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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/07
Index:
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
Prime Minister's daily schedule: Still on New Year's holiday
3) Prime Minister Abe's aides distressed by his falling popularity
rates
Alliance affairs:
4) US, Japan agree to begin study of joint tactical response plan in
event of contingency between China and Taiwan
5) US, Japan to draft specific joint response plan, postulating a
Korean Peninsula contingency
6) Joint tactical response plan between US, Japan may be another
step toward unification of SDF under US armed forces
7) Low altitude flights by US military jets in Japan resulted in 11
damage cases over last five years, seven involving payment of
compensation to victims
8) JDA chief Kyuma plans to reconsider Futenma relocation plan to
favor construction of single runway in shallow waters off Camp
Schwab
9) Government plans to building housing for US military at Iwakuni
base, premised on relocation there of carrier jets from Atsugi
Defense and security issues:
10) JDA Director General Kyuma meets top brass of Thai military in
Bangkok
11) Kyuma: New defense ministry will add MD-related Japan-US defense
cooperation division, coordinator for USFJ realignment
12) DFAA to be dismantled in Sept., integrated into defense ministry
13) METI to tighten restrictions on foreign capital purchased of
Japanese companies, linked to halting transfers of sensitive
technology to terrorists
14) 44 Chinese victims of exposure to poison gas left after war by
Japanese military to sue Japan for compensation
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi:
Japan, US to flesh out contingency plan by envisaging Korean
Peninsula situation; Seaports, hospitals to be used
Mainichi:
Many lawmakers stay away from much criticized Akasaka Diet members'
apartments
Yomiuri:
Defunct UFJ Bank collected 1 billion yen from Fujichiku knowing its
tax evasion
Nihon Keizai:
Land and Transport Ministry and Finance Ministry agree to shoulder
road-related public corporations' debts at government expense
Sankei:
Sankei poll: Less than 10% of companies considering raising wages
TOKYO 00000007 002 OF 010
Tokyo Shimbun:
44 Chinese suffering from respiratory illnesses due to poison gases
abandoned by Imperial Japanese Army to sue Japanese government
seeking 1.3 billion yen in compensation
Akahata:
Amendments to labor legislation to become focus of attention in
regular Diet session
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) No quick remedy for education
(2) Defense Ministry: Solid foundation essential
Mainichi:
(1) Education reform requires heated debate
Yomiuri:
(1) Japan-US alliance key to handling DPRK threat
Nihon Keizai:
(1) No growth without liberalization (Part 3): Open door to foreign
workers to create multicultural society
Sankei:
(1) Fiscal reconstruction: Discussion on tax hikes imperative
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Thoughts at beginning of year: Every one should be main player
Akahata:
(1) Peace and coexistence possible with diplomatic efforts
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence worrying about level of Prime
Minister Abe's media exposure in order to stop declining public
support rating for Abe cabinet
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
January 4, 2007
The Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) is having a
difficult time over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's response to the
media. The Kantei wants to put an end to falling support for the
cabinet by improving Abe's appearance in the media. However, it has
yet to come up with a basic policy regarding whether the prime
minister's appearances in the media should be increased or
decreased. It has not found a good idea.
Aides to the prime minister have decided to have Abe respond to
questions by reporters once a day for about four to five minutes.
Compared with former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who was good
at avoiding questions by reporters with his ad-lib remarks and
"one-phrase" responses, Prime Minister Abe appears to be cautious
and too serious. One of Abe's aides said, "I don't want to have
Prime Minister Abe spend a long time to respond to reporters'
questions."
There is a growing concern in the government about the recent low
approval ratings for the cabinet, with one government official
TOKYO 00000007 003 OF 010
saying, "The public does not understand the Age government's
efforts."
In the Kantei, some aides have suggested increasing Abe's responses
to questions by reporters to twice a day, as well as introducing the
idea of Abe replying to questions sitting, but some others have
opposed to such ideas.
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Hiroshige Seko proposed last
September holding the prime minister's meeting with reporters once a
day. However, reporters have complained that the agreement that the
prime minister meets with them twice a day - in the afternoon and
evening - under the Koizumi government was decreased. The Kantei and
the reporters have decided to continue discussion on this matter.
4) Japan, US reach basic agreement on preparing response plan,
premised on Japan providing logistical support, with China-Taiwan
contingency in mind
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Excerpts)
January 4, 2007
It was revealed yesterday from several sources connected with
Japan-US relations that the Japanese and US governments have reached
basic agreement to start studying a joint response plan by the
Self-Defense Forces and the US forces, envisioning a contingency
between China and Taiwan. Responsible foreign affairs and defense
officials from both countries will meet in February to start
research on several scenarios leading to a China-Taiwan contingency.
The Japanese side, based on the regional contingency law, plans to
look into the possibility of such logistical support as fuel oil and
medical treatment, but it seems likely that China, which will never
allow an independent Taiwan, will react sharply.
Japan has never made clear whether the applicable scope of the
regional contingency law included Taiwan. It will be questioned
about the consistency of the planning effort with its previous view.
Among the joint strategic objectives that Japan and the US agreed on
in February 2005 as the premise for the realignment of US forces in
Japan, there was one that aimed at a peaceful settlement of the
Taiwan issue. On the other hand, there also was this clear goal for
the Asia-Pacific region: "Maintain the capability to respond to
contingencies that would impact on Japan and the US." A joint
response plan that aimed at a China-Taiwan contingency would
implement this strategic goal, underscoring the deep-seated sense of
alarm in the US about a rising China.
According to an informed source, Japan and the US will research
several possible scenarios, including a declaration of independence
by Taiwan and the use of armed force by China.
5) Japan, US to flesh out contingency plan by envisaging Korean
Peninsula situation; Seaports, hospitals to be used
ASAHI (Top play) (Excerpts)
January 4, 2007
The governments of Japan and the United States began mapping out in
December a joint operational plan detailing the use of Japan's
seaports and airspace and logistical support to deal with a possible
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contingency on the Korean Peninsula and a resulting armed attack
against Japan, Japanese government sources revealed yesterday. The
two governments aim to finish up the program by the fall of 2007 in
view of growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula following North
Korea's nuclear test and missile launches.
Work has been underway since last December by the Bilateral Planning
Committee (BPC) composed of uniformed officers of the two countries,
including the Self-Defense Forces joint staff deputy chief and the
deputy commander of US Forces Japan. In 2002, Tokyo and Washington
signed a plan codenamed 5055, which only specified policy and the
number of necessary facilities under each item of joint cooperation.
The ongoing effort is designed to raise this to a level of a viable
joint operational plan.
Work envisages the outbreak of a contingency on the Korean
Peninsula. The overview will discuss specific responses to such
situations as contingencies in areas surrounding Japan and a
direct-armed attack against Japan in such subdivisions as situation,
operational duties, implementation, replenishment, and the chain of
command.
Under the 1997 Guidelines for Japan-US Defense Cooperation, Japan
and the US are in accord to separately prepare a joint operational
plans and a mutual cooperation plan. Given the likelihood that a
contingency on the Korean Peninsula and an armed attack against
Japan could occur at the same time, 5055 took the form of covering
two plans.
6) Japan-US joint operational plan: Unification of military forces
stands out
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full)
January 4, 2007
(Commentary)
Ongoing work to map out a joint operational plan detailing
everything from frontline units to drugs for injured military
personnel is designed to clarify roles and duty-sharing between
Japan and the United States in dealing with a contingency on the
Korean Peninsula.
In past security talks with Japan, the US has repeatedly urged Japan
to come up with clear ways to provide cooperation. Japan has been
uncertain about to what extent the US military would support the
Self-Defense Forces in the event (a contingency on the Korean
Peninsula) escalated into a contingency in Japan.
Producing a joint operational plan will not be easy. The plan will
be a military secret of the highest classification and it will
require the cooperation of relevant government agencies, local
governments, and private firms. Determining the extent to which the
government should reveal information about the plan will be a
difficult issue. The insufficient security dialogue between Japan
and South Korea might hinder talks on the evacuation of Japanese
nationals on the Korean Peninsula.
The joint effort began when Tokyo and Washington inked the
Guidelines for Japan-US Defense Cooperation in September 1997. The
delay is ascribable to Japan's contingency legislation, the
terrorist attacks on the US on Sept. 11, 2001, the realignment of US
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forces in Japan, and other pressing factors. In addition, there are
rising voices in Japan calling for totally opening the way to
exercising the right of collective self-defense. The ever-changing
situation may force an operational plan codenamed 5055 to be altered
markedly.
Although the plan is for preparations against a contingency on the
Korean Peninsula and an attack on Japan, placing high priority on
smooth cooperation between Japan and the US, the two countries are
required to abide by separate legislation in Japan. Some are that
military unification of the Japanese and US forces will stick out
over other aspects of bilateral relations, including the political
and diplomatic spheres.
7) 11 cases of damage caused by US military planes' low-altitudes
flight for five-and-a-half years through December 2006
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 38) (Full)
January 4, 2007
It was learned yesterday that there have been 11 cases recognized by
the US Forces Japan (USFJ) and the Defense Facilities Administration
Agency (DFAA) of houses suffering damage caused by the US military's
low-altitude flights during the period from May 2001 through
December 2006. The DFAA paid compensation to 7 of the 11 cases under
the Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement. The total payments reached
some 2 million yen.
The cases of damage that the DFAA recognized have so far been made
clear on a piecemeal basis, because local governments that receive
the notice of the occurrence of damages announced there were such
cases of damages or the USFJ headquarters recognized facts of
damages. The breakdown of the 11 cases is as follows: four cases in
fiscal 2001, three in fiscal 2002, two in fiscal 2003, one in fiscal
2004, and one in fiscal 2005. By prefecture, seven cases occurred in
Hokkaido, followed by two in Hiroshima Prefecture and one each in
Akita Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture.
8) JDA director general intends to reconsider Futenma relocation
plan, with possibility in mind of constructing single runway in
shallow waters
ASAHI (Page 1) (Full)
January 4, 2007
By Masahiro Tsuruoka in Bangkok
Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Fumio Kyuma expressed his
thinking yesterday on the plan to build a V-shaped runway at Henoko
Point, Nago City for the relocation of Futenma Air Station (Ginowan
City, Okinawa Prefecture) as part of the realignment of US forces in
Japan. He said: "Constructing a V-shaped runway will require a large
budget. A single runway would be cheaper. If the United States,
local government, and the government all agree, any plan would be
good." He indicated that JDA was considering a proposal for a single
runway that would be shifted over into shallow waters off Henoko. He
was speaking to the press corps in Thailand.
Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima is opposed to the current plan for
a V-shaped runway. "We will carry out (the relocation) by setting up
conditions, not by the shape (of the runway)," he said. It seems
likely that the government and Okinawa Prefecture will make a
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readjustment in the plan.
However, within the government, there is a view that given the
agreement between Japan and the US that gave priority to the
V-shaped runway, it will be difficult to make large changes in the
plan, or as one Foreign Ministry official put it, "Turning a dual
runway into a single one will not be that simple." There also is
concern that if the runway is shifted over into shallow waters, a
protest movement could flame up again, so whether things will go
smoothly as Kyuma says cannot be predicted.
Kyuma hinted to the press about the possibility of talks with the US
on revising the plan, saying: "It will be OK with the US if we can
guarantee it will not be hampered on the operational side by the
changes. Even with one runway, take offs and landings can occur in
either direction." On the location of the runway, as well, Kyuma
noted: "(As Nago City and other communities requested,) there should
not be flights over the hamlet nearby, so we must move the runway
offshore to a fair extent. If we move it to the weed beds (to the
southwest), it must not be up against the island (to the southeast
where there are local residents)." He took the view supporting a
proposal to move the location to shallow waters where there is a
seaweed bed.
9) Government to build US military housing if Iwakuni City agrees to
relocation of carrier-based aircraft from Atsugi Naval Air Station
to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
January 4, 2007
The government has decided to buy up the Atagoyama housing land
(about 100 hectares) in Iwakuni City, which is now being developed
by Yamaguchi Prefectural Housing Corp. in order to build US military
housing if Iwakuni City agrees to the relocation of carrier-borne US
aircraft from Atsugi Naval Air Station (Kanagawa Prefecture) to the
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. It plans to urge Iwakuni Mayor
Katsusuke Ihara to soften his stance of opposing the relocation by
proposing a way for the city to ease and resolve its huge deficit in
developing housing sites.
The final report on the realignment of US forces in Japan compiled
in May 2006 stipulates that carrier-borne aircraft now based at
Atsugi Naval Air Station would be relocated to Iwakuni. According to
the Defense Agency (JDA), the government needs to secure new housing
for about 4,000 US military service personnel and their family
members, who will move to the vicinity of the base. The JDA intends
to formulate a "master plan for the US Marine Corps Air Station
Iwakuni" and Atagoyama is a likely candidate site for the new US
military housing.
Yamaguchi Prefecture started the Atagoyama development project in
1998 with a total project cost of about 85 billion yen. It planned
to build about 1,500 houses in order to start selling them in fiscal
¶2009.
According to the prefecture's provisional estimation in November
2006, however, if it continues the project, it will fall into a
deficit of about 18.4 billion yen to 49.2 billion yen, due to the
low demand for housing and a drop in land prices. Even if it cancels
the project, it will not be able to avoid a deficit of about 25
billion yen. The prefecture has stated that it is difficult to
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continue the project at present. It has been decided that the
prefecture and the city will share the burden of the deficit.
The prefecture intends to propose to the government the idea of
building US military housing in the Atagoyama housing land, but it
has yet to get the city's approval. A senior JDA official commented:
"Unless Iwakuni City agrees to the relocation plan, it is difficult
to buy up the Atagoyama housing land."
10) Defense chief Kyuma meets with Thai national military supreme
commander
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
January 4, 2007
Defense Agency Director General Fumio Kyuma held talks yesterday in
Bangkok with Thai National Military Supreme Commander Boonsrang. In
the meeting, Kyuma told the supreme commander: "I hope to see the
interim government draft a constitution as early as possible and
democratize the country." Referring to the planned his agency's
upgrading to a ministry, Kyuma sought his understanding, saying,
"Japan will not become a military state as it was in the prewar
period. We will continue with our pacifism."
11) Japan-US Defense Cooperation Division, US force realignment
coordinator to be installed in Defense Ministry
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full)
January 4, 2007
Masahiro Tsuruoka, Bangkok
Defense Agency Director General Fumio Kyuma revealed on the night of
Jan. 3 a plan to establish a Japan-US Defense Cooperation Division
and a post of US force realignment coordinator in the new Defense
Ministry, the aim being to accelerate bilateral efforts to implement
the realignment of US forces in Japan and a missile defense system.
Kyuma plans to incorporate the new division and position in related
bills to be submitted to the regular Diet session, scheduled to open
later this month. The plan would be take effect in September. The
defense chief also referred to a plan to abolish the Defense
Facilities Administration Agency and integrate it into the
envisioned Defense Ministry in September 2007 instead of in January
¶2008. Kyuma was speaking to reporters traveling with him to
Thailand.
12) Defense Facilities Administration Agency to be abolished in
September
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
January 4, 2007
Yoshifumi Sugita, Bangkok
In his informal press conference, Defense Agency (JDA) Director
General Fumio Kyuma revealed yesterday in Bangkok, where he is now
visiting, that the Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA)
would be dismantled in September 2007, which is earlier than the
original plan to do so in January 2008. The integration of DFAA into
JDA is part of efforts to prevent a recurrence of bid-rigging
scandals that involved DFAA, and was included in the law to upgrade
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JDA to ministry status that was enacted in the previous extra
session of the Diet. JDA will establish the Defense Inspection
Headquarters, which will be headed by a vice minister-level defense
inspector, as well as a post of director for coordination of the
realignment of US forces in Japan. Kyuma said, "Following the
upgrading of the JDA to a ministry, I want to reorganize the agency
as quickly as possible."
13) METI to tighten regulations on M&As by foreign capital as part
of effort to prevent conversion of technology for terrorism
SANKEI (Page 2) (Excerpts)
January 4, 2006
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) yesterday decided
to tighten its regulations on foreign capital M&As of Japanese firms
as part of efforts to prevent the proliferation of technology that
may be used for the production of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
or for international terrorist activities. More industries will be
obligated to report on their technologies to the government, and the
government will also consider negating voting rights acquired by
foreigners in violation of such laws as the Foreign Exchange and
Foreign Trade Control Law. The purpose of tightening the regulations
is to improve the security system at a time of growing M&As
globally, including those by China's state-run firms.
Japan's Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law obligates
foreign direct investment in Japan that may harm the nation's safety
to report on the purposes of investments and businesses, as well as
their scale. The minister in charge, after examining the foreign
firm's investment plan, can advise or order it to change or drop the
plan.
However, the industries subject to the law are limited to aircraft,
weapons, nuclear power, and space development as notified.
In contrast, the US, under the Exon-Florio provision, and Britain,
under the Antitrust Law or other laws, can put restrictions on every
merger and acquisition of domestic firms by foreign capital if the
M&A is deemed as affecting the country's security.
Taking this into consideration, METI late last year organized a
study forum of experts to strengthen measures against international
terrorism, and using examples from the US and European countries,
METI began considering tightening regulations on foreign capital to
meet with the wave of globalization.
METI will put together ideas into a report by March this year and
will set about preparing ordinances for relevant ministries to issue
as well as creating a bill revising the Foreign Exchange and Foreign
Trade Control Law.
Specifically, METI, considering highly advanced weapons, will add
machine tools to the industries subject to the regulations, and it
will also put stock acquisition of a holding company on the list of
industries subject to monitoring.
Strengthening the regulations in view of security reasons was once
discussed in the process of amending the Corporate Law in 2005, but
it was not realized because the discussion was focused on defensive
measures against hostile acquisition.
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14) 44 Chinese to sue Japan for damage from poison gas left by
former Japanese Imperial Army in China, seeking 1.3 billion yen in
compensation for "dangers left unattended by Japan"
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Top play) (Excerpts)
January 4, 2007
Forty-four Chinese who suffered breathing problems from the leakage
in Qiqihar City in Heilongjiang Province, China, in August 2003 of
poison gas abandoned by the former Japanese Imperial Army in the
late days of World War II will bring a case later this month before
the Tokyo District Court against the Japanese government, seeking a
total of 1.32 billion yen in compensation for damages. They will
pursue the illegality of the way Japan atoned for misdeeds of the
war, arguing that Japan left the poison gas uncared for and
neglected its duty to remove danger. On the poison gas abandoned by
the former Japanese Imperial Army, two other suits for damages
caused by other accidents are going on at the Tokyo High Court, but
the planned suit will be the largest in terms of the number of
plaintiffs and the compensation amount.
Japan's way of taking responsibility for misdeeds of the last war
now questioned
Commentary
Yoichi Oniki
"What we want to pursue is the responsibility of the current
Japanese government, which has delayed collecting the poison gas in
spite of their dangers, rather than the past responsibility of
Japan, which abandoned such gas," a lawyer of the legal team
representing the Chinese victims stressed. This means that the case
will shed light on the way Japan has failed to take the
responsibility for the war.
Under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) that was adopted in the
United Nations and went into effect in 1997, the Japanese and
Chinese governments exchanged memorandums obligating Japan to
dispose of its chemical weapons in 1999. Following this, the
Japanese government has at last begun collecting chemical weapons
since that year to date but the number of poison gas bombs Japan has
removed so far is merely 40,000 or so, a long way short of the
estimated number by the Japanese government of 300,000-400,000
bombs.
The initial deadline for the collection of poison gas bombs was
April this year, but the Japanese government applied to the
Organization for the Protection of Chemical Weapons (OPWC) in the UN
and received an extension. Japan's poison gas bombs have been
discovered in some 60 locations across China, but no one can tell
whether there may be some other bombs buried in somewhere else. Even
though the deadline has been extended, it is unclear whether Japan
will be able to dispose of all the bombs. Unlike postwar
compensation for military comfort women or forced labor, damages
caused by poison gas abandoned by Japan are still spreading even
now. Even after the poison gas accident in Qiqihar City, similar
accidents, though on a smaller scale, have occurred.
Most of postwar compensation cases have come under the theory that
the state was not liable for compensation or have blocked by the
"barrier of time," which means the right to claim for compensation
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was extinguished. The accident in question occurred in three and a
half years ago in Qiqihar City. How the Japanese court will judge
the Japanese government's responsibility for "ongoing damages"? This
will be the focus of the lawsuit this time.
DONOVAN