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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/06
INDEX:
(1) Mitarai-led Nippon Keidanren; Will change Japan by innovation
to create technology-independent country; Challenge is to root
out corporate corruption
(2) Close-up 2006 column - Japan-China and Japan-ROK foreign
ministerial talks: Strategic differences in diplomacy seen by
China's flexibility, ROK's tough stance
(3) 2006 LDP presidential race (Part 2): Intensifying
confrontation over Yasukuni Shrine issue; Emphasis on China
policy
(4) Guam relocation masterplan to be out in July or August:
Pentagon official
(5) US military housing constructed in Okinawa Prefecture for
2,936 households over past 27 years since 1979; Costs total 119.7
billion yen
(6) Editorial: in final phase of current Diet session, what
should be tackled on priority basis?
(7) Reading the times: Japan's peculiarity seen in Basic
Education Law
(8) Difficulty in creating measures to reverse declining
birthrate, with different plans presented by government panel,
LDP, New Komeito
ARTICLES:
(1) Mitarai-led Nippon Keidanren; Will change Japan by innovation
to create technology-independent country; Challenge is to root
out corporate corruption
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Excerpts)
May 25, 2006
The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) yesterday
formally launched a new leadership arrangement under Fujio
Mitarai, chairman of Canon. Hopes are being pinned on the
Mitarai, who is the first chairman elected from the information
technology and high-tech industrial sector. His selection ushers
in a new phase of leadership for Nippon Keidanren, which has
until now been centered on smokestack industries. Canon's
influence in business circles is smaller than that of Toyota
Motors, where former chairman Hiroshi Okuda hailed from. The
organization faces difficult issues, such as rooting out
corporate wrongdoings in Japan and strengthening relations with
political circles in order to have its policy lines realized.
Personnel selection
Mitarai's assumption of the chairmanship of Nippon Keidanren
reflects changes in Japan's industrial structure. Hailing from
the high-tech sector, he has made clear his intention to aim for
a technology-independent country with "Innovate Japan" as a
slogan. For the posts of vice chairmen, he picked Kunai Egashira,
chairman of Ajinomoto, which is developing genome-related
technologies, and Fumiaki Watari, chairman of Nippon Oil
Corporation, who will be responsible for the energy sector. The
TOKYO 00002913 002 OF 013
selections show that Mitarai took into account central issues
facing Japan, such as the fostering of state-of-the art
technology and securing natural resources.
Nippon Keidanren's membership is now much more diverse than
before, with such companies as Yoshimoto Co. Jp., Rakuten and
Softbank having joined. The Mitarai-led Nippon Keidanren will be
pressed to act in line with the wishes of new industries ranging
from information technology to the movie industry.
Handicap
With Toyota's total sales topping 21 trillion yen and Canon's at
approximately 3.7 trillion yen, there is a world of difference in
the sizes of the two companies. Toyota has so many affiliated
companies that it is said that most companies in the nation have
relations with it in some form or other, as one senior official
of an economic organization put it. Toyota's influence on
business circles is huge. Mitarai is handicapped in that respect.
Canon has a 20-strong team of staff members that prop up the
company's activities in business circles. However, its experience
and scale is far below Toyota's. In fact, Mitarai expects the
staff members of Nippon Keidanren to fulfill that role. It is
also unknown to what extent Canon's management method, which has
been pointed out as a one-man show, can be applied in dealing
with business circles, where coordination of views is essential.
Leadership
Former Chairman Okuda cited the challenge of curtailing corporate
wrongdoings as the most important agenda item to be turned over
to his successor. There is actually no end to the scandals with
11 companies, including nine Nippon Keidanren member companies,
recently accused of engaging in bid-rigging in the construction
of sewage-treatment plants.
Nippon Keidanren this month toughened regulations, including one
that would not allow companies that received a recommendation to
leave the organization to become a member again for two years,
and another that would not let companies expelled to reenroll for
five years. However, there has never been a case of a membership
being canceled or members being expelled.
Former Chairman Okuda established a strong personal channel to
Prime Minister Koizumi, but new Chairman Mitarai's connection
with political circles is said to be weak. Canon makes no
political contributions, because it is now subject to regulation
under the Political Funding Regulation Law since the equity of
foreign firms in the company tops 50%.
Canon intends to resume political donations once an amendment to
the law to ease the foreign capital restriction is passed.
However, Mitarai has said, "I will keep my distance from politics
to a certain extent." Another challenge he faces is how to
display his political clout as the "prime minister" in business
circles.
Interview with Mitarai; will map out my vision early next year
Prior to the plenary session of Nippon Keidanren, Chairman
Mitarai gave an interview to the Yomiuri Shimbun and other
dailies. The outline of the interview is as follows.
TOKYO 00002913 003 OF 013
-- Could you tell us your aspirations?
"My catchphrase is 'innovate Japan.' I would like to map out a
Mitarai vision in early next year in order to show a
comprehensive plan for the future of the Japanese economy."
-- What is the showcase of your vision?
"One is establishing a sustainable social security system. The
tax system issue and promoting the signing of free trade
agreements (FTA) with Asian countries could also become main
elements. Government investment in science and technology should
also be reinforced. The ratio of government investment is only
about 10%, while that of Europe and the US is 20 to 30%."
-- How are you going to constrain corporate scandals?
"As companies go global, their ethics draws criticism of the
international community. It is necessary to nurture corporate
managers with high ethical values."
-- How do you intend to establish relations with political
circles?
"I will strengthen channels wherever necessary. However, I would
like to avoid bringing myself too close to them and finding
myself unable to say what I want to say. I would like to keep
myself at arm's length with political circles to maintain a
feeling of tension to some extent."
-- What is your view on the prime minister's visits to Yasukuni
Shrine?
"It is only natural for him as a Japanese to offer his
condolences to all the victims of the war and make a no-war
pledge. However, I would like political circles to settle the
issue of who will be in charge of doing such things and in what
form. Political circles should settle this issue, based on the
wishes and thinking of all the people."
-- What is your perception of the social divide and what measures
do you intend to take to settle this issue in the future?''
'Disparities stemming from ability, capability and efforts should
be allowed, as long s a safety net for the socially weak is
established and conditions for people to living with peace of
mind in their old age are met."
(2) Close-up 2006 column - Japan-China and Japan-ROK foreign
ministerial talks: Strategic differences in diplomacy seen by
China's flexibility, ROK's tough stance
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full)
May 25, 2006
Seiji Nishioka, Beijing; Akiko Horiyama, Seoul
China and South Korea are both adamant in their opposition to
Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, but Beijing
is showing signs of wanting to improve ties with Japan, while
Seoul continues its tough stance toward Japan. The meeting
between Japanese and Chinese foreign ministers this time revealed
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a difference in strategic terms between China and South Korea in
their diplomacy toward Japan.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing highlighted his position of
emphasizing exchanges with Japan in a broad range of areas,
including economic and security affairs, even though he
criticized the Japanese leader's visits to Yasukuni Shrine as he
did before.
In the past Li, taking every occasion, severely lashed out at the
shrine visits. But during the meeting just concluded, he
underscored this position: "When China-Japan relations are in
good shape, both sides can enjoy the benefits, but if both sides
quarrel, both will be injured. The rest of Asia as well as the
world hope to see our relations improve." Li thus refrained from
criticizing shrine visits bluntly, since the Koizumi
administration will end its term in office in September.
This shift in attitude apparently follows the line seen in
President Hu Jintao's remarks to former Japanese Prime Minister
Ryutaro Hashimoto and other Japanese leaders when they visited
China in March. Hu then sought to stop the shrine visits, but at
the same time he said, "Developing bilateral ties will meet the
interests of the two countries," making clear his stance of
seeking to improve bilateral relations. China is concerned that
if the current Japan-China relations described as being chilly on
the political front but being hot on the economic front are left
unattended, economic relations with Japan would sooner or later
cool down.
Meanwhile, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon criticized
Japan yesterday, the day after the Japan-South Korea foreign
ministerial talks, in an interview with a local TV station in
Qatar. Referring to the Japan-South Korea dispute, Ban stressed
that behind it is the history issue, arguing: "The Japanese
leader has continued visiting Yasukuni Shrine despite
objections."
The interview was held apparently to listen to Ban's aspirations
about his candidacy for the post of United Nations secretary
general, and taking that occasion, Ban appealed on his country's
assertions to the international audience. The South Korean
government is likely to continue appealing on Japan's "injustice"
to overseas mass media.
Major statements on Yasukuni issue made during Japan-China and
Japan-South Korea foreign ministerial meetings
Foreign Minister Aso "Japan's position remains the same as we
have reiterated in the past. I also will make a proper decision
(about whether to visit the shrine based on my own principles and
in consideration of my public status."
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing "Visits by the Japanese
leader to Yasukuni Shrine that enshrines Class-A war criminals
hurt the sentiments of the Chinese people who were harmed
terribly in the war. The visits have been a political obstacle."
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon "I hope to see Japan
adopt the wise course of not inflicting any more burdens on Japan-
South Korea relations."
(3) 2006 LDP presidential race (Part 2): Intensifying
confrontation over Yasukuni Shrine issue; Emphasis on China
policy
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SANKEI (Page 5) (Abridged slightly)
May 25, 2006
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, 51, indicated yesterday that
he would announce his candidacy for the upcoming Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election after the mid-July
summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations. Prior to
Abe's remarks, Makoto Koga, 65, co-leader of the Niwa-Koga
faction in the LDP, explained to Yamasaki faction members his own
policy recommendation that Class-A war criminals be removed from
Yasukuni Shrine. Koga also heads the Japan Association for the
Bereaved Families of the War Dead.
Taku Yamasaki, 69, former LDP vice president, bestowed the
highest possible praise on Koga, saying, "Mr. Koga's proposal
that the Class-A war criminals be withdrawn from the shrine is
calling for a major response. I want to deepen debate on the
matter."
The two veteran politicians, however, have two different views of
the Yasukuni issue. Koga believes that Yasukuni Shrine is the
only war memorial in Japan and the prime minister should pay
respects at the shrine, while Yamasaki serves as chairman of a
nonpartisan parliamentary group to consider the creation of a
national war memorial.
Both are critical of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's China
policy. Yamasaki was the first to assert that the Yasukuni issue
would become a major campaign issue in the LDP presidential race.
Their joint move means that they are trying to put the brakes to
the moves of Abe, who supports Koizumi's visits to the Shinto
shrine.
"What does that policy proposal by the Japan Association of
Corporate Executives (Doyukai) mean?" After a meeting on May 10
of the Council on Economic and Financial Policy, Abe asked Jiro
Ushio, a council member and lifetime JACE member. Doyukai adopted
by a majority vote on May 9 a proposal that Koizumi refrain from
visiting Yasukuni Shrine. Although Ushio dismissed it in his
response, Doyukai's proposal has backed the effort to make the
Yasukuni issue into a campaign issue.
Many LDP lawmakers are critical of Koizumi's Yasukuni visits.
Lawmakers who are critical of Koizumi include such influential
lawmakers as former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, Koichi
Kato, Takeshi Noda and Masahiko Komura, who have distanced
themselves from Koizumi. Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is
one of those calling on Koizumi to be cautious in his actions.
Hidenao Nakagawa, who has close ties with Abe, does not criticize
Koizumi and Abe, but he personally favors removing the Class-A
war criminals from Yasukuni Shrine.
Meanwhile, about 130 junior and mid-level lawmakers support
Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine.
In March at the Japan National Press Club, Yamasaki called for a
resumption of meetings of the top leaders of Japan and China:
"China's military buildup is a significant issue for Japan and
the United States. The top leaders should keep communications in
order for full preparation for crisis management." Many of those
critical of Koizumi's visits to the shrine think that it is not
desirable for Japan to have a leader with views like Abe's.
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"It is now a good time to set out a comprehensive policy," said
Fukuda in a speech late last month. He stressed the need for a
new doctrine that would be an update version of the "Fukuda
Doctrine" introduced in the 1970s by the Prime Minster Takeo
Fukuda, the father of Yasuo Fukuda. He has consciously refrained
from expressing his desire for the party's presidency, but the
fact that he attempted to show his foreign policy vision has
highlighted his political identity as a rival candidate against
Abe.
Fukuda is a member of the parliamentary group studying the
creation of a national memorial. He has built up hopes among pro-
China lawmakers and the forces that have distanced themselves
from Koizumi. With his high rating in the recent opinion polls,
China policy has become the buzzword for a battle between Abe and
Fukuda.
Fukuda, who calls for improvement in Japan-China relations,
commented on the Yasukuni issue: "If you explain to the one side
(China) while giving consideration to the other side,
negotiations will not go well." He has called for the need to
build a memorial facility that would honor all war victims, not
an alternative facility for Yasukuni Shrine.
A sense of alarm has heightened among lawmakers supporting Abe
that China might interfere in the presidential election because
of the Yasukuni issue. Abe stressed at a press briefing
yesterday, "We should not allow the other country to interfere in
the election to pick Japan's prime minister."
Foreign Minister Taro Aso, 65, said, "China may think that it has
succeeded in breaking apart Japan's conservatives." Fukuda also
repeatedly said, "Whether to visit the shrine or not is a
domestic problem." Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, 61,
stated, "An ambiguous strategy is needed for the Yasukuni
argument."
Possible post-Koizumi contenders are alert to the possibility
that Yasukuni will become a major campaign issue and that will
impact on Japan's China policy after Koizumi steps down. Taro
Yayama, a political commentator, pointed out: "A country that
will benefit most by splitting Japan's public opinion in two may
interfere in the election. If such happened, it will be certain
that the country would say that we picked Japan's prime
minister."
(4) Guam relocation masterplan to be out in July or August:
Pentagon official
RYUKYU SHIMPO (Page 1) (Full)
May 24, 2006
AGANA, Guam (Reuters-Kyodo)-US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
Lawless, now visiting Guam, noted yesterday that the planned
redeployment of about 8,000 Marine Corps troops from Okinawa to
Guam is an important portion of the US military's global
transformation. The Pentagon is now making a basic plan to
construct infrastructure (in Guam for the Marine relocation) and
will present it to the Pacific Command (PACOM) in July or August.
The plan, with PACOM's approval, will be presented to the US
Congress, according to Lawless.
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Lawless also remarked that Japan has agreed to transform the
alliance with the United States. "Japan will fulfill heavier
responsibilities under the alliance," Lawless added. With this,
the Pentagon official stressed that Japan would undertake more
roles in the security area.
The US Marine Corps, in its Guam relocation, plans to move a
total of about 17,000 personnel-broken down into about 8,000
troops and about 9,000 family dependents. Their moving will be
completed by 2014. The Japanese and US governments have explained
that those Marine troops would be moved from Okinawa to Guam all
at once, not in stages, after all facilities have been completed.
According to an official of the Defense Agency, the US government
has informally explained a plan to start infrastructure
construction in Guam around the latter half of 2007.
The final report on the US military's realignment in Japan
specifies a plan to relocate the command personnel of the 3rd
Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and move the headquarters of
the 12th Marine Regiment from Camp Hansen. In addition, the final
report also specifies some other Marine relocation plans, such as
moving the headquarters of III MEF from Camp Courtney, relocating
the 3rd Marine Logistics Group from the Makiminato Service Area,
and relocating the headquarters of the 1st Marine Air Wing from
Camp Zukeran (i.e., Camp Foster). However, the United States has
yet to reveal their respective scales.
The cost of Marine relocation to Guam is reportedly estimated at
10.27 billion dollars. Japan is to pay 6.09 billion dollars or
710 billion yen for facilities and utilities, including billets,
power facilities, and waterworks.
(5) US military housing constructed in Okinawa Prefecture for
2,936 households over past 27 years since 1979; Costs total 119.7
billion yen
RYUKYU SHIMPO (Page 1) (Full)
May 24, 2006
TOKYO-The government has provided US forces in Okinawa Prefecture
with housing for a total of 2,936 households, including those at
Camp Zukeran (i.e., Camp Foster), over the past 27 years since
the government started housing construction at its expense in
1979 for US military personnel and their family dependents,
Defense Facilities Administration Agency Operation Department
Director General Kenshu Nagaoka revealed yesterday. The total
amount of housing construction costs has run up to 119.7 billion
yen, according to Nagaoka. The per-household average unit cost of
housing construction is approximately 30 million yen in the case
of a low-rise house with two stories and approximately 31 million
yen in the case of a high-rise apartment with nine stories.
Nagaoka was replying to a question asked by Keiko Itokazu, an
independent member of the House of Councillors, in a meeting of
the Financial Affairs Committee.
The average unit cost of housing construction for US forces
excludes costs for foundation work and costs for fixtures and
fittings. The per-household average size of US military housing
is 145 square meters in the case of a low-rise house and 137
square meters in the case of a high-rise apartment-respectively
with three bedrooms, Nagaoka explained.
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In the meantime, the per-household average size of local housing
in Okinawa Prefecture is 77.4 square meters as of 2003, according
to statistics compiled by the Civil Engineering and Construction
Department of Okinawa Prefecture. US military housing is nearly
twice as large as local housing. The government has pumped a huge
amount of tax money to the extent of about 120 billion yen from
its "omoiyari yosan" (literally "sympathy budget" or host nation
support). This fact is likely to become controversial again.
Asked about planned housing integration at Camp Zukeran, DFAA
Facilities Department Director General Atsushi Watanabe suggested
the necessity of reviewing the housing integration plan for Camp
Zukeran since the Japanese and US governments' recently finalized
report on their talks over the realignment of US forces in Japan
specifies their agreement to return that base in part. Watanabe
added, "The decision on this matter will come after
intergovernmental consultations between Japan and the United
States over specific matters, such as the scale of base reversion
and the relocation of US Marines from Okinawa to Guam." With
this, Watanabe implied the likelihood of reviewing the Camp
Zukeran housing integration plan.
The government will make a cabinet decision on the US force
realignment. Asked about when to do so, Defense Agency Defense
Policy Bureau Director General Kazuo Ofuru explained that the
government has been proceeding with necessary coordination and
that he therefore could not say anything definite yet. "The
government will continue making efforts so we can obtain
understanding and cooperation from the local public entities
concerned, and the government will go through necessary
procedures," Ofuru stated. He added, "We've made coordination
with Okinawa to a certain extent, but we're still coordinating
specific plans, so I can't answer."
(6) Editorial: in final phase of current Diet session, what
should be tackled on priority basis?
ASAHI (Page 3) (Slightly abridged)
May 24, 2006
The Diet has only less than one month to end its current session.
But the ruling coalition has yet to reach a conclusion on whether
or not to extend the session.
Among those calling for prolonging the session include former
Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and other lawmakers who are eager to
have a bill amending the Fundamental Law of Education passed in
the current session. Deliberations on the bill will start at the
House of Representatives' Special Committee today. In order to
enact the bill, about 40 extra days will be necessary.
In addition to the education bill, the ruling camp also plans to
submit this week a national referendum bill that governs
procedures for revising the Constitution. Unless the session is
extended for a lengthy period, it will be impossible to secure
the passage of the bill.
However, Prime Minister Koizumi said: "I have no intention of
extending the session." His true feelings might be that if an
administrative reform promotion bill and bills related to medical
system reform are endorsed, that will be enough.
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If that is the case, the current session should be adjourned as
scheduled. The bill amending the Fundamental Law of Education and
the referendum bill will affect the nation's fundamental
policies, that is, education and the Constitution. It is not
proper to present such key bills in a hasty manner and speak of
their fates while intertwining them with an extension of the Diet
session.
Behind calls for an extension of the session is a desire in the
Liberal Democratic Party to pass the education bill under the
lead of the popular Prime Minister Koizumi.
The New Komeito, which sees it necessary to offer cooperation
toward the LDP on this issue, apparently is hoping to have the
bill passed before the unified local elections and the Upper
House election next year come closer.
Regarding the education bill, 73% of respondents in an opinion
poll by the Asahi Shimbun replied: "It is better to continue
discussion," while only 12% said: "It is desirable to enact it in
the current Diet session." The poll thus showed the dominant view
is that more discussions are necessary.
A successor to Prime Minister Koizumi should include the task of
what to do with the education bill in his administration's
strategy and grapple with it in earnest. The bill should not be
hastily enacted in the final phase of the long-lasting Koizumi
administration.
There are other tasks the ruling and opposition parties should
address in the current Diet session.
In a joint statement issued when agreement was reached between
Japan and the US on US force realignment plans, the government
declared that the Japan-US alliance will "enter a new stage."
Prime Minister Koizumi is expected to reconfirm this when meeting
with President Bush during his visit to the US in late June.
Will its contents not depart from the principles of the Japan-US
Security Treaty? What about Japan's share of the cost for
relocating US military bases? The government has hardly replied
to these questions.
In the Diet session, these issues should be intensively discussed
more squarely. In the Asahi Shimbun poll, 84% said: "The
government has not yet achieved its accountability."
The Ozawa-led Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) has played up
a confrontational stance, but the opposition party must conduct
heated debate in the Diet. There are a host of themes to ask to
the government, including a resumption of US beef imports and the
quake-resistance data falsification scam.
(7) Reading the times: Japan's peculiarity seen in Basic
Education Law
By Ronald Dore, professor emeritus, School of Economics and
Political Science, University of London
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Full)
May 21, 2006
I wonder whether countries other than Japan have a law that is
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similar to the Basic Education Law.
In Britain, there are roughly two reasons why education might
become a major political issue: One is the issue that has been
fought over for over a century of how far the state should be
involved in the curriculum and management of schools established
by the Orthodox Church of England, if public funds are provided
to them as it does to public schools. The other issue is at which
age grouping by ability should be started. From the viewpoints of
equal opportunity in education and the social divide, the latter
issue, a never-ending postwar debate, has been a headache for the
government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, which has been trying to
change the education system.
In Britain, however, except for academic achievements on reading,
writing and arithmetic, the educational curriculum, including how
to teach history, has never become a political issue.
Japan has two unique points: One is the existence of the Basic
Education Law and the other is that specific points in the law
have become contentious issues between political parties. Other
countries see such a situation as intriguing.
It is relatively easy to explain the former point: Japan's prewar
education system was a means of mobilizing the nation's spirit to
support war. The Basic Education Law, therefore, was significant
in the sense that Japan declared that it would completely change
its education system under its new constitution.
The heated parliamentary debate now on the contents of the law is
probably ascribable to Japan's defeat in World War II. It is a
relic of the 40-year battle between Nikkyoso or the Japan
Teachers' Union (JTU) and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over
the historical meaning of the war. JTU was defeated in that war
many years ago. In the 1990s, the law that instructed schools to
fly the national flag and teachers and students to sing the
national anthem was a symbol of the LDP's complete victory. There
were cases school heads committing suicide in protest, but the
number of such incidents were small. Many schools went along with
the LDP's initiative.
The enemies of those who have moved to the right and now promote
a normalization of the education system are no longer academics
who have a "masochistic view of history." They are libers who are
against inserting the words "nurture patriotism" in the amended
law, citing that such a concept would restrict freedom of
thought. The LDP, which aims to create a modern image, has
avoided the word "patriotism" in its bill. Instead of using that
word, the party has defined as "loving the nation and homeland,
while respecting other countries."
The main opposition party Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan),
however, uses the definition as "nurturing an attitude which
loves the nation and respects ancestors."
It is funny that Minshuto is trying to clash with the LDP over a
definition of nationalism. But that nationalism could be
extremely narrow. For example, a book tiled "I accuse politicians
and bureaucrats "Loving China but Oppressing Japan" was published
this week.
If the purpose of amending the Basic Education Law is to teach
young generations to love the nation and homeland, respect other
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countries, and contribute to international peace and development,
the government should set good examples. For example, Japan
should propose to its neighboring countries that territorial
issues over the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands in Chinese),
Takeshima (Dokdo in Korean), and Northern Territories be brought
to the International Court of Justice. Japan like an adult should
demonstrating that action is more effective than using rhetorical
expressions, such as the ones in the bill to amend the Basic
Education Law.
(8) Difficulty in creating measures to reverse declining
birthrate, with different plans presented by government panel,
LDP, New Komeito
YOMIURI (Page 3) (Slightly abridged)
May 23, 2006
In an effort to apply the brakes to the sharply declining
birthrate, the government and the ruling coalition have decided
to come up with a set of new countermeasures by the end of this
month. But the government's expert panel, the Liberal Democratic
Party (LDP), and the New Komeito have presented their own plans
separately. It seems difficult to unify views into a single
report. The issue of how to finance countermeasures has also been
left untouched.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe indicated the difficulty of hammering
out effective measures to stop the decline in a press conference
yesterday, saying: "It is hard to map out measures that are sure
to stem the declining trend."
Four plans are now up for discussion by the government's and
ruling camp's consultative council on countermeasures for the
falling birthrate, composed of relevant cabinet ministers and
senior ruling party members. The four plans are those worked out
by the government's expert panel, the project team of
parliamentary secretaries, the LDP, and the New Komeito. The
consultative council will work out measures based on these four
plans and include them in the Basic Policy for Economic and
Fiscal Management that will be adopted in a cabinet meeting in
June. The council intends to translate the measures into action
as early as fiscal 2007.
The government's expert panel, headed by State Minister in Charge
of Measures for the Declining Birthrate Kuniko Inoguchi, focused
on households with children aged 10 or younger in working out its
plan. This idea is based on the view that "assistance to low-
income young couples is urgent," as said by a close aide to
Inoguchi. One junior LDP member also supported this view, saying:
"Financial measures are necessary for couples to be able to have
a first baby while they are young."
The government and ruling camp council are likely to expand the
child-care subsidy system, a measure proposed by the government's
expert panel, the LDP, and the New Komeito. But there are
differences in their specific contents. The expert panel proposes
that subsidies should be given to up to those in the six grade -
the same standard as that in the current system, but the New
Komeito calls for increasing the maximum eligible age to 18.
How to secure fiscal resources is also a difficult issue.
Inoguchi and others insist that spending on the elderly in the
social welfare budget should be reduced and that more money
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should be allocated to finance countermeasures to the declining
birthrate. But some in the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare
(MHLW) and the LDP are calling for caution.
MHLW Minister Kawasaki proposed squeezing out financial resources
by reviewing the nation's three main employment insurance
programs. But the proposal fizzled out as Prime Minister Koizumi
expressed a negative view about it during a meeting on May 18 of
the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. The expert panel and
the New Komeito called for establishing a child-care insurance
system to have the entire society finance child rearing.
Less costly measures, such as a review of work styles, are also
being worked out. Deliberations are also underway on measures to
upgrade the child-care leave system, arrange a smooth back-to-
work system, and to nurture supporters for child rearing.
Eriko Yamatani, a Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary and a
main member of the parliamentary secretaries' team, emphatically
said: "Reviewing work styles is essential. Companies and the
government should offer a helping hand for families."
Serious battle in government's expert panel
In the expert panel, a standoff is intensifying between State
Minister in Charge of Measures for Declining Birthrate Minister
Inoguchi and eight panel members over where emphasis should be
placed. Some experts say that Inoguchi is getting too far out in
front. Dissatisfaction at such an approach by Inoguchi might lie
behind the row in the panel. The expert panel finalized its
report on May 15.
In the process, Inoguchi reiterated the need for economic aid,
but many panel members insisted that priority should be given to
measures to improve the environment to offer economic assistance,
such as establishing a child-friendly system.
To save panel members' face, the report listed the following
measures in this order: (1) Diversified child-rearing assistance
measures for local communities and families; (2) measures related
to work styles; and (3) economic aid. But Inoguchi was calling
for allowances for children aged 0-3.
Inoguchi submitted a report titled "New Countermeasures to the
Declining Birthrate" as in a meeting on May 18 of the Council on
Economic and Fiscal Policy. The report included measures to
create a subsidy for young children and to expand public
subsidies for fertility treatment. These measures were excluded
from the panel's report submitted on May 15. In reaction, seven
of the eight panel members issued to the media a statement
noting: "The report is greatly different in content from the one
submitted on May 15."
Panel member Yoji Anda, vice chairman of the Japan Federation of
Service and Distributive Workers Unions, said: "The dominant view
in the expert panel was that economic aid would be less effective
without support for local communities or families and reviewing
work styles. We judged it necessary to reveal that our thinking
is different." In reaction, Inoguchi said: "The Council on
Economic and Fiscal Policy is an area for discussion on budget
allocations, so I presented economic aid measures," adding: "In
public surveys or town meetings, many called for economic
assistance. Panel members might have had a misunderstanding."
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