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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/06
TOKYO 00003182 001.2 OF 010
Index:
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule
Al -Zaqarwi killed by US, Iraqi raid:
4) Prime Minister Koizumi welcomes Al-Zaqarwi's death as a
"step forward" in the war on terror
5) With Al-Zaqarwi dead, Tokyo expects public security to
return to Iraq, leading to conditions for GSDF withdrawal
Defense issues:
6) Ambassador Schieffer in Osaka speech stresses that
relocation of Marines on Okinawa premised on completion of
alternate facility
7) US, Japan start senior-level talks in Hawaii on 14th to
draft detailed plans implementing USFJ realignment agreement
8) Komeito shifted stance on bill raising JDA to ministry in
order to pass it this fall and not see it tangled in Upper House
election campaign next year
North Korea problem:
9) With Pyongyang admitting existence of Kim Young Nam and
inviting mother to see him, Tokyo worried the ploy may split
Japan-ROK cooperation on abductions
10) Prime Minister Koizumi stresses need for Japan-ROK
cooperation to get the abductees home from North Korea
11) Government worried North Korea will now close the books on
the abduction issue with its recognition of Kim Young Nam,
abductee from ROK
12) LDP, Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) at final stage of
drafting North Korea human rights bill but hung up over aid to
refugees from that country
13) Japan's INPEX enters final coordination tomorrow with Iran
on whether to go ahead with Azadegan oil field project
14) Prime Minister Koizumi mulling one-time only cash
compensation for emigrants to Dominican Republic
15) LDP considering introducing an environment tax in order to
meet target of Kyoto Protocol
16) Alarm spreads over falling stock market, but government
intends to hold firm to its reform policy line
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi and Tokyo Shimbun:
Akita woman admits to killing 7-year-old boy
Mainichi:
Livedoor official sent email to Murakami Fund employee that
Livedoor would be able to acquire 30% of Nippon Broadcasting
Shares
Yomiuri:
85 incidents involving passengers trapped inside Schindler-made
elevators
TOKYO 00003182 002 OF 010
Nihon Keizai:
Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry to substantially
slash NTT's fiber-optic access charges as early as 2008
Sankei:
Al-Zarqawi killed in US raid
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) Elevator accident: Pre-incident indicators were ignored
(2) Java earthquake: Japan should help support Java residents
learning from their mutual support spirit
Mainichi:
(1) Don't count on safety of elevators too much
(2) Internal affairs and communications minister's report lacks
viewpoint of users
Yomiuri:
(1) Ensuring the safety of elevators vital
(2) World Cup: Zico Japan to challenge the world
Nihon Keizai:
(1) Global downturn in stocks urges changes in the money glut
(2) Hope for historical and memorable World Cup
Sankei:
(1) Death of al-Zarqawi should be turning point to end terrorism
and conflict in Iraq
(2) Reunion of kidnapped son and his mother: Keep close watch on
North Korea's strategy of breaking Japan-South Korea cooperation
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Opening of World Cup: Let's make hearts of 30 billion
viewers one
(2) Responsibility for awarding plagiarized paintings serious
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
Prime Minister's schedule, June 8
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
June 9, 2006
10:09
Sent the Emperor and Empress off to Southeast Asia at Haneda
Airport.
11:18
Returned to official residence.
11:49
Returned to Kantei.
13:31
Met Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Futahashi.
15:33
Met President Mogae of Botswana.
TOKYO 00003182 003.2 OF 010
16:17
Met Futahashi.
17:17
Attended an Intellectual Property Rights Strategic Office
meeting.
18:24
Attended a Security Council of Japan meeting.
19:04
Met at Kantei with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Administrative
Reform Minister Chuma, Upper House Administrative Reform Special
Committee Chairman Otsuji, ruling party directors, and others.
4) A step forward: Koizumi
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 3) (Full)
June 9, 2006
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday evening welcomed the
death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's most-wanted militant.
"Iraqi people provided information in cooperation with the
extermination of terrorist networks, so it's a step forward,"
Koizumi said. He was replying to a question from reporters at his
office. Meanwhile, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda
indicated in a press conference yesterday that the government
would keep tabs on the security situation in Iraq. "We hope the
security situation in Iraq will change for the better, but it's
still unpredictable," Kaneda said.
5) Al-Zarqawi killed; Government expects restoration of public
order; Watching carefully Iraqi situation for GSDF pullout
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full)
June 9, 2006
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaida's leader in Iraq, reportedly has
been killed in a joint US-Iraqi military air strike. The Iraqi
government appointed on June 8 the interior minister in charge of
civil order and the defense minister. Given those developments,
the Japanese government now feels relieved. Officials think that
it there will now be a greater chance to restore public security,
which has been disrupted by conflict between Shiite and Sunni
Muslims.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed yesterday these moves
in Iraq, saying, "They are signs that the Iraqi people are making
efforts to rebuild their country on their own gradually."
The government has been carrying out coordination with other
countries in order for an early withdrawal of Ground Self-Defense
Force personnel stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.
If Iraq's public order improves, chances are that the
multinational force will be pulled out after the handing over of
police authority for Samawah, which is relatively safe, to the
Iraqis.
However, since it is uncertain how far public order will be
restored, the government will carefully assess each new
development. Koizumi, referring to withdrawal of GSDF troops,
just said, "I will decide comprehensively." He reiterated that he
TOKYO 00003182 004 OF 010
would respond to the matter carefully.
6) US Ambassador Thomas Schieffer stresses completion of
replacement facilities as precondition for Marine relocation
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full)
June 9, 2006
US Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer yesterday delivered a
speech in Osaka at the invitation of the Asahi Shimbun. Referring
to the realignment of US forces in Japan, he said, "US Marines
will be moved to Guam after new replacement facilities are
built." He again stressed that the completion of construction of
alternate facilities based on Japan's cooperation as a
precondition for the relocation of US Marines from Okinawa to
Guam and Futenma Air Station. He pointed out: "It is too
dangerous (from security standpoint) to move before they are
ready." He expressed hopes for an early start of construction of
the replacement facilities.
7) Senior-working-level talks to start June 14 to map out
detailed US force realignment implementation plans
SANKEI (Page 4) (Abridged slightly)
June 9, 2006
The governments of Japan and the United States have decided to
hold senior-working-level talks on a detailed implementation plan
for US force realignment starting on June 14 in Hawaii. It will
be the first senior-working-level talks since the Japan-US
Security Consultative Committee (2-plus-2) reached an agreement
on the final report on May 1. The two countries will aim to
complete the implementation of most realignment plans by 2014,
including the relocation of Futenma Air Station.
In the upcoming talks, the two countries will study establishing
a team tasked with sorting out a set of implementation procedures
and specific challenges based on the Japan-US Road Map, as
specified in the final report.
The two countries intend to produce a construction plan for
relocating Futenma Air Station to the coastline of Camp Schwab to
present it to a consultative body made up of the central
government and local communities. Officials in charge from the US
Marines and the Defense Facilities Administration Agency are
likely to play a central role in the team.
Coinciding with the senior-working-level talks, the Defense
Agency, the US Missile Defense Agency, and other offices will
also hold a conference to discuss ways to share intelligence on
missile defense to deal with ballistic missiles.
8) Defense Ministry bill to be spotlighted
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full)
June 9, 2006
The government decided in yesterday's meeting of the Security
Council to adopt bills upgrading the Defense Agency to the status
of a ministry. The bills are in a package of legislative measures
to revise the Defense Agency Establishment Law, the Self-Defense
Forces Law, and other relevant laws. The government will make a
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cabinet decision today on the legislation and will send it to the
Diet. The Defense Agency's ardent wish, time and again coming
forward but fading out over the past decade, will now be before
the Diet in its current session. However, the government and
ruling parties will carry over the legislation to the next Diet
session for continued deliberation and will leave it into the
hands of the post-Koizumi cabinet. The Diet will soon close its
current session. Even so, the government will introduce the
legislation to the Diet at the last minute. Behind the scenes,
the New Komeito, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal
Democratic Party, is worried about next year's simultaneous local
elections and House of Councillors election. So the party changed
its mind and approved the legislation.
The New Komeito held a plenary meeting of its policy board
yesterday to discuss the legislation. In the meeting, however, a
number of objections were raised.
"If the Defense Agency becomes a ministry, it might be difficult
to control the Self-Defense Forces," one said in the meeting.
Another voiced a question: "I wonder if it's possible to obtain
neighboring countries' understanding." There was also a voice
insisting on a majority decision.
In the end, the Komeito leadership managed to approve the
legislation. However, Komeito President Kanzaki released an
unusual comment about allowing the SDF to act within the bounds
of Article 9 in the Constitution of Japan, prohibiting the right
of collective self-defense, and constraining the defense budget.
This was out of consideration for deep-seated anxieties and
dissatisfaction in the party.
In 1997, a government-sponsored advisory panel on administrative
reform finalized its report of recommendations. In that final
report, the panel referred to the advisability of raising the
Defense Agency to a ministry as "an issue to be discussed in the
political arena." Since then, the Defense Agency has desired
ministry status.
Last November, the LDP set forth its intention to present the
legislation to the Diet in the current session. Kanzaki and other
Komeito executives also changed their minds to accept the idea of
giving ministry status to the Defense Agency. In the Komeito,
however, there were arguments against that idea. In January this
year, the Defense Facilities Administration Agency was found to
have been involved in a bid-rigging scandal. The party then
stopped its discussion on the matter.
In June, however, the Komeito leadership was inclined to present
the legislation. "Next year, there will be simultaneous local
elections and an upper house election," one of the party's
executive officers noted. This officer added: "In and out of our
party, there are objections to this troublesome legislation. We
can't handle it. There's no choice but to present the bills to
the Diet in the current session and fast-track the legislation in
this fall's extra session of the Diet."
Another Komeito executive was concerned about Democratic Party of
Japan (Minshuto) President Ozawa's political style. "If we scrap
the bills, the DPJ would come up with a 'National Defense
Ministry' bill, which we can never accept," the party executive
said, adding, "He would try to cause a fissure in the ruling
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bloc. We don't want to impair our coalition with the LDP."
9) Kim Young Nam to have reunion with his mother; Government on
alert against Pyongyang's intention to drive wedge between Japan
and South Korea; Tokyo still eager to join efforts with Seoul
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Excerpts)
(June 9, 2006)
North Korea's announcement to allow South Korean abductee Kim
Young Nam, who is believed to be husband of Japanese abductee
Megumi Yokota, to meet his mother Choi Gye Wol, has put the
Japanese government on high alert. Officials suspect that
Pyongyang is using this to drive a wedge between Tokyo and Seoul.
The government intends to deal with the matter in close
cooperation with South Korea.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters at his official
residence last night about the planned reunion between Kim and
his family:
"I know the family is dying to meet with him, but there are many
more abductees. (Japan and South Korea) must cooperate with each
other in order to achieve the repatriation of all abductees."
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe in a press conference also
underlined the need for the two countries to cooperate, saying:
"We would like to consult with South Korea thoroughly on various
aspects, including how the reunion will take place, while
receiving information from Seoul. It is important for Japan and
South Korea to join efforts for rescuing Mr. Kim and Ms. Megumi
Yokota."
The government has been searching for ways to cooperate with
South Korea since it was found in April that Kim and Megumi
Yokota were likely husband and wife. This can explain why Tokyo
is so concerned that the South Korean public might soften their
stance toward the North, disrupting unity between Japan and South
Korea as a result.
10) Prime Minister: Japan, ROK need to work together to bring all
abductees back to home
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full)
June 9, 2006
Prime Minister Koizumi, when asked late yesterday about an
analysis that the planned family reunion between South Korean
abductee Kim Young Nam and his family members is possibly aimed
at driving a wedge between Japan and South Korea, pointed out it
is important for Japan and South Korea to continue to work
together, noting: "Whatever happens, there are many things for
Japan and South Korea to cooperate on. There are many more
abductees, so both sides need to cooperate to bring them all back
to home."
Koizumi also commented: "Family members of abductees may wonder
what to do. I'd like to consult with them." He was replying to
questions posed by reporters at the Prime Minister's Official
Residence.
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11) Tokyo alarmed by Pyongyang's possible move to draw curtain on
abduction issue as husband of abductee Megumi is set to meet his
family
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Excerpts)
June 9, 2006
Ryuji Watanabe
The government has analyzed the planned family reunion in North
Korea between Kim Young Nam -- a South Korean abductee believed
to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota -- and his
family members as a sign that Pyongyang intends to draw the
curtain on the abduction issue. Tokyo remains firm in keeping its
previous position of resolving the issue through dialogue while
increasing pressure on North Korea.
Back in October 2002, North Korea proposed to Megumi's father,
Shigeru, and her mother, Sakie that they come to North Korea and
meet Megumi's daughter, Kim Hye Gyong. Megumi's parents declined
to visit North Korea, out of concern that if they meet Hye Gyong
in North Korea where there is no freedom, North Korea would use
the meeting with Megumi's daughter as an occasion to force the
parents to accept the death of Megumi as a fact and then to try
to draw the curtain on the abduction issue.
Kim Young Nam's mother, Choi Gye Wol, visited Japan late May and
expressed her desire to meet her son and granddaughter during a
question and answer session in the Lower House Special Committee
on the Abduction Issue that she attended as a witness. Sakie then
told Choi Gye Wol: "As long as they are in North Korea, they
definitely cannot say, 'We want to return home.' It's risky for
us to visit North Korea."
Speaking of the upcoming family reunion between Kim Young Nam and
her mother, a government official made this prediction:
"Probably, Mr. Kim will give a detailed account of his wife
Megumi's death." "The risk cannot be ruled out that his mother,
Choi Gye Wol, might not come home for a while," the official
added.
12) North Korean human rights bill: Revision talks between LDP,
Minshuto in final stretch; Fail to reach agreement on support for
North Korean defectors
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
June 9, 2006
The Liberal Democratic Party and Minshuto (Democratic Party of
Japan) held revision talks yesterday on a North Korean human
rights bill to deal with the North's violations of human rights,
such as abductions. But they failed to reach an agreement on
national assistance to North Korean defectors.
They will discuss the matter today as well. In order for the bill
to clear the Diet in the ongoing session, it has to pass through
the Lower House no later than June 13. The two parties will make
every effort to enact the bill.
The LDP and the New Komeito and Minshuto have submitted their own
draft bills to the Lower House. Yesterday's session was held
among the LDP's Ichiro Aisawa and Kazuaki Miyaji and Minshuto's
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Hiroshi Nakai, Masaharu Nakagawa, and Jin Matsubara. The LDP
formally presented revisions to the draft bill produced by the
ruling coalition.
The ruling coalition's revised plan is designed to make North
Korean defectors, in addition to abductees, subjects to Japan's
relief measures for the victims of the violations of human rights
by the North. Specifically, the revised plan includes such new
phrase, such as: "The government shall make efforts to take
appropriate measures for North Korean defectors." The revised
plan that reflects Minshuto's standpoint to some extent points to
the ruling coalition's desire for early enfacement.
While giving a positive assessment to the revised plan, Minshuto
demanded: "The expression "to make efforts" is not sufficient.
Support measures for North Korean defectors should be specified
in a more lucid way." The views of the two parties remained wide
apart.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe noted in a press conference
yesterday:
"It is significant to enact a human rights bill. It will allow
Japan to send out a message that the abduction issue must be
resolved."
13) Iranian petroleum minister: Iran to enter final-stage
negotiations with Japan on Azadegan oil-field development
possibly tomorrow
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
June 9, 2006
Norito Kudo, Teheran
Iranian Petroleum Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh said on June 7
that Iran would enter the final stage of negotiations with Japan
as early as June 10 on the development of the Azadegan oil field
located in southwestern Iran, according to the news agency
operated by the Iranian Petroleum Ministry. Inpex Corp. has been
granted concession rights for the field.
Vaziri-Hamaneh stated: "Iran will probably reach an agreement
with Japan in the final-stage negotiations on starting the
development," but he added: "If we fail to find common ground,
Iran will independently exploit the field." He thus indicated
that Iran would cancel the given concession rights should the
talks end in failure.
As the main reason for the delay in launching the Azadegan
project, Inpex Corp. has cited the landmines laid down during the
Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) that have yet to be completely removed.
But the petroleum minister indicated his willingness to try to
find a breakthrough at the upcoming negotiations.
14) Government to offer financial handout to Japanese emigrants
to Dominican Republic, following Prime Minister Koizumi's order;
Specific action will take shape in July
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full)
June 9, 2006
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The government yesterday began discussions to offer a lump-sum
payment to Japanese emigrants to the Dominican Republic,
following the recent outcome of the suit over the government
campaign for emigration there. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to study such a
payment and how much money should be offered to those emigrants.
Later in the day, Koizumi asked former Health Minister Hidehisa
Otsuji, who has handled the Dominican emigration issue, to
discuss specific steps with MOFA.
Koizumi late yesterday met with Otsuji and others at the Prime
Minister's Official Residence and revealed his intention to work
out a new set of measures by the end of July at the latest,
saying: "It's time for politicians to deal with the problem. July
29 will mark the 50th anniversary of their emigration. I hope we
can celebrate it in a pleasant way." Koizumi asked Otsuji "to act
as a coordinator with MOFA and come up with a set of relief
measures."
The Tokyo District Court in its decision made on July 7 dismissed
the plaintiffs' claim, citing the statute of limitations, but it
recognized the government's failure to fulfill its legal duty.
The lump-sum payment the government plans to offer is intended to
fulfill its moral duty.
As for how much money will be paid, a government official
indicated that the government would discuss the amount based on
the 3.1 billion yen claimed by the plaintiffs as compensation.
15) LDP research panel calls for introducing environment tax to
reach Kyoto target
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
June 9, 2006
The Liberal Democratic Party's Research Commission on the
Environment, chaired by House of Representatives member Takashi
Kosugi, submitted to Environment Minister Koike yesterday a
report of recommendations to achieve the target set in the Kyoto
Protocol for Japan's cut in greenhouse gas emissions. The report
calls for introducing an environment tax and other measures. The
Kyoto pact requires Japan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by
6% from 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. Japan's emissions of
such gases in 2004, though, were up 8% over a year earlier. The
report stresses the need to adopt a philosophy of protecting the
environment in the nation's tax system. Chairman Kosugi
commented: "We have been calling for an environment tax. But the
public and private sectors must study things more extensively and
take feasible measures; otherwise, it will be difficult for Japan
to meet the goal."
16) Government stresses determination to hold fast to reform
line, out of concern over further plunge in stock prices
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
June 9, 2006
Senior members of the government and the ruling parties
reiterated yesterday the policy maintaining the current reform
course after the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
in September. They are worried that a spread of the image of the
reform line being downplayed might bring down stock prices
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further. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues tumbled
below 15,000 yesterday.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters at his official
residence yesterday: "Although the Japanese stock market has been
affected by the US economy, the Japanese economy has been
steadily recovering." He expressed his view that the stock plunge
will be only temporarily. New Komeito President Takenori Kanzaki
also emphatically said: "Various indicators show that the
Japanese economy itself has not lost momentum."
With an eye on the September presidential race, senior LDP
members have begun to move to alter the reform course. LDP House
of Councillors' Caucus Chairman Mikio Aoki has opposed proposed
spending cuts.
LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Hidenao Nakagawa told
reporters at party headquarters: "Reform will not move backward."
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the most likely candidate to
succeed Koizumi, also said in a press conference: "If the
coalition of the LDP and the New Komeito is maintained, the
Koizumi reform line will be continued."
SCHIEFFER