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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/06
Index:
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
Prime Minister's weekend schedule: None
Opinion poll:
3) Affected by Livedoor scandal, BSE issue, Koizumi Cabinet
support rate plummets 14 points to 45% in Nikkei poll
4) Nikkei poll shows rising public support for Yasuo Fukuda as
Koizumi successor, though Shinzo Abe retains lead
5) Japan to invite Iran's foreign minister in attempt to
persuade Iran to cooperate on nuclear program issue
6) Second day of Japan-North Korea talks focused on abduction
issue for nine hours to no avail
7) Japan-South Korea talks on FTA may be put off
Foreign Minister Aso speaks:
8) Foreign Minister Aso's latest remark riles China again
9) Former foreign minister Machimura chides Aso for remark on
Emperor visiting Yasukuni Shrine
10) Government considering sending PKO mission to Congo Republic
to observe presidential election
Defense issues:
11) Nago mayor refuses to discuss Camp Schwab coastal relocation
plan for Futenma base with government
12) JDA chief Nukaga says current DFAA bid-rigging scandal means
JDA did not learn lesson from problems eight years ago
Beef issue:
13) Ban on US beef imports could remain for a long time
14) Agriculture Minister Nakagawa on Fuji TV indicates distrust
of US anti-BSE inspection system
15) Nakagawa on NHK TV says Japan may have to inspect US beef on
its own
16) Consumer groups told by senior Agriculture Ministry
officials last November that prior inspection of US beef would be
done
17) Sparks to fly between ruling and opposition camps in Diet
today over BSE, Livedoor scandal and other hot issues as budget
hearings start
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi:
DFAA-linked public corporation subcontracted research works
ordered by defense agency to private firms
Mainichi:
Livedoor window-dresses books by entering profits from sale of
own shares
Yomiuri:
TOKYO 00000622 002 OF 012
Senior DFAA officials endorse lists of potential bidders for
projects ordered by agency
Nihon Keizai:
Cellular phone service providers expect to boost capital
investment by 20% to more than 1.6 trillion yen
Sankei & Tokyo Shimbun:
Japan-North Korea talks end with no agreement, underscoring
difference in views on abduction issue
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) Widening gap in society: Let's think of it in the context of
reform
(2) GM crisis: Technical cooperation should also be taken into
consideration
Mainichi:
(1) Medical services for the elderly: Reform of health
facilities for repercussion is trend of the times
(2) Review of US Defense Department: Dialogue between Japan, US,
China indispensable
Yomiuri:
(1) DFAA should be integrated into a "defense ministry"
(2) Allegations of Iran nuclear development programs: Strengthen
international encircling net!
Nihon Keizai:
(1) Iran should take UN resolution against it seriously
(2) Questions raised over proposed establishment of third-party
organ for confirmation of building construction
Sankei:
(1) Strengthen function to check if securities transactions are
fair!
(2) Day of Northern Territories: Establish international
encircling net against Russia
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Iran should follow international opinion on issue of its
nuclear ambitions
(2) Average temperatures: Listen to weather forecast
3) OPINION
Poll: Cabinet support nosedives to 45%, nonsupport up to 43%
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 1) (Abridged)
February 6, 2006
In a public opinion survey conducted by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun
on Feb. 2-5, the Koizumi cabinet's support rate decreased 14
percentage points from the last survey in December last year to
45%. The disapproval rating rose 9 points to 43%. As seen from
these figures, the Koizumi cabinet sustained a substantial drop
in public support. This seems to have reflected a recent string
of issues and scandals, such as Livedoor Co.'s stock trading
scam, Japan's re-imposition of its once-lifted ban on US beef, a
certified architect's falsification of earthquake resistance data
TOKYO 00000622 003 OF 012
for hotels and many other buildings, and the Defense Facilities
Administration Agency's bid-rigging.
The approval rating for the Koizumi cabinet is now the lowest
since July last year when the political situation was in turmoil
over a package of postal privatization bills. It was on an upward
trend after Koizumi's dissolution of the House of Representatives
in August last year. In the latest survey, however, it plummeted.
The margin between approval and disapproval has narrowed down to
2 points from 25 points in the last survey. The support rate is
now almost back to the level before last year's lower house
election.
Among those in support of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party,
79% supported the Koizumi cabinet. However, the figure is down 9
points from the last survey. Among those having no party to
support or the so-called unaffiliated voter, the support rate for
the Koizumi cabinet plummeted from 40% to 17%.
The survey was taken by Nikkei Research Inc. over the telephone
on a random digit dialing (RDD) basis. For the survey, samples
were chosen from among males and females, aged 20 and over,
across the nation. A total of 1,533 households with one or more
voters were sampled, and answers were obtained from 925 persons
(60.3%).
4) Poll: LDP faces public backlash
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Abridged)
February 6, 2006
48% blame LDP for jumping on Horiemon's bandwagon in election
campaign
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership faced critical
voices from within the party itself after the arrest of former
Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie, known as Horiemon for
short, on suspicion of violating the Securities Exchange Law. In
a public opinion survey this time, respondents were asked if they
thought the LDP was to blame for its backing of Horie in last
year's House of Representatives election. In response to this
question, "yes" accounted for 48%, with "no" at 40%.
Post-Koizumi race: Abe slightly down to 38%, Fukuda doubles to
13%
In the latest survey, respondents were also asked who they
thought would be appropriate as Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi's successor. In this popularity polling, Chief Cabinet
Secretary Shinzo Abe marked 38%, topping all others. However,
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Abe's popularity dropped 5 percentage points from the last
survey. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda came in next,
standing at 13%. Fukuda almost doubled his score from the last
survey. Meanwhile, Japan and China have been unable to find a
clue to repairing their soured relations. Fukuda is regarded as a
pro-China politician, so he seems to be becoming an object of
public attention.
In the two previous polls, Abe was at 41% and 43%. In the latest
survey as well, Abe was found evenly popular among male and
female respondents, irrespective of age and job brackets. Fukuda
has risen in popularity among males and those in their 40-60s.
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5) Iran's nuclear development issue: Japan to invite foreign
minister to tr4y to dissuade Iran from uranium enrichment program
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
February 5, 2006
Following the adoption of the referral of Iran's nuclear issue to
the United Nations Security Council at the emergency board
meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the
government on Feb. 4 decided to invite Iranian Foreign Minister
Mottaki to come to Japan, possibly in late February, in order to
directly urge him to respond to an international call for an
early suspension of its uranium enrichment-related activities.
Iran is the supplier of 15% of Japan's crude oil imports. Japan
is also developing Iran's Azadegan oil field, one of the largest
reserves in the world. It has judged that if Iran becomes further
isolated in the international community and sanctions are imposed
on that country, Japan might suffer another oil crisis, as a
government source revealed.
Having served as ambassador to Japan, Mottaki is considered to be
pro-Japanese, so the government is now making final coordination
with Teheran aiming at holding a bilateral meeting of foreign
ministers. Foreign Minister Aso during the envisaged foreign
ministerial meeting intends to work on Mottaki to respond to a
call for another round of nuclear-issue talks with Britain,
France and Germany and cooperate with the IAEA on inspections. He
is also expected to convey that if Iran continues uranium
enrichment activities, sanctions will be imposed on it, which
will further isolate that country. Aso held a telephone dialogue
with Mottaki on Jan. 18. During the conversation, he called for
the suspension of its uranium enrichment activities, but his
efforts were not successful.
6) Japan, DPRK fail to reach agreement on abduction issue;
Negotiations likely to occur again on Feb. 8 or later
ASAHI (Page 1) (Full)
February 6, 2006
By Nanae Kurashige in Beijing
In the second day of talks yesterday at a hotel in Beijing, Japan
and North Korea discussed the abduction issue. The Japanese
negotiators called for: 1) the return of all Japanese abductees
now living in North Korea; 2) a full account of the abductions;
and 3) the handover of former North Korean agent and suspected
abductor Sin Guang Su. The North Korean negotiators argued
against Japan's DNA analysis indicating that the ashes of Megumi
Yokota provided by North Korea have been found to be someone
else's. The negotiations failed to achieve any results. Both
teams, though, agreed on the need to negotiate the abduction
issue again while they are in Beijing, so they have decided to
set a new schedule for talks.
Joining the talks were Kunio Umeda, deputy director-general of
the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and
other officials from Japan and Kim Chol Ho, deputy chief of the
North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Bureau and other officials
from North Korea. The talks lasted for nearly nine hours starting
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at 9:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m., Japan time) and closing around 9:00
p.m. (10:00 p.m., Japan time) with intermissions.
In the negotiations, Deputy Director-General Umeda re-emphasized
Japan's position that diplomatic relations would not be
normalized until the abduction issue is resolved, telling his
North Korean counterpart Kim: "Resolving the abduction issue is
extremely important to normalizing diplomatic ties."
On the other hand, Kim said after the talks: "There is still a
wide gap in views and positions on resolving the abduction
issue." "We explained our position about the DNA analysis of
Megumi Yokota's ashes," he continued, revealing he had argued
against Japan's assertion.
In the talks, Japan called on North Korea to return 11 abductees,
including Megumi Yokota and Keiko Arimoto, as quickly as possible
and provide a full account of why and how abductions were carried
out.
Japan demanded the handover of Sin and suspect Kimihiro Uomoto, a
hijacker of the JAL Yodo-go airplane. There is the testimony that
Sin was behind the abductions of Yasushi Chimura and his wife
Fukie and Megumi Yokota. Kim is also suspected of having been
involved in the abduction of Hiroshi Kume, and Suspect Uomoto is
suspected of having taking part in the abduction of Arimoto.
Japan also called for the handover of three suspects who hijacked
the Yodo-go: Takahiro Konichi, Moriaki Wakabayashi and Shiro
Akagi. In addition to them, Japan seems to have called on North
Korea to hand over suspect Sakiko Wakabayashi (maiden name
Kuroda), wife of Wakabayashi, and suspect Junko Mori, wife of the
late senior Yodo-go hijacker group member Takamaro Tamiya,
thinking they might have known about how and why Toru Ishioka and
Kaoru Matsuki went missing in Europe in 1980.
Referring to these requests from Japan after the talks, Kim said,
"We also have criminals to be handed over from Japan." But he
stopped short of naming them.
Japan demanded North Korea provide information about whereabouts
of 40 or so missing Japanese who are not on the government's list
of abductees but are strongly suspected of having been abducted.
Today, the Japanese and North Korea governments will hold talks
on diplomatic normalization, and tomorrow, they will discuss the
security issue. The abduction issue is likely to be negotiated
again on Feb. 8 or later.
7) Will Japan, ROK delay the concluding of FTA with start of US-
ROK FTA talks? Japan likely to be forced to review its FTA
strategy centering on Asia
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Excerpts)
February 6, 2006
The United States and South Korea have decided to set in motion
talks on the concluding of a free trade agreement (FTA). This
move is certain to force Japan and South Korea to further delay
the concluding of their FTA, negotiations on which have been
suspended since November 2004. The aim of the US in launching FTA
talks with a country in Northeast Asia is apparently to maintain
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its influence in the region, as well as to check China. Japan
could end up being isolated, given its chilly relations with
China and South Korea.
Japan and South Korea began FTA talks in December 2003, but they
failed to reach a general agreement at the end of 2005 as they
initially aimed at in part because of a wide gap in views over
the issue of opening the agriculture market and also because of
the strained relationship on the political front in the wake of
such events as Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni
Shrine. Now that the US and South Korea are moving to launch FTA
talks, there is a growing prospect that "South Korea will place
emphasis on talks with the US; as a result, Japan-ROK talks seem
increasingly unable to make progress," a negotiating source said.
If the US-South Korea FTA went into effect before Japan concludes
the talks on FTA with South Korea, that nation could have an
advantage over Japan, for instance, in the motor truck sector,
where the US levies a 25-percent high tariff. South Korea's major
exported goods include automobiles, home electric appliances and
electronic components like Japan's. So, there is the concern that
Japan's goods would be affected.
On the other hand, however, there is a deep-seated view that "the
impact would be limited," according to a member of the Japan
Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), basis of the view
stemming from the observation that the opening of markets, for
instance, for agriculture and services as called for by the US.,
would not make progress so easily.
With South Korea going ahead in America's trade strategy, Japan
is likely to face a strong call at home to review its FTA
strategy that has so far focused on Asia.
8) Foreign Minister Aso's latest remark riles China
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full)
February 6, 2006
Mayumi Otani, Beijing
Foreign Minister Taro Aso delivered a speech in Fukuoka on Feb.
4, in which he ascribed Taiwan's high educational level to
compulsory education implemented by Japan during its colonization
of the island. Following Aso's comment, Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Kong Quan released a statement yesterday saying, "We
were surprised and outraged at the Japanese foreign minister's
statement openly prettifying the country's military aggression in
the past."
Touching on Japan's colonial rule of Taiwan, Aso said in his
speech, "Our predecessors did the proper thing." Aso also
indicated that thanks to compulsory education implemented by
Japan during the colonization to improve literacy, Taiwan is now
a country with a very high education level.
9) Machimura criticizes Aso's Yasukuni statement
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full)
February 6, 2006
Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura criticized yesterday
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Foreign Minister Taro Aso's statement calling for a visit to
Yasukuni Shrine by the Emperor, saying, "I honestly don't think
it is appropriate to bring up the relationship with the Emperor."
Machimura made the comment on a Fuji-TV talk show yesterday.
10) Government considering sending election monitoring team to
Congo
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Full)
February 6, 2006
The government began yesterday considering sending an election
monitoring team to the Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), which
will have presidential and parliamentary elections in April,
based on the UN Peacekeeping Activities Cooperation Law. The step
is part of Japan's effort to strengthen its policy toward Africa
with a view to winning a permanent seat on the UN Security
Council.
The team, composed of about ten experts from the Foreign
Ministry, Cabinet Office, and private sector, will make the
rounds of polling stations to keep a close watch on
irregularities. Although Japan contributed 7.5 million dollars in
election assistance through the UN Development Program (UNDP)
last year, the government has acknowledged the need to make human
contributions as well. Conflict in Congo between 1997 and 2002
following the collapse of the dictatorial government under
President Mobutu claimed millions of lives. A peace agreement was
concluded in 2002. Congo will have its first democratic elections
in April.
11) Nago mayor refuses to discuss Camp Schwab plan with
government
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full)
February 5, 2006
Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto released a comment on Feb. 4 saying
that he would not discuss with the government a plan to relocate
US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station from Ginowa, Okinawa
Prefecture, to the coast of Camp Schwab in Nago in the
prefecture. The comment followed the government's negative
reaction to Nago's call for major changes to the coastal plan in
a meeting held on the morning of Feb. 4 for the government to
brief the city on flight routes of the coastal plan.
Mayor Kishimoto is scheduled to step down from the post on Feb.
ΒΆ7. His successor, Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, 59, an opponent of the
coastal plan, is expected to continue with Kishimoto's policy.
12) Lesson not utilized by JDA: Nukaga
SANKEI (Page 4) (Full)
February 6, 2006
Following are main points from Defense Agency Director General
Fukushiro Nukaga's remarks on the Defense Facilities
Administration Agency's bid-rigging scandal during his appearance
on Fuji TV's talk show, Hodo 2001, aired yesterday:
-- Why do you think the Defense Agency has been involved in such
a scandal again?
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Nukaga: Eight years ago, officials of the Central Procurement
Office (CPA) (a now-defunct external body of the Defense Agency)
were found to have been involved in a misappropriation case. At
the time, we broke up the CPA. (TN: Nukaga was a first-time
defense chief when the CPA scandal was bought to light in 1998.
He was eventually driven to resign his cabinet portfolio to take
responsibility.) The Defense Agency reformed its organization in
order to make that case a lesson. However, the lesson has not
been utilized. We should also dismantle the Defense Facilities
Administration Agency, as well, to establish checking functions
and make a fresh start. It's outrageous that public service
personnel serve the convenience of industrial circles in an aim
to protect their jobs or move into private businesses after
retirement.
-- In some cases, the estimated price for a DFAA-ordered
construction project was the same as the contract price.
Nukaga: The principle of market mechanisms didn't work. I can't
but conclude that the estimated price had been leaked or
contractors otherwise had held talks before bidding and they had
manipulated unfair bidding.
-- To prevent such irregularities, there is now an antigraft law
enacted for the prevention of collusive bidding.
Nukaga: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has
its own self-imposed rule, under which its bureaucrats are not to
get a job for five years after retirement. I will take action
while keeping this in mind. I'd like to speed up our study of a
new organization, including the option of breaking up the DFAA,
before we submit our budget estimate for fiscal 2007.
13) Mounting criticism of US beef inspection system following
USDA report could prolong Japan's ban on imports
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full)
February 4, 2006
An internal inspection report on BSE prevention measures released
by the US Department of Agriculture on Feb. 2 revealed sloppiness
in the United States' meat inspection system, resulting in a
rising chorus of criticism in the Japanese government. The
likelihood has grown that the ban on imports of US beef could
become prolonged.
According to the report, nine of the 12 meat-processing plants
inspected had no records of specified risk materials having been
removed from beef. The Japanese government is trying to confirm
if any of the nine plants processed beef for shipment to Japan. A
senior Agriculture Ministry officials indicated, "We have no
choice but to handle this even more cautiously."
Agriculture Minister Nakagawa on Feb. 3 during concentrated
deliberations on US beef at a meeting of the House of Councilors
Agriculture and Fisheries Committee stated that he had informed
the US: "Pressure for an early resumption of could be
counterproductive among Japanese consumers. There is an old
saying about haste makes waste which I think should be the common
perception of both Japan and the United States."
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A senior Foreign Ministry official took this view: "The US, too,
seems to have shifted to a policy stance of first thoroughly
carrying out an investigation of the cause (of the import
violation)."
Although the Japanese government has decided that the question of
whether to end the ban on beef imports would depend on the US
report that will include the cause and steps to improve
procedures, the US has not clearly stated when the report would
be presented. "Rather than focusing on the timing, we are waiting
for clear-cur contents in the report," Nakagawa added.
14) Agriculture Minister expresses distrust in US safety
procedures, saying: "Japan's safety criteria have not been
observed."
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full)
February 6, 2006
On a Fuji TV program yesterday, Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries Minister Nakagawa referred to an inspection report
announced by the Office of Inspector General of the US Department
of Agriculture pointing out the sloppiness of the cattle-
processing procedures being taken in US facilities and expressed
a strong sense of distrust. He said: "If the actual situation is
as noted in the report, we will have to reach the judgment that
the credibility of its procedures to remove specified risk
materials is low."
The agriculture minister added that if US facilities have taken
sloppy procedures, "it means that (Japan's) safety criteria have
not been observed." He indicated that Japan would not resume US
beef imports until the US takes measures to improve the
situation.
15) Agriculture Minister Nakagawa indicates possibility of
Japan's independent inspections as condition for resumption of US
beef imports
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full)
February 6, 2006
Appearing on three TV programs yesterday, Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa indicated the possibility
of the Japanese government making its own inspection of
authorized meat-processing facilities (in the US) as a condition
for resuming US beef imports. Nakagawa said: "Japan may have to
take its own procedures, including inspection of US facilities."
Speaking to reporters after appearing on the TV discussion
programs, Nakagawa said in reference to the outlook that the US
government would soon present Japan with a report on the issue of
a specified risk material found in a US beef shipment bound for
Japan: "I have said to US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns that
hasty action should be avoided."
Asked about the inspection report compiled by inspectors in the
US Agriculture Department that noted, "We cannot definitely say
that (meat-processing facilities) have perfectly observed Japan's
safety criteria," Nakagawa replied, "The Japanese government will
use the report as a major factor (to decide on whether to resume
US beef imports)."
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16) US beef; Senior MOFA official last November pledged prior
inspection to consumer organizations
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3 (Full)
February 4, 2006
Over the issue of resuming US beef imports, the Cabinet Office's
Food Safety Commission held an open meeting in mid-November last
year, inviting members of consumer organizations. In this
connection, it was learned on Feb. 3 that a senior official of
the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAF) during
the meeting categorically said that the ministry would conduct US
on-site inspections before resuming imports for a last-minute
check to ensure import conditions, including the removal of
specified risk materials (SRM), are observed. The opposition camp
pursued the government in Diet sessions that it had adopted at a
cabinet meeting a written reply that mentioned the need to
conduct a prior inspection, and yet it failed to do so. The
revelation this time also confirmed that the government broke the
pledge with consumers, as well.
The statement in question was made during an opinion exchange
meeting held in Sapporo on Nov. 14. The purpose of the meeting
was to hear views of consumers on the panel's recommendation
report, which noted that difference in the potential danger of
BSE contamination between US beef and domestic products would
become much smaller if US beef is imported under Japan-set
conditions, such as that SRM should be removed.
According to the panel's minutes of the meeting, a number of
participants expressed concern over whether the import conditions
would be observed without fail. In response, a MAFF councilor
explained: "We will send officials to the US in order to do once
again a last-minute check of the US export program. We will check
whether the program is being carried out as pledged."
Responding to an interview by a Kyodo News Agency reporter, this
councilor explained: "I never mentioned the words prior or ex
post facto. I did not have such an intention, either. The
operation of the program can only be checked after it has gotten
under way, cannot it?" However, a representative of a certain
consumer organization who asked a question during the meeting
pointed out: "I understood that by last-minute check, that
official meant that the Japanese side will conduct a solid check
of US facilities before imports are resumed, and in this way,
dubious products would not be shipped to Japan."
Although the government stated its intention to conduct a prior
inspection, whose major aim was to ensure that import conditions
set by Japan were observed, it failed to do so, further fueling a
backlash the Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto) and other
opposition parties.
17) Diet to start deliberations on FY2006 budget, with fierce
battle expected between ruling, opposition camps over set of four
issues -- plus alpha
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full)
February 6, 2006
The Diet will start deliberations today on the fiscal 2006 budget
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at the House of Representatives' Budget Committee. This newspaper
probes the points at issue in upcoming Diet debate, while looking
back on deliberations on the fiscal 2005 extra budget.
Livedoor scandal
Opposition parties pursued Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's
"moral responsibility" for having supported former Livedoor Corp.
President Takafumi Horie (who has been arrested on suspicion of
violating the securities law) in last year's Lower House general
election. Koizumi at first spurned the opposition's charges, but
he later reluctantly admitted that he bore a certain level of
responsibility, noting, "I am willing to take responsibility if
it is said I must do so."
The opposition intends to pursue the government's financial
policy that allowed Livedoor to engage in opaque transactions.
US beef import issue
It was learned on Jan. 30 at a Lower House Budget Committee
session that the government, ignoring a cabinet decision, decided
to resume US beef imports prior to sending inspectors to the US.
Because of inconsistent answers by Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, the session was interrupted
many times. As a result, the Japanese government was criticized
for ignoring its responsibility.
The opposition, now feeling like it is riding high, made the
government recognize its responsibility (for failing to implement
the cabinet decision) even though Koizumi said, "The
responsibility lies with the United States."
Earthquake-resistance data falsification scam
In the session, the focus was on the relationship between a
secretary to Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe and Huser Co.
SIPDIS
President Susumu Ojima. Although Abe denied the allegation that
his secretary introduced Ojima to the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure and Transport, his image of being the most
promising candidate to succeed Koizumi was damaged as the
opposition intended.
The opposition bloc is expected to pursue suspicions that Abe's
secretary and Kosuke Ito, a Liberal Democratic Party member and
SIPDIS
former National Land Agency director general acted as
intermediaries.
Bid-rigging involving DFAA
At the final stage of the debate on the FY 2005 budget, the bid-
rigging scandal involving Defense Facilities Administration
Agency (DFAA) was added to a set of three issues -- the Livedoor
scandal, the US beef import issue, and the quake-proof data
falsification scam -- making a set of four issues.
Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga announced that
his agency would dismantle the DFAA. He is desperate to put a cap
on the rumor that he would resign to take the responsibility for
the scandal. The opposition, however, is waiting to grill him on
the scandal, with Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) President
Seiji Maehara saying, "The bid-rigging scandal is indication that
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the Koizumi government has preserved the structure of stealing
the nation's tax money."
Social gap growing
Prime Minister Koizumi's reform initiative has raised a chorus of
complaints not only from the opposition but also from the ruling
camp. Takenori Kanzaki, who heads the New Komeito, the LDP's
coalition partner, commented: "The distortion of income disparity
has spread across the country."
Koizumi, however, strongly reacted, arguing:
"I don't think it is bad that income gaps are created. I would
like to create a society, which will provide people with another
chance for losers to become winners."
With the ending of the prime minister's tenure in September in
mind, the Diet has fastened on the issue of income and social
disparities as a significant theme in summing up the Koizumi
reform drive. The indications are that this issue will lead to a
national debate, surpassing the Diet debate.
SCHIEFFER