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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/06
INDEX:
(1) Three new LDP executives all close to Abe: Hidenao Nakagawa will
continue the Koizumi reforms; Niwa is a veteran politician; Shoichi
Nakagawa represents generational change
(2) Interview with Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai:
Overcome "reform fatigue"
(3) Nuclear fuel supply security initiative: "Nuclear haves" aiming
for monopoly; Japan determined to counter with its own plan
(4) Old friends, supporters talk of LDP President Abe: He speaks
fast when he talks with friends; Dedicated person; Takes good care
of others like older brother
(5) Betrayal by a foreign "correspondent" In Japan
(6) Study of Shinzo Abe: Inherits grandfather's genes regarding view
of Japan-US alliance
(7) Privatization of postal services: Shadow of foreign pressure -
US keeping sharp watch on new postal insurance products
ARTICLES:
(1) Three new LDP executives all close to Abe: Hidenao Nakagawa will
continue the Koizumi reforms; Niwa is a veteran politician; Shoichi
Nakagawa represents generational change
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Excerpts)
Evening, September 25, 2006
The newly appointed top three Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
executives, who will back up the Abe administration, form a lineup
of individuals known for their being close to LDP President Abe.
Policy Research Council Chairman Hidenao Nakagawa, who will shift
over to be the party secretary general, has been carrying the flag
of structural reform in the Koizumi government, created the trend
that tilted the party toward supporting Abe as its favorite
candidate and is known as Abe's guardian or protector. Minister of
Agriculture Shoichi Nakagawa also has many similarities to Abe in
his political activities. The talented trio will make the case to
domestic and foreign audiences that reform will continue under the
Abe administration, and back up Abe's pet policy lines of
educational reform and constitutional revision.
Hidenao Nakagawa has been an advocate of budget reduction in the
Koizumi administration, and played a role of consolidating views in
the party on such. In the budget compilation for next fiscal year, a
time when party policy cliques and government office will be calling
for increased expenditures, the presence of Nakagawa as the
secretary general will act as a constraint on extra spending. Being
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53 years old, he will likely work closely with Shoichi Nakagawa to
take the lead in policy debates in the run up to the Upper House
election next summer.
Shoichi Nakagawa is positioned in the party like Abe as part of the
hawkish group. He is with Abe in lockstep on such issues as the
textbooks and abductions of Japanese by North Korea. Abe has deep
trust in him. He takes a consistently hard-line stance in China
diplomacy, starting with the gas development issue in the E. China
Sea. Being about the same age as Abe, he, too, can appeal to the
public on the generational change front. The same context accounts
for the appointment of Nobuteru Ishihara as acting secretary
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general.
Veteran politician Yuya Niwa was appointed General Council chairman.
His appointment has a strong aspect of being a reward for
distinguished service, but there also is an aspect of his
appointment being a conciliatory move toward the party. Niwa during
the campaign announced that his faction would fully support Abe.
Compared to the Tsushima faction, which split in the Upper House,
the Niwa-Koga faction almost completely united for Abe, and was
highly praised for it. Niwa is seen as a veteran in the party, and
his appointment shows the balance that Abe tried to achieve in
giving consideration to age, maturity, and youth.
(2) Interview with Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai:
Overcome "reform fatigue"
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 3) (Full)
September 22, 2006
Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation and Canon
Chairman, responded to an interview with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on
the evening of Sept. 20.
-- What do you expect from the new Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
President Abe?
The Koizumi administration broke up the bureaucracy-led regulated
economy that was even called "modified capitalism" in the postwar
period, and it created an environment for the private sector to be
able to present ideas and take an active role. This can be cited as
one of its achievements. I expect Abe add a freshness to the Koizumi
reforms as he works to speed up the process.
There are so many difficult challenges to clear before Japan can
turn into a bright and shining country again in the era of expanding
globalization. I expect Abe to manage his administration on a
stable, long-term basis. There is no leeway for Japan to continue to
engage in political battles.
-- In the LDP presidential election campaign, the atmosphere of
"reform fatigue" was pointed out, with the issue of income disparity
focused on.
The grip on reform should not be relaxed now. It has not been
declared yet that deflation has been completely overcome. In
addition, not every company has improved its business results. The
government should not say it is tired but should instead continue to
push ahead with reform.
In the market economy, it is natural for those who compete fairly to
attain wealth. Such a result provides incentives to other
individuals. Certainly, there are income discrepancies between the
center and local areas. These gaps must be rectified. I place great
expectations on Mr. Abe's proposal for introducing a regional bloc
system (Doshusei).
-- Abe has insisted: "There will be no fiscal reconstruction without
economic growth." What measures do you think the government should
take to attain sustainable economic growth?
Innovation serves as an engine to pull along the nation's economy. I
would like to see the government play a role that the private sector
cannot play, like promoting basic research or large-scale projects.
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The government should also continue to offer tax incentives for
companies to invest more in research and development. It is also
important to take into consideration the dynamism of the Asian
economy, so I hope the new government will accelerate the speed of
concluding free trade agreements with Asian countries.
Educational reform is also essential. The recent trend of students
staying away from science and technology is serious. I hope that
universities and graduate schools will set up courses to train
engineers. To prevent society from degenerating, it might also be
necessary to review the educational curriculums at elementary
schools and junior high schools to foster a sense of public morality
among students.
-- What do you think about a hike in the consumption tax?
Even if the 2011 basic fiscal balance is brought to the plus column
through spending cuts and a natural increase in tax revenues, the
nation will continue to be saddled with debts that account for
150-160 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). To maintain
Japanese firms' competitive in the international market, it is vital
to review the tax-revenue structure that greatly relies on such
direct taxes as the corporation tax.
Expenditures for social security have been on the increase. Even in
view of this fact, securing new financial resources is necessary.
This could be one option: The consumption tax be designated as a
special tax for social security, and the tax rate be raised in 2009,
when the rate of the burden that pensions place on the national
treasury is to be raised. If tax revenues grew, the timeframe could
be delayed.
-- From your experiences as a CEO, do you have any advice about
personnel appointments?
I have no advice, but I have hopes. I want the new administration to
establish a "working cabinet" by placing the right persons in the
right posts. Faction-based appointments should be discontinued.
(3) Nuclear fuel supply security initiative: "Nuclear haves" aiming
for monopoly; Japan determined to counter with its own plan
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Almost Full)
September 25, 2006
Full-fledged international discussions of a nuclear fuel supply
assurances initiative aimed at strengthening the nuclear
nonproliferation regime, which is visibly beginning to show its
weaknesses, have gotten underway. During the International Atomic
Energy Agency's (IAEA) plenary session, which lasted until Sept. 22,
Japan presented its own plan, countering a proposal made by six
nations, including the US, Russia, and European countries. Intense
bargaining is expected. Chances are that amid a trend toward
limiting nuclear fuel supply sources, Japan, which is enriching and
reprocessing uranium in Rokkasyo Village, Aomori Prefecture, might
find itself in a difficult position.
Measures to deal with black market
Harvard University Professor Graham Allison during a special session
pointed out that if a safety network for nuclear fuel supply were
built, the number of countries that give up enriching or
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reprocessing uranium in view of economic rationality would
increase.
"Manufacturing Boeing 747 planes costs a country 50 times the amount
needed to purchase them from a foreign country. Likewise, if a
country enriches uranium on its own, it will cost five times the
amount needed to purchase it."
Since 2003, when North Korea, Iran, and Libya were found to have
been secretly continuing nuclear development, momentum to constrain
not only development of nuclear arms but also the proliferation of
technologies to enrich uranium convertible for the development of
nuclear arms and reprocess nuclear fuel has emerged. IAEA chief
Mohamed ElBaradei in 2004 proposed a plan to control these
facilities under an international framework. The US, Britain,
France, Germany, Russia, and the Netherlands, which are in effect
monopolizing the nuclear fuel supply market, this June proposed a
plan that makes it a condition that countries wishing to join the
envisaged safety network should abandon their nuclear enrichment and
reprocessing programs. A skirmish between nuclear fuel "haves" and
"have-nots" has begun.
Iran's Vice-President for Atomic Energy Aqadadeh-Khoi, director
general of the Atomic Energy Agency, criticized the proposal,
noting, "We cannot accept a monopoly by industrialized countries."
South Africa, which is also aiming to establish its own nuclear fuel
cycle, expressed concern about the possibility of the right to the
peaceful use of nuclear power being limited, while little progress
has been made regarding nuclear disarmament, playing up the fact
that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a set comprising
nuclear disarmament and the peaceful use of nuclear power.
Japan's "exceptional position" at stake
Japan was also pressed to change its nuclear power policy. Up until
now, Japan has been allowed as an exception to possess a large
quantity of plutonium, following that of Russia, the US, and France.
However, if the six-nation proposal limiting supply sources to
specific countries is implemented, the international community may
question why Japan is allowed to possess facilities that are
convertible into facilities for producing nuclear weapons or voice
concern that it may intend to become nuclear-armed in response to
North Korea. Should that occur, Japan might be pressed to give up on
enriching and reprocessing uranium on its own.
Defending its right to a nuclear fuel cycle, including enrichment
and reprocessing, by any available means is a top agenda item for
Japan, a country poor in natural resources. It compiled its own plan
that awards the right to enrichment and reprocessing to a larger
number of countries in about a month, according to the Foreign
Ministry, and proposed it during the session.
What about non-member nations?
The initiative itself faces some challenges. Though discussions on a
safety net have just started, chances are that some countries will
not join, whichever plan is adopted. The initiative, therefore, will
not be a decisive way of preventing North Korea or Iran from
developing nuclear arms, though it may be effective, as a diplomatic
source put it.
Professor Allison pointed out, "Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution,
it has been the US that has been giving any reason, such as human
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rights or Tehran's support for terrorism, to disrupt the flow of
nuclear technology materials." He underscored that it is essential
for the IAEA, a neutral international organization, to construct a
mechanism for assuring nuclear fuel supplies.
(4) Old friends, supporters talk of LDP President Abe: He speaks
fast when he talks with friends; Dedicated person; Takes good care
of others like older brother
ASAHI (Page 35) (Slightly abridged)
September 21, 2006
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe was elected by a huge margin on
Sept. 20 as the 21st president of the ruling Liberal Democratic
Party (LDP), winning a landslide victory as expected. Abe has
secured the LDP presidency that his father Shintaro Abe was unable
to get (due to an early demise). He will become Japan's youngest and
first postwar-born prime minister. He has walked a path that seems
to have no connection with his advocacy of creating a society that
would provide "a second chance" to business failures. Some expect
much more from a person of high pedigree like him, while others are
concerned about the extent of his political skills.
"The torch of vision and reform has been passed to me," said Abe on
the evening of Sept. 20 after he was elected LDP president. While
watching Abe on a TV program, Koichi Ikeda, a 51-year-old company
employee, said, "I see his determination." Ikeda was a classmate of
Abe from his days at Seikei Elementary School all the way through
Seikei University. They were good friends.
Ikeda has an unforgettable anecdote about Shinzo Abe. When they were
elementary school children, Shinzo said to him: "My father has just
lost his job because he was defeated in the election. But he will
become a consultant at a company of an acquaintance, so everything
is OK." He made the remark with a calm face.
At the time Abe's mother Yoko often was absent from home since she
had to make the rounds of the election district to help his father
get elected. Ikeda thought that being the family of a politician was
tough.
On the night of Sept. 1, when Abe formally announced his candidacy
for the LDP presidency, several classmates from elementary school
got together at a bar in the Ginza district.
One of them called Abe's cell phone, and Abe answered while moving
from one TV station to another one. Picking up the phone, Ikeda
said, "Hello," Abe then asked, "Is that you, Ikeda?" "Please take
good care of your health; hang in there," Ikeda said. "OK. I will.
Thank you!" When Abe talks to his friends, he speaks much faster
than when he talks to reporters.
When Kazuhiro Bando, 51, who was Abe's classmate in 4th to 6th
grade, opened a cake shop in Tokyo, Abe rushed to the shop to
congratulate him. At the time, Abe was serving as chief cabinet
secretary. But Bando is concerned about the aftermath of Abe's "big
SIPDIS
win" in the presidential race.
Yoichi Tominaga, 46, who leads a group of young supporters of Abe in
Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, said this of Abe: "Although
Mr. Abe is a nondrinker, he will invite us to a grilled chicken shop
and goes along with us bar hopping. He is good at remembering names.
He will often call up me. I feel like he's my brother rather than a
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politician."
Meanwhile, one supporter made a cool comment on him: "Since he was
born and raised in Tokyo, he has done nothing for us."
One company owner, who supported Abe's father Shintaro, said, "I
thought that his book, Toward a Beautiful Country, lacked specifics.
He has a nice personality, but I'm not sure about his political
ability. Nobody knows as to whether his popularity will go up or
down."
(5) Betrayal by a foreign "correspondent" In Japan
SANKEI (Page 7) (Abridged slightly)
September 23, 2006
By Yoshihisa Komori, Washington
Reports from Tokyo by Western correspondents are often biased. It is
natural for any Western leader to stress the importance of love of
nation and national security. But if a Japanese leader like Shinzo
Abe does that, the Western media label him a hawkish nationalist or
even a dangerous militarist. The Western media clearly have a double
standard and a political bias.
I have recently experienced a quintessential case of a double
standard involving a Tokyo-based foreign journalist, who was not
only politically biased but also totally ignored the media rules.
His technique was cunning, and I totally played into his hands. It
all started this way:
I was temporarily back in Tokyo in late August. One day I received a
request through the Sankei Shimbun for an interview by a person
named David McNeal, a Tokyo-based correspondent of the British
daily, Independent. I was told that he was interviewing a wide range
of people about Yasukuni Shrine for his article. With my departure
for Washington approaching, my timetable was tight, but I decided to
accept the request from the journalist with a major UK newspaper
anyway. I sensed something awkward in McNeal's tone on the other end
of the line, however. He sounded he had interest in a topic other
than Yasukuni Shrine.
On Aug. 23, I called on McNeal, a lean middle-aged English man, at
the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Yurakucho. Although he
spoke good Japanese, the interview was conducted in English. The
on-record interview began following a basic confirmation that it was
for the Independent's article on the Yasukuni issue. The recording
was for McNeil to take notes for his planned article.
But I soon realized that McNeal's questions were centered on the
Japan Institute of International Affairs' (JIIA) English-language
website articles rather than on the Yasukuni issue.
In mid-August, the Sankei Shimbun ran my article questioning the
appropriateness of a government-financed research institute website
carrying a series of English-language articles criticizing and
ridiculing government policies. In reaction, JIIA speedily suspended
its website articles, admitting its poor judgment.
But Western academics and journalists criticized my column as an act
that led to the suppression of free speech. They rapped my column
that had simply questioned the appropriateness of JIIA articles,
calling it a rightist threat. Criticizing my opinion from such a
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perspective, McNeal also urged me to write a letter to JIIA asking
it to resume posting commentaries on its English language website.
As if to administer an additional litmus test, he asked my views on
such matters as the Nanjing Massacre, the comfort woman issue, an
the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. His negative
comments about love of country also perplexed me. The interview
ended in about 50 minutes, leaving behind a bad aftertaste.
Two weeks later in Washington, I learned from a friend of mine that
my comments on historical issues have been posted on a net forum run
by NBR, a Japan affairs research institution. I was surprise to find
a report by David McNeil titled "The Struggle for the Japanese Soul:
Yoshihisa Komori, Sankei Shimbun, and the JIIA controversy,"
originally contributed to Japan Focus, an e-journal and archive on
Japan and the Asia-Pacific.
I also found out later that McNeil had used the interview with me
solely for Japan Focus and not for the Independent. He also
transcribed my comments, which were supposed to be for taking memos,
without obtaining my approval.
Playing up my frank and crude words, the report was a diatribe
against me with a focus only on JIIA commentaries instead of
Yasukuni Shrine. Depicting me as a staunch defender of revisionist
historical views, it was clear that McNeil posted his report on net
forums to have Western leftists lash out at me.
McNeal set me up. According to an American scholar who has long
stayed in Japan, reporting is only part of what McNeil does, for he
is a well-known leftist researcher and activist. He contributes
articles to the Independent only occasionally. Anyone is free to
express one's political views and speeches, but breaking a promise
and setting someone up is unethical.
I have been in this business a long time, and it did not occur to me
that I would fall into a trap by another foreign "correspondent."
Based on this bitter experience, I would like to remind fellow
journalists to remain alert at all times.
(6) Study of Shinzo Abe: Inherits grandfather's genes regarding view
of Japan-US alliance
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full)
September 22, 2006
Terumasa Nakanishi, currently professor at Kyoto University, was
invited as a lecturer to a study session of foreign policy hosted by
Shintaro Abe about 20 years ago. He still remembers that he received
a profound question from a participant that went:
"Don't you agree that the reason that Britain was able to move
closer to the Soviet Union during the Cold War even though it is an
ally of the United Stated was the result of its thorough
intelligence gathering and analysis?"
After the study session ended, Nakanishi exchanged business cards
with the questioner, who said, "My name is Shinzo Abe, a secretary
(to Shintaro Abe)." Nakanishi then handed him a report on a British
intelligence organization. Abe showed a strong interest in the
report. At a later date, he sent Nakanishi a letter. At the end of
the letter, Abe wrote that he would show the report to his father.
In engaging in foreign policy, securing the intelligence about the
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weak points of other party is most important. Japan has not been
good at that. Nakanishi was impressed by Abe and still remembers
that he thought here was a person with an instinct about diplomacy.
After assuming the prime minister's post, Abe intends to set up a
Japanese version of the US National Security Council so that the
government will be able to centralize the control of intelligence
gathering and analysis. According to Nakanishi, Abe has had this
idea for about 20 years.
In 1960, Japan was wavering over revising the US-Japan Security
Treaty (Ampo). At that time Abe's grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, was
prime minister. The six-year old Abe asked his grandfather, "What is
the Ampo?" Kishi reportedly replied, "It is a treaty under which the
United States protects Japan." Abe introduced this episode in his
book Toward a Beautiful Country, which was recently published.
The issue of revising the security treaty split public opinion in
the country into two camps. Kishi was assaulted by a thug and badly
wounded. Politician Kishi's reputation has yet to be established.
His grandson Shinzo Abe, however, believes that Nobusuke Kishi was a
politician who devoted his life to his country.
Koji Akiho, Abe's classmate at Seikei University, remembers that Abe
often said that his father was great. At his residence in Gotenba,
Shizuoka Prefecture, Kishi welcomed Akiho and his grandson with
gentle smile completely different from his image of being a "specter
of the Showa era," which took root in the mass media.
Of the 403 Diet members, 125 or about 30 PERCENT have relatives who
were lawmakers. Of them, 29, including Abe, are third-generation
politicians.
Many of the 29 lawmakers tend to make an idol of their grandfathers,
who knew more about politics than their fathers. Taro Aso often
talks about his grandfather, former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida,
and Kunio Hatoyama often speaks of his grandfather, former Prime
Minister Yukio Hatoyama. They do not talk about their fathers.
Abe certainly inherits Kishi's DNA genes in the area of foreign
policy and security.
Kishi made the prototype of unilateral Japan-US alliance under which
the United States protests Japan. Abe intends to develop that
alliance into a true bilateral one, which his grandfather was unable
to bring about. He also intends to establish Japan's diplomacy and
security by reinforcing intelligence units.
Abe calls this "advocacy diplomacy." However, many are concerned
about his diplomatic stance. Many also are worried that Abe's
hawkish policy is dangerous. Whether such a concern will end up
being a groundless fear is uncertain.
(7) Privatization of postal services: Shadow of foreign pressure -
US keeping sharp watch on new postal insurance products
ASAHI (Page 11) (Excerpts)
September 23, 2006
Postal services will be privatized in October next year. The Postal
Privatization Committee will serve as the watchdog of the privatized
firms. In order to judge the extent of new services to be offered by
such firms, the panel has listened to views from private firms,
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which will become the rivals of the privatized postal firms. Its
members include Naoki Tanaka, an economic critic, and those from
various circles, such as governors and university professors.
During unofficial talks held in the spring of last year in
preparation for finalizing the Japan-US Enhanced Initiative on
Deregulation and Competition, the United States government
unofficially asked Japan to include foreign insurance companies in
the Postal Privatization Committee as members.
The Japanese government speculates the US request as reflecting its
desire to shackle the postal insurance business before it is
privatized. Over the past several years, the US frequently asked
Japan to ban Japanese firms from offering new products as long as a
level playing field is not readied (for both American and Japanese
firms).
In May 2004, Assistant US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler called
on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Citing a
newspaper article in which Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta
expressed a desire for his company's access to the medical insurance
sector, Cutler asked: "Is this an established fact or just a trial
balloon?"
Medical insurance is categorized as the third sector, which is a
gray zone between life and non-life insurance. In this sector,
American insurers have a strong presence.
Hearing a senior ministry official replying: "I heard the president
cited it as just an example," Cutler said: "I want you to keep it in
mind that we, as your trade partner, are carefully checking your
moves. I ask you to tell that the president or the staff under him
should take a 'cautious' approach."
The request from the US government is linked to American insurers'
great interests in the Japanese market.
In 1974, American Family, a small insurer in Georgia, was allowed to
do business in Japan, and its cancer insurance policy became a great
success. Teruo Asatai, 79, who had headed the First Insurance
Division at the Finance Ministry at that time, said: "We were of the
opinion that bringing in foreign capital would be desirable in order
to destroy the lock-step formula in the industry." The leading
American insurance company AIG also achieved good business results
here.
American firms had initially served as the role of resuscitating the
market, but foreign firms began to enjoy their monopoly in the third
sector as a special deregulation district for them in effect. In
1999, a plan to allow Japanese firms to take part in the third
sector was finally put on the negotiating table, but the US side
kept calling for continued preferential treatment to American
insurers.
Then Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said to US Secretary of the
Treasury Rubin: "This is an issue to which Japan unusually has taken
a morally proper response." Even so, since the US remained stubborn,
Japan had to delay the day of liberalizing the third sector beyond
the initial schedule.
As measures to keep a lid on trade friction, some in Japan Post Co.,
and Japan Post suggest giving favorable treatment to American
insurers again.
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Behind this queer proposal is this calculation: If American insurers
are allowed to sell their products over the counter at post offices
after the postal services are privatized, the US government might
become quiet. An official of Japan Post said: "Even if Japanese
companies release insurance policies, the US might try to obstruct
their sales efforts."
Even so, a great business opportunity will inevitably be given to
trade partners in the privatized postal businesses. If excessive
political consideration is taken in, competitive conditions will be
relaxed.
In a meeting of the House of Councillors' General Affairs Committee
on Aug. 29, New Komeito member Yuji Sawa said: "I am concerned that
foreign financial institutions might try to take over the Japanese
postal savings and insurance businesses."
In the political world, there is a view that the privatized postal
insurance company may be placed under the wing of foreign capital in
the future. Some keep in mind many cases occurred in the latter half
of the 1990s in which a failed life insurance company was taken over
by a foreign firm.
Asked about the possibility of an American insurer's buyout of the
postal insurance company, a senior member of the US Chamber of
Commerce in Japan replied: "The postal insurance business is huge.
It is not a matter taken up seriously."
A senior member of a certain leading life insurer stated:
"It is inconceivable that American life insurers are preparing a
takeover scenario. Their purpose supposedly is to prevent Japanese
firms' attempt to enter the third sector. I guess they will consider
the possibility when they fail to attain this purpose."
SCHIEFFER