820 



2. The Contracting Parties shall encourage the establishment of 

 joint research programs on, and conservation of, migratory birds and 

 birds in danger of extinction. 



Article VI 



Each Contracting Party shall endeavor to take appropriate meas- 

 ures to preserve and enhance the environment of birds protected under 

 Articles III and IV. In particular, it shalP: 



(a) Seek means to prevent damage to such birds and their environ- 

 ment, including, especially, damage resulting from pollution of the 

 seas ; 



(b) Endeavor to take such measures as may be necessary to control 

 the importation of live animals and plants which it determines to be 

 hazardous to the preservation of such birds ; and 



(c) Endeavor to take such measures as may be necessary to control 

 the introduction of live animals and plants which could disturb the 

 ecological balance of unique island environments. 



Article VII 



Each Contracting Party agrees to take measures necessary tg carry 

 out the purposes of this Convention. 



Article VIII 



Upon the request of either Government, the two Governments shall 

 hold consultations regarding the operation of this Convention. 



Article IX 



1. This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratifica- 

 tion shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. 



2. This Convention shall enter into force on the date of the exchange 

 of the instruments of ratification. It shall remain in force for 15 years 

 and shall continue in force thereafter until terminated as provided 

 herein. 



3. A Contracting Party may, by giving one year's written notice, 

 terminate this Convention at the end of the initial 15 year period or 

 at any time thereafter. 



In Witness Whereof the representatives of the two Governments 

 have signed this Convention. 



Done in duplicate, in the English and Japanese languages, both 

 equally authentic, at Tokyo, this fourth day of March, 1972. 

 For the Government of the United States of America : 



Armin H. Meter 

 For the Government of Japan : 

 Takeo Fukuda 



Annex 



1 White-billed or Yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii) 



2 Arctic loon ( Gama arctica) 



3 Red-throated loon ( Gama stellata) 



4 Red-necked grebe {Podiceps grisegena) 



