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08TIRANA101	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]	2008-02-11 06:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL

08TIRANA102	FOOD PRICES SKYROCKET AS GOA PINES FOR NATO [...] (SBU) Fears that 2008 will bring rising inflation grew as local media extensively reported on price increases for basic food items. Prices for food products, which represent the largest share in the government's basket of consumer goods for measuring inflation, have increased in recent years. [...]	2008-02-11 06:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA110	ALBANIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING LAW [...] SUMMARY: On February 4, Albania's Parliament unanimously passed the Local Government Borrowing Law which gives cities the authority to borrow money from commercial banks to finance local development. The borrowing law is the latest milestone in the country's decentralization process and culmi [...]	2008-02-12 15:55:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA111	ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BERLIN MECHANISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 09:19:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV OSCE AL
08TIRANA112	PM BERISHA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Ambassador engaged Prime Minister Berisha on February 12 on Albanian (and Kosovar) plans for an expected declaration of independence, including timing of recognition, possible GOA visits, and plans for celebrations. Berisha promised continued coordination with the U.S., has already urge [...]	2008-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV AL
08TIRANA116	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL (FEBRUARY [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This special edition focuses on the average Albanian's impressions and expectations of an expectecd declaration of independence by [...]	2008-02-15 15:31:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL
08TIRANA117	"LOVE IS IN THE AIR:" PM BERISHA PROMISES [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha provided Ambassador with a very positive account of prospects for electoral and judicial reform, including the assertion that he believed opposition leader Edi Rama was dealing with him fairly and without subterfuge. In a separate meeting the same day, Rama provid [...]	2008-02-15 15:39:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AL
08TIRANA118	POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: CARS AND TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT GO [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staff [...]	2008-02-15 16:21:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL KCRM AL
08TIRANA119	HONORING ALBANIA'S RECORD OF RESCUING JEWS DURING THE [...] SUMMARY: Warren Miller, Chairman of the U.S Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, visited Tirana January 27-29 to take part in the country's first official ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. Miller's visit included addressing a plenary session of Parliament, p [...]	2008-02-16 10:09:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV AL
08TIRANA120	MGKV01: ALBANIA UPGRADES RELATIONS WITH KOSOVO TO [...] (SBU) As reported Ref A, Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced on February 18 at 18:30 local time that Albania would elevate its relations with Kosovo to the ambassadorial level. (As reported Ref B, Albania recognized independent Kosovo on October 22, 1991. While it withdrew its Embassy sev [...]	2008-02-20 06:23:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KV AL
08TIRANA132	CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS' DEATH CONDOLENCES FROM ALBANIA [...] Embassy has received the following letter addressed to Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Speaker of the Parliament of Albania Jozefina Topalli, expressing her condolences for the loss of Congressman Tom Lantos. Original will be pouched to the Department (EUR/SC [...]	2008-02-21 13:14:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OPDC AL
08TIRANA136	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 16-22, 2008) [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) Love is in the Air: After weeks of bipartisan del [...]	2008-02-22 17:12:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL
08TIRANA14	ALBANIA: RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN MAJORITY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albania's first and second opposition parties, the Socialist Party (SP) and Movement for Socialist Integration (LSI),appear to be not only "willing to move forward" on reforms needed for NATO, but actively pushing for those reforms. Likewise, the majority appears willing to [...]	2008-01-08 14:18:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA149	THE RESURRECTION OF FATOS NANO? WE'RE STILL WAITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The role of former Prime Minister Fatos Nano in Albanian politics has been debated widely, particularly since his fall from the Prime Ministership and resignation as chair of the Socialist Party (SP) in 2005. Relinquishing the SP mantle to Tirana Mayor Edi Rama seemed uncharact [...]	2008-02-27 15:23:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AL
08TIRANA152	ALBANIA: 2007 TRFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 11:10:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AL KCRM KWMN SMIG KRD ASEC PREF
08TIRANA161	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 23-29, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) The Honeymoon is Over: It was to be expected, bu [...]	2008-02-29 16:59:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL
08TIRANA162	POSTCARD FROM ALBANIA: NEW KIDS ON THE POLITICAL AND [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These messages are prepared by our locally employed staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Front Offi [...]	2008-03-01 16:00:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA172	IMPROVING THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion of the department's annual process of updating and editing the Human Rights Report, embassies Tirana and Chisnau would like to make the following observations regarding the substance of the reports, the process of updating them from the field, and the process o [...]	2008-03-04 11:15:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL
08TIRANA174	ELECTORAL REFORMS FOR NATO LEAD TO A "THIRD POLE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Albanian political spectrum changed abruptly when Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta declared that his party would no longer participate in the left-wing coalition. Rather, Meta registered a new, competing coalition, to which he hopes to attract [...]	2008-03-07 13:32:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA177	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DECLARE DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a decision that is yet to be announced, the Albanian Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of former Prosecutor General (PG) Theodor Sollaku, finding the Parliamentary Commission that headed the dismissal procedure against Sollaku violated the constitutional principle of s [...]	2008-03-07 16:52:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AL
08TIRANA179	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 1-7, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) BUSINESS AS USUAL? NOT ANYMORE: This week in Al [...]	2008-03-10 06:21:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA180	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 1-7, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) BUSINESS AS USUAL? NOT ANYMORE: This week in Al [...]	2008-03-10 07:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA193	ALBANIANS WILL WELCOME NATO MEMBERSHIP ... ALTHOUGH [...] (U) NATO membership is strongly supported by the Albanian public and officialdom -- over ninety percent favor membership, according to the media and GOA officials. There are numerous reasons for this. Emerging from years of isolation, Albanians want to feel and be recognized as the Europeans [...]	2008-03-14 10:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA195	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 8-14, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - MUSLIM GIRLS AND THE [...]	2008-03-14 15:26:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA196	ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS PARLIAMENTARIANS' ATTACK ON [...] In response to a public assault on a reporter by two Members of Parliament, senior Albanian government officials, led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Speaker of Parliament Jozefina Topalli, issued tough statements March 13 condemning violence against the media. In his statement, Berisha te [...]	2008-03-14 16:17:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AL
08TIRANA199	DEFENSE MINISTER MEDIU RESIGNS OVER WEEKEND [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting March 17, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu told the Ambassador that he would resign later that afternoon. The proximate cause of his departure, he maintained, was "moral responsibility" for the March 15 explosions at a military weapons depot that to date ha [...]	2008-03-17 14:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO PREL AL
08TIRANA202	ALBANIA'S GOVERNMENT OCCUPIED WITH DAMAGE CONTROL [...] (SBU) Shortly after Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu resigned on March 17 (Refs A and B),Prime Minister Sali Berisha held a press conference at which reporters pressed him to comment on the ties between Mediu and an American company, Southern Ammunition Company, Inc. (SACI). Reporters displa [...]	2008-03-19 11:21:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS SENV NATO AL
08TIRANA204	ALBANIAN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SEEKS URGENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 3. 2. (U) Prosecutor General Ina Rama has assigned the chief of the Tirana district prosecutor's office, Genti Xholi, to head the criminal investigation into the causes of the fatal March 15 explosion. (Note: Xholi is well and favorably [...]	2008-03-19 14:53:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EAID PREL PGOV SENV ASEC AL
08TIRANA21	Inflation Likely to Be Modest in 2008 as Albania's Economy [...] Rising inflation in the second half of 2007 has stoked public anxiety in Albania, especially price increases for food. Although inflation will likely increase in 2008 over last year's rate of 3.0 percent, it is expected to stay within the GOA's target rate for inflation. End Summary. Infl [...]	2008-01-10 15:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA213	AMBASSADOR WARNS OPPOSITION LEADER AGAINST LOSING [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on March 20, Socialist Party (SP) Chair and Tirana Mayor Edi Rama declared flatly that "Prime Minister Berisha must go." In a lengthy monologue, Rama referred to Berisha's incompetence, corruption in his administration, Berisha's son's alleged [...]	2008-03-20 17:51:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO AL
08TIRANA218	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 15-21, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the disastrous explosions at Gerdec on March 15, and focuses on the [...]	2008-03-21 16:13:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PARM MASS AL
08TIRANA223	ALBANIA: IN WAKE OF EXPLOSION, PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Ambassador met President Topi on March 21 to deliver the President's condolence letter (Ref A). Topi was touched by the letter and noted in particular the last paragraph emphasizing Albania's good record on ridding itself of excess munitions and the importance of pressing forward with [...]	2008-03-21 17:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA23	GOA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR ELECTORAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOA has extended the deadline for tender proposals for a concession to produce a new national identification card and biometric passport to February 28. On November 8, following a prolonged and controversial drafting process that took almost a year, the GOA announced the o [...]	2008-01-11 10:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV AL
08TIRANA251	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 22-28, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Choreogr [...]	2008-03-28 17:32:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PARM AL
08TIRANA252	Macedonia's Ahmeti Visits Tirana [...] (U) Ali Ahmeti, the Macedonian Chairman of the Democratic Union of Integration (DUI),visited Tirana on March 25, where he was received by Prime Minister Berisha, President Topi, Speaker Topalli and Albania's opposition leaders. Ahmeti expressed solidarity from the Albanian community in Maced [...]	2008-03-31 05:30:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK AL
08TIRANA255	GOA URGES PRESHEVO VALLEY ALBANIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (U) Local Albanian leaders from Serbia's Preshevo Valley visited Tirana March 31 to discuss upcoming elections and general concerns about the rights of ethnic Albanian residents. Representatives of the four major Albanian political parties, including Riza Halimi, Chairman of the Party for Dem [...]	2008-04-02 05:40:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL YI AL
08TIRANA262	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 29-APRIL 4, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report focuses on the invitation to NATO membership extended by the Allies April 3 in Bucharest, Romania. ---------- [...]	2008-04-04 16:01:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA265	GERDEC: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Albanian leaders accepted their historic NATO invitation in Bucharest, the political fallout from the Gerdec tragedy continues at home. Despite the quick government relief response to the crisis and the resignation of former Defense Minister Mediu, a feeding frenzy continues [...]	2008-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM AL
08TIRANA28	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 4-10, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]	2008-01-11 18:07:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA287	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 5-11, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) TIME FOR A CHANGE: The Albanian Parliamentary [...]	2008-04-11 16:22:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA292	SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS TWO MAJOR CRIMINAL CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Albanian Supreme Court, Thimio Kondi, issued two suspension decisions in December 2007 that froze the application of criminal sentences on two trafficking-related cases pending the final decision of the Supreme Court. Kondi's decision froze the enforc [...]	2008-04-14 14:39:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL AL IT
08TIRANA308	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 12-18, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) DIVISION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Until now [...]	2008-04-18 16:31:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA314	META USES ELECTORAL REFORM TO HIS ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ilir Meta, Chair of the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) party, has increased public attacks on opposition leader Edi Rama as he has worked to build a stronger political base outside of the opposition Socialist Party (SP)-led coalition. Following his public break-up with [...]	2008-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AL
08TIRANA338	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 19-25, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) A GRAND CELEBRATION OF THE PROPHET'S BIRTHDAY: [...]	2008-04-25 16:00:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA35	VLORE: CENTER OF CIVIC ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Citizen's Alliance for the Protection of the Vlore Bay, the "Vlore Alliance," an environmentally-focused civil society organization that works to protect Albania's central coast, has recently intensified efforts to push for reconsideration of large-scale oil storage and therma [...]	2008-01-15 11:28:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV AL
08TIRANA353	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 26-MAY 2, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) ANNUAL FREEDOM HOUSE RESULTS: Albania scored a [...]	2008-05-02 14:51:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA372	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 3-9, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) TAKE A STAND AGAINST CORRUPTION: USAID released [...]	2008-05-09 16:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA373	ALBANIA: THE UN'S BRAIN GAIN PROGRAM -- TARGETED AT HIGHER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Albania's higher education system has undergone major changes since the fall of communism. Reforming it has been a priority of every government since, though each has devoted varying levels of resources and effort toward improving this vital societal foundation. The brain drain p [...]	2008-05-09 16:20:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI UN AL
08TIRANA378	ALBANIA: FORMER INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR, NOW [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha has refused to dismiss a senior government official facing criminal investigation. The General Director of Tax Administration, Arben Sefgjini, was formally charged by the Prosecutor's office for kidnapping and torture with grave consequences during his previous se [...]	2008-05-13 18:03:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PINR PGOV AL
08TIRANA382	ALBANIA, SCENESETTER FOR HENRIETTA FORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF [...] (SBU) Henrietta Fore, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development and Director of United States Foreign Assistance will visit Albania from May 17-19, 2008. Administrator Fore's purpose in visiting Albania is to convey to the Government of Albania (GoA),judicial officials, busines [...]	2008-05-15 08:55:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID AL
08TIRANA386	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 10-16, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) WHERE REAL ESTATE IS STILL BOOMING: This week, t [...]	2008-05-16 14:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA388	SCENESETTER FOR GAZMOND OKETA, ALBANIA'S DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gazmond Oketa visits Washington May 21-23 for his first official visit as Defense Minister. Oketa is eager to fulfill all military requirements necessary for his country to enter NATO next year, and he would be receptive to any suggestions of what should be [...]	2008-05-19 13:04:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL
08TIRANA394	CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH TIMS DATACOM SYSTEM IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) As part of the combined donor effort to improve rule of law in Albania, the Department of Justice's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) in Albania has worked with the Albanian State Police (ASP) to install Total Information Management System (TIMS),a [...]	2008-05-22 15:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA397	GOA SIMPLIFIES TAX PAYMENT PROCEUDRES [...] On May 12, the Finance Ministry eliminated the rule requiring taxpayers to bring in their accounting records to government tax offices for "verification" every month. Whatever the original intent of this "verification" rule, it was not used as an audit mechanism, as the General Directorate of [...]	2008-05-23 14:46:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA398	RIPPLES FROM A BOULDER: AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS RENEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The release of USAID's annual report on corruption perceptions, and a pointed speech delivered by Ambassador Withers at its May 7 launch, reignited the stagnant debate on corruption in Albania and prompted some prickly Government responses. The event received wide media attent [...]	2008-05-23 15:04:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA399	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 17-23, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CHANGE, YES WE CAN: The newest Albanian politica [...]	2008-05-23 16:04:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA412	WEAK SENTENCES IN HIGH PROFILE ALBANIAN CORRUPTION TRIAL [...] (SBU) Albanian justice is off to a slow start in fighting the country's endemic corruption. On May 19, the Tirana District Court sentenced Nikolin Jaka, former Deputy Minister of Transportation, to 19 months in prison and Ilirjan Berzani, the former General Director of Roads, to three years i [...]	2008-06-02 10:26:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA413	THE WORK OF THE OSCE PRESENCE IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OSCE Presence in Albania (PIA) will present its Programme Outline in Vienna on June 3, in preparation for discussions of its 2009 budget. Post supports overall USG policy to reduce expenditures of OSCE Balkan Missions in a desire to push for greater OSCE presence further e [...]	2008-06-02 11:09:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OSCE AL
08TIRANA414	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 24-30, 2008: THE MEDIA ISSUE [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. With the death of one of Albania's most powerful media moguls, this week's issue focuses on the media. ------------------ MEDIA [...]	2008-06-02 13:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA416	POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: ALBANIA'S 21ST CENTURY GOLD RUSH [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staf [...]	2008-06-03 14:37:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA424	GOA SIMPLIFIES TAX PAYMENT PROCEUDRES [...] On May 12, the Finance Ministry eliminated the rule requiring taxpayers to bring in their accounting records to government tax offices for "verification" every month. Whatever the original intent of this "verification" rule, it was not used as an audit mechanism, as the General Directorate of [...]	2008-06-06 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA426	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 31 - JUNE 6, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CLASHES OVER HIGH COURT NOMINATIONS: It has been [...]	2008-06-06 16:52:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA433	BERISHA DISCUSSES CONCERNS OVER MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Albanian Prime Minister Berisha believes political instability in Macedonia will continue for the foreseeable future. However, he sees no deeper crisis on the horizon and believes the Macedonian leadership can eventually put the genie of ethnic nationalism back into its bottle. [...]	2008-06-10 16:46:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA444	GERDEC SURVIVORS' HUNGER STRIKE PRESSURES GOA [...] (U) Twelve weeks after the March 15 explosion at Gerdec, compensation remains a key demand for many survivors. Eight former employees of the Gerdec ammunition disassembly plant began a hunger strike June 6, demanding additional financial compensation and other reimbursements from the GOA. Wh [...]	2008-06-13 15:07:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA469	GOA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Ambassador Withers demarched Foreign Minister Basha on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report findings (Ref A) and DCM and Poloff delivered the same to Minister of Interior Nishani, Deputy Minister Zajmi, and Director of Police Prenci on June 3. Foreign Minister Basha was the first to rec [...]	2008-06-20 13:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AL
08TIRANA470	FORMER CHOD TELLS HIS STORY: GERDEC CLAIMS ANOTHER [...] (C) The tenacity and fervor of recent political events, from the passage of controversial constitutional changes in mid-April to the June 16 voting down of five Supreme Court Justice nominees, makes little sense on the surface without an underlying motive. Rumors swirl around the capital as t [...]	2008-06-20 15:38:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA487	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA - THE ROAD ISSUE, JUNE 21 - JUNE 27, [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's issue focuses on the current state of the construction of Albania's most ambitious road project to date. ----------- [...]	2008-06-27 15:11:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA488	PM THACI'S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci paid a two-day official visit to Albania June 19 and 20, accompanied by a 27-member delegation. It was the first visit of a Kosovar leader since the country declared independence on February 17. Thaci met with top political leaders including Pr [...]	2008-06-30 13:32:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL KV
08TIRANA493	DIALOGUE WITH ALBANIANS FORM BASIS FOR NEW SP GOVERNING [...] Tirana Mayor and Socialist Party Chairman Edi Rama has met with thousands of citizens throughout Albania in a series of city and village gatherings reminiscent of town hall meetings in the United States. This is the first time such meetings have been held by political leaders in Albania. Thi [...]	2008-07-03 09:56:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA496	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JUNE 28 - JULY 3, 2008 [...] The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------- CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEVELOPMETNS ----------------------------- 2. NOTORIOUS CRIME GANG TRIAL FINALLY [...]	2008-07-03 15:12:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA50	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 11-17, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]	2008-01-18 17:12:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA555	Albania Shuffles Ministers [...] (SBU) After several months of media speculation, Prime Minister Berisha on July 23 submitted the following proposed changes to his cabinet to President Topi for approval: -- Education Minister Genc Pollo, head of the New Democracy Party, will become Deputy Prime Minister. -- Deputy Speaker [...]	2008-07-24 15:33:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AL
08TIRANA557	Albania's Success in a Criminal Financial Investigation [...] (U) SUMMARY: Scoring a major victory in a complex financial investigation, police and prosecutors with the Joint Investigative Unit to Fight Economic Crime and Corruption (JIU) arrested the head of a criminal group and his 16 collaborators for robbing ATM machines. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) D [...]	2008-07-25 11:23:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PREL AL ASEC
08TIRANA565	ALBANIA CONTACT INFORMATION UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 09:21:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL AL
08TIRANA579	PARLIAMENT APPROVES HIGH COURT NOMINEES, ADJOURNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament ended its session on July 28 on a much-needed quiet note, approving all six of President Topi's nominees for the High Court, along with Prime Minister Berisha's proposed cabinet changes. Parliament's approval of the High Court nominees marked a welcome detente betwee [...]	2008-07-30 11:10:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS PHUM AL
08TIRANA58	ALBANIA WILL CONTINUE TO HELP KEEP PEACE IN KOSOVO [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Ambassador Withers on January 22 urged Albania's continued constructive and stabilizing role in the region with respect to the question of Kosovo's independence in separate meetings with Prime Minister Berisha and Foreign Minister Basha. He added that we are now ente [...]	2008-01-23 13:47:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA585	BERISHA OUTBURST STILL THE TALK OF TIRANA [...] (SBU) One week on, Prime Minister Berisha's July 23 outburst in Parliament - in which he insulted and then threatened to kill opposition MP Taulant Balla in unprintably profane terms - continues to be a major focus of the press, as well as a source of speculation, head scratching and embarras [...]	2008-08-01 05:41:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA611	ALBANIA AGREES TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT OF GITMO [...] (C) Summary: On 17 June 2008, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson met with Albanian government officials to encourage them to talk about their experiences in accepting detainees from the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. The GOA was very open to discussing their experience wi [...]	2008-08-08 07:37:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH AL
08TIRANA617	VLORE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO TO STAY OPEN AFTER FUNDING PULLS [...] SUMMARY: On July 11 PolOff and the USAID Anti-Trafficking Advisor met with staff from the Vatra Shelter, one of the oldest anti-trafficking NGOs in Albania. Vatra is one of four non-governmental reintegration shelters which provides a package of social services to repatriated victims of traff [...]	2008-08-11 14:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA624	ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET [...] For the third year in a row, tax and customs revenue collection exceeded forecasts for the first half of the year. Collections were seven percent (USD 81 million) above plan, allowing the Parliament to approve a supplementary budget on July 24. Although the GOA has reduced both business and [...]	2008-08-12 16:06:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AL
08TIRANA66	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 18 - 25, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]	2008-01-25 16:57:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA67	Criminal Prosecutions Increase in Albania [...] (U) Summary: Criminal prosecutions in Albania have accelerated since the creation of the Joint Investigative Unit (JIU) to fight Economic Crime and Corruption in the Tirana District Prosecution Office in September, 2007. Two corruption cases against government officials are currently being tr [...]	2008-01-26 06:38:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PREL AL
08TIRANA675	PM BERISHA'S DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Bucharest Summit in April, Prime Minister Berisha has embarkedon eries of attempts to consolidate his powerat the expense of key independent institutions, ncluding efforts to undermine and interfere in te work of the Prosecutor General, obstruct the onging investigatio [...]	2008-09-05 11:12:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR AL
08TIRANA686	PM PLAYS NICE, PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONCERN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 4 and 5, a conciliatory Prime Minister Berisha and a frustrated President Topi discussed NATO ratification and the draft media, intelligence agency and Prosecutor General laws with Ambassador Withers. In response to the Ambassador's concerns tha [...]	2008-09-11 05:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR ECPS AL
08TIRANA7	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 28, 2007- [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL [...]	2008-01-04 15:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI PHUM AL
08TIRANA71	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. --------------------- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ------------ [...]	2008-02-01 14:20:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA745	GREECE PRESSURING ALBANIA ON BORDER, CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: The Greek government is pressuring the GOA to accept its demands in bilateral negotiations to demarcate the two countries' maritime border. Athens is also threatening to refuse to ratify Albania's Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU over a contentious issue inv [...]	2008-10-09 13:28:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR AL
08TIRANA752	BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...]	2008-10-14 15:15:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL
08TIRANA757	ALBANIAN BANKS SEE HIGHER WITHDRAWALS [...] (C) Albania seems to be weathering the global credit crunch better than many Western countries but there are signs of potential problems. Recently, the Ministry of Finance postponed a Eurobond offering, originally scheduled for late spring, due to turbulence in the credit markets and the poss [...]	2008-10-16 11:08:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA770	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS STUART JONES' VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes your visit to Tirana, a city you will find unrecognizable since your last visit to Albania 14 years ago. 2. (C) Your visit comes at a time of growing uncertainty for the Albanian public and especially for Albania's political class. Although the past yea [...]	2008-10-24 09:30:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL
08TIRANA774	G-99 MOVEMENT LOOKS TO 2009 ELECTIONS FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 22 meeting with Ambassador, Erion Veliaj, leader of the G-99 political movement, said the June 2009 elections are a "golden opportunity" for Albania to showcase its democratic progress. Veliaj said his movement, which aims at younger, more urban voters, has strong s [...]	2008-10-24 14:27:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA786	Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] As Albania enters the rainy season, common citizens are waiting for the rain to provide some security in the supply of electricity over the winter season. The government is looking forward to a rain of money, which is expected to hit Albania due to large projects currently in the planning sta [...]	2008-10-31 15:10:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA787	SOFT BORDERS: KUKES AND PRIZREN [...] Summary. On October 28-29, Poloff visited the northern border town of Kukes to deliver a presentation at the local American Corner. In conversations and activities, it seemed that the city of Kukes, 15 minutes from the border with Kosovo, faces north more than south, with its interests large [...]	2008-10-31 15:51:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL SMIG
08TIRANA790	ALBANIA'S BANKING SECTOR SEEMS OK - FOR NOW [...] (SBU) International financial experts and the Governor of the Albanian Central Bank (CB) believe that Albania is weathering the global financial crisis quite well due to precautionary moves by the CB to keep deposits in Albania as well as a much lower ratio of loans to deposits than is common i [...]	2008-11-04 12:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA793	MEDIA ATTACKS CONTINUE ON PG'S Office [...] (U) Over the weekend, two pro-PM Berisha media outlets unleashed another wave of attacks on Prosecutor General (PG) Ina Rama. TV Klan, one of the main pro-GOA TV outlets, aired an editorial which claimed Rama has smeared GOA officials during the course of her investigation of the Gerdec traged [...]	2008-11-04 15:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA796	EUR DAS JONES' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, President Bamir Topi told DAS Jones that Albania is moving forward with governmental reforms, although at times the debate is "harsh." He specifically cited Ambassador Withers, public statements as playing a helpful role in promoting independent institutions, thank [...]	2008-11-05 13:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA797	DAS JONES MEETING WITH PM BERISHA [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 meeting with DAS Jones, a tired and unhealthy-looking PM Sali Berisha offered both effusive praise for the U.S., as well as a rambling but spirited denial that he or the GOA were trying to undermine independent institutions, especially the judiciary. Berisha outl [...]	2008-11-05 13:34:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA805	Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] Throughout the several months preceding the U.S. Presidential Election, major dailies carried local experts' comments on the U.S. electoral campaign and potential policy changes for the Balkans and Albania. Most concluded that whoever would emerge president-elect, U.S. policy toward Albania w [...]	2008-11-10 15:24:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA806	GOA: WE UNDERSTAND THE CHAMS' COMPLAINTS, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chams, ethnic Albanians expelled from Greece after World War II, are preparing to file a legal case in an undecided venue seeking Greek citizenship and/or compensation from the Greek government for the mistreatment they received during their forced expulsion. Little has been [...]	2008-11-10 15:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GR AL

08TIRANA812	ALBANIA'S SMALL PARTIES STAGE HUNGER STRIKE [...] (U) On November 10, Ilir Meta, head of small opposition party LSI, gathered ten other small party leaders and disgruntled members of the DP and SP to protest the proposed electoral code by staging a hunger strike in the Parliament's plenary meeting room. They are protesting provisions in the [...]	2008-11-13 17:10:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA814	ALBANIA: CORRUPTION CONTINUES IN STAFFING AAF [...] (C) Summary. The Albanian Ministry of Defense was disappointed to learn that its mission to Iraq will terminate at the end of December since Albania was not included in the list of Coalition countries the GOI will ask to stay. One reason may be the continuing practice of demanding bribes when [...]	2008-11-14 15:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS AL
08TIRANA823	HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new electoral code by the lopsided score of 113-1. The ringleader [...]	2008-11-19 14:14:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AL
08TIRANA825	GOA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL SOUTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On a November 14 visit to Gjirokaster and the Kakavije border point, GOA officials, while generally positive, bemoaned a lack of resources to effectively patrol the border for traffickers of humans, arms, narcotics and contraband. Working level cooperation with the Greek police s [...]	2008-11-20 11:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PREL KWMN KTIP PHUM SNAR PGOV AL GR
08TIRANA826	HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of te new electoral code by the lopsided score of 1131. The ringleader o [...]	2008-11-20 11:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AL
08TIRANA827	DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOOKING (CAUTIOUSLY) TOWARDS LIFE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven months before the 2009 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Sali Berisha maintains a tight grip on his Democratic Party (DP). With nearly complete control over who gets on the party lists for the upcoming elections and no credible rivals within the party, Berisha is like [...]	2008-11-20 15:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA836	Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] The Ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialists were in a state of jubilation last week as Parliament passed with an over 90 per cent majority the new Electoral Code that will regulate the conduct of the upcoming general elections in Albania. With 113 votes in favor and only one agai [...]	2008-11-25 12:04:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA843	AN ELECTORAL BUDGET FOR 2009 [...] (U) On November 24, Parliament in principle approved the 2009 budget by a vote of 77-45, with all 77 yea votes coming from the ruling party. After this initial approval, the budget must still be formally approved by Parliament, but this is expected to occur on November 26. At about 5 billion [...]	2008-11-26 13:01:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN PREL AL
08TIRANA858	GOA LAMBASTES "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED" INDICTMENT [...] SUMMARY: (C) In recent days the GOA has intensified pressure on the Prosecutor General's (PG) office with two statements, one from the PM and a longer one from the MFA, which harshly criticized both the opposition and the PG for the "politically" motivated indictment of FM Lulzim Basha on Nov [...]	2008-12-03 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KCOR KJUS AL
08TIRANA86	ALBANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION ON NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] On January 21, Parliament passed a resolution declaring it would do whatever is necessary to receive an invitation to join NATO. The resolution was introduced by the opposition Socialist Party and passed unanimously. This is the first time in the history of Albania's democratic Parliament th [...]	2008-02-05 16:49:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA862	REMITTANCES TO ALBANIA HOLDING STEADY [...] (SBU) Fears of Albania's economy hitting the skids due to a fall in remittances may be overblown according to Western Union owner Edmund Leka. Leka told Embassy personnel that WU has not seen a noticeable decline in remittances, particularly from Italy and Greece, which remain the two largest [...]	2008-12-05 15:28:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA863	G99 DESCRIBES STRATEGY FOR 2009 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the political section head, Erion Veliaj, leader of the G99 politacal movemend, told the section head that he belieted hir G99 party would pick up three parliae$nt seatsiN thE up coming election. G99 will berUhning aQ c!ePa(g. Qocused on "public safet [...]	2008-12-05 15:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA867	OSCE PROGRESS REPORT ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION PREPARTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Deputy Minister of the Interior said the GOA was making satisfactory progress on registering addresses in the country (the first step toward issuing voter ID cards),although he admitted they are behind schedule. The Deputy Minister expressed confidence that a [...]	2008-12-09 12:14:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA870	Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] (SBU) The legal defense team of Foreign Minister Basha (and former Minister of Transportation) appears determined this week to use any procedural trick possible to keep Basha from facing trial on crimes allegedly committed during the tendering process of the construction of the Durres-Kukes ro [...]	2008-12-09 15:46:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL
08TIRANA873	FM BASHA BATTLING PROSECUTORS, POLITICAL RIVALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long and contentious investigation, prosecutors have forwarded the indictment of Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha to the Supreme Court, which will rule on Basha's guilt or innocence (ref a). To make matters worse for Basha, newspapers today printed lengthy excerpts from the [...]	2008-12-12 07:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA875	ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...]	2008-12-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA878	RFG: ADDRESSING ALBANIAN DEFMIN CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: During Defense Minister Oketa's Dec 5 visit to Washington, he expressed concern at the lack of progress at the demilitarization site of Polican and laid part of the blame on the US contractor. This concern was based on Oketa' [...]	2008-12-12 13:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PARM AL
08TIRANA883	DRAFT LUSTRATION LAW - A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After nearly 8 hours of debate in Parliament, including an opposition walkout and hour-long speech by the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament used a procedural motion to postpone a vote on the draft Lustration Law until next week, claiming that pending amendments made a d [...]	2008-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA884	ALBANIA'S 2009 (ELECTORAL) BUDGET [...] (SBU) PM Berisha declared that the 2009 budget, approved by Parliament on November 29, is an important instrument to finish his 2005 electoral promises, mainly the increase of salaries and pensions and the completion of several infrastructure projects. The opposition claims the budget is desig [...]	2008-12-17 07:33:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA895	RE: THE WAY AHEAD ON ALBANIANS MUNITIONS [...] Summary. On December 16, Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel a to Minister of Defense Gazmend Oketa. In response, Oketa noted that he has agreed to provide a letter to either Secretary Rice or Assistant Secretary Kimmit reporting progress in Albania's demil efforts. Oketa reported [...]	2008-12-22 06:25:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA899	LUSTRATION LAW PASSES, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22 Parliament passed the controversial Lustration Law by a vote of 74-2, with one abstention. Sixty four opposition MPs boycotted the session. The Lustration Law now moves to the President, who has 20 days to either sign the bill into law, send it back to Parliament [...]	2008-12-23 14:48:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA90	ALBANIA: RESHUFFLE IN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE COMES UNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prosecutor General (PG) Ina Rama carried out the first major reshuffling of her office since her appointment in November 2007. Fourteen prosecutors currently serving in the Prosecutor General's Office were removed and leadership of several District Prosecution Offices changed [...]	2008-02-06 15:28:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM AL
08TIRANA919	Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] The visit of the Italian PM Berlusconi earlier this month attracted a lot of attention for good and for bad. During the short visit both Berlusconi and Prime Minister Berisha hailed the current bilateral relationship. They agreed on further intensifying economic ties, particularly energy and [...]	2008-12-31 15:31:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL
08TIRANA99	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]	2008-02-08 18:13:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TOKYO1003	JAPAN EXTENDS DPRK SANCTIONS BY SIX MONTHS [...] (C) The Japanese Government announced April 11 that it had decided to extend economic sanctions against the DPRK for an additional six months. In making the announcement, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said that "We can end part or all of the measures against the DPRK at any time i [...]	2008-04-11 06:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1006	SENIOR RULING PARTY LEADERS ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers called recently on senior ruling LDP politicians Makoto Koga, Kaoru Yosano, and Hidenao Nakagawa in separate meetings to discuss the ongoing impasse in the Diet and possible near-term political scenarios. Although the three offered differing opinions on de [...]	2008-04-11 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO1008	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1009	JAPAN'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN SHIFTING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ's initial estimates indicate Japanese grant aid and technical assistance to Pakistan in FY 2007 declined from the 2006 total of JPY 7.7 billion ($75.7 million) in funding, according to an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Yen loan assistance, however, [...]	2008-04-11 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PK JA
08TOKYO1010	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN ENGAGES EMBASSY ON [...] (SBU) The Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) Pandemic Influenza Project Team invited econoff to brief them April 10 on the U.S. National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan. The Team, chaired by Lower House Diet Member Masahiko Yamada and including staffers as well as parlia [...]	2008-04-11 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO PREL PARM PGOV JA
08TOKYO1014	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1020	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1021	MLIT DG SUZUKI DEFENDS NEED FOR FDI LIMITS FOR [...] (SBU) During an April 11 meeting, Transport Ministry Director General Hisayasu Suzuki told EMIN Japan must continue to look for a legislative means to protect four critical airports, i.e., Tokyo's two main hubs and Chubu and Kansai International Airports. Suzuki's name appeared frequently in [...]	2008-04-14 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1024	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1027	METI EXPLAINS STANCE ON J-POWER CASE [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has determined the proposed additional investment by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power) constitutes a potential threat to Japan's p [...]	2008-04-15 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1029	ROK FM YU TOKYO VISIT CONFIRMS SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY, [...] (C) Summary. Japan and South Korea confirmed plans to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" and pledged to make a "New Era" in Tokyo-Seoul relations a reality during ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's April 3-6 visit to Tokyo. During detailed discussions on North Korea, the two sides called on the DPRK [...]	2008-04-15 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN
08TOKYO103	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/08 [...] A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution. 2. A bill which is passed by the House of Representatives, and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a law when passed a [...]	2008-01-11 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1030	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1032	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO104	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor delivered the message regarding resolving Kosovo's status in early 2008 (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Etsuro Honda on January 9. Japan shares the hope for a successful and peaceful outco [...]	2008-01-11 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV EU JA
08TOKYO1043	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1048	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO105	ROK ENVOY VISIT POINTS TO IMPROVING JAPAN-ROK [...] (C) Summary. ROK President-elect Lee's special envoy Lee Sang-deuk's January 15-18 visit to Tokyo should contribute to creation of "better bilateral relations" between the two countries, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. Lee's message will likely contain "meaningful differences" from that of outgoi [...]	2008-01-11 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1051	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN GROUPS AND THEIR [...] (C) The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),Japan's largest opposition party and controller of the Diet's Upper House, until recently had only one party grouping that was considered effective and influential: DPJ head Ichiro Ozawa's inner circle. Over the past several months, however, other DPJ [...]	2008-04-17 04:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO106	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Japan occurs in the immediate aftermath of Diet passage of legislation allowing the Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) to resume refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's unprecedented decis [...]	2008-01-11 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO1061	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1065	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO107	FUKUDA FORCES PASSAGE OF NEW TERROR LAW; OEF [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda carried through on his promise to the international community on January 11, forcing passage of new anti-terror legislation through the Diet over the objections of the opposition-controlled Upper House. Passage of the new law will enable Japan to resum [...]	2008-01-14 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL JA
08TOKYO1072	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1075	PRC EMBASSY ON HU MAY VISIT TO JAPAN, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite failure to make progress on the East China Sea energy dispute during Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka's April 14-15 visit to Beijing, Beijing and Tokyo are working hard to reach a compromise before President Hu Jintao's visit to Japan on May 6, Chinese Embassy Politica [...]	2008-04-18 10:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL BM CH JA
08TOKYO1076	PM FUKUDA FACES KEY HURDLES OVER NEXT TWO WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Ministership of Yasuo Fukuda is coming under increasing pressure. While polls show that fewer than a quarter of the public think Fukuda should resign, Embassy Diet and media contacts are expressing increasing concern about the longevity of his administration. Among th [...]	2008-04-18 10:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO108	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/08 [...] On the high seas (Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf) 2. Territories of other countries (limited to cases where there are concurrences of countries concerned regarding Japan's refueling support activities) TOKYO 00000108 012 OF 015 Definitions Â [...]	2008-01-15 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1082	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1093	CRITICISM ON CHINA,S RESPONSE TO TIBET ESCALATING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura raised Tibet with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang on April 17, and senior ruling party and opposition politicians have stepped up public criticism on China's handling of the demonstrations in Tibet in the past several days. Increased concern about protests [...]	2008-04-21 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1096	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1097	PRESS CRITICAL OF J-POWER DECISION [...] Summary: Japanese press commentary has been sharply critical of the GOJ decision to block increased investment in electricity wholesaler J-Power by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI). The criticism has largely centered on lack of a stated clear rationale for the government's dec [...]	2008-04-21 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1101	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 06:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1109	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1111	KOMEITO SOLIDLY BEHIND FUKUDA, AGAINST EARLY [...] (C) Summary. Komeito Election Strategy Chief Yosuke Takagi emphasized his party's commitment to the ruling coalition with the LDP, in a recent meeting with the Embassy, and confirmed that Komeito will stand by Prime Minister Fukuda on use of a second vote in the Lower House to re-instate the [...]	2008-04-22 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1113	Return to Fukushima: Reform Not Resonating at Japan's [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite shrinking populations and fiscal shortfalls, local authorities in one northern Japan jurisdiction remain fixated on developing manufacturing and on maintaining socio-economic equality. During recent meetings in Fukushima Prefecture -- to the extent our interlocutors co [...]	2008-04-22 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR PGOV PREL JA OECD
08TOKYO1115	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1122	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1124	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1136	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETINGS IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ranking Member of the International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and senior member on the House Committee on Science and Technology, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, met with senior Japanese government members and [...]	2008-04-24 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO1138	NO JOY IN ARRANGING HU VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's May visit to Japan was intended to be a foreign policy success showcasing Japan's improved ties with China, but instead has become riddled with problems, including Tibet and the incident of contaminated Chinese dumplings imported to Japan, MOFA China [...]	2008-04-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1139	MARGINAL PROGRESS ON RESTARTING JAPAN-KOREA TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a decision to engage in working-level discussions with Japan, Korea is hesitant to restart full negotiations on a trade agreement, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The Koreans hope to establish "industrial cooperation [...]	2008-04-24 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA KS OECD
08TOKYO1143	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1148	JAPAN: YAMAGUCHI BY-ELECTION CLOSE BUT LDP [...] (C) The April 27 by-election in Yamaguchi District 2 is shaping up to be a major test of the strengths of Japan,s two main parties. Taking place just three days before the ruling coalition's probable use of its supermajority to override opposition objections to the controversial gas tax, each [...]	2008-04-25 04:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1150	LEE MYUNG-BAK VISIT A "GREAT SUCCESS" [...] (C) Foreign Ministry and ROK Embassy contacts hailed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's April 20-21 Tokyo visit as a "great success," as both leaders sought to expand Japan-Korea relations into a "mature partnership" aimed at addressing international issues, and to open a "New Era" in Tokyo [...]	2008-04-25 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN
08TOKYO1153	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1159	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO116	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1170	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1177	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO118	THE DOCTOR WILL NOT SEE YOU NOW - JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan faces an acute shortage of hospital physicians, particularly in rural areas. One expert estimated the country needs 55,000 new doctors to staff adequately its hospitals. Harsh working conditions and low pay cause many doctors to enter private practice, a step which mean [...]	2008-01-15 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD JA PGOV
08TOKYO1182	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1185	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1190	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1193	CONSUMERS CALM AS FUKUDA REINSTATES THE GAS TAX [...] (C) Gas prices are going back up in Japan after the government re-instated the gasoline and other road-related taxes April 30, despite the predicted opposition from the Democratic Party of Japan. Attention now turns to a vote on May 12 or 13 to pass legislation governing earmarks on the rei [...]	2008-05-01 10:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV JA
08TOKYO1197	YAMAGUCHI ELECTION FAILS TO SHAKE FUKUDA'S RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary. The April 27 Lower House by-election to fill a vacant seat in the Yamaguchi 2 district, once widely touted as a bellwether for the future of the Fukuda administration, has failed to live up to its advance billing. With so much of the campaigning focused on national issues, such a [...]	2008-05-01 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO120	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1200	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1201	Impact on Japan of Rising Food/Agricultural Commodity [...] (SBU) Summary: The run up in commodity prices and fear of proliferation of export restrictions by long-standing suppliers has led to the reemergence of food security as a national political issue in Japan. The GOJ has seen the situation as underscoring the urgency of boosting its food self-s [...]	2008-05-02 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1210	JAPAN SHARES BURMA CONSTITUTION CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 05:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM JA
08TOKYO1216	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1226	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 04:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1230	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 LABOR MINISTERS' MEETING MAY [...] (SBU) Japan's economy is in its longest postwar expansion, but for many it does not feel that way. Japanese consumers are pinched by rising commodity prices and stagnant wages, and the country is facing long-term fiscal and demographic challenges. Reform, particularly in the labor market, wou [...]	2008-05-07 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV OVIP JA
08TOKYO1233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1238	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 08-11 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	ECON EFIN JA IZ KN KGHG PGOV PREL
08TOKYO124	JAPAN PLANS NO ADDITIONAL BURMA AID [...] (C) Summary: Japan has no current plans for development projects in Burma, according to a Foreign Ministry official. Press reports saying Japan will provide new grants of US$20 million for projects in the "east-west corridor" are misleading, the official stressed. Former Prime Minister Abe ha [...]	2008-01-16 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID JA PGOV PREL XC
08TOKYO1241	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1252	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/08 [...] The governments of Japan and China (hereinafter called "both sides") recognized the need to make efforts together hand-in-hand and to cooperate on climate change, a common threat facing human beings. 2. Both sides confirmed the goals and the principles promised in the "United Nations Framew [...]	2008-05-09 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1253	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 02:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1264	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1267	NO SURPRISES DURING HU JINTAO,S JAPAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: There have been no surprises during the first three days of Chinese President Hu Jintao's May 6-10 visit to Japan. Hu's visit is being characterized in the press as successful, is viewed as in important step forward, and signals a new chapter in Japan-China ties. As reported sep [...]	2008-05-09 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO127	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1272	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH JAPANESE DIET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six Party Talks, the abductees problem, China, Afghanistan, and Iraq were the focus of discussions over dinner between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and a cross section of Japanese Diet members May 9 in Tokyo. Diet members underscored the political importance of addressing the ab [...]	2008-05-10 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA KN CH AF IZ MOPPS
08TOKYO128	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1280	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 07:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1284	EEB DAS MANISHA SINGH'S APRIL 25 TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: April 25 meetings in Tokyo between officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Manisha Singh reviewed progress on the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, Japan' [...]	2008-05-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV JA

08TOKYO1288	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1296	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1308	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1311	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1317	FUKUDA OVERRIDES OPPOSITION AGAIN; CENSURE THREAT [...] (C) Summary. The Lower House has overruled the opposition-controlled Upper House for the third time in less than four months, passing a bill on May 13 to restore earmarks allocating certain road-related taxes to road construction for the next 10 years. However, Prime Minister Fukuda and his [...]	2008-05-14 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO1321	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1324	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1335	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1337	METI ORDERS TCI TO CANCEL J-POWER INVESTMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 13 ordered The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI),a U.K. hedge fund, to halt plans to double its 9.9 percent stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power). METI DDG Sasaki visited the E [...]	2008-05-15 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1342	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1344	CHINESE PRESIDENT HU'S JAPAN VISIT SIGNALS EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: Both MOFA and the PRC Embassy in Tokyo told Embassy Tokyo Prime Minister Fukuda's summit meeting with President Hu Jintao was a success and important step forward in advancing bilateral ties. Both sides regarded the Fukuda-Hu summit, fourth joint communique, and joint press state [...]	2008-05-16 05:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1348	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO135	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1357	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1367	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1375	FUKUDA NEPHEW ON HIS UNCLE, RECENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet representative -- and PM Fukuda's nephew -- Takao Ochi spoke candidly about his uncle's short-comings, particularly his inability to handle the media well and his failure to better explain controversial tax and other measures in a recent meeting with Emb [...]	2008-05-20 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1379	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1386	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 02:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1395	LDP'S TAKU YAMASAKI ON DPRK, SIX-PARTY TALKS, SDF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1398	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 21:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1402	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1409	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO141	FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]	2008-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO1419	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO142	FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]	2008-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO1421	INVESTMENT EXPERTS REPORT: GOOD BUT COULD HAVE [...] (C) Summary: An American executive who served as a member of the Cabinet Office Investment Experts Panel privately labeled its recently issued report "very cautious." He noted there needed to be more of a push by senior GOJ policy makers if the report is to have the positive, pro-reform effec [...]	2008-05-23 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1434	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1438	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1447	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO145	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1451	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1463	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1464	(S/NF) JAPAN PLANS IRAQ WITHDRAWAL, EXPANDED [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Japanese government is actively planning to terminate the C-130 support mission in Iraq by the end of the year while expanding its activities in Afghanistan, according to MOFA National Security Division Director Takeo Mori. Mori said that these decisions are driven by the [...]	2008-05-28 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV AF IZ JA
08TOKYO1465	JAPAN WILL SEND REPRESENTIVES TO MONGOLIAN EOM [...] (C) Japan will designate two officials to participate in the election observation mission (EOM) in Mongolia, according to MOFA Mongolian Desk Officer Sayaka Minamikawa. MOFA currently plans to choose the two officials from within the Embassy Of Japan in Ulaanbaataar (Candidates listed in para [...]	2008-05-28 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KDEM PHUM JA
08TOKYO1471	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1474	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1477	CHINA REQUESTS RELIEF FROM JAPAN, WILL ALLOW [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese government has asked Japan to send additional supplies, including blankets, tents and medicine, to help with earthquake relief efforts. According to an MOD official, Chinese officials have said that they will not seek or accept CH-47 helicopter support from Japan. Ch [...]	2008-05-29 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO1479	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1489	PRESSURES BUILD FOR OPEN SKIES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Following a May 20 Transportation Ministry presentation (ref),members of the Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) instructed the transportation minister to think more progressively and to return with a new plan this fall. The Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform [...]	2008-05-30 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO1492	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1497	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1504	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1508	PM FUKUDA BEGINS EUROPE TRIP [...] (C) Summary: PM Fukuda began a five-day trip to Europe June 1, with meetings scheduled with his German, British, French and Italian counterparts, as well as an address to the Food and Agricultural Organization's food security conference and talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. During h [...]	2008-06-02 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR GM IT UK FR
08TOKYO1511	DIET MEMBERS TO THE AMBASSADOR: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY [...] (C) Summary: Legislation criminalizing child pornography possession will not pass this Diet session, the ruling coalition's project team told the Ambassador May 28. However, it will be on top of the agenda for the fall Diet session, the Diet members promised. Although debate continues over [...]	2008-06-02 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA
08TOKYO1513	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1516	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1517	SEN. LIEBERMAN'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary. During a May 28 visit to Tokyo, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) exchanged views on climate change, Japanese politics, and regional security with ranking Diet Members from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Senator Lieberman underscored that the c [...]	2008-06-03 10:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV OVIP JA
08TOKYO1519	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO152	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1526	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1527	PARLIAMENTARY GROUP STRONGLY DISCOURAGES DE-LISTING [...] (C) Independent lawmaker Takeo Hiranuma, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet member Keiji Furuya and the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) Hiroshi Nakai told the Ambassador June 3 that the &unprincipled8 de-listing of North Korea before the abductee issue is resolved might adversely affect U.S [...]	2008-06-04 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA KN
08TOKYO1528	JAPAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO TIP REPORT TIER RANKING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is very disappointed with being ranked Tier 2 in the 2008 TIP Report, DVM Kawai told the DCM June 4. The result will make it harder for Japan to cooperate with the United States in preparing the next report. In addition, Japan is being held to a different standard than Tie [...]	2008-06-04 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN JA
08TOKYO1532	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1538	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1540	DPJ TO THROW UP CENSURE MOTION AT THE BUZZER [...] (C) Summary. The leadership of the opposition DPJ has reportedly decided to submit concurrently a censure motion in the Upper House and a no confidence motion in the Lower House against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda before the current Diet session ends on June 15. The impetus for the censure mo [...]	2008-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO1543	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1551	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1558	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1573	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1574	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1583	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1588	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1593	(S/REL NATO) PROSPECTS FOR EXPANDED JAPANESE [...] (S/REL NATO) Summary: Japan continues to review options for a new operation in Afghanistan to "off-set" the planned termination of its current Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) logistics effort in Kuwait/Iraq. The Japanese government remains focused on such options as dispatching C-130s for logis [...]	2008-06-11 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV IZ AF JA
08TOKYO1595	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1600	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1608	CENSURE MOTION PASSES; FUKUDA STANDS FIRM [...] (C) Summary. The opposition followed through on its threat to pass a largely symbolic censure motion against Prime Minister Fukuda on June 11 over his handling of the new medical insurance program for the elderly and other domestic issues. The response, thus far, has been underwhelming. Pass [...]	2008-06-12 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1609	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO161	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1613	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1620	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1622	DIET PASSES LAW TO AID VICTIMS OF AUM SHINRIKYO [...] The Diet passed a law on June 11 to provide financial compensation from the government to approximately 4,000 victims of crimes committed by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in the 1990's. The law stipulates that the government has the right to seek financial compensation from Aum's successor organizat [...]	2008-06-13 09:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KJUS JA
08TOKYO1623	(S) MOD DEFENSE POLICY BUREAU DG ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) DCM spoke with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushise Takamizawa June 13 to explore what new steps Japan could take in Afghanistan. Takamizawa said that MOD Minister Ishiba had concluded that it would not be possible to dispatch CH-47 helicopters to [...]	2008-06-13 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV IZ AFIN JA
08TOKYO1625	JAPAN'S DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO CHINA [...] (S) Summary: Japan is continuing efforts to provide disaster relief assistance to China following the earthquake in Sichuan Province in an effort to improve ties with Beijing. Japan has provided one billion yen in aid and disaster relief supplies in addition to the three emergency and medical [...]	2008-06-13 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID CH JA
08TOKYO1628	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1633	ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Attorney General Mukasey and Ambassador Schieffer met National Public Safety Commission Chairman and Minister of State Shinya Izumi on June 13 in Tokyo to discuss: --Ways to improve information sharing and terrorist watch information; --The possibility of Japan joining the FBI's Fingerprin [...]	2008-06-16 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS PINR PGOV PREL PTER KTIA JA
08TOKYO1637	ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Attorney General Mukasey and Justice Minister Hatoyama discussed in a June 12 meeting the prospects for Japanese ratification of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Council of Europe Cyber Crime Convention. Hatoyama briefed on the status of Japan's child porno [...]	2008-06-16 07:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA
08TOKYO1638	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO164	JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: TOKYO OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary. During the recent Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue, former VFM Shotaro Yachi told his South Korean counterpart that PM Yasuo Fukuda places great importance on balancing the strength of the United States-Japan alliance with Japan,s Asian diplomacy, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on J [...]	2008-01-22 09:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1641	INITIAL REACTION TO DPRK DEAL MOSTLY POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to the announcement that Japan will partially lift its unilateral sanctions on North Korea, in return for a reinvestigation into the abductions issue and cooperation on repatriating four 1970's-era Japanese hijackers, dominated the news over the weekend. Media attenti [...]	2008-06-16 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1642	G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETINGS IN TOKYO, JUNE 10, [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Bill Burns participated in the June 9-10, 2008 Tokyo meetings of the G8 Political Directors, hosted by Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kenichiro Sasae. Discussion topics included Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Zimbabwe and a review of the plan [...]	2008-06-16 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER UK IT GM RS CA SI AF PK
08TOKYO1643	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO165	JAPAN, ROK SPECIAL ENVOYS PUSH FOR CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda,s special envoy (and former Prime Minister) Yoshiro Mori expressed Tokyo's desire for a "new-age" bilateral relationship and invited President-elect Lee to visit Japan, during a January 10-11 visit to Seoul. A Deputy Foreign Minister who accompanied Mori sai [...]	2008-01-22 09:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1653	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1654	JAPAN-CHINA: FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura and Chinese Foreign Yang Jiechi met June 14 and discussed the East China Sea resource development issue, human rights and Tibet. Progress on joint development in the East China Sea will be announced "quite soon," but press reports suggesting an [...]	2008-06-17 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO1655	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SEEKS U.S. HELP IN CALMING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is working hard to mitigate increased tension with Taiwan following a June 10 fishing boat collision between a Taiwan fishing boat and a Japanese coast guard ship, but the Senkaku Islands indisputably belong to Japan, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo. Even though the Japan Coast Gua [...]	2008-06-17 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW JP
08TOKYO1657	SHAPING JAPAN'S AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Japanese government is struggling to find a strategy to terminate its C-130 mission to Iraq and start a new deployment to Afghanistan to ""off-set"" its decision to opt-out of the Iraq coalition. The U.S. political calendar appears to weigh heavily on Japanese deliberation [...]	2008-06-17 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV IZ AF JA
08TOKYO166	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1667	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1675	LDP LEADER YAMASAKI AND DIET GROUP SUPPORT LIFTING [...] (C) Summary: Japan should lift sanctions and provide immediate energy assistance in exchange for the DPRK reopening its inquiry into the abduction issue, senior LDP Lower House member Taku Yamasaki has told the Embassy. However, Yamasaki and his 40-member supra-partisan group of Diet members [...]	2008-06-18 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1677	JAPAN, ROK AND PRC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET [...] (C) The Foreign Ministers of Japan, China and South Korea met June 14 to set the stage for a first-ever "stand-alone" trilateral summit this fall in Tokyo (every previous trilat has taken place on the margins of the ASEAN 3 summit or other international events). During their three-hour meeting [...]	2008-06-18 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV EAID KS CH JA
08TOKYO1678	PM RUDD VISIT: "A NEW PROPOSAL EVERY DAY" [...] (C/NF) During their June 12 meeting, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd affirmed the importance of the Japan-Australia bilateral relationship and their commitment to expand bilateral security and economic cooperation, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo. PM Fukuda responded cautiou [...]	2008-06-18 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KGHG AS JA
08TOKYO1679	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1683	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO169	POLLS SHOW FUKUDA SUPPORT TRENDING DOWN [...] (C) Opinion polls conducted over the January 12-13 weekend underscore that Prime Minister Fukuda's support rate continues on a downward trend. Each of Japan's dailies reflects a particular political bias and often the papers produce polling results that closely mirror their readership base. [...]	2008-01-23 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS JA
08TOKYO1694	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1699	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1705	CABINET TO REVIEW AFGHAN OPTIONS BEFORE G-8 [...] (S/NF) Summary: Key ministers will seek a consensus on a possible new mission to Afghanistan before the June 26-27 G-8 Foreign Ministerial meeting in Kyoto, according to MOFA National Security Division Director Takeo Mori. Mori said that the survey team dispatched to Afghanistan and neighbori [...]	2008-06-20 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV AF IZ JA
08TOKYO1707	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO1711	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL [...] SUMMARY: This is an ACTION CABLE, please see PARA 4. On June 3, DHS Secretary Chertoff introduced the ESTA program. Since then, post has conducted numerous outreach activities to inform the Japanese Government and public of this initiative. This cable also contains information on future outr [...]	2008-06-22 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA
08TOKYO1717	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 04:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1719	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO172	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1725	METI STUDY GROUP EXAMINES ROLE OF INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: A Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) study group June 16 released a report that describes the role of private investment funds in Japan's financial markets. The report notes investment funds can promote economic growth and contribute to stronger corporate performance by [...]	2008-06-24 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OECD PGOV JA
08TOKYO1726	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-24 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1729	D/SENK DISCUSSES BROADCASTING INTO THE DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings June 19, Deputy Special Envoy for North Korea Christian Whiton urged Diet, Prime Minister's Office and MOFA interlocutors to expand U.S.-Japan cooperation in broadcasting medium-wave from Japan to the DPRK or helping to financially support independent groups [...]	2008-06-24 04:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO1735	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1737	PM FUKUDA TO PUBLIC: NO GAP WITH U.S. ON DELISTING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda stressed to the press June 24 that he is in full agreement with the United States on the importance of resolving the North Korea nuclear issue. If removing North Korea from the state sponsors of terror list leads to nuclear progress, then "it should be [...]	2008-06-25 02:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1739	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POLIO ERADICATION IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered points in ref to MOFA Global Issues Cooperation Division Senior Coordinator Takehiro Kano June 23. Kano said the GOJ supports sending a clear message to Nigeria on the need to improve its polio eradication efforts, but noted other countries must be careful a [...]	2008-06-25 04:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV SOCI KISL JA NI
08TOKYO1742	U.S.-JAPAN REGULATORY REFORM INITIATIVE - [...] (C) Summary. Japan's pro-reform forces in the past had used the Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative with the U.S. to push recalcitrant parts of the Japanese bureaucracy to make needed changes. However, the latest (seventh) round of regulatory reform talks show the waning inte [...]	2008-06-25 06:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV JA
08TOKYO1745	ASD SHINN PRESSES JAPAN ON REALIGNMENT, PLANNING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Shinn used June 16 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) counterparts to register strong concerns about delays in base realignment, emphasize the importance of robust bi [...]	2008-06-25 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
08TOKYO1746	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1748	OSLO CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS WILL NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan believes the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CM) will not interfere with United States Forces in Japan's (USFJ) operations or restrict interoperability with Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Shimbo told the Embassy's [...]	2008-06-25 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV JA NATO
08TOKYO175	PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S JAN 18 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Senior Chinese officials were considerably less belligerent on the issue of Taiwan during his January 13-18 visit to China than in May 2007, likely due to consistent messages from the U.S. Government and the results of Taiwan's legislative elections, visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy K [...]	2008-01-23 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH JA
08TOKYO1753	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 02:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1755	ABE, YAMASAKI SPAR OVER DPRK POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between rival Diet groups on both sides of the DPRK issue is heating up again. Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki is pitted against former Prime Minister Abe; both are joined by several dozen like-minded Diet members. Days after the June 13 announcement that [...]	2008-06-26 04:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1763	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1765	MOD DG TAKAMIZAWA DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) In a June 25 dinner Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General for Defense Policy Nobushige Takamizawa cited technical and political challenges to the possibility of Japan deploying helicopters or PRTs to Afghanistan. He also underscored the Japanese Government's need to convince Japan's [...]	2008-06-27 03:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF JA
08TOKYO1772	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1774	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1778	FUKUDA ATTEMPTS DAMAGE CONTROL AS PRESS CRITICIZE [...] (C) Summary: Public statements from senior Japanese officials to the decision to delist the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism have been largely positive, tempering negative media editorial opinion. Prime Minister Fukuda and other senior officials have assured the public that Japan and the [...]	2008-06-27 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1779	JAPAN REACHES COMPROMISES ON COPY LEVIES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cultural Affairs Agency (Bunkacho) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced June 17 a compromise on the contentious issue of copy levies. The agencies decided not to wait for the conclusions of a study group that had become deadlocked over the differi [...]	2008-06-27 09:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PGOV JA
08TOKYO1782	JAPAN'S GENERIC DRUG MARKET - SMALL NOW BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. With public debt nearly double GDP and upward pressure on national health insurance expenditures due to Japan's aging society, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) hopes to increase generic drugs' market share from 17% to 30% by 2012, saving the healthcare system an [...]	2008-06-30 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD JA PGOV SOCI
08TOKYO1783	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 06:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1791	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1795	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO180	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1802	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1808	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1821	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 22:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1824	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08 [...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...]	2008-07-03 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1828	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1844	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 03:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1854	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO SHAPING POST-CYCLONE [...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered reftel points to MOFA First Assistance Planning Division Director Kozo Honsei. Japan agrees that the international community should continue to make clear to the Burmese authorities that further assistance will depend on full access, transpar [...]	2008-07-07 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BM JA
08TOKYO1859	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1860	JAPANESE RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE TEAM RETURNS [...] (C) Japan dispatched a reconstruction team to China from June 20 to July 2 to assess construction assistance needs following the earthquake in China, MOFA First Country Assistance Planning Division Director Kozo Honsei told USAID Counselor and Political Officer on July 2. MOFA Southeast and S [...]	2008-07-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH JA
08TOKYO1864	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1878	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1882	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1887	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO189	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1895	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO19	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1909	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO191	JAPAN: ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, G8 PROMINENT IN PM [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda launched Japan's 2008 spring Diet session January 18 with a policy speech focused on livelihood and environmental issues. Laying out five policy principles, Fukuda stressed a "people first" agenda, including creation of a new Minister for Consumer Affairs and [...]	2008-01-24 09:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SENV JA
08TOKYO1915	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO193	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1934	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1942	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1950	TCI HOISTS THE WHITE FLAG IN J-POWER CASE [...] (SBU) The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI),a U.K. hedge fund, announced July 14 it will not contest the GOJ's May 13 order directing it to halt plans to boost its stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power) (Ref A). The fund's decision ends a highly c [...]	2008-07-15 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1952	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1963	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1971	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1978	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1983	DASD WILKES DELIVERS AFGHAN OPTIONS TO JAPAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese officials and politicians indicated a willingness to consider substantial new financial and personnel contributions to Afghanistan in response to an updated set of Afghan options presented on July 15-16 by DASD for Central Asia Bobby Wilkes. DASD Wilkes' Japanese inte [...]	2008-07-17 04:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV AF JA
08TOKYO1985	TOKYO DECISION TO INCLUDE TAKESHIMA IN TEXTBOOKS [...] (C) Summary. ROK Embassy diplomats describe Japan's decision to mention the Liancourt Rocks in educational documents as "explosive." Officials in Seoul felt "betrayed" by the move, especially after ROK President Lee Myung-bak directly appealed to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to "hold back" on [...]	2008-07-17 06:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO1988	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1991	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2000	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2006	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2018	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2021	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 06:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO203	CODEL TAUSCHER MEETS WITH DEFMIN ISHIBA, TALKS [...] (S) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation on Ballistic Missile Defense was the focus of meetings between Japanese Minister of Defense Ishiba and a Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Ellen Tauscher. In light of the recent successful test of a Japanese AEGIS system aboard the Kongo, Minister Ishiba [...]	2008-01-25 06:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2030	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 22:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2036	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 01:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2045	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2047	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 03:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO205	COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE REPORT SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: A high-level panel of foreign affairs and other experts has completed a first draft of a report examining scenarios involving collective self-defense -- currently considered unconstitutional -- and making legal and policy recommendations to address these issues. The panel, estab [...]	2008-01-25 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS JA
08TOKYO2054	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-26 11:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2058	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO206	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2065	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2067	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2071	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2075	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2085	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2089	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2097	DASD MAHNKEN MEETINGS IN JAPAN ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning Dr. Thomas Mahnken met with Japanese counterparts from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs (MOD and MOFA),Cabinet Secretariat and the Japan Self Defense Forces Joint Staff Office (JSDF JSO) on July 17 to encourag [...]	2008-07-31 05:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA MARR PARM PINR PREL
08TOKYO21	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 03:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2106	NEW SENIOR JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Environment's new Director General for Global Environment Tatshushi Terada and new Councilor for Global Environment Masaru Moriya praised the Major Economies Meetings (MEM) and inquired about next steps during a courtesy call with EMIN July 28. Terada said he appreciates [...]	2008-07-31 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG PGOV JA
08TOKYO2107	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2108	JAPAN'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new civil aviation leadership offered no new ideas on civil aviation talks with the U.S. in their initial meeting with Emboffs. The GOJ does not plan to allocate Haneda Airport daytime slots to U.S. airlines. The GOJ, they reiterated, will not negotiate with the EU as a [...]	2008-07-31 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2112	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2115	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL [...] SUMMARY: This cable contains information on outreach activities to inform the public of ESTA from June 20 to July 31. END SUMMARY. 2. Mission Japan consular and DHS representatives conducted a wide variety of outreach efforts to publicize the launch of ESTA. After drafting a power point pr [...]	2008-08-01 03:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA
08TOKYO2117	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: August 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] The ESTA application system went live in Japan on August 1 and was available for applications in the morning. Embassy Tokyo used two passports for trial applications. Conoff and Locally Engaged Staff filled out ESTA applications using one Japanese and one Danish passport. Post's experience w [...]	2008-08-01 06:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA
08TOKYO2120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2122	JAPANESE CABINET RESHUFFLED: PLAYING IT SAFE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda August 1 announced a new cabinet and a new leadership lineup for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The new cabinet reflects a cautious balance of party factions that may strengthen Fukuda's base within the ruling coalition but will likely do [...]	2008-08-03 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JA
08TOKYO2123	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2129	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2134	JAPAN APPROVES RESTRICTIVE BUDGET REQUEST [...] (C) Summary. Prior to reshuffling, the Fukuda Cabinet completed the first major phase of the fiscal year 2009 budget process July 29 by setting restrictive guidelines for budget requests from individual ministries and agencies. Under the guidelines, ministerial budget spending is estimate [...]	2008-08-05 00:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA PGOV PREL
08TOKYO2135	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 01:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO214	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2144	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2149	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO215	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2159	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO216	PERMANENT DISPATCH LAW: POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) The government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party continue to lay the groundwork for passing a Permanent Dispatch Law that would allow Japan to send Self-Defense Forces units overseas in support of peacekeeping operations, according to Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa, head of Japan's Internation [...]	2008-01-28 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UN JA
08TOKYO2161	JAPANESE PM FUKUDA HEADING TO BEIJING; TALKS ON [...] Summary: Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda will arrive in Beijing on August 8 to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao and will make a brief appearance at the Olympics Opening Ceremony before departing for Japan that same evening, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo on August 4. Japan [...]	2008-08-06 10:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM CH JA
08TOKYO2163	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO2174	GOJ LAUNCHES NEW SUPPORTS FOR FISHERMEN IN FACE OF [...] SUMMARY: Responding to fishermen's anger over higher fuel costs, the GOJ plans to introduce a USD 696 million emergency fisheries subsidies package starting August 2008 utilizing funds from the current Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) budget. A series of demonstrations and lobbying activities, [...]	2008-08-07 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ENRG PGOV SENV JA
08TOKYO2176	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2179	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 02:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2185	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2186	REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...]	2008-08-08 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA
08TOKYO2189	CLIMATE CHANGE: NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (C) New Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito will represent the views of the New Komeito Party on climate change, which are more pro-Kyoto than those of the LDP or other ministries, according to Ministry of Environment, Office of International Strategy on Climate Change Director Hiroaki Takiguchi [...]	2008-08-08 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2190	MOFA WARNS OF POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ALLIANCE [...] (C) The U.S.-Japan Alliance would suffer lasting damage if the U.S. Board of Geographic Names were to relist the Senkaku (Diaoyutai) Islands as undesignated territory, according MOFA North American Affairs Director General Shunichi Nishimiya. Nishimiya told the DCM on August 8 that changes rela [...]	2008-08-08 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2193	WHALING COMMISSION CHAIR DISCUSSES UPCOMING IWC [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Dr. William Hogarth and Japanese Alternate Commissioner to the IWC Akira Nakamae discussed outreach to key IWC members, how the IWC Working Group meeting should proceed, and other whaling issues in Tokyo August 5. The Japane [...]	2008-08-10 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV IWC EFIS PGOV JA
08TOKYO2196	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2201	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2206	FIRST LOOK AT JAPAN'S NEW CONSUMER AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Japan's proposed Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) aims at revitalizing the Japanese economy through restoring and promoting consumer confidence in product safety and more effective enforcement of existing laws, according to a senior GOJ official who heads the office charged with sta [...]	2008-08-11 22:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO2209	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 01:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2215	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2216	ACCS KAWAI ON OUTCOME OF PM FUKUDA'S MEETINGS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG CH JA
08TOKYO222	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2221	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 00:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2225	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2226	AMBASSADOR, NEW DEFMIN DISCUSS DPRI, OEF [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Defense Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told the Ambassador on August 12 that he will focus on winning local support for realignment and raising public awareness on the need for Japan's participation in the War on Terror. Hayashi said that during his August 19-20 visit [...]	2008-08-13 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
08TOKYO2227	JAPAN-DPRK REACH AGREEMENT ON ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japanese and North Korean negotiators have agreed to the basic outlines of a plan to move forward on resolution of the abduction issue and possible normalization of diplomatic ties. The agreement spells out the DPRK's commitment to conduct a full investigation into the fate of J [...]	2008-08-13 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2229	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2237	BOUCHER FINDS GOOD PARTNER IN TOKYO ON INDIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher visited Tokyo August 7-8 to discuss India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia with a number of senior government officials. On the India civil nuclear deal, he was told that while Japan is "bas [...]	2008-08-14 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2238	JAPAN: CABINET SHUFFLE NOT ABOUT ECONOMICS, SAYS [...] (C) Prime Minster Fukuda's cabinet shuffle was about politics, not economics, foreign and domestic business interlocutors told Emboffs in a series of meetings. In shoring up the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for the next Lower House election, PM Fukuda concentrated on balancing party [...]	2008-08-14 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2242	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 22:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2244	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 06:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-17 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2264	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 00:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2272	HANEDA AIRPORT INTERNATIONALIZATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has concluded its first agreements, with Malaysia and Korea, for international flights into Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 2010. The agreement with Korea marks the first time the GOJ has allocated daytime slots at Haneda Airport for scheduled international flights under Japa [...]	2008-08-18 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2273	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2274	JAPAN ANNOUNCES GEORGIA ASSISTANCE, IS CONSIDERING [...] (C) Summary: Japan will provide USD one million in humanitarian assistance to Georgia, the composition of which will be determined by the content of an upcoming UN appeal. Japan continues to call on Russia to abide by its cease-fire with Georgia and to withdraw from Georgian territory "outside [...]	2008-08-18 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GG RU JA
08TOKYO2277	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2281	RIGHT-WING VISIT TO DPRK CITED AS SIGN OF WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Just prior to Japan's talks with the DPRK in June, North Korea granted permission for representatives of a Japanese right-wing group to make an unusual - perhaps unprecedented - visit to the DPRK for discussions on collecting and repatriating the remains of Japanese veterans from [...]	2008-08-19 05:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2285	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2288	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2292	JAPAN'S SHORT-TERM ENERGY OPTIONS LIMITED, FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite political pledges to relieve energy price pressure on Japan's small and medium enterprises, fiscal constraints and oil supply limitations leave the GOJ with few near-term policy options. GOJ energy-related economic stimulus measures will focus on targeted incentives to bo [...]	2008-08-20 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2293	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO230	JAPAN AND PKO: ONGOING AND PROPOSED ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Japan currently has 53 Self Defense Forces and other personnel participating in three UN peacekeeping operations around the world, and contributes election monitors and in-kind assistance as part of its overall peacebuilding strategy. The subject of Japan's role as a "peacebuilding nation [...]	2008-01-29 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UN JA
08TOKYO2301	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 00:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2303	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S ATTENDANCE AT JAPAN'S G8 SPEAKERS' MEETING, SEPTEMBER 1-3 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON OREP JA
08TOKYO2307	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2308	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 00:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO231	FEARS OF DOWNTURN IN U.S. SPARK CONCERNS IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Weakening economic data from the United States and global financial market volatility are sparking fears that a recession in Japan may not be far behind. In fact, Japanese economic growth is slowing, public and private forecasts have been revised downward over the past several [...]	2008-01-29 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2316	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 07:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO232	JAPAN PM FUKUDA SHIFTING "SLIGHTLY" ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. The newly-established LDP Subcommittee on Korean Peninsula Issues, created by senior LDP members Taku Yamasaki at the behest of Prime Minister Fukuda, reflects the PM,s "slight" shift to a dialogue-oriented approach to resolving the nuclear, missile, and abduction issues, Diet co [...]	2008-01-29 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2323	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 00:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO233	JAPAN: THE OPPOSITION'S GAS-FILLED RHETORIC [...] (C) Fighting to allow the expiration of a "provisional" gasoline tax (it began in the 1970s) and related tax surcharges will be the opposition Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) central issue in the current Diet session, DPJ Diet member Yosuke Kondo told Embassy Tokyo January 23. The party cho [...]	2008-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2330	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2332	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2339	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2342	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO235	RULING COALITION FLOATS TEMPORARY GAS TAX EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The ruling coalition has decided to submit a bill to extend temporarily the controversial provisional gasoline tax for two months, over the strong objections of the opposition. At this point, the opposition DPJ appears ready to hold budget-related legislation, including the gaso [...]	2008-01-29 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN JA
08TOKYO2351	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 07:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2357	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO236	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2363	GEORGIA: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION "REGRETTABLE" [...] (C) In discussing reftel points with Embassy Tokyo August 28, MOFA Caucasus Division Director Shigeyuki Shimamori echoed FM Koumura's statement August 27 that Russia's unilateral recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contravenes international efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conf [...]	2008-08-28 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG JA
08TOKYO2364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2369	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2376	PRO-TAIWAN DIET GROUPS [...] (C) Japan's "unofficial" relationship with Taiwan has managed to thrive in the three decades since Japan's normalization with the Mainland thanks in large measure to frequent and long-standing contact between the Japanese Diet members and their counterparts in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan. Five p [...]	2008-08-29 07:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW JA
08TOKYO2378	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2380	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 03:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2392	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2393	CORRECTED COPY: 11 TRILLION YEN ECONOMIC PACKAGE: [...] (C) Summary. One of the last acts of the Fukuda Government before the Prime Minister's surprise resignation September 1 was the announcement of a stimulus package designed to meet public concerns over the stagnating economy and rising food, fuel, and other prices. Initial assessments are [...]	2008-09-02 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA PGOV
08TOKYO2400	FUKUDA RESIGNS, WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR OEF, DIET, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda surprised the nation on September 1 by unexpectedly announcing his intention to resign in a hastily-arranged, late-evening news conference. Ruling party executives have moved quickly to set in motion plans for a new LDP presidential election, likely in the S [...]	2008-09-02 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2405	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2415	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2416	LDP SETS DATE FOR PARTY ELECTION, AS ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary. One full business day after Prime Minister Fukuda's surprise announcement that he will step down, his ruling LDP worked quickly to stem the damage and galvanize both party members and the public behind his eventual successor. LDP executives have decided to hold elections for a n [...]	2008-09-03 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO2418	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2428	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2431	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 03:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2439	GEORGIA: JAPANESE COMMUNISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST [...] (C) The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) is "deeply concerned" by and "rejects" Russia's "hegemonic actions" in Georgia, calls on Russia to pull its troops out of Georgia and demands that Russia withdraw its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, JCP Diet member Akira Kasai told Embassy Toky [...]	2008-09-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU JA
08TOKYO244	JAPAN-CHINA PANEL SEEKS TO DEPOLITICIZE HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: The Japan-China Joint Historical Research Committee, formed in October 2006, will complete and publish this summer a two-volume report containing the views of each side on several historical periods from ancient times until the present. The goal of the committee is not to produce [...]	2008-01-30 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH JA
08TOKYO2442	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2443	LDP SENSES OPPORTUNITY: YOSANO MAY CHALLENGE ASO [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of Prime Minister Fukuda's surprise resignation, there is cautious optimism in the LDP that their political fortunes may be improving. In contrast, there are worries in the DPJ that the LDP will use the September 22 LDP presidential election to cast the DPJ's "o [...]	2008-09-05 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2451	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2457	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2460	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO247	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08 [...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...]	2008-01-30 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2474	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2476	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2494	SENIOR MOFA OFFICIAL DOWN ON DPJ PRESIDENT OZAWA [...] (C) In a September 9 dinner with the Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Bureau Director General Shinichi Nishimiya gave an overwhelmingly negative assessment of the immediate future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in the event opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Presid [...]	2008-09-10 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2495	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2499	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO250	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2503	RACE FOR NEW PM IS ON, WITH ASO MAKING STRONG [...] (C) The race for the next LDP President -- and Prime Minister of Japan -- has begun, and polling of LDP Diet members and party prefectural chapters shows that party Secretary General Taro Aso is in a strong position. The five candidates' focus has so far been almost completely on economic and [...]	2008-09-11 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON JA
08TOKYO2505	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2507	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2508	DASD SEDNEY'S AUG 27-28 MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) In August 27-28 meetings with former and current Japanese government officials and influential Diet members from both the ruling and opposition parties, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD)/East Asia David Sedney emphasized the importance of implementing as agreed the bil [...]	2008-09-12 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2517	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES' MEETING WITH JAPANESE MINISTRY [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa, urged the U.S. Government to confirm that the U.S. restriction on year-to-year, incremental funding for multi-year projects like the Mamizu projects in Guam is a U.S. Government-wide policy and not just [...]	2008-09-12 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2523	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2531	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2533	BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Post delivered reftel BBG paper on September 16 to MOFA Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada. Acknowledging that the paper included new technical and other information, Yamada pledged to pass it on to the appropriate authorities and respond as soon as possible. On the subject of a possi [...]	2008-09-16 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO2537	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...]	2008-09-16 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA
08TOKYO2538	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO255	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08 [...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]	2008-01-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2555	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO256	BISTF PLENARY FOCUSES ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND [...] (S) The January 16 plenary meeting of the DAS-level U.S.-Japan Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) and preparatory Director-level meetings focused on the status of long-term milestones from the annex to the BISTF Terms of Reference (TOR) and broader Japanese government participat [...]	2008-01-31 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
08TOKYO2564	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2576	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2577	JAPAN CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING COOPERATION ON TIP [...] (U) Charge James Zumwalt met Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho for lunch on Tuesday, September, 17. Bessho was accompanied by Akihiko Nakajima, Deputy Director-General for Foreign Policy, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation, who also handles trafficking-in-persons issues fo [...]	2008-09-18 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA KTIP
08TOKYO2581	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO259	JAPAN: LDP DIET MEMBER ON GAS TAX RISKS, RATIONALE [...] (C) Maintaining Japan's "provisional" gasoline tax and related tax surcharges is the right thing to do, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet member Masahiko Shibayama told Embassy Tokyo January 29, because letting them expire would exacerbate the country's difficult fiscal position. The [...]	2008-01-31 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2594	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2598	UPPER HOUSE PRESIDENT,S MEETING WITH MOJ ABOUT [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to his meeting with the DCM on September 12, Upper House President Satsuki Eda notified the Embassy that Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials had told him during a meeting on September 18 that their ministry is at the beginning stage of considering accession to the Hague C [...]	2008-09-22 00:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI CASC JP
08TOKYO26	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-06 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2611	JAPAN AT FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN GROUP [...] (C) The Friends of Pakistan Group is a "high priority" for the government of Japan, and MOFA officials up to the Vice Minister level are "strongly recommending" that the new Japanese Foreign Minister -- to be named on September 24 or 25 -- attend the inaugural meeting on September 26, according [...]	2008-09-22 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PK JA
08TOKYO2612	ASO WINS LDP PRESIDENCY; WILL BE ELECTED PM ON [...] (C) Summary. Taro Aso overwhelmed four other candidates in the September 22 ruling LDP presidential election, taking 351 of 527 votes. Aso succeeds Prime Minister Fukuda as LDP President effective immediately. He will replace Fukuda as Head of Government and name a new Cabinet on September 24 [...]	2008-09-22 10:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2613	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2614	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO262	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2620	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2629	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2638	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2639	ASO ELECTED PM; CABINET PICKS AIMED AT SOLIDIFYING [...] (C) Former LDP Secretary General Taro Aso was elected Prime Minister of Japan on September 24, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda, who announced his intention to resign on September 1. Aso announced his new Cabinet the same day, re-appointing just five of 17 ministers from the recently reshuffled Fukuda [...]	2008-09-24 11:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA
08TOKYO2646	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2653	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08 [...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...]	2008-09-25 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2655	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2678	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2682	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2708	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 23:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO271	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2711	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2727	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2728	SECNAV DISCUSSES GUAM, OEF, AND RUSSIA WITH NEW [...] (U) Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter met September 26 with newly appointed Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and MOFA Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka. Ambassador Schieffer and Commander of Naval Forces Japan Rear Admiral James Kelly joined Secretary Winter. 2. (C) Defens [...]	2008-09-30 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO2729	ASO'S ECONOMIC POLICY: STIMULATE THE ECONOMY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Taro Aso's campaign pledges and initial policy speech have focused on an economic stimulus policy that appeals to Japanese voters concerned about their pocketbooks and the direction of Japan's economy. Aso's short-term electoral focus is not to launch a return to t [...]	2008-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2731	TRANSPORTATION MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER FIVE DAYS [...] (U) Summary: Only five days after his appointment, MLIT Minister Nariaki Nakayama formally resigned September 28 after a series of controversial remarks. Prime Minister Aso appointed Kazuyoshi Kaneko, a Lower House member with experience in construction and budget issues, to replace Nakayama. [...]	2008-09-30 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ELTN ETRD JA
08TOKYO2735	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO274	JAPANESE VIEWS ON IRAN AND BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. EEB DAS Hengel discussed Iran and Burma related sanctions with Japanese government officials January 23-24. The GOJ will continue to support the international community on Iran sanctions, but urged caution regarding Iran's central bank. The Japanese are concerned Iran's increas [...]	2008-02-01 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL XC XF JA
08TOKYO2742	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2744	JAPAN INSURANCE: POTENTIAL BUYERS UNSURE OF AIG'S [...] (SBU) AIG Japan's insurance operations are potentially an attractive acquisition target, given media reports that AIG Japan's FY2007 direct premium revenue was about $24 billion. Japanese domestic insurers are showing interest, but questions remain about AIG subsidiaries' balance sheets, solve [...]	2008-10-01 09:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2745	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT [...] (C) You will arrive in Japan in the wake of a dramatic leadership change. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is regarded as a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, who we expect will try hard to maintain course for our important bilateral initiatives, including the realignment of U [...]	2008-10-01 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2747	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2754	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2760	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2771	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2775	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2779	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO278	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2780	ELECTION TIMING UNCERTAIN; EARLY NOVEMBER UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary. Lower than hoped poll numbers for Prime Minister Aso, domestic economic concerns, and the need to deal with the international financial crisis continue to reduce the chances for early elections in Japan. The ruling LDP and DPJ opposition have been unable to agree on a timetable [...]	2008-10-06 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2785	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2798	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO28	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2802	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2808	ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES DISCUSS CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of abductee family groups described their high expectations for how Prime Minister Aso will address the abduction issue and contrasted PM Aso's likely approach with that of former PM Fukuda, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 3. In addition, they welcomed [...]	2008-10-08 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KN JA
08TOKYO2810	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2813	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2817	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2824	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO283	DPRK-AFFILIATED CHOSEN SOREN FACING "CRISIS" IN [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-backed Chosen Soren faces a "crisis," with its income-generating network of financial institutions and schools showing cracks, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. CS membership continues to decline and rank-and-file members provide less support for Pyongyang-backed political c [...]	2008-02-04 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2834	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2839	JAPANESE MARKETS FINISH WORST WEEK ON RECORD [...] Summary: The Nikkei 225 index ended the day down 9.62%, losing 881.06 points, registering its lowest close since May 28, 2003. During morning trading, however, the Nikkei shed over 1,040 points, over 11%, the second largest decline in its history. The broader Topix index, which is less heavi [...]	2008-10-10 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO284	SOKA GAKKAI GROUP MOVING TO SUPPORT SENDING [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's efforts to pass a Permanent Dispatch Law will require the support of ruling coalition partner Komeito Party, which to date has not embraced the plan to allow the government the authority to dispatch Self-Defense Forces abroad. As the Komeito's [...]	2008-02-04 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS JA
08TOKYO2842	SMALL LIFE INSURER FAILS AMID MARKET VOLATILITY [...] (C) Yamato Life Insurance filed for bankruptcy October 10. Media reports linked the company's failure to losses incurred from subprime mortgage-backed securities, but regulators noted the company has long struggled with high costs and failed to adapt to new sales methods. Pointing to Yamato' [...]	2008-10-10 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2843	CITING FINANCIAL TURMOIL, UNIONS SEEK HIGHER WAGES [...] (C) Financial turmoil in the United States is exacerbating the downturn in Japan's real economy, a top trade union official told Emboffs, and the effects are likely to continue to put downward pressure on the Japanese economy into 2009. In response to workers' subsequent feelings of economic i [...]	2008-10-10 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2849	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2859	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2862	JAPAN DECLINES TO MAKE FUTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) EmbOffs delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Humanitarian Assistance Deputy Director Hisanobu Mochizuki October 10. Mochizuki, while not ruling out additional contributions to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the future, said the GOJ would [...]	2008-10-14 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA JA
08TOKYO2864	USPACOM COMMANDER KEATING MEETS DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: USPACOM appreciates the Ministry of Defense's efforts leading up to the successful deployment of the USS George Washington to Japan, visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy Keating told Defense Minister Hamada during an October 9 meeting. DefMin Hamada said the GW's arrival in Japa [...]	2008-10-14 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO2869	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO287	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2875	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2876	(SBU) Delivery of Demarche to GOJ on proposal to exchange [...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel demarche on the proposal to exchange terrorist screening information pursuant to HSPD-6 to Maiko Fujiwara, MOFA, International Counter-Terrorism Coordination Division, Foreign Policy Bureau. 2. (SBU) Fujiwara thanked Conoff for the information and noted the GO [...]	2008-10-15 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT ASEC PTER PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2877	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2879	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2883	DPRK: PM'S ABDUCTIONS ADVISOR TAKES HEART FROM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 14, Prime Minister Aso's Special Advisor on the Abductions Issue Kyoko Nakayama expressed relief that, although the United States lifted the DPRK's terror designation, ongoing sanctions will continue to require the United States to vote against IM [...]	2008-10-16 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO2884	BEIJING OLYMPICS MARGINALLY IMPROVED ATTITUDES, [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing Olympics were well viewed in Japan and helped to showcase for the Japanese China's ongoing modernization and global integration. The Olympics also solidified for the majority of Japanese already deeply suspicious of China and its intentions the view that the PRC is an [...]	2008-10-16 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO2890	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 03:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2895	SEN. HAGEL'S MEETINGS WITH PM ASO AND OTHER [...] (C) During an October 16 visit to Tokyo, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) exchanged views on his visits to China and South Korea, regional security, and the global financial crisis with Prime Minister Aso and other Japanese officials and Diet members. Aso and Finance Minister Nakagawa both stressed [...]	2008-10-17 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MNUC OVIP JA
08TOKYO2896	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2904	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO291	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2920	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2924	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2934	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2936	NEW GOJ SPACE OFFICE CHIEF PROMOTES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly appointed Secretary General of Japan's Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy, Masakazu Toyoda, told EMIN he intends to formulate and implement a national space strategy for Japan in less than two years. Going forward Japan will focus more on application of technolog [...]	2008-10-21 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL KSCA PGOV PREL MARR JA
08TOKYO2938	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2940	JAPAN'S IMPERFECT TRAINEE VISA PROBLEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Surveys show that most of the participants in Japan,s Trainee Visa Program are satisfied with their situations. However, the high debt burdens these trainees owe to brokers, and the fact that for the first "trainee" year they actually work full-time for room and board and a small [...]	2008-10-22 02:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AADP KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG SOCI GTIP JP
08TOKYO2953	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2954	MAYOR OF TEHRAN VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf visited Japan October 16 - 21, confirmed MOFA Second Middle East Director Motosada Matano. According to Matano, Ghalibaf was invited by the Japanese under the auspices of their "Opinion Leader Program." The Japanese view him as important because he is [...]	2008-10-22 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR JA
08TOKYO2955	MOD TO ASSIGN PERSONNEL TO HAWAII AND GUAM TO [...] (C) In line with private Japanese government statements (reftel),media reported 20 October that the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) has decided to assign nine officials to Guam and seven others to PACOM beginning in September 2009 in order to promote US force realignment initiatives, parti [...]	2008-10-22 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2956	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2963	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2969	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 04:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2976	ASO STILL UNDECIDED, AS UNCERTAINTY OVER NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts from both the ruling and opposition parties remain unanimous that the chances for an election before the end of this year remain no better than 50/50. They are also in agreement that PM Aso has yet to make up his mind on the timing, and is still in the process o [...]	2008-10-24 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2977	JMSDF TO CONDUCT ANTI-PIRACY OPERATIONS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso is considering deploying Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) to waters off of Somalia to protect Japanese commercial shipping vessels. The Japanese government is also in the early stages of drafting a new law that would allow JMSDF vessels to protect t [...]	2008-10-24 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO2978	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2982	UPCOMING CIV AIR TALKS: MORE OF THE SAME? [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming bilateral civil aviation talks in Tokyo October 29-30 offer an excellent opportunity to urge the GOJ to undertake needed meaningful liberalization of Japan's aviation sector. However, recent discussions with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB),Japanese airline [...]	2008-10-26 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA
08TOKYO2983	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2997	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 22:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3000	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3008	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3010	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3018	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3023	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 05:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3030	FIFTH BISTF PLENARY WELCOMES METI AS NEW [...] (C) The DAS-level Bilateral Information Security Task Force (BISTF) broke new ground by bringing in the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) as a full member to the process during the October 7 plenary meeting in Tokyo. Japan-based working groups reported on their discussions and p [...]	2008-10-30 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
08TOKYO3033	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3035	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO304	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO305	JAPAN-DPRK: DIET STEPS UP INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) LDP faction leader and long-time North Korea watcher Taku Yamasaki believes that North Korean denuclearization must be achieved this year through the Six Party talks. Delisting the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror should also be effectively leveraged for the goal of denuclearization. Yama [...]	2008-02-05 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO3051	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO3065	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3068	POVERTY, INEQUALITY TRENDS TAP ECONOMIC ANXIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan has the fourth-highest poverty rate among the 30 OECD members, with poverty among the elderly roughly 50 percent above the OECD average, according to a report issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, according to a Japanese ex [...]	2008-11-04 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI JA
08TOKYO3069	ASO MOVES DECISIVELY TO LIMIT FALL-OUT FROM ASDF [...] (C) Summary: "To say our country was an aggressor nation in World War II is a false accusation," Air Self Defense Force Chief Toshio Tamogami concluded in a prize winning essay made public on October 31. Already a delicate time politically, the government took steps to control the fallout, a [...]	2008-11-04 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3070	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3079	PM ASO ANNOUNCES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso announced a new 26.9 trillion ($269 billion),economic stimulus package October 30. The package equals 5.2% of Japan's GDP and is intended to mitigate the negative impact of the global credit crisis on Japan's real economy. The new stimulus package follows [...]	2008-11-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO308	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3080	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3083	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3085	DPJ RAMPS UP ATTACK, AS MOD TAKES HIT FOR TAMOGAMI [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hamada and three other parliamentarians have taken voluntary pay cuts and three senior MOD bureaucrats have been disciplined as the government continues to manage the controversy over an essay published by former ASDF Chief Tamogami. The country's most senior m [...]	2008-11-05 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3088	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3094	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3102	OPPOSITION PUSHES COMPETING ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan is criticizing Prime Minister Aso's second stimulus plan and is pushing a competing agenda, which includes childcare allowances, reduction of gasoline taxes, and the elimination of highway tolls. The proposals fit into the broader economic framewor [...]	2008-11-07 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO3103	INCSR: JAPAN 2008 [...] (SBU) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics [...]	2008-11-09 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SNAR JP
08TOKYO3109	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3117	LITTLE PROGRESS IN U.S.-JAPAN CIV AIR TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Japan officials held out little promise of broader liberalization of Japan's civil aviation sector during bilateral talks in Tokyo October 29-30. As in past civil aviation negotiations, the GOJ eschewed broader discussion of Japan's decade-old commitment to "ful [...]	2008-11-10 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA
08TOKYO3120	U.S.-JAPAN ROLES, MISSIONS AND CAPABILITIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The bilateral Roles, Mission and Capabilities Working Group (RMC WG),co-chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Sedney and State Department Japan Office Director Russel, along with Deputy Director General counterparts from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, m [...]	2008-11-11 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PINR PREL
08TOKYO3124	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 00:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3126	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3135	DPRK BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN "VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE" [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 07:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PGOV PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO3138	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 23:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3139	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08 [...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...]	2008-11-12 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3142	JAPAN REFUELING MISSION TO CONTINUE, ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) The bill extending the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law will clear the Diet on November 20, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts in the Diet and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will vote on the bill on November 18 and then send it to an U [...]	2008-11-12 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO3143	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3146	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3150	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3151	TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's experience resolving its 1990-2002 financial crisis demonstrates direct re-capitalization of banks is the most effective way to revive a weakened financial sector, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) President Atsushi Saito told visiting EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan November [...]	2008-11-13 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO3154	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OKINAWA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima made a courtesy call November 12 on the Ambassador. Nakaima asked for the Ambassador's assistance in prompt disclosure of the results of the investigation into the October 24 crash of a Kadena Aero Club-based Cessna, and called for prompt settlem [...]	2008-11-13 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3155	TAMOGAMI REPURCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Ousted Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief Toshio Tamogami has continued to make headlines, most recently in Diet testimony where he refused to apologize for his revisionist historical views published in an essay and resulting in his removal as ASDF chief (ref A). Prime Minister [...]	2008-11-13 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO3157	IQBAL MASIH AWARD NOMINATION: ACE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo nominates ACE (Action against Child Exploitation),a Japan-based NPO devoted to reducing the worst forms of child labor worldwide, to receive the "United States Department of Labor's Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor." 2. (SBU) In 1995 Yuka Iwatsuki, f [...]	2008-11-15 23:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ILAB PHUM JP
08TOKYO3164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-16 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3166	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3175	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3180	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3188	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3189	DPJ BLOCKS OEF BILL, REQUIRING DIET EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The DPJ followed through on its promise to boycott Upper House deliberations on the OEF refueling legislation November 18, hoping to force PM Aso's hand on submission of a second supplementary budget bill and speed dissolution of the Lower House and a snap election. The oppositi [...]	2008-11-18 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
08TOKYO319	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3191	JAPAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON APEC, GUAM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bilateral summit with the President at APEC in Lima is critical to Prime Minister Aso's political and public standing, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging November 18 meeting. VM Yabunaka thanked the United States for hosting the G-20 Financ [...]	2008-11-18 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO3194	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3202	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3203	JAPAN ON FUTURE OF EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Japan will not open its new embassy in Nouakchott under the current political situation, according to MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoaki Kamoshida. Responding to ref A talking points, Kamoshida said Japan completely shares our view on the need to avoid giving inad [...]	2008-11-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR JA
08TOKYO3205	RUSSIA FM CRITCIZES JAPAN'S ROLE IN G8 REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. Russian FM Lavrov leveled pointed criticisms and expressed displeasure with Tokyo's policies toward Russia during a November 4-5 visit to Japan. The Russian said Moscow sees little advancement in bilateral relations ) a fact for which Tokyo is solely responsible, he charged. Lav [...]	2008-11-19 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JA RS KN
08TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3211	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3215	DPRK: JAPANESE EXPERT RECOUNTS RODONG SINMUN [...] (S) DPRK expert Hajime Izumi recently recounted for Embassy Tokyo his late October meetings with Lee Yong, Beijing Bureau Chief for North Korea's Rodong Sinmun. During their discussions, Lee stressed that it would be unacceptable for a non-Six Party participant to provide energy assistance to [...]	2008-11-21 05:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KN JA
08TOKYO3217	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel demarche regarding the Nicaraguan municipal elections to MOFA Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Noritsugu Takahashi. Takahasi, who said Japanese officials had already noted remarks made [...]	2008-11-21 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA NU
08TOKYO3218	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3222	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3224	JAPAN FM STATEMENT SUPPORTS OUTCOME OF RECENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 06:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA RS GG
08TOKYO3233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3235	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3243	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD JA PGOV
08TOKYO3244	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO325	SENIOR LDP POLITICIAN ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, [...] (C) Senior ruling party politician Koichi Kato told Embassy Tokyo February 4 that poor economic management and a lack of leadership could force the Prime Minister to dissolve the Diet in the fall, with the ruling coalition likely to lose its 2/3 super-majority in the Lower House. During the c [...]	2008-02-07 07:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OECD JA
08TOKYO3251	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3253	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3255	AMBASSADOR, DEFMIN DISCUSS NEW ADMINISTRATION, [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed that Alliance initiatives should continue into the next U.S. administration without substantial changes and urged the Japanese government to appropriate significant amounts of money in 2009 to begin construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) during his [...]	2008-11-28 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO326	CARRIER AIR WING MOVE DOMINATES IWAKUNI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Iwakuni voters will choose a new mayor in a contest most media outlets are framing as a referendum on the planned relocation of Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) from Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni. Democratic Party of Japan (D [...]	2008-02-07 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO3264	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3272	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3279	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO328	FUKUDA-PUTIN PERSONAL LETTERS AIM TO PUT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently exchanged personal letters in which both sides agreed to move Tokyo-Moscow relations to a "higher dimension," Foreign Ministry and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koum [...]	2008-02-07 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO3285	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3288	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3300	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3301	ASO'S SUPPORT FALLS; ANTI-ASO MOVES INSIDE LDP [...] (C) Summary: Support for Prime Minister Taro Aso is in freefall, based on the results of the latest opinion polls. Verbal gaffes, policy miscues, a perceived inability to deal with the global economic crisis, and growing discontent within his own party have called Aso's leadership into questi [...]	2008-12-03 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3305	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO331	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3311	ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE AMONG JAPANESE SMES AND LARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Japanese large manufacturers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are rapidly losing confidence in the economy. Large-scale manufacturers' business sentiment, according to one source, fell to its lowest level since 2002, while SME sentiment fell to its lowest level si [...]	2008-12-04 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO3314	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3315	POSTAL PRIVATIZATION GETS POLITICAL, AGAIN [...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's recent comments about postponing the public sale of postal companies' stocks highlighted the rift between pro- and anti-reform elements in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Opposition efforts to legislate a postal privatization "freeze" appear to have made he [...]	2008-12-04 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO3318	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3323	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3326	JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS ON CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Nomura Holdings Chairman Junichi Ujiie and Mitsui Chairman Nobuo Ohashi told Ambassador December 1 during a farewell lunch that despite what was wrung out of the Japanese economy following the collapse of the bubble economy and despite what they see as the basic health of Japan' [...]	2008-12-05 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO3327	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO333	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3334	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3335	KOMEITO STILL STANDING BY ASO AND LDP [...] (C) Summary: The Komeito is sticking with its ruling coalition partner even as voices from within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are increasingly critical of Prime Minister Aso's leadership and calling for his ouster, senior Komeito politician Yoshio Urushibara told Embassy Tokyo. The rul [...]	2008-12-08 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO3336	SUBJECT: SENATOR INOUYE EXCHANGES VIEWS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) held discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister, the Foreign, Defense, Trade, and Finance Ministers, and several prominent Diet members during his November 30 to December 4 visit to Tokyo. The Senator underscored the importance of close bilateral r [...]	2008-12-08 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3341	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3344	JAPAN'S NEW TOURISM AGENCY: ACTIONS FALLING SHORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's renewed efforts to promote tourism to boost the economy face significant challenges. MLIT's new Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) aims to increase inbound and outbound tourism, but despite revenue gains in the tourism industry in recent years, projections for the final quarte [...]	2008-12-10 00:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV ECON EAIR JA
08TOKYO3345	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3357	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3361	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3370	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3373	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 06:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3383	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 00:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3387	DPJ'S MAEHARA POSITIVE ON ALLIANCE, BUT NEGATIVE [...] (C) Senior DPJ representative and security policy expert Seiji Maehara outlined in a December 10 meeting with Embassy Tokyo his thoughts on the U.S.-Japan alliance, realignment, and the potential impact of a DPJ government on these matters. Maehara affirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan [...]	2008-12-15 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR JA
08TOKYO3388	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3402	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/08-2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3405	JAPAN'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS: IN THE EARLY STAGES [...] (C) Summary: Possible Japanese participation in international efforts to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa has received extensive media, government, and political attention in Japan in recent weeks. Current Japanese legislation allows the Prime Minister to dispatch the Japanese Maritime Sel [...]	2008-12-15 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER ELTN JA
08TOKYO3409	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3419	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08 [...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...]	2008-12-16 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3422	AMBASSADOR THANKS FOREIGN MINISTER FOR WORKING ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 23:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO3423	AMBASSADOR THANKS FOREIGN MINISTER FOR WORKING ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 23:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO3427	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3430	JAPAN'S FY2009 TAX REFORM PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. Japan's ruling coalition parties announced December 12 a package of tax reform proposals featuring a series of tax cuts for households and businesses. Their proposals called for exempting in-substance dividends paid by overseas subsidiaries to their Japan headquarters, lowering [...]	2008-12-17 03:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON JA
08TOKYO3435	DPJ SECURITY POLICY STILL MUDDLED, AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The possible shift from an LDP-led administration to one led by the DPJ has potentially serious implications for Japan's security policy, as well as for the future direction of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The leading opposition party has opposed the war in Iraq and used its majorit [...]	2008-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA

08TOKYO3439	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 23:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3441	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3447	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO345	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3453	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3457	PART 1 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Japanese negotiators reached an ad ref agreement on December 15 for a bilateral International Agreement (IA) committing the Japanese government to provide USD 2.8 billion to construct facilities and infrastructure on Guam to support the relocation of III Marine Expeditio [...]	2008-12-19 05:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3458	PART 2 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO346	KOIZUMI KIDS FACE TOUGH ROAD TO REELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The 82 "Koizumi "Children" who swept into office in the September 2005 postal privatization election, rode the coattails of Prime Minister Koizumi and his promises of reform. Today, they face widespread elimination in the next general election. The majority were elected with mi [...]	2008-02-08 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
08TOKYO3463	JAPAN'S STEPS TO CONCLUDE ENHANCED BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials assert they are making progress to finalize the text of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA),and MLIT officials reiterate their desire to finalize the document. The U.S. and Japan have been working for more than three years to conclude a BASA to enh [...]	2008-12-19 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ELTN JA
08TOKYO3466	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3470	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3483	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3492	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO35	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3500	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3507	PART 1 OF 2 -- DEC 18 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials provided Embassy Tokyo generally positive assessments of the second Japan-Australia foreign affairs and defense 2-plus-2 ministerial held December 18 in Tokyo. Discussions on bilateral information sharing and a po [...]	2008-12-28 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON AU JA
08TOKYO3508	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3518	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3521	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3523	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT [...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...]	2008-12-30 02:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3526	CABINET APPROVES SLIGHTLY CONTRACTIONARY REGULAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's Cabinet approved the central government's draft regular FY2009 budget December 24, clearing the way for its submission to the forthcoming regular session of the Diet that begins January 5 and passage before the end of FY2008 (March 31, 2009). Proposed outlays of 33.5 t [...]	2008-12-30 05:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EAP JA
08TOKYO3527	PART 2 OF 2 -- DEC 18 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN [...] Both defense authorities share the intention to conduct the following joint defense activities. (a) High Level Exchange i. Hold annual bilateral Defense Ministerial meeting. ii. Hold regular visits between the Vice-Minister of Defense of the MOD and the Secretary of the ADOD; between t [...]	2008-12-30 05:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON AU JA
08TOKYO3534	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3535	JAPAN ANTI-PIRACY UPDATE: LEGAL WRANGLING, [...] (C) Piracy issues in the Horn of Africa (HOA) remain a topic of extensive interest in Japan, both in the media and among contacts in the Japanese government. Calls from major publications for Japan to "do something" have grown louder in recent weeks, driven in part by China's December 26 dispa [...]	2008-12-30 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ELTN EWWT JA MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR
08TOKYO3538	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO354	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3541	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 03:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3542	JAPAN'S LOWER FDI INFLOWS REFLECT GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the first ten months of 2008 declined year-on-year for the first time since 2003, reflecting the impact of global financial market turmoil and following record inflows in 2007. Preliminary Ministry of Finance (MOF) figures show [...]	2008-12-31 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO360	CODEL TAUSCHER MEETS WITH JAPAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: United States-Japan relations remain the "cornerstone" of Tokyo's foreign policy, not just for Japan's security, but for East Asia and the broader region as a whole, Japan DFM Yabunaka told visiting CODEL Tauscher on January 10. The DFM described Japan-PRC ties as improved from p [...]	2008-02-12 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL JA CH
08TOKYO363	MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DG TAKAMIZAWA ON FORCE [...] (C) Summary: MOD Defense Policy Bureau Director General Takamizawa reviewed the status of realignment with CDA Donovan during a lunch meeting on February 8. Takamizawa said that he was optimistic that the Japanese government would manage to avoid significant delays in the Futenma Relocation F [...]	2008-02-12 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO366	JAPAN PROTESTS INCURSION BY RUSSIAN BOMBER [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura delivered a "severe protest" to Russian authorities over the February 9 incursion by a Russian Tu-95 strategic "Bear" bomber into Japanese airspace, Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Tokyo officials provided Moscow with coordinates [...]	2008-02-12 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO367	VICE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH CDA AND USFJ [...] (C) Summary: On February 12 CDA Donovan and U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) Deputy Commander MajGen Flock were met by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka to receive a protest regarding an alleged sexual assault by a Marine in Okinawa. Acting on instructions, Yabunaka ca [...]	2008-02-12 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO371	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO385	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO386	JAPAN WILL NEED TIME TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will need time to review the text of Kosovo's declaration of independence before it can recognize Kosovo, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM February 13 in response to reftel demarche. To [...]	2008-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JA
08TOKYO388	AMBASSADOR AND USFJ COMMANDER VISIT OKINAWA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 13 visit to Okinawa, the Ambassador told Okinawa Governor Nakaima that he and USFJ Commander Lt. Gen. Wright had come personally to show the people of Okinawa how seriously the United States takes the Feb. 10 alleged sexual assault/rape incident. He assured Naka [...]	2008-02-13 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
08TOKYO389	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS ALLEGED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the USFJ Commander, met with Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on February 13 to express regret over the alleged February 10 sexual assault of a Japanese school girl by a Marine in Okinawa. The Ambassador said that the U.S. government and U.S. Force [...]	2008-02-13 12:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
08TOKYO39	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO390	LDP PROTESTS OKINAWA ASSAULT CASE [...] (C) On February 12, CDA Donovan met with Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) International Bureau Director General Asahiko Mihara and Principal Deputy Secretary General Motoo Hayashi to receive a protest regarding the February 10 alleged rape by a Marine in Okinawa. The senior LDP officials noted [...]	2008-02-13 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO394	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO400	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO403	DPJ AND SDP DELIVER MARINE SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, DCM Donovan met separately with representatives from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to receive protests regarding the alleged February 10 sexual assault on a junior high girl by a Marine in Okinawa. Both groups [...]	2008-02-14 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO408	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN -- OBSTACLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ maintains its policy of boosting foreign direct investment and the sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2007 show foreign investors are not "fleeing Japan". Recent high-profile debates over particular investment cases, public warnings by a cabinet member that Japan's investment c [...]	2008-02-14 17:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO409	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO413	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO423	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO429	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO433	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO444	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO447	JAPAN ALLOCATES FUNDS FOR PKO TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. As part of its strategy of becoming a "peacebuilding nation," for the first time Japan will disperse USD 17 million to peacekeeping training centers in Africa. Japan will also examine bolstering this monetary assistance with the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces trainers. [...]	2008-02-20 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO450	FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKS DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura may propose increased dialogue with the United States on regional economic architecture during his February 27 meeting with Secretary Rice. Some in the Foreign Ministry appear concerned Japan is being excluded from U.S. initiatives such as the [...]	2008-02-20 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PREL PGOV APECO JA
08TOKYO454	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO465	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO467	MLIT POLICIES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The recent public squabble over a draft bill that would limit the size of foreign shareholding and thus prevent foreign control of Japanese airport operators seems less about limiting foreign direct investment (FDI) and more about reducing the Transportation Ministry,s (MLIT) st [...]	2008-02-21 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO469	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO473	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO483	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO491	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO493	JAPAN WILL ISSUE STATEMENT ON DEMOCRACY IN CUBA [...] (C) DCM contacted MOFA Director General of North American Affairs Shinichi Nishimiya and Deputy Director General for Latin American Affairs Masahi Mizukami separately February 24. Drawing from reftel points, he urged the government of Japan to publicly express the need for real democracy and [...]	2008-02-25 10:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU JA
08TOKYO495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO5	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 07:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO505	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 00:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO508	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO509	AIT DIRECTOR YOUNG ENGAGES JAPANESE ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: AIT Director Young discussed the upcoming Taiwan presidential election, Japan's ties with China and Taiwan and cross-Strait relations during February 18 meetings with Japanese interlocutors. Japan and the United States have the ability to influence Taiwan and buttress its confid [...]	2008-02-27 02:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW JA
08TOKYO514	PRC STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S JAPAN VISIT: TAIWAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Taiwan, improving food safety, the dispute over the East China Sea, North Korea, Burma, and environmental cooperation with his Japanese interlocutors during his February 21-23 visit to Japan. Both Japan and China are seeking to preve [...]	2008-02-27 05:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG CH TW JA
08TOKYO515	SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI TO BURMA ON MARCH 6 [...] (C) UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari, in Tokyo for consultations with Japanese officials, telephoned Deputy Chief of Mission February 27 to thank Embassy for conveying to him the previous evening ref points regarding the Treasury Department's designation under U.S. sanctions law of [...]	2008-02-27 05:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA
08TOKYO516	JAPAN MULTI-PARTY DIET DELEGATION FINDS IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. A Japanese multi-party Diet delegation that visited the ROK on February 11 discovered that Tokyo-Seoul relations continue to improve and that ROK President Lee Myung-bak appears ready to develop bilateral ties in a "future-oriented manner," a leading Diet official told Embassy To [...]	2008-02-27 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO520	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO522	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO529	UPDATE ON SITUATION IN BURMA PROVIDED TO UN [...] (C) Following up on UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's request (ref) for an update on the situation in Burma, Embassy Tokyo February 28 provided to him the following non-paper, which was prepared for him by Embassy Rangoon. Gambari was very grateful to receive the information, but [...]	2008-02-28 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA
08TOKYO538	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO54	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO543	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO547	PM FUKUDA AND PRESIDENT LEE MARK "NEW ERA" IN [...] (C) Summary. Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and ROK President Lee Myung-bak marked a "new era" in bilateral relations and agreed to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" during a February 25 summit in Seoul. The two sides tentatively agreed that Lee would visit Tokyo April 20-21. The two leaders of [...]	2008-02-29 09:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO548	DECISION TIME IN DIVIDED DIET OVER BUDGET, BANK OF [...] (C) Summary. The final outcome of intense Diet debate over the budget, budget-related bills, and the appointment of a new Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor remains murky as key deadlines approach. Six weeks into the Diet session, the opposition DPJ has managed to block progress on deliberations, [...]	2008-03-01 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN MARR JA
08TOKYO550	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO559	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO56	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO561	PM FUKUDA AS LEADER: AVOIDING RISK [...] (C) After five months as Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda has emerged as a cautious, risk-adverse, yet shrewd leader. Fukuda has played a weak hand fairly well and marginalized his opposition party opponent, Ichiro Ozawa. Unfortunately for Fukuda, his low-profile, rejection of Koizumi-style strong [...]	2008-03-03 09:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO565	JAPAN,S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...]	2008-03-03 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
08TOKYO566	JAPAN'S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...]	2008-03-03 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
08TOKYO567	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO570	NEW CONSERVATIVE GROUP FOCUSING ON PATRIOTISM, [...] (C) The "True Conservative Policy Study Group" was launched late last year by conservative standard bearer Shoichi Nakagawa. With close to 80 members in the Lower and Upper Houses, the group enjoys the support of conservative heavyweights Taro Aso, Takeo Hiranuma and former Prime Minister Shi [...]	2008-03-04 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO571	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO572	PM FUKUDA STOPS MOVE TO LIMIT FDI FOR AIRPORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has decided to strip out the proposed restrictions on foreign investment from the Transportation Ministry's (MLIT) draft Airport Development Bill, MOFA Economic Affairs Bureau DG Yoichi Otabe told EMIN February 28. Otabe took credit for bringing USG concern about th [...]	2008-03-04 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO576	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO584	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO592	CHINA POLICY-MAKING IN THE FUKUDA CABINET [...] (C) Under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, senior politicians and opinion-makers seeking to play a leading role in Japan-China relations have complicated the policy coordination process. Adding to policy-making difficulties has been the lack of strong leadership and decisiveness on the part of th [...]	2008-03-06 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH JA
08TOKYO597	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO609	CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) February 29 and followed-up with MOFA Human Rights Division Principal Deputy Director Takako Ito March 7. Ito said since the Maldives has held only one informal meeting on its proposal and climate change could have an imp [...]	2008-03-07 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KGHG UNHRC JA
08TOKYO610	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO614	JAPAN COMMUNIST PARTY PARADOX: MORE INFLUENTIAL AS [...] (C) The Japan Communist Party is in decline. One of the largest non-ruling communist parties in the world, the JCP is faced with an aging membership and shrinking revenue as subscriptions to its newspaper and main revenue source, Akahata Shimbun ("Red Flag Newspaper") drop. Most recently, the [...]	2008-03-07 21:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO616	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO627	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO628	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO643	LITTLE CHANGE IN JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS UNDER [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Ministry, Russian Embassy Tokyo, and Japanese academic experts see little chance Russian President-elect Dmitriy Medvedev will make significant changes in Japan-Russia relations. Outgoing President Vladimir Putin's expected central role in conducting international affairs [...]	2008-03-11 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO645	JMSDF VICE CHIEF OF STAFF BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NEW [...] (C) In a March 7 call, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Kato briefed the Ambassador on the recent incident involving a JMSDF officer who disappeared on February 23 after being questioned for having AEGIS information on his personal computer. Kato [...]	2008-03-11 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA

08TOKYO646	DELAYED DIET DELIBERATIONS WILL NOT ADVERSELY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite recent delays in Japanese Diet deliberations, funding for Host Nation Support (HNS) will not be seriously affected. The SMA must be approved by the Diet in order to authorize the disbursement of funds for training relocation, utility reimbursements and labor cost sharing [...]	2008-03-11 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO648	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 23:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO65	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO656	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO665	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO666	JAPAN AND CAMBODIA HOLD MINISTERIAL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a first-ever meeting between the Japanese and Cambodian Ministers of Defense, Japanese Minister Ishiba told Cambodian Minister Tea Banh on March 5 that Japan will provide disaster relief support to Cambodia and allow Cambodian students to study at Japan's defense academy. [...]	2008-03-12 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CB JA
08TOKYO667	STALEMATE ON BANK OF JAPAN GOVERNOR? [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) voted down the GOJ nominations of Toshiro Muto for Governor of the Bank of Japan, and Takatoshi Ito as Deputy Governor in the Upper House of the Diet on March 12, while approving the nomination of Masaaki Shirakawa for the other Depu [...]	2008-03-12 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JA MARR PGOV
08TOKYO669	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO67	PARTIES VIE FOR LABOR SUPPORT [...] (U) Political turnout was impressive at the Japanese Trade Union Confederation's (JTUC-Rengo) annual new year's party January 7. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Ichiro Ozawa both attended and addressed hundreds of guests, as did Minister of He [...]	2008-01-09 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV JA
08TOKYO677	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO68	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO682	IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Tokyo Ghanim Al-Jumaily is concerned positive developments achieved in Iraq as a result of the surge may be wasted if progress is allowed to languish during the period before and after the U.S. presidential elections. He believes the Iraqi government is "o [...]	2008-03-13 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ JA
08TOKYO683	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO692	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO697	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO7	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 04:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO707	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO708	JAPAN UNAMBIGUOUSLY SUPPORTS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL
08TOKYO713	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO722	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO723	COUNTERTERRORISM TRILATERAL BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Government officials from Australia, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo on February 26 for the Counterterrorism Trilateral Border, Transport, and Maritime Security Sub-Group meeting. The meeting was chaired by Paul Fujimura, Director for Asia-Pacific, Department of Homeland [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS PTER PGOV PREL AS ID MY RP JA
08TOKYO727	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has faced a variety of natural disasters and other historical challenges to its critical infrastructure and systems. As a result, the country has developed preparations and capacity for responding to known threats, such as earthquakes, and has a record of willingness to [...]	2008-03-18 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ETTC JA PGOV PREL PTER
08TOKYO730	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO748	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO750	JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO REFERENDUM IN BURMA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 09:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM JA
08TOKYO752	TIBET: JAPANESE CALL ON CHINA TO EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: Japan is deeply concerned about the violence in Tibet and has called on the Chinese authorities to respond calmly, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on March 18. Japan raised its concerns with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing called on the Chines [...]	2008-03-19 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO753	MOD EXPRESSES DESIRE TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT FOR BLUE [...] (C) Summary: Over the past year, Post has observed several worrisome developments related to some small Japanese firms dealing in defense trade, pointing either to their negligence or possible malfeasance. On March 19 Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told EconOff they are committ [...]	2008-03-19 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO754	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO760	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO761	BANK OF JAPAN -- ACTING GOVERNOR ONLY [...] (C) Despite the appointment of Masaaki Shirakawa as acting governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ),local and international press wasted no time in lambasting Japanese politicians for failing to appoint a new governor by March 19, the end of the previous governor's term. The vacancy is the first [...]	2008-03-20 10:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO765	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO781	SUPRAPARTISAN LEAGUES PROLIFERATE IN DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The proliferation of suprapartisan parliamentary leagues has been a noteworthy aspect of Japanese politics since the opposition gained control of the Upper House in the July 2007 elections. Some observers see the cross-party groupings as nothing more than a means for overcoming [...]	2008-03-21 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO783	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO785	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO800	MITSUBISHI REGIONAL JET SET FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) A March 20 Nikkei article announced Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will go forward with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. Also on March 20, a 35-year veteran of the Japanese aviation industry, Masao Suzuki, told EconOff the large ANA and JAL purchases, nearly 100 aircraft c [...]	2008-03-24 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAIR PGOV JA
08TOKYO801	BANK OF JAPAN CUSTODIANS PUT ON BRAVE FACE [...] (U) Working to ensure the smoothest possible operations following the Diet's inability to compromise on a central bank governor before incumbent Governor Fukui's term expired March 19, the Bank of Japan's Policy Board met on March 21 and elected deputy governor Masaaki Shirakawa as Chairman. T [...]	2008-03-24 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO809	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO82	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/10/08 [...] Include all major greenhouse gas emitters to reduce gases emitted from the entire world beyond the timeframe set in the Kyoto Protocol. 2. Make a flexible and diversified framework, giving consideration to each country's circumstances. 3. Give priority to both environmental preservation and [...]	2008-01-10 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO822	JAPAN: TEMPORARY TARIFF BILL PASSES LOWER HOUSE [...] (U) Japan's Lower House passed a bill March 25 extending for one year temporary tariff rates -- including beef and pork tariffs -- that would otherwise expire March 31. Covering 417 tariffs in total, the bill to revise partially the Customs Tariff Law would maintain the current applied 38.5 pe [...]	2008-03-25 07:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV JA
08TOKYO823	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO826	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO829	JAPAN: DNSA PRICE PRESSES FOR PROGRESS ON DOHA AND [...] (C) During bilateral talks with senior Japanese officials and politicians March 19 in Tokyo, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price underscored the need for Japan to show more leadership now, particularly on agriculture, t [...]	2008-03-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV WTRO EINV JA
08TOKYO835	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO837	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO839	LEGISLATORS EXPRESS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 6PT, LEE [...] (C) Summary. LDP elder statesmen Taku Yamasaki and Koichi Kato discussed DPRK policy with A/S Hill during a roundtable at the Tokyo American Center on February 21. In addition to Yamasaki and Kato, the meeting included other leaders of a Diet league on Korean Peninsula issues. The discussion [...]	2008-03-27 02:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KN JA
08TOKYO841	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...]	2008-03-27 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID JA
08TOKYO846	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO849	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO856	OPPOSITION DPJ PARLIAMENTARIAN EDANO ON TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The Fukuda cabinet's response to the situation in Tibet has been unsatisfactory and their public statements on Tibet have been too weak, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) parliamentarian Yukio Edano told Embassy Tokyo on March 24. China needs to grant diplomats and forei [...]	2008-03-28 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO858	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO86	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO860	FUKUDA GAS TAX COMPROMISE FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emulating former Prime Minister Koizumi in facing down powerful interests in his own party, Prime Minister Fukuda put forward a compromise plan to resolve the ongoing gasoline tax controversy without securing the agreement of other Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders. The o [...]	2008-03-28 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO868	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO880	JAPAN: DIET EXTENDS TEMPORARY TARIFFS [...] (U) The Diet passed a law March 31 to extend "temporary" tariff rates -- including tariffs on beef, pork, and corn products -- for one year. The legislation passed after both the Upper House Finance Committee and the full Upper House plenary voted in favor of a bill that the Lower House appro [...]	2008-04-01 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV JA
08TOKYO881	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO888	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO892	GAS TAX, SMA EXPIRE; "APRIL PANIC" OVERBLOWN [...] (C) Summary: March 31 marked the sunset of Japan's decades-old "provisional" gas tax rate, as the opposition parties rejected an eleventh-hour proposal by Prime Minister Fukuda that would have kept the taxes in place but would have made related revenues available for general use starting in F [...]	2008-04-01 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MOPS JA
08TOKYO894	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO898	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO901	TOKYO GOVERNMENT PRESENTS YOKOTA AFB DUAL USE TO [...] (C) Summary. During the past week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) gave presentations to a number of commercial organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and an open Town Hall meeting at the Tokyo Hyatt Hotel. During these presentations, TMG speakers [...]	2008-04-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO904	JAPAN: FUKUDA IN NO HURRY TO CALL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has said repeatedly he will not call Lower House elections during 2008. A full political and diplomatic calendar, Fukuda's strong desire to preside over the July G8 Summit, the PM,s low popularity, and a reluctance to risk the ruling coalition's two-thirds majority i [...]	2008-04-03 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO905	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO913	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO920	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO933	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO944	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO945	RULING COALITION DIET MEMBERS ON CHINA, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: China needs to increase its transparency and react calmly to the situation in Tibet, but its handling of the situation there should not be linked to the Olympics, influential ruling coalition Diet members told Embassy Tokyo over the past several days. While the Japanese Governmen [...]	2008-04-07 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL CH TW JA
08TOKYO948	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO95	JAPAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SITUATION IN KENYA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KE PGOV JA
08TOKYO956	METI SIGNALS OPPOSITION TO TCI INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) signaled again April 5 it opposes the proposal by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) to increase its investment in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power.) In January, TCI, which [...]	2008-04-08 07:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO959	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO960	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...]	2008-04-08 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA
08TOKYO967	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO97	FM KOUMURA VISITS TANZANIA, TALKS ECONOMICS AND [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to highlight Japan's relations with Africa while shoring up support for the May 2008 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV),Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Tanzania January 4-7 (after scaling back plans to visit Kenya as well). Th [...]	2008-01-11 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON JA PGOV PREL AF
08TOKYO975	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO977	BANK OF JAPAN: SHIRAKAWA AT LAST [...] (C) Japan's ruling coalition and leading opposition party finally agreed on a candidate to fill the post of central bank chief April 9, endorsing Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa. Shirakawa was named one of the two deputy governors March 19, and served as Acting Governor during the three week [...]	2008-04-09 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO979	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO98	JAPAN NEW ABDUCTEE NGO CHAIRMAN HOPES FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The newly-appointed chair of Japan's leading abduction NGO expressed appreciation for the letter sent by President Bush to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in December, which NGO members believe would "raise the hurdle for the DPRK on the nuclear and abduction issues." He expressed hope tha [...]	2008-01-11 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO994	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TORONTO107	Ontario Environmental Policy Unchanged, New Minister Brings [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's environmental policy remains unchanged following the October 10, 2007 provincial election, which returned Liberal Premier McGuinty's government to power for a second term. Ontario remains on track to stop shipping municipal solid waste to Michigan by the end of 2010. [...]	2008-04-09 13:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO115	ABCP Market Restructuring Getting Closer [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pan Canadian Investors Committee has been working hard to persuade nearly 2,000 retail investors, who hold roughly 1% of the frozen C$33 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, to support a long-term restructuring plan. On April 9, Vancouver-based C [...]	2008-04-17 21:10:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO118	Ontario Struggling with Consular Notification SOP for Mass [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from Emergency Management Ontario (EMO),other provincial government agencies, local first responders, and Toronto's Consular Corps attending an April 12 working group meeting discussed a proposed standard operating procedure (SOP) framework for informing Consular repr [...]	2008-04-22 13:19:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC AEMR CA
08TORONTO123	Canadian Auto Sector Adjusting to North American Market [...] (U) Summary: Despite being labeled the world's most expensive auto manufacturing jurisdiction, for the fourth straight year in a row, Ontario is North America's top automobile-assembly site by volume (2.542 million light vehicles in 2007),surpassing Michigan (2.295 million). However, Ontario [...]	2008-04-24 16:27:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO13	Canadian Capital Markets Update - Free Trade in Securities [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian market and regulatory officials applaud U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberations to allow U.S. investors to trade directly on foreign exchanges that have regulations in line with U.S. securities regulations. Free trade in securities has been a priori [...]	2008-01-11 15:11:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO130	Canadian Auto Workers Strike Deal with Ford [...] (SBU) The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union has tentatively agreed with Ford Canada to freeze wages and reduce vacation pay in their new three-year contract, which will enter into force on September 17, 2008. The agreement enables the union to avoid the two-tiered wage system introduced in the [...]	2008-04-29 13:57:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO134	Ontario Mayors Seek Federal Auto Sector Investment [...] (SBU) Summary: As Ontario's economy shows continued signs of slowing, mayors from Ontario's auto manufacturing jurisdictions met at General Motors in Oshawa, Ontario, on April 25 to discuss the health of the automotive sector in Ontario. Because of the huge capital costs required for automoti [...]	2008-05-01 19:47:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO152	Guilty Plea in Ontario Human Trafficking Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, 2008, a Niagara Falls, Ontario resident, Imrani Nakpamgi, pled guilty to two counts of human trafficking. The guilty plea represents the first successful prosecution under a 2005 law criminalizing certain prostitution-related human trafficking offenses in Canada. Na [...]	2008-05-15 19:52:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV CA
08TORONTO153	Canadians May Be Beginning to Understand the Importance of [...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Steven Mitchell, Vice President of Intellectual Policy at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and Jason Kee, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs for the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC),described the importance of protecting intellectual pro [...]	2008-05-15 20:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCRM KIPR KPAO PGOV CA
08TORONTO154	Test Run for an Election? Dion Stumps for Greener, More [...] (U) In a May 15 Toronto speech Stephane Dion, Liberal Party chief and leader of the Official Opposition in Canada's federal House of Commons, argued Canada's tax system should be restructured to reduce pollution and poverty in Canada. While he did not reveal when he would move to bring down th [...]	2008-05-15 20:05:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08TORONTO155	Ontario Police Counternarcotics Efforts Paying Off [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug production, smuggling and trafficking continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement agencies. Since we last reported on counter-narcotics efforts in Ontario in mid-March, police have discovered and shut down several large-scale marijuana grow-ops and metham [...]	2008-05-15 20:07:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV CA
08TORONTO164	Another Hurdle for ABCP Market Restructuring [...] (U) Summary: Ontario Superior Court Justice Colin Campbell, who is presiding over restructuring of the C$32 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market is considering how to resolve potential fraud claims. Foreign banks, whose support is crucial for the restructuring, init [...]	2008-05-27 13:35:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO165	ONTARIO AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) has been working more effectively to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in the Greater Toronto Area. Law enforcement contacts within the TPS Sex Crimes Unit tell us initiatives to increase awareness of TIP related issues hav [...]	2008-05-28 19:32:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB KCRM PHUM CA
08TORONTO167	Ontario Pleased that SEC to Move Forward on Mutual [...] (SBU) On May 29, following a series of meetings in May with the Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia securities regulators, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a schedule for completion of a framework that would allow the discussion of U.S.-Canada mutual recogniti [...]	2008-05-30 13:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO168	YUSHCHENKO WELL RECEIVED IN TORONTO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko concluded a three day trip to Canada with business meetings and a speech to the prominent Economic Club of Toronto. Yushchenko's speech was well-received, even though it was heavy on themes and short on specifics. Several hundred people were [...]	2008-05-30 19:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CA UP
08TORONTO169	Enterprising Tamil Tiger Fundraiser Wins Award [...] (U) A 27 year-old MBA student, wanted by U.S. law enforcement for allegedly setting up an elaborate terrorism-support network for the Tamil Tigers, was awarded a C$5,000 academic prize for his "entrepreneurial skills" by Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. The student, Suresh Sris [...]	2008-05-30 19:35:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PGOV PTER CA CE
08TORONTO175	PLANNED GM PLANT CLOSURES PROVOKE FURIOUS REACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: General Motors' (GM) June 3 announcement to close its pickup truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario, in 2009 provoked a blockade of the company's headquarters by Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union members on June 4 and 5. Criticism of GM's decision from provincial and federal governments wa [...]	2008-06-05 20:46:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA

08TORONTO194	Ontario Looks to Renew Nuclear Power Infrastructure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for increased electricity demand and the planned closure of all coal-fired generating plants by 2014, the government of Ontario is refurbishing existing nuclear plants and planning for new reactors. Both are necessary to meet the province's nuclear capacity goal o [...]	2008-06-18 15:35:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO20	Ontario Conducts Emergency Management Exercise [...] (SBU) Following up on recommendations by the UK and U.S. Consuls General in Toronto, Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) organized an emergency management exercise in Toronto on January 16. Hosted by Ontario Commissioner for Emergency Management Jay Hope, the session brought together five staff [...]	2008-01-24 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED PREL CASC PGOV CA
08TORONTO204	ABCP Appeal Could Delay Settlement Implementation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of Canadian corporations filed and has argued an appeal of Ontario Superior Court's June 5 approval of the restructuring plan for the frozen C$32 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, claiming they were misled about the risks of the investments. [...]	2008-06-30 13:39:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO227	Canadian Auto Workers Union Gets New Leader [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ken Lewenza, current president of the CAW shop in Windsor, has been formally endorsed by the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) executive board, by other senior officers and staff, and most importantly by outgoing President Buzz Hargrove to replace Hargrove, who has announced that he will [...]	2008-07-15 17:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV PINR CA
08TORONTO233	WHTI - Ontario's Proposed Enhanced Driver's License Spurs [...] (U) On July 16, The University of Toronto and Ontario's Information and Privacy Commission held a public forum on Ontario's proposed enhanced driver's licenses (EDLs). The forum, which drew approximately 70 people, featured guest speakers from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the [...]	2008-07-18 19:59:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA
08TORONTO24	Toronto Police File First Human Trafficking Charges [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Toronto Police have filed multiple human trafficking and prostitution-related charges against six Toronto residents of Ukrainian and Russian descent. The charges are the first time Toronto Police have laid charges under 2005 laws specifically criminalizing human-trafficking rel [...]	2008-01-28 20:01:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SMIG KCRM KWMN PHUM CVIS KFRD CA
08TORONTO273	Ontario Film Industry Reels From High Loonie, Fears Loss of [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite local incentives and new filmmaking facilities, the strong Canadian dollar and Ottawa's arts funding cuts threaten to further cripple an already weak Ontario film industry. End Summary. 2. (U) Toronto's strong film and television industry has suffered as the Canadia [...]	2008-09-12 20:05:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV CA
08TORONTO286	TORONTO MAN FOUND GUILTY ON TERROR CHARGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 25, an Ontario Superior Court justice found a Toronto-area man guilty of terrorism charges in Canada's first conviction under its Anti-Terrorism Act. The man was part of a group that planned a series of bombings and a raid on Parliament Hill. Ten other men, allege [...]	2008-09-26 19:56:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA
08TORONTO288	MISSION CANADA ASSESSES ELECTION 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Mission Canada-wide digital video conference (DVC) on September 29 resulted in a consensus assessment that the Conservatives will pick up additional seats in the October 14 Canadian federal elections, but not yet that the Conservatives will gain enough seats for a majority. [...]	2008-09-30 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CA
08TORONTO32	Ontario Auto Stakeholders Seek More Government Assistance [...] (U) Summary: Canada has become the world's most expensive auto manufacturing jurisdiction according to some auto executives. Canadian-based auto assemblers and parts manufacturers are struggling to stay competitive in the face of a strong Canadian dollar. We expect the Detroit Three to press [...]	2008-02-05 19:34:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV CA
08TORONTO390	Ontario To Issue Enhanced Driver's [...] (U) Summary: The Ontario Ministry of Transportation plans to begin issuing Enhanced Driver's Licenses (EDLs) and Enhanced Photo Cards (EPCs) this winter to be used as alternatives to passports in land and sea crossings to the U.S. The Photo Card Act of 2008 passed the Ontario legislature in [...]	2008-12-22 20:06:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CPAS ETRD PBTS KFRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO44	Toronto's Iranian Diaspora [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...]	2008-02-15 13:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR
08TORONTO53	TORY WAFFLES AS ONTARIO'S CONSERVATIVES REGROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Four months after their disastrous provincial election defeat, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives (PC) rewarded leader John Tory with a tepid endorsement at their 2008 Annual General Meeting (AGM). Slightly over two-thirds of the 1,300 delegates voted against initiating a sea [...]	2008-02-25 17:59:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
08TORONTO58	The Lake Erie Commercial Fishing Industry [...] (U) SUMMARY: Managing fish stocks in Lake Erie, which supports a multi-million dollar commercial fishing industry that supports thousands of jobs - has become a point of contention on both sides of the nearby U.S.-Canada border. Dwindling fish stocks have prompted Ontario and the U.S. states [...]	2008-02-29 15:17:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO59	Toronto's Cocaine Trade Takes a Hit [...] In a one day sweep on Wednesday, February 27, Toronto Police arrested 23 suspects in an undercover street-level drug dealing bust that focused on Toronto's downtown Yonge Street strip. Toronto Police have charged 19 people with 61 different offenses ranging from drug dealing to conspiracy. Re [...]	2008-02-29 18:32:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM CA
08TORONTO66	Canadian Banks Still Weathering North American Credit [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's non-bank sponsored (third party) asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market will remain frozen until April or May while the Crawford Committee, charged with the market's restructuring, secures financial backing from Canadian banks. Canadian banks reported their first c [...]	2008-03-07 21:03:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO69	More Drug Seizures and Arrests in Ontario [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two months, Toronto Police rounded up 96 street-level drug dealers in western Toronto. The retail-level arrests come on the heels of a separate Toronto Police undercover operation that arrested 23 drug dealers in the downtown core of the city. On February 27 the [...]	2008-03-11 18:24:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV CA
08TORONTO70	FEDERAL BY-ELECTION - PROMINENT LIBERALS PREPARE FOR MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the two Ontario by-elections slated for March 17, the federal Liberals appear poised to send two well-known personalities to join the ranks of the Liberal caucus in Ottawa. In suburban Toronto Willowdale, former Liberal leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay looks to be a [...]	2008-03-12 19:29:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CA
08TORONTO71	Ontario Electricity Reliability Outlook Positive [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12 Ontario's Integrated Electricity System Operator (IESO) predicted an adequate supply of electricity for the province and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) population center for the next 18 months. More than 4,500 megawatts (MW) of new supply is scheduled to come into, [...]	2008-03-14 13:27:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV SENV CA
08TORONTO72	Ontario Criticizes New U.S. Ozone Standards [...] (SBU) Ontario's Ministry of the Environment today issued a press release criticizing the new U.S. federal ozone standards of 75 parts per billion (ppb),announced this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),as not being strong enough. The Ministry's release argues that many ci [...]	2008-03-14 17:44:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO73	Canadian Truckers Squeezed By Higher Costs and Slowing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian truck transportation services employ close to 400,000 people and generate over C$60 billion in revenues annually. The Canadian trucking industry is being squeezed by slowing export volumes (due to the appreciation of the Canadian dollar and the slowing of the U.S. econ [...]	2008-03-17 16:37:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PBTS CVIS CA
08TORONTO74	ONTARIO BY-ELECTIONS: LIBERALS WIN BIG AS EXPECTED [...] Prominent Liberals recorded convincing victories as expected in two Ontario federal by-elections on March 17. Bob Rae, former NDP Ontario Premier (1990-95) and current Liberal foreign affairs critic, won overwhelmingly in Toronto Centre, a long-time Liberal stronghold. With a voter turnout of [...]	2008-03-18 13:52:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
08TORONTO81	Canadian ABCP Market Under Bankruptcy Protection [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, an Ontario Superior Court Judge agreed to convert 20 Canadian trusts, which had issued C$33 billion in non-bank sponsored asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP),into corporations and to protect them from notices, lawsuits, and other claims under the Companies' Credit [...]	2008-03-19 17:52:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO84	Canada in the Americas: Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 20 speech before the Canadian Council on the Americas, Liberal Foreign Affairs critic and newly elected Member of Parliament Bob Rae argued for increased resources and better coordination among Canadian foreign affairs agencies, and a stronger Canadian commitment to t [...]	2008-03-20 17:22:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CA
08TORONTO85	First Toronto Terrorism Trial Starts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 25 the trial of one of the 18 persons originally arrested for participating in a Toronto-based terrorist group began in a provincial courtroom in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). On the first day of the first trial, an Ontario Superior Court judge unsealed some prosecut [...]	2008-03-26 18:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA
08TORONTO87	Crawford Committee Seeks Retail Investor Support [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, Purdy Crawford, Chair of the Pan-Canadian Committee, described his committee's plan to restructure the C$33 billion third-party (non-bank sponsored) asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market to a crowd of over 500 financial sector leaders in Toronto. Crawford is w [...]	2008-03-27 18:13:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO88	Ontario Budget Focuses on Economic Stabilization [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's 2008 budget, unveiled on March 25, represents a concerted attempt by Premier Dalton McGuinty to take an active role in stabilizing and growing the Ontario economy. Against the wishes of the federal government, which has waged an on and off war of words with Ontario pr [...]	2008-03-27 18:21:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ELAB CA
08TORONTO90	No Push for Elections as Canadians Focus on Local Issues [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Canada reporting officers concur that, from the brink of defeat in the fall of 2007, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has established itself as a stable minority government, pushing through a relatively impressive policy agenda such as a renewed co [...]	2008-03-28 12:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CA
08TRIPOLI104	NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 11:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI106	LIBYAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIR PREVIEWS UPCOMING PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: The head of the foreign affairs committee of Libya's national parliament told CDA February 4 that he expects a "heated" debate during the General People's Congress' (GPC) upcoming annual session, scheduled for February 20 - March 1, focusing on public sector employment, teachers, and f [...]	2008-02-08 11:38:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY
08TRIPOLI113	REACTION TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent legislation making it easier for plaintiffs in terrorism-related lawsuits to seize foreign government-owned assets to satisfy U.S. court judgments has caused concern among U.S. firms partnered with Libyan companies (especially in the energy sector),and provoked a sharply [...]	2008-02-12 16:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL PTER PGOV ETTC LY
08TRIPOLI12	GOL TELLS IRANIAN VP IT OPPOSES IRAN RESOLUTION, SHARES [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 09:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PREL PGOV KTFN KNNP PARM ETTC EFIN IR IZ LE LY
08TRIPOLI120	EXTREMISM IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 12:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL PTER LY IZ
08TRIPOLI126	WAHDA BANK PRIVATIZATION BID WON BY JORDAN-BASED ARAB BANK [...] (SBU) In a move that adds momentum to Libya's promising banking reform efforts, the Libyan Central Bank announced that the Jordan-based Arab Bank won the tendering process to buy 19 percent of Libya's Wahda Bank. According to press reports, Arab Bank's winning bid of 210 million euros ($310 m [...]	2008-02-18 19:42:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JO LY
08TRIPOLI14	QADHAFI TELLS MUBARAK HE "MAY" SEEK TO ATTEND UNSC IN NEW YORK TRIPOLI 00000014 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, A/DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 14:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP UN PHUM AU SU EG LY
08TRIPOLI141	LIBYA LINKS POSITION ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE TO RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Americas Desk Director Muhammad Matari February 20, P/E Chief noted that there had so far been no official GOL reaction to Kosovo's recent announcement of independence and, echoing our previous demarches on the subject (refs B and C),urged the GOL to recognize Kosovo' [...]	2008-02-21 08:04:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR EU YI UNMIK UN
08TRIPOLI142	EMBASSY VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 18:02:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI166	LIBYAN PARLIAMENT CONVENES, CABINET CHANGES EXPECTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 08:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY
08TRIPOLI182	QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 07:59:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR LY
08TRIPOLI183	FOLLOW-UP ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 08:01:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI214	GOL STILL BRISTLING OVER VICTIMS OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION, UTA JUDGMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 199, B) TRIPOLI 149 (EXDIS) TRIPOLI 00000214 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 09:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON EFIN ENRG LY
08TRIPOLI220	DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI "RELEASED" [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 15:03:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI223	DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI "RELEASED" [...] (C) Summary: Reports by the Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) that detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi was "released" to the custody of his family appear to be premature. Security officials continue to effectively control access to el-Jahmi at the Tripoli Medical Center. His famil [...]	2008-03-13 16:36:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI226	GOL PROPOSES GLOBAL SETTLEMENT TALKS ON TERRORIST-RELATED LEGAL CLAIMS CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 08:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KLIG PTER LY
08TRIPOLI227	BACK TO THE FUTURE? QADHAFI CALLS FOR DRAMATIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE IN GPC SPEECH REF: TRIPOLI 166 TRIPOLI 00000227 001.2 OF 005 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 10:09:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LY
08TRIPOLI229	HRW/PHR VISIT FATHI EL-JAHMI, EXPECT HIM TO RETURN HOME SOON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 16:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI230	LIBYA MAKES PROGRESS ON BANKING REFORM REF: TRIPOLI 126 [...] (C) Summary: Libya's banking reform program continues to make progress. Buoyed by the windfall that accompanied the February 13 sale of a share in state-run Wahda Bank to Jordan's Arab Bank, the Central Bank is pressing forward with its own restructuring and training programs. There may be opportun [...]	2008-03-17 16:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV EFIN EINV PTER IT LY
08TRIPOLI231	LIBYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IRAN BANKING MOU REF: TRIPOLI 0012 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 17:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ECIN PGOV PREL PINR LY IR
08TRIPOLI248	SECURITY PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRIPOLI 00000248 001.2 OF 003 [...] (S) Summary. Authority at Tripoli International Airport is clearly divided between security services and civilian authorities, General Youssef al-Jeribi, the airport's director, told a visiting Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) team and Emboffs on March 3. Together with top security and intelligence [...]	2008-03-21 09:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PINS PTER PGOV EAIR PREL LY
08TRIPOLI266	GOL DELAYS RELEASING DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI REF: A) TRIPOLI 223, B) TRIPOLI 229 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 09:33:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI275	MFA WEIGHS IN ON EL-JAHMI CASE REF: TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 13:37:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI280	FATHI EL-JAHMI'S MEDICAL CONDITION DETERIORATES; ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL TIME MAY BE NEEDED REF: A) TRIPOLI 275, B) HOPKINS-GODFREY EMAIL 4/01/08, TRIPOLI 275, B) TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 18:09:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI297	PUTIN VISIT TO LIBYA EXPECTED BY END OF APRIL TRIPOLI 00000297 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary. Although the Russian Embassy has received "nothing official" from Moscow, it expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Libya by the end of April. Putin's projected travel to Libya is the "primary issue" in Libyan-Russian relations; in a recent meeting with Emboffs, the Russian [...]	2008-04-08 13:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI298	ASSASSINATION OF SECURITY OFFICER IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 16:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL LY
08TRIPOLI307	MFA DISCOURAGES IDEA OF SOFT POWER PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN LIBYA REF: A) TRIPOLI 120, B) TRIPOLI 278 TRIPOLI 00000307 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 13:44:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SOCI KISL
08TRIPOLI319	DEBT, ARMS, AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hotels, old city and shopping districts. Confirming media reports, Russian Embassy of [...]	2008-04-15 15:54:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI321	DEBT, ARMS AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (SBU) Copy corrected to reflect correct overall classification of the cable. 2. (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hote [...]	2008-04-16 09:27:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI336	LIBYA PREPARED TO FINALIZE - BUT NOT SIGN - A TIFA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Economy-equivalent said the GOL has resolved two key internal debates related to a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and is prepared to finalize the accord with the U.S., provided a final face-to-face meeting of technical experts - an important polit [...]	2008-04-22 13:19:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB LY
08TRIPOLI36	GOL SUGGESTS U.S.-LIBYAN BILATERAL TIES "GREATLY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 17:40:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LY
08TRIPOLI372	PD PROGRAMS FALL VICTIM TO BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Since January, Post has experienced increasing difficulties in obtaining visas for incoming Public Affairs Section visitors, both for educational and cultural programs. The Government of Libya (GOL) has canceled some programs outright, and has simply not approved visas for others. [...]	2008-05-08 08:48:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL LY PREL OIIP OEXC CVIS PGOV
08TRIPOLI374	LIBYA'S NSC SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION & LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT SALES REF: A) TRIPOLI 340, B) TRIPOLI 372 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 14:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETTC KNNP MASS PINR TRGY LY RU FR
08TRIPOLI375	QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: FATHI EL-JAHMI HAS RETURNED TO HIS HOME [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 14:23:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR LY
08TRIPOLI382	DEATH OF KEY LIBYAN OFFICIAL HAMPERS COUNTER-MIGRATION EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 16:14:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF LY IT MT
08TRIPOLI391	SIBLING RIVALRY EMERGING OVER RIGHT TO "FACILITATE" FOREIGN COMPANIES' INVOLVEMENT IN LIBYA? [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 15:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD LY MASS PGOV PINR PREL
08TRIPOLI401	FATHI EL-JAHMI REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, DESPITE REPORTS OF HIS RELEASE REF: A) JOHNSON-STEVENS EMAIL 05/12/2008, B) TRIPOLI 375, C) TRIPOLI 229, D) TRIPOLI 280 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 14:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI402	POLITICAL-ECONOMIC REFORM, JAMAHIRIYA-STYLE [...] (C) Summary: A private sector interlocutor involved in Libya's chambers of commerce described dramatic calls for reform in a recent speech by Colonel al-Qadhafi as "a return to the natural order of things" that existed before the 1969 military coup that brought al-Qadhafi to power and inaugurated t [...]	2008-05-16 13:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR KBIO LY
08TRIPOLI411	EMBASSY DENIED ACCESS TO DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 14:45:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI430	DIE HARD IN DERNA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 16:59:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ
08TRIPOLI442	MEETING OF AMU HEADS OF STATE - MINUS ONE - IN TRIPOLI; [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 16:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY EG SY MR MO TS AG
08TRIPOLI443	LIBYA TO INCREASE PEACEKEEPING COHORT IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Media accounts on June 6 and 7 cited Philippine government sources in reporting that Libya and Brunei had pledged to increase their peacekeeping cohorts on the troubled southern Philippine island of Mindanao to 25 each. Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Dr. Yusuf Sawa [...]	2008-06-09 17:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PINR PTER LY RP
08TRIPOLI455	LIBYA: MEETING WITH RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES UNDER USG-GOL TRANSFER FRAMEWORK MOU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post visited two returned Guantanamo detainees to confirm their welfare and whereabouts, and the legal basis on which they are being detained in Libya. One detainee's trial has been completed and he is awaiting a verdict on the four charges he faces; the case of the second detainee [...]	2008-06-11 16:01:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY
08TRIPOLI457	QADHAFI WORKS TO MUSTER ARAB OPPOSITION TO SARKOZY'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 14:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PBTS PREF LY
08TRIPOLI458	CONDITIONS IN SECURITY DETENTION FACILITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 14:27:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KBTS LY
08TRIPOLI467	DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...]	2008-06-16 08:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI470	OIL- AND GAS-RELATED POLLUTION IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. Libya is slowly acknowledging the need to address the environmental impact of its oil and gas production. Environmental issues are becoming more central to the Libyan oil and gas industry, particularly with the influx of foreign companies, which often have a corporate mandate to [...]	2008-06-16 12:45:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET SENV PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI472	DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...]	2008-06-16 16:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI474	ENI'S OIL AND GAS DEAL EXTENDED, OTHER COMPANIES WORRY TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Soaring oil prices are allowing Libya to press for more stringent long-term contracts with foreign oil and gas producers. A twenty-five year extension for Italian firm Eni North Africa BV, which entailed a sizeable bonus payment and dramatically reduced the company's production [...]	2008-06-17 10:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI480	BUSINESS IS POLITICS: MARKS & SPENCER DRAMA TIED TO FATE OF [...] (C) Summary: In Libya, major business deals are both political and personal. The ongoing drama surrounding efforts by the U.K. government and investors to keep open the Marks & Spencer retail store in Tripoli, and a campaign by some GOL officials to close it, affords a prime example. Libyan officia [...]	2008-06-18 12:45:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KBCT PGOV UK LY
08TRIPOLI481	GOL VIEWS ON DISPOSITION OF C-130'S IN GEORGIA AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) Representatives of Lockheed Martin and the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force traveled to Libya June 2-4 to meet with officials of the Government of Libya (GOL) to discuss the disposition of eight C-130H aircraft purchased by Libya in 1974, which were not granted export licences and r [...]	2008-06-18 12:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS LY
08TRIPOLI494	JOURNALIST JAILED FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-22 08:52:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI500	LIBYAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] (S/NF) Information below is keyed to questions in paras 4-6 of reftel tasker. - OBJECTIVE MASSEY NAME TRACES: Names for Libyan foreign fighters recovered in the Objective Massey raid in September 2007 were passed in GRPO liaison channels to the External Security Organization (ESO). As of [...]	2008-06-25 12:51:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MCAP PREL LY
08TRIPOLI505	NEGOTIATIONS OVER MIL-MIL MOU CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 16:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PBTS PINS LY
08TRIPOLI506	FATHI EL-JAHMI'S SON ASKS EMBASSY TO STOP VISITING HIM [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 12:42:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI515	LIBYAN LEADER AUTHOR OF HARD LINE ON DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 16:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI526	LIBYA SEEKS TO BLACKMAIL EUROPEAN MISSIONS FOR VISAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:13:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS CMGT LY
08TRIPOLI528	GOL SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON WHETHER IT COULD CUT OIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:37:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PINS LY
08TRIPOLI530	LIBYA'S BERBER MINORITY STILL OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:54:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP LY
08TRIPOLI532	GOL SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON WHETHER IT COULD CUT OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting, the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) reiterated that Libya could/could cut oil production as a response to U.S. legislation facilitating attachment of Libyan assets and lawsuits against it; however, other GOL sources cautioned that his remarks wer [...]	2008-07-03 14:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PINS LY
08TRIPOLI541	EUROPEANS ENGAGE GOL ON BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 16:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA
08TRIPOLI554	LIBYAN MEASURES TO CHECK RISING FOOD COSTS AND ACQUIRE [...] (U) On July 7th, the Political/Economic Assistants met with the Resident Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),Dr. Saad Elmedani Ahmed. According to Dr. Ahmed, the Libyan government (GOL) has generally taken prudent steps to protect Libyans from [...]	2008-07-09 16:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI564	NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN SHUKRI GHANEM MAY SEEK TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-13 14:25:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET KCOR LY
08TRIPOLI565	NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN SHUKRI GHANEM MAY SEEK TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: A close friend of National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Shukri Ghanem told us that Ghanem is under pressure to provide $1.2 billion in cash or oil shipments to National Security Adviser Muatassim al-Qadhafi (son of Muammar al-Qadhafi),and may seek to resign soon out of fear t [...]	2008-07-13 14:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET KCOR LY
08TRIPOLI567	THE EU-LIBYA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT: VENI, VISAS, VETO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 07:39:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU ECIN ECON PBTS LY
08TRIPOLI577	QADHAFI FOUNDATION CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON RELEASE OF FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 15:49:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI584	LIBYAN FOREIGN BANK - PRIMED FOR EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB),Libya's longtime conduit for international trade, is pursuing a substantial program of expansion involving a ten-fold increase in its capitalization and creation of an onshore bank. Its chairman is aggressively seeking new investment opportunities in A [...]	2008-07-21 10:18:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PTER KCOR PGOV KBIO LY
08TRIPOLI588	LIBYA ENFORCES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST U.S. OFFICIALS REF: A) TRIPOLI 530, B) TRIPOLI 412, C) STATE 55839, D) TRIPOLI 478 (NOTAL),E) 07 TRIPOLI 165, F) TRIPOLI 515 [...] (C) Summary: Four years after re-establishing diplomatic relations, the Government of Libya (GOL) remains deeply concerned about efforts to cover internal political issues and actively seeks to prevent Emboffs from traveling in-country and engaging with Libyans. The GOL has actively enforced new s [...]	2008-07-21 16:35:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP LY
08TRIPOLI592	THUG LIFE: HANNIBAL AL-QADHAFI'S ARREST PROMPTS FISSURE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 16:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS ECON EAIR LY SZ
08TRIPOLI595	A COMMERCIAL CAUTIONARY TALE: BECHTEL'S BID FOR SIRTE PORT PROJECT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: An unsuccessful year-long bid by U.S. firm Bechtel to build a commercial port in the Libyan city of Sirte has shed light on how decisions about large foreign investment projects in Libya are made. Bechtel's bid went through several evolutions, including signing a memorandum of unders [...]	2008-07-23 08:32:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT KCOR PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI6	LIBYA IMPOSES NEW CURRENCY REQUIREMENT FOR TOURISTS [...] (SBU) Post received January 3 a copy of a note sent from the GOL's Civil Aviation Committee to airlines announcing that as of 7 January, all tourist visa holders -- except bearers of Egyptian and Tunisian passports -- will be required to present USD 1000 or the equivalent in another convertible [...]	2008-01-07 15:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT CASC PREL PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI635	A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A CASE STUDY IN LIBYAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 14:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EIND EINV SENV SOCI PGOV LY

08TRIPOLI642	HANNIBAL GOES TO SEA: INSIGHTS INTO ANOTHER AL-QADHAFI FAMILY BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 15:32:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EWWT PGOV KCOR CY LY

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