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Viewing cable 06OSAKAKOBE607, TESTING ABE: LOOKING LIKE LDP WIN IN OSAKA 9TH

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06OSAKAKOBE607 2006-10-20 09:32 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Osaka Kobe
VZCZCXRO5453
OO RUEHFK RUEHGH RUEHKSO RUEHNAG RUEHNH
DE RUEHOK #0607/01 2930932
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 200932Z OCT 06
FM AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0587
INFO RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE 7763
RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO PRIORITY 0154
RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA PRIORITY 2259
RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA PRIORITY 0142
RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA PRIORITY 0164
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0398
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 1088
RUEHSH/AMCONSUL SHENYANG 0046
RUEHGH/AMCONSUL SHANGHAI 0012
RUEHGZ/AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU 0104
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 OSAKA KOBE 000607 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV JA
SUBJECT: TESTING ABE: LOOKING LIKE LDP WIN IN OSAKA 9TH 
DISTRICT BY-ELECTION 
 
REF: 1) Osaka Kobe 00576 
 
1.  (SBU) The LDP/Komeito coalition candidate, Kenji 
Harada, has surged ahead of his DPJ opponent Nobumori 
Otani and will likely win the Osaka 9th District Lower 
House by-election on October 22 (see reftel for why 
this election matters), based on discussions with 
politicians and political parties, the Soka Gakkai (SG) 
Buddhist lay organization, business leaders and the 
media, polling data and personal observations of 
various political rallies and campaign events.  Local 
interlocutors say that a win by the coalition will help 
cement the LDP's electoral chances next year and deal 
yet another setback to the ailing DPJ leader Ichiro 
Ozawa in a district that was once an opposition 
stronghold.  Here is a look at why post is calling the 
election for Harada. 
 
------------------------------- 
THE KOMEITO/SOKA GAKKAI MACHINE 
------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Candidate Harada is indebted to the New 
Komeito Party and Soka Gakkai for delivering the votes 
he needs for a win.  SG has mobilized thousands of 
young volunteers for weeks in the district, vocally 
participating in Harada rallies en masse and calling up 
family, friends, and friends of friends to try to 
increase the network effects of the Komeito/SG voting 
machine.  SG is the most ideological, disciplined and 
activist political group in Osaka and can be relied 
upon to deliver reliable voters to the polls.  SG 
openly declared to poloff that without the SG/Komeito, 
the LDP in Osaka would be declining, not gaining, 
electorally.  Citing Japanese electoral terminology, he 
said that Abe provided the "wind" (the election mood, 
or buzz) but Komeito was the "geta," (Japanese high- 
heeled wooden sandals) which 1) "boosted" the height of 
the candidate and 2) hustled eager voters to the polls 
to vote in the right direction.  This is an apt 
metaphor for the coalition's modus vivendi in the Osaka 
election. 
 
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LDP STAR POWER 
-------------- 
 
3. (SBU) Given Abe's high initial support rate--the 
third highest of any Japanese Cabinet at its start, his 
immediate improvement of ties with Beijing and Seoul, 
and his ability to "get tough" on Pyongyang following 
the DPRK nuclear test, Harada's campaign has soared on 
Abe's coattails.  Abe and Komeito President Akihiro Ota 
campaigned together in Ibaraki City on Sunday, and more 
LDP starpower was unleashed when former PM Junichiro 
Koizumi gave a speech the following day. 
 
4. (SBU) We attended Koizumi's speech, which was 
standing room only in a community center holding more 
than 1,200 LDP faithful.  In reportedly his first 
speech since he ended his premiership, Koizumi again 
demonstrated his mastery of political rhetoric and the 
ability to captivate an audience, using self- 
depreciating humor and personal reflections of his 5 
years leading the coalition to draw in his listeners. 
He then delivered the most concise and digestible 
reasons to vote for the LDP: 1) that Abe was doing very 
well as Prime Minister; 2) that there was no such thing 
as reform fatigue--without reform, there would be no 
growth, and if voters want growth, they needed to 
support reform; and 3) it would be reckless to turn 
over the reigns of power to the DPJ now with the North 
Korean situation so dangerous and the need for further 
reforms so great.  He asked the audience if they wanted 
to go back to the 90s, when there was one American 
president and 7 Japanese prime ministers over the same 
period. In arguing for ruling party continuity, he 
reminded them that the DPJ leadership has changed at 
least four times in as many years. 
 
 
OSAKA KOBE 00000607  002 OF 002 
 
 
5. (U) Harada and his supporters have been emphasizing 
the need for educational reform (assigning 
responsibility for school performance problems and high 
profile on-campus crimes to lax teachers and a flaccid 
Nikkyoso teachers' union, both strong DPJ supporters), 
and returning to an age when families were strong, kids 
were disciplined, and Japanese were patriotic. 
 
---------------- 
DPJ: NO TRACTION 
---------------- 
 
6. (SBU) Unfortunately for DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa, 
his appearance in the district coincided with the DPRK 
announcement of its nuclear test, which of course 
proceded to dominate the day's news cycle.  In addition 
to lacking political buzz, Ozawa also appeared tired 
and restrained, reminding observers of his well- 
publicized health issues in late September.  Although 
the DPJ leadership has been visiting Osaka, they don't 
appear to have captured the imagination of voters. 
Otani has been campaigning tirelessly but has not 
dispelled the impression that this is now an extremely 
tight race that he no longer dominates. 
 
7. (U) Otani, in what appears to be a test of next 
year's DPJ campaign issues, continues to stress 
pocketbook issues like pension reform, healthcare, and 
the growing inequalities in the economy and society, 
blaming them on Koizumi and Takenaka's reforms. 
 
RUSSEL