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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/06
TOKYO 00000618 001.2 OF 008
INDEX:
(1) USDA inspectors found no record of removal of risk materials
from beef to prevent BSE in three-fourths of audited facilities,
underscoring slipshod compliance with procedures
(2) LDP leadership losing influence due to Livedoor scandal, US
beef import issue, Bid-rigging involving DFAA, quake-resistance
data scam; LDP's factions critical of hasty approval of revision
of Imperial House Law, New Komeito reluctant again to approve
proposal of upgrading Defense Agency to ministry status
(3) Editorial: Reform of TSE; Measures urged to prevent stock
market from becoming a "casino"
(4) Koizumi diplomacy-light and shadow: Japan, US, China locked
with instability (Part 4): Japan lobby straying off into Africa
for UNSC seat, forestalled in its UN strategy
(5) Iraq as viewed through the eyes of journalist Mika Yamamoto:
People crave more security and freedom, suppressing anti-US
feelings; Longer SDF mission being sought
ARTICLES:
(1) USDA inspectors found no record of removal of risk materials
from beef to prevent BSE in three-fourths of audited facilities,
underscoring slipshod compliance with procedures
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full)
Evening, February 3, 2006
By Eiji Hirose in Washington
The Office of Inspector General of the US Department of
Agriculture on Feb. 2 released an internal auditing report on
compliance with BSE preventative measures inside the United
States. Of the 12 meat processing facilities audited, nine or
three-fourths were found to have no records of whether BSE-
related specified risk materials, such as cow brains, had been
removed, underscoring once more the sloppiness of the inspection
system.
In addition, there were no records of how frequently USDA
inspectors sent to the facilities had carried out inspections,
which the report pointed out "made it impossible to judge"
whether inspections were proper or not.
In January, an inspector at a processing plant in New York City
who was unaware of Japan's import criteria allowed beef with
backbones to be shipped in violation of the conditions, resulting
in a second ban on US beef imports into Japan. The USDA auditors
report has proved that irresponsible inspection is systemic and
the New York case was not an exception.
(2) LDP leadership losing influence due to Livedoor scandal, US
beef import issue, Bid-rigging involving DFAA, quake-resistance
data scam; LDP's factions critical of hasty approval of revision
of Imperial House Law, New Komeito reluctant again to approve
proposal of upgrading Defense Agency to ministry status
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
February 3, 2006
TOKYO 00000618 002 OF 008
Although the government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
aim to pass important bills, including a bill revising the
Imperial House Law and another upgrading the Defense Agency to
the status of a ministry, it now remains uncertain whether they
will be able to pass either of those bills during the current
Diet session. The reasons are that the opposition camp has gained
greater strength, having as its weapons a set of four issues,
including the Livedoor scandal and a bid-rigging involving the
Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA), that it is using
to attack the government and ruling camp. In addition, the
political dynamics in the LDP has changed suddenly. Criticism of
the party executive, which had been contained since the LDP won a
landslide victory in last year's House of Representatives
election, has now begun erupting in the party. The party
executives intend to respectfully carry out coordination, but
they are having a hard time coping with the criticism.
A dozen or so LDP lawmakers, including Hakubun Shimomura, called
on General Council Chairman Fumio Kyuma at party headquarters
yesterday afternoon and urged him to be cautious about submitting
the bill to revised the Imperial House Law to the Diet. They told
Kyuma, "We want the party to be careful about a submission of the
bill revising the Imperial House Law."
Kyuma then revealed that the party would aim at a soft-landing,
saying, "I think we need to reach an agreement on the matter so
as not to create bitter feelings." Shimomura, however, said to
reporters, "There is a possibility that if nothing is done, the
Lower House may be dissolved."
Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Mori faction to which Shimomura
belongs, urged his faction members in a meeting at noon yesterday
to refrain from engaging in activities that are critical of the
leadership, but soon after, Shimomura stood up in rebellion to
the leadership.
There was a view common to the Ibuki and Komura factions favoring
caution regarding the revision of the Imperial House Law, which
is designed to allow females and their descendents to ascend to
the Chrysanthemum Throne. The Japan Conference, a suprapartisan
group of Diet members chaired by Takeo Hiranuma, has collected
signatures from 135 LDP lawmakers as of Feb. 1. on a document
seeking prudence on revising the Imperial House Law
New Lower House members of the LDP dubbed "Koizumi's children"
are no exception. A group of 15 newcomers, including Masaaki
Akachi, decided yesterday to hand over a document with their
signatures to Prime Minister Koizumi calling for "cautious
handling" of the amendment bill.
Koizumi underscored yesterday his intention to submit the bill to
the ongoing Diet session, telling reporters, "If debate on the
bill is conducted, I'm sure that the measure will be approved."
The LDP executives appear to be alert to criticism in the party,
one member noting, "It is problem that the mood has been created
that it is allowable to openly criticize the prime minister."
Such a mood is now spreading in the New Komeito, as well.
Propelled out by the bid-rigging scandal involving the DFAA, a
cautious view on a proposal of upgrading the Defense Agency to
ministry status is growing again in the New Komeito. One member
said: "Until the end of last year, when we opposed any LDP
TOKYO 00000618 003 OF 008
policy, we were labeled 'forces of resistance.' But we now don't
need to worry about it."
Regarding a revision of the Basic Education Law, on which the LDP
and New Komeito have been at odds, the LDP is now being forced to
handle the matter carefully. A study panel of the ruling bloc
resumed discussion on the revision of the education law on Feb. 1
for the first time in six months, but the LDP did not come up
with a more penetrating stance, with one member remarking, "It is
good that a consensus will be reached before the end of the
current session.
The LDP has insisted that the word "patriotism" be incorporated
in its principles on education, but the New Komeito has been
reluctant to do so. Therefore, an in-depth debate has yet to be
carried out in the ruling camp. The LDP would like to submit a
bill revising the basic education law to the Diet without
irritating the New Komeito. Some party members are worried,
though, that time is running out.
(3) Editorial: Reform of TSE; Measures urged to prevent stock
market from becoming a "casino"
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Full)
February 1, 2006
Two weeks have passed since a fraudulent accounting scandal
involving Livedoor Co. shocked the nation. In response to the
news of raids on Livedoor offices made by the special
investigation unit of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors
Office, the key Nikkei Stock Average nosedived, but since then,
the market has rapidly rebounded, with the average now exceeding
the highs recorded before the Livedoor shock. However,
aftershocks from the scandal still persist in the Tokyo Stock
Exchange (TSE).
As a result of stock splits, Livedoor issued one billion shares.
In addition, its minimum trading unit is just one share, so
investors can participate in the stock market with only 100 yen
or so.
Livedoor's stock has become the target of a money game. Buy and
sell orders have poured into the Internet business operation, the
company's aim being to boost profit margins over a very short
period. In order to prevent another computer system crunch due to
such heavy transactions, the TSE now only allows investors to
trade Livedoor shares for only an hour a day.
Last year, a computer system problem forced the TSE to suspend
trading twice. Taking responsibility for the incidents, the
former president resigned, and Taizo Nishimuro now serves as
president, in addition to holding the chairmanship. Just after he
began to make efforts to improve the computer system, the
Livedoor shock took place, throwing the market into confusion
again on Jan. 18.
As part of efforts to deal with computer glitches, the TSE has
set up a new post of chief information officer (CIO). On Jan. 30,
it began to operate a new system for the settlement of trade
accounts in order to boost the capacity of its computerized
trading system to deal with 7 to 8 million transactions a day by
the end of the year.
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The boost of TSE capability is not enough, though. The number of
individual investors is increasing, and about 3 million persons
reportedly are now engaged in securities trading on the Internet.
It is also expected that an increasing number of individuals will
engage in securities trading by using a computer program designed
to judge market moves and automatically buy and sell shares. In
such a case, the volume of transactions will increase even faster
than now.
Of course, it is not correct to say that all Internet-based
investors have carried out transactions in small volumes of
shares at frequent intervals.
Although the numbers of individual investors and transactions are
significantly increasing, individuals' shareholding ratio stays
at a 20 PERCENT level - almost the same as that of 20 years ago.
In an effort to direct savings into the investment market, the
government took measures to lower commissions through intensified
competition among securities companies and also to enable
investors to buy shares even with small amounts of money due to
stock splits. In actuality, though, the shareholding ratio of
individual investors has not remarkably increased. Rather, the
stock market has been somewhat at a deadlock.
The growth of liquidity is a favorable condition to energize the
stock market. But with that aspect alone, transactions on the
Internet will inevitably become more similar to casino games in
nature.
It is necessary for the TSE to make efforts not to cause trading
rush hours, in addition to strengthening the computer system. The
Financial Services Agency is reportedly planning to set up an
expert council to work out TSE-reform plans, but it should also
look into the possibility of restricting share splits once again,
introducing a charging system in line with the volume of
transactions, and creating a system to deal with orders outside
the market.
(4) Koizumi diplomacy-light and shadow: Japan, US, China locked
with instability (Part 4): Japan lobby straying off into Africa
for UNSC seat, forestalled in its UN strategy
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full)
February 2, 2006
On Jan. 23, when Japan was in an uproar over the arrest of
Livedoor Co.'s president, the African Union (AU), consisting of
53 nations, held a summit meeting of leaders in Khartoum, the
capital of the Sudan in the northern part of Africa.
Those AU leaders met in a new building that faces the Nile. The
building, named Friendship Hall, was erected last year with
China's grant aid. It is a magnificent international conference
hall with guesthouse functions, and its electrical equipment,
such as lighting, was also installed by the hands of Chinese
engineers. In the pressroom were about 50 personal computers
presented by China. The PCs there could handle Arabic and Chinese
characters, as well as the English alphabet. There were five
reporters from Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency. They were
bustling in and out.
Pro-Japan Nigerian President Obasanjo, who presided over the AU
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from 2004, has stepped down. At the AU summit, Congo Republic
President Sassou-Nguesso was elected to fill Obasanjo's shoes in
the AU. Sudanese President Al-Bashir, whose country hosted the AU
summit, was also elected to chair the AU next year on condition
that the Sudan improves the human rights situation in Darfur in
the west of the country. All eyes in the world are on the
oppression there.
The United Nations is made up of 191 members, and nearly a third
of them are AU nations. The AU will therefore affect the fate of
UN Security Council (UNSC) reform. One Japanese ambassador posted
in Africa has paid close attention to the AU summit. "When the AU
was under Obasanjo, we could work together with the AU to reform
the UNSC," the envoy said. He added, "But we can no longer expect
to do so."
In 2004, Japan's official development assistance (ODA) to Africa
totaled approximately 75 billion yen, and China's aid amounted to
about 85 billion yen around the world. However, China employs its
own materials and workers for its ODA projects. Accordingly, the
facts about China's foreign aid do not appear in statistical
figures. China is also moving into countries that suppress human
rights or are suspected of sponsoring terrorism, while the United
States and Japan stay away from these regions. Xinhua has
branched out into a total of 17 countries in Africa. When it
comes to the Japanese media, Kyodo News has set up the largest
number of branches in Africa. However, even Kyodo has just three
branches In Africa, and the Mainichi Shimbun has two.
In his policy speech before the Diet in January last year, Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi stressed Japan's bid for a permanent
seat on the UNSC. In his parliamentary address this year,
however, he did not refer to the matter. In July last year, Japan
formed the Group of Four (G-4) with Germany, India, and Brazil.
The G-4 moved a resolution to the United Nations for UNSC seats,
but the resolution failed. Koizumi's failure to mention the
matter this year is only natural.
The Japanese government, already spending a huge amount of money
on ODA to Africa for years, expected the AU to support Japan's
position. Tokyo downplayed China's move to block Japan's UNSC
ambitions. Japan and China have now changed places with regard to
their influence in Africa. On Aug. 4 last year, the AU held an ad
hoc meeting of leaders in Ethiopia. Zimbabwe President Mugabe
suddenly pounded the table and shouted: "We should not compromise
with the G-4!" The AU leaders met to consolidate UNSC reform
resolutions separately prepared by the G-4 and the AU. "His
remark changed the tide," an AU source said. Many diplomats there
perceived that it was a "calculated performance" intended to
speak for China. Right before that, Mugabe visited China and
inked an economic cooperation document with Chinese President Hu
Jintao.
"We were taken in by China's maneuvering of the AU without any
clear-cut action in response." With this, one experienced
Japanese diplomat owned up to China's move.
Tokyo also misread Washington's bottom line. After the G-4's
proposal failed, Japan tried to look into the United States'
negative position about expanding the UNSC lineup. Japan then
presented the United States with the idea of limited UNSC
expansion and looked for a compromise with the United States. On
Jan. 31, however, US Ambassador to the United Nations Bolton
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flatly rejected the idea when he was asked by reporters in New
York about the matter. "Japan has not come up with any proposal
that can win broad agreement," he said.
In a September 2004 session of the UN General Assembly, Koizumi
stressed his desire for a UNSC seat. He now appears to be
disinterested in UNSC reform, and Foreign Ministry bureaucrats
are losing their confidence. Japan's UN diplomacy has now lost
its way and is straying off course.
(5) Iraq as viewed through the eyes of journalist Mika Yamamoto:
People crave more security and freedom, suppressing anti-US
feelings; Longer SDF mission being sought
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Pages 24, 25) (Abridged)
February 3, 2006
About three years have passed since the United States attacked
Iraq in the name of "War on Terrorism" based on the allegation
that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction. Although
a legislative election took place in December, there seems to be
no end to violent attacks by armed insurgents in Iraq. Mika
Yamamoto, 38, of Japan Press sat with the Tokyo Shimbun's Yoichi
Takenaka to discuss the latest situation in Iraq.
Yamamoto stayed in Baghdad and Samawah, where Self-Defense Force
troops are stationed, from Dec. 22 through Jan. 16. It was her
seventh trip to Iraq. The security situation has changed
drastically over the last three years since the Iraq war.
Yamamoto said:
"Security in Baghdad has significantly worsened. You can hear
explosions everyday. In our trip from the airport to the Hotel
Palestine, we avoided taking any conspicuous cars and following
US military vehicles because we didn't want to be get involved in
an explosion. We also hired guards to prevent being kidnapped. I
needed to practice maximum caution, and I didn't reveal any
information on my activities to anyone except the people
traveling with me."
The top priority for citizens in Baghdad has also changed from an
immediate withdrawal of the invading forces to improved security.
Yamamoto continued:
"I heard a lot of Baghdad citizens saying that the multinational
force should take responsibility, that their departure from the
country under the current situation would throw Iraq into greater
chaos, and that they should stay in the country until Iraq
becomes a safer country. They of course want the foreign troops
out of their country once public security returns to Iraq. Their
fear that they might become victims of a terrorist attack while
shopping, for instance, is suppressing their dislike for US
forces."
Yamamoto visited Baghdad for the first time in March 2003, just
three days before the Iraq war started. At the hotel, there was
only one menu, instead of three, and everything tasted like
ketchup. The three state-run television stations constantly aired
programs featuring Saddam Hussein's speeches and war songs, which
nobody watched them. Those days are gone.
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"Today, foreign electric appliances and foodstuffs are readily
available. People can also enjoy tasty meals at any restaurant
and watch programs on about 30 channels, such as CNN and FOX.
Some people watch Hollywood movies all night long."
During her stay in Iraq, the United Iraqi Alliance, Iraq's most
powerful Shiite Muslim alliance, won the most seats but not a
clear majority in the nation's first constitutional national
election.
Yamamoto explained the results this way:
"Many people said to me that they didn't want the Shiite alliance
to take a majority and turn Iraq into an extremely Islamic state.
There are only a few clerics who are really radical. Everybody
wants to eat good food, watch television, listen to music, and
enjoy freedom. Many people expressed their fear that a Shiite-led
government would result in alliance with Iran that would
eventually suppress their freedom."
Yamamoto has visited Samawah, where the SDF camp is located, on
four occasions, including one in December 2003. Samawah citizens
have been split on the SDF's reconstruction assistance. Visiting
the city for the fourth time, Yamamoto felt that their discontent
with Japan's assistance has grown stronger. The government has
begun making arrangements with Britain and Australia to begin
pulling out Japanese troops in March.
"People in Samawah were aware that the SDF would withdraw. Many
people indicated that the withdrawal would have no impact on
their life, while some expressed regret, saying they hoped to see
the SDF's active involvement in rebuilding and revitalizing the
city. They didn't seem to quite understand why the Japanese
troops have to pull out of Iraq in just two years."
The poor evaluation of Japan's assistance in Samawah is largely
ascribable to the SDF's inability to showcase their activities. A
series of mortar attacks and a roadside explosion that damaged an
SDF vehicle have forced Japanese troops to confine themselves in
their camp hidden from the eyes of Samawah citizens.
"I saw SDF troops providing clean water only occasionally for
security reasons. Most of the time, Iraq people carried out such
an activity, and SDF troops visited supply facilities only
sometimes to oversee restoration work. All those things can
explain why their assistance is not widely recognized in Samawah.
I was asked often, 'Where are the SDF troops?' or 'When are they
coming out of their camp?'"
The SDF's activities have bore fruits in some parts of the city.
During her latest visit to Samawah, Yamamoto took a firsthand
look at the water treatment plant SDF troops have repaired. They
have installed new water tanks and new pipes. As a result, clean
water reserves have increased by six fold.
"Water from that plant is being distributed to people in the
vicinity of Samawah with no tap water. The inner city people
would complain, 'SDF troops don't come here with water. Where are
they?' Although the city has a water system, quantity is small
and water's quality is poor. People are still in need of clean
water."
Yamamoto also interviewed locals at a site where a large power
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plant will be built with Japan's official development assistance
(ODA). But Japan's efforts are not always appropriate.
"Samawah's pattern today is that power is on for two hours and
out for five hours. The plant's director said, 'The new plant
will dispel the discontent of the households in the city.' He was
also hopeful that the new plant would create 5,000 jobs. I wonder
why Japan didn't build such a plant first?"
Yamamoto still felt that the majority of Iraqi people had
favorable feelings toward Japan. People who came in contact with
SDF troops described them as 'friendly' and 'peaceful,' according
to Yamamoto. What Japan should do for the future of Iraq?
"Iraqis know that Japan took part in the Iraq war. So Japan needs
to support Iraq's nation-building efforts in a responsible
manner. Iraqi people won't give high marks to the way Japan has
been proving assistance. Initiating projects is not enough. Iraqi
people would think Japan has used the SDF mission for keeping a
good relationship with the United States in the name of
reconstruction assistance."
Mika Yamamoto: Born in 1967 in Tsuru City, Yamanashi Prefecture;
became freelance journalist in 1996 after serving as CS reporter
after graduating from Tsuru University; covered Afghanistan
before and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US; coverage
on wartime Iraq won the Vaughan-Ueda Memorial Prize in 2003;
served as NTV newscaster from 2003 to 2004; publications include
a book Chukei Sarenakatta Bagudaddo (Baghdad That Was Not
Reported Live) published by Shogakukan.
SCHIEFFER