4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. For further details, see the following articles: Takako UETA, "Japan and the CSCE," M.R.Lucas, ed., The CSCE in the 1990s, Baden-Baden, 1993, 207-222; "Japan und die OSCE," IFSH,ed., OSCE Jahrbuch 1997, Baden-Baden, 1998, 387-395 (English edition: "Japan and the OSCE,"in IFSH, ed., OSCE Yearbook 1997, Baden-Baden, 1999, 415-425).
7. Kono, Op. Cit.
8. See International Herald Tribune, 14 May 1999.
9. Yomiuri shinbun, 22 April 1999; Nihon Keizai shinbun, 25 May 1999.
10. Asahi shinbun, 8 April 1999.
11. See Mainichi shinbun, 7 June 1999.
12. Yomiuri shinbun(evening edition), 12 May 1999.
13. Mainichi shinbun, 20 June 1999.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Statement by the Representative of the Government of Japan, Tatuso Arima, at the OSCE Istanbul Summit, 19 Nov. 1999.
17. EU-Japan Summit,July 19, 2000, Joint Conclusions.
18. Intervention of the High Representative of the European Union for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Dr. Javier Solana, "The European Union and Japan in a Global Environment: Looking to the Future," at Keio University, Tokyo, 24 Oct. 2000.
Professor Takako Ueta
Professor of International Relations
Division of International Studies
International Christian University
Tokyo
