The Japanese government has not heard of any changes in the schedule of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's planned April 11-13 visit, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka said Thursday.

Muraoka was responding to a remark made Wednesday in Moscow by a Kremlin spokesman that Yeltsin's visit could be rescheduled depending on Russia's domestic political situation. "We are preparing the summit as scheduled," Muraoka told a regular news conference.

Foreign Ministry officials also said Moscow has so far not informed Tokyo of any possibility of postponement. They will continue to prepare for the meetings between Yeltsin and Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto under the assumption they will take place as scheduled, they said.

Sergei Yastrzhembsky, Yeltsin's press secretary, said in a briefing Wednesday in Moscow, "Naturally, the president's plans depend on the internal political situation in Russia."