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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/06
INDEX:
(1) Poll on Abe cabinet, political parties, educational reform,
foreign relations
(2) Japanese, ROK leaders willing to meet at early date, agree in
first telephone dialogue to arrange a summit
(3) Who will lead management of Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy?
(4) Interview with Finance Minister Koji Omi: Discussion of
consumption tax to be started next fall or later
(5) Abe in power as Japan's new premier: Security pact a deed of
apologies; Where will the Constitution go...
(6) Who will lead management of Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy?
ARTICLES:
(1) Poll on Abe cabinet, political parties, educational reform,
foreign relations
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full)
September 28, 2006
Questions & Answers
(Figures shown in%age, rounded off. Bracketed figures denote
proportions to all respondents. Parentheses denote the results of a
survey conducted Sept. 20-21.)
Q: Do you support the Abe cabinet?
Yes 63
No 18
Q: Why? (One reason only. Left column for those marking "yes" on
previous question, and right for those saying "no.")
The prime minister is Mr. Abe 24(15) 6(1)
It's an LDP-led cabinet 17(11) 31(6)
From the aspect of policies 28(18) 47(9)
No particular reason 27(17) 15(3)
Q: Which political party do you support now?
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 39 (38)
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto) 14 (14)
New Komeito (NK) 3 (3)
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 2 (2)
Social Democratic Party (SDP or Shaminto) 1 (1)
People's New Party (PNP or Kokumin Shinto) 0 (0)
New Party Nippon (NPN or Shinto Nippon) 0 (0)
Liberal League (LL or Jiyu Rengo) 0 (0)
None 35 (35)
No answer (N/A) + don't know (D/K) 6 (7)
Q: Do you think the Abe cabinet's lineup is fresh?
Yes 35
No 38
TOKYO 00005646 002 OF 010
Q: Do you think the Abe cabinet is a strong one?
Yes 23
No 34
Q: What would you like Prime Minister Abe and his administration to
pursue first? (One choice only)
Economic, employment measures 17
Pension, welfare reforms 43
Fiscal reconstruction 15
Constitutional revision 2
Educational reform 11
Asia diplomacy 8
Q: What do you think is better to do about revising the Fundamentals
of Education Law? (One choice only)
Revise the law in the current Diet session
21
Continue discussion without sticking to the current Diet session
66
No need to revise the law
6
Q: Would you like Prime Minister Abe to make positive efforts to
improve Japan's relations with China and South Korea?
Yes 83
No 10
Q: Prime Minister Abe has yet to show his view of history about the
past war. Do you support such a stance?
Yes 24
No 52
Q: Do you think the economy will improve under the new cabinet?
Yes 29
No 48
Q: Which political party between the LDP and the DPJ would you like
to win in next summer's election for the House of Councillors?
LDP 47
DPJ 36
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted Sept. 26-27 across the
nation over the telephone on a computer-aided random digit dialing
(RDD) basis. Respondents were chosen from among the nation's voting
population on a three-stage random-sampling basis. Valid answers
were obtained from 996 persons (57% ).
(2) Japanese, ROK leaders willing to meet at early date, agree in
first telephone dialogue to arrange a summit
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 1) (Full)
Eve., September 28, 2006
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this morning had a 20-minute telephone
TOKYO 00005646 003 OF 010
dialogue with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun. Abe played up his
position this way: "Looking at peace and prosperity in Asia from a
broad perspective, I hope to strengthen future-oriented relations."
Abe said to Roh, "I'm looking forward to seeing you shortly." Roh
indicated his willingness to have a summit at an early date, telling
Abe: "I quite agree. I hope to see bilateral relations make great
strides."
On Sept. 26, Roh sent Abe a congratulatory message on his
inauguration as prime minister. In return for that, Abe telephoned
Roh. Abe told Roh: "President Roh became the president representing
the young generation. I am the first prewar born prime minister, and
as the first such prime minister, I want to build future-oriented
relations."
According to an account by the South Korean side, the two leaders
agreed to meet as soon as possible and at an appropriate time.
Working-level officials from the two countries will now work to
arrange a summit meeting. Roh also pointed out, "The important thing
for the stable development of relations between South Korea and
Japan is for both sides to trust and respect each other." He thus
indirectly urged Japan to resolve such issues as visits to Yasukuni
Shrine.
There was no mention in the telephone conversation of when to hold a
summit, but apparently, both sides have in mind the upcoming
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Vietnam in
November as one possible venue for a summit.
No summit has been held between Japan and South Korea since last
November. At a press conference this morning, Chief Cabinet
Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki referred to the possibility of holding a
SIPDIS
summit on the sidelines of the APEC forum and stated: "Bearing that
possibility also in mind, both sides will likely move to (hold) a
summit as soon as possible."
(3) Who will lead management of Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy?
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Slightly abridged)
September 28, 2006
In an effort to bring about high economic growth in an age of
dwindling population, the Abe administration has come up with the
policy of accelerating the previous Koizumi administration's
structural reforms. To attain this goal, the new administration
plans to make use of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, like
the Koizumi administration did. But the ability of State Minister in
Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ota as the person
charged with managing the panel remains unknown. In addition,
opposition to specific reform plans may come from within the ruling
bloc, with an eye on next summer's House of Councillors election.
Prime Minister Abe has made arrangements to strengthen the Kantei's
functions. Whether the Kantei can demonstrate leadership is likely
to be the key to a continuation of the Koizumi reform line.
In an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun and other newspaper
companies yesterday, Ota emphasized her determination to push ahead
with the structural reform line as the "engine" of the council. She
said: "I interpret the prime minister's offer for this cabinet post
as a message urging me to take over the good aspect of the Council
on Economic and Fiscal Policy." She added:
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"I am determined to make the panel into a forum where private-sector
members lead discussion based on their fresh ideas and the
policymaking process is disclosed to the public."
Former State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy Heizo
Takenaka asked his old friend, Professor Ota at the Graduate School
at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, to join the
Cabinet Office. She joined the office in April 2002 and served as
director general during the period April 2004 to August 2005.
Although she has been noted for her policy-planning capability, it
remains to be seen if she can display leadership in dealing with
other key cabinet ministers and bureaucrats.
Ota will receive the backing of a Kantei team set up after Abe
modeled after the set up in the White House of the United States
government.
Abe has appointed five advisers for each specific policy, and five
officials recruited from government agencies have been placed under
the five advisers as their secretaries. Advisers used to be tasked
mainly with offering advice to the prime minister, but Abe regards
the post as equivalent to deputy chief cabinet secretary and intends
to have them take part in key policy planning.
In particular, the combination of advisor Takumi Nemoto and
secretary Yoichi Takahashi has drawn attention.
SIPDIS
Nemoto is a member of a policy group set up by Abe, Chief Cabinet
Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki and himself. In the group, he has been
SIPDIS
labeled as a brain trustee. Takahashi was a close aide to Takenaka
and served as counselor at the Cabinet Office, the Postal
Privatization Preparation Office, and the Internal Affairs and
Communications Ministry. A senior official of the Cabinet Office
said: "Prime Minister Abe might be preparing to promote the
structural reform line while coordinating views with government
agencies and the Liberal Democratic Party."
The Kantei team includes Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Junzo
Matoba, who was an advisor to the Daiwa Institute of Research, and
bureaucrats assigned to a special assignment office. Attention is
also being focused on what duty they will be assigned in the
future.
Four private-sector members of the Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy have revealed their intention to step down. The future of the
panel will also be affected by who will take their places. Many
observers see it certain for Japan Business Federation (Nikkeiren)
Chairman Fujio Mitarai to replace Nikkeiren Honorable Chairman
Hiroshi Okuda.
After Kaoru Yosano assumed the post of state minister in charge of
economic and fiscal policy as successor to Takenaka, the ruling
parties began to influence important policy decisions in the panel
more frequently.
Some anticipate an uphill battle in the unified local elections
scheduled for next spring and the House of Councillors election for
next summer. Keeping such voices in mind, Ruling party members who
stressed the need for continued reform line have begun to change
their posture, and fierce opposition is expected to come from such
officials to reform plans that will bring pain on the public, such
as reforms of the social security system, the tax system, and local
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finances. The reinforced Kantei team will be now tested on its
management of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.
(4) Interview with Finance Minister Koji Omi: Discussion of
consumption tax to be started next fall or later
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 5) (Full)
September 28, 2006
-- What is your basic policy for fiscal management?
"There can be no fiscal reconstruction without economic growth. I
will reform the economy and state finances while keeping a balance.
A fairly strict cap was placed on guidelines for budget
appropriation requests this summer. I will do my utmost to eliminate
wasteful expenditures in the run up to year-end budget
compilation."
-- When do you intend to start discussion on reform of the tax
system, including a hike in the consumption tax?
"It is premature to discuss the margin of a hike in the consumption
tax. We will start looking into concrete issues from fall, after
nailing down the fiscal 2007 budget, the settlement of the account
for fiscal 2006 and social welfare expenses."
-- Do you want to convert the consumption tax into a social welfare
purpose tax?
"Social welfare is not the only area that needs money. We have
measures on the declining birthrate, which also need money. Limiting
the use of revenues from the consumption tax is easier to
understand, but this is an issue to be looked into in the future.""
-- What about a revision of the depreciation system applied to the
corporate tax?
"Foreign countries can reduce the residue value of existing
facilities to zero, while Japan keeps 5% of such value in place. The
present situation is questionable in terms of ensuring a level
playing ground for international competition. I will wait for
working-level officials to study this issue."
-- Japan's effective rate of the corporate tax is still high.
"The Tax Bureau's (Finance Ministry) stance of rejecting even the
slightest tax cut is not acceptable. If we revitalize the economy
and create jobs, tax revenues will increase. I have insisted that
there should be no gap with other countries in terms of the tax
system. I have become finance minister, but I will not change this
stance."
-- What is your view on the maximum rate of the income tax and the
inheritance tax?
"We must think about this issue from the perspective of the logics
of tax - fairness, justice?and simplicity."
-- There is a plan to finance measures to reduce carbon dioxide
emissions with special road construction revenues.
"That is not the reallocation of such revenues but expansion of
areas eligible to receive road funds. The policy of the government
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and the ruling camp on road funds is to use them for more general
purposes. I want to make efforts to obtain understanding from
taxpayers for this policy."
-- Will the role of the preferential tax system for equity
investment end?
"I have my own idea on that, but it is too early to reveal."
Interview with State Minister in charge of Economic and Fiscal
Policy Hiroko Ota; Determined to thoroughly discuss local finances
-- What do you think will become of relations between the Council of
Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) and the ruling camp?
"In general, their relationship will not neither be one of
confrontation nor one of coordination. A major feature of the CEFP
is for private-sector members to generate discussion by making bold
proposals. I will retain that feature of the panel."
-- The basic policy guidelines on economic and fiscal management and
structural reforms for the fiscal 2006 budget did not include reform
of the local allocation tax. What is your view on that?
"Discussion of reform of local finances has fallen short of
institutional backing. I would like to pursue thorough discussion on
the overall mechanism of local finances."
-- When do you plan to map out a road map for spending reform?
"I must first consult with newly appointed private-sector members.
However, a grand plan for spending reform is included in the basic
policy guidelines on economic and fiscal management and structural
reforms for the fiscal 2006 budget. As such, a challenge in mapping
out guidelines for the fiscal 2007 is to bring that forward. Our
discussion will focus on that."
-- What will the CEFP discuss until the end of the year?
"The panel will come up with a basic policy for the compilation of
the fiscal 2007 budget in November. Growth strategy is the panel's
another agenda item. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that he
would discuss the tax system next fall or later. The CEFP will also
steadily deal with this issue."
-- Prime Minister Abe has said that he would aim for economic growth
of 3% in real terms. What do you think of that?
"Regarding economic growth, the higher, the better. However, when we
discuss other policies, we will not have 3% growth in mind."
-- Do you intend to have the Bank of Japan (BOJ) continue its easy
money policy?
"In my view, that is the issue on which the BOJ decides
independently. I hope it will adopt a financial policy consistent
with the government policy. The membership of the CEFP includes the
BOJ governor. It is good for the panel to discuss economic and
fiscal matters. I do not especially feel the need to increase
dialogue with the BOJ."
-- What is your perception of the present economic climate? Is the
economy increasingly slowing down?
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"No, it isn't. We must monitor the situation of facilities and
stockpiles. Companies are making investment in plants and equipment,
while scrapping outmoded facilities. I am not so concerned about the
possibility of business activities becoming overheated."
(5) Abe in power as Japan's new premier: Security pact a deed of
apologies; Where will the Constitution go...
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 31) (Full)
September 27, 2006
"As the president of the Liberal Democratic Party, I will place
(amending) the Constitution on the political schedule." With this,
Shinzo Abe, who has now become Japan's first postwar-born prime
minister, voiced his resolve in his first press conference yesterday
evening. The origin of his political stance is described in his
best-selling book, Toward A Beautiful Country. Abe has pledged to
revise the Constitution, reform Japan's educational system, create a
society with second chances available for all, resolve the pending
issue of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea, and look into
family values. The Tokyo Shimbun picked out some of the words he
wrote for his book about these policy challenges and tried to look
ahead into the future course of his newly inaugurated cabinet. The
first of this series looks into his words about the Constitution of
Japan, which he called "a deed of apologies" in his book.
"We desire to occupy an honored place in an international society
striving for the preservation of peace, and the banishment of
tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from
the earth."
Above is a passage excerpted from the preamble to the Constitution.
In his book, Abe denounces this passage as "something like 'a deed
of apologies' offered from (Japan as) a country defeated in the war
to the Allied Powers." Abe also writes: "It's humble, petty wording,
which sounds as if to say Japan will do its best to be spoken well
of by America and European powers." He asserted that the passage
incorporates the United States' strong will that will never again
let Japan challenge order centering on the United States and
Europe.
Abe also criticizes Article 9, which renounces war, as "lacking
something that is necessitated (for Japan) as an independent
country." How will the 52-year-old prime minister pave the way for
Japan to reform its postwar constitution, while his respected
grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, could not carry
it out?
In September 1977, a tragedy occurred in a residential neighborhood
of Yokohama City's Midori Ward. A US military tactical
reconnaissance plane that took off from the nearby Atsugi base
crashed there. Kazue Doshida, 26 at the time, suffered serious burns
all over her body and died four years later. Her 3- and 1-year-old
boys, Yuichiro and Yasuhiro, died the next day. Her 81-year-old
father, Isamu, still remembers his grandsons dying in their thirst
for water and his daughter screaming in the pain of chemical bathing
for treatment. "I've never forgotten anything," he recalled.
The crashed US military plane's pilot parachuted out, and the
Self-Defense Forces rescued that pilot only. There is still no
knowing whether the US military punished those who brought about the
accident. "I've done everything I could do over the past 30 years
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after the accident," Isamu said. He added: "The (Japan-US) security
treaty is something that should be intended to protect the Japanese
people. However, the crash happened. That's because there is a
security treaty. Arms intended to protect people harm people. That's
unforgivable."
Another tragedy took place in August 2004. A US military heavy-lift
helicopter based at Futenma airfield in Okinawa Prefecture crashed
on the neighboring campus of Okinawa International University.
Japanese police were not allowed to enter the crash site. Isamu
thought to himself that this helo crash was "quite the same as the
case in Yokohama."
In his book, Abe insists on strengthening the Japan-US alliance. He
recounts, "Japan must heighten the bilateralness of its alliance
with the United States, and our voice will increase greatly when we
talk about something, including base issues." Meanwhile, Japan and
the United States were then talking about the realignment of US
forces in Japan, and the US Army revealed a plan to move the command
functionality of the 1st Corps' headquarters from the US mainland
state of Washington to Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture. In this
way, the integration of US military and SDF functions was under way.
"If the Japan-US alliance is strengthened, the presence of military
bases in this country's densely populated areas will bring about
more tragedies in their neighborhood," says Motomu Maya, 80, who
headed a group of plaintiffs that won the case of a third Atsugi
base noise class action. Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
sent SDF troops to Iraq. At the time, Koizumi, in his Diet reply,
read out another passage of the Constitution's preamble, which Abe
called "a deed of apologies," to justify his dispatch of SDF troops
to Iraq.
How to keep and create peace?
"They say, 'Even if we imposed sanctions on Iraq, that country
wouldn't listen to us. That's why we used armed force,'" Isamu says.
"Many Iraqi people died, but in a war, the strong are always
justified."
Abe has also claimed to alter the government's view of the right to
collective self-defense. The government has taken the position that
Japan is not allowed under the Constitution to exercise its right to
collective self-defense. Abe has advocated reinterpreting the
Constitution in order for Japan to exercise its right to collective
self-defense, and Japan has strengthened its alliance with the
United States. The question, however, is if the Japanese people will
really be protected by doing so. The tragic accident in Yokohama,
which has raised such a serious question, marks its 29th anniversary
today.
(6) Who will lead management of Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy?
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Slightly abridged)
September 28, 2006
In an effort to bring about high economic growth in an age of
dwindling population, the Abe administration has come up with the
policy of accelerating the previous Koizumi administration's
structural reforms. To attain this goal, the new administration
plans to make use of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, like
the Koizumi administration did. But the ability of State Minister in
Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ota as the person
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charged with managing the panel remains unknown. In addition,
opposition to specific reform plans may come from within the ruling
bloc, with an eye on next summer's House of Councillors election.
Prime Minister Abe has made arrangements to strengthen the Kantei's
functions. Whether the Kantei can demonstrate leadership is likely
to be the key to a continuation of the Koizumi reform line.
In an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun and other newspaper
companies yesterday, Ota emphasized her determination to push ahead
with the structural reform line as the "engine" of the council. She
said: "I interpret the prime minister's offer for this cabinet post
as a message urging me to take over the good aspect of the Council
on Economic and Fiscal Policy." She added:
"I am determined to make the panel into a forum where private-sector
members lead discussion based on their fresh ideas and the
policymaking process is disclosed to the public."
Former State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy Heizo
Takenaka asked his old friend, Professor Ota at the Graduate School
at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, to join the
Cabinet Office. She joined the office in April 2002 and served as
director general during the period April 2004 to August 2005.
Although she has been noted for her policy-planning capability, it
remains to be seen if she can display leadership in dealing with
other key cabinet ministers and bureaucrats.
Ota will receive the backing of a Kantei team set up after Abe
modeled after the set up in the White House of the United States
government.
Abe has appointed five advisers for each specific policy, and five
officials recruited from government agencies have been placed under
the five advisers as their secretaries. Advisers used to be tasked
mainly with offering advice to the prime minister, but Abe regards
the post as equivalent to deputy chief cabinet secretary and intends
to have them take part in key policy planning.
In particular, the combination of advisor Takumi Nemoto and
secretary Yoichi Takahashi has drawn attention.
SIPDIS
Nemoto is a member of a policy group set up by Abe, Chief Cabinet
Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki and himself. In the group, he has been
SIPDIS
labeled as a brain trustee. Takahashi was a close aide to Takenaka
and served as counselor at the Cabinet Office, the Postal
Privatization Preparation Office, and the Internal Affairs and
Communications Ministry. A senior official of the Cabinet Office
said: "Prime Minister Abe might be preparing to promote the
structural reform line while coordinating views with government
agencies and the Liberal Democratic Party."
The Kantei team includes Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Junzo
Matoba, who was an advisor to the Daiwa Institute of Research, and
bureaucrats assigned to a special assignment office. Attention is
also being focused on what duty they will be assigned in the
future.
Four private-sector members of the Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy have revealed their intention to step down. The future of the
panel will also be affected by who will take their places. Many
observers see it certain for Japan Business Federation (Nikkeiren)
Chairman Fujio Mitarai to replace Nikkeiren Honorable Chairman
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Hiroshi Okuda.
After Kaoru Yosano assumed the post of state minister in charge of
economic and fiscal policy as successor to Takenaka, the ruling
parties began to influence important policy decisions in the panel
more frequently.
Some anticipate an uphill battle in the unified local elections
scheduled for next spring and the House of Councillors election for
next summer. Keeping such voices in mind, Ruling party members who
stressed the need for continued reform line have begun to change
their posture, and fierce opposition is expected to come from such
officials to reform plans that will bring pain on the public, such
as reforms of the social security system, the tax system, and local
finances. The reinforced Kantei team will be now tested on its
management of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.
DONOVAN