Cablegate: Tokyo Media Reaction - Iran

VZCZCXRO8984
PP RUEHFK
DE RUEHKO #3319 3400150
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 050150Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9220
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUYNAAC/COMNAVFORJAPAN YOKOSUKA JA PRIORITY
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY
RHHMHBA/COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI//N541// PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/HQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HI//CC/PA// PRIORITY
RUHBANB/OKINAWA FLD OFC US FORCES JAPAN CP BUTLER JA PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/USFJ PRIORITY
INFO RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 1269
RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 5060
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 6675
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 2641
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 2672
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 2796
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC

UNCLAS TOKYO 003319

SIPDIS

STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN

1. LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Friday morning
included an informal decision by the Japan Patent
Office to recognize commercial footage and phrases as
trademarks.

2. "Calls for Change Mounting in Iran in View of Obama
Victory" A correspondent for the top-circulation,
centrist Yomiuri wrote from Tehran (12/5): "Calls are
mounting within Iran, particularly among reformers, for
'change' in domestic politics, in an apparent
response to the election of Sen. Obama as U.S.
President. With the Iranian presidential election
planned next June, Iranian conservatives are wary about
the poll possibly being contested over 'political
change.'... The conservatives and moderates in Iran are
apparently engaging in a battle over the 'pro-change'
sentiment that was brought on from the U.S., with which
Tehran severed diplomatic ties years ago."

SCHIEFFER

© Scoop Media