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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07
Index:
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule
Abe diplomacy:
4) Tokyo alarmed about Washington's new flexible stance toward North
Korea in the six-party talks
5) Foreign Minister Aso, Secretary of State Rice confer by phone on
Lebanon, North Korea
6) First strategic dialogue between Japan, Russia aims to build
environment for territorial negotiations; Russian premier to visit
Japan Feb. 27
Defense and security issues:
7) SDF troops to be dispatched to Nepal for PKO, the first such
since international contribution became a main duty
8) Government in disarray as Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki, State
Minister for Okinawa Takaichi differ on using original government
plan for Futenma relocation
9) Prime Minister Abe: Original agreement on Futenma relocation will
be followed
10) LDP's Yamasaki and other lawmakers to visit Guam to tour site
planned for relocation of Marines from Okinawa
Political merry-go-round:
11) Survey reveals 27 governors, or half the prefectures, accepting
support from construction companies involved in public works
projects
12) So-called "scandal Diet" to convene tomorrow with sparks
expected to fly between LDP, Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan)
over "politics and money"
13) Minshuto head Ozawa's fund management group, Rikusankai, owns 1
billion yen in property, holdings that would not be in compliance
with political rules
14) Upper House Vice President Tsunoda, denying money-scandal
charge, refuses to quit post, causing consternation in his party,
Minshuto
15) Minshuto decides to put off decision on whether to support
constitutional referendum bill
16) Controversial conspiracy bill to be put off until at least the
fall Diet session
17) Prime Minister Abe to propose comprehensive
environment-protection strategy as part of his energy diplomacy
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi:
Japanese ova bank begins operating
Mainichi:
Nine ministers, including agriculture minister, report unaccounted
for political funds of 10 million yen or more in 2005
Yomiuri:
Kansai Telecasting cuts president's pay, reprimands officials over
fabricated program
TOKYO 00000321 002 OF 011
Nihon Keizai:
Cross-shareholding deals multiply as firms worry about takeovers
Sankei:
Bird flu in Miyazaki again?
Tokyo Shimbun:
156 lawmakers used offices in Diet members' building as fund
management offices; 620 million reported as office expenses in 2005
Akahata:
Article 9 of the Constitution effective for world peace
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) Upper House vice president: Fed up with such explanation!
(2) Construction firms' bid-rigging practices: Management
responsibility being questioned
Mainichi:
(1) Bid-rigging over subway project: Managers, too, are responsible
(2) Tax Commission Chairman Kosai: Debate on drastic reform should
be started immediately
Yomiuri:
(1) Regular Diet session: Points at issue in polls need to be
clarified
(2) Science and technology-oriented country: Can Japan become a
country that produce many Nobel Prize winners?
Nihon Keizai:
(1) Need for framework to apply brakes on space arms race
(2) Urban gas companies should return to the starting line
Sankei:
(1) Regular Diet session: Erasing distrust in politics is important
(2) Guidelines for new type of flu: Effective guidelines urged
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Upper House Vice President Tsunoda should realize weight of
responsibility
(2) Start of spring wage offensive: Wage hikes will boost the
economy
Akahata:
Office expenses issue: Shed light on allegations!
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
Prime Minister's schedule, January 23
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
09:32
Executive meeting at the party headquarters.
10:05
Cabinet meeting at the Kantei. Then met with Agriculture Minister
Matsuoka and Vice Agriculture Minister Kobayashi. Then met with
TOKYO 00000321 003 OF 011
Environment Minister Wakabayashi.
11:04
Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Shimomura, Suzuki and
Matoba. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki joined.
15:03
Met with Saudi Arabian Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister
Naimi. Assistant Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ando and Resources
and Energy Agency Director General Mochizuki joined. Then met with
Finance Minister Omi and Vice Finance Minister Fujii.
16:16
Met with Public Security Intelligence Agency Director General
Yanagi, followed by Senior Vice Foreign Minister Asano and
Parliamentary Secretary Matsushima. Then met with former Prime
Minister Mori.
18:07
Summit meeting with Mozambique President Guebuza. Then signing
ceremony for grant aid cooperation. Then dinner meeting hosted by
Prime Minister Abe and his wife.
20:29
Returned to the official residence.
4) Six-party talks: Government concerned about flexible stance of
the US; Japan, China to meet today to discuss when to resume talks
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
Foreign Ministry Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director-General
Kenichiro Sasae, chief delegate from Japan to the six-party talks,
will today meet with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei,
chairman of the talks, in Beijing to discuss a schedule for resuming
the talks. Chances are that such a schedule can be set as early as
within this week, because concerned nations have already agreed that
the talks be resumed at an early date. Following the defeat of the
Republican Party in the midterm elections in the US, Washington is
beginning to show a flexible stance toward Pyongyang. Some Japanese
government officials are now alert to the emergence of a situation
in which other participants in the six-party talks urge Japan to
shift to a flexible policy.
Foreign Minister Aso during a press conference after a cabinet
meeting yesterday noted, "It will be meaningless to hold talks
unless holding denuclearization talks becomes a concrete deal." He
thus checked a flexible approach to North Korea. The US is pursuing
substantial talks with North Korea, such as experts' meetings to
discuss financial sanctions the US has imposed on the North, and
bilateral talks in Berlin. Given this situation, some Japanese
government officials take the view that Japan should dissuade the US
from switching its approach to the North from pressure to dialogue,
with one source noting: "Depending on how the US will respond, a
flexible approach could provide the North with incentives for its
nuclear test. Settling the abduction issue will become more
difficult."
The six-party talks broke up last December without substantial
discussions with the North insisting that it would refuse to discuss
the nuclear issue unless the financial sanctions were lifted. The US
TOKYO 00000321 004 OF 011
and North Korea have started coordinating a schedule for talks in
Berlin. Related countries are taking the move as meaning that
Pyongyang would make certain concessions.
5) Aso talks with Rice over telephone
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
Foreign Minister Taro Aso held talks with US Secretary of State Rice
over the telephone yesterday evening. Rice expressed her gratitude
for Japan's aid to Lebanon. Aso told Rice that Environment Minister
Masatoshi Wakabayashi would participate in an international
conference to be held on Jan. 25 for Lebanon. Aso and Rice also
agreed to continue close cooperation on the North Korea problem.
According to a New China News Agency (Xinhua) dispatch, Rice had a
telephone conversation yesterday evening with Chinese Foreign
Minister Li Zhao Xing, too. Rice and Li exchanged views over the
Korean Peninsula's nuclear issue and US-China relations.
6) First strategic talks between Japan, Russia
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Excerpts)
January 24, 2007
Fumiyoshi Kendo, Moscow
The governments of Japan and Russia held the first strategic talks
of their foreign vice ministers in Moscow on Jan. 23. Both sides
confirmed the need to accelerate efforts to implement the
Japan-Russia action program worked out in 2003. They aim to
establish a reciprocal relationship that will benefit both sides. A
decision was also made for Russian Premier Fradkov to visit Japan on
Feb. 27. Japan expects to give priority to expanding bilateral
exchanges in the economic and security areas and pave the way for
breaking the impasse in the stalled negotiations on the Northern
Territories.
In the meeting, First Vice Foreign Minister Denisov told Vice
Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi: "Promoting relations with Japan is
one of the top priority issues for Russia. We would like to
accelerate work to build a partnership." Yachi replied, "We want to
discuss in a serious manner what should be resolved in order to
improve bilateral relations"
The main aim of the strategy talks is to deepen ties by accumulating
layers of talks between the two countries. In its first round, both
sides' confirmation of implementing the Japan-Russia action program
reflects Japan's regret that the Koizumi administration's excessive
eagerness for a settlement of the territorial issue only heightened
the Russian government's sense of alarm.
In the economic area, the vice ministers agreed that the two
countries would cooperate in developing oil fields in East Siberia
and constructing a Pacific pipeline. They reportedly also exchanged
views about Japan's expansion of investment in Russia.
7) Government eyes dispatch of several SDF officers to Nepal on PKO
mission
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
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The government yesterday started looking into dispatching several
Self-Defense Force (SDF) troops to Nepal on a planned UN
peacekeeping operations (PKO) mission as ceasefire monitors under
the PKO Cooperation Law. If realized, this will be the first
dispatch of SDF troops overseas since international PKO was
designated as a main mission for the SDF when the Defense Agency was
upgraded to defense ministry status.
The UN Security Council plans to adopt a resolution shortly calling
for supporting the political process in Nepal and request countries
to dispatch their personnel there. Upon receiving such a request,
the government plans to work out an action program that would
specify the number of troops to be dispatched and their duty.
The ceasefire monitoring team is to be joined by military officers
from each country. Such officers will not be unarmed. In Nepal, the
government and the Nepal Communist Party Maoist Group signed a
comprehensive peace treaty last November, bringing an end to the
civil war that lasted for more than 10 years.
8) Gov't in disarray over Futenma relocation
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
The government is getting out of step over the issue of relocating
the US Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa
Prefecture. Japan and the United States have concurred on relocating
Futenma airfield to a coastal area of Camp Schwab in the island
prefecture's northern coastal city of Nago, and the government is
seeking local understanding on this coastal relocation plan.
However, Sanae Takaichi, state minister for Okinawa and the Northern
Territories, insisted that the government should also discuss a
revised plan presented by Nago. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa
Shiozaki ruled out this possibility at once, but the government
seems to be in disarray
Takaichi, when she called on Shiozaki at the Kantei on Jan. 22,
suggested the need for the government to consider Nago's proposed
revision to the relocation plan in a meeting of its consultative
body with Okinawa's prefectural and municipal governments on Futenma
relocation. After that, Takaichi told reporters, "I think he
(Shiozaki) is positive." In her press remarks yesterday, Takaichi
insisted on her opinion, saying, "It's important to listen well to
the earnest voice of local communities in a consultative meeting."
Concerning Takaichi's assertion, Shiozaki, meeting the press
yesterday, stated that the government would like to push ahead with
Futenma relocation based on the coastal relocation plan as agreed
between Japan and the United States. Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma
also stressed that the government's basic posture would remain
unchanged. Takaichi's standpoint is therefore likely to be taken as
intra-cabinet disunity.
9) Abe stresses Futenma accord
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed again yesterday that the
government would push ahead with its plan to relocate the US Marine
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Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture to (a coastal area
of Camp Schwab in the northern Okinawa city of Nago) as agreed
between Japan and the United States, even though Nago City has been
asking for a revision of the plan. "I have told them to explain the
government's stance in a sincere manner," Abe said. He was replying
a question from reporters at his office. Meanwhile, Sanae Takaichi,
state minister for Okinawa and northern territories, have said the
government should consider Nago's revised plan. Asked about her
remark, Abe indicated that there were no inconsistencies in his
cabinet. "It's only natural to state various opinions in a
consultative meeting," Abe said.
10) Yamasaki, other LDP lawmakers to visit Guam next month
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
January 24, 2007
Taku Yamasaki, chair of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's
security affairs panel, will visit Guam on Feb. 3-4 with former
Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and former Defense Agency
Director General Fukushiro Nukaga, party sources said yesterday.
Guam is where US Marines will be redeployed from Okinawa Prefecture.
In Guam, they will see the local situation for Marine relocation.
11) 27 governors admit to receiving election backup from industrial
circles; 31 stress "no problem"
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Abridged)
January 24, 2007
The Yomiuri Shimbun conducted a questionnaire survey of local
governors in the wake of bid-rigging and payoff scandals recently
exposed over public works projects. As a result, it became known
yesterday that 27 governors have received election backing from
industrial circles deeply related to public works projects. In the
survey, 25 governors, including 14 of these 27 governors, said such
election backup could lead to political corruption. However, 31
governors, or nearly 70% of all those surveyed governors, answered
that there was "no problem" with their receiving of such industrial
support. This survey reveals that gubernatorial elections often
depend on industrial circles.
The survey was conducted with all prefectures from late last month
through the middle of this month, excluding Miyazaki Prefecture,
which had no governor due to a bid-rigging case involving its
governor. All governors responded to the survey.
In the survey, they were asked if they have ever been funded by
construction or other industries for their election campaign,
including campaign staffing and office offering or recommendation.
In response to this question, 27 governors, or 59% of all those
surveyed governors, answered "yes." Among them, 11 governors,
including the Tochigi and Hyogo governors, answered that they would
continue to receive support. Meanwhile, 14 governors, including the
Okayama governor, said they have yet to decide on whether to receive
election backing. Only the Iwate and Tottori governors, who have
announced that they would not run for another term, said they would
not receive election support.
Asked about interactions between industrial support and political
corruption, eight governors, including the Kanagawa governor,
answered that they were "very concerned" about industrial backup's
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potential bearing on political corruption. In addition, 17
governors, including the Saga governor, said they were "somewhat
concerned." Meanwhile, 15 governors said they were not concerned at
all.
12) "Scandal Diet session" to convene tomorrow with focus on
politics and money
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts)
January 24, 2007
The ordinary Diet session will convene tomorrow. The focus in the
session is likely to be on the politics-and-money scandals disclosed
from late last year through early this year, involving such
lawmakers as former State Minister in Charge of Administrative
Reform Genichiro Sata, Education Minister Ibuki, and Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries Minister Matsuoka. Even in Minshuto
(Democratic Party of Japan), an allegation involving Upper House
Vice Chairman Giichi Tsunoda has also emerged. Some observers
anticipate that both the Liberal Democratic Party and Minshuto might
be hesitant about pursuing the politics-and-money issue in the
upcoming session.
The first case is a funds scandal involving Sata unveiled late last
year. Sata recognized the case as "inappropriate."
Early this year, it came to light that Ibuki and Matsuoka had made
shady fund reports by listing large sums of money as rent payments
for rent-free offices. Ibuki admitted he had used office expenses
for wining and dining, but the two lawmakers have stopped shy of
explaining for what purposes the money was used. LDP Policy Research
Council Chairman Shoichi Nakagawa was also found to have declared
winning and dining expenses as office expenses.
In Minshuto, the political fund organization in a Diet members'
office building of Minshuto Policy Research Council Chairman
Matsumoto was revealed to have reported about 18 million yen as
office expenses. In addition, it was found that President Ozawa had
recorded 415 million yen, including the construction cost of a
residence for his secretaries, as office expenses.
In reaction to such a situation, DPJ Secretary General Hatoyama
said, "It is a problem that expenses that should not be treated as
office expenses, such as wining and dining, were reported," adding
that in this response, there was "no improper entry" in the
political fund reports of Matsumoto and Ozawa. Hatoyama emphatically
said, "I have no intention of backing off from pursuing (the LDP
lawmakers involved in scandals)." But LDP Secretary General Hidenao
Nakagawa said, "(The amount of money used for acquiring the real
estate possessed by Ozawa) is at a scale far beyond common sense."
Furthermore, an allegation involving Tsunoda came to light. A
official in charge of Diet affairs was overheard saying, "Even if
Minshuto grills the LDP over 10 allegations, the main opposition
party will inevitably be counterattacked if there is a scandal
involving its members. It is better for the party to engage in
policy debate squarely."
As for office expenses, there are "expenses necessary for
maintaining offices" as a gray zone. For such expenses, receipts are
not required to be attached to political fund reports. Given this, a
revision of the Political Funds Control Law is also likely to be on
the agenda.
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In the LDP, though, many members are calling for caution about a
revision of the law. Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Toshihiro Nikai
said: "This is not a matter of the LDP alone. Listening to views
from other political party members, I will decide on a response."
Minshuto Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Yoshiaki Takagi also
commented, "A legal revision is in my vision, but before doing that,
it is necessary to discuss the actual situation."
13) DPJ head Ozawa's fund management organization found to have
acquired real estate: LDP indicates move to regulate such action
SANKEI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday indicated that it would
pursue the issue of Mutsuzan-kai, the fund management organization
of Ichiro Ozawa, head of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or
Minshuto), having acquired real estate worth more than a billion yen
under Ozawa's name.
Party Discipline Committee Chairman Takashi Sasagawa triggered an
avalanche of criticism. He during an executive liaison meeting held
at the party headquarters in the afternoon pointed out: "Political
funds are donated to be used for political activities. Is it all
right to use such funds to purchase real estate? The issue should be
discussed and sorted out." Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa told a
news conference that the amount of real estate purchased by
Mutsuzan-kai defies common sense. He revealed a plan to look into
the propriety of regulating politicians' fund management
organizations from obtaining real estate at the compliance taskforce
of the party reform implementation headquarters to be held today.
The existing Political Fund Control Law does not ban politicians'
fund management organizations from acquiring real estate. However,
it is not possible for fund management organizations to register
property under their names. Real estate has to be registered under
individuals' names. Regarding this point, Nakagawa said, registering
property under an individual's name brings about a tax issue, such
as the inheritance tax. Secretary General Toranosuke Katayama of the
LDP caucus in the House of Councillors also criticized the DPJ,
saying, "Obtaining a large amount of real estate with donations made
for political activities is unreasonable from the viewpoint of
national feelings." He expressed his view that the Political Fund
Control Law should be revised to regulate the acquisition of real
estate by politicians.
14) Minshuto fretting over handling of Tsunoda's political fund
issue and Ozawa's office expenses issue
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) is having a hard time over
allegations that House of Councilors Vice President Giichi Tsunoda,
whose Minshuto membership is on hold while he is in that post,
failed to include in his report on political funds to the government
donations he had received. The main opposition party leadership in
the Upper House wishes to put an end to the matter with his press
conference yesterday. The ruling parties intend, however, to see it
as a problem along with the issue of purchasing real estates by the
political funds management organization of Minshuto President Ichiro
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Ozawa. Some in the main opposition party are now calling on Tsunoda
to resign as Upper House vice president. The party will discuss the
matter today at an executive meeting.
The allegations over Tsunoda are that a total of 25 million yen his
campaign headquarters received in July 2001 for the Upper House
election was not included in his political funds report. Another
allegations are that he received political donations from an entity
affiliated with the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean
Residents in Japan (Chongryun). Tsunoda stressed at the press
conference yesterday: "There is no evidence to back up the
allegations."
However, junior and mid-level lawmakers in Minshuto have said: "He
should resign as Upper House vice president before the Diet session
convenes"; and "The executive should fulfill leadership." A member
who served in an executive post said: "It is only natural for him to
give up the vice president's post. He should consider also giving up
his Diet seat."
Behind many calls for Tsunoda's resignation is a sense of crisis
that the largest opposition party may not be able to grill the
government and ruling coalition over the issue of politics and money
that might lead to the July Upper House election.
Some have noted that non-mainstream forces in Minshuto are
indirectly criticizing Ozawa in connection with reports he has
listed huge amounts of money as his office expenses.
15) Minshuto puts off decision on national referendum bill
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
January 24, 2007
The main opposition party, Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan)
generally decided yesterday to postpone a response to a national
referendum bill that would set procedures for amending the
Constitution. The party will make a final decision after keeping
close tabs on deliberations on the legislation at the House of
Representatives Special Committee on the Constitution, as well as
moves of the ruling coalition.
At a meeting yesterday of Acting President Naoto Kan, Secretary
General Yukio Hatoyama and Policy Research Committee Chairman
Takeaki Matsumoto, a view was raised, "Is it necessary for Minshuto
to take initiative in deciding a response to the bill?" The
expectation is that debate on the bill will start in March or later
after deliberations on the state budget for fiscal 2007 are
completed.
At a discussion on the bill between the ruling and opposition camps,
coordination has yet to be finished between the ruling parties,
which have asserted the scope of a national referendum should be
limited to constitutional amendments, and Minshuto, which has called
for applying it to important national issues, as well.
16) Ruling coalition to defer on passing conspiracy bill during
regular Diet session
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 1) (Full)
January 24, 2007
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The ruling coalition has decided to give up on pushing through a
bill to amend the Organized Crime Law that would make conspiracy a
crime during the upcoming regular Diet session, which will open
tomorrow.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Jan. 19 directed Justice Minister Jinen
Nagase to do his best to pass the legislation through the Diet, but
on the 22nd he decided to leave the matter to the ruling camp. Since
many in the ruling coalition were cautious about the bill, its
passage will be postponed. Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary
General Hidenao Nakagawa expressed his view of not insisting on the
passage of the bill during the regular Diet session. He said: "I
think the Diet should consider how to handle the bill."
A senior LDP Upper House Diet Affairs Committee member pointed out:
"We cannot do things that will adversely affect the Upper House
election." A senior LDP Lower House Diet Affairs Committee member
also stated: "If we take a vote on the conspiracy bill, we will be
unable to conduct deliberations on other bills."
The conspiracy bill was first submitted to the Diet in March 2003
and it was killed. It was again submitted and killed. Although the
legislation is aimed at preventing crimes by such international
criminal organizations as terrorists and crime syndicates, it also
targets crimes that have little relation to organized crime. The
largest opposition party, Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan),
therefore, has strongly opposed it.
Given that the ruling coalition has giving up on passing the bill
during the upcoming regular session, it is now looking for the
possibility of enacting it at an extra Diet session in the fall or
later after drastically revising it after the Upper House election.
17) Energy diplomacy: Prime Minister orders formulation of
environmental strategy with aim of facilitating greenhouse gas
emission cuts
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full)
January 24, 2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday called in Environment Minister
Masatoshi Wakabayashi to the Prime Minister's Official Residence
(Kantei) and ordered him to compile an environmental strategy for
the 21st century designed for Japan to contribute to the
international community in the environmental area.
The prime minister then underscored to reporters, "I think that
Japan should contribute to efforts to settle global environmental
problems displaying leadership." Referring to the Kyoto Protocol,
which sets numerical targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions
to be achieved by signatory nations, Abe stated, "This year is a
crucial year for Japan in achieving its target and compiling a
post-Kyoto Protocol."
The prime minister recently visited various European countries and
exchanged views on how global warming can be prevented with leaders
of those countries. He also announced on Jan. 15 during the East
Asia summit held in the Philippines his intention to exercise energy
diplomacy based on Japan's energy-conserving technology, which is on
the cutting edge in the world.
The prime minister's side wants to come up with a new Abe stamp with
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Japan playing a leading role for the resources and environmental
issues, which are drawing attention from all over the world. The
order Abe gave this time to the environmental minister is aimed at
materializing this initiative.
The Kyoto Protocol stipulates that signatory nations cut greenhouse
gas emissions over five years starting in 2008, but it is viewed
difficult for participants, including Japan, to achieve their
targets. As such, Abe aims at enhancing the efficacy of the Kyoto
Protocol through the compilation of a strategy.
SCHIEFFER