Waterfront Weekly Editorial
This writer enjoyed a reception after the industry associations’ annual convention at a waterfront hotel in Tokyo. The associations are namely the customs brokers’, warehouse operators’ and tariff association. Tokyo Customs executive officers also joined the reception. (For their honor, customs people also bought a full price ticket.) This writer intently listened to speeches delivered by the presidents of these associations and the DG of Tokyo Customs in particular with journalistic interests. He said among other topics that today marks one year before 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and Customs Service would work hard for safety and fight against terrorists threats. This DG’s remark reminded me of a meeting with customs nearly three years ago in which I had asked customs to implement the WCO recommendation on CSDs, and had been given a negative answer because they said Japan had not respected the recommendation. Since then, I have not heard they have changed their minds.
