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	Japan Agrinfo Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Kamei countered that Canada has yet to offer a clear explanation of what concrete measures it has taken to assure the safety of its beef, and told the Canadian Minister that Japan could not agree to an early lifting of the import ban while no convincing, scientific explanation was forthcoming.
		Kamei told Dr. Vallat that, amidst a high degree of consumer concern, Japan had decided to test all cattle for BSE at the slaughterhouse and had identified two young animals (aged 23 and 21 months respectively) infected with an atypical form of the disease.
		Kamei said he believed it was important that the standards assure the safety of beef and restore consumer trust in beef, in Japan and around the world.
	www.jaicaf.or.jp /agrinfo_0305-0504/0404_3_2.html (6105 words)

	News Release...
		TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan indicated on Tuesday that it was nearing a decision on dropping its policy of testing all cattle for mad-cow disease, a move likely to move forward efforts to ease a nine-month-old ban on U.S. beef imports.
		He said the review would start after the final version of a report by an advisory panel, which had been studying Japan's policy of testing all cattle for the brain-wasting disease, was ready.
		Kamei, however, refused to be drawn on the question of an appropriate age at which testing should begin.
	www.cattlerange.com /tcr-e.html (506 words)

	Japan Agrinfo Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Kamei stressed that he would maintain his present stance on the WTO agriculture negotiations and would do everything in his power to ensure that Japan's position was reflected [in the agreement].
		Kamei said he would be taking a positive stance on agricultural reform, telling reporters, "We will address the task of reviewing the Basic Plan for Food Agriculture and Rural Areas with a sense of urgency" and citing a need for continued efforts to increase Japan's food self-sufficiency and action to revitalize farming communities.
		Kamei said he believed a growing number of countries would become interested in FTAs, but made it clear that Japan still took the position that the WTO agreement should be the first priority, telling reporters, "Our position on FTAs is unchanged".
	www.jaicaf.or.jp /agrinfo_0305-0504/0312_2.htm (4412 words)

	Wisconsin Ag Connection - National/World News - Former Japanese Ag Minister Dies at 70 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Former Japanese agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei died of pancreatic cancer Friday at a Tokyo hospital, his office said.
		Kamei, a lawmaker of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, served as the agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister from April 2003 to September 2004.
		He won a House of Representatives seat in 1979 and held it ever since, except for the period between December 1983 and July 1986 when he lost the seat in an election, the official said.
	www.wisconsinagconnection.com /story-national.cfm?Id=888&yr=2006 (102 words)

	Boston.com / Business / U.S. trade envoy meets with Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		But Kamei questioned Washington's decision to halt its probe before locating and testing 11 cows from the same herd as the one infected in Washington state, ministry official Shinichi Taya said.
		Kamei also reiterated Tokyo's demand for the United States to test all cattle for mad cow before Japan reopens its market.
		Japan is one of 30 nations that halted imports after the cow in Washington state tested positive for the disease in December.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2004/02/11/us_trade_envoy_meets_with_japanese (409 words)

	Kyodo News - Story
		Former agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei died of pancreatic cancer Friday at a Tokyo ho...
		Former agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei died of pancreatic cancer Friday at a Tokyo hospital, his office said.
		Kamei, a lawmaker of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, served as agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister from April 2003 to September 2004 in the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
	home.kyodo.co.jp /modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=246423' (161 words)

	News - The Coloradoan - www.coloradoan.com
		U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said he asked Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei for a meeting of scientific experts to discuss whether Washington's safeguards are satisfactory.
		But Kamei questioned the U.S. decision to halt its probe before locating and testing 11 cows from the same herd as the one infected in Washington state, ministry official Shinichi Taya said.
		Kamei also reiterated Tokyo's demand for the United States to test all cattle for mad cow before Japan re-opens its market.
	www.coloradoan.com /news/coloradoanpublishing/MadCow/011204_discuss.html (384 words)

	Japan's farm minister to visit US, Canada to discuss WTO/trade row
		Kamei, who is to leave Tokyo for Washington Thursday next week, will hold talks with Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman on Thursday and US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Friday.
		On Tuesday, Kamei and EU agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler held a telephone conversation and agreed to work together in the WTO negotiations.
		Kamei is to fly to Ottawa from Washington on Friday next week to meet Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lyle Vanclief on Saturday.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/cx/Qjapan-us-canada-farm-wto.RHTk_Dl9.html (390 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick (L) and Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei smile for photographers prior to their talks about the Japanese ban on US beef and chicken imports.
		According to a ministry statement, Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei told Mr.
		Kamei was reiterating a position taken by the Japanese government shortly after mad cow disease was discovered in one U.S. herd last December.
	www.theepochtimes.com /admin/makeArticle2.asp?id=19707&catid=61&subcatid=0 (494 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Japan May Compromise on U.S. Beef Imports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Washington has been pressing Japan to resume beef imports, but Tokyo has called for the introduction of tougher safeguards to match those in place in Japan, where all cattle are tested for the illness.
		Asked on a Japanese television program about reports of a compromise, Kamei said he was not aware of the reports but that the most important thing was for Japanese consumers to be able to eat beef with confidence.
		Kamei reiterated that there was no change in Japan's basic stance that all U.S. beef should be tested.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/02/08/japan_may_compromise_on_us_beef_imports (472 words)

	The Veneman-Kamei letters explained
		DTN has learned the key to reading Kamei's reply, which was issued April 2 in response to Veneman's initial March 29 letter, is the absence of a specific mention of Japan's rigid stance on the "test-all" policy it has for U.S. beef.
		Instead, Kamei's letter to Veneman simply said to solve the issue of assessing the BSE risk in the U.S., it is necessary for the two sides to agree on what "scientific knowledge" has been attained and to conduct sufficient "risk communication" by targeting consumers.
		Kamei said in his letter Japan won't accept a pared-down proposal from the U.S. "In order to solve this issue I think it is essential to form our consensus about the scientific knowledge and to conduct sufficient risk communication targeting consumers.
	www.hpj.com /archives/2004/apr04/TheVeneman-Kameilettersexpl.CFM?actions=view (1366 words)

	Farms.com - agriculture information, markets, auctions and commentary
		fter a Japanese reporter said Kamei had told the Japanese press he had told her Japan would impose the safeguard, Veneman acknowledged that Kamei "indicated that was the direction" and that it would be "triggered" it would be based on Japanese law.
		Veneman said she urged the Japanese government not to impose the safeguard because U.S. exports to Japan appear high only in comparison with last year when Japanese imports were unusually low after the demand for beef dropped due to cases of mad cow disease in Japan.
		A Kamei aide told reporters at an evening briefing on the meeting that Kamei had told Veneman that Japan cannot stop the processing of raising tariffs on beef once the safeguard has been triggered, but that the Japanese government would monitor the market impact of the higher tariffs.
	www.farms.com /readstory.asp?dtnnewsid=556600 (446 words)

	The Epoch Times :: Japan, Mexico Conclude Free Trade Agreement
		Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei brushed aside questions, from Japanese reporters, concerning possible harm to the country's agriculture sector.
		Kamei says it is important to think about how to protect national interests, and he feels that this agreement does just that.
		Economists say Japan badly wanted the deal because it is estimated that the country is losing nearly $4 billion annually without a trade agreement with Mexico.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-3-15/20423.html (391 words)

	030724 Japan Says Concerned if U.S. Eases Canada Beef Ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Washington - Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei said on Friday that Tokyo would be concerned if the United States eases a ban on imports of beef from Canada, where a case of mad cow disease was discovered in May.
		Kamei met with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Friday, and was scheduled to meet with Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief this weekend.
		He said that while Canada was acting on the assumption that there was only one case of mad cow disease within its borders, further testing could reveal more.
	www.spcnetwork.com /mii/2003/030724.htm (365 words)

	No progress in US-Japan mad cow talks - source
		After an hour-long meeting with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei told reporters his country was still concerned Canadian beef could inadvertently find its way to Japan via the United States.
		A Japanese government official said Veneman told Kamei she was "beginning to seriously examine and consider opening" the U.S. border to some Canadian beef, which has been banned since May 20, when Canada discovered a case of mad cow disease.
		Kamei will then hold meetings in Canada on Saturday on the mad cow-beef trade concerns.
	www.meritcare.com /news/world/viewarticle.aspx?id=11510 (500 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Yoshiyuki
		Capital Markets: Agenda - Yoshiyuki Fujisawa - Since Merrill Lynch Acquired Yamaichi Securities In 1998, It Has Not Been An Easy Passage For The Firm's Japanese Business.
		But, As Yoshiyuki Fujisawa Tells Sophie Roell, This Year, The Tide Has Turned.
		LEAD: Ex-agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei dies at 70+
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Yoshiyuki (194 words)

	pacificleague6-10-2006
		Kamei hit a breaking ball on the screws, but Agbayani ran it down and it went as a sacrifice fly for a 2-1 advantage.
		Kamei was a little slow getting to the ball, perhaps believing tht he had no chance to get somebody with Nishioka's electric speed, so the latter was able to cross on the double without a play.
		When Kamei returned to the dugout, he was really aired out by defense and baserunning coach Yoshihiro Nishioka to the point that two other players felt it necessary to step between the two men.
	www.japanbaseballdaily.com /pacificleague6-10-2006.html (1397 words)

	MyCattle Top Stories
		Kamei will fly to Washington on Thursday next week to hold talks with Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, and then US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Friday.
		The official said the US is expected to press Japan into dropping a plan to raise beef tariffs based on a 1993 agreement in global trade talks on agriculture.
		Kamei will then fly to Ottawa on Friday, to meet Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lyle Vanclief on Saturday.
	www.mycattle.com /news/dsp_topstories_article.cfm?storyid=9994 (291 words)

	Japan's farm minister mulls US visit to discuss global farm trade
		TOKYO, Aug 15 (AFP) - Japanese farm minister Yoshiyuki Kamei said Friday he may visit the United States this month or next for talks on heated farm trade negotiations between member states of the World Trade Organization.
		Kamei met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Friday over the status of the WTO negotiations.
		Kamei was unhappy with the draft US-EU proposal, saying Japan would "strongly" insist on its longtime protection of rice.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bi/Qwto-japan-us-farm-trade.RBuk_DaF.html (392 words)

	IATP \| Ag Observatory
		Japan's agriculture minister has asked the United States to take steps to ensure the safety of its meat exports after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease was found in Canada.
		Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei made the request during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, the ministry said in a statement.
		Kamei told Baker that it was "impossible to exclude the possibility that beef of Canadian origin could be imported in Japan via the United States" and "strongly requested" that the United States act to ensure that only safe meat is exported to Japan, the statement said.
	www.agobservatory.org /madcow/index.cfm?id=18333 (218 words)

	Mad Cow Disease...
		The ministry said Monday that the 23-month-old cow in Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, had an "unusual" form of the brain-wasting ailment, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
		Kamei told reporters: "This is a new type of BSE, and we need to talk to experts and study this case thoroughly in order to get to the bottom of how it happened."
		Ministry officials and experts told a news conference on Monday that the abnormal proteins that cause BSE found in the latest case appeared to be of a different type than seen before.
	www.cattlerange.com /tcr-a.html (843 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The US says blanket testing is unnecessary and would be pro-hibitively expensive, but a series of US agriculture and trade officials sent to Tokyo to persuade Japan to lift an import ban have come away empty handed.
		Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei said yesterday that he had asked the most recent delegation to propose safeguards "based on" Japan's system, which Kamei credited with restoring consumer confidence in Japanese beef.
		Kamei criticized last month's decision by the US Agricultural Department to give up efforts to track all 80 cows that entered the US from a Canadian farm with a single Holstein that tested positive for the disease in Washington state in December.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/worldbiz/archives/2004/02/16/2003099014/print (299 words)

	FSnet Feb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		TOKYO - Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei was cited as saying Sunday that Japan may be open to compromise on its suspension of U.S. beef imports that has been in effect since December following the discovery of a case of mad cow disease.
		The story says that when asked on a Japanese television program about reports of a compromise, Kamei said he was not aware of the reports but that the most important thing was for Japanese consumers to be able to eat beef with confidence.
		EDMONTON - No more cases of mad cow disease have, according to this story, turned up in tests of 12 animals that were herd mates of a cow born in the Calmar area that was found with the disease in the United States last December.
	archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca /fsnet/2004/2-2004/fsnet_feb_8.htm (1263 words)

	SABCnews.com - world/asia1pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Japanese agriculture ministry today said Japan was sticking to its demand that the US check all slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease as a prelude to resuming imports of US beef, Yoshiyuki Kamei, the agriculture minister, said.
		Senior Japanese and US officials will meet in Tokyo tomorrow to discuss how to normalise beef trade between the two countries, suspended by Japan after the discovery of a single case of mad cow disease in Washington state in December.
		Kamei said the specific agenda for the meeting had not been decided, but both the US and Japan were expected to exchange ideas on how to resolve the situation.
	www.sabcnews.com /world/asia1pacific/0,2172,78487,00.html (335 words)

	Farm subsidy issue -DAWN - Business; September 2, 2003
		TOKYO, Sept 1: Japanese farm minister Yoshiyuki Kamei will visit the US this week to discuss the thorny issue of agricultural trade ahead of a key meeting of the WTO in Cancun, Mexico, the government said Monday.
		Kamei will arrive in Washington on Tuesday and meet US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman on Wednesday, the farm ministry said in a statement.
		Last week, the WTO top official in Geneva circulated the draft of a declaration to be issued at a ministerial trade summit in the Mexican resort city in two weeks.
	www.dawn.com /2003/09/02/ebr13.htm (160 words)

	Planet Ark : Japan Says No End to Beef Ban Before May
		Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei's letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said the two nations needed to reach a consensus on how to assure beef is safe from the brain-wasting disease, but it did not repeat Japan's previous demand that all U.S. beef it imports be tested.
		Kamei said in the letter that "careful discussions are necessary" to assess the U.S. risk of mad cow disease.
		Kamei's letter, dated April 2, declined the U.S. suggestion of a speedy OIE review.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/24616/story.htm (755 words)

	CBC News: Japan won't budge on Canadian beef ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Yoshiyuki Kamei and Lyle Vanclief, Canada's agriculture minister, met Tuesday at a World Trade Organization conference in Montreal.
		Vanclief said he tried to convince Kamei that science was on Canada's side.
		Kamei said it started with one case, but rigorous inspection turned up seven infected animals.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/07/30/madcow_japan030730 (1071 words)

	Asia Times Online - The trusted news source for information on Japan
		It was a nice try, but on Friday Kamei turned down - "rejected" being too undiplomatic a term - the proposal made to him in the March 29 letter from Veneman.
		First, it was apparent that the letter to Kamei was not all that secret, which is a big mistake in dealing with the Japanese government bureaucracy.
		In addition to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, the USDA saw to it that copies of the letter were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAFF), the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the Food Safety Council (in the Cabinet Office).
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Japan/FD06Dh03.html (853 words)

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	www.kinshipcircle.org /letter_library/doc/1114.doc (450 words)

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