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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 11 TOKYO 006339 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR E, P, EB, EAP/J, EAP/P, EAP/PD, PA; 
WHITE HOUSE/NSC/NEC; JUSTICE FOR STU CHEMTOB IN ANTI-TRUST DIVISION; 
TREASURY/OASIA/IMI/JAPAN; DEPT PASS USTR/PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; 
SECDEF FOR JCS-J-5/JAPAN, 
DASD/ISA/EAPR/JAPAN; DEPT PASS ELECTRONICALLY TO USDA 
FAS/ITP FOR SCHROETER; PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR; 
CINCPAC FLT/PA/ COMNAVFORJAPAN/PA. 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
 
SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/06 
 
 
Index: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule 
 
Six-party talks resurrected: 
4) Prime Minister Abe: Sanctions against North Korea will stand 
until abduction issue resolved 
5) UN Ambassador Bolton tells visiting association of abducted 
Japanese, "President Bush is your friend" 
6) US, Japan alert to make sure that with restart of 6-party talks 
with North Korea, encirclement net still tight, but China, ROK see 
otherwise 
7) US, Japan to require North Korea to make statement of abandonment 
of nuclear ambitions 
8) Tokyo to continue own sanctions on North Korea while seeking 
parallel talks with Pyongyang at 6-party talks 
 
9) President Bush, Prime Minister Abe's summit meeting set for Nov. 
18 during APEC conference 
 
10) Rush of African leaders visiting Japan 
 
Okinawa gubernatorial election: 
11) Minshuto head Ozawa to campaign in Okinawa on behalf of 
gubernatorial candidate Itokazu 
12) Nakaima gubernatorial candidate wants Futenma moved to Miyako 
Island, but locals disagree 
13) Ginowan City campaigning about the danger to lives of Futenma 
Air Station 
 
Defense and security affairs: 
14) JDA chief Kyuma: Time has come to revise Article 9 of 
Constitution 
15) Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) split over JDA upgrade 
bill, with over 50 members wanting to vote yes but party saying no 
due to Okinawa election 
16) Ruling camp increasing upset by LDP policy chief Nakagawa who 
will not stop making daily appeals for a nuclear option debate 
 
Policy agenda: 
17) Heizo Takenaka, no longer a lawmaker, to return to Keio 
University as professor 
18) Looks likely now that the controversial educational reform bill 
will be passed this session 
19) Prime Minister Abe intends to put major effort into developing 
bio-energy fuel source for Japan 
20) Next year's budget will hold issuance of deficit bonds to below 
27 trillion yen 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri & Tokyo Shimbun: 
Bailout for high school seniors; students need to take about 50 
lessons for graduation 
 
Nihon Keizai: 
Financial Services Agency, Bank of Japan to scrutinize regional 
banks' exposure to risk assets 
 
TOKYO 00006339  002 OF 011 
 
 
 
Sankei: 
North Korean soldier deployed in Chinese border: I am proud of 
success of nuclear test 
 
Akahata: 
Cabinet Office admits it held "fake" town meeting on Basic Education 
Low revision bill in Aomori Prefecture, asked prefectural board of 
education to support legislation 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Six-party talks: First prevent the North Korea issue from 
worsening 
(2) School bullying: Let's provide "evacuation areas" to students 
suffering from bullying 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Bailout for high school students: Drastically Review university 
entrance exam system 
(2) Shifting revenue for road construction to the general budget is 
must 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Problems of high school education 
(2) Handicapped people's baseball game should be first step to open 
the door for international games 
 
Nihon Keizai: 
(1) Child consultation centers must be aware of child abuse 
(2) Wakayama Governor's responsibility is serious 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Six-party talks: Don't allow North Korea to buy time 
(2) Earthquake-proof data falsification: Don't let the scandal be 
watered down 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Six-party talks: North Korea, don't turn back! 
(2) Defective goods: Consumers might lose confidence in "brands" 
 
Akahata: 
Iraqi situation: Occupation forces deepen crisis 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, November 1 
 
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
09:51 
Met at LDP headquarters with Lower House members Zentaro Kamei and 
Taro Kono, joined by Secretary General Nakagawa. 
 
10:05 
Met Policy Research Council Chairman Nakagawa. 
 
10:33 
Met at Kantei with former Ambassador to Thailand Hisahiko Okazaki. 
 
 
TOKYO 00006339  003 OF 011 
 
 
11:44 
Gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal. 
 
12:22 
Met Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Suzuki, followed by MAFF Minister 
Matsuoka. 
 
13:54 
Attended a national memorial service for the police officers who 
died in line of duty, held at Grand Arc Hanzomon. 
 
15:32 
Met at Kantei with Vice Foreign Minister Yachi and Foreign Policy 
Bureau chief Kono. Kono stayed on. 
 
16:13 
Met Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Ota, advisor Nemoto, 
Assistant Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Saka, and others. 
 
17:21 
Met Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki in the presence of Saka. 
 
18:14 
Met Tanzanian President Kikwete. Afterward hosted a dinner party for 
the president. 
 
20:54 
Returned to his residence in Tomigaya. 
 
4) Prime Minister Abe: "Japan will continue sanctions until 
abduction issue is resolved" 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
Prime Minister Abe, when asked yesterday about what to do about 
Japan's own sanctions against North Korea in response to its 
agreement to rejoin the six-party talks, stated: "Japan has imposed 
sanctions (on North Korea) for its missile launches and nuclear 
test, as well as its insincere attitude toward the abduction issue. 
Unless those issues are resolved, we won't remove the sanctions." He 
thus indicated he would continue the sanctions unless there is 
progress on the abductions and other issues. He was replying to 
reporters at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. 
 
Asked about sanctions under the United Nations Security Council 
resolution, Abe pointed out: "The resolution calls on North Korea to 
scrap its nuclear weapons. Unless that country does so, the 
sanctions will not be relaxed or be removed." He continued to add, 
"As a member of the six-party talks, Japan will work together with 
other members to call on North Korea to abandon its nuclear 
programs." He thus emphasized he would work in close cooperation 
with member nations, such as the United States, China, and South 
Korea. 
 
5) US Ambassador to UN Bolton tells kin of Japanese abductees, "The 
US president is your ally," ensures cooperation with Japan 
 
SANKEI (Page 2) (Excerpts) 
November 2, 2006 
 
Ryosuke Sumii, New York 
 
TOKYO 00006339  004 OF 011 
 
 
 
Members, now visiting the United States, of the Association of the 
Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea (Family Association) 
and its supporting group National Association for the Rescue of 
Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea (Rescue Association) yesterday 
afternoon (early hours yesterday, Japan time) met with US Ambassador 
to the United Nations John Bolton. Bolton. He told them, "President 
Bush is your ally. We'll pursue specific approaches from now on, as 
well." He went on to say, "If you consult with the Japanese 
government whatever it may be, it will be relayed immediately to 
us," promising them even more efforts and cooperation with Japan in 
order to resolve the abduction issue. 
 
Family Association members asked Bolton that when another sanctions 
resolution is adopted at the UN Security Council (UNSC), "abductions 
of foreign nationals" should be added to the reasons for the 
resolution. Bolton told them, "Resolution 1718 adopted by the UNSC 
(in the wake of North Korea's nuclear test) referred to (the 
abduction issue) with the expression 'humanitarian concerns.' This 
is the starting point. We'd like to advance from it in the future," 
coming up with a positive stance to get another resolution adopted. 
 
6) 6-party talks to resume; Japan, US to keep tabs on North Korea 
 
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Abridged) 
November 2, 2006 
 
WASHINGTON-North Korea has now agreed to rejoin the six-party talks 
over its nuclear arsenal. The talks will be resumed along with the 
implementation of the United Nations Security Council's sanctions 
resolution against North Korea's recent nuclear test. The UNSC 
resolution requires UN members to come up with their follow-up 
reports on their sanctions by Nov. 13, or 30 days after the UNSC's 
adoption of the resolution. The United States is concerned about the 
international community's net around North Korea loosening and is 
poised to continue its sanctions apart from resuming the six-party 
talks. Japan will stay in step with the United States. Meanwhile, 
China and South Korea are strongly inclined to hail North Korea's 
agreement to return to the talks in and of itself as a positive 
development. The countries concerned differ in their views. 
 
US Secretary of State Rice has shown her outlook, indicating that 
the six-party talks would be resumed after a Nov. 18-19 summit 
meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The 
countries concerned were first expected to meet early this month. 
However, the talks will be held late this month at the earliest. 
 
The UNSC has set up a sanctions committee based on its sanctions 
resolution, and the committee is now working to detail sanctions. UN 
member countries are mandated to follow up and report their 
sanctions in 30 days. This deadline, however, is not strict. So the 
six-party talks will almost coincide with the sanctions committee's 
evaluation. 
 
The United States is poised to steadily carry out its sanctions. On 
Oct. 30, Rice reiterated an embargo on luxury items in particular. 
Rice explained its effectiveness, recounting that it will directly 
hit the regime that is eager for luxury items while people in North 
Korea need humanitarian aid. In order to hold fruitful talks, the 
United States needs to make preparations for a while before resuming 
the six-party talks. 
 
 
TOKYO 00006339  005 OF 011 
 
 
7) Japan, US to demand N. Korea declare it will abandon nuclear 
programs as soon as possible after the six-party talks are 
restarted 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
The Japanese and US governments yesterday decided to demand that 
North Korea declare its determination to completely abandon its 
nuclear programs as soon as possible after the six-party talks are 
resumed. Tokyo and Washington are expected to call on Pyongyang to 
announce it will immediately put an end to nuclear testing and come 
up with a road map detailing a timetable for the abandonment process 
and a method of verification, for example. The two governments will 
begin working-level coordination with concerned countries, such as 
South Korea, starting early next week. 
 
In order to resume the six-party talks as quickly as possible, Tokyo 
and Washington have agreed on the perception that the resumption of 
the talks is not premised on the North's declaration that it will 
completely abandon its nuclear programs. Meeting the press 
yesterday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki indicated that priority 
was given to resuming the talks and said: "It's important for the 
North to rejoin the talks unconditionally. The important thing is 
what will be discussed in the talks." 
 
8) Japan to look for ways to restart Japan-DPRK comprehensive and 
parallel talks while continuing sanctions 
 
SANKEI (Page 3) (Excerpts) 
November 2, 2006 
 
In response to North Korea's agreement to rejoin the six-party talks 
to discuss its nuclear issue, the government yesterday began 
considering restarting the Japan-North Korea comprehensive and 
parallel talks, a format to discuss the three issues -- abductions, 
normalization of diplomatic ties, and nuclear weapons and missiles 
-- together. The first round was held in Beijing in February of this 
year, but no prospect for the next round is in sight even now. The 
government intends to look for ways to have a direct dialogue with 
North Korea, taking advantage of the resumption of the six-party 
talks, but it remains to be seen whether the North will respond to 
Japan's request. 
 
When asked about the bilateral talks, a government official 
yesterday stated: "Assuming a number of possibilities, we are making 
preparations." In the first round of the talks in February, Japan 
demanded a full account of the abduction issue and called on the 
North to hand over the kidnappers to Japan, but the North did not 
shift its position, arguing that the abduction issue was already 
resolved. The talks ended without any progress. 
 
For the government, the six-party talks and the bilateral talks are 
the two wheels of a bicycle, so it wants to use the resumption of 
the six-party talks to create momentum for reaching a solution to 
the priority issue of the abductions. 
 
At a press conference yesterday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa 
Shiozaki indicated a plan to ask other members of the six-party 
talks to discuss the abduction issue during the session, saying: "We 
have strongly called for discussion on the abduction issue in the 
six-party talks. Our policy line remains unchanged." 
 
TOKYO 00006339  006 OF 011 
 
 
 
However, an official in charge of government negotiations stated: 
"We've no idea whether North Korea is serious about sitting down for 
dialogue. We need to see how it will behave." 
 
9) First Abe-Bush summit set for Nov. 18 
 
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
The first summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President 
George W. Bush will be held on Nov. 18 on the sidelines of the 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Vietnam. The plan 
has been finalized through coordination by the two governments. The 
two leaders are expected to discuss, among other things, their 
responses to the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue. 
 
10) Succession of African leaders to visit Japan on occasion of 
Beijing forum 
 
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Abridged slightly) 
November 2, 2006 
 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Tanzanian President Kikwete at 
his official residence yesterday. He also had a meeting with 
President Nguema of Equatorial Guinea on October 31. Two African 
presidents and five foreign ministers are also scheduled to visit 
Japan from this week through next week. An usually large number of 
African leaders are scheduled to visit Japan. 
 
The lineup includes the presidents of Rwanda and Ghana and the 
foreign ministers of the Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Lesotho, 
Kenya, and Sudan. In his meeting with Kikwete yesterday, Abe said, 
"Defining Tanzania as a key country in Africa, we will assist your 
country." A succession of African leaders will stop in Japan at 
Tokyo's request on the occasion of the China-Africa Cooperation 
Forum to be held in Beijing on Nov. 3. "We don't want to see them 
brainwashed by China. They should hear Japan's views, as well," a 
Foreign Ministry official said. 
 
11) Okinawa to kick off gubernatorial election today; Ozawa visits 
Okinawa 
 
TOKYO (Page 2) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
Ichiro Ozawa, president of the leading opposition Democratic Party 
of Japan (Minshuto), arrived yesterday in Naha City, Okinawa 
Prefecture. He there visited local opposition parties and local 
companies at their offices to discuss the Nov. 19 gubernatorial 
election to be announced today. 
 
In campaigning for the gubernatorial election, five opposition 
parties-the DPJ, the Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic 
Party (Shaminto), the Liberal League (Jiyu Rengo), and the Okinawa 
Socialist Masses Party (Okinawa Shadaito or OSMP for short)-are 
united against the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party 
and the New Komeito, and have sponsored as joint candidate Keiko 
Itokazu, who is currently seated on the House of Councillors in the 
Diet and will run as an independent new candidate. An Okinawa-based 
conservative political group, Sozo (or the "Political group of 
OKINAWA revolution" as its official English name), will also back up 
 
TOKYO 00006339  007 OF 011 
 
 
Itokazu. 
 
Ozawa visited the JCP, SDP, OSMP, and Sozo at their respective 
offices and also called at Itokazu's campaign headquarters. 
 
Ozawa met with Itokazu at her local office and encouraged her, 
saying: "I'm glad that we can pull together. Let's make sure you 
win." 
 
Ozawa will visit Japan's westernmost island of Yonagunijima in the 
Okinawa prefectural town of Yonaguni and will also visit Japan's 
southernmost inhabited island of Haterumajima in the Okinawa 
prefectural town of Taketomi to ask local residents to support 
Itokazu. 
 
12) Gubernatorial candidate Nakaima suggests relocating Futenma base 
to Miyakojima, encountering local objections 
 
AKAHATA (Page 4) (Excerpt) 
November 2, 2006 
 
Hirokazu Nakaima, who is the candidate jointly backed by the Liberal 
Democratic Party and the New Komeito in Okinawa gubernatorial 
election, has come out with a statement concurring with the 
relocation of Futenma Air Station to another location in the 
prefecture, stating that consideration be given to Shimoji Island 
Airport (Miyakojima City), This statement has produced a fierce 
protest from the residents of Miyakojima. 
 
On the other hand, words of welcome came from Defense Agency 
Director General Kyuma, representing the Japanese government, at his 
regular press conference on Oct. 31. 
 
13) Ginowan City issues Declaration of Safety Inadequacy that calls 
Futenma Air Station a threat to peoples' lives 
 
AKAHATA (Page 4) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
The city of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture that houses the US 
Marines' Futenma Air Station yesterday issued a Declaration of 
Safety Inadequacy of Futenma Air Station that cited the base for 
continuing to be a threat to the lives and property of local 
residents and as having fallen below the safety standards of the US 
armed forces. In a press conference at city hall, Mayor Yoichi Iha 
made the announcement. 
 
According to safety standards set by the US armed forces, the Clear 
Zone for an airfield of the size of Futenma Air Station should be 
900 meters on each side of the runway, and the Accident Potential 
Zone or APZ is to be set at a scale of 3,600 meters from each side 
of the runway. 
 
Mayor Iha pointed out that the Clear Zone of Futenma Air Station 
contains a primary school, kindergarten, crowded shopping streets 
and the like, none of which are in accordance with US military 
safety standards. He sharply criticized the situation, stating; "The 
Japanese and US governments have covered up the dangerous nature of 
Futenma Air Station." 
 
In addition, he stated: "The helicopter crash in a city university 
campus two years ago can be said to have demonstrated the 
 
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inevitability of an accident occurring while operating in such a 
dangerous environment. We can never accept the operation of a base 
that ignores the safety and lives of the local residents in this 
way." He sought the immediate closure and return of the base. 
 
14) It's time to rewrite Article 9: Kyuma 
 
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
Defense Agency Director General Fumio Kyuma, sitting on the House of 
Representatives Security Affairs Committee in its meeting yesterday, 
suggested the need to rewrite Article 9 of the Constitution, which 
stipulates Japan's maintenance of no war potential. "I think it's 
about time to change it," Kyuma stated before the committee. As an 
example, Kyuma took up the case where the Self-Defense Forces 
participate in a United Nations force. "I wonder if Japan can do 
what other countries are doing," Kyuma stated. "Sometimes we may 
have to say we can't do so because we have constitutional 
provisions," he added. 
 
15) Minshuto split over bill designed to raise JDA to ministry 
status 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
In Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan), views are split over 
whether to support a bill designed to raise the Defense Agency (JDA) 
to ministry status. In the House of Representatives Security 
Committee, intensive deliberations on collusive bidding at the 
initiative of JDA were started yesterday and will last until Nov. 7. 
The ruling camp intends to take a vote on the bill on Nov. 10 after 
the deliberations. But Minshuto is now in a quandary, as a junior 
conservative member said, "If a vote is taken before our party 
determines its stance on this historical bill, we will result in 
acting disgracefully." 
 
The Diet Affairs Committee chairmen of Minshuto, the Japanese 
Communist Party (JCP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the 
People's New Party met in the Diet building yesterday and conferred 
on how to respond to the controversial bill. The JCP and the SDF 
proposed working together against the bill, but the Minshuto 
representative only said, "We will decide on our stance while 
watching the contents of the intensive deliberations." The People's 
New Party decided to support the bill after the meeting. 
 
In negotiations over deliberations on the bill, the ruling camp 
accepted Minshuto's proposal for three-day intensive talks before 
starting discussions. Minshuto member Yukichi Maeda argued in 
yesterday's meeting, "If a decision is made to raise the JDA to a 
ministry, the details (of the bid rigging scandals involving the 
agency) must be uncovered first." But the ruling bloc aims to take a 
vote at an early date, as a senior member of the Liberal Democratic 
Party's Diet Affairs Committee said, "Two days are enough for 
discussing the bill after the intensive deliberations are over." 
 
The Minshuto executive has judged it better to maintain cooperation 
with the JCP and the SDP in the Diet until the Okinawa gubernatorial 
election on Nov. 19 in order to ensure cooperative campaigning among 
the opposition parties. In the party, however, "there are at least 
50 members willing to vote for the bill," a mid-ranking member said. 
 
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If the party pushes ahead with a stance against the bill despite 
such a situation, a number of members will undoubtedly rise in 
rebellion. The party now remains unable to discuss the issue even at 
a joint meeting of its foreign and defense councils. 
 
16) Nakagawa's nuclear-debate argument escalating due to Abe's 
silence; Ruling coalition may be thrown into turmoil 
 
MAINICHI (Page 5)(Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Shoichi Nakagawa has repeatedly 
made statements about a nuclear option for Japan. He has argued that 
according to the government's interpretation of the Constitution, 
nuclear weapons are included in minimum necessary armaments, while 
underlining the country's stance of upholding the three nonnuclear 
principles, leaving the impression that there no longer exist 
constraints on nuclear debate helped by Prime Minister Abe's 
"silence." But Nakagawa's convincing words and deeds have resulted 
in strong anxieties even in the ruling coalition. An escalation of 
his comments may throw the government and the ruling bloc into 
confusion. 
 
"If we don't discuss the matter now, which has not been debated, 
when can we do so? Now that the other side (North Korea) has used a 
card it had never used before, we have no other option but to 
discuss going nuclear." 
 
Nakagawa held a press conference at the Japan National Press Club 
yesterday in which he discussed Japan's nuclear option for 45 
minutes, one-third of the total time. 
 
Everything started with an Oct. 15 television program in which 
Nakagawa said, "Debating nuclear weapons is one of the options." 
This drew criticism from opposition parties. On Oct. 18, Foreign 
Minister Taro Aso echoed Nakagawa by saying before the Lower House 
Foreign Affairs Committee, "Discussion is important." Encouraged by 
Prime Minister Abe's comment that freedom of speech must not be 
suppressed, Nakagawa appears to have no intention of holding his 
tongue. 
 
Abe, however, declared in a speech in Tokyo on Oct. 27, "The 
government and LDP panels will not discuss the matter." Nakagawa has 
made the controversial remarks as LDP policy chief, but Abe has 
defended him as having made the comments in a "private capacity." 
This seems to have helped lower the hurdle for a nuclear debate. 
 
In the meantime, former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki said in a 
strong tone at his faction meeting yesterday: "At a time the country 
is taking sanctions against North Korea following its nuclear test, 
discussing a nuclear option is utterly inappropriate. Debate must be 
blocked." New Komeito leader Akihiro Ota also objected to nuclear 
debate yesterday, noting: "A person in a key government or ruling 
party position must not discuss the matter." But Nakagawa does not 
seem to care such advice. The floor for a nuclear debate is 
expanding. 
 
17) Heizo Takenaka to return to Keio University 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
 
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Heizo Takenaka, 55, who served as minister of internal affairs and 
communications in the Koizumi government, will come back to Keio 
University as professor, Yomiuri learned yesterday. Takenaka has 
been unemployed since he quit his House of Councillors seat in late 
September, saying, "My job in the political world was over." All 
eyes were therefore forced on what he would do next. 
 
Takenaka entered the Development Bank of Japan in 1973. After 
working as associate professor at Osaka University and professor at 
Keio University, he assumed the post of state minister in charge of 
economic and fiscal policy in April 2001 in the Koizumi cabinet. He 
provided theoretical support for then Prime Minister Koizumi 
structural reform drive, which included financial revitalization and 
postal privatization. 
 
18) Basic Education Law revision bill likely to clear the Diet as 
ruling and opposition camp agree on holding public hearings 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 1) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
The likelihood is that a bill revising the Basic Education Law, now 
in the Diet spotlight, will be passed during the ongoing session. 
Directors of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the 
Basic Education Law agreed last evening to hold public hearings on 
Nov. 8 in the cities of Nagoya, Tsu, Sendai and Utsunomiya. Given 
that, the environment for taking a vote on the bill has now been 
prepared. 
 
The ruling parties initially called for holding those public 
hearings on Nov. 6, but they gave a concession to the opposition 
camp to hold them on Nov. 8, conducting deliberations on the bill on 
the 6th. 
 
Holding public hearings is stipulated in a Lower House rule. 
Therefore, special committee members have to hear views from experts 
in local cities. With the conclusion of the public hearings, the 
Lower House will complete deliberations on the bill. It has been the 
practice for the ruling camp to move into action to put a bill on a 
vote. 
 
The Lower House spent in the previous session 50 hours for 
deliberations on the government-sponsored bill and a bill submitted 
by the main opposition party Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan). 
The two bills have been carried over to the current session. 
 
The opposition bloc has called for holding more public hearings in 
local cities and Tokyo. So they intend not to respond to discussion 
on setting the voting date. The dominant view in the ruling 
coalition is that the deliberations on the bill were sufficient and 
they are now ready to take a vote. 
 
The ruling camp foresees that even if the bill fails to clear the 
Lower House in early November as they expected, it is possible for 
it to be passed in the current extra Diet session, which runs until 
Dec. 15. 
 
19) Prime Minister to pour effort in boosting production of biofuel 
as new energy resource 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
November 2, 2006 
 
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries Minister (MAFF) Toshikatsu Matsuoka yesterday to make 
arrangements to expand the production of bioethanol, a part of 
biofuel derived from agricultural products, like corn. Abe sets 
forth the goal of producing 600 million kiloliters of bioethanol, or 
10%  of annual domestic consumption of gasoline. The government 
plans to boost production mainly in Hokkaido and Okinawa. Spreading 
biofuel is part of efforts to contain global warming and to increase 
energy resources, as well as to create new jobs by fostering a new 
industry. 
 
Biofuel is derived from living organisms, such as raw garbage, wood 
shavings, and manure from livestock, and bioethanol is a part of it. 
According to MAFF, Brazil produced 16.7 billion kiloliters of 
biofuel in 2005 to use the product for autos. 
 
In Japan, however, only 30 kiloliters of biofuel is produced 
annually. Matsuoka said, "We are still in an experimental phase." 
MAFF has requested in its FY2007 budget request 10.6 billion yen for 
the biofuel project with the goal of producing more than 50,000 
kiloliters of biofuel in FY2023. The prime minister also took up in 
his policy speech the need to accelerate the use of bioethanol. The 
year targeted by MAFF might be moved up. 
 
20) Prime minister to call for government bond issues to be held to 
27 trillion yen or less in FY2007 budget 
 
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Excerpts) 
November 2, 2006 
 
The government decided yesterday to hold down the new government 
bond issuance in the FY2007 budget to 27 trillion yen or less. Prime 
Minister Abe will shortly notify the government and the ruling 
parties of this policy decision. Abe has already instructed them to 
set the amount for next fiscal year at lower than the amount in this 
fiscal year (29.97 trillion yen). The prime minister is willing to 
show his determination to continue fiscal reconstruction efforts by 
reducing the nation's deficit more significantly than in the days of 
the Koizumi administration through tax revenue increases and 
spending cuts. 
 
After the bursting of the bubble economy, government bond issuance 
rapidly surged because of sharp decreases in public works projects 
and tax revenues. Since FY1998, the amount of issuance remained at 
the 30 trillion yen level for eight consecutive years. Former Prime 
Minister Junichiro Koizumi pledged to hold down the government 
issuance to below 30 trillion yen when his administration was 
inaugurated. 
 
Abe deemed it necessary to show his policy of "giving priority to 
spending cuts over debate on the consumption tax" by further 
promoting Koizumi's goal of capping the issuance at 30 trillion 
yen. 
 
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