111.   Lebanese officials have given conflicting statements over the past two weeks on whether those arrested are Japanese nationals.

112.   Lebanese officials have made conflicting comments about whether any Red Army suspects or even any Japanese nationals have been arrested.

113.   Kunimatsu did not criticise Lebanon for spending half a month in announcing the detention of Japanese nationals.

114.   Koizumi said Japan will not give food aid to North Korea unless progress is made over the alleged kidnapping of Japanese nationals by the communist state.

115.   Lebanese officials have in the past made conflicting comments about whether any Red Army suspects or even any Japanese nationals have been arrested.

116.   Lebanese officials have made conflicting comments about whether any Red Army suspects or indeed any Japanese nationals have been arrested.

117.   Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Bweiz confirmed last week that several Japanese nationals had been taken into custody.

118.   Lim said the North Korean leader had flatly denied there were any Japanese nationals being held captive in his country.

119.   North Korea has announced it is ready to resume talks with the Japanese Red Cross Society over its alleged abductions of Japanese nationals.

120.   Near the embassy residence, relative calm was broken when police arrested a Japanese national, apparently a tourist.