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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/20/07
INDEX:
(1) Strains between Minshuto and Social Democratic Party: Ozawa's
strategy in pinch; Both parties insisting on having own candidates
in the Upper House election
(2) Probing Abe diplomacy -- Japan-China relations: Horse trading
behind the smile
(3) Commentary: Aegis data leak-Self-discipline the source of
scandals
(4) WTO exporting group issues statement calling on Japan, US,
Europe to open agricultural markets, with aim of concluding Doha
Round this year
(5) Kawasaki eager to form alliance against Abe, Tanigaki evasive
(6) METI to revise law to prevent industrial espionage based on
Denso case
(7) LDP at odds with New Komeito over receipt-attachment requirement
in revising Political Funds Control Law
ARTICLES:
(1) Strains between Minshuto and Social Democratic Party: Ozawa's
strategy in pinch; Both parties insisting on having own candidates
in the Upper House election
SANKEI (Page 2) (Excerpts)
April 20, 2007
Prior to the House of Councilors' election this summer, a fierce
confrontation has started between Minshuto (Democratic Party of
Japan) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) centered on support for
candidates in single-seat districts. In the Oita election district,
since both parties insist on having their own separate candidate, it
could lead to the cancellation of election cooperation in other
districts. If that happens, not only would there be a great change
in the overall design of ruling and opposition camps facing off
against each other in the Upper House election, but also would
create chaos in Minshuto President Ichiro Ozawa's plan for grabbing
the country's political reins, as he says, "In the Upper House
election, the ruling and opposition camps will trade places, and
this will usher in an early Lower House election." Ozawa, who aims
to have unified candidates, is being pressed to make a difficult
judgment.
In the Oita election district, which set off the party standoff,
both parties from last year have been coordinating to settle on a
candidate. However, this February, the expected candidate that the
SDP announced resulted in Minshuto's Oita chapter snapping back,
"This candidate cannot win." Minshuto then selected its own
candidate.
At the center, Ozawa has continue to iterate that if there is a
unified candidate, that person will be supported, but with Oita
response in mind, the SDP is filled with distrust, with one senior
leader saying, "Ozawa is all talk."
(2) Probing Abe diplomacy -- Japan-China relations: Horse trading
behind the smile
TOKYO 00001768 002 OF 009
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Excerpts)
April 12, 2007
Tug of war over joint document
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived at Haneda Airport on the evening
of April 11.
Six months have passed since Japan-China relations, portrayed as
being in the "worst shape ever" when Prime Minister Koizumi was in
office, made a dramatic turn for the better. The friendly mood
continues, but behind the scenes of the summit of the two prime
ministers, horse trading was going on.
"Pending issues all form one package. If they cannot be handled as
such, we need not release a joint statement." Prime Minister Abe
gave this instruction on April 10 to Yuji Miyamoto, ambassador to
China, who was engaged in negotiations with his Chinese counterpart
to come up with a joint document.
Japan insisted that China's cooperation on the abduction issue be
mentioned in the joint statement, but at the initial stage, China
was unwilling to include that issue in the document. On the other
hand, China pressured Japan to declare in the statement that "Japan
opposes Taiwan's independence."
Reason why Wen's Japan visit was shortened
Wen's Japan visit was shortened from the initial schedule. This,
too, was viewed as destabilizing element. In January, Chinese
Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi sounded out Japan about a five-day trip
to Japan by Wen.
Wen hoped to take a look at energy-saving technology, visit farm
villages and have a dialogue directly with Japanese citizens. Japan
arranged an inspection tour of a farm village in Akita Prefecture
and a TV program for Wen to converse directly with Japanese people.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) Secretary General
Nakagawa proposed: "How about having an opportunity to have a
conversation with elementary school children?"
But in early March, Beijing told Tokyo that China would shorten
Wen's Japan visit from the planned five days to three days, citing
"domestic reasons." The idea of his having direct contact Japanese
citizens fizzled out. When President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu
Rongji visited Japan in 1998 and in 2000 respectively, they stayed
for six days.
One Chinese government official emphasized: "Prior to his Japan
visit, Wen visited South Korea, where he stayed for two days. He
stayed in Japan for three days because the importance attached to
Japan." But some sources familiar with Japan-China relations
thought: "The reason for shortening his stay in Japan was because of
the observation that the Abe cabinet might not last long, given its
sliding approval ratings."
It is not clear if that was the case, but make no mistake, facing a
Communist Party Congress this fall that comes every five years, the
Hu Jintao government is jittery about not mishandling its relations
with Japan.
"Pressure" from both conservatives, liberals
TOKYO 00001768 003 OF 009
Responding to China's offer, Abe announced during the Japan-China
summit on April 11 that he planned to travel to China by the end of
the year. There is a theory that someone on the Chinese side was
motivated to create an environment that would make it difficult for
Abe to visit Yasukuni Shrine during its autumn festival.
Should Abe still pay homage at Yasukuni Shrine, "It would have a
much bigger impact than Prime Minister Koizumi's visits to the
shrine," a government source said. The Hu government now seems
perplexed as to how far it can put its faith in Abe.
Until the end of last year, Hu seemed eager to lead the way to
Japan, but instead of him coming, Wen's visit was realized first,
though shortened from the initial plan. The changes may stem from
China's sense of alarm to Abe's recent "return" to his former
hawkish stance.
On the other hand, China's attitude toward Japan has never changed
so markedly in the past. in mid-March, the Foreign Ministry's
Foreign Policy Bureau Director-General Chikao Kawai visited Beijing
for talks with his Chinese counterpart on the reform of the United
Nations. Kawai was surprised by the change in the mood toward
Japan.
Chinese officials expressed a strong expectation of a "bigger role
to be played by Japan in the international community," although
China until then had blocked Japan's move for obtaining a permanent
seat on the UN Security Council.
The effectiveness of parliamentarian diplomacy was not
insignificant. Lawmakers who politically supported Japan-China
relations throughout the period under the Koizumi administration
when things were going from bad to worse included former Prime
Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, Lower House Speaker Yohei Kono, former
Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, chair of the Japan-China
Friendship Parliamentary League, the ruling Liberal Democratic
Party's (LDP) Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Toshihiro Nikai, and
the junior coalition partner New Komeito's Representative Akihiro
Ota.
Most of those legislators are worried about Abe's highly hawkish
political stance. On the other hand, discontent with Abe's diplomacy
toward China is strong among those lawmakers who had expected Abe to
take hard-line foreign-policy positions.
In order for Abe to display his leadership for the promotion of his
"strategic mutually-beneficial relationship" between Japan and
China, the question is whether he can maintain his own political
stability and not waver despite pressures from both sides.
(3) Commentary: Aegis data leak-Self-discipline the source of
scandals
YOMIURI (Page 11) (Full)
April 19, 2007
Hidemichi Katsumata, senior writer
An incident involving the Maritime Self-Defense Force has been
brought to light in connection with its members' leakage of
confidential data on its Aegis missile defense system. To cut off
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the chain of scandals, all of the Self-Defense Forces, from its top
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brass down, need to be fundamentally aware of their duties all over
again.
The incident came to light with the discovery of military data on
the capability of Aegis vessels from the hard disk drive of a
personal computer owned by a 33-year-old petty officer second class
assigned to the MSDF's Escort Flotilla 1 based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Prefecture. Kanagawa prefectural police and the MSDF's shore police
command are now investigating the case in a hurry to find out how
the data leaked.
In the past, there were similar information leaks. In February last
year, a large amount of confidential information, including IFF
(identification friend or foe) call signs for vessels, flowed out
via an MSDF member's privately owned personal computer. Since then,
there seems to have been no end to the outbreak of such incidents.
For one thing, the SDF does not have enough government-furnished
computers. As it stands, SDF personnel have no choice but to use
their own personal computers.
So the government has urgently procured 56,000 computers for
official use since last year. Concurrently, the Defense Ministry
issued a notification, which, in the name of its vice minister,
prohibited its personnel from: 1) handling official data on their
privately owned personal computers; 2) bringing in privately owned
personal computers to their workplaces; and 3) bringing out
government-furnished computers from their workplaces. In this way,
the Defense Ministry has taken preventive steps.
However, what is surprising in the incident this time was a casual
remark from an SDF echelon officer. This officer said, "It's
impossible to keep even the rank and file informed about the vice
minister's notification."
One may say the SDF officer was honest with himself. However, the
SDF is a military organization. The vice minister's notification to
its members is tantamount to an order for them to obey, isn't it?
After receiving a notification, SDF commanding officers are to issue
orders to SDF members under their command and check to see if the
orders have been carried out without fail. That is the way of
command, and it is an essential responsibility for the SDF brass to
do so.
There is an example of directions for SDF members.
The Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Airborne Brigade, based at
Narashino in Chiba Prefecture, is a troop of crack rangers. What was
a serious shock to this powerful troupe was a fact that became known
in the aftermath of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult's sarin nerve
gas attack on Tokyo's subway systems in 1995. Some of the airborne
brigade's troopers were Aum Shinrikyo followers, and they spilt the
beans about plans to raid the cult's facilities. They bugged their
commander's official residence as directed by cult leaders who
attempted to fathom the SDF's moves.
The SDF conducted thoroughgoing guidance for its personnel in order
to restore its lost reliability. According to one GSDF officer who
once commanded a battalion, his men began with a brainstorming
session while sitting in a circle around him. Those living in
apartments outside their garrison were subject to biannual spot
inspections at their homes in the spring and fall of every year. One
of his battalion's members was urged by a loan shark to pay back his
debt. The officer says he kept the battalion member's bankbook and
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managed this member's payroll until he paid off the debt.
The GSDF officer said: "If we do this kind of thing all of a sudden,
that will only arouse bad feelings. There was also a protest from
the family of one member. His family said it's an invasion of
privacy. But they understood when I explained why." Of course, there
are probably arguments for and against that way of doing things.
"Are you going that far?" This question just escaped my lips. The
former battalion commander added: "To do so, I needed to have a
relationship of mutual trust with them. That's the way of command."
During the bubble economy period in the late 1980s and in the early
1990s, the SDF set forth a number of attractive recruitment plans to
struggle with private businesses for human resources. In those days,
SDF personnel made much of "self-discipline." The SDF took various
actions, such as allowing its members to live off base after hours,
billeting each member in a single occupancy room, and relaxing
curfews. However, such steps have only resulted in encouraging SDF
personnel's individualism and their commanding officers' hands-off
policy. Those actions were fatal mistakes for the SDF as a military
organization that weighs organization and command. This can be
called the source of scandals.
The SDF is not what it used to be, so the question is what the SDF
should do to pull itself together again.
"Senior officers and commanding officers must always think about
what to do so that they can get more chances to engage with their
people," one SDF brass officer says. This echelon officer added:
"Are we getting along with each other so that we can fight together
when we've got to do so? Are we confident that we can entrust each
other with our lives? All of the Self-Defense Forces should go back
to the starting point of the Self-Defense Forces." With this, the
officer cautioned himself.
People in general are leaning toward individualism, so it would be a
difficult task to cement human relations. However, we cannot
sidestep the challenge in order for the SDF to solidify its public
credibility-and in order for Japan to make its ties with its ally
rocksolid.
(4) WTO exporting group issues statement calling on Japan, US,
Europe to open agricultural markets, with aim of concluding Doha
Round this year
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full)
April 19, 2007
The Cairns Group, composed of 19 agricultural-exporting countries
such as Australia and Brazil, released after their ministerial
meeting in Pakistan on April 18 a joint statement urging Japan, the
United States, and Europe to open up their agricultural markets. The
call stems from a desire to conclude the Doha Round of trade
liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the
end of this year.
Japan will host jointly with Australia a Group of Six (G-6)
ministerial meeting in Tokyo in late May. On that occasion, Japan's
management ability and determination will be put to the test.
The statement called for Japan, the US, and Europe to promote
liberalization further through domestic reforms, noting: "It is
impossible to bring about a success to the New Round without
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comprehensive agricultural reforms." The statement also indicated
that if substantial progress is made within several weeks, it might
be difficult to settle the talks by the end of the year.
In the agriculture sector, which holds the key to the outcome of the
trade liberalization talks, the US, whose opposition to a proposal
for drastically cutting agriculture subsidies has put the talks to a
standstill, has begun to show a willingness to make a concession,
while the European Union (EU), which was at odds with the US, is
also becoming conciliatory.
The US, though, fears that even if it reduces farm subsidies,
influential developing countries might not fully open up their
markets. As US Trade Representative (USTR) Suzan Schwab said: "The
G-4 - the US, the EU, India, and Brazil - are major players in
global trade," the US is aiming to bring such major developing
countries as India and Brazil to its side.
Japan speculates that such moves might be an attempt to isolate
Japan. Japan is maneuvering to make a rollback by winning over the
EU and India in the coming G-6 ministerial in Tokyo.
But Australia, another sponsor of the G-6 talks, leads the Cairns
Group, which is calling for capping all tariffs on agricultural
products. Naturally, its stance conflicts with Japan's. Japan is
being pressed to play three roles in the upcoming meeting, that is,
drawing out concessions from each country in order to move
negotiations forward; giving consideration to farm-exporting
countries' matters of interest; and having its own proposal
accepted.
(5) Kawasaki eager to form alliance against Abe, Tanigaki evasive
SANKEI (Page 5) (Abridged slightly)
April 20, 2007
Former Health and Welfare Minister Jiro Kawasaki, a heavyweight in
the Tanigaki faction in the Liberal Democratic Party, has published
a book titled Will We Really Be Able to Become Happy by Continuing
to Aim at an American-Style Society? (Diamond Co.) In the book,
Kawasaki harshly criticizes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strategy for
economic growth as an approach catering to money-driven
corporations. With an eye on the political situation after the Upper
House election this summer, Kawasaki and others are planning to form
an alliance against Abe with the new YKK trio, who include former
Secretary General Koichi Kato. In contrast, the faction head,
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Sadakazu Tanigaki, a former finance minister, remains elusive. All
sorts of plans have surfaced and disappeared, such as forming an
alliance with Kochikai or the Shimazu faction. Against such a
backdrop, does Tanigaki have any secret plans?
"The government's policy is extremely similar to the
competition-oriented American policy. Setting unattainable economic
growth and aiming at unreasonable spending cuts are not the
direction for Japan, a country with a rapidly aging population."
Kawasaki, known as a policy expert, pointed out inconsistencies in
the Abe administration's economic policies by using ample data,
explaining the reality of social security, and proposing ways to
increase GDP per capita.
Although he did not attack any specific individuals or touch on
possible Lower House dissolution, Kawasaki was the main architect of
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the so-called Kato rebellion against then Prime Minister Mori in
ΒΆ2000. The book is intended to expose the difference in policy
between Tanigaki and the current administration with the aim of
portraying Tanigaki as a promising candidate for the next LDP
presidential race. In the event the LDP is defeated in the upcoming
Upper House lection, Tanigaki would immediately be able to come
forward as a capable successor to Abe.
Kawasaki is intent on forming an alliance against Abe in
collaboration with the new YKK trio -- former LDP Vice President
Taku Yamasaki, former secretaries general Makoto Koga and Koichi
Kato -- and the Tsushima faction. Former Defense Agency chief Gen
Nakatani and former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Sonoda
share Kawasaki's plan.
But Tanigaki has been keeping a low profile. While Kato and Yamasaki
are scheduled to visit China and South Korea from April 27 to May 2
to make a clear distinction with the Abe administration, Tanigaki
will host workshops for his faction on April 28-29 in Hakone.
Tanigaki has never attended meetings of the Group to Study Asia
Diplomacy and Security Vision, established by Kato to find faults
with Abe's foreign policy.
A Tanigaki aide explained his equivocal behavior this way: "Mr.
Tanigaki fears that once he joins hands with Kato, who has a strong
personality, Mr. Kato will take the initiative away from him."
Tanigaki's indecisiveness has given rise to skepticism about his
aptitude to become prime minister.
(6) METI to revise law to prevent industrial espionage based on
Denso case
ASAHI (Page 8) (Abridged slightly)
April 20, 2007
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) revealed a plan
yesterday to revise the unfair competition prevention law in order
to prevent damage from corporate spies. The ministry, which has
already begun taking steps to tighten regulations on foreign direct
investment to prevent key technologies from flowing out of Japan
with corporate mergers and acquisitions, is determined to swiftly
review the current system, which is being criticized as too
lenient.
Administrative Vice METI Minister Takao Kitahata held a press
conference in Nagoya yesterday in which he unveiled a plan to
establish a council to study ways to revise the existing legal
system by citing the removal of data by a Chinese engineer of Denso,
a global supplier of automotive components based in Kariya City,
Aichi Prefecture.
Kitahata said: "We need to raise industrial awareness against the
outflow of key technologies from oversea production bases, as
well."
Criminal penalty against infringements on trade secrets, such as
technological data before applications are filed for patents, was
introduced in 2003 when the unfair competition prevention law was
revised.
The penalty was raised last year to up to 10 years in prison or a
fine of up to 10 million yen - twice severer than before. The law
still has many conditions such as that a criminal charge must be
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filed before indictment and that the purpose of unfair competition
must be proven. This makes investigative authorities to apply the
law.
Although the Aichi prefectural police had arrested the Chinese Denso
engineer on suspicion of embezzlement, the Nagoya District Public
Prosecutors Office released him earlier this month. They failed to
apply the law. Proving the purpose of unfair competition was
difficult.
The ministry will review the required conditions for infringements
on trade secrets and the guidelines for the management of trade
secrets.
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The ministry, which regards the Denso case as the tip of the
iceberg, is highly alarmed at industrial espionage and technology
outflows.
Their concern comes from: (1) technological development in Asia,
such as South Korea, Taiwan, and China, (2) growing problems
associated with people laid off by Japanese companies, and (3)
active international M&As.
Starting this summer, METI and the Finance Ministry will also expand
the scope of businesses subject to the regulations on investment in
Japan under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law.
(7) LDP at odds with New Komeito over receipt-attachment requirement
in revising Political Funds Control Law
ASAHI (Page 4) (Slightly abridged)
April 20, 2007
The Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito are still at odds
over the issue of increasing transparency in the flows of political
funds. Both ruling parties exchanged the main points of their
respected draft revisions to the Political Funds Control Law
yesterday, but on the matter of making it mandatory to attach
receipts for ordinary outlays, they failed to find common ground. A
decision will be made sometime after the Golden Week holidays. When
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Matsuoka's
utility-charge scandal came to light, the LDP indicated eagerness
toward revising the law. As the uproar over the Matsuoka scandal has
calmed down, however, the main ruling party has lost interest in the
revision.
A senior LDP official said: "Many party members are worried that if
attaching receipts is mandated, they may be unable to carry out
political activities without restrictions." New Komeito Political
Reform Headquarters head Junji Higashi retorted: "Your assertion is
strange. Wining and dining expenses should have been released as
political activity outlays."
In a meeting of the ruling parties' project team held in the Diet
building yesterday, the LDP did not incorporate the requirement of
attaching receipts in its draft outline, which was shown to the New
Komeito. The LDP cited the reason that administrative work will
become complicated. With an eye on the House of Councillors election
this summer, however, the New Komeito is willing to highlight its
eagerness to increase transparency in the flows of political funds.
The meeting yesterday ended up underscoring a wide gap existing
between the two ruling parties.
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In a press conference on April 9, LDP Secretary General Hidenao
Nakagawa said: "It is now time for the ruling camp to coordinate
views. It would be desirable to harmonize opinions in the ruling
camp by the time of the by-elections (for Upper House seats on April
22)."
In addition, when LDP Reform Implementation Headquarters head
Nobuteru Ishihara presented to him the party's draft revision bill
that sidestepped the receipt-attachment requirement, Nakagawa
pointed it out. An increasing number of LDP members had thought that
the party would have no choice but to include the receipt-attachment
requirement in its draft bill, reflecting Nakagawa's desire.
Nakagawa himself had believed that the LDP draft bill would be
adopted on the 19th without fail.
In the party, however, cautious views are still predominant, as
represented by Diet Affairs Committee Chief Vice Chairman Goji
Sakamoto's remark: "It reportedly is a lot of work to collect
receipts. Looking at the actual situation, it seems difficult."
A senior LDP member who is engaged in drawing up the revision bill
told a senior New Komeito official: "Some have begun to worry that
it could stir up a hornet's nest and that new criminal cases could
be exposed if a new system is formed."
Prime Minister told reporters yesterday: "I hope a draft will be
finalized without any loss of time. If necessary, I would like to
give an instruction." But it is to be seen how serious he is to
contain the resistance in the LDP.
Speculation of keeping Matsuoka scandal on backburner detected among
senior LDP members
Emerging as a likely landing point is a plan to impose the
receipt-attachment requirement only on political funds management
organizations.
Discussion was conducted, on the presupposition that the requirement
be applied to all political groups, but the New Komeito presented
the above compromise plan during the project team's meeting
yesterday. After the meeting, New Komeito House of Representatives
member Yoshinori Ooguchi explained: "Compared with other political
groups, political funds management organizations are more closely
linked to politicians personally and financially."
Under this measure, though, other political organizations might be
used as a loophole. Still, many LDP members are reluctant to
adopting the requirement of attaching receipts, one senior member
saying, "Our free activities will be restricted, because limits will
be set on places and the number of politicians for meeting."
In addition, senior LDP officials are concerned about a re-ignition
of the furor over the Matsuoka scandal, a senior LDP official
remarking: "Although the scandal has already sunk into the
background, we must try to avoid the scandal from being focused on
once again."
SCHIEFFER