A/HRC/22/45 Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 201. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted three cases to the Government; of those, one case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, and two cases remain outstanding. Japan Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 4 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 0 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0f Number of cases on which the Multiple replies on some cases Government has replied Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 0 N/A Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A Information from the Government 202. The Government transmitted three communications to the Working Group, dated 19 March, 9 October and 12 October 2012. In these communications, the Government of Japan submitted information provided by one of the sources to eight of the cases registered under the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea. Meetings 203. Representatives of the Government of Japan met with the Working Group at its ninety-seventh and ninety-eighth sessions Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 204. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted four cases to the Government. These cases have all been transferred to the statistics of the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea. f In accordance with paragraph 15 of its Methods of Work, the Working Group decided, at its ninetyseventh session to transfer four cases from the statistics of Japan to those of the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea. 67