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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/07
INDEX:
(1) Taku Yamasaki of LDP to visit Pyongyang to find a diplomatic
breakthrough; Seeking way to restore Japan-DPRK Pyongyang
Declaration
(2) New Komeito head says, "It's too early to set constitutional
revision as a campaign issue" for Upper House election
(3) Central, local governments agree to discuss Futenma relocation
plan on Jan. 19
(4) Finance Ministry plans to simplify domestic procedures for EPAs
(5) Japan, US to draw up nuclear energy promotion action program
featuring technological cooperation, funds assistance
(6) China hunting for crude oil: Obtains concession rights to 29
sites in 15 African countries in exchange for financial assistance
(7) Poll on this summer's upper house election
(8) Poll on living, economy
ARTICLES:
(1) Taku Yamasaki of LDP to visit Pyongyang to find a diplomatic
breakthrough; Seeking way to restore Japan-DPRK Pyongyang
Declaration
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
January 9, 2007
Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of the ruling Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP), yesterday left Narita Airport for Beijing
and continued on to North Korea today. The purpose of his trip to
North Korea is to meet with a high-level North Korean official to
confirm that the Japan-North Korea Pyongyang Declaration, seen now
essentially as a dead letter, is still valid. He also will seek
clues for breaking the deadlock in Japan-North Korea relations.
Yamasaki's planned visit to the North is a private one that does not
involve the Japanese government.
Just before leaving for Beijing yesterday afternoon, Yamasaki stated
that he wanted to restore the Japan-North Korea Pyongyang
Declaration. He stated that the nuclear, abduction, and missile
issues must be resolved together, and in order to reach that goal,
he said he wanted to exchange views with senior officials, taking
much time.
Yamasaki will leave Beijing this morning and arrive in Pyongyang
this afternoon. Deputy LDP Secretary General Ryotaro Tanose
(Yamasaki faction) will travel with him. They are expected to stay
in Pyongyang until Jan. 13.
As to whom he plans to meet with during his visit, Yamasaki stated:
"I've asked for meeting a ranking official close to North Korean
leader Kim Jong Il. I may meet with Ambassador Song Il Ho, who is in
charge of Japan-DPRK talks. He is not the communication channel used
for this visit."
Ahead of his trip, Yamasaki met with relevant US and Chinese
officials as part of the preparations. When he visited the United
TOKYO 00000055 002 OF 011
States last July, Yamasaki secretly met with a journalist having
close ties with the North and received (from the journalist) an
"invitation to visit that country" in the name of General Secretary
Kim. He also met with Senator John McCain, former Deputy Secretary
of State Richard Armitage, and other officials to exchange views on
diplomatic strategy toward the North.
After the Abe administration was established in last September,
Yamasaki met with Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi in Tokyo and
conveyed to him a plan to travel to North Korea.
Their series of talks reportedly made Yamasaki more convinced that:
(1) in order to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, it is vitally
important to bring North Korea back to the Nuclear
Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and have it accept inspectors from
the International Atomic Energy Agency; and (2) Japan should give
more weight to dialogue and persuasion instead of increasing
pressure on the North by sanctions.
Late last year, Yamasaki met with former Prime Minister Koizumi and
strongly advised him to make a third trip to Pyongyang so as to
confirm with General Secretary Kim the restoration of the Pyongyang
Declaration and to break the current impasse in bilateral relations.
Yamasaki describes his visit to Pyongyang this time as setting the
stage for Koizumi to make a third trip to North Korea.
The Japanese government, however, has been cool about Yamasaki's
visit.
A government official concerned stated critically: "Mr. Yamasaki's
tour of the North would be seen as no more than a part of 'spying
activities' by North Korea. Some in Japan fall victim to North
Korea's allurement and become cautious about economic sanctions."
A senior LDP member, too, pointed out: "In diplomatic talks, it is
customary for the North Koreans to seek a reward. But in the case of
diplomacy led by an individual lawmaker, there is a limit to what he
can promise to the other side, for example, food aid."
(2) New Komeito head says, "It's too early to set constitutional
revision as a campaign issue" for Upper House election
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full)
January 8, 2007
Toshinari Etori, Beijing
New Komeito Representative Ota, now on his tour of China, when asked
by reporters accompanying him in Beijing on the night of Jan. 7
about Prime Minister Abe's move to make constitutional revision a
campaign issue in this summer's Upper House election, made this
comment: "I deem it important for every party to have in-depth
discussion. A hasty discussion of the details of constitutional
revision would not lead to bringing about a good result. Isn't it
too early to make constitutional revision a campaign issue for the
Upper House election?"
Ota also revealed that when he had telephoned the prime minister on
Jan. 6, the two agreed to enact a national referendum bill
prescribing the procedures for constitutional revision into a law
during the ordinary Diet session, which is to be convened on Jan.
¶25.
TOKYO 00000055 003 OF 011
Moreover, speaking of the problem that a person associated with
Agriculture Minister Matsuoka had made an inquiry about approval for
an non-profit organization to the Cabinet Office, Ota indicated that
Matsuoka's account was insufficient to obtain public understanding,
noting: "First of all, Mr. Matsuoka needs to provide a much clearer
account."
On the night of Jan. 7, Ota met with Wang Jiarui, head of the
International Department of the Communist Party of China in Beijing
and made this request about the abductions of Japanese people by
North Korea: "The Abductions are an emotional issue and a matter of
sovereignty. We strongly hope to see the issue put on the
negotiating table in the six-party talks (which are now in recess)."
Wang responded, "We'd like to give due consideration to your
request," indicating a positive attitude about taking up the
abduction issue in the six-party talks.
(3) Central, local governments agree to discuss Futenma relocation
plan on Jan. 19
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full)
January 9, 2007
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Suzuki arrived in Okinawa on
Jan. 7 and held talks on the relocation of the US Marine Corps'
Futenma Air Station (in Ginowan City, Okinawa) with Okinawa Gov.
Hirokazu Nakaima and heads of relevant municipalities. Both sides
agreed in principle to hold the third round of talks between the
central government and local governments on Jan. 19.
Later in the day, Suzuki met with Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro
and heads of Kim Town, Ginoza Town, and Higashi Town, in addition to
Gov. Nakaima. On the Futenma relocation plan, Defense Agency
Director-General Kyuma made a remark implying a review of the
current plan for the construction of V-shaped runways. But after a
series of meeting yesterday, Suzuki told reporters: "I conveyed to
them that the (central government) would like to go ahead with the
V-shaped runway plan as previously agreed on (by Japan and the US)."
He thus made it clear that the central government would advance the
current plan.
(4) Finance Ministry plans to simplify domestic procedures for EPAs
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 3) (Abridged slightly)
January 9, 2007
The Finance Ministry has decided to simplify the domestic process
each economic partnership agreement (EPA) has to undergo before
taking effect with the aim of helping the government implement trade
pacts speedily. Under the current system, it takes an inked EPA
about one year to go into effect. The ministry aims to pass EPA
advantages speedily on to domestic industries in line with the
government's policy direction to utilize EPAs in revitalizing the
economy.
The Finance Ministry plans to submit related bills to the Diet in
the regular session scheduled to open on Jan. 25. The simplified
procedures could be applied to all the EPAs inked on April 1 or
beyond. Japan has reached basic accords on EPAs -- a step short of
signing pacts -- with Thailand, Chile, Indonesia, and Brunei.
Once an EPA is signed under the current system, the government is
required each time to draft a bill to amend the Temporary Tariff
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Measures Law specifying tariffs on specific items and other factors
for deliberations in the Diet. In concrete terms, the legislation
specifies: (1) a bilateral safeguard (import curb) system allowing
the government to suspend tariff cuts in stages for protecting
domestic producers hard hit by rapid increases in imports; and (2) a
bilateral tariff quota system to impose high tariffs on imports of
certain items in excess of specific levels.
In the case of Singapore, Japan's first EPA partner, it took Tokyo
about 10 months to make preparations for the pact to go into effect.
In the event of the EPA with Malaysia that was inked last July, the
procedures took seven months.
The Finance Ministry intends to submit to the Diet a plan to
establish a general provision in the Temporary Tariff Measures Law
to apply the safeguard and the bilateral quota systems widely so
that the government would not have to revise the law every time a
pact is inked. This will result in reduced costs for administrative
work, such as drawing up bills and conducting Diet deliberations.
To date, Japan has concluded or reached basic accords on EPAs with
eight countries. The government's Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy has come up with a plan to triple the number of EPAs over the
next two years. With major powers, including China and the United
States, accelerating efforts to conclude EPAs, speedily implementing
trade pacts has been a policy task for Japan.
(5) Japan, US to draw up nuclear energy promotion action program
featuring technological cooperation, funds assistance
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 3) (Full)
January 9, 2007
The Japanese and US governments will draw up an action program by
April for promoting a project to construct nuclear facilities in the
US. The program will feature joint research on nuclear fuel
reprocessing technology and economic assistance to Japanese firms
entering the US nuclear power plant construction market. An official
agreement is expected to reach in talks on Jan. 9 in Washington
between Economy, Trade, and Industry Minister Akira Amari and US
Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman.
SIPDIS
Last February, the US came up with the Global Nuclear Energy
Partnership (GNEP) featuring a new approach to recycling of spent
nuclear fuel. Japan, a country with an excellent record in
developing fast-breeder reactors, will extend technological
cooperation for realizing the US plan. Japan and US will jointly
produce an action plan by putting together specific contents of
cooperation, a timetable for joint research, and other factors.
The US had been reluctant to build new nuclear power plants since
the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, but the country shifted its
policy in 2005. The US is expected to make 25 nuclear reactors
operational by 2020. The action program is expected to incorporate
financial assistance and other measures to a give boost to Japanese
firms eager to join the project to construct nuclear power plants in
the US. As financial assistance, the US government plans to
implement tax cuts and debt guarantees and the Japanese government
intends to apply trade insurance to the project.
Amari and Bodman are also like to reach an accord on promoting clean
use of coal and bio-fuel.
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(6) China hunting for crude oil: Obtains concession rights to 29
sites in 15 African countries in exchange for financial assistance
YOMIURI (Page 10) (Excerpts)
January 4, 2006
Facing a sharp increase in the prices of energy, such as crude oil
and natural gas, many countries are strategically trying to secure
interests in natural resources. Natural resources nationalism,
meaning natural-resource-rich nations enclosing their natural
resources, is rising. This newspaper will report this situation in
detail and probe into how Japan should deal with the situation.
¶I. Scramble for natural resources
Part 1: Clashes of national interests
Lagos, a port city in southwestern Nigeria, is lively due to the
boom to develop oil fields on the coastal area.
Many Chinese are working at crude oil drilling sites. However, there
is no sign of the Chinese workers because those other than persons
in charge are denied access to the area that is seen as a potential
target of anti-government terrorists.
Even so, the presence of Chinese workers can be felt here and there.
Chinese companies are undertaking the construction of
infrastructure, including the construction of roads and
communications cables, in the city. Construction overseers are also
Chinese.
Nigeria is the largest oil-producing nation in Africa with its
output at 2.5 million barrels a day. Three Chinese state-run oil
companies have advanced into Nigeria and obtained rights to explore
and develop minerals.
China's top-level diplomatic efforts have resulted in China National
Petroleum Corporation's (CNPC) obtaining a development right in the
No. 4 mining area. President Hu Jintao visited Nigeria in April
¶2006. He offered financial assistance worth 4 billion dollars
(approximately 470 billion yen) for the construction of a power
plant and other facilities and obtained the developing right in
exchange for that.
China is constructing railways, hospitals, houses and power plants
in many African countries. Its strategy is to obtain
energy-development rights by establishing close political relations
through generous financial assistance.
A survey by the Yomiuri Shimbun found that China has obtained rights
to develop 29 oil fields in 15 countries since it started advancing
into African nations.
China hosted the China-Africa Cooperation Forum Beijing Summit on
November 4-5 last year, inviting leaders of 48 African countries.
Declaring that China is Africa's partner that can be trusted
forever, Hu pledged to extend low-interest loans worth 3 billion
dollars for the next three years and forgive debts of heavily
indebted nations.
China attaches importance to Africa, because international oil
measures have already obtained rights to develop major oil fields in
the Middle East or those oil fields are already under strict
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government control. Chinese companies have even advanced into Sudan
and Angola, countries which European, US and Japanese companies find
it too risky to embark on business due to great political risks,
such as unstable political situations or human rights suppression.
It does not care about international criticism.
Demand for crude oil is skyrocketing in China, where high economic
growth topping 9% a year is continuing. Its crude oil imports
doubled from 60.26 million tons in 2001 to 122.72 million tons in
¶2004. Imports in 2006 are estimated to have reached around 140
million tons.
Commenting on China's all-out efforts to obtain interests in natural
resources, Ken Koyama, research director of the Japan Energy and
Economic Research Center, pointed out: "A sharp increase in crude
oil imports by China has made the crude oil market a sellers' market
politicizing the market, where prices are supposed to be set by
market mechanisms."
The price of crude oil, which stood at the 20-dollar-per-barrel
level (West Texas Intermediate) in the beginning of 2001, soared to
78 dollars at one point.
Japan losing one development right after another
Moves to secure crude oil through political clout are spreading to
other countries in order to counter China.
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun visited Nigeria in March 2006
and obtained an oil-development right there in exchange for
investment of 6 billion dollars for the construction of a power
plant and other facilities. He also invited leaders of more than 20
African countries to the Blue House in Seoul and announced a plan to
triple official development assistance (ODA) to those countries. It
is acting exactly the same as China.
On the other hand, Japan has lost rights to develop oil fields
independently one after another. It drilled in the Khafji oil field
stretching over Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for 40 years but lost the
rights in Saudi Arabia when negotiations to renew the contract with
that nation ended in rupture in February 2000.
Japan had pinned hopes on the Azadegan oil field as a major oil
field replacing the Khafji oil field. However, its stake was reduced
from 75% to 10% last October. Japan's stake in the Sakhalin-2
project, a project to develop oil and natural gal in Sakhalin, was
also reduced 50% last December. It is being overpowered by
resource-rich countries, which are trying to regain interests in
their own resources.
Occasioned by China's economic rise, the world has begun to undergo
a sea change into the age of hegemony.
(7) Poll on this summer's upper house election
MAINICHI (Page 15) (Full)
January 6, 2007
Questions & Answers
(T = total; M = male; F = female)
Q: Are you interested in this summer's election for the House of
Councillors?
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T M F
Very interested 20 25 15
Somewhat interested 51 51 51
Not very interested 22 18 26
Not interested at all 5 6 5
Q: Which political party between the Liberal Democratic Party and
the Democratic Party of Japan would you like to win in this summer's
election for the House of Councillors?
T M F
LDP 40 36 44
DPJ 38 48 29
Other political parties 14 11 18
Q: What will you consider first when voting in the forthcoming
election?
T M F
Personal character 14 12 16
Image 4 3 4
Career, actual results 8 8 8
Policies 56 56 56
Each candidate's political party 11 16 7
Requests from acquaintances, relatives 3 2 4
Q: What would you like politicians to consider first when they are
elected in this summer's election?
T M F
National policies
61 65 58
Liaising with government, ruling party officials
5 6 5
Contributing to home constituencies
28 25 30
Q: There is also an opinion saying the House of Councillors is
unnecessary. What do you think about this upper chamber of the
Diet?
T M F
All right to maintain it 29 27 32
Empower it further 36 40 33
Abolish it 26 29 23
Q: Prime Minister Abe came into office after Prime Minister Koizumi.
Do you think the LDP has changed under Prime Minister Abe?
T M F
Changed for the better 6 7 5
Changed for the worse 18 22 15
No change 69 67 71
Q: (Only for those who said the LDP has "changed for the better")
How do you think the LDP has changed for the better?
T M F
The LDP is now again what it used to be before Prime Minister
Koizumi 41 45 36
The LDP is further destroyed 41 48 32
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Q: (Only for those who said the LDP has "changed for the worse") How
do you think the LDP has changed for the worse?
T M F
The LDP is now again what it used to be before Prime Minister
Koizumi 68 74 60
The LDP is further destroyed 25 19 33
Q: Internet electioneering on websites and through emails is
currently prohibited under the Public Offices Election Law.
Meanwhile, there is an opinion insisting on revising the law to
allow electioneering on the Internet. What do you think about this?
T M F
Allow both website and email electioneering
18 20 15
Allow website electioneering only
39 44 34
Internet electioneering should not be allowed
29 27 31
(Note) Figures shown in percentage, rounded off. "0" indicates that
the figure was below 0.5%. "No answer" omitted.
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted Dec. 9-10, 2006 over
the telephone with the aim of calling a total of 1,500 voters across
the nation on a computer-aided random digit sampling (RDS) basis.
Answers were obtained from 1,451 persons.
(8) Poll on living, economy
YOMIURI (Page 11) (Full)
December 27, 2006
Japan is currently in the postwar longest phase of economic
expansion. However, the general public cannot actually feel its
blessings. This was endorsed in a recent nationwide public opinion
survey conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun. That is presumably because
steady corporate performance has not reached the livelihood of
people in general. Furthermore, the general public is strongly aware
of the nation's social divide, such as the income disparity and the
urban-rural gap. This shows that the nation's economic expansion is
a boom for those on the winning side.
Questions & Answers
(Figures shown in percentage)
Q: The government has declared that Japan's economy has been
smoothly recovering. Do you actually feel economic recovery?
Very much 2.0
Somewhat 19.0
Not very much 41.9
Not at all 36.0
No answer (N/A) 1.0
Q: Are you better off now when compared with this time last year?
Very easy 0.7
Somewhat easy 5.0
No change 68.5
Somewhat hard 19.8
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Very hard 5.5
N/A 0.5
Q: Has your household's before-tax income increased over the past
year?
Increased very much 0.9
Increased somewhat 11.2
No change 56.4
Decreased somewhat 23.2
Decreased very much 6.5
N/A 1.8
Q: Have you constrained your spending when compared with a year
ago?
Constrained very much 12.1
Constrained somewhat 50.8
Not constrained very much 27.9
Not constrained at all 6.4
N/A 2.9
Q: Do you now feel less reluctant to buy expensive goods when
compared with this time last year?
Yes 8.4
Yes to a certain degree 16.6
No to a certain degree 30.6
No 40.9
N/A 3.6
Q: Did you spend more money this year for clothing and fashion than
you did last year?
More than last year 9.2
No change 61.3
Less than last year 29.0
N/A 0.5
Q: How about money for eating out?
More than last year 13.5
No change 57.6
Less than last year 28.3
N/A 0.6
Q: How about travel and leisure spending?
More than last year 11.7
No change 56.8
Less than last year 30.8
N/A 0.7
Q: Are you thinking of spending more money for shopping and other
purposes?
Yes 11.3
No 79.2
N/A 9.5
Q: (Only for those who answered "no" to the foregoing question) Why?
Pick as many as you like from among those listed below.
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Can't expect my income to increase 56.5
Feel uneasy about future life, such as pension, medical service,
nursing care. 49.3
Can't take it easy 35.3
Want to save money for future purposes 34.7
Feel uneasy about the future of the economy 30.8
A tax hike seems inevitable 23.2
There's nothing to buy 9.9
No particular reason 3.7
Other answers (O/A) + N/A 1.2
Q: If there's anything for which you want to spend more money, pick
as many as you like from among those listed below.
Health 43.5
Eating 20.3
Clothing, fashion 10.6
Housing, interior furnishings 15.8
TV, other electric appliances 11.4
PCs 5.5
Autos, motorcycles 6.8
Travel, leisure 27.6
Hobbies 27.5
Get a license, enlighten myself 9.1
Education 15.8
Communications 7.2
O/A 0.3
Nothing in particular 16.8
N/A 0.2
Q: What's your level of living? Pick only one from among those
listed below.
Upper 1.5
Upper middle 12.1
Average 45.9
Lower middle 32.5
Lower 6.5
N/A 1.5
Q: Do you think the gap between rich and poor people in Japan has
widened, or do you otherwise think it has narrowed?
Widened 46.0
Widened to a certain extent 27.8
No change 22.2
Narrowed to a certain extent 2.0
Narrowed 0.5
N/A 1.5
Q: Do you think the economic gap between urban and rural districts
have widened, or do you otherwise think it has narrowed?
Widened 40.9
Widened to a certain extent 26.2
No change 24.4
Narrowed to a certain extent 1.6
Narrowed 0.9
N/A 5.9
Q: Recently, companies tend to hire part-time or temporary workers,
instead of hiring permanent employees, to constrain personnel costs.
Do you think it is a problem?
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Yes 50.1
Yes to a certain degree 25.7
No to a certain degree 10.1
No 10.2
N/A 3.9
Q: Do you think Japan's economy will be better than now in a year,
or do you otherwise think it will be worse than now?
Better 16.8
Remain unchanged 61.7
Worse 17.8
N/A 3.7
Q: What's the size of your family now? Pick only one from among
those listed below.
A big family with grandparents and grandchildren 20.1
A family with parents and children only 48.4
A family with husband and wife 23.4
Living alone (bereaved, divorced, separated, etc.) 3.7
Living alone (unmarried) 3.5
O/A 0.3
N/A 0.6
Polling methodology
Date of survey: Dec. 9-12, 2006.
Subjects of survey: 3,000 persons chosen from among all eligible
voters throughout the country (at 250 locations on a stratified
two-stage random-sampling basis).
Method of implementation: Door-to-door visits for face-to-face
interviews.
Number of valid respondents: 1,751 persons (58.4% )
Breakdown of respondents: Male-44%, female-56% ; persons in their
20s-10%, 30s-15%, 40s-16%, 50s-22%, 60s-21%, 70 and over-16% ; big
cities (Tokyo's 23 wards and government-designated cities)-23%,
major cities (with a population of more than 300,000)-19%,
medium-size cities (with a population of more than 100,000)-24%,
small cities (with a population of less than 100,000)-23%, towns and
villages-11%.
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