In a letter to the President Assad of Syria, Prime Minister of Japan Nakasone describes the relationship between Japan and Syria as a growing closer and thanks Syria for their assistance in the help of the release of the American hostages held in Lebanon.

A report detailing Prime Minister Nakasone’s instructions to Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yanagiya regarding Japan assisting in the release of the American hostages in Lebanon.

On 22 July 1988, former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone met Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow as part of a Japanese campaign to recover four islands lost to the Soviet Union at the end of the Second World War. In the aftermath of the visit, Ichiro Suetsugu, secretary-general of the Council on National Security Problems, wrote a report appraising the former Japanese leader’s performance on his Soviet visit and assessing future issues in the campaign.

The Japanese Prime Minister and Chairman Deng discuss U.S.-Soviet relations, specifically the recent U.S.-Soviet Summit.

The Japanese Ambassador in Korea reports that the ROK government is pleased that Nakasone raised the issue of ROK-PRC relations while in China.

Zhao and Nakasone discuss economic relations between China and Japan.

General Secretary Hu discusses China's influence in the Korean Peninsula, the upcoming 13th Congress, better relations with Japan, and the Japanese Prime Minister's interest in allowing Chinese-Japanese flights over of the Korean Peninsula.

Prime Minister Nakasone brings up points of Chinese taxation on Japanese industrialists and Japanese schools in China.

Discussions of the Second and Third Yen loans. China would like to move up the third loan by a year.

Discussion of the benefits of current trade between China and Japan and hopes to expand trade between the two countries.