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# Ecuador at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.
Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).
Ecuador have participated as invitees once, in 2002. After one victory and one defeat in the group stage, Ecuador was sent home with a stroke of bad luck; all three teams were equal on both points and goals, and lots were drawn to determine the teams' positions. Haiti and Canada were drawn into first and second place and advanced to the quarter-finals, while Ecuador were eliminated.

## Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
### Record

CONCACAF Gold Cup :
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2002 | Group stage | 9th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 1/27 | 24/31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

### Match overview

| Year | Round | Opponent | Result | Ecuador scorers | Venue |
| 2002 | Group stage | Haiti | 0–2 | | Miami |
| 2002 | Group stage | Canada | 2–0 | A. Aguinaga (2) | Miami |

## 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Haiti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

## Record players

The following ten players have been fielded in both Gold Cup matches for Ecuador:
| Rank | Player | Matches | Gold Cups |
| 1 | Álex Aguinaga | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Nicolás Asencio | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | José Francisco Cevallos | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Cléber Chalá | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Ángel Fernández | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Luis Gómez | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Carlos Ramón Hidalgo | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Iván Hurtado | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Alfonso Obregón | 2 | 2002 |
| 1 | Edwin Tenorio | 2 | 2002 |

## Goalscorers

Both Ecuadorian goals were scored by Álex Aguinaga, late in the match against Canada, one of them per penalty.
# Ecuador at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Ecuador competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 17 June to 3 July.

## Open water swimming

Ecuador qualified three male and three female open water swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Juan Alcívar | Men's 5 km | 58:05.3 | 30 |
| Juan Alcívar | Men's 10 km | 2:01:37.4 | 39 |
| Colín Babbitt | Men's 5 km | 1:00:10.8 | 46 |
| Jahir López | Men's 10 km | 2:03:23.2 | 46 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Isabella Babbitt | Women's 5 km | 1:04:59.3 | 38 |
| Jocelyn Bermeo | Women's 10 km | 2:18:21.6 | 50 |
| Sofía Guevara | Women's 5 km | 1:07:56.6 | 47 |
| Sofía Guevara | Women's 10 km | 2:18:18.7 | 49 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Juan Alcívar Isabella Babbitt Jocelyn Bermeo Jahir López | Team | 1:11:32.2 | 17 |

## Swimming

Ecuador entered two swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jahir López | 1500 m freestyle | 16:57.92 | 23 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anicka Delgado | 50 m freestyle | 26.18 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anicka Delgado | 100 m freestyle | 56.43 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anicka Delgado | 50 m butterfly | 27.12 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
# Eddy Christiani

Eduard "Eddy" Christiani (21 April 1918 – 24 October 2016) was a Dutch guitarist, singer, and composer. He was best known for songs like Zonnig Madeira (1938), Ouwe Taaie (1943), Op De Woelige Baren (1948), Kleine Greetje Uit De Polder (1950), Spring Maar Achterop (1952), Daar Bij De Waterkant and Rosemarie Polka (1953). In 1961 he reached the 82nd position with his Spanish-language song Sucu Sucu (1961)
He reminisced about his tricky experiences in the Netherlands of both performing for the occupying Nazis and as a resistance supporter in the TV documentary series The World at War (Episode: Occupation: Holland 1940–1944).
In 2008, his song "Rhythm for You" was included in the video game Fallout 3.
# 1910 in philosophy

1910 in philosophy

## Publications

* Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, How Natives Think (1910, published in English in 1926)
* Bertrand Russell, Principia Mathematica Volume I

## Births

* October 29 - A. J. Ayer (died 1989)
# 1910 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1910 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and the births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

## Annual events

The calendar includes only major annual non-championship events or events that have their own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events, see related season articles.
| Date | Event | Ref |
| 15 May | 5th Targa Florio | |
| 26 May | 4th Isle of Man TT | |

## Opened motorsport venues

* 12 August - Opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

## Births

| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
| 7 | September | Lee Wallard | American | Racing driver | Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1951) | |
# 1927–28 Arsenal F.C. season

The 1927–28 season was Arsenal's 9th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

## Results

Arsenal's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 27 August 1927 | Bury | A | 1–5 |
| 31 August 1927 | Burnley | H | 4–1 |
| 3 September 1927 | Sheffield United | H | 6–1 |
| 5 September 1927 | Burnley | A | 2–1 |
| 10 September 1927 | Aston Villa | A | 2–2 |
| 17 September 1927 | Sunderland | H | 2–1 |
| 24 September 1927 | Derby County | A | 0–4 |
| 1 October 1927 | West Ham United | H | 2–2 |
| 8 October 1927 | Portsmouth | A | 3–2 |
| 15 October 1927 | Leicester City | H | 2–2 |
| 22 October 1927 | The Wednesday | A | 1–1 |
| 29 October 1928 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1–2 |
| 5 November 1927 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 1–4 |
| 12 November 1927 | Middlesbrough | H | 3–1 |
| 19 November 1927 | Birmingham | A | 1–1 |
| 3 December 1927 | Huddersfield Town | A | 1–2 |
| 10 December 1927 | Newcastle United | H | 4–1 |
| 17 December 1927 | Manchester United | A | 1–4 |
| 24 December 1927 | Everton | H | 3–2 |
| 27 December 1927 | Liverpool | A | 2–0 |
| 31 December 1927 | Bury | H | 3–1 |
| 2 January 1928 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–1 |
| 7 January 1928 | Sheffield United | A | 4–6 |
| 21 January 1928 | Aston Villa | H | 0–3 |
| 4 February 1928 | Derby County | H | 3–4 |
| 11 February 1928 | West Ham United | A | 2–2 |
| 25 February 1928 | Leicester City | A | 2–3 |
| 7 March 1928 | Liverpool | H | 6–3 |
| 10 March 1928 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–1 |
| 14 March 1928 | Sunderland | A | 1–5 |
| 17 March 1928 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 3–2 |
| 28 March 1928 | Portsmouth | H | 0–2 |
| 31 March 1928 | Birmingham | H | 2–2 |
| 6 April 1928 | Cardiff City | H | 3–0 |
| 7 April 1928 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0–2 |
| 9 April 1928 | Cardiff City | A | 2–2 |
| 14 April 1928 | Huddersfield Town | H | 0–0 |
| 18 April 1928 | Middlesbrough | A | 2–2 |
| 21 April 1928 | Newcastle United | A | 1–1 |
| 28 April 1928 | Manchester United | H | 0–1 |
| 2 May 1929 | The Wednesday | H | 1–1 |
| 5 May 1929 | Everton | A | 3–3 |

#### Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 78 | 73 | 1.068 | 43 |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 79 | 81 | 0.975 | 43 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 82 | 86 | 0.953 | 41 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 41 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 78 | 0.846 | 41 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| R3 | 14 January 1928 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 2–0 |
| R4 | 28 January 1928 | Everton | H | 4–3 |
| R5 | 18 February 1928 | Aston Villa | H | 4–1 |
| R6 | 3 March 1928 | Stoke City | H | 4–1 |
| SF | 24 March 1928 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–1 |
# 1926 Muncie Normal Hoosieroons football team

The 1926 Muncie Normal Hoosieroons football team was an American football team that represented Muncie State Normal School (later renamed Ball State University) during the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach Norman G. Wann, the team compiled a 5–1–1 record.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 2 | at Wabash | Crawfordsville, IN | L 0–46 | |
| October 15 | Indiana Central | Walnut Street ParkMuncie, IN | W 35–0 | |
| October 20 | Manchester | Walnut Street ParkMuncie, IN | W 19–3 | |
| October 30 | Central Normal | Walnut Street ParkMuncie, IN | T 0–0 | |
| November 6 | at Oakland City | Oakland City, IN | W 54–7 | |
| November 13 | Hanover | Walnut Street ParkMuncie, IN | W 13–0 | 2,000 |
| November 20 | at Earlham | Reid FieldRichmond, IN | W 6–0 | |
| Homecoming ||||||
# Eden growth model

The Eden growth model describes the growth of specific types of clusters such as bacterial colonies and deposition of materials. These clusters grow by random accumulation of material on their boundary. These are also an example of a surface fractal. The model, named after Murray Eden, was first described in 1961 as a way of studying biological growth, and was simulated on a computer for clusters up to about 32,000 cells. By the mid-1980s, clusters with a billion cells had been grown, and a slight anisotropy had been observed.
# 1919 Norwegian local elections

Municipality elections were held in Norway in 1919.

## Result of municipal elections

Results of the 1919 municipal elections. Results can only be given separately by rural areas and cities.

### Cities

| Party | Party | % |
| | Conservative Party–Free-minded Liberal Party | 41.8 |
| | Labour Party | 37.6 |
| | Liberal Party | 8.2 |
| | Temperance Party | 5.9 |
| | Radical People's Party | 0.2 |
| | Others | 6.2 |
| Total | Total | |

### Rural areas

| Party | Party | % |
| | Labour Party | 27.0 |
| | Liberal Party | 16.6 |
| | Conservative Party–Free-minded Liberal Party | 12.0 |
| | Social Democratic Labour Party | 6.8 |
| | Radical People's Party | 2.6 |
| | Temperance Party | 0.5 |
| | Riksmål Party | 0.2 |
| | Joint lists and others | 41.1 |
| Total | Total | |
# Amitabha Ghosh (planetary geologist)

Amitabh Ghosh is an American planetary geologist. Ghosh did his schooling at Don Bosco, Park Circus, Kolkata. he was a key member of the team who identified the landing site for Curiosity, the Gale crater location. Ghosh has played prominent roles in various other missions by NASA such as the Mars Pathfinder Mission and the MER (Mars Exploration Rover) mission. He was the only Asian in the Pathfinder mission by NASA.
He has been honoured with NASA Mars Pathfinder Achievement Award in the year 1997 and the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Achievement Award in 2004.
# 1927–28 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1927–28 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1927–28 college basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Karl Schlademan, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus in Pullman, Washington.
The Cougars were 7–17 overall in the regular season and 1–9 in conference play, last in the Northern division.
Schlademan was the track and field coach for the Cougars until 1940, but this was his final year as head basketball coach. He was succeeded by alumnus Jack Friel, who was the head coach at North Central High School in Spokane, and won the state title in his third and final season at NCHS in 1928. A former team captain and all-conference player under Fred Bohler, Friel led Washington State as head coach for three decades.
# 1927–28 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1927–28 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1927–28 NCAA college basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Hec Edmundson, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at the new UW Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
The Huskies were 22–4 overall in the regular season and 9–1 in conference play; first in the Northern division, the beginning of a five-year run as division winners. UW dropped their final conference game in overtime to Oregon. The new UW Pavilion was opened in late December with a three-game series against Illinois.
Washington traveled to Los Angeles and met Southern division winner USC in the Pacific Coast championship series. The Trojans swept in two close games; it was the fifth consecutive year that the title series was won by the Southern division team.
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) debuted in 1938, and the NCAA Tournament in 1939.

## Postseason results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Pacific Coast Conference Playoff Series |||||
| Mon, March 5 | at USC Game One | L 50–53 | 22–5 | Los Angeles, California |
| Tue, March 6 | at USC Game Two | L 26–27 | 22–6 | Los Angeles, California |
| *Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time. |||||
# 1929 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1929 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1929 college football season. In their tenth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 204 to 60.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
| September 28 | Clarkson | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | W 60–0 |
| October 5 | Niagara | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | W 22–6 |
| October 12 | Hampden–Sydney | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | W 40–6 |
| October 19 | Princeton | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | W 13–7 |
| November 2 | Columbia | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | W 12–6 |
| November 16 | Western Reserve | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | W 36–0 |
| November 23 | at Dartmouth | Memorial FieldHanover, NH (rivalry) | L 14–18 |
| November 28 | at Penn | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry) | L 7–17 |
# Ampeliscidae

The Ampeliscidae are a family of amphipods, distinct enough to warrant placement in a monotypic superfamily Ampeliscoidea. They are benthic, found at the bottom of seas and oceans. They are distributed worldwide, and are often abundant in areas with fine sediments. They live in infaunal tubes, constructed from "amphipod silk" and sediment.

## Genera

* Ampelisca
* Byblis
* Byblisoides
* Haploops
# Amphimallon maevae

Amphimallon maevae is a species of beetle in the Melolonthinae subfamily that is endemic to Cyclades islands.
# 1921–22 FC Barcelona season

The 1921–22 season was the 23rd season for FC Barcelona.

## Events

Joan Gamper again took over presidency of the Club.

## Results

* Friendly
* Campionat de Catalunya
* Campionat d'Espanya
# Edibe Subaşı

Edibe Subaşı (also known as Edibe Kutucuoğlu, 1920 – 7 May 2011) was a Turkish aviator.
Subaşı was born in Erzincan, and her family moved to Adana when she was three years old. In 1937, the Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK) was established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. 36 women applied for training as aviator. Subaşı lied about her age, adding two years to her actual age, and was accepted to the training at Eskişehir. She and four other women, including Sabiha Gökçen and Yıldız Eruçman, became Turkey's first women pilots. Subaşı trained as an aerobatics pilot and as a parachutist, and later became a gliding and light aircraft flight instructor at the THK. She performed at aerobatics shows in the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, France and Italy.
In 1957, Subaşı had a flying accident and retired. She died in a nursing home in İzmir in 2011.
# Ancylus ashangiensis

Ancylus ashangiensis is a species of very small, air-breathing, freshwater snail or limpet. It is an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the Ancylidae family. This species is endemic to Ethiopia.
# Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz

Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz (July 9, 1882 – May 20, 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic Franciscan friar and priest. He was arrested on October 10, 1941 and taken to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he died. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.
# Kardash

41°17′N 48°37′E﻿ / ﻿41.283°N 48.617°E﻿ / 41.283; 48.617
Kardash (also, Kyardash) is a village in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan.
# Kotz

Kotz or Kötz may refer to:

## People with that name

* Brad Kotz, American lacrosse player at Syracuse University from 1982 to 1985
* Dorothy Kotz (born 1944), Australian politician
* Eric Kotz, South Australian mariner and author
* H. David Kotz (born 1966), a director in the Financial Institutions practice at Berkeley Research Group, former Inspector General of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
* Hein Kötz (born 1935), German jurist, former Director of the MPI-PRIV, the Bucerius Law School and Vice President of the DFG
* John Kotz (basketball) (1919–1999), American basketball player
* John Kotz (politician) (1930–2014), British Labour Party politician
* Nick Kotz (1932-2020), American journalist, author, and historian
* Richard Kotz (1886–1960), German Wehrmacht officer during World War II
* Samuel Kotz (1930–2010), engineering professor
* Tadeusz Kotz (1913–2008), Polish pilot and fighter ace of World War II

## Other

* Kötz, municipality in Bavaria, Germany
* Kötz (Günz), a river of Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Günz
* KOTZ, non-commercial radio station in Kotzebue, Alaska
* Francis Kotz Farm, also known as The Kotz Place, a historic home located near Wardensville, West Virginia, USA
# Dubs (surname)

Dubs is the surname of:
* Adolph Dubs (1920–1979), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
* Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs (born 1932), British politician and former Member of Parliament
* Ivo Dubš (born 1974), Czech retired volleyball player
* Henry Dübs (1816–1876), German-born British businessman and engineer
* Homer H. Dubs (1892–1969), American sinologist and polymath
* Jakob Dubs (1822–1879), Swiss politician
* Rudolph Dubs (1837–1915), bishop of the Evangelical Association
# 1959 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

The 1959 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1959 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach David M. Nelson, the team compiled an 8–1 record (5–0 against MAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 286 to 95. Mark Hurm was the team captain.
The Blue Hens started the year unranked, but early victories over Lafayette, Lehigh and Massachusetts catapulted them into the UPI small college poll's national top 3 by mid-October. Delaware held the No. 1 spot for two weeks in November before ceding it to Bowling Green in a head-to-head matchup. Delaware dropped to No. 4, and remained at that rank through the end of the season.
The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 26 | Lehigh | | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE (rivalry) | W 12–7 | 7,000–7,205 |
| October 3 | at UMass* | No. T–16 | Alumni FieldAmherst, MA | W 42–12 | 4,500 |
| October 10 | at Lafayette | No. 9 | Fisher FieldEaston, PA | W 26–8 | 6,000–9,000 |
| October 17 | New Hampshire* | No. 3 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | W 50–12 | 7,000–8,500 |
| October 24 | Marshall* | No. 2 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | W 30–6 | 4,896–5,809 |
| October 31 | Rutgers | No. 2 | Rutgers StadiumPiscataway, NJ | W 34–14 | 10,500 |
| November 7 | Temple | No. 1 | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | W 62–0 | 2,000–4,500 |
| November 14 | at No. 3 Bowling Green* | No. 1 | University StadiumBowling Green, OH | L 8–30 | 8,700 |
| November 21 | at Bucknell | No. 4 | Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | W 22–6 | 8,000 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game |||||||
# IBN

IBN or ibn may refer to:

## Communications and media

* CNN-News18, Indian news TV channel, formerly CNN-IBN
* Islamic Broadcast Network, Trinidad and Tobago TV station

## Other uses

* ibn, patronymic ("son of") in Arabic
* Code page 865, known as IBN in BBS software
* ICICI Bank (NYSE: IBN), bank based in India
* Invariant basis number, in mathematical ring theory
* Internet background noise
# Anti-Conspiracy Bill

The so-called Anti-Conspiracy Bill (共謀罪法案 kyōbōzai hōan), a bill intended to modify the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds, was submitted to the Japanese National Diet on 21 March 2017 and passed on 15 June 2017.

## Letter from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy

In a letter dated 18 May 2017, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci wrote a letter to the Japanese Prime-Minister, Shinzō Abe, expressing concerns about the bill. The United Nations Special Rapporteur is an individual, independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate, monitor, advise upon, and publicize the human rights situation in specific countries. Joseph Cannataci wrote that the bill,
   Would permit the application of laws for crimes which appear to be totally unrelated with the scope of organized crime and terrorism, such as ... theft of forestry products in reserved forests ... exporting without permission and destroying important cultural properties.
and that,
   Serious concern is expressed that the proposed bill, in its current form and in combination with other legislation, may affect the exercise of the right to privacy as well as other fundamental public freedoms given its potential broad application. In particular I am concerned by the risks of arbitrary application of this legislation given the vague definition of what would constitute the 'planning' and 'preparatory actions' and given the inclusion of an overbroad range of crimes in the Appendix which are apparently unrelated to terrorism and organized crime.
At a press conference on May 22, the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga responded aggressively to the letter, saying, "The letter was released unilaterally without the Japanese government or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs having had the opportunity to directly explain the legislation (to Cannataci). The content was inappropriate, and we lodged a strong protest" with Cannataci. Cannataci responded in a second letter that "The 'strong protest' received from the Japanese government was just angry words but no substance ... It did not address even one of my many concerns about privacy or other defects. ... There is absolutely no justification for the Japanese government to behave in this way and push through seriously defective legislation in such a rush."

## Background

The reason this law was created was to implement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. As for the theft of forest products, it has been suggested that it could be a potential source of funding for terrorism. Japan became the 188th country to become a party to the Convention.