JAPAN: US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELINE ALBRIGHT TURNS ON THE DIPLOMATIC CHARM IN TOKYO

Record ID: 981566

  • Title: JAPAN: US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELINE ALBRIGHT TURNS ON THE DIPLOMATIC CHARM IN TOKYO
  • Date: 29th July 2000
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (JULY 30, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. SLV/CU/MV U.S. STATE OF SECRETARY MADELEINE ALBRIGHT MEETING WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER YOHEI KONO AND SHAKING HANDS (2 SHOTS) 0.18 2. VARIOUS OF BILATERAL MEETING (5 SHOTS) 0.51 3. SLV ALBRIGHT AND KONO ENTER PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM FOR JOINT PRESS COMMENTS (2 SHOTS) 1.12 4. SV (SOUNDBITE)(English) ALBRIGHT SAYING: "I was very honored to have them name a hall after me in Miyazaki, as I pointed out you have to be dead for that to happen, so I was glad they didn't require that in order to name something after me" 1.27 5. SV KONO SMILING 1.31 6. MV JOURNALIST ASKING ABOUT THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHALING FLEET IN JAPAN 1.37 7. SV (SOUNDBITE)(English) ALBRIGHT SAYING: "He said he would pass on to the Prime Minister our very deep concern over the issue. We are deeply troubled by what is happening and believe that it is contrary to the various whaling conventions that have been passed. Whether it's for commercial or research purposes it should not be happening" 2.04 8. CA JAPANESE JOURNALISTS TAKING NOTES 2.08 9. SV (SOUNDBITE)(English) ALBRIGHT SAYING: "First of all, the United States has not yet made any decision. The President will be making such a decision in the near future based on four criteria which are the threat, whether the technology works, the cost of the technology and its effect generally on the international security environment and arms control issues. As far as TMD (Theater Missile Defence) is concerned, or NMD (National Missile Defence) as people like to call it here, we would obviously continue to work on that together (U.S. and Japan)." 2.46 10. MV KONO LISTENING TO TRANSLATION 2.53 11. SV (SOUNDBITE)(English) ALBRIGHT SAYING: "From our discussions, we have fairly similar discussions with the North Korean foreign minister. Clearly the historic summit between the South and North was something that potentially affected relations for all of us. And we will all, each in our own way, follow through in ways that meet our concerns. The meeting I had with the foreign minister of the DPRK as I said, was in terms of substance was not a lot but symbolically important. And we will be examining various ways to follow through on what is possible with that country as it emerges from its period of isolation. I also think that the foreign minister and I gleaned about the same amount of information from the Putin proposal which is not a lot." 4.01 12. CA PHOTOGRAPHERS/ WS PODIUM 4.07 13. MV/SLV ALBRIGHT AND KONO SHAKING HANDS AND LEAVING CONFERENCE 4.27 MIYAZAKI CITY, MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE, JAPAN (JULY 30, 2000) (NHK - NO ACCESS JAPAN & INTERNET/SEE ABOVE FOR FURTHER RESTRICTIONS) 14. EXT ALBRIGHT HALL BUILDING/ SLV ALBRIGHT OPENING THE ALBRIGHT HALL IN MIYAZAKI (2 SHOTS) 4.55 15. VARIOUS OF ALBRIGHT OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HALL (3 SHOTS) 5.52 INNOSHIMA CITY, HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (JULY 29, 2000) (NHK - NO ACCESS JAPAN & INTERNET/SEE ABOVE FOR FURTHER RESTRICTIONS) 16. VARIOUS WHALING VESSEL DOCKED/ CREW STANDING ON DECK/ CEREMONY BEFORE SHIP LEAVES / LEAVING THE PORT OF INNOSHIMA (12 SHOTS) 7.54 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TOKYO, MIYAZAKI CITY, MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE AND INNOSHIMA CITY, HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVA9FS9P41S0SSMK8RMA0CMH39HS
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