24 hike of 0.25 percent brings the BoI's benchmark rate to 0.75 percent, up from 0.50 percent where it [...]
2009-08-28 09:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] All conflicts are soluble; 2. Israel is the stronger party; 3. And so it must take the greater risks for peace. Liberals are exasperated by Israel's failure to embrace these principles categorically. Yet we survive in this region because we don't. Edward Kennedy understood all this and more. [...]
2009-08-28 09:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1893ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On August 30, The Jerusalem Post reported that, following the Jerusalem Post/Rafi Smith poll published on Friday, left-wing parties have lamented President ObamaQs unpopularity. Media qu [...]
2009-08-31 10:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1904ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1925ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1948ISRAEL'S FISCAL OUTLOOK
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Israel is likely to meet the 2009 fiscal conditions for U.S. loan guarantees signed at the last Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) meeting on June 29, but it is less certain that Israel will meet the 2010 expenditure conditions for FY2011 loan guarantees. The country face [...]
2009-09-04 08:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1950GOI CONSIDERS SEPTEMBER 2 JEC MEETING CONSTRUCTIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The September 2 Israeli-Palestinian Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting marks the first ministerial-level meeting between the Netanyahu government and the PA and the first time in recent memory that the JEC has been chaired at the ministerial level. Vice PM and Minister for Re [...]
2009-09-04 08:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KPAL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1951THE WAY FORWARD ON FISCAL ISSUES FROM THE 2009 JEDG
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The United States pressed Israel at the 2009 JEDG to consider creating a budget "watchdog" group and institute a new, more effective fiscal rule. In follow-up meetings with Treasury and Emboffs, all three major economic actors in Israel's government agreed with the necessity o [...]
2009-09-04 09:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1997ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu has shortened his planned visit to the U.N. from four days to two. Officials in NetanyahuQs bureau are quoted as saying that the central rea [...]
2009-09-10 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2011ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anniversary of 9/11 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday before an audience of Likud members in Tel Aviv that Israelis were ready to make concessions for peace [...]
2009-09-11 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2015SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 06:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV202ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2045OPPOSITION LEADER LIVNI TALKS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Sen. Gillibrand met on September 3 with Kadima Chairman and Knesset opposition leader Tzipi Livni. Livni told Gillibrand that Israel must reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians that represents an end to the conflict and does not include a right of return for Palestinia [...]
2009-09-16 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PTER IR SY IS
09TELAVIV206ISRAELI THINKING ON LEBANON ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: From January 1-10, Poloff and visiting NEA Lebanon desk officer Matthew Irwin discussed Lebanon in meetings with Israeli MFA, MOD, and NSC officials, as well as local academics and journalists. Overall the meetings confirmed that Israel shares the goal of supporting Lebanese mod [...]
2009-01-23 16:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY IR IS
09TELAVIV2060DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE AD-HOC
[...] (SBU) EconCouns discussed the upcoming Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Irit Ben Abba on September 16. Ben Abba said the GOI was still unclear on why the meeting could not have been postponed, though the Israelis welcome the fact that it w [...]
2009-09-17 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL EAID PGOV
09TELAVIV2061ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Goldstone Report 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that at the conclusion of their meetings yesterday, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and PM Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to meet again to [...]
2009-09-17 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV208 ISRAELI CONCERNS ABOUT UPCOMING GAERC MEETING ON
[...] (C) MFA Policy Advisor Tal Becker called the Ambassador to express concern about the upcoming GAERC meeting in Brussels on the Middle East scheduled for Monday, January 26. According to Becker, the French are pushing hard to change the GAERC document in ways that will make things more flexi [...]
2009-01-25 15:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL AORC KWBG PHUM IS EU FR
09TELAVIV2080SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 06:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2096ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2098CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) visited Israel August 19-21 for a series of meetings with Israeli officials, primarily focused on the peace process, regional security issues, and arms sales. Rohrabacher met with Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, Deputy Foreign M [...]
2009-09-22 14:17:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2105ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2126ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that, two days before the opening of talks between Iranian and U.S. officials, the Islamic Republic carried out a test launch of long-range missiles capable of reaching I [...]
2009-09-29 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2164ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the deal reportedly brokered by Germany and Egypt, in which Hamas will give Israel tomorrow a video recording proving that Gilad Shalit is alive. In exchange Israel will [...]
2009-10-01 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2166GOI HARDENS LINE ON PA WTO OBSERVER STATUS
[...] (SBU) MFA's Middle East Economic Bureau Director Yael Ravia called EconCouns late Wednesday evening to inform Embassy of the hardened GOI position on a potential Palestinian Authority request for permanent WTO observer status. Ravia said the current GOI position, which she confirmed had been [...]
2009-10-01 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG ETRD ECON PREL IS
09TELAVIV2188ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media cited Israeli officialsQ overall satisfaction over the deal involving the publishing of a 2Q42 recording of captive soldier, Gilad Shalit, in exchange for the re [...]
2009-10-05 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2205ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "Restraint in a Delicate Place" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (10/7): The growing tension surrounding the Temple Mount threatens to undermine the calm Israel has enjoyed for the past few months.... Netanyahu [...]
2009-10-07 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2215SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 08:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2225SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2230SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Israel-NATO Cooperation ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday, in his opening speech to the KnessetQs winter session, PM Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the Qtwisted repor [...]
2009-10-13 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2245ISRAELIS MULL RESPONSE TO TURKISH "HUMILIATIONS"
[...] (S) Summary. Turkey's decision to cancel Israel's participation in the joint Turkey-U.S.-Italy-NATO-Israel Anatolian Eagle air exercise received heavy media coverage here October 11-13. Although the IDF adhered to agreed language on the international portion of the exercise being postponed [...]
2009-10-13 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MOPS MASS TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2275SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2283SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USUN AMBASSADOR SUSAN
[...] (S) Summary. Israelis are even more anxious than usual these days as the Goldstone Report is being discussed in Geneva and New York. Israeli leaders have developed a virtually obsessive reaction to the report, which they see as both an assault on the State of Israel and it's democratic inst [...]
2009-10-16 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IR TU IS
09TELAVIV2294SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted GOI officials as saying yesterday that the Moscow conference on the Middle East may be in jeopardy as a result of Russia's support for the U.N. H [...]
2009-10-19 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2310SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that President Shimon PeresQ Facing Tomorrow Conference will open in Jerusalem tonight. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, an [...]
2009-10-20 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2324SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 06:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2362ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that yesterday President Obama marked the fifteenth anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. He was quoted as saying: [...]
2009-10-27 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2364COGAT REVIEWS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITH
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In response to an October 21 comment made during the JPMG that Israel should expand access to Gaza, Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Amos Gilad asked that visiting NEA/IPA Director Thomas Goldberger meet with COGAT Head of Foreign Relations Lt. Col [...]
2009-10-27 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2365AMBASSADOR RICE,S OCTOBER 21ST MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on October 21. Ambassador Rice emphasized that it is in both U.S. and Israeli national interests that serious negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians must begi [...]
2009-10-27 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IR IS CY AF PK
09TELAVIV2377ISRAEL INCSR 2009 PART I
[...] (U) Israel is not a significant producer of or trafficking point for illicit narcotics. However, domestic demand fuels a diverse local drug market that relies on smuggling from both neighboring and more distant countries. Imported marijuana, hashish, ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, and LSD are all [...]
2009-10-28 14:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IS
09TELAVIV2380ISRAEL SUPPORTIVE OF FOOD SECURIY PROPOSAL; SEEKS FURTHER
[...] SUMMARY: Israel plans to support the joint USG-U proposal on food security at the FAO Summit Nov. 16-18 in Rome. While delivering the reftel demarche, Econoff also solicited GoI's thinking on cooperative efforts with USAID in third countries. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered reftel's l [...]
2009-10-29 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EID IS
09TELAVIV2381ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 10:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2394SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 06:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2396SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 08:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2401ISRAELI MFA POLITICAL RESEARCH BUREAU DISCUSSES
[...] (C) POLOFF and NEA/IPA Desk Officer met with MFA's Political Research Bureau (INR equivalent) on October 14 to discuss recent developments in Syria and Lebanon. MFA analysts explained that lately the political atmosphere in Lebanon suggests progress toward resolving the political crisis. So [...]
2009-11-02 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV LE SY IS
09TELAVIV2415ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2424ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts 3. One Year after ObamaQs Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on the first anniversary of President ObamaQs election. Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]
2009-11-04 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2431SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. QMofaz in the Footsteps of Sharon Senior commentator Ari Shavit wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (11/5): Q[Former Defense Minister Shaul] Mofaz's basic assumptions are those of [Ariel] Sharon: On one hand, at this p [...]
2009-11-05 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2442ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as saying yesterday in a televised address that he had no wish to seek reelection through a presidential p [...]
2009-11-06 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2445ISRAELI ARABS: PARTNER OR POWDER-KEG?
[...] (C) The Israeli Arab community plays a role in domestic stability and Israeli engagement with the Palestinians and Arab world. However, as it continues to lag behind the majority Jewish population in most social, political, and economic indicators, leaders of the community sense a growing dis [...]
2009-11-06 12:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL IS
09TELAVIV2446HAMAS FACING SEVERE FUNDING SHORTAGES
[...] (S/NF) Hamas has been facing severe funding shortages over the last several months--primarily due to the GOI policy of restricting cash in-flows from Hamas headquarters in Damascus and fund-raisers, according to Israeli Security Agency (ISA, also commonly known as Shin Bet) officials. ISA of [...]
2009-11-06 12:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN KTFN IS
09TELAVIV246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2473SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (S) Summary. Israel is deceptively calm and prosperous. The security situation inside Israel is the best since the outbreak of the Second Intifada, the economy has weathered the storms of the international economic crisis, and Netanyahu's governing coalition is stable, for the time being at le [...]
2009-11-12 15:51:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KWBG IS IR
09TELAVIV2479ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Muslim-Americans ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz published the results of a survey conducted over the past days among Israelis by Dialog: - The majority of the public -- 57% -- supports t [...]
2009-11-13 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2482ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE VERSHBOW MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 and 2, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with a number of senior Israeli defense officials in Israel including: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris; Head of MOD Poli [...]
2009-11-16 08:55:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG SY IR SA LE TU
09TELAVIV2495ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly as saying yesterday: QOur position is clear. We support the creation of a Palestinian state that is contiguous a [...]
2009-11-17 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2496GAZA CASH: GOI SECURITY AND POLICY CONCERNS
[...] (S) Summary: A senior GOI security official cited several security and policy concerns in permitting the transfer of U.S. dollars and Jordanian dinars into Gaza, though he promised to raise the topic within the appropriate interagency committee. The GOI continues to view its policy of restric [...]
2009-11-17 14:56:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN KTFN IS
09TELAVIV250040TH JOINT POLITICAL-MILITARY GROUP: EXECUTIVE
[...] (S) Summary: During the Executive Session of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and Israeli counterparts continued discussion on the creation of four new Qualitative Military Edge (QME) working groups. GOI interlocutors continued to raise concerns regarding the F-15 sale to [...]
2009-11-18 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR RU SA LE TU IS
09TELAVIV250240TH JPMG: NEA REGIONAL DISCUSSION (PART 3 OF 4)
[...] (S) Summary: As part of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and GOI counterparts discussed security issues in the Near East region. GOI officials expressed support for the P5 plus 1 engagement process with Iran, but doubted the process would lead to any change in Iranian behavior - [...]
2009-11-18 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG IR SA LE IS
09TELAVIV250340TH JPMG: INTERNATIONAL, EXPORT CONTROL AND JSAP
[...] (S) Summary: As part of the 40th Joint Political Military Group, U.S. and Israeli interlocutors discussed Russia, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and East Asia, focusing specifically on China. On Russia, both U.S. and GOI officials stressed the importance of maintaining a balanced relationship with Mos [...]
2009-11-18 14:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER CH IR RU IS
09TELAVIV2505ENGAGING THE GOI ON PROCEDURES AT WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) EconCouns took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting with Ministry of Defense Advisor Oded Herman to raise ref A talking points and to discuss a further incident at the Jalameh crossing on November 13 (Ref B). Herman explained that there are three organizations that handle security [...]
2009-11-18 15:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKREC KTIA KWBG ODIP ASEC EAID PREL IS
09TELAVIV2525CODEL LIEBERMAN'S NOV 16 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. While in Israel participating in the Saban Forum, CODEL Lieberman met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 16 in Jerusalem. They discussed the PM's recent meeting with President Obama in Washington, restarting negotiations with the Palestinians, and regional issues [...]
2009-11-20 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR SY TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2526GOI INTERAGENCY DISCUSSION ON TURKEY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 15, Israeli officials told NSC Senior Director Dan Shapiro during a GOI interagency briefing hosted by National Security Advisor Uzi Arad, that they believe Turkey is engaged in an ongoing strategic realignment towards the Middle East and away from the West, and that t [...]
2009-11-23 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MARR TU IS
09TELAVIV2536Israeli Climate Change Policy Faces Grim Reality
[...] (SBU) Summary. Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry (MEP) admits that its evolving climate change policy will not be able to reduce the country's CO2 emissions anywhere near the degree that climate change advocates recommend. Studies project a full doubling of Israel's emissions from to [...]
2009-11-24 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG OECD IS
09TELAVIV2541ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2554NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 24 briefing to the diplomatic corps held at the Canadian Embassy, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero described positive meetings with GOI interlocutors in which both NATO and the GOI expressed interest in enhancing the NATO-Israel relation [...]
2009-11-27 09:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS NATO CA IS
09TELAVIV2561INTEREST RATE HIKE AND THIRD QUARTER DATA EVIDENCE
[...] Summary: On November 23, the Bank of Israel (BoI) announced a 0.25 percent increase in interest rates, bring the BoI rate to 1 percent in a move intended to return inflation to well within the target range yet low enough to support the continuing economic recovery. Preliminary third quarter [...]
2009-11-27 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2567ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2575ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2577GOI ALARMED BY EU DRAFT COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Senior Deputy Director General Barak briefed PolCouns December 1 on the Israel's "alarm" at the Council of the European Union's draft text on the Middle East Peace Process. Barak stressed that the EU draft, if adopted by the EU foreign ministers December 7, would seriously [...]
2009-12-02 09:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2580ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at an economic conference that the 10-month moratorium on new housing starts in the West Bank is a one-time, temporary deal, and [...]
2009-12-02 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2594ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2603ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Netanyahu told a group of more than 20 members of the Yesha Council of Jewish Settlements in the Territories that he is not their enemy, but that he wil [...]
2009-12-04 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2643ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Foreign Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that settlers are preparing for a heated confrontation with security services over the construction freeze in West Bank settlements. For the first tim [...]
2009-12-07 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2648ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the KnessetQs Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Syria is now willing to negotiate without p [...]
2009-12-08 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2670ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that the QGolan Heights and Jerusalem Referendum BillQ is expected to return to the Knesset plenum for a key vote, after a late-nig [...]
2009-12-09 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2678REPORTED MESSAGE FROM KING ABDULLAH TO NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Yair Hirschfeld, the director general of the Economic Cooperation Foundation, a respected Israeli NGO that is very active in track two peace efforts, briefed PolCouns December 2 on renewed Jordanian pressure on the GOI over Jerusalem. According to Hirschfeld, King Abdullah recently sent [...]
2009-12-10 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL JO KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran/President Obama 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night thousands (over 30,000, according to major media outlets) of settlers and right-wing sympathizers rallied near PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs off [...]
2009-12-10 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2682TWWG: ISRAEL AND PA GRAPPLE OVER WATER PROJECTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 13:44:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL IS PS
09TELAVIV2686GOI'S PROPOSED NATIONAL PRIORITIES AREA TO INCLUDE
[...] (U) On the evening of 9 December, PM Netanyahu's office announced that it will seek cabinet approval on 13 December for a redrawn National Priority Area list that would include 90 settlements, most of which are outside of the settlement blocs and east of the separation barrier. NPA status would [...]
2009-12-10 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2694ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President ObamaQs Nobel Speech 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Hayom bannered President ObamaQs statement in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Oslo yesterday endorsing the concept of Qjust war.Q Yediot headlined: QP [...]
2009-12-11 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2701Global Context Section of the QDDR - ISRAEL
[...] Embassy Tel Aviv offers the following responses to queries posed in ref A regarding the trends in Israel that will most likely affect the conduct of diplomacy and the execution of development programs over the next ten to twenty years. The challenges that Israel will face diplomatically will [...]
2009-12-11 13:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI IS
09TELAVIV2709ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2734STAFFDEL KUIKEN-CAMMACK'S MEETING WITH PM ADVISOR
[...] (S) Summary: During a December 14 meeting with Senate staff members (Michael Kuiken, Senate Armed Services Committee, and Perry Cammack, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations),the Prime Minister's Director for Policy Planning Ron Dermer confirmed a solid U.S.-Israeli relationship that weather [...]
2009-12-18 08:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2738ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that DM Ehud Barak steadfastly expresses his determination to carry out the 10-month moratorium on settlement construction and that he will not recant his opposition to I [...]
2009-12-18 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Copenhagen Climate Change Summit ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the senior cabinet ministers who constitute the so-called Qforum of sevenQ are to convene again this morning at the PMQs Off [...]
2009-12-21 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2756HAPOALIM VP: BANK'S DECISION ON CORRESPONDENT
[...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). 2. (C) Summary: Bank Hapoalim Executive Vice President Boaz Raday highlighted ongoing concerns about re-establishing correspondent banking relations with Palestinian banks in a 17 December meeting with Econoffs. Raday discussed an internal review t [...]
2009-12-22 09:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2757U/S TAUSCHER'S DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher visited Israel December 1-2. U/S Tauscher focused her visit on setting the stage for a successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon) in May 2010. She consulted with GOI int [...]
2009-12-22 09:22:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP EG IR
09TELAVIV2759ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2777CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Prime Minister Netanyahu November 16 at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Their discussion covered Netanyahu's meeting with President Obama the previous week, Netanyahu's interest in resuming negotiations with the Palestinians, the Iranian nuclear [...]
2009-12-23 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP MASS SY TU FR KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2779ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- TodayQs newspapers continue to closely follow the latest developments in the talks on the prisoner exchange deal for the release of Gilad Shalit. Israel is said to have conveyed its latest [...]
2009-12-23 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV278ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that Hamas is supposed to give an answer today to a cease-fire proposal. The Jerusalem Post reported that top Hamas official Ahmed Yousef told the newspaper [...]
2009-02-03 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2812ISRAEL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Four Israeli citizens were ki [...]
2009-12-24 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IS
09TELAVIV2830ISRAEL DEFENDS DECEMBER 26 NABLUS RAID
[...] (S) Summary: Following the murder of Rabbi Meir Avshalom Hai on December 24, senior MOD and IDF officials strongly expressed the GOI's obligation to protect its citizens in response to acts of terrorism -- as demonstrated by the December 26 Nablus raid which resulted in the deaths of three Pa [...]
2009-12-29 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MOPS KWBG KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2843ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday Hamas denied a report by Al Arabiya-TV that claimed that the movementQs leadership has rejected the latest offer presented by a German mediator regardi [...]
2009-12-30 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV29GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1800
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Israel continues to press forward intensely with Operation Cast Lead while Israeli officials rebuff diplomatic entreaties to enter into a short-term cease-fire with Hamas that would restore the status quo ante. Prime Minister Olmert reiterated Israel's demands that Hamas ceas [...]
2009-01-06 16:55:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PREF PINR KWBG PINS MOPS IS LE EG
09TELAVIV308ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced yesterday that U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will return to the region at th [...]
2009-02-04 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV313ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience of new immigrants in Tel Aviv: QIf you vote for another party, the Likud will be weakened, but if you [...]
2009-02-05 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV334ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All print media led with the last election polls: Kadima trails behind Likud by one to three Knesset seats; a swelling Yisrael Beiteinu comes in third, ahead of and the Labor P [...]
2009-02-06 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV344ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the election campaign on its last day. All media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying yesterday for the first time that he endorses Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...]
2009-02-09 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV346NETANYAHU'S CAMPAIGN MOVES FROM THE CENTER TO THE RIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu told a standing-room audience at the Institute for Policy and Strategy's ninth annual Herzliya Conference that he would pursue solutions to three challenges as Prime Minister: Defense, Peace, and the Economy. Netanyahu, appearing confident [...]
2009-02-09 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM ECON IS
09TELAVIV347ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the election campaign on its last day. All media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying yesterday for the first time that he endorses Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...]
2009-02-09 12:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV350GOI ESTABLISHES COMMISION ON ILLEGAL BEDOUIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 16:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS
09TELAVIV352ELECTION DAY SCENESETTER AND THE LIEBERMAN DARK
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections to the 18th Knesset, the electorate, the analysts and the candidates are grappling with the confusion of a race that the final polls predict has narrowed significantly between the Likud and Kadima parties to the point where it is anyone's guess which party [...]
2009-02-09 18:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS
09TELAVIV361ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV363LIKUD CHAIRMAN NETANYAHU TALKS IRAN, PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu met with members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 30 to discuss Iran, peace talks with the Palestinians, and the possibility of conducting negotiations with Syria. Ne [...]
2009-02-11 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV IR KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV371ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that yesterday President Obama congratulated President Shimon Peres on the successful election process in Israel. Peres explained the Israeli [...]
2009-02-12 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV380PRIME MINISTER OLMERT DISCUSSES HAMAS, PALESTINIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Ambassador Cunningham and members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 29 to discuss Israel's recent military operation in Gaza, peace talks with the Palestinia [...]
2009-02-13 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS TU SY KPWG IS
09TELAVIV398ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran 4. Aftermath of Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Ehud Olmert is convening the diplomatic-security cabinet today to discuss the release of Gila [...]
2009-02-18 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV402GOI INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP PREPARING TO RESPOND
[...] (C) Alon Ushpiz, Chief of Staff to MFA Director General Aharon Abramovich, contacted Pol Couns February 18 to review the GOI's preparations for Secretary General Ban's Board of Inquiry (BOI) on IDF actions in Gaza. Ushpiz noted that the BOI is a "potential source of concern" for Israel due to [...]
2009-02-18 14:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV415ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Shimon Peres intends to wrap up his consultations today with the 12 political parties that earned seats in the incoming Knesset toward the formation of a new gove [...]
2009-02-19 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV42GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 7, 1900
[...] (C) Summary: IDF operations were suspended from 1300 to 1600 local to allow Gaza residents to collect food, water, and other humanitarian supplies; pauses are likely to continue at least every other day. A spokesman for PM Olmert "welcomed" Egyptian President Mubarak's truce proposal and anno [...]
2009-01-07 18:17:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS EG FR
09TELAVIV420SENIOR U.S. AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS EFFORTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Stephen Mull from the Office of the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs and his delegation met with senior Israeli MFA officials on February 6 to discuss meetings held earlier in the week in Copenhagen that focused on ways to counter the smuggling of weapons prima [...]
2009-02-19 14:17:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PHUM PTER PINR MASS MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV422IDF DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES GAZA OPERATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel Defense Force (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff MG Dan Harel in a meeting with Ambassador Cunningham and senior U.S. officials said Egyptian and U.S. assistance is critical to slowing the flow of weapons and munitions into Gaza. Cooperation against smuggling is better with Egyptian [...]
2009-02-19 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINR MASS MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV431ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Aftermath of Israeli Elections 3. Iran 4. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last nightQs fruitless meeting between Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...]
2009-02-23 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV449ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Formation of Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has relayed messages to Israel in the past week expressing anger at obstacles Israel is placing to the [...]
2009-02-25 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV452CODEL CARDIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Cardin called on Prime Minister Olmert at his Jerusalem office February 16. Olmert and the CODEL discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Turkey's role in the indirect negotiations with Syria, the Iranian nuclear threat, and Olmert's peace offer to Palestinian President [...]
2009-02-25 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IR SY TU IS
09TELAVIV457CODEL CARDIN DISCUSSES IRAN, SYRIA, PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY During their trip to Israel, CODEL Cardin discussed Iran, Syria, Israel-Palestinian negotiations, and the Israeli elections with Likud Party leader and candidate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu described a nuclear Iran as the greatest threat facing Israel, and u [...]
2009-02-26 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR SY
09TELAVIV459ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Politics 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted top advisers to PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday that he is expected to lobby Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week against U [...]
2009-02-26 13:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV465ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV466EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ
09TELAVIV483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV500SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Any dialogue must be both preceded by and accompanied by harsher sanctions against Iran, both within the framework of the UN Security Council and outside it. Otherwise, the talks are liable to be perceived by both Iran and the international community as acceptance of Iran's nuclear program. [...]
2009-03-03 06:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV517SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 06:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV534ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Various media reported that yesterday the IAF assassinated senior Islamic Jihad militant Khaled ShaQalan in northern Gaza. Another senior militant and five ot [...]
2009-03-05 11:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV540DEPUTY BOI GOVERNOR SAYS ISRAEL POISED FOR STRONG RECOVERY
[...] Professor Zvi Eckstein, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel and Professor of Economics at Tel Aviv University says that for Israel, the economic crisis is entirely imported. As a consequence, Israel's emergence from its economic downturn will happen only when the U.S. economy turns around s [...]
2009-03-05 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
09TELAVIV546ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday the police national fraud squad announced that it had enough evidence to recommend indicting PM Ehud O [...]
2009-03-06 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV55ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Gaza Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday three IDF soldiers were killed in the fighting in Gaza. Media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet will decide this morning whether to e [...]
2009-01-09 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV553ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Formation of NetanyahuQs Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday the media reported that Yisrael BeiteinuQs Avigdor Lieberman is likely to receive all the cabinet portfolios he is demanding from PM-designate Benja [...]
2009-03-09 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV581ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold, one of PM-designate Benjamin NetanyahuQs top foreign policy advisers, as saying [...]
2009-03-10 13:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV597ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold, one of PM-designate Benjamin NetanyahuQs top foreign policy advisers, as saying [...]
2009-03-11 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV600GOI PROPOSES INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR FUNDS TO
[...] Channeling funds to enable the re-building of Gaza whilst ensuring the money is not misdirected to destabilizing elements. 2. Empowering the Palestinian Authority (PA) and other institutions in Gaza committed to peaceful co-existence in the region. 3. Developing a mechanism for money [...]
2009-03-11 15:32:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS
09TELAVIV601THE AMBASSDOR BRIEFS EU AMBASSADORS ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 09:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV602ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. FAA Downgrading of Israeli Aviation Status ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted Likud sources as saying that Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann will probably lose his job in the new gove [...]
2009-03-12 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV605ACTING A/S FELTMAN,S DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman met with MFA officials on March 4 to discuss his upcoming visit to Syria, the GOI talks on Ghajjar with the UN, the status of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and Israel's relations with Mauritania and the Gulf states. Deputy Dire [...]
2009-03-12 13:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG EAID EG QA MR MU JO LE IS
09TELAVIV613ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV647ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted sources close to PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday that the Likud leader will make his first working visit to Washington on May 3, pending an official invi [...]
2009-03-19 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV653Israel's Technology Sector: The Future at Risk
[...] (U) Israel's economy was fundamentally altered by the rise of a robust high-technology innovation sector over the past twenty years. The key factors contributing to its formation were strong national intellectual capital resources, state-supported innovation programs in the defense and non-def [...]
2009-03-19 13:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL EINV ECON ENRG PINR IS
09TELAVIV662AGENDA FOR NETANYAHU'S FIRST 100 DAYS AND FIRST
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 11 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, PM-designate Bibi Netanyahu's transition team laid out their agenda for the first one hundred days of the new government, which Netanyahu is expected to announce March 18. The top item on their agenda is passing a budget, [...]
2009-03-20 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV676Environment Minister Criticized as OECD Assessment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Outgoing Environment Minister Gideon Ezra was given a failing grade by the Israeli environmental NGO community in a review of his three year tenure. He sided with the government against policy choices endorsed by his own ministry staff, weakened rather than strengthened environm [...]
2009-03-20 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TBIO IS
09TELAVIV682ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that on Saturday night police sappers disarmed a powerful 100-kg bomb in a car outside HaifaQs Lev Hamifratz shopping mall, thwarting a potential terrori [...]
2009-03-23 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV695ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the 1,478 convention delegates of the divided Labor Party will come together this afternoon in Tel Aviv to decide whether to join PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's [...]
2009-03-24 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV725BOI PROPOSED SPENDING INCREASE TO COMBAT RECESSION
[...] The Bank of Israel (BOI) presented a plan of modest spending increases to combat Israel's economic downturn. The cost is about NIS 4.4 billion (USD 1.1 billion),designed to offer incentives for the labor market, for infrastructure investment and for exporters. Implementation would raise the [...]
2009-03-27 13:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
09TELAVIV734ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and other media reported that PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu met last night with a handful of close associates to discuss ministerial postings, a move he hopes will ward of [...]
2009-03-30 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV752ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV765PRIME MINISTER BENYAMIN NETANYAHU
[...] (U) NOTE: This profile is the first in a series of reports on key members of the new Israeli government, which is scheduled to be sworn in on March 31, 2009. ---------------------- NETANYAHU'S MATURATION ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to o [...]
2009-04-01 04:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IS
09TELAVIV766MFA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON TURKISH INTEREST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Acting Director General Yossi Gal briefed the Ambassador March 31 on Gal's visit to Turkey. Gal, who had returned from Turkey March 30, explained that a strong thread of U.S.-related material ran through his discussions. The visit was to follow up on FM Livni's meeting with [...]
2009-04-01 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON TU IR SY IZ KWBG IS
09TELAVIV767ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Swearing-In of Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying that the Americans will watch Netanyahu closely. All media led with yest [...]
2009-04-01 14:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV786NETANYAHU SET TO MANAGE BROAD BUT UNWIELDY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 16:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IS
09TELAVIV793ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Electronic media reported that at noon today a terrorist carried out an attack at the settlement of Bat Ayin (Gush Etzion),armed with an axe. A [...]
2009-04-02 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV800YUVAL STEINITZ NAMED FINANCE MINISTER
[...] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Dr. Yuval Steinitz from the Likud Party to the post of Minister of Finance. Steinitz is a widely-published philosopher and thinker, with the reputation of being able to digest and make sense of complex issues. He is reportedly a fiscal conservative [...]
2009-04-03 08:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
09TELAVIV802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the murder of a 13-year-old boy and the wounding of a seven-year-old boy when an axe-wielding Palestinian man attacked them in the settlement of Bat Ayin [...]
2009-04-03 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV803SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your upcoming visit to the region comes during a time of transition in Israeli politics. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took office April 1 after assembling the largest government in Israeli history, and apparently one of the largest in the world. The government of 30 Minist [...]
2009-04-03 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAL IS
09TELAVIV808FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN HAS ARRIVED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's steady climb in the Israeli political system now has him firmly planted as leader of Israel's third-largest party, Yisrael Beitenu (YB),and has earned him a spot as Israel's top diplomat. Lieberman does not hide that his goal is the Prime M [...]
2009-04-03 16:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL EG IS
09TELAVIV812ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. DPRK: Missile Launch ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the Netanyahu government is conducting a thorough policy review in which all diplomatic components -Q from the Roadmap to the Annapolis proc [...]
2009-04-06 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV818ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV823ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV825MINISTERS OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Israel's new government under Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was sworn in last week with the largest cabinet in Israel's history. Gilad Erdan of Likud was appointed to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and he appears to be taking an activist stance early in his tenu [...]
2009-04-08 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS PGOV PREL SENV OECD
09TELAVIV842ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media highlighted the tension between Egypt and Hizbullah. The media cited EgyptQs claim that Hizbullah sought President Hosni MubarakQs [...]
2009-04-13 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited tension among Israeli diplomatic sources regarding the upcoming visit of U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell, following the argument between [...]
2009-04-14 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV858ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 05:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV876ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington on May 17 and meet with President Obama on May 18 or 19. The Jerusalem Post reported that the visit will t [...]
2009-04-20 13:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV887LOWEY DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND IRAN WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On April 16, CODEL Lowey met with Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Danny Ayalon to discuss the peace process and Iran. Foreign Minister (FM) Lieberman also joined for part of the meeting. Ayalon and Lieberman both emphasized that Iran is the biggest threat to Israel, the region, [...]
2009-04-21 08:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV888ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Ahmadinejad Speech at QDurban 2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media reporting and comments are focused on Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Memorial Day. All media underscored Iranian President Mahmoud AhmadinejadQs spee [...]
2009-04-21 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV895CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Lowey discussed peace with the Palestinians April 16 with senior GOI officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak, Foreign Minister Lieberman, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. General Ashkenazi, Minister for Strategic Affairs Yaalon, and Deputy Foreign [...]
2009-04-22 08:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS EG JO IR
09TELAVIV897ISRAEL ASKS RUSSIAN DFM TO POSTPONE UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 21, PolOff met with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexey Skosyrev to discuss the recent visit to Israel by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov. Saltanov's main meetings were with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman, and National Secu [...]
2009-04-22 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG RU UN IS
09TELAVIV912ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday HaQaretz quoted FM Avigdor Lieberman as saying in an interview with the Russian newspaper Moskovskiy Komsomolets that the Obama administration will p [...]
2009-04-23 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV92ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV920RENEWAL OF EU/ISRAEL ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT COULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an EU contact, the EU has not made a formal decision to suspend talks on a potential relationship upgrade because of the foreign policy of the new Israeli government, despite a front page article in the April 23 Ha'aretz to the contrary. However, some EU member state [...]
2009-04-23 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG EU IS
09TELAVIV925ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV935DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK: EXPERIENCED ASSET FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As Binyamin Netanyahu's government settles in, it benefits from the continuity provided by Defense Minister and Labor party leader Ehud Barak, who served the same role in former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government. Barak brings valued military experience and leadership at a [...]
2009-04-28 08:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV936CODEL KYL'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU:
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Kyl, accompanied by the Ambassador, called on Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu April 6 in the first official U.S. meeting with Netanyahu since he formed a government. The main topics of discussion were stopping Iran's nuclear program and Netanyahu's approach to peace-makin [...]
2009-04-28 08:13:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KNNP KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV953ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted President Obama as saying on IsraelQs 61st birthday that the U.S. bond with Israel is Qas unshakable as ever as both nations pursue p [...]
2009-04-30 09:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV976MINISTER OF STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MOSHE YA'ALON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu named Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon to serve as Minister of Strategic Affairs. Ya'alon, whom pundits predicted would serve as Defense Minister before Labor joined the governing coalition, brings to Netanyahu's cabinet extensive military [...]
2009-05-04 04:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV982ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu called Dr. Michael Oren to inform him that he has officially been appointed IsraelQs ambassador to the U.S. L [...]
2009-05-04 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV990ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that the U.S. administration is apparently toughening its stance towards Israel. HaQaretz reported that National [...]
2009-05-05 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE107CWC: GOVERNMENT EXPERTS MEETING TO CONSIDER THE
[...] (U) This cable reports on subject meeting held in The Hague 11-13 February 2009, and is organized along the lines of the meeting agenda. Ref A is U.S. guidance for the meeting. US officials attending the meeting were Richard D'Andrea (Department of State ISN/CB) and Larry Denyer (Department [...]
2009-02-19 15:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE132FOREIGN TAKEOVERS OF DUTCH ENERGY COMPANIES
[...] SUMMARY: Following the Essent takeover by Germany's RWE on January 22, Nuon announced February 23 that it had agreed to a takeover bid by Sweden's Vattenfall. Two other large Dutch energy companies have been linked in the media to takeover discussions. In addition to competition issues, Esse [...]
2009-02-25 15:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE135NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC
[...] (U) Summary: The Dutch MFA reviewed the GAERC agenda for February 23-34, including Afghanistan, the Middle East, Sudan, the EU's Eastern Partnership, the Western Balkans, and the economic crisis. Dutch plans for the March 2 Middle East conference are covered in reftel A, and Dutch views on the [...]
2009-02-26 07:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU AF NL ZL
09THEHAGUE148SITREP 5 ON TURKISH AIRLINES PLANE CRASH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General continues to provide assistance to American citizens and family members. The Dutch government is discussing plans for a memorial service, but there are no confirmed details. The investigation at the crash site is to wrap up on March 3 when the plane will be m [...]
2009-03-02 16:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAIR NL
09THEHAGUE149NETHERLANDS/NATO ENLARGEMENT: PROTOCOLS ON TRACK
[...] (U) The Dutch expect to deposit the protocols for accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO by mid-March. End Summary. 2. (U) Policy Advisor Anouk Vos, from the Dutch MFA's NATO Affairs Security and Defense Policy Division, noted that Queen Beatrix signed the law accepting the NATO protoco [...]
2009-03-02 16:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE153NETHERLANDS - CABLE 1 OF 2: DUTCH POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF
[...] Summary: This is the first of two cables providing post's answers to questions in Ref A about Dutch plans for the G20 summit and responses to the financial crisis. At the G20 summit, the Dutch are likely to recommend using a slightly expanded, more representative G20 format to strengthen the [...]
2009-03-04 16:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE154NETHERLANDS - CABLE 2 OF 2: DUTCH POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF
[...] This is the second of two cables providing post's answers to questions in Ref A about Dutch plans for the G20 summit and responses to the financial crisis. -------------------------------- III. THE BROADER ECONOMIC CRISIS -------------------------------- 2. Response H: The global econom [...]
2009-03-04 16:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE174NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch welcomed recent U.S. meetings in Syria. They agree an EU association agreement with Syria is inappropriate at this time and believe the EU is unlikely to approve such an agreement in the near term. End summary. 2. (C) Poloff shared reftel A points with key MFA contac [...]
2009-03-11 17:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SY NL
09THEHAGUE179CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION,
[...] (SBU) The 55th Session of the Executive Council (EC-55) went more smoothly than expected (Ref B),with the Iranian delegation a much lower profile. Led by the Head of Iran"s National Authority, the Iranians deferred a substantial number of agenda items during the week but allowed most to prog [...]
2009-03-13 14:32:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE180(S) NETHERLANDS/IRAN: EXPORT CONTROL AUTHORITY TO
[...] (S) EmbOff met March 10 with Kees Jan Steenhoek, Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs, to discuss reftel points. Steenhoek is responsible for the GONL's export control process. He appreciated the information as he said the GONL had not been aware of AMT Netherlands' exports to Iran. [...]
2009-03-13 15:29:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE NL IR
09THEHAGUE181CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MARCH 9-13, 2009
[...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met March 10 to prepare for a meeting of the WEOG representatives to the Executive Council (EC) requested by the Chair to discuss the selection process for a new Director-General (DG). Only two formal candidatures have been announced, Algeria [...]
2009-03-16 13:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE193NETHERLANDS: COMPANIES SUFFER FROM ECONOMIC DOWNTURN,
[...] SUMMARY: The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Analysis (CPB) released its updated forecast March 17 for a Dutch economy in "deep recession." GDP is predicted to decline 3.5 percent in 2009. Businesses across a number of sectors report they are facing decreasing revenue, fewer orders, and lower [...]
2009-03-20 13:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE196SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 31 MEETING
[...] (S) Your participation in the Afghanistan conference and the March 31 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen is well-timed to advance key U.S. priorities, particularly in securing Afghanistan. Verhagen and the whole Dutch government remain among our strongest allies, but Dutch domestic [...]
2009-03-23 10:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL OVIP PINR MOPS PHUM AF NL
09THEHAGUE197 NETHERLANDS: UPDATE ON KEY AVIATION ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government and KLM are both keen to learn the details of the new U.S. Administration's aviation policy, especially as it relates to the Second Stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations. The aviation tax, implemented in July 2008, continues to cause controversy and [...]
2009-03-23 11:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL
09THEHAGUE198NETHERLANDS: DUTCH POSITION ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 12:18:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON EAID ADB NL
09THEHAGUE200NETHERLANDS/NATO/KFOR: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 16:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV NL
09THEHAGUE228Media Reporting: Secretary Clinton's at the Afghanistan
[...] The visit of Secretary Clinton to the Netherlands to attend the Afghanistan Conference was headline news days before her arrival. Questions about whether the Dutch offered to host the conference or whether the U.S. asked them to had died down before the conference actually began. All media car [...]
2009-04-04 06:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL EAID AF PK IR KPAO NL
09THEHAGUE236CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 56TH
[...] (SBU) The two main topics that are likely to dominate Executive Council (EC) debate and informal discussions are the search for a new Director General and Iraq's recent submission of its declaration. On the DG search, candidates continue to emerge - most notably from the Western European an [...]
2009-04-09 15:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE242DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW,S MARCH 31, 2009
[...] (U) March 31, 2009; 6:10 pm; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State James Bever, Director for Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force USAID Piper Campbell, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary Rebecca Callaway (Embassy Notetaker) Netherland [...]
2009-04-14 09:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL EAID NL AF PK
09THEHAGUE244CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, APRIL 1-2, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Two of the three Industry Cluster consultations at the OPCW on April 1-2 saw a continuation of discussions from the last Industry Cluster in February (ref A). Little progress was made on either Schedule 2A/2A* low concentrations or enhancements to declarations of Other Chemical [...]
2009-04-14 15:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE269NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: MAY 25 SEMINAR ON
[...] (U) This message contains an action request; see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will host a multilateral seminar May 25 in The Hague titled: "Improving the Effectiveness and Legitimacy of UN Targeted Sanctions." The objective is to advance the i [...]
2009-04-24 15:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER NL
09THEHAGUE270NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 16:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EU NL
09THEHAGUE279NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: LOGISTICS SUPPORT PROPOSAL "TOO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 11:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MOPS SU NL
09THEHAGUE286CWC: MEETINGS ON IRAQ ON THE MARGINS OF EC-56
[...] (SBU) Having submitted its initial declaration in March, Iraq made its debut as a "possessor state" at Executive Council (EC)-56. U.S. representatives in Washington, Baghdad and The Hague worked closely with counterparts to set up a series of preparatory meetings with Iraq, the UK, and membe [...]
2009-05-06 11:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE287CWC: MEETING WITH OPCW LEGAL ADVISER ON U.S.
[...] (C) On April 23, U.S. Executive Council Representative Robert Mikulak and Delreps met with senior Secretariat officials to follow up on the updated U.S. submission on recovered chemical rounds in Iraq. In accordance with REF B instructions, U.S. Delreps had delivered the updated letter to th [...]
2009-05-06 12:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE295CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF EC-56
[...] (SBU) On the margins of the 56th session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Executive Council (ref A),the U.S. Del met with a number of other delegations to discuss OPCW affairs as well as the Algerian and Turkish candidates to be next Director-General (DG). Meeting [...]
2009-05-08 18:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE301NETHERLANDS/BURMA: SUPPORTING SUU KYI'S RELEASE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to support the release of Ang Sang Suu Kyi. The Dutch welcome U.S. views as they reassess efforts to improve the situation in Burma. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) SUPPORTING CONTINUED SANCTIONS AND SUU KYI'S RELEASE: Poloff discussed reftel A points with Seni [...]
2009-05-14 11:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL NL BM
09THEHAGUE310 NETHERLANDS: DRIVING ON WITH NEW PAY-PER-KILOMETER ROAD
[...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government has delayed the first stage of its proposed road pricing system until 2012 at the earliest. This new system would replace fixed automobile taxes with a pay-per-kilometer system. Despite the delay, Parliament still looks poised to pass the new system into l [...]
2009-05-20 13:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL
09THEHAGUE313NETHERLANDS: REASSESSMENT OF DUTCH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite the economic crisis, the Netherlands continues to comply with the UN recommendation of spending 0.7 percent of GDP on official development assistance (ODA) with an additional 0.1 percent for other overseas projects. Faced with sharp criticism of Dutch aid policy's effectiv [...]
2009-05-26 07:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL EAID NL
09THEHAGUE322NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, following is an analysis of Dutch relations with Cuba in the first half of 2009. (Note: Ref B reports on Dutch relations with Cuba in the second half of 2008. End note.) ----------------------------- Political Relations with Cuba ----------------------------- [...]
2009-05-29 16:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL EU NL CU
09THEHAGUE328NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER; SECRETARY,S JUNE 1OTH
[...] (S) Your participation in the Regional Command-South RC-South) meeting and the bilateral with Dutch Minister of Defense Emert van Middelkoop comes at a critical time for the advancement of key U.S. priorities. Van Middelkoop and the Dutch government as a whole remain among our strongest allies, but [...]
2009-06-02 16:18:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF PAK NL
09THEHAGUE338SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 16-17 GICNT VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (U) Welcome to The Hague. Your visit to The Hague can strengthen ties with a proven ally on many issues, especially on nonproliferation and counterterrorism. As co-chair of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),your focus will be on multi-lateral [...]
2009-06-10 03:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL
09THEHAGUE35NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: EU UNLIKELY TO ACT QUICKLY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch believe the EU is unlikely to move forward quickly on the association agreement with Syria. FM Verhagen would be unlikely to approve such an agreement at this time. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Peter van der Bloemen, Dutch MFA senior poli [...]
2009-01-15 15:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SY NL
09THEHAGUE352CWC: WRAP UP FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 2009
[...] (U) Over the past two weeks, the two main topics of discussion at the OPCW have been the search for a new Director General (DG) and recent news of the current U.S. chemical weapons destruction schedule. On the DG search, the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) heard presentations by three [...]
2009-06-15 16:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE357NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that the Government of the Netherlands (GONL) pledged 86.7 million euro (USD 120 million) at the April 17 Tokyo Donor Conference, all of which will be channeled through the Dutch Embassy in Islamabad. The GONL has also pled [...]
2009-06-19 15:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PHUM PREF PK NL
09THEHAGUE371CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JUNE 15-22, 2009
[...] (SBU) As instructed in Ref A, U.S. Delreps met with Mohadeb Gheton of Libya on June 22 to deliver the U.S. non-paper detailing specific requests for greater transparency and information about Libya's conversion of its former Chemical Weapons Production Facility (CWPF) at Rabta and the destruc [...]
2009-06-26 11:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE395NETHERLANDS: OVERVIEW FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 14
[...] (C) Your July 14 meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende provides an opportunity for us to urge the Dutch to continue as part of NATO in Afghanistan and to enlist PM Balkenende in solving Guantanamo issues. For his part, Balkenende will seek to continue the Dutch role in the G20 and [...]
2009-07-06 12:08:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL OVIP ECON EFIN PINR MOPS NL
09THEHAGUE398NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR PRESIDENT'S JULY
[...] (SBU) Reftel provided some background on Prime Minister Balkenende and the challenges he faces. The second cable examined the four main topics likely to come up in your July 14 meeting. This cable concludes with short summaries on other topics that might arise (energy security, human rights, [...]
2009-07-06 15:30:00Embassy The HagueSECRETENRG OVIP PHUM PREL RU NL
09THEHAGUE404NETHERLANDS: WHA PDAS KELLY'S JUNE 25, 2009
[...] (U) June 25, 2009; 8:45 am; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, WHA Eric Falls (Embassy notetaker) Netherlands ----------- Laurent Stokvis, MFA Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter Potman, [...]
2009-07-07 13:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL BL NU CU VE
09THEHAGUE411CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JUNE 23 TO JULY 3, 2009
[...] (SBU) Senior Washington experts Tom Hopkins (Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs) and Bob Mikulak (ISN Director of Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction) visited The Hague June 23-25 to discuss the U.S. progra [...]
2009-07-08 18:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE421CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JULY 6-10, 2009
[...] (SBU) As will happen during the upcoming Executive Council (EC) session, discussions this week were dominated by the search for a new Director-General (DG). After additional consultations with a number of delegations, including with a small group of western and like- minded states in which h [...]
2009-07-14 07:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE422CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JULY 6-10, 2009
[...] (SBU) As will happen during the upcoming Executive Council (EC) session, discussions this week were dominated by the search for a new Director-General (DG). After additional consultations with a number of delegations, including with a small group of western and like- minded states in which h [...]
2009-07-14 07:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE437CWC: SUMMARY WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Led by its new Chairman, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco Tonda (Mexico),the 57th Executive Council (EC-57) ran smoothly, ended early, and moved forward its most important issue -- the selection process for a new Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapo [...]
2009-07-20 11:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC OPCW
09THEHAGUE444NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT ROTOR BLADE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch export control authority has denied an export license for power plant turbine blades destined for Iran. Dutch officials have formally asked other European countries with companies that produce similar parts to block their export to Iran. The Dutch have asked us informally [...]
2009-07-22 15:01:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL ENRG NL IR
09THEHAGUE451CWC: PRESENTATIONS BY DG CANDIDATES, JULY 15,
[...] (SBU) The seven candidates to succeed Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina) as the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) each presented themselves to the Executive Council (EC) on July 15. During the day-long closed session presided over by EC Ch [...]
2009-07-24 15:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AU FI GM ID TU UK AG
09THEHAGUE452CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION,
[...] (SBU) The 57th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successfully concluded, and on schedule, with a full day devoted to the presentations by the candidates for Director General (July 15) and major agreement in the Council by [...]
2009-07-24 16:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE455CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW
[...] (SBU) During the Executive Council, July 14-17, the U.S. delegation met bilaterally with the Chinese, Libyan, Japanese and French delegations to discuss a variety of issues. The Indian delegation convened a meeting of interested delegations to present its views on industry issues, and U.S. C [...]
2009-07-27 13:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE475NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch overseas development assistance (ODA) budget is facing cutbacks as a result of the economic crisis. The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) therefore plans to reduce its 2009 ODA to Kenya and Ethiopia. Because the GONL considers Somalia to be a priority country wit [...]
2009-08-07 12:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON NL
09THEHAGUE476NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MFA REPORTING FROM TEHRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch describe a "cleansing" in Iran, with massive arrests of civil society networks. Vocal protests continue in Tehran. At the inaugural activities, the Dutch opted to send their DCM to the procedure in the Iranian parliament, and no representative to the ceremony at which [...]
2009-08-07 14:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IR NL
09THEHAGUE498NETHERLANDS: ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 12:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL IS JO NL KWBG
09THEHAGUE499GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Fifty-nine of 75 partners sent high-level representation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary Meeting held in The Hague, Netherlands, June 16-17, 2009. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen hosted the meeting. U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary (AA/S) Eliot [...]
2009-08-18 15:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE501GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 15:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE518CWC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE SELECTION OF A NEW
[...] (SBU) Dr. Robert Mikulak, ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the Executive Council (EC),visited The Hague August 27-28 to consult with key delegations on the selection of a new Director- General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Accompanied by [...]
2009-08-31 15:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE521REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, OCTOBER 8-9, THE
[...] (SBU) The State Department's Office for the Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy (S/EEE) and Embassy The Hague will host an internal energy conference October 8-9. This training continues the tradition of similar events in Athens and Sofia in recent years. The objective is to provide energy offic [...]
2009-09-02 14:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET OTRA NL
09THEHAGUE537NETHERLANDS HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN
[...] The Dutch Foreign Ministry confirmed delegates to the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate are as follows: -- Jan-Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister -- Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Foreign Affairs -- Bert Koenders, Minister for Development Cooperation -- Jacquelin [...]
2009-09-04 15:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE54NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRIORITIES FOR JANUARY GAERC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch are looking to reactivate the EU border mission in support of Israel-Palestine peace negotiations. On Guantanamo, the EU will consider a common position, but the Dutch are not willing to accept detainees. On Ukraine/Russia, the Dutch will support continued negotiatio [...]
2009-01-23 11:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU NL CZ
09THEHAGUE543AMBASSADOR DAALDER PRESSES DUTCH TO STAY THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Ivo Daalder, argued for the extension of the Netherlands, military deployment and aid to Afghanistan beyond 2010 during high-level meetings, a speech, press interviews, and a reception in The Hague on September 3, 2009. This cable cove [...]
2009-09-10 14:35:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV NATO NL AF
09THEHAGUE547UPDATE ON NETHERLANDS HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 14:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE549CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: There were meetings on September 8 of the two ongoing Industry Cluster consultations. The consultation on enhancements to declarations for other chemical production facilities (OCPFs),facilitated by South African Delegate Marthinus van Schalkwyk, was uneventful and made no progr [...]
2009-09-11 17:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL EIND CWC
09THEHAGUE550NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN UNGA FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 07:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE556NETHERLANDS: LOOKING FOR CFE GUIDANCE
[...] (C) The Dutch welcome more information about U.S. plans to resolve the impasse between Russia and the United States regarding the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). PolDep shared reftel discussion points with Erica Schouten, MFA Head of NATO Affairs, MFA Senior Policy Advisor [...]
2009-09-14 15:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO NL
09THEHAGUE557CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 1-11, 2009
[...] (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has returned to work in full force, with delegations and Technical Secretariat (TS) staff alike back from the August recess. The Geneva Group met September 4 with a briefing by Mary Blanca Rios (U.S.) on that week's meeting [...]
2009-09-14 16:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC CWC
09THEHAGUE559NETHERLANDS/NATO: VIEW ON U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Embassy The Hague strongly endorses USNATO's concerns about proposed U.S. force reductions in Europe (ref A). At a time when we are asking the Dutch to remain committed to NATO operations, additional reductions in U.S. NATO forces will undercut our appeal. Additionally, [...]
2009-09-15 15:26:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER NL
09THEHAGUE560NETHERLANDS: PUSHING SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM OF
[...] (C) The Dutch support U.S. efforts to encourage the GSL to permit the free movement of IDPs. On September 14, post delivered ref A points to MFA Senior Policy Officer Andrea Nederlof, in the Department for Asia and Oceania. Nederlof responded that the Dutch ambassador in Colombo has been "ver [...]
2009-09-15 16:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID NL
09THEHAGUE565NETHERLANDS: DUTCH POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF G20 SUMMIT
[...] Summary: At the Pittsburgh G20 summit, the Dutch will: - highlight their new Banking Code (which includes a cap on bank directors' bonuses of one year's salary) as an example of improved corporate governance and risk management; - strongly support the German Charter for Sustainable Economi [...]
2009-09-17 17:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE566CWC: WRAP UP FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14- 18,
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The only official meeting at OPCW this week was the budget consultation on September 17. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held its regular weekly meeting on September 15. Meanwhile, multiple rece [...]
2009-09-18 14:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIZ PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE567NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ENGAGING LABOR PARTY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Post requests a senior USG official (ideally NSA General Jones) engage Dutch Finance Minister and Labor Party leader Bos in a pull-aside at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit to emphasize continued Dutch participation in such fora is based on their active international role, not their econom [...]
2009-09-18 15:03:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL AF NATO PGOV NL
09THEHAGUE569NETHERLANDS' 2010 BUDGET: SPEND NOW, TOUGH CHOICES LATER
[...] Summary: The Dutch government presented its 2010 budget to parliament on September 15. There were no surprises - the government agreed in March to maintain current spending levels in the 2010 budget in an effort to stimulate economic recovery. The government used the occasion to caution that [...]
2009-09-21 08:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE572NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally share U.S. views on the agenda items for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Dutch are concerned about how to respond to Judge Goldstone's report on Israel and Russia's proposal to review the HRC process. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) DUTCH SUPPORT [...]
2009-09-21 14:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALUN PHUM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE577GENERAL PETRAEUS STRAIGHT TALK TO DUTCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: General Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),had a frank and open dialogue with select Dutch Members of Parliament (MPs) September 21. The MPs appreciated the unvarnished truth of General Petraeus in his assessment of the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. [...]
2009-09-22 17:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV NATO AF NL
09THEHAGUE582NETHERLANDS/HRC: SUPPORTING U.S. ON GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report, but some members in the Dutch Parliament will try to pressure FM Verhagen to take a more skeptical approach toward Israel. The MFA intimated there is a split on Israel policy between FM Verhagen and Development Mini [...]
2009-09-25 07:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIS KISL KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL
09THEHAGUE59CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19-23, 2009
[...] (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is slowly returning to life after the holidays, with the first informal meetings this year of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) on January 20, and Article X on January 22. Delreps also met with the Algerian delegate to [...]
2009-01-26 14:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAG IZ PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE596NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post warmly welcomes you to The Hague to convene the 2009 Regional Energy Officers Conference. During your stay, you will also meet the Foreign Minister, Economic Affairs Minister, Royal Dutch Shell's Executive Director responsible for Russia/Central Asia, and address Dutch energy in [...]
2009-10-02 16:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PREL NL
09THEHAGUE597CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS FROM SEPTEMBER 21 TO
[...] (SBU) In the run-up to the 58th Executive Council (EC-58),the frequency and number of meetings at the OPCW has increased. This cable covers the two weeks from September 21 to October 2 including the regular weekly meeting of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG); a range of budget co [...]
2009-10-02 18:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE604CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 58TH
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paras 16-18. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) While the selection of a new Director- General is consuming all the attention of delegates (ref A),the agenda for Executive Council 58 (EC- 58) [...]
2009-10-06 18:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE607NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CAUTIOUS REACTION TO NEW U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 14:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BM NL
09THEHAGUE609NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CAUTIOUS REACTION TO NEW U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch reaction to the new U.S. Burma policy is cautious, noting that the United States should emphasize its continuing resolve to encourage reform in Burma. The Dutch would welcome further updates and clarifications. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On October 8, the Dutch MFA Burm [...]
2009-10-09 17:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BM NL
09THEHAGUE615NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support the U.S. approach on the Goldstone report in New York and Geneva. The Dutch MFA hopes for additional information from the U.S. on next steps on the Goldstone report and on Middle East peace negotiations. There is a high-level political conflict between [...]
2009-10-15 10:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL EU
09THEHAGUE619NETHERLANDS TO VOTE YES ON BIOTECH MAIZE APPLICATIONS AT
[...] Emboffs delivered Ref A points to Bart van den Assum, Coordinator for Biotechnology at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality, and Frans Koster, Policy Officer at the Dutch Product Board for Margarine, Fats, and Oils. According to these contacts, Dutch Minister of Agriculture Ge [...]
2009-10-19 12:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR ETRD PREL TBIO NL
09THEHAGUE632CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION,
[...] (SBU) The 58th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was a remarkable success. The Council approved by consensus a recommendation to the Conference of States Parties (CSP) to appoint Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey to be the next Direc [...]
2009-10-22 18:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC EIND OPCW CWC AU FI GM ID TU
09THEHAGUE636NETHERLANDS: URGENT REQUEST FOR SUPPORT IN EU'S
[...] (U) URGENT ACTION REQUEST: This is a joint message from AmEmbassy The Hague and USEU. The Dutch are approaching an October 27 deadline and request USG assistance if possible. Please see paragraphs 7-9. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY: On the margins of the October 15-16 Belgiu [...]
2009-10-23 13:11:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN NL
09THEHAGUE638CWC: LIBYA'S REQUEST TO EXTEND THEIR DESTRUCTION
[...] (C) The Libyan request to extend their intermediate and final deadlines for the destruction of their declared chemical weapons (CW) was approved by the Executive Council (EC) on October 16, but only after questions were raised privately by the U.S. and the UK, and publicly by the European Uni [...]
2009-10-26 08:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL OPCW CWC LY
09THEHAGUE639CWC: LIBYA'S REQUEST TO EXTEND THEIR DESTRUCTION
[...] (C) The Libyan request to extend their intermediate and final deadlines for the destruction of their declared chemical weapons (CW) was approved by the Executive Council (EC) on October 16, but only after questions were raised privately by the U.S. and the UK, and publicly by the European Uni [...]
2009-10-26 08:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL OPCW CWC LY
09THEHAGUE640NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN
[...] Econoff delivered reftel points to Hidde Baars, Policy Officer for Pakistan at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Baars confirmed that the Government of the Netherlands (GONL) officially joined the Friends of Democratic Pakistan and pledged 86 million euro (USD 126.9 million) at th [...]
2009-10-26 11:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN AF PAK NL
09THEHAGUE658CWC: OPCW TOP STRUCTURE TRANSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With the transition to a new Director-General (DG) in July 2010, much of the top structure in the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is expected to change. The top structure includes the Deputy Director-General (DDG) an [...]
2009-10-30 17:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE659CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OCTOBER 19-30, 2009
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 14. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Following the 58th Executive Council (refs A-F),no official meetings have yet been held. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met on October 20 and 27, with little discussion. Delreps met privatel [...]
2009-10-30 17:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE663NETHERLANDS/AFTHANISTAN: NEXT STEPS AFTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A large majority of the Dutch Parliament recently sent a clear message to the Cabinet they are opposed to a follow-on mission in Uruzgan. The Cabinet continues to deliberate on the nature of its post-2010 involvement in Afghanistan. It will be difficult, but not impossible, for [...]
2009-11-02 16:49:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV NATO AF NL
09THEHAGUE674NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: REQUEST FOR FBI REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA has requested information on the FBI report on Serbia's efforts to apprehend alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Ard van der Vorst, Coordinator for Political Affairs for the Western Balkans, requested a meeting with PolDep November 3 and request [...]
2009-11-06 17:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL KAWC ICTY SR
09THEHAGUE693 EUR/PGI WEINSTEIN'S VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR EUROPEAN
[...] EUR/PGI's Ivan Weinstein, who heads EUR's policy formulation on engaging with Muslims and other minorities in Europe, visited The Netherlands September 21-23, 2009, to attend a conference on the intercultural policies of European cities, consult with Embassy The Hague, and meet with the America [...]
2009-11-16 08:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI NL
09THEHAGUE701NETHERLANDS: IDEAS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE CORE GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 11:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV BT NL
09THEHAGUE706CWC: ARTICLE X ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION WORKSHOP
[...] (U) Delrep attended the Eleventh Annual Workshop on Coordination of Article X Assistance and Protection held November 1-3 in Doha, Qatar. The workshop was co-sponsored by the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) and the Qatari National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons, Qatar's CWC Nationa [...]
2009-11-20 14:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE707NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: "DISMAYED"
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch will support EU consensus on the anti-Israel resolutions at UNGA, having negotiated a strong Explanation of Vote (EOV) by the EU. FM Verhagen was dismayed by the latest Israel decision on settlements in Gilo, and angered by the surprise announcement of new settlements [...]
2009-11-20 15:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA IS PINR KPAL NL EU
09THEHAGUE72NETHERLANDS/NATO ENLARGEMENT: EXPECT MID MARCH
[...] (U) Summary: The Dutch expect to deposit the ratification for the protocols accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO by mid-March. End Summary. 2. (U) Policy Advisor Anouk Vos, from the Dutch MFA's NATO Affairs Security and Defense Policy Division, confirmed the First Chamber of the Par [...]
2009-02-02 07:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR NATO PARM NL PREL
09THEHAGUE729NETHERLANDS: NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[...] Post is pleased to submit 10 nominees to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington in early 2010 (see paragraph 3). This initiative complements a wide range of activities already underway at this Mission to promote diversity and outreach to the Netherlands' large Muslim [...]
2009-12-04 17:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI NL
09THEHAGUE745CWC: DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL KHOLSTOV ON STATUS
[...] (SBU) The 14th Session of the Conference of States Parties was held at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague from November 30 through December 4. On November 30, Victor Ivanovich Kholstov, serving as Head of the Russian Delegation, delivered the National [...]
2009-12-11 13:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL RS CWC
09THEHAGUE75NETHERLANDS: MIXED REACTION TO USG RETALIATION IN WTO BEEF
[...] SUMMARY: Government of the Netherlands (GONL) officials cautioned that some EU Member States may push for more protectionist measures in response to the USTR's decision to increase tariffs (reftel),rather than finalizing the U.S.-EU "negotiated solution." The GONL will push the Commission and [...]
2009-02-03 10:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON EUN NL
09THEHAGUE754CWC: OPCW WORKSHOP ON OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In conjunction with its annual meeting for National Authorities (ref A),the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) hosted a workshop on other chemical production facilities (OCPFs) in The Hague on November 25. Washington experts from State/VCI and Commerce [...]
2009-12-17 11:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEIND PARM PREL OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE757CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE OF
[...] (U) This contains an action request: see para 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the 14th Conference of the States Parties (CSP) (ref A),the U.S. Delegation met bilaterally with the observer Israeli delegation, with the Indian delegation to discuss industry issues, and with the Alge [...]
2009-12-18 13:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE93CWC: CWC: WRAP-UP FOR FEBRUARY 2-9, 2009
[...] (SBU) As delegations prepared for the upcoming marathon of meetings -- the Industry Cluster February 10, the experts' meeting on the Scientific Advisory Board report February 11-13, and the Executive Council (EC-55) February 17-20 -- conversations in at OPCW swirled around the search for a ne [...]
2009-02-11 15:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE94GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (C) Summary: On February 10, State representatives met bilaterally with Russian MFA (Rozhkov) and then trilaterally with Netherlands MFA (van der Kwast) to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Fifth Plenary Meeting scheduled for June 16-17, 2009 in The Hague. It [...]
2009-02-12 07:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC RS NL
09THESSALONIKI1NOTHERN NOTES DECEMBER 2008
[...] (U) Riots sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy in Athens damaged over 100 downtown Thessaloniki businesses, including a about 20 banks. Ref A.) Some businesses, including a Starbucks, a Benetton and several banks, were completely destroyed. Anarchists and other an [...]
2009-01-08 10:44:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EINT PGOV PREL PTER SMIG SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI16THESSALONIKI: NORTHERN NOTES - MARCH 2009
[...] (U) On March 9, the President of the Exporters Association of Northern Greece Vassilis Thomaidis stated that local businesses have implemented reduced work hours in order to avoid substantial lay-offs. On March 17, Alumil S.A. President Giorgos Milonas announced that employees in his company [...]
2009-04-04 13:37:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU MK
09THESSALONIKI17THESSALONIKI: PROPOSAL FOR BALKAN - EASTERN MED
[...] SUMMARY: The Thessaloniki-based Balkan Environment Center would like to initiate cooperation on water management and renewable energy with the northern Israel-based Galilee Society, beginning with a video-teleconference discussion with scientists from both organizations on Earth Day, April 22. [...]
2009-04-08 20:31:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL IS GR
09THESSALONIKI24THESSALONIKI: GREECE IMPLEMENTING PROMISED MEASURES FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Greek Government continues to implement several measures it announced in February 2007 (Ref A) aimed at addressing concerns of the Turkophone Muslim minority in Thrace, northeastern Greece. While the GoG has made progress in hiring imams and cancelling taxes on Musli [...]
2009-04-27 10:16:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI33THESSALONIKI: HOW NORTHERN GREECE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BALKAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Location, history, infrastructure, economy and multi-ethnic character make northern Greece a natural engine and source of ideas for Balkan stability and prosperity. Unfortunately, inertia, corruption and lack of leadership have sometimes made Greek Macedonia seem like mo [...]
2009-07-27 14:20:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON GR TU
09THESSALONIKI40GREECE: THESSALONIKI TRADE FAIR DEMONSTRATIONS WELL MANAGED
[...] (SBU) Details on demonstrations occurring around the opening of the 74th annual Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, historically known for anti-government mass protests, follow below. In general, the Fair was considered one of the most peaceful in recent memory, with violent demonstrations [...]
2009-10-09 14:35:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV ECON GR
09THESSALONIKI41NORTHERN NOTES - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Muslim Election Campaign Dynamics in Thrace o Poll Data on Importance of Macedonia Name Issue o Eastern Macedonia and Thrace SecGen Hosts Ifta [...]
2009-10-15 09:19:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU
09THESSALONIKI54NEW INTERIOR DEPMIN TO FOCUS ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Interior DepMin Tzakri expects to be given national policy responsibility for integration of immigrants as well as regional responsibility for legal immigration, implementation of new decentralization initiatives, and general administration. Her role and duties will be def [...]
2009-12-01 15:00:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SMIG PINR PHUM CACS SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI57NORTHERN NOTES -- NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Local Reactions to New Opposition Leader Samaras o Papandreou Hosts Trilateral Environmental Meeting o Rainbow Party Opens Second Office o [...]
2009-12-29 15:28:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU
09TILISI1526GEORGIA: NATIONAL FORUM - QUIETLY BECOMING A PLAYER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 11:46:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TIRANA100NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 16:17:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
09TIRANA149 Will the Real John Withers Please Stand Up?
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tirana has receivd extremely positive feedback regarding Ambassador Withers' appearance on the high-viewership variety/comedy show "Portokalli" (Orange) on March 1. The Ambassador's appearance on this type of TV show is the latest example of the Mission's innovative PD program [...]
2009-03-06 11:12:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AL
09TIRANA150 Will the Real John Withers Please Stand Up?
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tirana has received extremely positive feedback regarding Ambassador Withers' appearance on the high-viewership variety/comedy show "Portokalli" (Orange) on March 1. The Ambassador's appearance on this type of TV show is the latest example of the Mission's innovative PD progra [...]
2009-03-06 11:19:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AL
09TIRANA172ALBANIA ON THE EVE OF NATO ACCESSION
[...] (C) Summary: Albania will reach the April 3-4 Strasbourg summit less with a purposeful stride than with a pronounced limp. Widespread economic and political reforms that marked 2007 slowed to a crawl after Albania received its NATO invitation in April 2008. The GOA at the highest levels is [...]
2009-03-18 15:41:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AL
09TIRANA179WELCOME TO ALBANIA
[...] WELCOME Congratulations on your assignment to Tirana, Albania. The American Embassy community of Tirana welcomes you in advance and looks forward to your arrival. We are confident that you will find Tirana and the Embassy a rewarding place to live and work. To help us keep in touch with yo [...]
2009-03-24 08:54:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AFIN AL
09TIRANA259 SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT ALBANIA'S FOURTH CELLULAR LICENSE
[...] (SBU) Parliament on April 23 passed a law awarding Albania's fourth cellular license to the PTK consortium, consisting of Kosovo Post and Telecommunications and a group of Albanian businesses. The law bypassed Albania's tendering procedures and followed a decision by the Telecommunications Reg [...]
2009-04-24 11:12:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV AL
09TIRANA346ALBANIA COULD LOSE OVERFLIGHT FEES
[...] (SBU) According to General Electric, a Belgian court has awarded GE some portion of overflight fees Eurocontrol pays to Albania for providing air traffic control for high altitude flights crossing Albanian airspace. Albania receives roughly USD 20 million per year in overflight fees. 2. (S [...]
2009-06-08 09:49:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAIR PGOV AL
09TIRANA453THE CENTER OF POWER ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT
[...] (C) Although the outcome of the elections on June 28 are still uncertain and the next government lineup may not come into focus until September, certain leadership styles are likely to reign in the next government regardless of the outcome. And regardless of which party forms the next governm [...]
2009-07-08 07:03:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR AL
09TIRANA57Albanian Electricity Situation - Finally Improving
[...] (U) Steady rains over the last few months, with more in the forecast, have allowed Albanian citizens and policy makers to breathe a sigh of relief. Memories of electricity blackouts are growing dimmer as reservoirs fill to capacity. For the first time in several years, Albania, almost complet [...]
2009-01-28 15:10:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD ECON AL
09TIRANA634 DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT: TIRANA RESPONSE
[...] Summary: Below is Post's response to ref A request concerning information on the Albanian diaspora. End summary. 2. Albania is a country of approximately 3.6 million comprised of ethnic Albanians (95 per cent),Greeks (3 per cent) and other groups, such as Roma (Gypsies),Serbs, and Macedoni [...]
2009-09-22 14:35:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG
09TIRANA637ALBANIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: As Albania's new Foreign Minister, Movement for Socialist Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta will likely contrast sharply both in style and substance with the former FM Lulzim Basha, who now serves as Minister of the Interior. Meta previously served as Prime Minister and FM, an [...]
2009-09-24 12:17:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AL
09TIRANA667MAJOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT TAKES TROUBLING TURN
[...] (C) Summary. A lack of transparency in recent developments concerning the Government of Albania's tender for medium-lift helicopters has caused us concern. After a seemingly successful meeting with Prime Minister Berisha and new Defense Minister Imami on September 16, Sikorsky (who has advocac [...]
2009-10-06 12:08:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AL
09TIRANA686BERISHA: FLIRTING WITH GREATER ALBANIA?
[...] (C) Summary: A series of public comments by Prime Minister Sali Berisha since August about "uniting the Albanian nation" have caused concern throughout the region. While the government assured Post that it had no intention of seeking the territorial unity of Albania and Kosovo, an early Octobe [...]
2009-10-15 09:16:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KV AL
09TIRANA714ALBANIA INCSR SUBMISSION FOR 2009
[...] Albania is a transit country for narcotics traffickers moving primarily Afghan heroin from Central Asia to destinations around Western Europe. In 2009, seizures of heroin increased but seizures of marijuana declined. Cannabis continues to be produced in the remote mountain regions of Albania fo [...]
2009-11-05 05:48:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR SOCI AL
09TIRANA722CHINESE VISIT ALBANIA
[...] (C) On October 29-31, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang visited Tirana and met with Prime Minister Sali Berisha, President Bamir Topi, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta, Speaker of Parliament Jozefina Topalli, and participated in economic related events. According to Armand [...]
2009-11-06 15:51:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH AL
09TIRANA728NEW GOVERNMENT INCREASES FOCUS ON DEMIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his November 11-14 trip to Washington, Defense Minister Imami will share his government's recent impressive accomplishments in demilitarization. Prime Minister Berisha has accelerated the completion date for demilitarization from 2015 to 2013. Although likely unachievab [...]
2009-11-12 05:49:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MASS PREL AL
09TIRANA730 Embassy Concerns Over Albania's Consideration for MCC
[...] (SBU) The November 9 release of the FY2010 Scorecard marked an important milestone for Albania, technically qualifying it as eligible for consideration for Compact Status. Most notable is the fact that for the first time, Albania scored slightly above the median in terms of "Control of Corrup [...]
2009-11-13 05:49:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC AL
09TIRANA776GOA AGREES TO ACCEPT MORE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings with Special Envoy Daniel Fried on December 2, Prime Minister Sali Berisha agreed to accept for resettlement at least three and up to six Guantanamo detainees, provided "they are not ethnic-Uighurs and are not too dangerous." In separate meetings with the Prime [...]
2009-12-07 15:00:00Embassy TiranaSECRET//NOFORNKDRG PREL PTER PINR PREF PGOV AL
09TIRANA790GOA HAS REGAINED MOMENTUM ON TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)officials, the GOA seems to have regained its momentum on anti-trafficking efforts. Both ministries outlined new initiatives and ideas and the MOI provided a report demonstrating that th [...]
2009-12-11 13:54:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWMN KTIP SOCI SMIG PREL ELAB AL
09TIRANA827 TIRANA RESPONSE FOR EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] The following is in response to reftel request and answers are keyed to reftel format. -- Provide details on current women's issues programs which highlight Post's work with civil society, NGOs, local governments, international or regional organizations, and other relevant interlocutors. [...]
2009-12-30 14:49:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PGOV PHUM XG AL
09TIRANA92BERISHA FAMILY LINKED WITH WORLD BANK CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In late-January 2009 the Albanian parliament and press began accusing the Government of Albania (GOA),and specifically Prime Minister Sali Berisha's son-in-law, Jamarber Malltezi, of misusing World Bank (WB) project funds for personal interest. The WB halted the project and i [...]
2009-02-10 15:21:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV PGOV AL
09TOKYO100TREASURY VISIT ASSESSES SEVERITY OF JAPAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan's economic recession may turn out to be longer and deeper than the U.S. downturn, Japanese government, academic, and private sector economic and financial experts told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. The Japan-based economic analysts explained t [...]
2009-01-16 08:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO1005 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 07:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1013JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1014TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CHRYSLER
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the announcement by the Health Ministry that a high school student in Yokohama is likely to have contracted the new strain of Type A influenza. 2. "Has President Obama Taken Necessary First Steps toward Change?" The liberal Tokyo Shi [...]
2009-05-01 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1019CHINESE INFO TECH ANNOUNCEMENT, JAPANESE REACTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Japanese media have reported extensively over the past week on China's proposed IT security disclosure requirements. While there is some relief China walked back from immediate implementation, Japanese industry remains concerned. Praising the effect of U.S.-Japan coordination to [...]
2009-05-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINT ETRD ETTC JA KIPR TINT CH
09TOKYO1021JAPAN'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST ITS AILING AIRLINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released its "Support Package to Strengthen the Foundation of the Airline Industry" April 10, a set of initiatives to assist Japan's struggling airline sector. The support package does not require Diet approval [...]
2009-05-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EIND ETRD WTRO EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1025 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 12:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1026MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...]
2009-05-01 12:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO
09TOKYO1027MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...]
2009-05-01 12:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO
09TOKYO1032DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR
[...] (S) Emboff delivered ref A talking points to Takao Shishikura, Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 1. Shishikura said his offic [...]
2009-05-07 04:01:00Embassy TokyoSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR JA
09TOKYO1033ACTION REQUEST: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SHIPMENT
[...] (S) Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) , Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control Director Takao Shishikura and METI Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division Atsushi Tanizawa, delivered the following non-paper in English May 1 in response to ref [...]
2009-05-07 04:39:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
09TOKYO1034DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE-ORIGIN
[...] (S) Emboff delivered nonpaper contained in ref A to Takao Shishikura, Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, and Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 1. Shishikura said hi [...]
2009-05-07 05:37:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR
09TOKYO1035 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1036 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/09-1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 07:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1047JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO105TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA AND OBAMA'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included today's inauguration of President-elect Obama, as well as a GOJ panel finding that cloned beef and pork are safe to eat. 2. "Ceasefire Should Be Used to Jumpstart Peace Talks" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (1/20): "Direct t [...]
2009-01-20 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1057MGSF01 May 8 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. The Chief Cabinet Secretary said the GOJ has no current plans to take additional steps should the WHO raise its pandemic alert level to Phase Six. A 6-year-old boy living in Chicago is the first Japanese cit [...]
2009-05-08 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1059 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 07:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO106JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1061JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 00:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1067JAPAN-IRAN: FOREIGN MINISTER NAKASONE VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone visited Tehran May 2 where he met separately with President Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Motaki. In a conversation with Charge d'Affaires, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Toshiro Suzuki characterized the [...]
2009-05-11 07:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR CASC KNNP KN AF IR JA
09TOKYO1068JAPAN PLACING IMPORTANCE ON TIES TO INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan sees Indonesia as the pillar of Tokyo's foreign policy in Southeast Asia. Recent discussions between Embassy Tokyo and Indonesia watchers suggest that Japan sees the world's largest Muslim country as an integral part of Japan's strategy in the region. Indonesia's large bu [...]
2009-05-11 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN JA ID
09TOKYO1069 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1076JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1080 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 22:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1081JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1082RESIGNATION OF DPJ LEADER ICHIRO OZAWA
[...] (C) Summary: DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa resigned from the party presidency on May 11, succumbing to a combination of sinking polls, criticism from within his own party, continuing press scrutiny over his role in a political funds scandal, and the realization that he had become a liability in the [...]
2009-05-13 01:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV JA
09TOKYO1084 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1085NIAG 9041: RESPONSE FROM MITSUBISHI ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) gave Emboff non-paper May 13 in response to points in ref B. The non-paper, in English, bears the GOJ classification "SECRET." 2. (S) TEXT OF NONPAPER AS RECEIVED [...]
2009-05-13 08:05:00Embassy TokyoSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR JA
09TOKYO1090JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1091JAPAN POST: NEW PRODUCTS NECESSARY FOR IPO, SAYS
[...] (C) For the initial public offerings of Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance to be successful, the postal financial entities should be permitted to issue new products, Postal Services Privatization Committee (PSPC) Chairman Naoki Tanaka told emboffs May 13. Tanaka said he understands some [...]
2009-05-14 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1093 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 07:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1097JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/09
[...] Aiming at a fraternal society based on the independence and dignity of individuals; compiling budgets under the leadership of lawmakers; reforming the civil servant system, including a total ban on amakudari (the practice of senior bureaucrats landing postretirement jobs at entities related to [...]
2009-05-15 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1103JAPAN "SERIOUSLY CONCERNED" ABOUT TREATMENT OF SUU
[...] (C) Japan is "seriously concerned" about the Burmese authorities' treatment of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her transfer from house arrest to Insein Prison, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said May 15. The Japanese Government has raised its concerns with the Burmese Ambassador and has calle [...]
2009-05-15 04:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM JA
09TOKYO1106OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS INDICT JAPAN POST CEO
[...] (U) Twelve Diet members from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),the People's New Party (PNP),and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) submitted a third-party criminal indictment of Japan Post Holdings CEO Yoshifumi Nishikawa to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office May 15, a [...]
2009-05-15 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1108 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-17 22:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1109JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO111 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1114COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD MICHAEL SCHIFFER AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 24-28 visit to Japan by DASD Schiffer and Jason Hamm. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile pho [...]
2009-05-18 05:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1121COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DASD REBECCA HERSMAN AND
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 25-27 visit to Japan by DASD Hersman and Lieutenant Colonel Smith. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6 [...]
2009-05-18 07:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1124NEW DPJ PRESIDENT HATOYAMA KEEPS OZAWA IN KEY ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Yukio Hatoyama's election as party President over Katsuya Okada on May 16 and his appointment of outgoing President Ichiro Ozawa to a senior position signals a continuation in the status quo for the opposition DPJ, according to Embassy contacts, and should result in few changes i [...]
2009-05-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1129TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA, SRI LANKA, AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Sankei gave top play to a report on an arrest warrant against a Japanese company president, who allegedly exported to North Korea two large trucks that are prohibited for export due to the potential that they could be converted for use as vehicles to transport bal [...]
2009-05-19 02:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1130JAPAN'S VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SRI LANKA
[...] (U) Japan announced May 15 it would give assistance in kind worth approximately USD 470,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help aid Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. The assistance will include 560 tents, 30,000 jerry cans, 4,000 plastic sheets, 10,00 [...]
2009-05-19 04:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID CE JA
09TOKYO1133 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1135DEMARCHE DELIVERED AND ACTION REQUEST -- NIAG
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) Emboff delivered reftel non-paper to Atsushi Tanizawa, Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and his successor, Hiroaki Machii, May 18. Tanizawa said METI is willing to loo [...]
2009-05-19 07:42:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC JA IR
09TOKYO1141JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 00:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1143JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DAW AUNG SAN SUU
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the Ref A demarche to MOFA Deputy Directors Ken Ota, First Southeast Asia Division, and Kazumi Yamada, United Nations Policy Division. Mr. Ota stated that Japan is in agreement on the need to drop the charges on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and release her from detention. [...]
2009-05-20 01:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
09TOKYO1144TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Asahi front-paged a report from Washington claiming that the Obama administration informed the Japanese government on Tuesday of its decision to nominate California lawyer John Roos as the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan. 2. "Force Alone Can Not Bring Peace" T [...]
2009-05-20 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1150MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has reported as many as 236 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. Nearly all cases were reported to be in the Osaka and Kobe areas. There are no reports of H1N1 infection among Americans in Japan. While the majority of confirmed cases involve students and young adults, th [...]
2009-05-20 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1151 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 22:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1154JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 00:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1155TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the confirmation on Wednesday of the first two cases of the new strain of H1N1 influenza in Tokyo and Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. 2. "Junta Should Immediately Stop Shameful Acts" The business-oriented Nikkei editori [...]
2009-05-21 03:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1158GOJ REPORTS UAE PREFERENCES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT
[...] (C//NF) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division Deputy Director Junichi Yokota commented on the UAE's selection of three international consortia to bid on its upcoming nuclear plant tender during a May 18 meeting with Emboffs (to be reported sept [...]
2009-05-21 06:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG TRGY NRR PUNE KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE JA
09TOKYO1160 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 07:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1162TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 08:28:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO1163TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG
[...] (C) Begin text of Scenesetter: Mr. Deputy Secretary, The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains strong and Japan will continue to be a close friend and partner, but our relationship will be stressed on several fronts over the next year as Japan wrestles with daunting political and economic challeng [...]
2009-05-21 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO1165JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 00:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1166TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION, BURMA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Nikkei led with a speech by Prime Minister Aso on Thursday, during which he expressed Japan's commitment to provide aid of $67 billion in total to help Asian economies 'double' their respective GDPs by 2020. 2. "Time Has Come to Seal Accord on Nuclear Test Ban" [...]
2009-05-22 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1170 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 07:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1171MGSF01 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (U) Summary: Cases of H1N1 infection were reported in previously unaffected areas in Japan, although only in isolated cases. One additional case was reported in Tokyo City in a woman who returned from the United States May 19. The GOJ implemented a new policy to respond to the less virulent [...]
2009-05-22 07:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1177JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 00:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1178TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NUCLEAR TEST BY NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning Japanese national dailies led with statements of condemnation released by the U.S., Japan, Russia, and China of Monday's nuclear test by North Korea. 2. "U.S.-China Coordination Needed to Stop North Korea's Reckless March" The liberal Asahi editorialized (5/ [...]
2009-05-26 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO118JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1184 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 07:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1185JAPAN, THE U.S., AND TIP: AT A TIPPING POINT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an unprecedented multi-year, multi-agency effort to meet TVPA (Trafficking Victims Protection Act) minimum standards, the Government of Japan has indicated at a high level that it is considering no longer cooperating with the United States in providing information for th [...]
2009-05-26 07:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO1190JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 00:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1194STAFFDEL SHELLY HAN VISIT TO JAPAN FROM 9-12 JUNE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Ms. Shelly Han to Japan from June 9-12, 2009. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer John Nylin. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5344 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6859 Mobile phone: (81-80)1202-8406 Fax: [...]
2009-05-27 06:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1197COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OTTAWAY + 8 TO VISIT JAPAN
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Ottaway, Leslie Maher, Richard Love, Samuel Howerton, Kenneth Cole, Bruce Bennett, Donald Romberger, Jonathan Newmark, and Douglas Lyons for their May 24-29 visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politica [...]
2009-05-27 07:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO1198 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1199JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 00:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1204 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1205IS JAPAN READY TO DISCUSS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports suggesting Japan is willing to consider easing its requirements on testing of cattle for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) have raised speculation the GOJ might be prepared to engage the USG to lift remaining barriers to U.S. beef. Current BSE-related [...]
2009-05-28 09:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PREL JA
09TOKYO1207JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1214 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1216WHALING: JAPAN UNLIKELY TO COMPROMISE IN UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) While the Japanese public does not oppose whaling - in fact most support continued whaling - interest groups here are divided over whether to accept a compromise in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that would allow Japan limited coastal whaling in exchange for a reduction/elim [...]
2009-05-29 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA
09TOKYO1218CLIMATE CHANGE: STAKEHOLDERS DIFFER ON JAPAN'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Aso intends to announce Japan's midterm greenhouse gas reduction target by mid-June in order to use it at the G8 Summit/MEF and in the UNFCCC negotiations. There remain wide differences over the size of an appropriate target, however, among the various climate/e [...]
2009-05-29 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO122 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1224JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/09
[...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's weekend schedule (Nikkei) North Korea problem: 4. U.S. high-level delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg starts 4-nation tour of Japan, ROK, China and Russia, focusing on North Korea issues (Yomiuri) 5. Large U.S. delegat [...]
2009-06-01 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1230JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/02/09
[...] He said: "Let us take on the big challenge posed by various issues with Democratic governments both in Japan and the United States," calling for strengthening bilateral relations while also indicating a strong motivation toward a change of government. On the North Korea issue, Hatoyama pointe [...]
2009-06-02 04:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1234 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/09
[...] While they were unable to narrow their gaps on such key issues as the consumption tax hike and global warming prevention measures, this meeting gave hints to each side's thinking on the next House of Representatives election. The first policy consultation between the DPJ and Nippon Keidanren [...]
2009-06-02 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1239JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 00:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1242TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Asahi gave top play to the disclosure by several sources close to the DPRK leadership that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has selected his third son Kim Jong Un as his heir. 2. "Treasury Secretary Shows 'Low Key' Attitude in China" The conservative Sankei [...]
2009-06-03 04:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1245 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 07:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1248DPRK RESOLUTION: MOFA HIGHLIGHTS ARMS EMBARGO,
[...] (C) MOFA UN Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima requested a meeting with Poloff June 3 to convey Japan's position on a proposed UNSC resolution on the DPRK. Referring to a non-paper which he said has already been provided to the State Department in Washington and to the U.S. Mission in New [...]
2009-06-03 08:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA KN
09TOKYO1250JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 00:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1252 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1253LESSONS LEARNED FROM H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Effective coordination among multiple agencies at Post, our five consulates general, and United States Forces Japan (USFJ) helped the Mission to prepare for the spread of H1N1 in Japan, inform official and non-official Americans in Japan of developments, and report to Washington [...]
2009-06-04 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC EAGR KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09TOKYO1255JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1257DASD FOR EAST ASIA SCHIFFER'S MAY 25 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer discussed Japan's next generation fighter program (F-X). While the May 25 DPRK nuclear test highlights the need for close [...]
2009-06-05 06:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1258TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN CAIRO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged a speech in Cairo by President Obama, in which he reportedly expressed his strong commitment to engage the Muslim world. 2. "High Hopes for 'New Beginning'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/5): "Given that the relationship between [...]
2009-06-05 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1262THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship remains the core to an approach on several regional and global issues, including security, engagement with China, and redesigning the East Asian architecture, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice-Foreign Minister Mit [...]
2009-06-05 07:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON JA
09TOKYO1263DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama said that his key priority, after securing an electoral victory, is building a cooperative relationship with the United States to confront the global challenges of nucle [...]
2009-06-05 07:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PARM OVIP KN JA
09TOKYO1268MOFA COMMENTS ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE
[...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan's official position of supporting zero growth in the IAEA budget has not changed, but within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),officials are moving to relax the policy in an attempt to reach a compromise position between the U.S. and those countries supporting zer [...]
2009-06-05 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA
09TOKYO1269ASD FOR APSA GREGSON DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: Key challenges to strategic balance in the region and strategic deterrence come from China, North Korea and Russia, Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Wallace Gregson during a June 1 meeting on [...]
2009-06-05 07:58:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR CH KN KS RU JA
09TOKYO1270 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-07 22:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1274JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 00:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1276TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH IN CAIRO AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers front-paged Secretary of State Clinton's remarks on North Korea during an ABC interview on Sunday. 2. "Moderates Should Be Involved" The conservative Sankei editorialized (6/7): "... Efforts to remove anti-U.S. sentiment among the Muslims and win ove [...]
2009-06-08 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO128JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 04:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1281 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1284JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1285JAPAN-RUSSIA ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT: PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials expect economic engagement with Russia to proceed slowly despite Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's widely-reported pitch for broader investment in the Russian Far East. The bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement will advance cooperation in the nuc [...]
2009-06-09 01:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ENRG PREL PUNE TRGY JA RS
09TOKYO1287TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the GOJ's draft of basic policies for economic and fiscal reform for fiscal 2009. 2. "Relisting North Korea as Terror Sponsor Is Obvious Choice" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (6/9): "Secretary of State Cli [...]
2009-06-09 03:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1289 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1294JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 00:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1296TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Sankei gave top play to the finding by intelligence authorities that DPRK leader Kim Jong Il's third son Jong Un has been given a post within the country's National Defense Commission, which is defined by the Constitution as "the highest guiding organ of the mi [...]
2009-06-10 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO13 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1304 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 22:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1306JAPAN'S SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET GIVES MORE TO S&T
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ's FY09 supplemental budget includes an additional JPY 1.35 trillion ($13.5 billion) for science and technology. The majority of these funds will go to the Ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and He [...]
2009-06-10 22:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO TRGY TNGD TSPA EAGR ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 00:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1315JAPAN AGREES: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper 11 June to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. "We agree that this is not the right direction," Miyamoto said, and emphasized [...]
2009-06-11 05:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA
09TOKYO1317 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 07:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1319 Japan Announces Midterm Greenhouse Gas Target
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of internal GOJ discussion and input from various study groups, Prime Minister Aso announced June 10 that Japan will aim to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. Looked at from a 1990 base year, the figures would equal an e [...]
2009-06-11 21:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL KGHG ECON JA
09TOKYO1324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 00:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1328 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1341 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/09-1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1344JAPAN INTENDS TO JOIN IRENA, CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan intends to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the June 28-30 meeting in Egypt but has not yet finalized legal and financial preparations, Foreign Ministry (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials said in response to ref A d [...]
2009-06-15 07:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG SENV JA
09TOKYO1345NIKKEI BREAKS 10,000 SUGGESTING THE ECONOMY HAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A spate of relatively positive economic news, both international and domestic, pushed the Nikkei 225 to close over the psychologically important 10,000 level on June 12. Some politicians and pundits argue the economy has "hit bottom" and will recover, albeit slowly, over the nex [...]
2009-06-15 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL JA
09TOKYO1346U.S., JAPANESE OFFICIALS ENGAGE IN EXTENDED
[...] (S) A U.S. delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Rebecca Hersman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer, and accompanied by VCI Senior Advisor Harry Heintzelman, engaged in a discussion on the 2009 Nuc [...]
2009-06-15 08:43:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH RU JA KN
09TOKYO1347 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1349JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO135 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1350TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included an Asahi report from Beijing claiming that it has learned from several sources connected to North Korea that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's third son Kim Jong Un made a secret visit to Beijing on or around June 10 as a special envoy for h [...]
2009-06-16 01:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1353 FCC COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN DISCUSSES BROADBAND, DIGITAL TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's focus since 2000 on infrastructure expansion as a national priority has yielded good results, with nearly all Japanese households now having access to broadband Internet, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Vice Minister Akira Terasaki told FCC Commissi [...]
2009-06-16 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO1357 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 21:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1361JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 02:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1365TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND U.S.-ROK SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Wednesday morning included growing unrest in Iran over the recent reelection of President Ahmadinejad and yesterday's summit in Washington between President Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee. 2. "No More Bloodshed" The conservative Sankei editorialized [...]
2009-06-17 04:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1367 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 21:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1368JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1369TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-ROK SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Yomiuri report claiming that an analysis by the Ministry of Defense shows that the long-range ballistic missile apparently being prepared for launch by North Korea from the Dongchang-ri missile site on the country's northwest coast will l [...]
2009-06-18 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO137TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Asahi gave front-page play to Secretary of State Clinton's first day on the job at the State Department on Thursday. 2. "President Obama Orders Closing of Guantanamo" The liberal Mainichi wrote from Washington (1/23): "President Obama ordered on Thursday the closing of the de [...]
2009-01-23 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1373TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (S) Begin text of Scenesetter: Ms. Under Secretary, The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains strong and Japan is a close friend and partner. In spite of this, our relationship will be stressed on several fronts over the next year as Japan wrestles with daunting political and economic challenges. [...]
2009-06-18 02:52:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL OVIP JA
09TOKYO1375 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1378APEC FOOD SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) will not send officials to participate in the August 1-2 APEC Food Safety Risk Assessment Workshop in Singapore, according to MOFA Senior Coordinator for APEC Taisuk [...]
2009-06-19 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON APECO
09TOKYO1379JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1382TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-ROK SUMMIT AND U.S. DIPLOMACY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Friday morning included a Yomiuri report on a recent notice issued by the Chinese government to local government entities recommending that they select domestic products when procuring goods and services in order to stimulate the economy. 2. "Good Opportuni [...]
2009-06-19 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1386COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 24-26, 2009 visit to Japan by Under Secretary of Defense Michele A. Flournoy and her party. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 H [...]
2009-06-19 05:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO139JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1//09
[...] Overcome the financial crisis (78.7 PERCENT ) 2. Favorable impact on the Japanese economy (48.0 PERCENT ) 3. Environmental policy (37.3 PERCENT ) 4. North Korea problem (34.0 PERCENT ) 4. Middle East stabilization (22.7 PERCENT ) These issues should be undertaken by the Japanese governme [...]
2009-01-23 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1393READOUT OF CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MOFA DFM SASAE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo is conveying a firm message to Burmese leaders as part of Japan,s engagement strategy with the country, Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Kenichiro Sasae told Charg Zumwalt on June 17. Sasae said that he used his June 3-5 trip to Burma to press Rangoon on human rights issues, [...]
2009-06-19 07:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM JA BM
09TOKYO1394JAPAN PROPOSING TRILATERAL TRACK II DIALOGUE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo would like to restart Track II discussions, dormant since the mid 1990s, among the United States, Japan, and Russia to learn more about Russia,s "intentions" behind its growing security and energy interest in the Asia-Pacific region. Washington and Tokyo should encourage R [...]
2009-06-19 07:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS JA
09TOKYO1395 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1400SETTING NEW FISCAL CONSOLIDATION TARGETS
[...] (SBU) The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) has released its draft basic policy framework for 2009. Known as the honebuto ("big-boned" or "robust"),the policy framework is meant to place this year's policy priorities in a medium-term context. The 2009 honebuto makes clear that the [...]
2009-06-22 00:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1401JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1405 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 21:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1406JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 00:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1407THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative recently completed its eighth year of work on improving Japan's investment climate and contributing to economic growth in both countries. The Initiative can claim a number of successes. However, we may be able to engage Japan more effectiv [...]
2009-06-23 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL JA
09TOKYO1415 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 21:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1420JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 00:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1424 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1427JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 00:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1429TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most papers gave top play on Thursday morning to Japan Post's business improvement plan submission to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 2. "No Path to Dialogue in Sight" The liberal Asahi wrote from Washington (6/25): "The Obama administration's strategy of s [...]
2009-06-25 04:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1434ENDING THE CAMBODIAN WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL DEADLOCK:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings May 14-15 with senior officials of MOFA's First Southeast Asia Department, as well as with a Japanese judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson suggested a possible solution to the logjam in negotiations [...]
2009-06-25 06:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL JA
09TOKYO1436 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 07:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1441JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 00:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1445 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN BLAIR ENGAGES JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Facing declining mail volume and decreased revenues, Japan Post Service needs to consider new ways to generate income, Japanese government officials told U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Dan Blair in meetings in Tokyo June 10-12. As it proceeds with the privatization [...]
2009-06-26 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINT PGOV ECON BEXP JA
09TOKYO1448DPRK CARGO INSPECTION: JAPAN COAST GUARD TO LEAD
[...] (C) The draft special measures bill authorizing Japan to inspect DPRK ship cargo (reftel) identifies the Japan Coast Guard as the lead operational agency, according to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Takamizawa. The Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) will sup [...]
2009-06-26 04:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER
09TOKYO1458JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1461STAFFDEL TRIVEDI'S JAPAN VISIT FROM JUNE 30-JULY
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the Japan visit of Mr. Atman Trivedi from June 30-July 5. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Wilson Ruark. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5373 Home phone: (81-3)3224-6968 Mobile phone: (81-80)5479-4214 Fax: [...]
2009-06-29 05:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC OREP JA
09TOKYO1463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 07:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1467JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1485JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 00:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO149FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH: PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post seeks approximately $13,600 in program funding for a U.S. speaker to participate in the "BioJapan2009" Trade Show October 15-17, 2009. This annual business-to-business event is expected to draw about 24,000 participants and includes "food security and biotechnology" as [...]
2009-01-23 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JA
09TOKYO15JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO150 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1502 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 21:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1505JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1507CARGO INSPECTION LAW: CABINET SUBMISSION SLATED
[...] (C) The Japanese government will submit a special measures bill authorizing Japan to interdict and inspect DPRK ship cargo (reftel) to the Cabinet for formal approval "early next week," Director General for International Peace Cooperation Headquarters in the Cabinet Office Takata told Charge an [...]
2009-07-02 03:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER
09TOKYO1515CLIMATE CHANGE: SENIOR JAPANESE MOE OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Ministry of Environment Deputy Director General for Global Environment Masaru Moriya discussed preparations for the Major Economies Forum leaders meeting and progress towards a post-2012 agreement on climate change in the UNFCCC when he met with EMIN and EST Chief July 1. Moriya said the [...]
2009-07-02 06:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO1518 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 07:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1524JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 00:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1532 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1536ASO WEAKENED FURTHER BY INDECISION ON CABINET,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso's decision July 1 to make just two minor adjustments to his Cabinet and leave other portfolios and party executive positions unchanged has touched off a new round of criticism over his inability to exercise decisive leadership. Media reports cite his failure [...]
2009-07-06 08:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1539JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 00:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1543 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1548JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1549U.S.-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON CHINA IT SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese officials seek continuing close coordination with the USG to engage China at the highest levels to express concerns over China's proposed new information security and content filtering regimes. Senior Japanese officials have raised the information security testing regime [...]
2009-07-08 02:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECPS EINT ETRD TINT PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO155JAPAN PREPARING FOR MARCH MSDF DISPATCH TO HORN OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing to dispatch Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) vessels to the Horn of Africa and is aiming to have the ships on station by the time Prime Minister Taro Aso has his first meeting with the President, according to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Deputy [...]
2009-01-23 09:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PINR PREL PTER MARR
09TOKYO1553TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND UNREST IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included consultations scheduled for later this month between the U.S. and Japan over the "nuclear umbrella." Other news included the revelation by a former Japanese ambassador to the U.S. that the GOJ in 1974 considered allowing port visits by U.S [...]
2009-07-08 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1558 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 21:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1567ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TOKYO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 06:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON INTELSAT KTIA JA
09TOKYO1569TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UIGHUR
[...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning papers gave front-page play to the G-8 statement on the world economy. 2. "High-handed Policy Will Not Solve Problem in Uighur" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (7/9): "The bloody riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region showed the depth of ethnic conf [...]
2009-07-09 22:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO157EMINENT PERSONS' GROUP SUGGESTS A NEW FRAMEWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: An eminent persons' study group organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will report to Foreign Minister Nakasone January 23 on its work regarding a new economic dialogue between the U.S. and Japan. MOFA officials called in econoffs to say the group recommends the [...]
2009-01-23 09:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR SENV EFIN PGOV EINV JA
09TOKYO1572JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 02:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1575OPPOSITION LEADER OFFERS ASSURANCES ON ALLIANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Chair Kenji Yamaoka told Embassy Tokyo July 8 that, in spite of the often contradictory statements about the Alliance that his party's members make, "when the DPJ takes power, we will have a unified policy." The relationshi [...]
2009-07-10 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA
09TOKYO1578 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/09
[...] Return of facilities and sites south of Kadena Air Base (KAB),other issues The road map for the implementation of U.S. Forces Japan realignment agreed upon by Japan and the U.S. is rated highly for contributing to the reduction of the burden imposed by the bases on Okinawa. Special consider [...]
2009-07-12 21:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1581JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 00:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1586 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1594JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 04:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1595DPJ TO TAKE SOFTER LINE ON ALLIANCE ISSUES?
[...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) may be taking a softer line on U.S.-Japan Alliance matters, according to recent statements in Japanese media reports. In its October 2008 party manifesto, the DPJ called for a "drastic review" of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). With a [...]
2009-07-14 04:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1599 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1601JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1603TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Wednesday morning included Tuesday's passage of a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Aso by the House of Councillors, as well as the rejection by the House of Representatives of a no-confidence motion against the prime minister. 2. "China Concern [...]
2009-07-15 04:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1604JAPAN ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP MEMBERSHIP
[...] Embass Tokyo delivered reftel non-paper 7 July to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. Japan agrees, in principle, with opening participation in Contact Group on Pir [...]
2009-07-15 04:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA
09TOKYO1607JAPAN REVISES ORGAN TRANSPLANT LAW
[...] The GOJ amended the National Organ Transplant Law of 1997 for the first time July 13, making in-country organ donations easier. The amended law, which passed the Diet's Upper House by a vote of 138 to 82, recognizes brain dead persons as legally deceased and abolishes the age limit for organ d [...]
2009-07-15 06:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AEMED SOCI PGOV JA
09TOKYO161JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1614 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 21:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO162TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - OBAMA DIPLOMACY, GLOBAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the results of Sunday's gubernatorial election in Yamagata Prefecture, in which the opposition-backed candidate defeated the LDP-endorsed incumbent. 2. "'Fairness' Needed to Remove Distrust in U.S. Foreign Policy" The liberal Mainichi edi [...]
2009-01-26 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1620JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/09
[...] The authorized number of special advisors is up to three. However, Hamada will only appoint Morimoto. The special advisor attends meetings of a defense council (chaired by the defense minister) to be established anew as a non-permanent staff serving the minister to ensure political leadershi [...]
2009-07-16 05:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1625 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 21:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1629JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 03:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1630TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA AND NON-ALIGNED
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers led with the continued disarray within the ruling LDP over Prime Minister Aso's plan to dissolve the Lower House next week for a snap election on August 30. 2. "U.S. Diplomacy Entering Stage of Implementing Policies" On President Obama's foreign poli [...]
2009-07-17 03:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1632 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 21:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1638DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/21/09-1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1644A/S CAMPBELL MEETS DPJ SECRETARY GENERAL OKADA
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada told EAP A/S Kurt Campbell July 17 that, in the event of an opposition victory in the next election, his party will need a strong relationship with the United States to remain in power. That said, the DPJ will need to address issues [...]
2009-07-21 05:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO1649 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/21/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 21:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1651JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 00:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1659 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 07:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1664JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 00:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1667TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ASEAN POLICY AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Thursday morning included yesterday's total solar eclipse visible from some of Japan's southern islands and a draft DPJ policy manifesto for the August 30 general election. 2. "U.S. Policy of Attaching Importance to Southeast Asia Becoming More Pronounced" [...]
2009-07-23 03:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1671 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 07:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1673JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 00:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1676MOVING FROM 3 TO 2 NUCLEAR PRINCIPLES IN JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: The recent disclosure of a "secret" agreement between the United States and Japan dating from the 1960s has caused a media and political stir on the continued relevance of Japan's "Three Non-nuclear Principles." Former Vice Foreign Minister Ryohei Murata, who served as VFM from [...]
2009-07-24 05:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA MNUC PREL
09TOKYO1678UNGA: JAPAN NOT YET ABLE AT PRESENT TO PROVIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 05:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA JA
09TOKYO1681ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 17 meeting, EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell told Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone that a strong, robust partnership with Japan was essential to meet the geopolitical challenges in East Asia. Secretary Clinton highly values the conversations she has had with t [...]
2009-07-24 06:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA KN
09TOKYO1683ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL MEETING WITH MOFA
[...] (S) Summary: Over a 17 July lunch, EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho engaged on Russian interests in Asia, discussed greater Indian involvement in East Asia, and reviewed China-Taiwan relations. End [...]
2009-07-24 07:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1685READOUT OF A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH MOFA DG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Campbell discussed challenges in dealing with China during his July 17 meeting with Foreign Ministry Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Akitaka Saiki. A/S Campbell and DG Saiki noted progress in their countries' respective relations with China, b [...]
2009-07-24 07:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH JA
09TOKYO1689 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-26 21:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1693JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 00:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1700TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND U.S.-CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several national dailies on Monday gave top coverage to the official release today by the DPJ of its policy manifesto for the August 30 general election, in which the party will propose the creation of a "National Strategy Bureau," which would be headed by the prime minister and [...]
2009-07-27 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1706DPJ ADVISOR DISCUSSES PARTY'S FOREIGN AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: The DPJ wants to work closely with the U.S. and resolve any differences through dialogue, DPJ Policy Affairs Chief Kiyoshi Sugawa told Embassy Tokyo July 27. Sugawa came to the Embassy to deliver and discuss the DPJ's Policy Index 2009, a 60-page document outlining the Party's pos [...]
2009-07-27 07:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1711 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 00:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1714JAPAN RE=ORGANIZES FOREIGN AID POLICY BUREAU
[...] Summary: USAID Counselor paid introductory courtesy calls the week of July 20 on the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's (MOFA) International Cooperation Bureau, including Masato Kitera, Director General for International Cooperation, Akira Yamada, and newly-arrived Kazuo Sunaga, [...]
2009-07-28 04:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV JA
09TOKYO1720TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA DIALOGUE, IRAN, AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave prominent top play to yesterday's release of the official DPJ policy manifesto for the August 30 general election. 2. "Economic and Strategic Dialogue Marks Launch of 'G2' System" The liberal Mainichi commented on Monday's commencement of U.S.-Ch [...]
2009-07-28 05:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1722 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1725JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 00:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1727TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA DIALOUGE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning included a draft LDP policy manifesto for the August 30 general election, in which the ruling party calls for a review of the current constitutional interpretation regarding the ban on collective defense. 2. "U.S. Policy Turnaround for Economic Re [...]
2009-07-29 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1729 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 06:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1730APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials and U.S and Japanese [...]
2009-07-29 07:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV PREL APECO JA
09TOKYO1731DPJ BACKTRACKING ON SUPPORT FOR OEF REFUELING
[...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will end Japan's refueling support to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) if it takes the reins of government in the August 30 election, according to July 29 Japanese press reports. Media quote DPJ President Hatoyama as saying that if the party win [...]
2009-07-29 07:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1733JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1739Japanese Media Spins U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue
[...] Summary. The Japanese press gave the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (July 27-28) detailed coverage that has yet to abate. While much of the press reaction has been positive and supportive of the initiative, segments of the Japanese media have (possibly deliberately) distorted the P [...]
2009-07-30 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO JA CH
09TOKYO174LAYOFFS GENERATE HEADLINES, LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Company layoffs in Japan have become a staple of recent daily newspaper and television reporting despite relatively low unemployment numbers, especially in comparison with other parts of the world. Expectations the markets will continue to deteriorate, a perception vulnerable groups bear [...]
2009-01-26 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1741METI RELEASES STRATEGY TO LEVERAGE ODA, RESOURCE DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan should augment its use of official development assistance (ODA) to secure supplies of strategically important rare metals, according to a strategy released July 28 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). In particular, the plan highlights a need for greater co [...]
2009-07-30 07:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN EAID PREL SENV JA
09TOKYO1742THE DPJ ELECTION MANIFESTO: POTENTIAL NEW JAPANESE MARKET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) released its election "manifesto" (platform) on July 27 intend to highlight the party's efforts to reform and revitalize the Japanese economy and its social safety net. The 55-point election manifesto includes no new economic or social safety [...]
2009-07-30 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO1743RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050104138
[...] Masanori (Mac) Matsushita, Aerospace Department Manager at Shintoa Corporation, confirmed the procurement of the United States Munitions List (USML) brush block power harness identified in reftel is for the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) upgrade of the US-1A Search and Rescue Aircraft. Shintoa [...]
2009-07-30 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDJA
09TOKYO1744 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 21:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1745JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1747TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - "SUMBARINE RACE" IN SOUTH CHINA SEA,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri led with the finding that a student from an Iranian research institution, which is on a GOJ list of foreign entities suspected of engaging in nuclear development, was allowed to study nuclear technology at one of Japan's leading universities. 2. "'Subm [...]
2009-07-31 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1753 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1755POLICY ENTERS THE JAPANESE ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's major political parties released their campaign platforms this week, directing voter attention to the issues that will decide next month's general election of the Diet's lower house. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will run under the mantra of "regime change [...]
2009-08-02 21:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1757DPJ FISCAL POLICY -- AMBITIOUS SPENDING, UNCERTAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The release of the Democratic Party of Japan's "manifesto" (platform) and accompanying policy index have given a better sense of the party's fiscal priorities as well as its specific spending and financing plans. As reported (reftel),the DPJ's proposed fiscal policy contains [...]
2009-08-02 22:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO1759JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 00:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO176DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW INSURANCE PRODUCT BY
[...] (SBU) The Government of Japan has not received an application from Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life Insurance for a new cancer insurance product, officials from the Office for the Promotion of Privatization of Postal Services (OPJP),the Financial Services Agency (FSA),and the Ministry of [...]
2009-01-26 10:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD JA
09TOKYO1760TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC
[...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Mainichi gave top play to an interview with a crew member of the Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. 2. "U.S., Japan Need to Exercise Power to Lead" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/3): "The U.S. and China held the fi [...]
2009-08-03 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1769 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 07:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1774JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 00:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1776PANEL REPORT FORWARD-LEANING ON JAPAN'S DEFENSE
[...] (C) A civilian expert panel charged with providing an independent assessment of Japan's defense and security capabilities will submit its final report to the Prime Minister's Office on August 4. The report is to be briefed immediately to the Cabinet Security Council and incorporated subseque [...]
2009-08-04 03:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO1784JAPAN-CHINA TALKING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Fifth Japan-China Human Rights Dialogue, held July 9-10 in Tokyo, produced "useful" discussions about basic human rights policies in the respective countries and seemed to spark lively debate, particularly on issues related to Japan's pending child pornography law and Beijing's [...]
2009-08-04 06:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH JA
09TOKYO1786 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1788JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 00:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1790TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with yesterday's surprise visit to North Korea by former President Bill Clinton and his meeting with DPRK leader Kim Jong Il. 2. "Main Principle of Denuclearization Must Not Be Compromised" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/5): "Concern [...]
2009-08-05 04:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1793JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 00:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1799 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 21:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1800JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1811DPJ SHOWS PRE-ELECTION AMBIGUITY TOWARDS THE
[...] (C) Summary: Media portrayals of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as pro-U.S. and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) as less friendly to our interests are overly simplified. While DPJ politicians have been more vocal in questioning issues related to the U.S.-Japan Allian [...]
2009-08-07 07:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1812DPJ GROUPS
[...] (C) Summary: With the possibility of a DPJ victory in the August 30 Lower House election, how the party is organized will impact its decision-making process and the assignment of key positions within the government and Diet. Post-election maneuvering within the party, and differing loyalties t [...]
2009-08-07 07:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1813 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-09 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1815JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 02:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1819 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 06:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO182JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1825JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 00:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO183TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NEW ADMINISTRATION'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning papers gave front-page play to President Obama's address on Monday on his environmental policy. 2. "Obama Diplomacy Should Ensure Both Principles and Fight against Terrorism" The conservative Sankei editorialized (1/27): "President Obama signed an executive or [...]
2009-01-27 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1832 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 21:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1834JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 00:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1835TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the conviction on Tuesday of Aung San Suu Kyi. 2. "Burmese Junta Poses Threat to Asia" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/12): "The international community, including Japan, is calling on Myanmar's (Burma's) junta to release all politic [...]
2009-08-12 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1839 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1840JAPANESE GOVERNMENT INITIAL RESPONSE ON ASSISTING
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government understands the importance the Obama Administration has placed on the closure of Guantanamo and wants to cooperate as much as possible on assisting with possible Uighur medevacs from Palau, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA noted, h [...]
2009-08-12 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG JA PS
09TOKYO1841JAPAN: GOVERNMENT SIDESTEPPING YASUKUNI VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso and most of his Cabinet are signaling their decision to forgo August 15 visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. In keeping with his longtime opposition to ministerial Shrine visits, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama also said that he [...]
2009-08-12 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALCH JA
09TOKYO1843JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 00:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1845TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers gave top play to Wednesday's one-on-one debate between Prime Minister Aso and DPJ President Hatoyama. 2. "Myanmar Should Not Become 'Another North Korea'" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (8/13): "Many people share the view that there are 'insuff [...]
2009-08-13 04:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1847 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO185 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1851JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO186METI HOSTS SEMINAR ON IRAN SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) recently hosted German attorney Dr. Harald Hohmann at a speaking engagement at its Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). Hohmann advised GOJ officials managing Japan's Iran policy on "grey areas" Japanese companies [...]
2009-01-27 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL JA IR
09TOKYO1863TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ECONOMY AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page stories on Friday morning included North Korea's release on Thursday of a South Korean worker it had detained since March. 2. "Resilience of U.S. Economy Remains Weak" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (8/14): "The view has become prevalent in financial mar [...]
2009-08-14 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO187METI LOOKING TO CONTINUE FORMAL BILATERAL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: METI wants to continue a bilateral economic dialogue similar to the Economic Partnership for Growth (EPG) with the U.S., according to METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroyuki Ishige. He envisions the new partnership having three pillars -- (a) macro-economy and trad [...]
2009-01-27 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SENV PREL JA
09TOKYO1871READOUT OF TRILATERAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan hosted the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Workshop on Efforts to Empower Moderate Sectors of Society, July 27-28. Participants detailed assistance programs aimed at empowering credible institutions and voices in Southeast Asia. The Workshop also discussed diversifying ed [...]
2009-08-14 05:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER AS JA
09TOKYO1877DEBATE OVER FTAS AND AGRICULTURE FEATURE IN
[...] (U) Summary: Japan's agricultural lobby has pushed the opposition DPJ back from an earlier election proposal that Japan negotiate an FTA with the U.S. This predictable reaction by agricultural interests against any threat to the status quo has not completely drowned out, however, public debat [...]
2009-08-14 06:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD PREL JA
09TOKYO1878JAPAN EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares Washington's deep disappointment over the August 11 verdict and subsequent decision by the Burmese regime to extend Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) house arrest. MOFA officials also stress the importance of recognizing indications that Burma is heeding international conc [...]
2009-08-14 07:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO1879PART 1 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] (S) The Assistant Secretary-level U.S.-Japan-ROK Defense Trilateral Talks convened July 16-17 in Tokyo. The U.S. interagency delegation, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Wallace Gregson, and the Japanese and ROK delegations, led by Japanese Mi [...]
2009-08-14 07:04:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1880 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1881PART 2 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:22:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1882PART 3 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:36:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1883PART 4 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:46:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1886 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS (1) 08/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 04:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1893 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 21:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1897JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1906 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 06:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1910JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 00:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1912TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DEATH OF KIM DAE-JUNG
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the official start on Tuesday of the campaign for the August 30 House of Representatives election and the death of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung on Tuesday. 2. "Mixed Results of 'Sunshine Policy'" The libe [...]
2009-08-19 04:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1917 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 06:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1921JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 00:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1922TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DEATH OF FORMER ROK PRESIDENT KIM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Asahi led with projections concerning the August 30 general election, saying that the DPJ may win as many as 300 seats, while the ruling LDP could lose almost half of its current seats. 2. "Debate to Continue over Pros and Cons of Sunshine Policy" On the de [...]
2009-08-20 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1926 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1929JAPAN AF-PAK ASSISTANCE AND THE ELECTION(S)
[...] Summary: (C) On the eve of Afghanistan elections, Government of Japan (GOJ) Special Representative for Afghanistan-Pakistan Motohide Yoshikawa re-iterated to AID Counselor the country's highest priority commitment to the region, echoing verbatim the USG's interests in a "secure, credible, an [...]
2009-08-20 22:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON AID JA PGOV PREL PK
09TOKYO1931JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 00:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1938 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1944JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1945STAFFDEL LAUGHLIN REASSURES GOJ OFFICIALS ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On August 18, MOFA and MOD officials expressed relief upon hearing from visiting staffers of the Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees that the Senate's proposed $211 million budget cut for realignment-related construction in Guam was a "means to elicit transparency [...]
2009-08-24 00:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL
09TOKYO1950METI HALTS JAPANESE FIRM'S SHIPMENT OF SERVO-MOTORS
[...] (S) Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI),Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control Director Masaaki Takabatake and METI Deputy Director, Security Export Control Policy Division Hiroaki Machii, gave emboffs the following lightly-edited, English-language document Au [...]
2009-08-24 05:55:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM MTCRE ETTC PREL MNUC KSCA JA IR
09TOKYO1953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 21:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1954JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1958TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included the growing H1N1 influenza epidemic in Japan. 2. "Change in North Korea's Approach" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (8/25): "Despite the fact that North Korea employs such tactics often, it was surprising how quickly the nation changed [...]
2009-08-25 05:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1959 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 05:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1961AMBASSADOR MEETS SENIOR JAPANESE LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) During August 25 introductory calls on Prime Minister Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura, the Ambassador underlined his goals of strengthening bilateral ties, bringing the peoples of our two countries closer together and addressing the challenges before us, including issues as divers [...]
2009-08-25 07:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SENV ECON MARR JA
09TOKYO1962JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1966 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 21:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1968JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 00:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1976AMBASSADOR STRESSES TRILATERAL COOPERATION IN CALL
[...] (C) During his August 27 introductory call on South Korean Ambassador Kwon Chul-hyun, the Ambassador stressed the importance of enhancing trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK),particularly with respect to dealing with North Korea. Kwon concur [...]
2009-08-27 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MNUC ECON EFIN ETRD KN KS JA
09TOKYO1977 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 21:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1978DPJ POISED FOR MAJOR VICTORY IN THE 2009 JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 30, Japanese voters will choose between 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partners, or give the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-which has called for major changes in the way Japan is governed, spends its [...]
2009-08-27 21:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
09TOKYO198JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1983JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 23:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1984TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Yomiuri and Mainichi gave top play to the results of their respective latest nationwide opinion surveys both projecting a landslide DPJ victory in Sunday's general election. 2. "Policy Turnaround by Ayatollah Khamenei" On Wednesday's remarks by Iran's supreme [...]
2009-08-28 02:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO1986 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-30 21:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1987AMBASSADOR'S AUG 28 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA PART
[...] (C) The Ambassador stressed in an August 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka that continuity in Japan's foreign policy and the U.S.-Japan Alliance following the August 30 Lower House elections are critical. VFM Yabunaka concurred fully on the need for continuity in Japan's [...]
2009-08-30 21:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO1993JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 02:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1994AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG VISIT: MOD OFFICIAL ASSURES
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting, a senior Ministry of Defense official told Ambassador PhilipGoldberg, Coordinator for Implementation of UNSCR 1874, that policy on the implementation of UNSCR 1874 will not change after the August 30 elections even if the opposition Democratic Party of [...]
2009-08-31 02:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PARM KN JA
09TOKYO1995AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S INTER-AGENCY MEETING WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 25, GOJ officials led by MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki and Ambassador Philip Goldberg discussed UNSCR 1874 implementation and issues related to the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs. JapaQe officials said they are happy with the current level of coordination between the [...]
2009-08-31 02:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA KN PARM KNSD UNSC
09TOKYO1996AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR GENERAL UMEMOTO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 03:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM UNSC KN JA
09TOKYO1997JAPAN EXPLAINS VISIT BY BURMESE OFFICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo invited Burmese Agriculture Minister Htay Oo to Japan because of his "high standing" in the Burmese regime and his position as a central decisionmaker on agriculture policy, a key area of interest to Japanese aid policy planners, particularly in the continuing aftermath of [...]
2009-08-31 04:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO1998 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1999TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL ELECTION IN JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers were dominated by coverage of the DPJ's landslide victory in Sunday's general election. 2. "DPJ Must Respond to People's Expectations" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/31): "The election results should be considered a reflection [...]
2009-08-31 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GAZA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Friday morning due to a press holiday. However broadcasters reported on Israel's continuing air attacks on Gaza. 2. "No Mediator for Gaza" The moderate Yomiuri's correspondent reported from Cairo the following (1/1): "... The U.S., Europ [...]
2009-01-02 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO20 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2000HISTORIC WIN FOR THE DPJ
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)'s victory on August 30 in the 45th Lower House (House of Representatives) was historic and unprecedented. Alone, the DPJ took 308 out of 480 seats, a record-setting figure. There was also record turnout and interest in the election [...]
2009-08-31 21:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
09TOKYO2002SECNAV, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS "UNSHAKEABLE"
[...] (C) Summary: In wide-ranging security discussions with Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (SecNav) on August 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials reaffirmed the importance of close security ties with the U.S. MOFA officials assured SecNav that force po [...]
2009-08-31 23:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL
09TOKYO2005JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 02:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2008MGSF01 SEPTEMBER 1 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: Three additional H1N1-related deaths have been confirmed in Japan, bringing the total number of deaths linked to the novel influenza to eight. The infection rate during the week of August 17 to August 23 stood at 2.47 patients per medical facility, up from 1.69 patients per facility [...]
2009-09-01 04:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2009TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL ELECTION IN JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the DPJ's preparations for forming a ruling coalition with the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party. 2. "Foundation of Foreign Policy Should Be U.S.-Japan Relations" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/1): " [...]
2009-09-01 05:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO201TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the enactment on Tuesday of a second supplementary budget. 2. "New Environment Policy to Call for Change in U.S. Industries" The business-oriented Nikkei argued in an editorial (1/28): "President Obama revealed his plans to impose str [...]
2009-01-28 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2010 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2017DFM SASAE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On September 1, DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae in advance of Sasae September 5-6 trip to Tehran to ask that he urge the Iranian Government to cooperate completely with the IAEA, to address fully the international c [...]
2009-09-01 21:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CASC IR JA
09TOKYO2018JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 02:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2020TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NEW JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers front-paged the GOJ decision to convene a special Diet session on September 16 to select the next prime minister. 3. "Hatoyma Administration Should Change its Policy toward U.S." The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (9/2): "The most serious c [...]
2009-09-02 03:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2027 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 21:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2030JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 00:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2033AMBASSADOR'S AUG 28 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA PART
[...] (S) The Ambassador underscored the Obama Administration's strong, consistent position on the U.S. commitment to the U.S.-Japan Alliance and on its resolute stance against North Korea's belligerent actions in an August 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka. Yabunaka noted that [...]
2009-09-03 06:28:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MNUC ECON ETRD CASC KN JA
09TOKYO2034NPT: GOJ SEES DISARMAMENT ON TRACK; ACADEMIC WARNS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 21. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Japan wants a successful 2010 Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon),and believes the current momentum towards disarmament should help achieve a positive outcome, according to a Ministry of [...]
2009-09-03 06:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM NPT CDG KNNP JA
09TOKYO2035AMBASSADOR MEETS HATOYAMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Democratic Party of Japan President -- and presumptive Prime Minister -- Yukio Hatoyama on September 3. The Ambassador and Hatoyama pledged to work together to strengthen the bilateral relationship as our two countries cooperate to address issues as varied as N [...]
2009-09-03 07:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2040 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 21:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2041LDP REELING AFTER LOSS
[...] (C) Summary: With its thorough defeat in the August 30 Lower House election, the now-opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is facing an existential crisis. A power vacuum at its most senior levels, combined with widespread uncertainty about its political identity, are posing direct and [...]
2009-09-03 21:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO2044JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 05:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2054 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-05 22:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2055JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 00:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO206 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 22:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2060TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G20 FINANCIAL MINISTERIAL AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a DPJ plan to ask Social Democratic Party (SDP) Chairwoman Fukushima and People's New Party (PNP) Chief Representative Kamei to assume cabinet portfolios in the Hatoyama administration. 2. "Challenges Awaiting New Prime Minister" On the con [...]
2009-09-08 05:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2061HATOYAMA CONFIDANTE ON UPCOMING HATOYAMA
[...] (C) Ruling DPJ Diet member and Yukio Hatoyama confidante Yorihisa Matsuno told Embassy Tokyo September 4 that the presumptive next Prime Minister's ""first priority"" will be to establish a close relationship with the United States and President Obama. To that end, Hatoyama had already turned [...]
2009-09-08 06:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2066 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 21:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2068EARLY PICKS FOR THE HATOYAMA CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: The new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration has started to take shape with the reported decisions on several important posts. DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama announced on Saturday his intention to nominate DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan as Minister of the planned Natio [...]
2009-09-08 21:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA PINR ECON
09TOKYO2071JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 00:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2072TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with continued discussions among the DPJ, the SDP, and the PNP on the formation of a coalition government. 2. "U.S. to Consider Pros and Cons of Dialogue with DPRK" On the conclusion of U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Boswor [...]
2009-09-09 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2079INSURANCE: DELAY OF JAPAN POST IPO LIKELY
[...] (SBU) Japan Post watchers are trying to predict what will happen to the privatization process as the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) forms a coalition government with the People's New Party (PNP),which strongly opposes the postal privatization process, and the Social Democratic Party. The co [...]
2009-09-09 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO2080BUSINESSES AND METI UNHAPPY WITH HATOYAMA'S
[...] (C) Summary: PM-Elect Hatoyama's September 7 announcement that the GOJ would target a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, from 1990 levels, by 2020 (Ref A) was made with little or no consultation with Japanese ministries. Businesses and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indus [...]
2009-09-09 07:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2088 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 21:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2089JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 00:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO209JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2094TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's agreement among the DPJ, the SDP, and the PNP to establish a coalition government. 2. "U.S. Considering Dialogue with North Korea while Maintaining Sanctions" Claiming that U.S. Special Representative for North Korea P [...]
2009-09-10 03:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2098 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 06:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2101A STRONGER DPJ SET TO LAUNCH TRIPARTITE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: After about a week of negotiations, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) reached an agreement on September 9 with two smaller parties-the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the People's New Party (PNP)-with which it had said it would enter into a coalition arrangement after the A [...]
2009-09-10 21:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA PINR ECON
09TOKYO2103JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 23:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2108AMBASSADOR ROOS DISCUSSES BASING ISSUES WITH KANAGAWA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 7 courtesy call with Kanagawa Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa, the Ambassador said there would be no renegotiation of the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),and stated the USG implements the higher of the U.S. or Japanese standards on environmental prot [...]
2009-09-11 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MARR PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO211TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN AND IRAQ
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the successful development by Japanese researchers of a new vaccine that appears to be effective in animal tests against all types of influenza. 2. "Dark Clouds Hanging over Obama-led War on Terror" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's correspo [...]
2009-01-29 02:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2112DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING SRI LANKA ON
[...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Poloff and Embassy USAID Counselor separately delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida and MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Director Hikariko Ono, urging that Japan join the U.S. in pressing the Government [...]
2009-09-11 06:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09TOKYO2114 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2118JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 00:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO212 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2125THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. The United States and its Allies have reached an "inflection point" and need a new strategy to convince Pyongyang to change, visiting DepSec told PM Taro Aso during a June 1 meeting in Tokyo. Steinberg said he plans to tell the PRC that unless the North Korea agrees to change it [...]
2009-09-14 05:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2133 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2137DPJ MOVES QUICKLY TO CREATE NEW NATIONAL STRATEGY
[...] (C) Incoming Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has named former DPJ President Naoto Kan to head a new National Strategy Bureau (NSB),which will be responsible for formulating a framework for the budget and creating a broad domestic policy vision. The DPJ wants the [...]
2009-09-15 06:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO214JAPANESE REPORT GEORGIA CONCERNED UNOMIG MAY LAPSE
[...] (C) Georgian officials are worried about the prospect of maintaining an international presence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia if UNOMIG's mandate expires on Feb. 15, according to MOFA's Central Asia and Caucasus Division Director Hiroshi Tajima. Tajima met with Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister [...]
2009-01-29 07:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN JA GG RS
09TOKYO2141 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 21:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO215DEPUTY FM OTABE ON NEW BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Discussing the experts' report released and briefed to FM Nakasone on the future of U.S./Japan economic relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Yoichi Otabe called the study "frank and forthcoming" and favorably received by the Minister. Otabe said the report was able to make a number of recomm [...]
2009-01-29 07:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD PGOV EAGR JA
09TOKYO2154JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 00:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/09 - 2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2163 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 06:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2164MOFA DEPUTIES OFFER VIEWS ON ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs deputy directors-general (DDG) discussed a wide range of Asia-related policy issues during separate meetings with Political Minister-Counselor September 9-10. The PDAS/DAS equivalents noted that the Foreign Ministry is providing policy briefs to D [...]
2009-09-16 06:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH KN KS BM JA
09TOKYO2170JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2173TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave top play to the launch on Wednesday of a DPJ-led government in coalition with the Social Democratic Party and People's New Party following the election of DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama as prime minister. 2. "Foundation of U.S.-Japan Relations Sho [...]
2009-09-17 03:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2175 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 07:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2177PROFILE OF NEW HATOYAMA CABINET
[...] (C) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama was elected the 93rd Prime Minister of Japan on September 16, succeeding Taro Aso, who resigned with his cabinet earlier the same day. Hatoyama then introduced his new 17-member Cabinet. Stacked with current and former Democratic P [...]
2009-09-17 21:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON KPAO JA
09TOKYO218TWO IRANIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Iranians officials, Senior Advisor to the President Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi and Foreign Ministry Spokesman and Special Advisor to the Minister Hassan Qashqavi, recently paid separate visits to Tokyo to push Tehran's views on the situation in Gaza and in the wider Middle East [...]
2009-01-29 08:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KWBG KNNP IR JA
09TOKYO2184JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2186TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DECISION TO CANCEL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the results of opinion surveys by various national dailies, all pointing to 70 percent or more support for the Hatoyama administration - the second highest approval rating ever for a new cabinet. 2. "Eastern Europe Could Become Concerned" [...]
2009-09-18 02:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO219GOJ TARGETS CLEAN ENERGY, RESOURCE SECURITY IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOJ's FY09 energy budget proposal focuses on securing stable access to conventional energy resources while simultaneously pursuing energy efficiency and low-carbon alternatives. It should enable the GOJ to launch several policies developed in the run-up to the 2008 Toyako G8 [...]
2009-01-29 09:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN SENV KGHG PGOV JA
09TOKYO2190JAPANESE REQUEST FOR CHANGE TO/COMMENTS ON DRAFT
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: The GOJ is concerned there is an inconsistency in one paragraph of the draft UNSC Resolution on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, and would like to propose alternate wording to resolve Japan's concern [...]
2009-09-18 05:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM KNNP UNSC IAEA JA
09TOKYO2194 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 21:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2196EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPJ DIET AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN KENJI YAMAOKA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 21:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALJA PGOV PINR PREL
09TOKYO2197EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell met with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Director General (DG) of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Akitaka Saiki at the latter's Tokyo office on September 18. DG Saiki praised [...]
2009-09-21 21:28:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV JA PINR KS KN
09TOKYO2198EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. New Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada promised there would be no surprises in Japan's foreign policy. During his initial 100 days as Minister, he planned to focus on U.S-Japan relations, force realignments and U.S. bases in Okinawa; reconstruction assistance for Afghanis [...]
2009-09-21 21:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA PINR
09TOKYO2199JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2204WALKOUT REDLINES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 06:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC UNGA JA
09TOKYO2208 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 21:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2216JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO222MESSAGE FROM FORMER DPJ PRESIDENT MAEHARA TO
[...] On January 28, 2009, Embassy Tokyo received a congratulatory letter to President Barack Obama from Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Vice President Seiji Maehara. Following is the English translation provided by the DPJ International Department. The original letter will be sent via diplomatic [...]
2009-01-29 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC JA PGOV PREL
09TOKYO2223RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Post officers are unable to conduct a site visit, as the foreign consignee, Unitech Corporation, is located in Nagasaki Prefecture, approximately 600 miles from Tokyo. Alternatively, emboff spoke with Unitech Corporati [...]
2009-09-23 05:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO2226 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2228 JAPANESE PRESS MORNIGN HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 23:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2234TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN SUMMIT IN NEW YORK
[...] All media outlets gave top coverage to the Hatoyama-Obama summit, remarking the two leaders reaffirmed a commitment to strengthening the bilateral alliance. Both print and broadcast media noted the President and Prime Minister did not discuss controversial issues facing the bilateral alliance [...]
2009-09-24 21:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2236 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2237TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN SUMMIT IN NEW YORK
[...] All media outlets gave top coverage to the Hatoyama-Obama summit, remarking the two leaders reaffirmed a commitment to strengthening the bilateral alliance. Both print and broadcast media noted the President and Prime Minister did not discuss controversial issues facing the bilateral alliance [...]
2009-09-24 22:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2239RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Emboffs visited the premises of the foreign consignee, Mitsuhiro Corporation, and spoke with the firm's president, Kenzaburo Nagao, Managing Director Atsushi Kato, and Iyori Imamura and Takaaki Kato (identified below a [...]
2009-09-24 23:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO2240JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 00:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2246INSURANCE: DPJ'S FIRST STEPS ON POSTAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-led government appears likely to take several steps to halt, and in some cases reverse, the postal privatization process. Although no official statement has been made, by all accounts the government plans to pass a bill in the extraordinary [...]
2009-09-25 06:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO2247 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 06:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2255JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 00:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2256TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UNSC RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to press remarks on Sunday by Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Maehara, during which he revealed his plan to drastically review Japan's special budgetary account for airport construction. 2. "UNSC Resolution S [...]
2009-09-28 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO226JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2266 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 21:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2269ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPJ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Strategy Bureau, Economic and Science and Technology Policy Naoto Kan in Tokyo on September 18. The officials spoke about the historic nature [...]
2009-09-28 21:22:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV JA PINR
09TOKYO227TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to Japan Post's plan to temporarily freeze its planned sale of its resort facilities. 2. "Obama Administration to Face Big Challenge on Afghanistan" The moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent wrote (1/30): "President Obama met with [...]
2009-01-30 01:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2271JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2274 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 06:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2277A/S CAMPBELL'S SEPTEMBER 18 MEETING WITH VICE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka, Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell stressed the importance of close U.S.-Japan consultations as the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) settled into its role as the ruling party. Close high-level U.S.-Japan engagemen [...]
2009-09-29 23:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO2278JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-04 23:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2282TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's arrival in Pyongyang on Sunday. 2. " U.S. Policy Shift Should Lead to Breakthrough" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/5): "The Obama administration has changed its basic policy toward Myanmar (Burma) and will [...]
2009-10-05 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2284JAPAN WELCOMES CONCLUSION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) On September 29, Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel points to MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Deputy Director Takuma Sakaguchi. Poloff reaffirmed Washington's fundamental interests, including a unified, peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Burma, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi [...]
2009-09-30 07:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM JA
09TOKYO2285 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 22:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2286 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 23:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2292TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's arrival in Pyongyang on Sunday. 2. " U.S. Policy Shift Should Lead to Breakthrough" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/5): "The Obama administration has changed its basic policy toward Myanmar (Burma) and will [...]
2009-10-05 21:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2293MGSF01 October 5 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: The GOJ's task force on new influenza led by Prime Minister Hatoyama released guidelines for vaccination against H1N1 influenza October 1. According to the guidelines, medical professionals will be offered the vaccine first, followed by pregnant women, children from age one through [...]
2009-10-05 22:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2294 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2297JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 00:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO23JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2302DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]
2009-10-02 06:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2305DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]
2009-10-02 06:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2306DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]
2009-10-02 06:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2309ON THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF JAPAN'S TIP LAWS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A consensus of Japanese legal scholars believes that Japan's set of anti-TIP laws prohibits "recruitment through fraudulent or deceptive means." (NOTE: This crime is thought to be closely linked to forced labor in which a recruiter knowingly, and with intent to fraud, uses materi [...]
2009-10-02 06:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO2311 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 00:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2313TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Tokyo Shimbun led with a report on declassified MOD data regarding ASDF airlift operations in Iraq between July 2006 and December 2008, saying that 67 percent of transported personnel during that period were American service members. 3. "Kim Jong Il holds T [...]
2009-10-06 00:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2314DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada met with Deputy Secretary Steinberg 1 October and said that during his initial 100 days as Minister he planned to focus on U.S-Japan relations, including force realignment and U.S. bases in Okinawa; reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan [...]
2009-10-06 00:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SENV MARR KGHG JA
09TOKYO2320TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's arrival in Pyongyang on Sunday. 2. " U.S. Policy Shift Should Lead to Breakthrough" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/5): "The Obama administration has changed its basic policy toward Myanmar (Burma) and will [...]
2009-10-06 06:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2321 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 06:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2322SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO JAPAN OF DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 06:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2325 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 00:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2328JAPAN AND TIP: A NEW NATIONAL PLAN IS IN THE WORKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's Inter-Ministerial Liaison Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons is formulating a new National Action Plan that is expected to be released early next year. Observations from individuals in attendance at planning meetings paint a mixed picture: some ministries do not a [...]
2009-10-07 06:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO2329PRIME MINISTER HATOYAMA'S FOCUS ON CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister (PM) Yukio Hatoyama has made Sino-Japanese ties a foreign policy priority as he seeks to establish political footing abroad. A key policy challenge facing his new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-led coalition government is maintaining the current political goodwi [...]
2009-10-07 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA
09TOKYO2330 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 21:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2332 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 00:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2335TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EAST ASIAN TOUR,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the first meeting on Thursday of a new GOJ tax panel created under the Hatoyama administration. 2. "U.S. to Call Attention to Stronger Ties with China" On the White House announcement concerning President Obama's upcoming trip to East Asi [...]
2009-10-09 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2343JAPAN PREPARING FOR SECOND TRILATERAL SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is preparing for the second Japan-China-South Korea Summit, slated for Beijing, October 10. The Third Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting, held in Shanghai October 2, expounded on agreements from the first Summit in December 2008, and helpe [...]
2009-10-09 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO2344 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-12 21:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2350TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IDEA OF "EAST ASIAN COMMUNITY"
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Tuesday morning because of a press holiday. Television news stories on Tuesday morning included North Korea's apparent firing on Monday of short-range missiles. 2. "Study of East Asian Community to Begin" The liberal Asahi editorialized (10/11 [...]
2009-10-13 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2358APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials in the Ministry of Fo [...]
2009-10-13 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV PREL APECO JA
09TOKYO2359 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 21:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO236JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2361 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 00:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2365 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 06:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2367TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MCAS FUTENMA RELOCATION AND RUSSIA'S
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included the likelihood that budgetary requests from government ministries for fiscal 2010 will hit a record high, with the total amount estimated to be over 90 trillion yen. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Should Accept Futenma Relocation within O [...]
2009-10-15 00:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2368A/S CAMPBELL'S OCT 12 MEETING WITH MOFA STATE
[...] (C) EAP A/S Kurt Campbell cited recent and upcoming high-level interaction between the U.S. and Japanese governments, including the visits to Japan by the President and Secretary Gates, as evidence of U.S. intent to work closely with the new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Government in his O [...]
2009-10-15 00:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO2369MANAGING ALLIANCE ISSUES: A/S CAMPBELL'S
[...] (S) Summary: EAP A/S Kurt Campbell urged Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) and State Minister for Okinawa Seiji Maehara to inform Prime Minister Hatoyama and Foreign Minister Okada that the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Government's attempts to review every aspe [...]
2009-10-15 00:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO237TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DAVOS CONFERENCE AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Monday morning included Secretary of State Clinton's possible visit to Japan as part of her first official overseas trip. 2. "Davos Conference Shows Seriousness of Economic Crisis" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (2/2): "Many participants in this [...]
2009-02-02 03:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2370 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2375 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 06:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2376SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: It is essential for the Secretary to speak frankly with Japanese Minister of Defense Kitazawa about the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) issue, according to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Director General Takamizawa. FRF will be Kitazawa's top priority during the offi [...]
2009-10-15 06:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2377A/S CAMPBELL, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS PM HATOYAMA'S
[...] (S) Summary: EAP A/S Kurt Campbell underscored in his October 11-12 meetings with senior-level Japanese officials the U.S. Government's concern regarding Prime Minister Hatoyama's remarks during the October 10 Japan-China-ROK Summit in Beijing on U.S.-Japan relations. He strongly urged Japan [...]
2009-10-15 06:48:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09TOKYO2378A/S CAMPBELL, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF
[...] (S) A State-DOD delegation led by EAP A/S Kurt Campbell engaged October 12 with Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense Akihisa Nagashima and officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense on the historical background on realignment of U.S. forces and plans to relocate Futenma Ai [...]
2009-10-15 07:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO238DEPUTY FM OTABE ON NEW BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Discussing the experts' report released and briefed to FM Nakasone on the future of U.S./Japan economic relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Yoichi Otabe called the study "frank and forthcoming" and favorably received by the Minister. Otabe said the report was able to make a number of recomm [...]
2009-02-02 03:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD PGOV EAGR JA
09TOKYO2384 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 23:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2387JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECDEF TRAVEL
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and members of his delegation for their October 20-21, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: [...]
2009-10-16 05:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL JA
09TOKYO2388JAPANESE OFFICIALS: JAPAN-CHINA-SOUTH KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government and industry officials are optimistic about prospects for further economic integration among Japan, China, and South Korea following Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's October 10 statement that he hopes the three countries conclude an investment agreement by earl [...]
2009-10-16 05:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD PREL CH KS JA
09TOKYO2390 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2391AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFGHAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to Japan Eklil Ahmad Hakimi met October 15 with the Ambassador and DCM to discuss cooperation in dealing with the GOJ, the Indian Ocean Refueling mission, future GOJ assistance to Afghanistan, Japanese Foreign Minister Okada's recent visit to Kabul, and a Diet-l [...]
2009-10-16 07:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF JA
09TOKYO2397THE DPJ ADMINISTRATION'S EMERGING GOVERNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) promised to bring change to Japan. Since taking control of the government last month, cabinet members have announced big policy changes. The new government has proposed and created new organizations and decision-making mechanisms with the ai [...]
2009-10-18 21:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2399 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-18 23:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2402SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHANGING THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Nuclear Energy Attach and econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Division Principle Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, Deputy Director Shouichi Nagayoshi, and Staffer Junko Horibe October 16. Referencing t [...]
2009-10-19 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PARM PUNE TRGY JA
09TOKYO2407 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 23:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2410U.S. BEEF: AGRICULTURE MINISTER VOICES CONCERNS OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAFF) Hirotaka Akamatsu told the Ambassador October 14 that Japanese consumers will refrain from purchasing U.S. beef and beef products so long as food safety concerns remain. He cited the recent incident involving a U.S. meat packin [...]
2009-10-20 03:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PGOV JA
09TOKYO2412JAPAN: NEW ADMINISTRATION TO SPUR CHANGE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Chairman Takeshima suggests that the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is more friendly to the JFTC and antitrust policy than the outgoing Liberal Democratic Party, but how such influence may manifest itself is not yet fully apparent. As an indep [...]
2009-10-20 04:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA
09TOKYO2416AMBASSADOR MEETS KOMEITO LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Komeito party head Natsuo Yamaguchi described his party's dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency and accountability in the Hatoyama government's policy making process during a meeting with the Ambassador October 20. In particular, there have not been adequate discussions [...]
2009-10-20 06:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
09TOKYO2417 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 06:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2421 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2426 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 06:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2432GOJ BACKTRACKS ON POSTAL PRIVATIZATION, CHANGE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ announced plans to halt postal privatization and undo reforms undertaken by the Koizumi administration in 2007, following an October 20 cabinet decision. Notably, the GOJ intends to introduce legislation in the regular Diet session scheduled for January 2010 to abolis [...]
2009-10-21 09:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2434 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 23:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2436TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RELOCATION OF FUTENMA AIR STATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Yomiuri report claiming that Secretary of Defense Gates urged Foreign Minister Okada during their meeting on Tuesday in Tokyo to make a decision on Futenma relocation by the time President Obama visits Japan on November 12-13. 2. "Hat [...]
2009-10-22 05:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2439JAPANESE READOUT OF JAPAN-CHINA-ROK SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Second Japan-China-South Korea Trilateral Summit held October 10 in Beijing helped continue momentum toward greater overall regional cooperation, according to a readout provided by MOFA officials. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and South Korean Pr [...]
2009-10-22 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH KS JA
09TOKYO2440METI MINISTER NAOSHIMA CALLS FOR STRONGER, MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Masayuki Naoshima told Ambassador Roos he hopes the U.S. and Japan can build a stronger, more comprehensive economic relationship over the next few years during an October 21 courtesy call. The Minister said bilateral economic re [...]
2009-10-22 07:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL ETRD JA
09TOKYO2441AMBASSADOR MEETS OZAWA
[...] (C) Summary: DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa stressed several times to the Ambassador October 21 that his focus is on politics and elections, and that he cannot discuss policy. That said, he underlined the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship and assured the Ambassador that the Hatoyam [...]
2009-10-22 07:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV JA
09TOKYO2442 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 21:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2443PREVIEW OF THE DIET'S 2009 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: The new Hatoyama government will face its first Diet session October 26 to November 30. Bills that will likely be on this extraordinary session's agenda include those on North Korea-related cargo inspections, repayment moratorium on loans by small and medium-sized enterprises, a [...]
2009-10-22 21:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2444 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 23:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2445MGSF01 October 23 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: H1N1 vaccinations of medical professionals have begun in Japan, while the disease continues to spread throughout the country with an estimated 640,000 people with flu-like symptoms visiting medical institutions across Japan from October 5 to 11. More than 80 percent of these patients [...]
2009-10-23 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2448TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. RELATIONS WITH EASTERN EUROPE,
[...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Sankei led with the disclosure by several GOJ sources that the Hatoyama administration has informally decided to choose and propose to the U.S. an alternate site for the Futenma replacement facility somewhere else in Okinawa by the end of the year. 2. "Distrus [...]
2009-10-23 02:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO245 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2454 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2456OVERVIEW OF JAPANESE EXPORTS OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The export of clean energy technology to Asia is a growing market at the nexus of Japan's industrial policy, overseas development goals, and energy security posture. To date four strategies have driven development and marketing of such technology, including: (1) ongoing economic [...]
2009-10-25 21:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD SENV EAID PREL JA
09TOKYO2459 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-25 23:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2462TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers led with reports on the DPJ victories in Sunday's Upper House bi-elections in Kanagawa and Shizuoka Prefectures. 2. "Let's Cultivate Community Together" On the recent ASEAN summit in Thailand, the liberal Asahi editorialized (10/26): "ASEAN takes pride [...]
2009-10-26 00:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2464HATOYAMA CABINET STRUGGLES TO HOLD DOWN FY10
[...] (C) The Hatoyama Cabinet completed a key step in the compilation of the FY10 budget with the submission to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of budget requests from individual ministries and agencies. FY10 general account budget requests reached a record JPY 95 trillion (USD 1.1 trillion),7 perc [...]
2009-10-26 01:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2469 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2473 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/09
[...] Bill to freeze the sale of shares in Japan Post and other companies 2. Bill to cope with credit crunch and withdrawal 3. Bill to retain shakai-hoken (social insurance) and kosei-nenkin (employee annuity) hospitals as public facilities 4. Bill to combat new strains of influenza 5. Bill ame [...]
2009-10-26 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2477TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Prime Minister Hatoyama's first key policy speeches in both chambers of the Diet on Monday. 2. "Palestinian Reconciliation Hits Snag" The liberal Asahi wrote from Jerusalem (10/27): "Reconciliation talks between the two conflicting Pale [...]
2009-10-27 02:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2482 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2485PRIME MINISTER HATOYAMA'S FIRST DIET POLICY SPEECH
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama delivered his first policy speech to both houses of the Diet on October 26. He outlined his administration's policies on prominent domestic and international issues such as unemployment and economic recovery, child care allowances, free public high [...]
2009-10-27 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2487 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 23:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2488TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND U.S.-CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers led with reports on yesterday's collision between an MSDF destroyer and an ROK freighter in the Kanmon Strait in Fukuoka. 2. "Run-off Election Must Be Fair" On the upcoming run-off presidential race in Afghanistan, the liberal Mainichi editorialize [...]
2009-10-28 00:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2494 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 21:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2495 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 23:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2502 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 06:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2505TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave front-page play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's Diet remarks on Wednesday, during which he expressed his determination to carry out his party's policy platform within four years. 2. "International Coordination Important for Eliminating Terrorism" [...]
2009-10-29 22:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2507 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 23:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2508TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the Japanese government's plans to revive Japan Airlines under the control of a joint corporation composed of the government and private-sector financial institutions. 2. "Japan Extending No Help to Allies" The conservative Sankei ed [...]
2009-10-30 00:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2512JAPAN'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IMPROVES
[...] SUMMARY. September saw Japan's unemployment rate improve from 5.5 percent to 5.3 percent. Japan uses a slightly different method than the United States to calculate unemployment. Also, the Hatoyama Administration announced an emergency measure that aims to create 100,000 new jobs by March [...]
2009-10-30 04:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB JA
09TOKYO2516 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2523 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-01 23:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2532 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 21:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2539 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2545 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2548TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN AND BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Nikkei report saying that Toyota Motors is planning to establish a research and development center in China next year. 2. "Karzai Should Restore Domestic and International Confidence" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/5): [...]
2009-11-05 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2549 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2551ADVANCING U.S.-JAPAN COLLABORATION IN CANCER CLININAL
[...] (U) Summary: Dr. Edward Trimble of the National Cancer Institute participated in a series of meetings and programs on October 20 and 21 as part of Embassy Tokyo's ongoing effort to promote increased collaboration between U.S. and Japanese researchers in cancer clinical trials. The activities [...]
2009-11-05 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSTH ECON PGOV SOCI CASC JA
09TOKYO2553 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 23:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2556 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2564MOMENTUM GATHERS BEHIND JAPAN'S ABOLITION OF FAIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japan Business Federation's (Keidanren) recent advocacy in support of abolishing the Japan Fair Trade Commission's (JFTC) internal appeals process adds to momentum gathering behind antitrust policy reform under the new government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. This call u [...]
2009-11-06 08:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA
09TOKYO2567JAPAN ADVANCING TIES TO THE MEKONG REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Japan-Mekong Summit on November 6-7 is the culmination of a year-long effort by Japanese leaders to strengthen ties to mainland Southeast Asia and will cap the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, a program aimed at deepening cooperation and mutual understanding. Japan has assu [...]
2009-11-06 09:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM CB CH LA TH VM JA
09TOKYO2570 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-08 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2581 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 02:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2585TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Most broadcasters reported on a mass rally held on Sunday in Ginowan, Okinawa, to protest the current plan to relocate MCAS Futenma to Camp Schwab. 2. "GOJ Should Work on Restructuring U.S.-Japan Alliance" [...]
2009-11-09 04:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2589SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER 13-14
[...] (C) Begin Text of Scenesetter: Dear Mr. President: Welcome to Japan. It is fitting that you begin your inaugural visit to Asia here as the U.S.-Japan Alliance remains the indispensible foundation of U.S. strategy in Asia. Prime Minister Hatoyama and his administration have stressed the [...]
2009-11-09 06:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON MARR JA
09TOKYO2590TOKYO AFGHANISTAN TRACK CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND
[...] (C) During a November 6 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Embassy of Afghanistan Press Officer Jason Pratt provided a copy of the program schedule and participants for the November 23-25 Track II conference on Afghanistan (reftel A) organized by Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Upper House Member Ta [...]
2009-11-09 08:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF JA
09TOKYO2591 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2598 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2600TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the decision on Monday by the government revitalization unit to review 447 government programs in the fiscal 2010 budget as part of its efforts to curtail the "wasteful" use of taxpayer money. 2. "Myanmar Should Take Ste [...]
2009-11-10 04:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2606AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: AUSTR DELANEY RAISES RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Government of Japan (GOJ) officials told Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia (AUSTR) Michael Delaney November 2 that Japan's development assistance strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan would in principle complement U.S.-proposed Reconstruction Opportunity Zo [...]
2009-11-10 09:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID EINV AF PK JA
09TOKYO2607 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 23:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO261 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2610 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2614EAP A/S KURT CAMPBELL DISCUSSES FUTENMA, POTUS
[...] (S) In a November 5 meeting, EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, joined by the Ambassador, stressed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto the importance of ensuring a successful visit to Japan by the President and provided a five-point [...]
2009-11-12 05:59:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO2619 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 23:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO262RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE
[...] (U) Takeshi Kawamura, Deputy Director Equipment Policy Division, Bureau of Finance and Equipment, Ministry of Defense confirmed the quantity and commodities listed in reftel were delivered to the 4th Air Depot of Iruma Base in Saitama Prefecture on December 5, 2008. According to a report from [...]
2009-02-03 23:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO2621JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GATES + 2
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Mr. Kevin Gates, Mr. Doug Bush, and LT Brandon Hamilton to Japan on November 15-17, 2009. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Mr. Rod Tanaka. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5420 Home phone: (81-3)3700-0570 Mobile phone: [...]
2009-11-13 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA
09TOKYO2622 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2626TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO JAPAN, NORTH
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the Government Revitalization Unit's continued review on Thursday of fiscal 2010 budget requests. 2. "'Uncertain Situation' Should Be Improved" The conservative Sankei argued in an editorial (11/13): "President Obama will [...]
2009-11-13 03:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2629 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO263 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2632 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-14 00:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2634 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 03:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2635TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included yesterday's Asia policy speech by Prime Minister Hatoyama in Singapore, in which he explained his policy of moving forward with the East Asian Community initiative while stressing that the U.S.-Japan alliance is the central pillar of Japanese [...]
2009-11-16 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2639MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOKYO SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 23:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2640MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOKYO SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: On November 14 President Obama delivered a speech on Asian policy in Tokyo. The speech was the major news item of the day and received nearly universal praise for its consideration of Japan and for signaling a vigorous reengagement of the U.S. with Asia. According to Japanese public br [...]
2009-11-16 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2641 MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOKYO SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: On November 14 President Obama delivered a speech on Asian policy in Tokyo. The speech was the major news item of the day and received nearly universal praise for its consideration of Japan and for signaling a vigorous reengagement of the U.S. with Asia. According to Japanese public br [...]
2009-11-16 23:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2643 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 23:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2646PALESTINIAN REPRESENTATIVE MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) In a November 16 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Palestinian Permanent Mission Chief Representative Waleed Siam said that he was optimistic that the new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government would be more receptive to requests for direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) t [...]
2009-11-17 00:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KPAL IS
09TOKYO2648 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO265TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Wednesday morning included a plan by 10 nations, including the U.S., Japan, Germany, and the UK to create a framework for a "world-wide" patent examination system. 2. "North Korea Trying to Shake U.S.?" The business- oriented Nikkei wrote from Seoul (2/4): [...]
2009-02-04 03:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2657 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2662 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2664LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Headquarters Director General Hitoshi Motojuku and Secretary General Tadamori Oshima described their party's plans to return to its conservative roots, and focus on preventing the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from attaining an independent majority [...]
2009-11-18 04:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR JA
09TOKYO2667 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO267ILO'S INTERMEDIATE ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S RESPONSE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Labor Organization's (ILO) preliminary impressions from three studies being conducted on the effect of the economic crisis on China, include estimates that 7.5 million migrant workers have already returned home, and that as the economy cools, another 20 million ad [...]
2009-02-04 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ENRG KTIP PHUM JP
09TOKYO2674 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 01:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2676ASD GREGSON DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND CHINA WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Akitaka Saiki said in a November 17 meeting with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Wallace Gregson that the Japanese government fully supports U.S. bilateral engagement wit [...]
2009-11-19 04:23:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MNUC MARR KN JA
09TOKYO2677TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, BURMA, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a Tokyo Shimbun report claiming that it has learned from U.S.-Japan military sources that the U.S. military has developed plans for possible contingencies around Japan, under which the U.S. will deploy additional airplanes to Kadena AB and [...]
2009-11-19 05:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2682 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 02:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2686 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2687GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: Embassy Tokyo supported Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Japan, working with local organizers, and featuring a keynote program with Ambassador Roos on entrepreneurship. Organizers coordinated 14 separate events around Japan under a GEW umbrella, and attracted over 3000 participa [...]
2009-11-20 08:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL SOCI JA
09TOKYO269(C-AL8-02662) ENERGY SECURITY: GOJ OFFICIALS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials and businesspeople describe relations with Russian energy suppliers as businesslike. METI officials and others report Russia's assertiveness in oil and gas disputes and its military action in Georgia have not fundamentally changed this attitude. Japanese policy [...]
2009-02-04 09:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL RU JA
09TOKYO2690 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2692TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S NOVEMBER 10-11 TRIP
[...] (C) Secretary Geithner visited Japan on November 10-11 en route to the November 12 APEC Finance Ministers meeting in Singapore. In separate meetings with Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Secretary Geithner stressed the import [...]
2009-11-24 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO2697 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 23:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO270 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 22:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2702 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2708U/S HORMATS: KEIDANREN OFFICIALS WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) officials told Under Secretary of State Hormats the Japanese business community welcomes American "reengagement" in the region and, in particular, the U.S. commitment to APEC. They expressed concern, however, about the global management of [...]
2009-11-25 02:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2709JAPANESE DEPUTY PM KAN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC STRATEGY,
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Vice Minister Motohisa Furukawa discussed the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government's thinking on economic strategy and called for political-level bilateral dialogue on economic issues during a meeting with National Economic Council (NEC) Director [...]
2009-11-25 04:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL EINV JA
09TOKYO2710 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2714 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 02:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2715U/S HORMATS' MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Japanese government officials welcomed the visit of Under Secretary Hormats on November 16 and 17, immediately following that of President Obama, as a strong sign of the importance the United States attaches to the U.S.-Japan economic relationship. They agreed with U/S Hor [...]
2009-11-27 04:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG ETRD PREL EAID EAGR PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2718MOFA DG UMEMOTO ON SECRET AGREEMENT INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) On November 27, Charge d,Affaires discussed MOFA,s investigation of the so-called nuclear secret agreements and its possible effects on U.S. nuclear deterrent policy with MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto. Charge stressed that an important element of U.S. deterrenc [...]
2009-11-27 07:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2721 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 00:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2734 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2739BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information in response to reftel inquiry. Post contacted Kenichiro Teramoto of the Equipment Policy Division, Ministry of Defense on November 11, 2009, by e-mail. Teramoto confirmed by e-mail on November 26, all items listed in reftel have been ordered by t [...]
2009-12-01 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO274JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/05/09
[...] Junichiro Koizumi 14.4 PERCENT 2. Ichiro Ozawa 13.7 PERCENT 3. Yoichi Masuzoe 7.5 PERCENT 4. Taro Aso 4.7 PERCENT 5. Yoshimi Watanabe 4.6 6. Naoto Kan 3.1 7. Nobuteru Ishihara 2.7 8. Yukio Hatoyama 2.4 9. Seiji Maehara 1.9 10. Katsuya Okada 1.7 11. Yuriko Koike 1.5 12. Kaoru Y [...]
2009-02-05 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2740 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2743TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a meeting on Monday of the Government Revitalization Unit, during which members confirmed the Hatoyama administration's policy to "respect" the results of the recent screening of budget requests in formulating the state budget for fiscal 20 [...]
2009-12-01 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2748 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2749 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO275TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - "BUY AMERICAN"
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Thursday morning included Panasonic's decision to slash its workforce by 15,000 worldwide. 2. "Trade Protectionism Cannot Be Accepted" On the so- called "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package, the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized [...]
2009-02-05 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2754JAPAN RESPONSE TO IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: REPORTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government officials and INPEX company representatives confirmed the company holds a 10 percent stake in Iran's South Azadegan oilfield. Officials from both the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and INPEX said the firm has not made any investment in Iran's h [...]
2009-12-02 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL JA
09TOKYO2757 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 22:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO276 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/09
[...] North Korea has been modernizing its missile sites. The missile site at Musudanri, which was used to test a Taepodong-2 missile in 2006, is now capable of launching satellites. The new missile site at Tongchangri is for launching both intercontinental ballistic TOKYO 00000276 006 OF 016 [...]
2009-02-05 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2761 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 02:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2762MGSF01 December 3 UPDATE ON H1N1 OUTBREAK IN JAPAN
[...] Summary: H1N1 continues to spread throughout Japan on the cusp of the winter flu season. The National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) announced that an estimated 1.73 million people with flu-like symptoms visited medical institutions across Japan from November 16 to November 22, the [...]
2009-12-03 02:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO2764TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included an Asahi report claiming that Prime Minister Hatoyama is considering postponing a conclusion on the Futenma relocation issue until next January or later. 2. "Training of Afghan Forces Holds Key to Success" The liberal Asahi editorialize [...]
2009-12-03 04:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2768JAPAN MAY EXTEND "CASH FOR CLUNKERS" PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's second FY09 supplementary budget will likely extend its auto purchase incentive program for certain fuel-efficient vehicles. No U.S. autos qualify, and although U.S. automakers advocate modification of the program, their main concern is preservation of benefits they c [...]
2009-12-03 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA
09TOKYO2769 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2774 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2775JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/R BOSWORTH, S/E KIM,
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, and their delegation for their December 12-13, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Poli [...]
2009-12-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT ASEC KNNP PREL CN JA KN KS RS
09TOKYO2781 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2782GOJ FEEDBACK ON REALIGNMENT ENHANCEMENTS PACKAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Schiffer presented U.S. proposals for enhancements to the Realignment Roadmap to MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto in a December 4 senior officials-level meeting of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) Working Group [...]
2009-12-07 02:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2784TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUTENMA RELOCATION AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Friday morning papers gave top or front-page play to Prime Minister Hatoyama's apparent decision on Thursday to postpone a conclusion on Futenma relocation beyond the end of the year. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Should Reconsider Postponement of Decision on Futenma Relocat [...]
2009-12-07 06:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2788 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 23:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO279JAPAN THINKING AHEAD TO APEC 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials responsible for APEC affairs have begun internal discussions of GOJ priorities for Japan's 2010 APEC chairmanship focusing on a "New APEC Vision" that provides strategic direction for the organization to 2020 and beyond. The GOJ is considering a "Green APEC [...]
2009-02-05 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SENV ENRG APECO JA
09TOKYO2798 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 23:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2799 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 23:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO28JAPAN EXPRESSES CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER GAZA;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan remains deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, but official public statements have been measured and even-handed. Following his December 31 telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (ref A),Prime Minister Aso telephoned Palestinian Authority Abbas on [...]
2009-01-07 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS JA
09TOKYO280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2803 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 01:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2811TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the GOJ's decision to suspend the bilateral working group on Futenma relocation. 2. "Do Not Make Compromise Readily" On Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth's visit to the DPRK capital yeste [...]
2009-12-09 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2813JAPAN - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT
[...] Per reftel instructions, post submits it draft chapter on Japan for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first five paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Additionally, we have excluded the midd [...]
2009-12-09 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR ECPS SN
09TOKYO2814 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2819HATOYAMA CABINET ANNOUNCES JPY24.4 TRILLION
[...] (SBU) On December 8, the Hatoyama Cabinet finalized a new economic policy package, entitled "Emergency Economic Measures for Reassurance and Economic Growth Tomorrow". This is the first economic policy package under the Hatoyama administration, but is the fifth of its kind since the onset of [...]
2009-12-09 23:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO282TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - "BUY AMERICAN"
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Friday morning included Prime Minister Aso's remarks in the Diet on Thursday hinting at a possible review of the current GOJ postal privatization program centering on the separation of postal corporation-related services into four separate corporate entities. [...]
2009-02-06 04:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2821 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 03:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 23:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2838 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 02:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2845JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OFFICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) strategic planning head Tadashi Maeda told Embassy Tokyo Economic Minister Counselor the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leadership's failure to move forward on Futenma relocation will likely remain a problem well into the next year [...]
2009-12-11 04:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV PREL ELTN SENV JA
09TOKYO2846JAPAN MULLS GREATER PEACKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (S) During a December 10 meeting with Embassy poloff, MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoki Takahashi and Sudan Desk Officer Sho Nishimura said that although Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada has spoken publicly in favor of increased Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) participat [...]
2009-12-11 06:31:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU JA
09TOKYO285DPRK: PRO-DIALOGUE DIET GROUP IN MINORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Members of a non-partisan Diet group in favor of dialogue with the DPRK and a focus on denuclearization rather than abductions are urging the Obama Administration to stay with the Six Party process. In a meeting with the Charge, the group lamented that Japan's DPRK policy is con [...]
2009-02-06 06:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN JA
09TOKYO2852 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-13 23:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2853 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2854TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. NHK reported this morning that Prime Minister Hatoyama plans to meet with cabinet members today to conduct coordination on the Futenma relocation issue. 2. "Easy Compromise Should Be Avoided" The moderate [...]
2009-12-14 05:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2855TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. NHK reported this morning that Prime Minister Hatoyama plans to meet with cabinet members today to conduct coordination on the Futenma relocation issue. 2. "Easy Compromise Should Be Avoided" The moderate [...]
2009-12-14 06:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO286HONDA: IT'S GENERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS THAT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Governments need to act quickly to stabilize financial markets and restart credit flows to companies and consumers, Honda executives told emboffs. The auto company executives argued assistance should aim to provide a general stimulus to economies rather than be targeted to spec [...]
2009-02-06 06:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEIND ECON PGOV SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2860 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 23:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2869 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 23:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2872 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 01:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2876XI JINPING MEETS HATOYAMA
[...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice President Xi Jinping had a "good and productive meeting" with PM Hatoyama December 14, and Xi strongly endorsed China's policy of attaching importance to Sino-Japan ties, MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki told the DCM December 15. PM Hatoyama told Xi that the linchpin of Japan [...]
2009-12-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH JA
09TOKYO2877TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged press remarks on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, who said that he would like to spend several months looking for a new site for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF). 2. "Apprehension Mounting over Hatoyama Diplomacy" On the GOJ [...]
2009-12-16 23:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2878TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged press remarks on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hatoyama, who said that he would like to spend several months looking for a new site for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF). 2. "Apprehension Mounting over Hatoyama Diplomacy" On the GOJ [...]
2009-12-16 23:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO288COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HILL TO VISIT JAPAN
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 9-13, 2009, visit to Japan by John D. Hill and Eric S. Jaffe. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Dan Cintron. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5558 Home phone: (81-3 [...]
2009-02-06 06:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO2880 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 23:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2883 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2884FRF COALITION DISCUSSIONS A "DOGFIGHT"
[...] (C) Summary: The discussion within the Japanese coalition government over the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) is a "dogfight" with no input from the Japanese bureaucracy, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Koji Tomita told Political Minister-Counselor 16 December. Th [...]
2009-12-17 03:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2889AMBASSADOR VERVEER CALLS FOR COOPERATION ON
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer proposed cooperation between Japan and the United States to improve the situation of women in a meeting in Tokyo with Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety, Social Affairs and Gender Equality, Mizuho Fukus [...]
2009-12-17 06:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KWMN JA
09TOKYO2890AUSTR CUTLER RAISES BILATERAL TRADE IRRITANTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Government of Japan (GOJ) officials -- politicians and bureaucrats alike -- told AUSTR Wendy Cutler during her December 10 visit to Tokyo they are frustrated by the challenges with the new government's political transition, most notably inconsistencies in the decision making pro [...]
2009-12-17 06:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA
09TOKYO2891 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2893 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO290GOJ TAKING "WAIT-AND-SEE" APPROACH ON IRENA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials told econoff the GOJ is still evaluating participation in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) following the January 26-27 founding conference in Bonn. Officials state the GOJ must address four concerns before it can join, [...]
2009-02-06 07:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL EUN TBIO GM JA
09TOKYO2900 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2902AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd focused on climate change, but discussed disarmament, the Japan-Australia FTA, and whaling during his talks with Prime Minister Hatoyama and others in Tokyo December 15, according to the Australian Ambassador to Japan and the MOFA Director [...]
2009-12-18 08:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PGOV ETRD PINR AS JA
09TOKYO2905DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S VIEW ON US-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM's December 17 meeting with Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka centered primarily on U.S.-Japan relations and, more specifically, on issues related to the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Yamaoka expounded on PM Hatoy [...]
2009-12-18 10:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2908 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 02:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2912 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO29192010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: JAPAN
[...] (U) After a reasonable but thorough review of organizations with official status, accreditation, or recognition from the United Nations University (UNU),post has not identified any which condone or promote pedophilia. The UNU moreover has an official policy of not granting any official status [...]
2009-12-22 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC JA
09TOKYO292 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2920WHY JAPAN ABSTAINS ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] (C) Following its normal practice, Japan once again abstained on the Defamation of Religion resolution. According to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Director Makoto Tanabe, Japan thinks that the Defamation of Religion resolution is "not a good resolution, but it is no [...]
2009-12-22 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC JA
09TOKYO2921POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: JAPAN AND U.S. SHOULD
[...] (C) Summary: The USG and GOJ should quietly resolve any differences regarding Japan's postal privatization process, Financial Services Agency Senior Vice Minister Kouhei Ohtsuka told the DCM December 21 in response to points in reftel. Ohtsuka welcomed USG statements that postal privatization [...]
2009-12-22 08:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2923DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S READOUT ON CHINA VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's visit to China was aimed at ensuring that the new DPJ government started off well with Beijing, Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka told the DCM on December 17. Yamaoka and Ozawa expressed concern about Chin [...]
2009-12-24 00:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO2926JAPAN MAY EXTEND "CASH FOR CLUNKERS" PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's second FY09 supplementary budget will likely extend its auto purchase incentive program for certain fuel-efficient vehicles. No U.S. autos qualify, and although U.S. automakers advocate modification of the program, their main concern is preservation of benefits they c [...]
2009-12-24 02:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA
09TOKYO2928 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2929TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BURMA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Monday morning papers gave front- page coverage to the questioning by prosecutors of a DPJ lawmaker on Sunday concerning his role in a dubious land purchase in 2004 by DPJ Secretary General Ozawa's political fund management organization. 2. "U.S. Mediation Leads to Antici [...]
2009-12-28 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2931 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 22:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2935 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2936 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2946AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 21 LUNCH MEETING WITH VICE
[...] (C) Summary: The ROKG sees hints of movement from the DPRK but that it will not offer any inducements to the DPRK without meaningful action from the North Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka told the Ambassador on December 21. Foreign Minister Okada's upcoming travel abroad will include st [...]
2009-12-30 07:35:00Embassy TokyoSECRETMARR PGOV PREL PINR JA
09TOKYO2948 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2949 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2952TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Thursday morning gave top or front-page play to the Hatoyama administration's announcement on Wednesday of its basic policy for Japan's growth strategy through 2020. 2. "Prime Minister Hatoyama Must Reacknowledge Importance of U.S." The conservative Sankei edito [...]
2009-12-31 03:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 03:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO298TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AT
[...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published on Monday morning due to a press holiday. Broadcasters reported on a wildfire caused by a heat wave that killed at least 108 people in southern Australia. 2. "U.S. Wooing Europe" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Munich (2/8): " [...]
2009-02-09 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO3 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/02/09
[...] In it, he stressed his government's intention of putting every effort into devising measures to revive the economy that has been hit by the global financial and economic crisis. The prime minister stated: "The government will expend all efforts to remove the nation's anxieties about the economy [...]
2009-01-02 03:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO30 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO300 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 1 02/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 02:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO302 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 2 02/09/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO307PM ASO'S ECONOMIC AGENDA: STALLED AND LOSING
[...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's policies have not had the impact on Japan's economy he wanted. When the global economic crisis hit, Aso promised "bold countermeasures" to confront rising unemployment and bankruptcies, record drops in business confidence and manufacturing output, and slumping public [...]
2009-02-09 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ELAB JA
09TOKYO308JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY COMMISSION TRYING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY The Japan-China Joint Historical Research Committee, formed in October 2006, is aiming for a March 2009 release of its long awaited report, despite last-minute Chinese misgivings about language contained therein. The Committee initially sought to complete the project by Summer 2 [...]
2009-02-09 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO309SONY EXECUTIVE ON CHALLENGES TO JAPAN'S
[...] (SBU) Sony reports serious concern within Japan's electronics industry about actions various governments have taken recently that restrict or could restrict trade. He included in his assessment adoption of the "10 2" rule in the U.S. and reports of possible "Buy American" amendments to the [...]
2009-02-09 09:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO311JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO317SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso, Foreign Minister Nakasone and Defense Minister Hamada are eager to see you to discuss our new Administration's foreign policy and ways to improve our global and regional partnership. That your first stop on your first overseas trip i [...]
2009-02-10 07:16:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO320 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO324JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO33JAPAN: ASO EKING OUT POSITIVE REVIEWS ON CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has forged modest success on China. Facing plummeting approval ratings, a sputtering economy, and a Diet divided with the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, PM Aso has managed to keep bilateral ties to China on an even keel by actively engagin [...]
2009-01-07 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO330 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO332JAPAN'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has been an active participant in negotiations on a post-Kyoto climate change agreement in the UNFCCC, as well as in talks on the subject in the Major Economies Meetings, G8, and APEC. Seeing itself as a bridge between the U.S. and EU on climate change, the GOJ also has [...]
2009-02-12 09:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA
09TOKYO335JAPAN POST INSURANCE UPDATE
[...] (U) Please note action request contained in paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (C) Japanese officials hope to avoid discussion of Japan Post Insurance and level playing field concerns during Secretary Clinton's first visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Emboffs during a February 10 meeting, an [...]
2009-02-13 00:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL JA
09TOKYO337JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO338COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 16-18, 2009 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Yuri Kim. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...]
2009-02-13 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA TH
09TOKYO339CODEL SKELTON VISIT TO IWOJIMA, JAPAN, FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes Representative Ike Skelton and members of his delegation for their February 18 visit to Iwojima, Japan. 2. (U) Embassy POC for the Iwojima visit is Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: (81-3)322 [...]
2009-02-13 02:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL JA
09TOKYO343FM NAKASONE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, PIRACY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Bilateral cooperation on Afghanistan reconstruction and better coordination on DPRK issues dominated the discussion during FM Nakasone's meetings with ROK President Lee and FM Yu in Seoul February 10-11. Other key issues included efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa, [...]
2009-02-13 07:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ETRD JA KA
09TOKYO344BULGARIAN PRESIDENT CONFIRMS COORDINATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Bulgarian President Parvanov sought to establish "a new type of partnership" with Japan, one which would reflect Sophia's new-found status as a democratic member of the EU community, during a January 25-29 visit to Tokyo. A second major goal involved attempts to reduce the large [...]
2009-02-13 07:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID JA BU
09TOKYO347KOIZUMI BLASTS ASO
[...] (C) Summary: Former PM Koizumi sent political sparks flying February 12, leveling criticism at PM Aso for his professed willingness to review landmark 2005 postal reforms in what the press and some Embassy contacts are painting as a clear attempt to bring about a change in leadership. Former [...]
2009-02-13 10:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON JA
09TOKYO349 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-16 19:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO351 SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION OF THE DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-16 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO352JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO358 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO363JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO366TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers led with Tuesday's resignation of Finance Minister Nakagawa to take responsibility for the "strange behavior" he had displayed during a press conference following the G7 financial ministerial in Rome last week. 2. "Summit Is Fine, But...." The libe [...]
2009-02-18 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
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