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INDEX:
(1) How to use personnel network hold the key to new LDP President
Abe's policy of attaching importance to growth; Selection of central
command drawing attention
(2) "Abe is a nationalist," says US university professor Curtis
(3) Abe considering having senior vice ministers serve also in key
LDP posts, strengthening the role of chief cabinet secretary
(4) Profile of LDP President Shinzo Abe
(5) Poll: 45 percent weigh China, South Korea
(6) Japan takes step toward becoming a "nuclear export country,"
with IAEA fuel-supply registration proposal
(7) Responsibility of Japan that supported the US; Situation in Iraq
deteriorating
ARTICLES:
(1) How to use personnel network hold the key to new LDP President
Abe's policy of attaching importance to growth; Selection of central
command drawing attention
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full)
September 21, 2006
Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, who was yesterday elected the Liberal
Democratic Party's (LDP) new president, has stressed his intention
to accelerate the Koizumi Cabinet's structural reform line, as well
as to surmount such challenges as the declining birthrate, rapid
aging of society and globalization through enhanced productivity of
the Japanese economy. Prime Minister Koizumi has promoted structural
reforms by installing private citizens into key posts, such as the
appointment of Heizo Takenaka, a former college professor, as
minister of internal affairs and communications. Abe is advocating a
policy of placing emphasis on economic growth. How he will use his
personnel network in business circles will likely hold the key to
his economic and fiscal management.
Technical innovation
The keyword in Abe's economic policy lexicon is "technological
innovation." During a press conference held after his election to
the LDP presidency, Abe indicated his intention to look into the
possibility of introducing a tax system that encourages investment
in information technology (IT) or nanotechnology areas.
Many business leaders are hailing Abe's policy of attaching
importance to economic growth. Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan
Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), plans to make an "innovate
Japan" proposal in its future initiative to be compiled possibly by
next January. His view coincides with that of Abe. Mitarai is
believed certain to be picked as a private-sector member of the
Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP).
Among Abe's personnel network in business circles is Jiro Ushio,
chairman of Ushio Electricity, who is currently serving as a
private-sector member of the CEFP. Ushio's eldest daughter is
married to the elder brother of Abe. A senior official of an
economy-related government agency noted, "Educational reform
advocated by Mr. Abe is very similar to Mr. Ushio's pet argument."
TOKYO 00005456 002 OF 011
Chances are that Ushio, who is well versed in the management and
policy of global companies, could be picked as Abe's mentor.
Abe is attending the Four Seasons Group, a study group launched in
2002 by State Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy Kaoru Yosano
and JR Tokai President Yoshiyuki Kasai, at the invitation of
Yosano.
Kasai is also a member of the Study Council on Overseas Economic
Cooperation, a private advisory organ reporting to the chief cabinet
secretary, whose members Abe picked. Kasai has thus an understanding
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with Abe. The Four Seasons Council meets four times a year even now.
The panel members have also association with Takashi Nishioka,
chairman of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Absence of advisors?
Who will serve as a central command, a role Takenaka fulfilled in
the Koizumi Cabinet, will draw attention in the later stage of
personnel selection.
Prime Minister Koizumi appointed Takenaka to head the CEFP and
pressed ahead with the reform effort to move services from
government to the private sector in cooperation with private-sector
members, including Hiroshi Okuda, then chairman of Nippon
Keidanren.
Abe has also characterized the panel as an extremely important venue
in setting basic policy for budget compilation. However, a number of
sources noted, "At present, there are no specific economic
advisors," as the same senior official at an economic ministry put
it.
Some see that economic policy proposed by Abe is no more than the
government's new economic growth strategy or basic policy guidelines
on economic and fiscal management and structural reforms, testimony
to the absence of economic advisors.
What is worthy of attention is to what extent Abe can place his
imprint on the structural reform policy promoted by Prime Minister
Koizumi and Takenaka.
It is said that the Koizumi reform initiative has created an
economic divide in society. As a main feature of his campaign
pledge, Abe advocated supporting those who failed in business with
second chances, noting, "We must not let losers remain losers."
However, some take the view that Abe's stance of constraining the
Bank of Japan's zero interest rate policy and giving priority to
economic growth is similar to that of Takenaka. The focus for the
moment is on the selection of key economic ministers, such as an
economy, trade and industry minister and a finance minister, and a
chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council.
(2) "Abe is a nationalist," says US university professor Curtis
AKAHATA (Page 2) (Full)
September 21, 2006
Gerald Curtis, a professor at Columbia University in the US whose
works include, "The rise and fall of Nagata-cho politics," yesterday
gave a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Shinzo
Abe, who has just been elected the new Liberal Democratic Party
TOKYO 00005456 003 OF 011
president.
He pointed out the danger of Abe fundamentally changing postwar
Japan's pacifist policies, noting that if a comparison is made
between Abe and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the foundation
of their support, that of Koizumi comes from his popularity with the
public, while Abe's support comes from nationalists.
Curtis said, that "there are no problems now in US-Japan relations,"
but he underscored, "The only issue for the US is Japan-China
relations." He noted, "China will try to repair relations with Japan
as soon as the Koizumi administration ends," but he cautioned that
Abe's stance of not clarifying whether he had visited Yasukuni
Shrine or not (this April) is a dangerous position to take since "it
tells China that foreign pressure (against Japan justifying its
aggressive war and that he intends to do whatever he pleases."
Curtis stressed that Abe's economic policy "have no important
content." He also criticized the education voucher system Abe
advocates: "Why is he insisting on the worst aspects of US policy
(i.e., market principles)?"
"Personally, I hope Mr. Abe will do his utmost to correct the
economic divide and maintain the universal health insurance coverage
system," he said.
(3) Abe considering having senior vice ministers serve also in key
LDP posts, strengthening the role of chief cabinet secretary
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full)
September 20, 2006
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, who is certain to become the
next prime minister, is now looking into the possibility of having
senior vice ministers and parliamentary secretaries serve also as
division chiefs (bukaichou) in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Policy Research Council as a means of running the government under
the lead of the Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei. Abe's
aim is to centralize control under the Kantei by creating a
policy-making system shared by the government and ruling coalition
parties. He wants the political administration to emerge from the
tendency of depending on the bureaucracy. Having determined that the
role of chief cabinet secretary, a key cabinet post, is vital for
allowing the Kantei to take the lead. He also is mulling the
possibility of reducing the chief cabinet secretary's administrative
work as much as possible, as well as of creating a system under
which the chief cabinet secretary will be able to concentrate on
coordination of important policy issues.
The LDP's National Vision Project Team submitted to Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi in 2002 a report proposing that senior vice
ministers and parliamentary secretaries concurrently serve in
important posts of the LDP Policy Research Council. However, the
Koizumi government failed to implement the proposal, and it has
carried it over to the next government.
In a debate in Tokyo on Sept. 15, Abe clarified that he would
appoint only those who hold basic policy stances similar to his to
serve on his cabinet and in senior vice ministerships. He said that
he would like the government and ruling camp to work as one by
having the senior vice ministers serve also as division chiefs in
the LDP Policy Research Council. Koizumi used the standoff between
the opposition and the ruling coalition as a driving force to
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implement policies. Abe is, however, trying to strengthen his power
by winning the LDP over to his side.
If a multilayered setup is formed, the role of chief cabinet
secretary, coordinator in the government, will become significant.
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The Cabinet Law stipulates that the job of chief cabinet secretary
is to plan, draft, and comprehensively coordinate basic policies on
key issues of the cabinet. Therefore, the new government seems to be
placing importance on this basic line.
The chief cabinet secretary is in charge of a wide range of
administrative duties, including awards and decorations, public
relations, the preservation of government documents, measures to
secure intelligence, disposal of abandoned chemical weapons, and
urban redevelopment. The chief cabinet secretary also has to reply
many questions at the Diet. Abe attended 77 days of the 150-day
committee sessions during last ordinary Diet session. Therefore, Abe
aims to reduce the chief cabinet secretary's administrative works.
Specifically, other cabinet ministers and five prime ministerial
assistants to be appointed would handle such duties as disposal of
abandoned chemical weapons and urban development. Another issue up
for consideration is to reduce the press conference that is now
given twice a day by having the cabinet public relations secretary
speak to the press.
(4) Profile of LDP President Shinzo Abe
MAINICHI (Page 12) (Full)
September 21, 2006
Name: Shinzo Abe
Sex: Male
Birth date: September 21, 1954
Age: 52
Address: Tomigaya, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo
Hometown: Nagato City (formally called Yuya Town), Yamaguchi
Prefecture
Academic record:
Political Science Department, Law Faculty,
Seikei University
Political party:
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Constituency: Yamaguchi No. 4 constituency
Number of times elected to the Lower House:
Five times
He is allowed to run in both the proportional representation segment
and a single-seat constituency.
The reason he decided to run in the LDP presidential election:
I pledge to do my best to take over the flame of reform, to make
Japan a country with vitality that would provide a second chance to
business failures, to make Japan a country open to the world, to
make Japan a beautiful country which our children would be proud
of.
Book: Toward a Beautiful Country
Joint works: Conservative Revolution,
Declaration
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Determination to Protect This Country
Shinzo Abe: Series of Interviews
Hobbies: Enjoy watching movies, reading books,
playing golf
Belonged to the university's archery club
Motto: Never forget the ideals with which
you started out.
(Words by Noh actor Zeami)
To live with utmost sincerity (by Confucius)
Favorite books:
Yo ni Sumu Hibi (Ryotaro Shiba)
Ryukonroku (Kaoru Furukawa)
Person he respects:
Yoshida Shoin (Edo period)
Favorite foods:
Grilled beef, Chinese noodles, watermelon
Ice cream ("PuPu" made by Napoli Ice Cream Co.)
Foods he dislikes:
Raw oysters
Drinks no alcoholic beverages
Favorite personality:
Hikaru Nishida
Song he sings at karaoke bars:
Omoide no Nagisa (by The Wild Ones)
He is 175 centimeters tall and weights 70 kilograms. His blood type
is B.
He lives with his wife Akie and his mother Yoko. He has a miniature
dachshund.
(5) Poll: 45 percent weigh China, South Korea
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Abridged)
September 17, 2006
The Japan Polling Organization conducted a face-to-face nationwide
public opinion survey on Sept. 9-10 to probe into public attitudes
on foreign relations. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will now step
down late this month, with his successor coming into office shortly
thereafter. In the survey, respondents were asked about the
post-Koizumi cabinet's diplomatic stance. In response to this
question, 45 percent said the next prime minister should prioritize
improving Japan's relations with Asia, including China and South
Korea, and 20 percent said Japan should further prioritize its
alliance with the United States. As seen from these figures, the
survey resulted in urging the next premier to reconstruct Japan's
Asia diplomacy confused with Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine.
When asked about Japan's relations with China, a total of 80 percent
gave negative impressions, broken down into 23 percent saying "bad"
and 57 percent saying "bad to a certain extent." In response to a
question asking about Japan's relations with South Korea, negative
impressions totaled 67 percent.
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Respondents were also asked if they were feeling a threat from North
Korea, which fired seven ballistic missiles in July. In response, a
total of 84 percent said "yes," broken down into 38 percent saying
"very much so" and 46 percent saying "somewhat."
When asked about Japan's future defenses, 27 percent said Japan
should further strengthen its readiness to shoot down missiles, with
26 percent saying Japan should also acquire the capability of
striking enemy bases within the scope of its self-defense rights to
be invoked. As seen from these figures, a total of 53 percent
answered that Japan should further reinforce its defensive
preparedness. Among other answers, 32 percent said Japan should
prioritize diplomatic efforts instead of building up its defenses,"
with 12 percent saying Japan may stay at the present level of
defenses.
Asked if Japan should expedite its negotiations with North Korea for
diplomatic normalization, 53 percent said "yes," with 42 percent
saying "no."
Respondents were further asked if Japan should have a permanent law
so that Japan can send Self-Defense Forces personnel overseas
whenever necessary. In response to this question, affirmative
answers totaled 46 percent, broken down into 17 percent saying "yes"
and 29 percent saying "yes to a certain degree." Negative answers
totaled 49 percent. As seen from these figures, public opinion was
split over the permanent legislation.
(Note) Figures rounded off.
Polling methodology: For the survey, a total of 3,000 persons were
sampled out of males and females aged 20 and over at 250 locations
throughout the country on a stratified two-stage random-sampling
basis, so as to epitomize the nation's voting population of more
than a 100 million. The survey was conducted over a period of two
days, Sept. 9-10, on a face-to-face interview basis. Answers were
obtained from 1,742 persons, excluding those who could not be
interviewed because of their having moved away or being on a trip,
or for other reasons. The retrieval rate was 58.1 percent. In the
breakdown of respondents, males accounted for 49.1 percent, and
females 50.9 percent.
(6) Japan takes step toward becoming a "nuclear export country,"
with IAEA fuel-supply registration proposal
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Slightly abridged)
September 20, 2006
Japan as the only nation that suffered from atomic bombings would
start exporting nuclear technology in an effort to prevent nuclear
proliferation. This "paradox" is gradually taking on a realistic
touch as Japan, a country noted for its sophisticated nuclear power
technology, has decided to fully participate in a new strategy
worked out by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to
"prevent nuclear proliferation with nuclear technology' in the face
of North Korea and Iran pushing ahead with nuclear weapons
development programs.
Concept
In the IAEA's convention in Vienna starting on Sept. 18 to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the agency's establishment State
Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy Iwao Matsuda
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read out from a draft written in English of a report on "an IAEA
fuel-supply registration system," Japan's new proposal for nuclear
nonproliferation. At that moment, Japan took a first step forward
toward becoming an exporter of nuclear fuel and nuclear-related
technology in the near future.
IAEA Director General El Baradei initially proposed a plan to place
nuclear fuel for atomic power generation under international
control. But under the current situation in which there are
countries engaged in nuclear development programs, it is impossible
to prevent a spread of technology convertible to weapons only by
inspection activities. Keeping this in mind, some countries came up
with a proposal in which nuclear technology powers would guarantee
nuclear fuel supplies to countries that give up their independent
nuclear development.
This June, the six nuclear exporting countries, including the United
States and Russia, submitted the supply-guarantee proposal. They
decided to hold a general meeting in Vienna to launch a full-scale
discussion on this plan.
Countermeasures
Japan, itself having top-level nuclear technology, blocked the
six-nation proposal, fearing that only those countries would be
allowed to export nuclear fuel.
Under the Japan-proposed IAEA fuel-supply registration system,
nuclear technology powers would register the technology they wished
to provide, and IAEA would then distribute it according to need.
IAEA member countries would be allowed to take part in the
registration system, and the way would be paved for Japan to export
nuclear fuel in the future.
Nuclear Energy Council Chairman Shunsuke Kondo plans to explain
Japan's proposal at special IAEA meeting. Prior to it, Kondo held a
press conference on Sept. 18 and said that Japan's exports of fuel
and related technology Is "conceivable as a future possibility."
"There also might be emergency supplying, besides constant exports,"
he added.
Market
Japan's concept of exporting nuclear-related technology did not
emerge suddenly. In February 2004, the Japanese Nuclear Energy
Industrial Conference (then) composed of nuclear power companies
submitted a report that called for measures to revive the nuclear
power industry, including exports. The panel also compiled a set of
guidelines on atomic power in October 2005, which noted: "An
introduction and expansion of atomic power plants by countries will
lead to easing international competition over fossil fuel and to
combating global warming. In this sense it is significant for the
technology fostered by the Japanese nuclear power industry to be
distributed to the world."
Japan's eagerness about nuclear-fuel exports reflects growing demand
of energy demand mainly in Asia. It is inevitable that more atomic
power will be needed as energy in place of oil, the price of which
has skyrocketed. In actuality, plans to construct power plans are
afoot in Indonesia and Vietnam. Japan does not want to be left
behind in the global nuclear power market.
(7) Responsibility of Japan that supported the US; Situation in Iraq
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deteriorating
ASAHI (Page 15) (Full)
September 21, 2006
The Ground Self-Defense Force has withdrawn from the southern Iraqi
city of Samawah after completing the two-and-a half years of its
mission there. Incurring no casualties in the GSDF personnel, the
Iraq mission is regarded as a success in Japan. But in Iraq, US-led
reconstruction efforts are facing difficulty and the security
situation has worsened. Japan supported America's decision to go to
war with Iraq and its Iraq policy by sending SDF troops there. But
America's Iraq policy is being criticized at home and abroad. How
Japan should make contributions must be reexamined.
By senior writer Yasunori Kawakami, Samawah
Law and order broke down, death tolls grow three-fold
"Japanese companies will come after the SDF troops." People in
Samawah still voice their hope for Japan's assistance in the wake of
the SDF withdrawal. Mayor al-Jaberi (?) of Hadar in southern Iraq
said: "Japan has recovered from WWII devastation. I am certain that
experience can be utilized in Iraq."
But in truth, the GSDF's activities were limited to small-scale
emergency support, such as repairing schools and roads and aiding
hospitals. High hopes for Japan resulted in support for the SDF.
"I am glad that the mission has been accomplished successfully
without one bullet having been fired and not one person injured,"
Prime Minister Koizumi praised the returned GSDF troops during a
flag-returning ceremony.
No GSDF personnel were injured largely because Muthannna Province,
where the GSDF troops were based, was a predominantly Shiite area
that successfully blocked entries by Sunni militants, who repeatedly
attacked US forces.
A person connected with an armed Sunni group said to me, "We don't
target at Japanese troops because they haven't hurt any Iraqis."
The logic of retribution is still alive in the Arab world. Behind
continued attacks on US forces in Iraq lies a chain of retributions
for America's war on terror causing collateral damage against
ordinary civilians.
"Noncombatant" SDF troops were protected by the pacifist
constitution banning the use of force. If they had been in battle
position, Samawah would not have been a "non-combat zone."
SDF troops were deployed to Samawah on an extension of the Japan-US
alliance. They played only a minor role in the extremely difficult
efforts to rebuild Iraq.
The SDF's flag-returning ceremony began with Prime Minister
Koizumi's speech that went: "You have accomplished the difficult
mission very well under the extremely condition where temperatures
could fluctuate between 50 degrees Celsius and below zero." There is
no other national leader who speaks of difficulties in Iraq as if
civil engineering had been conducted.
In a report presented to the Security Council on Sept. 11, UN
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Secretary General Kofi Annan said: "Iraq is one of the most violent
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conflict areas in the world. Iraqi government figures show that an
average of 100 civilians die everyday in Iraq. If current patterns
persist, the country faces the prospect of civil war."
According to Iraq Body Count, a Western civic group tallying
civilian death tolls since the opening of the Iraq war, at least
43,000 people died as of August 31. The number of deaths in the six
months since in May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared an end to
major combat operations in Iraq was about 3,200. Between February
this year and the end of August, the number increased three-fold to
9,500. Law and order have broken down.
Criticism of Bush expanding in US
In Baghdad recently, tortured bodies with bullet holes in the head
have been found daily. They show signs of "ethnic and religious
cleansing" resulting from conflicts between different groups, as
Shiite and Sunni groups. Reuters reported that 60 bodies had been
found on Sept. 13, 32 bodies on Sept. 14, 50 bodies on Sept. 15, 47
bodies on Sept. 16, 24 bodies on Sept. 17.
Upon winding up his Middle Eastern trip, Annan held a press
conference on Sept. 13 in which he said: "Most leaders I met
indicated that the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath were a total
disaster. They also think the region has become destabilized."
Speaking for Middle Eastern leaders, Annan concluded, "The United
States can neither stay in Iraq nor withdraw from there," while
criticizing America's Iraq policy.
The Bush administration is under growing criticism in the US, as
well. According to the New York Times in late August, 53 percent of
respondents in an opinion survey said the Iraq war was a mistake and
62 percent said the situation in Iraq was not good.
In a speech on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, President Bush linked
the war with the al-Qaeda terrorist network to the US military
presence in Iraq, saying, "The safety of America depends on the
outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad. If we yield Iraq to
men like bin Laden, they will gain a new safe haven. They will use
Iraq's resources to fuel their extremist movement. America will stay
in the fight."
The United States, which has toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, is
destined to fight with al-Qaeda over Iraq someday.
The Bush administration cited cooperative relations between the
Saddam regime and al-Qaeda as a reason for going to war with Iraq.
But earlier this month, the US Senate Intelligence Committee
produced a report denying cooperative ties between the two.
It was the United States itself that has invited al-Qaeda to Iraq.
That can be explained by two factors:
(1) The military presence of the United States that waged a war on
Iraq has drawn fierce fire from the Islamic world, prompting
extremists to fight a "holy war" against the United States.
(2) Because the US has destroyed the old regime without any postwar
vision, the civil administration and law and order have been thrown
into turmoil, and ethnic and religious conflicts have erupted.
Iraq looks similar to failed states, such as Afghanistan and Somalia
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that became bases of al-Qaeda in the 1990s.
Weight should be shifted to UN-led system
Before going to war with Iraq, US conservatives voiced opposition to
sending troops to Iraq, fearing a possible outcry from the Islamic
world and tremendous difficulty in postwar reconstruction efforts.
The permanent members of the UN Security also split. Of the five
permanent members, France, Russia, and China opposed the war.
Germany also objected to it.
Against all odds, Japan supported the US decision. In a press
conference to announce the government's decision to pull the SDF out
of Iraq, Prime Minister Koizumi was asked his view on the Iraq war.
In response, he said: "It is Japan's policy to cooperate with the
international community, recognizing the importance of the Japan-US
alliance. Based on that policy, Japan has extended assistance to
Iraq." The preamble to the Constitution of Japan reads: "We are
resolved that never again shall we be visited with the horrors of
war through the action of government." Iraq is experiencing the
"horrors of war." US Congress also concluded that Iraq's alleged
possession of weapons of mass destruction - another reason America
went to war with that country -- "groundless." The Iraq war clearly
lacks justification. Despite that, the Japanese government does not
seem regrettable or review its policy.
Troops of Spain and Italy that had supported the Iraq war along with
Japan came under major terrorist attacks after the war's end. People
raised questions about the significance of sending troops to Iraq
that cost the two countries heavily, and the administrations of the
two countries have been replaced through elections.
In Japan, Iraq policy did not make a campaign issue in the general
election last fall. The government and the general public's
awareness of the Iraq war has been low, given the SDF's unique
mission that did not require the Japanese troops to fire even a
single bullet.
Iraq is now at a critical conjecture, and Japan's responsibility is
being questioned. In dealing with Iraq, the Koizumi administration
put the Japan-US alliance ahead of cooperation with the United
Nations. The Iraqi situation is deadlocked due to the unilateralism
of the Bush administration. To break the impasse, there is no other
way but to shift weight back from the US-led framework to the UN-led
system in reconstructing and building peace in Iraq.
US and UK forced played central roles in coalition forces in the war
in Iraq. Postwar reconstruction projects are being criticized and
attacked as being led by US corporations. In fact, such permanent
UNSC members as China, Russia, and France have left those projects,
and Arab nations have been avoiding joining them, as well.
Even if Japan proposes strengthening the UN role, the UN would be a
target of attacks as an organ to complement the United States. That
is because Iraq would remain in chaos, as the war that was started
by the US would continue. To restore normalcy, there is no other way
but to begin bridging fissures in the international community that
resulted from the Iraq war through the United Nations.
Immediately pulling US forces out of Iraq is not a prismatic
approach to avoiding civil war and restoring law and order. It is
essential to create a new UN-led peace implementation force joined
by China, Russia, and France.
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Toward the Arab world, Japan has maintained its image as a nation
that has successfully risen from ruins after the war and as a
peaceful nation different from the US and the UK. In order to meet
Samawah citizens' expectations for continued reconstruction
assistance, Japan should search for new diplomatic bedrock centering
on the United Nations.
SCHIEFFER