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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule
Opinion polls:
4) Abe Cabinet support rate slips again for fifth month in row in
Yomiuri poll, now at 43.8% and below non-support rate of 43.9%
5) Nikkei poll finds 70% of voters expressing "interest" in upcoming
unified local elections
North Korea talks:
6) US's political judgment to give priority to DPRK nuclear issue
allowed compromise settlement of financial sanctions issue
7) Japan kept out of the loop as US negotiated with North Korea on
BDA funds
8) Prime Minister Abe waiting to see how DPRK scrapping of nuclear
program will play out in six-party talks
9) Abe: US removal of financial sanctions will not affect Japan's
resolution of abduction issue
10) Japan will keep its sanctions against North Korea in place
11) China and Russia support Japan on abduction issue during talks
with North Korea
12) Japan's chief delegate to 6-party talks calls North Korea
"insincere" on dealing with the abduction issue
Iraq reconstruction:
13) Abe expresses intention of continuing reconstruction assistance
to Iraq
14) Defense Minister Kyuma considering visit to Iraq to view ASDF
operation, meet prime minister
15) In unusual move, Defense Ministry to keep Vice Minister Moriya
on in his post even longer due to his experience and the load of
tasks to handle
16) Comfort-women issue drawing widespread international attention
Political agenda:
17) Diet to pass the budget bill on March 26
18) Ruling parties plan to ram the national constitutional
referendum bill through the Diet, hoping that the opposition
Minshuto will split when vote is taken
19) Upper House Budget Committee session stalled due to "agriculture
minister issue"
20) Government's post-Kyoto plan will start with cabinet meeting
conference to study next steps to reduce global warming
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi:
New human resource agency to be affected by ministries
Mainichi, Sankei & Tokyo Shimbun:
North Korea ready to suspend nuclear activities once release of
frozen assets is confirmed
Yomiuri:
Poll: 430 hospitals cited for inadequate emergency services due to
TOKYO 00001218 002 OF 010
lack of doctors
Nihon Keizai:
Personal data to be released in product recalls, emergencies
Akahata:
JCP's poll on hospitals: 1,027 national insurance certificates
withdrawn from patients unable to pay hospital bills
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) Iraq war four years on: What should we learn from the mistake?
(2) Developmentally disabled persons: Communities should prepare for
them
Mainichi:
(1) Iraq war four years on: A mood of dialogue should be spread in
the Middle East
(2) Minimum wage: Need for measures to reduce working poor
Yomiuri:
(1) Denso incident: Control of classified information should be
stricter
(2) Government-affiliated financial institutions: Many issues ahead
of reform
Nihon Keizai:
(1) Effective plan needed to ban amakudari
(2) Don't let North Korea set the pace
Sankei:
(1) Six-party talks: Don't fall into North Korea's trap
(2) Reconstruction of Yubari City: Boldness needed
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Triangular mergers: Don't fear foreign capital
(2) Palestinian issue: Israel should also compromise
Akahata:
SDF personnel should be immediately withdrawn from Iraq
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
Prime Minister's schedule, March 19
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
March 20, 2007
09:59
Met with Vice Foreign Minister Yachi at the Kantei.
10:35
Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Suzuki.
11:45
Met with Katayama, secretary general of LDP members in the House of
Councillors.
13:00
Upper House Budget Committee meeting.
TOKYO 00001218 003 OF 010
17:07
Party executive meeting held in the Diet building.
18:04
Met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Then attended a
ceremony to sign a protocol for amending the Japan-Singapore
economic partnership agreement and a joint press conference.
19:14
Dinner party at the official residence hosted by the prime minister
and his wife.
4) Poll: Abe cabinet's nonsupport rate at 43.9%, support rate at
43.8%
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Abridged)
March 20, 2007
The rate of public support for Prime Minister Abe and his cabinet
was 43.8% in a face-to-face nationwide public opinion survey
conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun on March 17-18, down 1.5 percentage
points from the 45.3% rating in this February's survey. The Abe
cabinet's support rate dropped for the fifth month in a row. The
nonsupport rate was 43.9%, up 1.2 points. Though slightly with a
margin of 0.1 point, the Abe cabinet's nonsupport rate topped its
support rate for the first time since its inauguration.
The figure can be taken as reflecting Agriculture Minister
Matsuoka's murky way of handling political funds over his office's
utilities and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's reinstatement of
Seiichi Eto, who is one of the so-called postal rebels and a former
House of Representatives member.
Broken down into makes and females, the Abe cabinet's support rate
was 42% among men and 46% among women. Among men, the nonsupport
rate (48% ) topped the support rate.
By age, the nonsupport rate topped the support rate among those in
their 20s to 50s. On the whole, however, the support rate seems to
have stopped falling. The support rate went up 6 points among those
in their 20s and went down 4 points among those in their 50s.
Those who do not support the Abe cabinet were further asked to pick
up to two reasons. In their breakdown, 44% said they could not
appreciate its political stance, with 32% saying it is unstable and
27% saying they cannot trust the prime minister.
In the breakdown of public support for political parties, the LDP
stood at 36.4%, up 2.2 points from February. The leading opposition
Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto) was at 11.3%, down 0.7 point.
The proportion of those with no particular party affiliation was
46.0%, down 0.8 point.
5) Poll: 70% interested in upcoming local elections
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Abridged)
March 20, 2007
According to findings from a public opinion survey conducted by the
Nihon Keizai Shimbun on March 16-18, a total of about 70% answered
"yes" when asked if they were interested in this April's local
elections, broken down into 24% saying they are very interested and
TOKYO 00001218 004 OF 010
45% somewhat interested. The proportion of those who were not very
interested was 20%, and those not interested at all accounted for
4%. Younger generations were less interested. Among those in their
20s, "yes" totaled only a little over 50%.
Respondents were asked to pick a matter of primary concern to them
in the upcoming local elections. In response to this question,
"healthcare and welfare" topped all other answers at 27%, followed
by "local fiscal reconstruction," "childcare support and low
birthrate countermeasures," and "education" at 12% each. "Politics
and money" was at 10%."
The survey was taken by Nikkei Research Inc. over the telephone on a
random digit dialing (RDD) basis. For the survey, samples were
chosen from among men and women aged 20 and over across the nation.
A total of 1,568 households with one or more voters were sampled,
and answers were obtained from 901 persons.
6) Close-up 2007 -- Frozen North Korean funds issue settled
politically with priority given to nuclear issue, but contradictions
and concessions exposed
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Lead paragraph)
March 20, 2007
Toshihiko Kasahara, Seiji Nishioka, Takuji Nakata, Beijing
The financial sanctions issue, a thorn in the six-party talks aimed
at resolving North Korea's nuclear issue, has now been resolved. The
settlement came after the United States made concessions without
examining whether the North Korean funds deposited in Macao's Banco
Delta Asia are illegal or not. The multilateral talks will now move
on to debate specific procedures for the North Koreans to dismantle
their nuclear facilities. But in dealing with the focal issue of its
uranium enrichment program, the existence of which the North has
rejected, the North Koreans may again take a tough position. It is
thus too early to say that the six-party talks are now on track.
7) Japan out of loop until just before settlement?
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full)
March 20, 2007
This round of the six-party talks has made Japan realize a big
difference in progress between the nuclear issue and the abduction
issue. The decision to fully lift the financial sanctions now
imposed on North Korea has given impetus to North Korea's move to
implement the first-stage action for scrapping its nuclear
weapons-related facilities, but the abduction issue has been left
behind. The rapprochement between the United States and North Korea
is a matter of concern for Japan, which thinks Washington's backing
is indispensable for the abduction issue to move forward.
Japan's chief negotiator, Kenichi Sasae, director-general of the
Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, reacted
strongly against North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan's
remark that Japan, which has cited the abduction issue as the reason
why it will not provide aid to North Korea, "will be disqualified
from the six-party talks." Sasae said, "It's not worth commenting on
that remark."
The focus of discussions is shifting to the "next action" that
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includes disabling all nuclear facilities. Japan is highly likely to
be asked to join in the aid program for supplying 950,000 tons of
heavy fuel oil to the North. Japan, which has made "progress on the
abduction issue" a precondition for it to provide aid to North
Korea, is looking for ways to hold a bilateral meeting with North
Korea while the six-party talks are in session, but a senior Foreign
Ministry official pessimistically said, "All we can do now is
exchange pleasantries while standing."
Japan hopes to see the US and other countries back Japan and move to
persuade North Korea. In the six-party session yesterday, US
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill criticized North Korea
for walking out of the meeting of the Japan-North Korea working
group as "an insincere attitude." Sasae looked satisfied with that
remark, saying, "The session appeared to share the view that (North
Korea) must engage in talks appropriately."
At an Upper House Budget Committee meeting yesterday, Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe commented, "There may be a move to try to drive a wedge
between Japan and the US, but I want to analyze the situation
together (with the US)." But some pointed out that the information
about America's full removal of the financial sanctions was not
available to the Foreign Ministry until just before the declaration
of America's decision to do so.
8) Prime Minister Abe: Will pay close attention to DPRK's move to
abandon nuclear ambitions
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
March 20, 2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was asked yesterday by the press corps at
the Kantei about America's decision to lift financial sanctions
against North Korea and stressed: "We must keep tabs on North Korea
to see whether it takes specific measures to dispose of its nuclear
facilities." "When it comes to whether there will be any impact on
the resolution of the abduction issue, I don't think there will be
much," he added.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki told the press: "Japan and
the United States are keeping in close contact with each other and
share the same perception."
9) Prime Minister Abe: Not much impact on resolution of the
abduction issue
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full)
March 20, 2007
Yu Koyama
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, when asked yesterday about America's
decision to fully unfreeze North Korea-related bank accounts, told
reporters: "I don't think there will be much impact on the
resolution of the abduction issue." Asked about the impact on the
six-party talks, Abe said, "It will have basically nothing to do
with the talks."
10) Japan to continue its sanctions on North Korea
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 3) (Full)
March 20, 2007
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Following North Korea's missile launches last July, Japan has
independently imposed sanctions on the North, and the international
community has slapped sanctions on that country based on a UN
Security Council resolution condemning Pyongyang's nuclear test.
Those steps are still in place today. Since last September, Tokyo
has also been regulating cash remittances to 15 organizations and
one individual believed to be involved in the development of weapons
of mass destruction in compliance with the Foreign Exchange and
Foreign Trade Control Law.
The Finance Ministry's perception is that the decision to defreeze
North Korean funds held at Banco Delta Asia was made independently
between Washington and Pyongyang and that it has no direct bearing
on Japan's steps. In other words, Tokyo's position is that it will
continue with its financial sanctions unless there is progress on
the abduction issue or changes to the UN resolution. The concession
on the BDA by the United States, the country leading the pressure
policy toward North Korea, might cast a shadow on other countries'
responses to the UNSC sanctions that are already out of step with
each other.
11) Abduction issue at six-party talks: China, Russia support Japan
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 1) (Full)
March 20, 2007
Beijing, Shohei Yoshida
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan, after the six-party
talks restarted on Mar. 19, criticized Japan as sticking only to its
stance of prioritizing progress on the abduction issue. The US,
China and Russia then announced their support for Japan's position.
This is perhaps the first time for those countries to announce
support for Japan referring to Japan-North Korea issue at a venue of
a top-envoy-level meeting, according to a source close to the
Japanese delegate.
Kenichiro Sasae, top envoy from Japan, during a meeting of chief
delegates held in the afternoon, touched on the North Korean envoy's
leaving the Japan-North Korea working group meeting held in Hanoi
part way. He criticized North Korea's behavior, "North Korea did not
indicate any readiness to enter into specific discussions."
Chief envoy from the US Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of
state, sought an early resumption of the Japan-North Korea working
group meeting, noting, "It is not a sincere attitude to leave a
meeting part way. North Korea should be prepared to bring about
concrete results in talks with Japan."
Russian Vice Foreign Minister Roshkov also said with the abduction
issue in mind that it is necessary to discuss any issue, even if it
is a matter of concern only for one country. Kim, however, stressed
his nation's stance that the abduction issue has already been
settled. He said, "We have done everything we could do."
12) Sasae: North Korea lacked sincerity in talks on abduction issue
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full)
March 20, 2007
Takuji Nakata, Beijing
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In a session of the six-party talks that started yesterday, Japan's
chief envoy to the six-party talks, Kenichiro Sasae,
director-general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian
Affairs Bureau, briefed other participants on the recent meeting of
the Japan-North Korea working group for diplomatic normalization
held in Hanoi, Vietnam, and criticized North Korea: "It lacked
sincerity in dealing with the abduction issue at the time." In
response, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan rebutted,
"We did all we could." What stood out in the session yesterday was
that there was no sign of progress in Japan-North Korea relations.
According to an account made by the Japanese side, Sasae called on
North Korea to assume a sincere attitude in dealing with the
abduction issue, saying, "North Korea needs to tackle the issue
seriously and squarely."
Following the Japanese side's briefing, US Assistant Secretary of
State Christopher Hill said, "North Korea should fully prepare
itself to produce specific results in the Japan-North Korea working
group," and sought to resume the working group session as quickly as
possible.
13) Prime Minister Abe indicates intention to continue to support
Iraq reconstruction process
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Full)
March 20, 2007
With the Iraq war marking the fourth year today since its opening,
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday evening noted: "I am deeply
concerned that sectarian violence in Iraq is getting fierce. I hope
Iraq will regain peace and stability as soon as possible. Japan must
contribute to that end along with the international community." He
thus indicated his intention to continue activities to help with
reconstruction in Iraq by Self-Defense Force troops.
The prime minister underscored, "The international community working
in concert will lead to creating a safer Middle East and world." He
was replying questions asked by reporters at the Prime Minister's
Official Residence.
14) Kyuma considering visiting Iraq
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full)
March 20, 2007
Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma is considering visiting Iraq's capital
of Baghdad around the Golden Week holiday period from late April
through early May to take a first look at the Kuwait-based Air
Self-Defense Force's airlift mission and to hold meetings with Iraqi
leaders, including Prime Minister Maliki. With the government aiming
to pass a bill intended to extend the Iraq Special Measures Law,
scheduled to expire at the end of July, for two years, Kyuma has
recognized the need to take a first look at the situation in Iraq.
Kyuma has repeatedly expressed his wishes to visit Iraq before Diet
begins deliberating on the special measures law. But there is a
possibility that the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee of
foreign and defense ministers (2+2) will meet in the United States
around the Golden Week holiday period. The government will work out
a detailed timetable for Kyuma.
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15) Moriya to stay on as vice defense minister
TOKYO (Page 2) (Abridged)
March 20, 2007
The government decided yesterday to retain Administrative Vice
Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya though he is scheduled for
retirement in late March. Moriya is to stay on after April. It is
unusual to extend the retirement age of an administrative vice
minister. Moriya assumed his current post in August 2003. It has
been customary for the top administrative officials of government
ministries and agencies to be replaced in one or two years, so
Moriya is a rare case as a long-serving administrative vice
minister.
In addition to the pending issue of realigning US forces in Japan,
the Diet is expected to face rough going in its deliberations over
the issue of extending the Air Self-Defense Force's airlift mission
in Iraq. The government deemed it appropriate to retain Moriya in
consideration of his rich experience.
The extension of Moriya's retirement age is expected to be for one
year. However, Moriya could leave his post on his own in late July
when he will have been in his post for four years, if there are
prospects for the pending issue of relocating the US Marine Corps'
Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, and for the
Defense Facilities Administration Agency's scrap-and-build
reorganization scheduled for September.
16) Foreign leaders show strong interest in comfort women issue,
expressing perplexity and calling for explanation
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full)
March 20, 2007
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong held a meeting with New
Komeito Representative Akihiro Ota in Tokyo yesterday. Touching on
the wartime comfort women issue, Lee expressed concern over Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks denying "coercion in the narrow
sense," saying, "I am perplexed by recent arguments in Japan." Ota
explained: "Prime Minister Abe explicitly stated that the government
would continue upholding the Kono Statement."
Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKey discussed the six-party talks
and other matters with Foreign Minister Taro Aso on the phone later
in the day. In the conversation, the Canadian leader also touched on
the comfort women issue. According to the Foreign Ministry, MacKey
said, "Although there are all sorts of reports, I would like to know
Japan's position," bearing in mind reports in Canada and the United
States on Tokyo's denial of the use of coercion. In response, Aso
said: "The prime minister expressed his heartfelt sympathy and
apologies toward the former comfort women. He said so in the Diet.
There has been no change in his position of following the Kono
Statement."
17) FY2007 budget to clear Diet as early as March 26
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Full)
March 20, 2007
The directors of the House of Councillors Budget Committee yesterday
discussed a schedule for deliberations on a bill on the budget for
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fiscal 2007. The ruling coalition proposed the idea of holding an
intensive debate and putting the bill to a vote on March 23. The
opposition camp, however, opposed the proposition, claiming that
sufficient time cannot be secured, as the plenary sessions are
scheduled to be held in both chambers of the Diet on March 23. The
committee will hold a meeting again today.
One senior Upper House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
(LDP) said, "There is no need to insist on our position." Chances
are that the ruling camp will give up on its plan to take a vote on
the 23rd. The likelihood is that the FY2007 budget bill will be put
to a vote at the budget committee and the full session of the Upper
House as early as March 26.
18) Ruling coalition to take vote on national referendum bill
without attendance of opposition lawmakers
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Lead para.)
March 20, 2007
In order to push a bill through the House of Representatives in
mid-April outlining procedures for a national referendum, which is
needed to amend the Constitution, the ruling parties will likely put
the bill to a vote in the absence of the opposition parties. The
ruling coalition aims to play up the early passage of the
legislation and split Minshuto, which is divided over the bill.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to take up constitutional reform
as a campaign issue for the House of Councillors election this
summer. The ruling camp also intends to take a hard-line stance in
running a set of bills related to the budget for fiscal 2007 through
the Diet before the end of March. The standoff between the ruling
and opposition blocs will likely intensify with an eye on the Upper
House election in the summer. The dominant view is that the second
half of the current Diet session will inevitably encounter
difficulties.
19) Upper House Budget Committee session stalled due to "agriculture
minister issue"
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Full)
March 20, 2007
In an intensive session yesterday of the House of Councillors Budget
Committee, the focus was more on the huge utility costs claimed by
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka
than such issues as social security and the income gap. Although the
issue of his utility expenses prevented intensive deliberations on
the original agenda, Matsuoka continued to refuse to disclose the
details of the huge utility costs, replying, "I have filed my
political funds reports in accordance with the law." Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe also continued to support him using the same words.
It has been learned that not only Matsuoka but also Hiroshi Nakai of
the main opposition party Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan)
booked huge utility expenditures in their political funds reports
even though their offices are in the rent-free Diet members'
building, which does not charge any utilities. Nakai has, however,
at least held press conferences to explain his case.
Masao Kobayashi of Minshuto pursed the Matsuoka scandal, saying, "A
similar case was unveiled in our party, too, but our party member
held a press briefing immediately to explain his case." Matsuoka,
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however, again reiterated: "I have done everything that the law
stipulates." Since the unified local elections are approaching, some
lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have begun
expressing displeasure with Matsuoka's stance. Taking advantage of
such a mood in the ruling coalition, Kobayashi urged Abe to direct
Matsuoka to fulfill his accountability and to dismiss him if he does
not accept his advice. Abe, however, made this reply again: "I want
him to fulfill his job, keeping in mind the importance of
agriculture, forestry and fisheries policy."
20) Cabinet meeting for post-Kyoto protocol: Government plans to
strengthen global warming preventive measures
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full)
March 20, 2007
The government aims to see the signing of a new post-Kyoto protocol
that would set an international target for cutting emissions of
greenhouse gasses starting in 2013. In this connection, it has
decided to look into setting up a specific framework.
Prime Minister Abe will announce during a meeting of the
government's Global Warming Preventive Measures Promotion
Headquarters to be held today his resolve to have Japan lead the
world in the effort to create a post-Kyoto protocol framework. He
will order the establishment of a cabinet council comprising of
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki, Environment Minister Wakabayashi,
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Amari and Foreign Minister
Aso.
The government wants to put environmental issues, such as global
warming preventive measures, on the agenda of the Summit to be held
in Japan in 2008. To this end, it will strengthen Environment
Ministry-led efforts and press ahead with the work of looking into a
post-Kyoto protocol framework.
The envisaged cabinet meeting is expected to discuss Japan's
measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions and the possibility of
creating a framework involving the US, which is not a party to the
Kyoto Protocol, and China and India, which are not obligated to cut
greenhouse gas emissions.
SCHIEFFER