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Reduce Grant AM lo grant aid io Beijing belowillion provided last yeat in response to Chinanuclear lest. The move follows Prime Minister Muniyama's instruction to
the Foreign Ministry lo devise specific measures to convey Tokyo's displeasure
over llie nuclear tests, according to press reports.
lapanesc press commentators say that Murayuma is responding lo sharpfrom coalition members and lhe public who have been urging Tokyo tostrong" protest.
The media also say that the Prime Minister is reacting to charges lhat Tokyo
has not enforced2 aid charier, which states thai Japan will take intu account the development and production of weapons of mass destruction when making aid decisions.
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Any tut in grant aid. however, wouldargely symbolic gesture. The vasl hulk ofid Id China it in lhe form of cuneesstnnalhich woaid not It
okyo provided Beijingillion in leans, androviding Clara wrhS billion6 in
Mrferrf,aneir Foreign Ministry oiignafirtg that it does not want cub in aid grants to jeopardize broader tie* lo China
Vice Foreign Minister Saiiothai he iImJ not want lhe decision lo harmrelations and lhai Beijing would understand (he Japanese actionhas repeatedly conveyed its sund on the
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