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O 100534Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3460
INFO RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 1259

UNCLAS TOKYO 002094 
 
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TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
CACM, UK, FR 
SUBJECT: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND 
EXTEND THE G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP 
 
REF: SECSTATE 60919 
 
 ¶1. EST Minster-Counselor met with her counterpart, 
Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, 
Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007, to 
discuss reftel points. Ambassador Nakane stated that Japan 
shares the view that the global WMD threat will not go away 
and expansion of the geographic scope of the agreement is a 
necessity. However, he indicated that an increase in Japan's 
financial commitment requires further deliberation. 
Ambassador Nakane pointed out that most of the money Japan 
provided to the G-8 Global Partnership has yet to be 
disbursed, partly because of Russia's uncooperative behavior. 
He added that only 3 percent of Japan's contribution has been 
disbursed, and that the same was true for other donors. In 
fact, he commented that there is still a lot of money in the 
pot that he convinced his Ministry of Finance to set aside in 
¶1993. Therefore, he saw no chance that the Ministry would 
look favorably on an additional request. EST MC pointed out 
that the USG is looking at the long term and wants to make 
sure that the program is continued past its 2012 deadline. 
 
¶2. Ambassador Nakane said he would take this issue up with 
ISN DAS to Andrew Semmel in Berlin on Monday, May 14, 2007 to 
determine how best to proceed. 
DONOVAN