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Viewing cable 08TOKYO1214, JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08TOKYO1214 2008-05-02 08:10 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tokyo
VZCZCXRO3750
PP RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB RUEHPOD
DE RUEHKO #1214/01 1230810
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 020810Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3949
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 9151
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 4352
RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI 1072
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 3134
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 2271
RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 0531
RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 7595
RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA 5957
RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA 9979
RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 1274
RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO 8190
RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC 8580
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 001214 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE 
DEPT FOR OES/IHA COMELLA 
DEPT FOR EAP/J DRESSER 
USDA PASS TO APHIS 
HHS PASS TO CDC 
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER AND HICKEY 
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE 
 
REF: A. 05 STATE 153802 
 
B. 08 TOKYO 882 AND PREVIOUS 
C. 06 TOKYO 2135 
D. 08 SAPPORO 0031 
 
TOKYO 00001214  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  No human outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in 
Japan during the period of April 18 to May 2, 2008. 
 
H5N1 Detected in Wild Swans in Northern Japan 
--------------------------------------------- 
2.   As reported in ref D, Japan's National Institute of Animal 
Health confirmed H5N1 avian influenza (AI) was detected in three 
dead swans and one dying swan found near Lake Towada in Akita 
Prefecture April 21.  It is the first report of the H5N1 virus in 
Japan since March 2007 when the virus was found in a wild eagle in 
Kumamto Prefecture in Kyushu.  A dead swan found April 24 in 
northeastern Hokkaido has tested preliminarily positive for avian 
influenza, according to May 1 press reports.  Hokkaido University is 
conducting tests to determine whether the virus is also the 
highly-pathogenic H5N1 strain. 
 
3.   The H5N1 avian influenza has previously appeared mainly in 
western Japan, where migrant birds are believed to have brought the 
virus from the Korean peninsula.  However, according to press 
reports citing statements by Dr. Koichi Ohtsuki, Director of the AI 
Research Center at Kyoto Sangyo University, the recent cases in 
northern Japan may have been the results of infection by other 
waterfowl that migrate via the northern route to and from Russia and 
northeast China. 
 
Imports of Danish Poultry Suspended 
----------------------------------- 
4.  On April 30, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
(MAFF) announced suspension of imports of Danish poultry and eggs 
after Denmark reported to the OIE a case of non-highly-pathogenic 
H7N1 avian influenza.  MAFF is currently requesting detailed 
information on the case from the Danish Government.  According to 
MAFF, Japan imported 20 tons of poultry meat and 515 tons of eggs in 
2007 from Denmark. 
 
GOJ Revises Laws on Infectious Diseases and Quarantine 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
5.  On April 25, the Diet passed a bill to revise both the 
Infectious Disease Law and Quarantine Law to be able to respond more 
effectively to a potential pandemic influenza outbreak.  This is the 
first time the GOJ has included provisions fro activities on an 
infectious disease that has not yet emerged.  The current Infectious 
Disease Law divides diseases into five categories.  The new law 
creates a new category specifically for pandemic influenza.  In this 
new category, pandemic influenza is likely to be treated as one of 
the most serious Category I infectious diseases, i.e. Ebola, 
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, smallpox, South American 
hemorrhagic fever, plague, Marburg disease, and Lassa fever. 
 
6.  In 2006, the GOJ designated H5N1 AI as a "government-decreed" 
infectious disease for a period of two years.  When this designation 
expires in June 2008, the new law will assign H5N1 AI to Category 
II, which includes acute anterior poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, 
diphtheria, and SARS. 
 
7.  The new law requires the government to report a pandemic 
influenza outbreak in Japan to the public through newspapers, 
television, and the Internet.  The legislation gives the GOJ legal 
grounds to take prompt action, including measures at the border, in 
response to pandemic influenza.  Prefectural governors will be 
authorized to force individuals who are infected, or suspected to be 
infected with pandemic influenza to remain at home or at other 
facilities.  In an emergency, quarantine authorities will be 
authorized to designate sites other than hospitals and clinics, e.g. 
 
TOKYO 00001214  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
hotels, as quarantine facilities. 
 
8.  An additional clause of the new law encourages the GOJ to 
promote R&D for pharmaceutical interventions for pandemic influenza, 
such as vaccines, and to promote approval for the manufacturing and 
sales of the products.  The new law also encourages the GOJ to 
stockpile necessary amounts of antiviral drugs and prepandemic 
vaccine. 
 
DONOVAN