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The offensive advertisement by the Tokuma Shoten Publish- ing Co., which ran in the 10-mil- lion circulation newspaper, promoted a number of books that "explain" modern history as a se- ries of Jewish plots to dominate the world. In an identical letter sent to Neil Sandberg, director of the AJ- Committee's Pacific Rim Insti- tute, and ADL National Director Abraham Foxman, the heads of Yomiuri Shimbun's advertising and public relations departments wrote, "We sincerely regret the publishing of an advertisement which, as you point out, can be said to promote racism. "We accept your criticism on this matter and disassociate our- selves from the contents of the ad- vertisement in question," they wrote, adding: "Please be assured that hence- forth, taking your point into con- sideration, we shall redouble our efforts to avoid the printing of ad- vertisements without checking their credibility, and to deal with world affairs without bias or big- otry." According to reports from Tokyo, Jewish conspiracy books are a cottage industry in Japan. Generally in the form of mystery- thrillers, the books' plots might link such people as the pope, the queen of England and U.S. pres- idents as Zionist conspirators bent on destroying Japanese in- dustry. Despite the popularity of such books, with sales over 1 million, Rabbi James Lebeau of Temple Beth David in Tokyo said he had never heard of any attacks or vi- olence against Jews in Japan. An estimated 2,000 Jews, mostly Americans, live in Japan. The issue of the anti-Semitic books is years old and has been on the agenda of numerous meet- ings between Jewish groups and Japanese officials. Symposiums have been held on the subject and Japanese scholars have spoken out vociferously against the books while explaining the myriad rea- sons for their existence. The AJCommittee and Simon Wiesenthal Center held meetings in past years with the Japanese Publishers and Editors Associa- tion, advertising executives and government officials. Asked why the problem con- tinues, Mr. Sandberg of AJCom- mittee ventured that "the Japanese culture moves very slowly. When decisions are made, even major ones, by government or other key institutional entities, it takes time for the messages to be conveyed and appropriate cor- rective action to take place." Rabbi Abraham Cooper, asso- ciate dean of the Simon Wiesen- thal Center, said he attended four meetings on this matter in Octo- ber 1993 in Japan. He met with executives of the newspapers Yomiuri Shimbun and Nikei Shimbun, "both of which had run the same kind of ads last year." He also met with executives of Asahi Shimbum and with the publishers and editors group. Given the recurrence of this type of advertisement, he said, "It is quite appropriate that they would issue an apology." New Embassy In Jerusdalem Jerusalem (JTA) — The United States reportedly has signed an agreement to develop a plot of land in Jerusalem on which a new embassy will be built. The United States, along with most other foreign countries, has never officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, maintaining only consular offices there while keeping its embassy in Tel Aviv. According to a recent issue of the Jerusalem Report, construc- tion at the site in southern Jerusalem will be completed in 1999, the time by which Israel and the Palestinians are expect- ed to have signed an agreement on the final status of Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli sources quoted in the article said that when Israel and the Palestinians resolve all out- standing issues regarding Jerusalem, the United States will declare the building its new em- bassy. Construction at the site has been held up because Israel in- sisted that the United States rec- ognize the site as the future location of its embassy. American officials opposed this, and a compromise was fi- nally reached by defining the compound as a place for "diplo- matic use," where "a very senior diplomat" would live.