Fukuda added that Japanese police would guard the Olympic flame carefully during the torch relay set for April 26 in the city of Nagano, the statement said.

• 声明还指出：“福田首相表明了我国的立场，并且表示面对西藏问题已经变成国际问题的现实是必要的，他希望中国在其权力范围内尽可能地保障这不会影响到奥运会。”