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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/06
INDEX:
(1) Poll on Koizumi cabinet, political parties, post-Koizumi
candidates, USFJ realignment, education law revision
(2) Outgoing Keidanren Chairman Okuda expresses eagerness to
restore strained Japan-China relations; Resumption of donations
likely to affect politics
(3) China may attempt to divide Japan
(4) Cabinet decision on Futenma relocation will not specify
"elimination of danger" on grounds that it was confirmed by
defense chief; Flight paths to be improved instead
(5) Yosano masterminds establishment of Council on Unified Reform
of Fiscal and Economic Systems; Panel will likely have great
impact on post-Koizumi administration; Takenaka's influence on
wane
(6) Post-Koizumi race: Researching Taro Aso (Part 4)
ARTICLES:
(1) Poll on Koizumi cabinet, political parties, post-Koizumi
candidates, USFJ realignment, education law revision
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full)
May 23, 2006
Questions & Answers
(Figures shown in percentage, rounded off. Parentheses denote the
results of the last survey conducted April 22-23.)
Q: Do you support the Koizumi cabinet?
Yes 45 (50)
No 39 (36)
Q: Which political party do you support now?
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 34 (38)
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto) 19 (17)
New Komeito (NK) 3 (3)
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 2 (2)
Social Democratic Party (SDP or Shaminto) 2 (2)
People's New Party (PNP or Kokumin Shinto) 0 (0)
New Party Nippon (NPN or Shinto Nippon) 0 (0)
Liberal League (LL or Jiyu Rengo) 0 (0)
Other political parties 1 (0)
None 37 (34)
No answer + don't know 2 (4)
Q: As likely candidates for the next prime minister after Mr.
Koizumi, there are now some names coming up, such as Mr. Taro
Aso, Mr. Shinzo Abe, Mr. Sadakazu Tanigaki, and Mr. Yasuo Fukuda.
Who do you think is appropriate for the next prime minister?
Taro Aso 3 (4)
Shinzo Abe 41 (45)
Sadakazu Tanigaki 1 (3)
Yasuo Fukuda 29 (20)
Other persons 16 (17)
TOKYO 00002836 002 OF 010
Q: What would you like the next prime minister to prioritize in
particular? (One choice only)
Improve Japan's foreign relations 14
Economic stimulus measures 21
Fiscal reconstruction 14
Low birthrate countermeasures 25
Correct economic disparities 21
Q: The Japanese and US governments have agreed on the realignment
of US forces in Japan. To what extent are you interested in the
US military's realignment? (One choice only)
Very interested 23
Somewhat interested 49
Not very interested 21
Not interested at all 5
Q: The Japanese and US governments have decided to relocate
Futenma airfield to another site in Okinawa Prefecture and
redeploy US Marine Corps troops from Okinawa to Guam in order to
alleviate Okinawa's base-hosting burden in the process of
realigning the US military presence in Japan. What do you think
about the US military's realignment this time? (One choice only)
Appreciate very much 7
Appreciate somewhat 41
Don't appreciate very much 35
Don't appreciate at all 10
Q: According to the agreement reached this time, Japan will pay
for new facilities to be built along with US military base
relocation. Japan's cost-sharing burden includes a fiscal outlay
of about 700 billion yen for infrastructure construction in Guam.
Is this cost-sharing burden convincing to you?
Yes 17
No 77
Q: Do you think the government has fulfilled its accountability
to the Japanese people for the realignment of US forces this
time?
Yes 6
No 84
Q: Do you think this US military realignment will be a plus to
Japan's national security, or do you otherwise think it will be a
minus?
Plus 39
Minus 26
Q: The government has introduced a bill to the Diet to amend the
Fundamentals of Education Law, stipulating an ideal of education.
The DPJ has also worked out its counterproposal. To what extent
are you interested in revising the education law? (One choice
only)
Very interested 33
Somewhat interested 44
Not very interested 18
TOKYO 00002836 003 OF 010
Not interested at all 4
Q: Patriotism is now a point of contention over the issue of
revising the education law. To what extent do you think you have
patriotism in you? (One choice only)
Very much 28
Somewhat 51
Not very much 14
Not at all 5
Q: Are you in favor of including the wording "love Japan and its
land" in the education law as an objective of education?
Yes 56
No 29
Q: What do you think should be done about the education law? (One
choice only)
Amend the law at the current Diet session 12
Continue discussions without taking a vote at the current Diet
session 73
No need to amend the law 9
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted May 20-21 across
the nation over the telephone on a computer-aided random digit
dialing (RDD) basis. Respondents were chosen from among the
nation's voting population on a three-stage random-sampling
basis. Valid answers were obtained from 1,813 persons (53%).
(2) Outgoing Keidanren Chairman Okuda expresses eagerness to
restore strained Japan-China relations; Resumption of donations
likely to affect politics
YOMIURI (Page 11) (Full)
May 19, 2006
Hiroshi Okuda held his last press conference as chairman of the
Japan Business Federation (Nihon Keidanren) before leaving office
at the regular general meeting on May 24. Okuda said that the
prime minister and he were "on the same wave length." However, he
expressed eagerness to repair Japan-China relations that have
been strained over the prime minister's visits to Yasukuni
Shrine. Some have labeled Okuda as a "giant among Keidanren
chairmen," but he has still left many tasks for incoming chairman
Fujio Mitarai to tackle.
"When I assumed the chairmanship, a sense of helplessness and
uncertainty loomed over the Japanese economy. Later, however,
politics and the economy were put back on the right course and
both are now in considerably good shape. I was lucky."
Summarizing seven years in office, he made the above remark at
his final press conference. He gave his own achievements a mark
of 70 or 80 out of 100 points.
Backed by the strength of Toyota Motor Corporation, from which he
hailed, Chairman Okuda has been regarded as the most influential
chief executive in Japan's business world. Business circles
always paid attention to his candid remarks.
Okuda has supported Prime Minister Koizumi's reform initiative.
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Regarding mergers and acquisition (M&A), however, he drew a clear
line with the American M&A style that lets the strong prey on the
weak and he placed importance instead on a conventional Japanese
management style. Keidanren allowed Livedoor Co. to become a
member even after the discovery of its violation of the
Securities and Exchange Law. Asked about this, Okuda admits:
"That was a mistake." Regarding recent takeover cases, including
a business tie-up between Rakuten and TBS, he criticized as
"lazy" the executives of such companies for not paying attention
to the moves of their companies' shares."
"(Japan-China relations) have been cold politically but hot
economically. It is also necessary for the business sector to
work on the political world in order to bring about a thaw in
relations with China. We in the private sector would like to do
our best to attain that end."
Many former business leaders cite as Okuda's greatest achievement
his efforts to make it easier to relay the business world's views
to the government. Regarding his ties with Prime Minister
Koizumi, Okuda said: "Since the prime minister and I are on the
same wave length regarding structural reforms, we get along well
with each other." He has never criticized the prime minister's
visits to Yasukuni Shrine, but he said that even after he steps
down, he would do his best to repair relations with China.
Keidanren resumed political donations in 2004, defining political
donations as "a part of our contribution to society." The total
amount of political donations by Keidanren member companies
increased from about 1.9 billion yen in 2003 to about 2.5 billion
yen in 2005, resulting in increasing Keidanren's influence over
politics.
"To my regret, scandals involving companies were exposed one
after another. I was unable to demonstrate leadership as
chairman."
Okuda also made the above statement. He reviewed Keidanren's
Business Behavior Chapter and set up a system to enable Keidanren
to urge problem members to leave the organization. He added: "We
were able to get many hits, but there were no home runs." On tax
reform, he succeeded in persuading the government to reduce taxes
on investments in such areas as research and development, and
information technology, but the corporate tax rate has yet to be
lowered, despite Keidanren's request. On pension reform in 2004,
Keidanren's call for holding down the insurance rate to 15% was
also unsuccessful. Senior Keidanren members were chagrined at the
result, recognizing it as "our clear defeat." The Okuda vision in
January 2003 proposed raising the consumption tax, but this
proposal has also been left unattended.
(3) China may attempt to divide Japan
SANKEI (Page 3) (Full)
May 21, 2006
China experts see changes in China's policy toward Japan. Some of
them are pointing to China's changeover to a flexible stance of
dealing with Japan, while others are noting China's switchover to
a tactic of dividing Japan, as is evident from a rush of
delegations from the government and ruling coalition this year to
visit China.
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In February, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai
visited China, where Nikai met with Premier Wen Jiabao and
Commerce Minister Bo Xilai. In March, Finance Minister Sadakazu
Tanigaki visited that country to meet with Finance Minister Jin
Renqing, and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo
Takenaka also went over to China. Meanwhile, the ruling coalition
has also sent delegates to China. In February, Hidenao Nakagawa,
chairman of the LDP's policy board, and other ruling executives
attended a meeting in Beijing of officers from the Japanese and
Chinese ruling parties. In March, seven organizations for
friendship between Japan and China sent their members to China,
including former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who presides
over the Japan Association for the Promotion of International
Trade (JAPIT), and former Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, who
chairs the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentary League.
In the meantime, there have been almost no VIP visits from China
to Japan, with the exception of Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei
and few others, ever since Vice Premier Wu Yi suddenly canceled
her meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and returned
home in May last year.
As seen from those visits, there have only been one-way
pilgrimages from Tokyo to Beijing. "China is probably thinking to
shake up the post-Koizumi candidates expected to run in this
September's LDP presidential election," one LDP lawmaker said. In
March, Wen stressed China's policy toward Japan, recounting that
China would continue a strategic dialogue with Japan, promote
private-sector exchange programs, and develop economic trade
relations. "Once the Chinese economy falls into minus growth,
they will need Japan's cooperation," a source close to Japan-
China relations said. This source added, "They have a sense of
crisis, thinking to themselves that if they only keep up
attacking the prime minister for his Yasukuni visits, they won't
be able to find a way out."
Meanwhile, China has been unilaterally exploring natural gas near
the equidistance line of Japanese and Chinese exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) waters in the East China Sea. As is well known, there
are still many difficult problems lying between Japan and China.
One of these pending issues is disposing of poison gas shells and
other chemical weapons that reportedly were left behind in China
by the Imperial Japanese Army. Another problem is China's claim
over Japan's inherent territory, the Senkaku isles. In addition,
there is the question of how to demarcate EEZ waters. China's
military spending is also unclear.
How will Japan face up to China? Japan will now have to conduct
its own strategic diplomacy.
(4) Cabinet decision on Futenma relocation will not specify
"elimination of danger" on grounds that it was confirmed by
defense chief; Flight paths to be improved instead
OKINAWA TIMES (Page 2) (Full)
May 23, 2006
TOKYO - Turning a deaf ear to Okinawa's strong call, the
government has decided not to specify the "elimination of the
danger" of Futenma Air Station in the planned cabinet decision on
the implementation of the Japan-US final report on US force
realignment, a senior Defense Agency official revealed yesterday.
The official explained that the decision was made based on the
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perception that the matter has been confirmed by an agreement
between Okinawa and the central government.
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The official played up the government's plan to reduce the risks
by such measures as making corrections in the flight paths at
Futenma Air Station until it is completely relocated to the
coastal portion of Camp Schwab in 2014.
Touching on Okinawa's strong reaction to the wording of the
cabinet decision, which has been delayed, the official noted:
"(The last ten years) has been an accumulation of such responses.
That kind of reaction from Okinawa will not result in reducing
the burden on the prefecture." The official underscored the
government's plan to advance work based on the agreement with
Okinawa.
In a regular press conference yesterday, Administrative Vice
Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya indicated that a cabinet
decision would not be made until after the 4th Pacific Islands
Summit to be held in Okinawa on May 26-27, saying: "The earlier,
the better. But given the local circumstances, we have no
deadline."
He alluded to the government's possibly making the cabinet
decision next week, noting, "We want to decide on it as soon as
possible by obtaining local understanding and cooperation."
Cabinet Office, Nago mayor agree that Defense Agency must not
race to hasty cabinet decision
NAGO -- Yoshinobu Higashi, director-general for Okinawa affairs
of the Cabinet Office, called on Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro
at his office yesterday. The two leaders shared the view that the
government should avoid a hasty cabinet decision on US force
realignment, which the Defense Agency is aiming for.
After the talks with Higashi, Shimabukuro said, "Word is out in
the Defense Agency that a cabinet decision would be made on (May)
30 or (June) 2. But we agreed with that side (Cabinet Office)
that a decision must not be made hastily." He also explained that
Higashi had not briefed him on the proposed cabinet decision in
detail.
Tokyo and Washington has agreed to build 1,800-meter runways to
relocate the heliport functions of Futenma Air Station to the
coastline of Camp Schwab. Nago in reaction demanded that the size
of the runways be reduced to 1,500 meters. Okinawa Vice Governor
Hirotaka Makino also conveyed his opposition to the two-runway
plan to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masahiro Futahashi. Many
Okinawa residents are opposed to the cabinet making a decision on
the assumption that the prefecture will approve it.
Shimabukuro commented about proposed economic packages: "We will
discuss the matter thoroughly with the central government."
(5) Yosano masterminds establishment of Council on Unified Reform
of Fiscal and Economic Systems; Panel will likely have great
impact on post-Koizumi administration; Takenaka's influence on
wane
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Excerpts)
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May 23, 2006
The Council on Unified Reform of Fiscal and Economic Systems
(CURFES) of the government and ruling parties yesterday held its
first meeting. It is a supreme decision-making panel launched by
State Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hajime Yosano. The
Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, the central command for
the Koizumi reform initiative, will also be integrated into this
panel. Yosano has relegated a major task of cutting government
spending to Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Policy Research
Council Chairman Hidenao Nakagawa, with whom he had once engaged
in a fierce tax hike argument. In the meantime, he has asked
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nakagawa to draft
an outline of an economic growth strategy, in which Nakagawa had
dug in his heels. Yosano has thus created a new role-sharing
system, diminishing the presence of Internal Affairs and
Communications Minister Takenaka.
Close-up 2006
Many members of the government and the ruling parties are
surprised to see key officials replaced in only a couple of
months. They attribute it to Takenaka rapidly losing power and
Yosano expanding his role in policy discussions in the
administration.
Fierce debates between Yosano and Sadakazu Tanigaki on one hand
and Nakagawa and Takenaka on the other have continued since last
year over such issues as raising the consumption tax or an
economic growth rate to be targeted.
On May 11, Yosano and Nikai visited Nakagawa at the LDP
headquarters and signed an agreement document delegating Nikai to
finalize an outline of an economic growth strategy. Discussing
economic growth strategy is one of the areas for which the CURFES
is responsible. The launching of the panel stems from this
concept, following a successful effort by Yosano. Behind such a
shrewd effort is his desire to leave Takenaka out and to bring
Nikai into the fold.
On the other hand, Nakagawa, who regards himself as the guardian
of Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, a frontrunner in the race
to elect a successor to Koizumi, wants to obtain prospects for
fiscal reform by using the CURFES. Though he is lined up with
Yosano, gaps in views on such issues as hiking the consumption
tax still remain between the two. During the first meeting on the
22nd, Nakagawa did not forget to make it clear that the
government should fully discuss the issue with the party. Their
relations are like those of enemies who were placed by fate in
the same boat.
The next administration will have to come up with a policy of
succeeding, developing and correcting Koizumi's reform line when
compiling the fiscal 2007 budget, while making efforts to
reconstruct the foreign policy line from October through
December. Due to the limited time available, whatever conclusion
the panel reaches on package reform of expenditures and revenues
will likely be respected as is. Discussions by the panel will set
a direction for economic policy and budget compilation by the
next administration. The development of discussions by the panel
and the fate of leadership could set the political agenda for the
post-Koizumi administration.
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(6) Post-Koizumi race: Researching Taro Aso (Part 4)
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
May 20, 2006
Taro Aso started playing golf after becoming a politician. In
defiance of his father, Aso had been determined never to play
golf. But he changed his mind on the advice of Susumu Nikai, a
veteran politician from the Kyushu region, where Aso also comes
from. Nikai told Aso that politicians should either play mahjong
or golf. Aso is now a player with a single-digit handicap.
Failure of business
He has a sense of pragmatism that was cultivated from his
experience of being a businessman. He failed a foray into the
food services industry and a venture into ore mining overseas. He
once said that those who listened to other persons' advice should
be suitable for a company president's post
During the 2001 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential
campaign, in which he competed with Junichiro Koizumi and Shizuka
Kamei, Aso stressed the importance of concentrating funding in
public works projects such as the construction of a Tokyo outer
ring road underground, the laying of fiber-optic cables, and
improvement in international airports. Drawing a line with
Koizumi, Aso stated in the campaign, "It is necessary to prepare
anesthetics to ease the pain caused by reforms. Economic recovery
is needed for fiscal reform." He went along with Koizumi's reform
drive only after Koizumi won big in the presidential race, though
he has raised opposing views from time to time.
Regarding the widening social disparity issue, a possible major
campaign issue in the September LDP presidential election, Aso
said, "People feel a social divide when reforms are carried out
rapidly. But I don't think the social gap has widened." He has
criticized the idea of placing priority on fiscal reconstruction
by an early consumption tax hike, saying, "Reform may change
things for the worse. Consideration should be given to regional
areas." He is now consciously playing up differences between his
reform policy and Koizumi's.
He has made controversial remarks, such as his claim that the
Korean people were willing to change their Korean names to
Japanese ones; that Taiwan is a country; and that China's
military power is a "threat" to Japan. One of his aides said, "He
has little conception about watching what he says."
Aso has the image of being a hawk politically, but he basically
is able accept the reality. He wrote this in a local newspaper
about the Japan-US alliance, "Even children have a wisdom that it
is good to get along with a strong person if you have a dangerous
person around you." He said, "It's wrong to call Japan's defeat
in the war as the end of the war. He also clearly stated: "The
Self-Defense Forces are a military." This kind of his thinking is
similar to that of Koizumi, who has brought "common sense" to the
security argument.
Refrains voluntarily from visiting Yasukuni Shrine
The major issue is whether he will visit Yasukuni Shrine (if he
becomes prime minister). Aso first visited the Shinto shrine at
the age of 11 on April 28, 1952, when the San Francisco Treaty
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came into effect, along with his grandfather, then Prime Minister
Shigeru Yoshida. He never forgets his grandfather who always
bowed his head at the shrine. His grandfather told him, "Today is
the day when Japan becomes independent."
Aso continues to support Koizumi's shrine visits, saying, "Other
countries should not interfere in the prime minister's visits to
the shrine." There are differences in specifics between Aso and
Shinzo Abe, but the public sees them as alike.
Aso has visited Yasukuni Shrine every year since he became a
politician, but he stopped visiting there after assuming the
foreign minister's post. He explained: "I must give preference to
national interests over personal beliefs. It is problem to
entrust to one religion the important task of honoring the
spirits of the nation's war dead." He indicated in his remarks
that he might continue to refrain from visiting the shrine. He
also indicated that he was looking into making Yasukuni Shrine a
secular organization or having Class-A war criminals removed from
the shrine where they are enshrined.
However, Aso's strategy of playing up his differences with Abe is
now a double-edged sword since forces opposing Abe have turned to
supporting Yasuo Fukuda. Aso is now looking for ways to play up
his own political identity in between Abe and Fukuda.
Asia diplomacy
Improvement in the transparency of China's military power is
important, and Japan welcomes China's constructive involvement in
East Asia. The US military's deterrence power will be maintained
and strategic ties with India and Australia will be strengthened.
Regarding the North Korea issue, Japan, the United States, and
South Korea will make efforts in unison. (Speech delivered in May
in Washington)
Yasukuni Shrine issue
We should think of a system under which the war dead would
appreciate our visits to the shrine. It is a significant problem
that (Class-A war criminals) who were not killed in the war are
enshrined. (Speech in May in Tokyo)
Social divide
Those who live in regional areas feel more a sense of remoteness
than those living in urban areas. Consideration should be given
to local areas. I wonder why everybody thinks all of Japan should
be like Tokyo. (interview in May by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
Consumption tax hike
I am not a fundamentalist when it comes to fiscal reconstruction.
When the economy is rising, what should be avoided is doing
something that will nip recovery in the bud. The targeted
consumption rate should be 10%. (Interview in January by the
Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
Constitutional reform
The Constitution should be amended. It was established under the
US Occupation. Japan and the international situation have greatly
changed since then. Since environmental issues have now come up,
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I think Article 9 is not the only one that should be amended.
(Press conference in January)
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