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The 34th Meeting of the Committee for the Promotion of the Declassification of Diplomatic Records

October 13, 2023
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister Hosaka speaking at the meeting
Members of the comittee
  1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs transfers documents with historical significance to the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry that are more than 30 years old, in principle, and make them available to the public. Of these, documents related to important cases that are expected to receive many inquiries are selected and made public in December every year after a special review (identification of information to be restricted for the public use) by the Committee for the Promotion of the Declassification of Diplomatic Records (referred to as "special declassification").
  2. On October 13th, the 34th meeting of the Committee for the Promotion of the Declassification of Diplomatic Records, headed by Mr. HOSAKA Yasushi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  3. At the meeting, the members of the Committee reviewed the declassification of diplomatic records on the exchanges of VIP visits and international conferences in 1992 and 1993.
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