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Viewing cable 06TOKYO3791, MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES

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06TOKYO3791 2006-07-07 02:47 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tokyo
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 003791 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR, 
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM; 
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; 
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI; 
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA; 
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE; 
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION Q NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES 
- TOKYO 
 
 
LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's business daily Nihon 
Keizai gave top play to press remarks Thursday by JDA 
Vice Minister Moriya pointing to the possibility that 
North Korea would prepare to launch another Taepodong-2 
long-range missile. Yomiuri front-paged a GOJ plan to 
call on G-8 member nations to issue a chairman's 
statement condemning North Korea at their coming summit 
in St. Petersburg, Russia. 
 
1. "UNSC Resolution Alone Cannot Guarantee Japan's 
Security" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri 
editorialized (7/7): "Now is the time for the world 
community to show its intention not to overlook North 
Korea's reckless act of launching a barrage of missiles, 
including a Taepodong-2 long-range missile, in defiance 
of international calls for a suspension of launches. The 
early adoption of a resolution against the North Korean 
missile launches at the UN Security Council (UNSC) will 
only be part of a move to show such a global 
intention.... Although Japan has already proposed a 
resolution to the UNSC which includes punitive measures 
against North Korea, it will be difficult for the Council 
to adopt the resolution as is, since China and Russia, 
permanent UNSC members closely related with North Korea, 
are opposed to punitive measures against the North.... 
 
2. "North Korea would not suspend its nuclear and missile 
development programs even if the UNSC adopts a resolution 
condemning the missile launches. One problem is that 
other nations are not necessarily as concerned as Japan 
is about North Korea's missile threat, with the US, 
Japan's closest ally, having reportedly dismissed the 
North Korean missile launches as an imminent security 
threat because of the reported failed launch of a 
Taepodong-2 missile. The DPRK has already deployed Rodong 
missiles that can bring a large part of Japan within 
their range. Should the North successfully develop 
nuclear warheads, Japan could suffer direct nuclear 
missile strikes. While it is important for the UNSC to 
apply further pressure on North Korea, such a move alone 
will not able to guarantee Japan's security. It is, 
therefore, imperative for Japan to build up effective 
defense measures to cope with the North's missile threat, 
while strengthening its alliance with the US." 
 
3. "UNSC Members Should Join Hands and Send a Strong 
Message to North Korea as Soon as Possible" An editorial 
in the liberal Asahi commented (7/7): "Japan has 
submitted to UNSC member nations a resolution which 
strongly protests against North Korea's missile launches 
and calls for international punitive measures against the 
North. It is fortunate that Japan is currently a 
nonpermanent UNSC member.... Although quite a few UNSC 
member nations are expected to support the Japanese draft 
resolution, China and Russia, both permanent members, 
have shown opposition to the resolution.... The two 
nations, which had called on Pyongyang to refrain from 
firing missiles, must be well aware of the seriousness of 
the situation surrounding the North. Although it may be 
difficult for Japan to get full Chinese and Russian 
support for its resolution, Japanese diplomats should do 
their utmost to narrow differences between Japan, China 
and Russia. 
 
4. "What if the US-Japan-EU camp disagrees with the China- 
Russia group over the adoption of the Japan-initiated 
resolution? At this juncture, it is important for members 
 
TOKYO 00003791  002 OF 002 
 
 
of the international community to join together and send 
a strong message condemning the North's missile launches 
as soon as possible. The US, Japan and EU nations should 
consider revising the contents of the resolution, if 
necessary, in order to get cooperation from China and 
Russia.... The UNSC should adopt its resolution before 
the G-8 summit begins on July 15 in Russia and send its 
message through the G-8 summit to Pyongyang. First and 
foremost, it is important to seek a diplomatic settlement 
of the North Korean missile crisis and to bring the North 
back to the six-party talks." 
 
5. "China and Russia Should not Invite Misunderstanding 
from North Korea" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai 
editorialized (7/7): "China and Russia are perhaps the 
nations on which North Korea is most dependent 
after firing a barrage of missiles into the Sea of Japan. 
This is because both nations oppose the planned 
submission to the UNSC of a joint US-Japan resolution 
denouncing the North for its missile launches. It is 
likely that China and Russia's opposition will encourage 
the Pyongyang, which has clarified its plan to continue 
missile launches.... 
 
6. "The North Korean missile crisis will be a key subject 
of discussion at the G-8 summit in Russia. As things 
stand, Russia's position is isolated from those of other 
G-8 members. Should Russia and other G-8 nations fail to 
reach a consensus on the North Korean issue at the 
summit, Russia would suffer a diplomatic failure, giving 
North Korea the wrong message that the world community is 
not together on this issue.... It is indispensable to get 
cooperation from China and Russia to reach a consensus on 
the resolution at the UNSC. If the UNSC fails to adopt 
the resolution, a coalition of the willing will probably 
take punitive measures against the North. But its 
effectiveness will be limited." 
 
SCHIEFFER