VZCZCXRO1779
PP RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB
DE RUEHKO #3169 1590801
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 080801Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3012
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 6622
RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA 6555
RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA 9239
RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 9855
RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO 7772
RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC 8267
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC

UNCLAS TOKYO 003169 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE 
DEPT FOR OES/IHA SINGER AND FENDRICK 
DEPT FOR EAP/J 
USDA PASS TO APHIS 
HHS PASS TO CDC 
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER 
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JUNE 01 
 
REF: A) 05 STATE 153802; B) TOKYO 3008 AND PREVIOUS 
 
¶1.  The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) 
developments in Japan for the period June 1-8.  No human or 
animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in 
Japan during the above period. 
 
Ibaraki Issue Safety Declaration 
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¶2.  On June 1, Masaru Hashimoto, Governor of Ibaraki 
Prefecture, announced his intention to issue a declaration 
of safety on the outbreaks of avian influenza in the 
prefecture after the prefecture confirms that all affected 
poultry farms are negative for the virus.  To do this, the 
prefecture has to sterilize the farms three times after 
culling chickens and then needs to confirm that no virus is 
detected in the farms.  As of June 1, 12 farms out of 40 
affected in the prefecture have yet to be examined.  The 
prefecture expects that the confirmation will be done by 
the end of June at the earliest. 
 
SCHIEFFER