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TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/02/06
INDEX:
(1) FNN poll on Koizumi cabinet, political parties, post-Koizumi
race, Yasukuni homage, North Korea's missile launches, GSDF
deployment in Iraq, US beef
(2) 2006 Defense White Paper alarmed at modernization of Chinese
military, Intention behind intelligence-gathering analyzed
(3) Tanigaki clearly would recognize use of right of collective
self-defense, premised on constitutional reform
(4) Izokukai (Bereaved Families Association) to consider propriety
of dis-enshrinement of Class-A war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine
(5) Regulatory reform proposals have few showcases: Chairman
Miyauchi suffering setback due to undue resentment from bureaucrats
(6) Bush and Koizumi -- the fate of the strengthened alliance (Part
2 -- conclusion): Enhanced bonds; Japan plays a part in US strategy
(7) Yoshinori Katori becomes ambassador to Israel
ARTICLES:
(1) FNN poll on Koizumi cabinet, political parties, post-Koizumi
race, Yasukuni homage, North Korea's missile launches, GSDF
deployment in Iraq, US beef
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full)
August 1, 2006
Questions & Answers
(Figures shown in%age, rounded off.)
Q: Do you support the Koizumi cabinet?
Yes 43.2 (42.5)
No 40.4 (40.8)
Don't know (D/K) + Can't say which (CSW) 16.4 (16.8)
Q: Which political party do you support?
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 40.3 (34.9)
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto) 19.1 (19.9)
New Komeito (NK) 4.0 (3.1)
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 2.8 (2.5)
Social Democratic Party (SDP or Shaminto) 1.7 (1.7)
People's New Party (PNP or Kokumin Shinto) 0.2 (0.2)
New Party Nippon (NPN or Shinto Nippon) 0.1 (0.1)
New Party Daichi (NPD or Shinto Daichi) 0.1 (0.0)
Other answers (O/A) 0.9 (0.8)
None 28.5 (33.6)
D/K + Can't say (C/S) 2.5 (3.5)
Q: Who do you think is most appropriate for post-Koizumi
leadership?
Taro Aso 5.6 (3.9)
Shinzo Abe 45.6 (44.4)
Sadakazu Tanigaki 9.3 (2.1)
Yasuo Fukuda 9.0 (19.1)
Taro Kono 1.3 (1.0)
TOKYO 00004343 002 OF 009
Fukushiro Nukaga 0.2 (---)
Kunio Hatoyama 1.0 (1.3)
Taku Yamasaki 0.6 (0.2)
Kaoru Yosano 0.7 (0.6)
O/A 11.2 (13.0)
D/K+C/S 15.8 (14.5)
Q: What do you think is the most important factor for post-Koizumi
leadership?
Personality 12.7
Policy 43.9
Leadership 25.7
Age, career 4.4
Looks 1.2
O/A 8.1
D/K+C/S 4.1
Q: What do you think will be the primary point at issue in the
post-Koizumi race?
Foreign policy, national security 18.8 (16.6)
Economic disparities 16.5 (14.5)
Economic policy 14.2 (13.0)
Administrative, fiscal reforms 9.9 (9.9)
Pension, other social security systems 25.0 (28.7)
Education, low birthrate 8.3 (10.5)
O/A 4.3 (3.3)
D/K+C/S 3.3 (3.6)
Q: Who do you think is appropriate for prime minister between Abe,
who is said to be the most likely post-Koizumi candidate, and DPJ
President Ichiro Ozawa?
Abe 58.1 (46.9)
Ozawa 25.7 (17.9)
D/K+CSW 16.3 (---)
Q: Do you think former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda should
have run in the LDP presidential election?
Yes 43.0
No 42.2
D/K+CSW 14.9
Q: Are you interested in the LDP presidential election?
Very interested 37.8
Somewhat interested 39.3
Not very interested 14.7
Not interested at all 6.6
D/K+C/S 1.7
Q: Do you think the next prime minister should pay homage at
Yasukuni Shrine?
Yes 22.9 (30.7)
No 57.0 (45.7)
D/K+CSW 20.2 (23.6)
Q: Do you think Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should pay homage
at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15 this year?
TOKYO 00004343 003 OF 009
Yes 26.9 (32.2)
No 55.7 (47.7)
D/K+CSW 17.5 (20.1)
Q: Would you like the so-called Yasukuni issue to become a point of
contention in electing the post-Koizumi leader?
Yes 22.7
No 60.1
D/K+CSW 17.3
Q: Do you think it better to separate the Class-A war criminals from
those enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine?
Yes 58.5
No 25.9
D/K+CSW 15.7
Q: The Japanese government decided to take economic sanctions
against North Korea over its recent firing of missiles and also
initiated the United Nations Security Council's resolution. What do
you think about these actions?
Fully appreciate 26.9
Even stricter measures should be taken 63.4
Actions are too strict 3.2
D/K+C/S 6.6
Q: The Ground Self-Defense Force has completed its
two-and-a-half-year mission in Iraq, where the GSDF assisted that
country with its reconstruction. Do you appreciate this GSDF
mission?
Yes 58.8
No 30.4
D/K+CSW 10.9
Q: The government has decided to resume US beef imports. Would you
like to eat US beef?
Yes 13.2
Wait and see for a while 23.3
No 61.3
D/K+C/S 2.3
(Note) Parentheses denote the results of the last survey conducted
July 1-2.
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted by Fuji News Network
(FNN) on July 29-30 over the telephone on a computer-aided random
digit dialing (RDD) basis. For the survey, a total of 2,000 persons
were sampled from among males and females, aged 20 and over, across
the nation.
(2) 2006 Defense White Paper alarmed at modernization of Chinese
military, Intention behind intelligence-gathering analyzed
SANKEI (Page 2) (Abridged)
August 2, 2006
The cabinet yesterday approved the 2006 Defense of Japan, which is
commonly called the defense white paper, as presented by Defense
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Agency Director-General Fukushiro Nukaga. The white paper expressed
concern over China's growing military spending and the Chinese Air
Force's intelligence-gathering activities in waters near Japan. The
paper also analyzed not only the Chinese military's capability but
also Beijing's intent behind it, describing the Chinese Navy's
vigorous activities in the East China Sea as an attempt to secure
marine interests.
The paper explained that China's defense spending has grown 13-fold
nominally over the last 18 years, projecting that it will greatly
surpass Japan's spending in 2008 on the assumption that it grows 15%
annually. The number of naval vessels has also increased from 750 to
780 and that of combat aircraft from 2,390 to 3,530. China is also
actively developing ballistic missiles, including those capable of
carrying nuclear weapons.
During his trip to the United States late last year, then Minshuto
(Democratic Party of Japan) President Seiji Maehara described
China's military buildup as a real threat. In January, the
government released a statement saying that China did not have any
intent to invade Japan.
But the white paper touched on Beijing's intent, indicating that the
Chinese Navy's objective was to acquire, maintain, and protect
oceanic interests. The paper also concluded that the Chinese Air
Force was engaged in intelligence gathering against Japan, providing
charts showing the Air Self-Defense Force's growing scrambles
against Chinese aircraft.
"North Korea is expected to further pursue long-range missiles,
including Taepodong-2 derived missiles," the paper indicated in
connection with the ballistic missiles launched by Pyongyang on July
ΒΆ5.
Regarding US military realignment, the paper carried a statement by
Nukaga, who said: "The implementation of Japan-US agreements is
necessary not only for the two counties but also for the peace and
stability of the Asia-Pacific region. We must implement them at all
cost."
(3) Tanigaki clearly would recognize use of right of collective
self-defense, premised on constitutional reform
ASAHI (Page 3) (Full)
August 2, 2006
Minister of Finance Tanigaki, who is a candidate in the upcoming
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, was asked
yesterday in the Diet by reporters about Japan's right to use
collective self-defense. He gave this reply: "We need to recognize
(the use) of the right of collective self-defense. The most orthodox
way of approaching it would be to go through the proper procedures
to amend the Constitution while building a national consensus."
Although until now, he had never clarified his view, he indicated
that he thought the use of the right of collective self-defense
should be allowed by amending the Constitution.
Tanigaki, who hails originally from the Kochikai, a conservative
mainstream faction that was cautious about amending the
Constitution, had until recently constrained his remarks about the
right of collective self-defense and amending the Constitution.
However, since he has been named as a contender in the LDP
presidential race, he has come out with a bolder stance on
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constitutional amendment, and shown a completely different side of
himself than the previous one of being pro-China and dovish --
ostensibly in order to expand support for his campaign. He seems to
be aiming at stemming the flow of support going to Chief Cabinet
Secretary Abe, who is a member of the constitutional reform group.
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A senior official in Tanigaki's faction stated: "If we don't allow
the use of the right of collective self-defense, it will be
impossible for Japan to make international contributions and the
like. It is too risky to allow the use of the right just by
reinterpreting the Constitution." He backed up Tanigaki's
statement.
(4) Izokukai (Bereaved Families Association) to consider propriety
of dis-enshrinement of Class-A war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine
MAINICHI (Top play) (Excerpt)
Evening, August 2, 2006
The Nippon Izokukai (Japan Association of Bereaved Families of the
War Dead) (chaired by Makoto Koga, former secretary general of the
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)) today decided to set up a study
group to consider the propriety of separating the souls (bunshi) of
the Class-A war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine from the war
dead. Koga will present the proposal formally this afternoon to a
meeting of vice chairmen, who are expected to accept it. Although
Yasukuni Shrine takes the position that once enshrined, souls cannot
be separated off, if the Izokukai, as the shrine's largest support
organization, starts to look into un-enshrinement, the shrine will
come under pressure to respond. However, since the Izokukai is also
a major support group of the LDP, some lawmakers are alarmed that
the issue of separating the Class-A war criminals from Yasukuni
could become a campaign issue in the LDP presidential race, and
there is a possibility of the timeframe for setting up the panel and
starting its study being put off until after the LDP election.
(5) Regulatory reform proposals have few showcases: Chairman
Miyauchi suffering setback due to undue resentment from bureaucrats
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts)
August 1, 2006
The government's Regulatory Reform and Privatization Promotion
Council (RRPPC = chaired by Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix) on
July 31 submitted to Prime Minister Koizumi a report, which will be
the last package of deregulatory proposals for the Koizumi
administration. The panel intends to speed up the reform drive by
frontloading the timeline for the submission of the report. The
panel has suffered a setback, though, because of Chairman Miyauchi's
connection with the insider-trading scandal-ridden Murakami Fund
coming under fire. Reflecting this incident, the report has few
showcases. As the panel's relationship of trust with the Prime
Minister's Official Residence (Kantei), the source of its clout, has
declined, long-standing complaints over the reforms introduced by
the panel are being voiced at the Diet and government offices of
Kasumigaseki. The situation will likely affect discussions on a
panel that will succeed the RRPPC, when the post-Koizumi
administration is launched.
The interim report submitted by the panel had attached to it 22
separate sheets carrying oppositions raised by various government
agencies. They reportedly opposed the proposals incorporated in the
report more strongly than in usual years.
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The Local Government Law sets the establishment of education board.
In an effort to reform the education board system, the panel tried
to eliminate this regulation, but in the end, gave up, aftermeeting
strong opposition from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT). The report did not include the
agricultural area, also strongly opposed, not even mentioning it in
the table of contents.
That is not all. A major miscalculation for Miyauchi was that his
deep connections with Yoshiaki Murakami, president of the Murakami
Fund, who was arrested on suspicion of violating the Securities and
Exchange Law for insider trading, was made an issue in connection
with the issue of Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui's
investment activities. This has sparked an argument blaming
regulatory reforms for being harmful.
Even so, the panel insisted on submitting a report while Koizumi is
still in office. That is why it has submitted an interim report,
instead of submitting only one report a year at year's end. It
wanted to make a public appeal during the Koizumi administration,
which backed the panel's activities, that its reform initiative has
been completed.
However, when Miyauchi tried to schedule a date to hand over the
report to Koizumi, a secretary to the prime minister on July 24
turned down the request, telling the panel's administrative office,
"Since the chairman is involved in such an incident, we cannot let
him meet with the prime minister." The panel had intended to have
the report adopted at a cabinet meeting, but such a procedure has
been postponed until year's end, when a final report is to be
submitted.
Outline of interim report
The following is the outline of the interim report adopted by the
RRPPC.
Broadcasting and communications
Of three NHK channels for satellite broadcasting waves, the use of
two channels with the exception of one reserved for the use of
eliminating bad reception should be suspended and privatized
immediately. In order to strengthen the base of the management of
commercial TV companies, a restriction on their controlling local
stations operating in different areas or controlling a key station
and a local station should be further eased.
Education
Transferring authority of municipal education boards to the chiefs
of special zones for structural reform. Launching efforts to look
into the possibility of abolishing an obligation to set up education
boards.
Child-care
Introducing a system that allows users to opt for licensed day
nurseries. Abolishing a system of allocating subsidies to day
nurseries and instead adopting a system of directly allocating
allowances to each household. Promoting efforts to correct gaps with
unlicensed facilities.
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Guest workers
Guest workers are now allowed in 27 highly specialized areas.
Foreign social workers and nursing-care workers should also be
accepted.
Financial services
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission Utilizing should
use its recommendation and prosecution functions more actively. The
surcharge system should be used more intensively.
Basic rules
Promoting the rationalization of the central government's excessive
involvement in local governments and regulations that differ
according to local governments.
(6) Bush and Koizumi -- the fate of the strengthened alliance (Part
2 -- conclusion): Enhanced bonds; Japan plays a part in US strategy
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Slightly abridged)
August 1, 2006
Yoichi Toyoda
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had long cherished the dream of
visiting Elvis Presley's Graceland. On June 30, Koizumi, along with
President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited the home in
Memphis, Tennessee. He was excited, crooning Elvis' songs in front
of Presley's ex-wife and daughter, even imitating Elvis' moves.
On the way back from Graceland aboard the presidential vehicle
headed to a luncheon site, Bush told Koizumi, who was still filled
with excitement: "How about making a stop at the National Civil
Rights Museum?"
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the US civil
rights movement, was killed at Memphis' Lorraine Motel. The motel is
now a museum.
Bush suggested a visit to the museum for two reasons.
One: a campaign strategy. By highlighting his administration's
emphasis on human rights, Bush wants to get broad support among
Blacks critical of the Republican Party and to roll back in the
mid-year election in November, in which he is at present expected to
have an uphill battle.
On June 20, Bush attended the annual meeting of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for the
first time since taking office as president in 2001. In the meeting,
referring to his recent visit to the museum with Koizumi, Bush asked
for support for the Republican Party. He said: "The Republican Party
and African-Americans have long ignored each other. I want to change
this relationship."
Two: justification of his human rights diplomacy.
Bush made a preemptive attack on Iraq to topple the Hussein regime
in March 2003, citing the need to dismantle weapons of mass
destruction, which he then thought were stored in Iraq, and liberate
the Iraqi people from dictatorship.
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Afterwards, even though a full-fledged government has since been
established in Iraq, terrorist attacks by anti-US armed militias
have continued, and the death toll of US soldiers since the war
started now tops 2,500. Bush has seen his approval ratings dive to
the 30% level.
Presumably, Bush wanted to calm down calls in the US for a pullout
from Iraq by displaying his ally, Koizumi, coming around to his
human rights-emphasized position.
The human rights diplomacy by the Bush administration is also part
of the global strategy by the neoconservatives, including Vice
President Cheney, whose goal is to proliferate so-called American
values, such as democracy, human rights, and the market economy,
backed by America's overwhelming power, including military
strength.
This strategy is reflected in the Japan-US alliance.
After the Japan-US summit in June, a statement titled "The Japan-US
Alliance of the 21st Century) was released to sum up the
Bush-Koizumi relationship. The statement says: "The two countries
stand together not only against mutual threat but also for the
advancement of core universal values such as freedom, human dignity
and human rights, democracy, market economy, and rule of law."
Those values are described in the statement as something "deeply
rooted in the long historic traditions of both countries." But
undeniably, they take their origin from the US.
Japan and the US have enhanced the alliance under the honeymoon
between Bush and Koizumi. But the more the bonds between the two
countries are strengthened, the more Japan will be forced to play a
part in America's global strategy.
(7) Yoshinori Katori becomes ambassador to Israel
SANKEI (Page 2) (Full)
August 2, 2006
The government decided yesterday in a Cabinet meeting to appoint a
number of ambassadors, including the appointment of the Foreign
Ministry's press secretary Yoshinori Katori as ambassador to Israel.
Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Shinichi Kitaoka, who had
been picked from the private sector, has stepped down from his post.
Takahiro Shinyo, previously director general of the Global Issues
Department, was picked as deputy permanent representative to the UN.
Those appointments were formally announced as of Aug. 1.
Ambassador to Brunei Itsuo Hashimoto: Left the University of Tokyo
in mid-course; joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in
1971; served as managing director of the Council of Local
Authorities for International Relations since September 2004, after
having served in such posts as consul general in Shanghai and
ambassador to Laos; age 58; Fukushima Prefecture.
Ambassador to Greece Takanori Kitamura: Left Keio University
graduate school in mid-course; entered MOFA in 1972; served as
consul general in Hong Kong since March 2004; after serving as
deputy director of the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and
Non-Proliferation of the Japan Institute for International Affairs
and other posts; age 59; Saga Prefecture.
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Ambassador to UNESCO Seiichi Kondo: Left the University of Tokyo
graduate school; entered MOFA in 1972; deputy secretary general of
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development since
August 2005; after serving as director general of the Public
Diplomacy Department; age 60; Kanagawa Prefecture.
Ambassador to UN Takahiro Shinyo: Graduated from Osaka University;
entered MOFA in 1972; served as director general of the Global
Issues Department since January 2005, after serving in such posts as
deputy director general of the European Affairs Bureau and consul
general in D|sseldorf; age 56; Kanagawa Prefecture.
Ambassador to Denmark Masaki Okada: Graduated from Kyoto University;
joined MOFA in 1973; served as director general of the Public
Diplomacy Department since August 2005, after serving in such posts
as chief of protocol and deputy director general of the Public
Diplomacy Department; age 56; Chiba Prefecture.
Ambassador to Israel Yoshinori Katori: Graduated from Hitotsubashi
University; entered MOFA in 1973; served as the ministry's press
secretary since August 2005, after serving in such posts as minister
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to South Korea, assistant vice minister, and director general of the
Consular Affairs Bureau; age 56; Tokyo.
Ambassador to Spain Motohide Yoshikawa: Graduated from International
Christian University; entered MOFA 1974; served as director general
of the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau since August 2004,
after assuming such posts as ambassador to the UN and deputy
director general of the Economic Cooperation Bureau; age 55; Nara
Prefecture.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China Shinichi
Nishimiya: Graduated from the University of Tokyo; entered MOFA in
1976; served as minister-counselor to China since August 2005, after
serving as director of the Policy Coordination Division and deputy
director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau; age 54;
Tokyo.
MOFA also named as of Aug. 1 Shigekazu Sato, previously director
general of the Economic Cooperation Bureau, as consul general in
Hong Kong, and Shinsuke Sugiyama, previously deputy director general
of the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, as acting director
general of the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau.
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