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Viewing cable 06TOKYO1693, AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 30

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06TOKYO1693 2006-03-30 08:11 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tokyo
VZCZCXRO6677
PP RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHPB
DE RUEHKO #1693/01 0890811
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 300811Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0353
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 5418
RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA 5425
RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA 8051
RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 8575
RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO 6602
RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC 8217
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 001693 
 
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 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 30 
 
REF: A. 05 STATE 153802 
B. TOKYO 1529 AND PREVIOUS 
C. TOKYO 1613 
D. TOKYO 163 
 
TOKYO 00001693  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (U) The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) 
developments in Japan for the period March 23 to March 30. 
No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were 
reported in Japan during the past week. 
 
-- Tokyo Decides on Details for AI Assistance -- 
 
2. (U) The GOJ recently decided how it would disburse the 
USD 155 million plus pledged by Tokyo at last year's ASEAN 
Plus Three Summit and January's Beijing AI Donors' 
Conference to support regional and worldwide efforts to 
fight avian and pandemic influenza.  The assistance will be 
used to procure antiviral medications, personal protective 
equipment, and diagnostic kits for ASEAN members, and will 
fund a variety of projects targeting human and animal 
health, risk communications, and research projects.  Please 
see REF C for full details. 
 
- Kyoto-area University to Establish AI Research Center - 
 
3. (U) On March 28, Kyoto Sangyo University announced that 
it would establish a research center for avian influenza 
later this October.  Koichi Ohtsuki, currently a professor 
of veterinary microbiology at Tottori University, will head 
the center.  Researchers will focus on the mechanisms of 
infection and conduct epidemiological research to prevent 
the introduction of new viruses into Japan.  Kyoto Sangyo 
University will establish a preparatory office to begin 
work on the new center on April 1.  The university in 
located in Kyoto City. 
 
-- University in Western Japan Builds BSL-3 Lab -- 
 
4. (U) Tottori University completed construction of a 
biosafety level three (BSL-3) laboratory to allow for 
research on human and animal infectious diseases 
transmitted through birds at its epidemiological research 
center in Tottori Prefecture.  This is the first BSL-3 lab 
to be located at any university in the western region of 
Honshu (the largest of the four main islands in Japan). 
The lab will open for operations on April 1.  Research 
teams at the university plan to breed up to a maximum of 40 
chickens at the lab to conduct research on virus mutation. 
The university will investigate which kinds of viruses 
mutate easily into other forms during bird-to-bird 
transmission. 
 
5. (SBU) The local politics surrounding BSL-3 and BSL-4 
labs in Japan is often similar to that surrounding nuclear 
facilities - namely safety concerns that lead to a "not in 
my backyard" mindset.  In order to ensure that the local 
public understood the facility was safe, Tottori University 
hosted an open house on March 25 and invited 30 area 
residents to explain to them what kinds of safety measures 
would be implemented at the laboratory.  These included 
talking about negative air pressure to ensure that 
pathogens are not released outside the lab, rules on 
disposing equipment and gear, and sterilization protocols 
for non-disposable items. 
 
-- Prefectures Unite to Respond to Potential Crises -- 
 
6. (U) In response to the recent outbreaks of avian 
influenza across the globe, nine prefectures including 
Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Wakayama, Nara, Shiga, Fukui, Mie and 
Tokushima decided to conclude a comprehensive agreement on 
mutual crisis management support on March 28.  This 
agreement is the first of its kind, and covers all 
potential crises in addition to natural disasters, such as 
terrorist attacks.  Based on the agreement, the prefectures 
will accept evacuees from their surrounding neighbors and 
 
TOKYO 00001693  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
provide them with necessary aid. 
 
-- Industry Representative Doubts GOJ Efforts -- 
 
7. (SBU) ESToff and EST FSN met with Jiro Fukuda (strictly 
protect), Manager of Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.'s GAIACOT 
project, to receive an update on the development of the 
company's new copper zeolite facemask.  As reported in REF 
D, Nisshinbo's studies show that the mask may be effective 
in protecting the wearer from infection by the avian 
influenza virus because it is able to inactivate 99.9 
percent of the H9N2 virus after ten minutes of contact. 
Fukuda admitted that some test results showed that the mask 
worked even faster in the range of one to two minutes, but 
that to be on the safe side, Nisshinbo was using ten 
minutes as the figure in its research reporting. 
 
8. (SBU) Nisshinbo has started to sell the masks to 
individual customers by mail order.  However, because the 
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has not yet 
approved the mask for use, the manufacturer had to remove 
all references to avian influenza from the product 
packaging.  Fukuda also said that his company had to change 
the name of the product because earlier media reports had 
directly linked GAIACOT with its AI fighting properties. 
 
9. (SBU) Nisshinbo also plans to produce an air filter and 
a floor mat for use in poultry farms and to manufacture 
clothes for poultry industry workers made from a zeolite- 
based material.  Fukuda told ESToff that he felt the GOJ's 
efforts to prevent the spread of avian influenza were not 
enough, and that government agencies were not providing 
sufficient guidance to industry in preparation for a 
possible pandemic.  He said MHLW and the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) are focusing 
only on surveillance and planning for the actions to be 
taken after an outbreak, but they are not approaching 
companies to proactively use their R&D capabilities to 
prepare well in advance of an AI outbreak in Japan. 
 
DONOVAN