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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule
North Korea problem:
4) Government considering full ban of exports to North Korea as
additional sanction measure
5) Foreign Minister Aso hints at additional sanction measures on
North Korea, but rest of government is reluctant to do so
Defense and security issues:
6) Defense Minister Kyuma will not budge in his call for easing
weapons' export restrictions, despite repercussions in the
government
7) LDP policy chief Shoichi Nakagawa: OK to ease weapons
restrictions if for peaceful purposes
8) US considering another brief deployment of F-22s to Kadena Air
Base in Okinawa
9) Opposition lawmaker pursues Foreign Ministry official in the Diet
on globalization of US-Japan alliance, joint cooperation with NATO
Political agenda:
10) Clash building in the Diet between ruling and opposition camps
over key bills and counterproposals
11) Prime Minister Abe orders complete review of independent public
corporations
12) Prime Minister's private secretary sues Asahi for article in its
weekly magazine linking him to gangsters
Yamasaki in action:
13) LDP's Taku Yamasaki criticizes Abe for making constitutional
reform a campaign issue
14) Taku Yamasaki met with senior North Korean diplomat while in
Beijing recently
15) China overtakes Japan in international competitiveness: Japan
now 24th, China 15th
16) US likely to press Japan to east import restriction on US beef
with new scientific conclusion that tested young cows suspected of
BSE were free of disease
17) Global warming: Government plans new framework to assist small
companies to conserve energy, help big companies to buy emission
rights
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi: Sankei: Tokyo Shimbun:
Toyota Motor's operating profits tops 2 trillion yen in term ended
March 2007, ranking first in effect: 200% increase over five years
Mainichi:
Government to further cut number of beds for elderly patients with
chronic disease planned for reduction
Yomiuri:
Government, ruling camp plan to dispatch doctors from hub-hospitals
to local hospitals to address shortage of doctors
TOKYO 00002077 002 OF 011
Nihon Keizai:
Global warming gas emissions cut: Government to set framework to
helping with energy conservation investment by small and medium-size
companies: Leading companies to purchase emissions rights
Akahata:
LDP, New Komeito aiming at voting on bill for procedures to revise
Constitution: No central public hearings held
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) Agricultural reform: Make use of proposals made by
private-sector members of Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
(2) Visions for medical services: General practitioners should be
available on holidays and at nights
Mainichi:
(1) Participation of victims of crimes in trials: System should be
introduced after thorough discussion
(2) Regional financial institutions hold the key to buoying up local
economies
Yomiuri:
(1) Three secretaries to the prime minister file complaint seeking
damage compensation over Asahi Shimbun's report on possible
relationship between Prime Minister Abe and Suishin-kai, an
affiliate of Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate: Newspaper ads,
hanging ads in commuter train equally guilty
(2) Indictment over Nagasaki incident: Aim at rooting out violence
targeting administrators
Nihon Keizai:
(1) The world's top automaker Toyota Motor's next challenge
(2) Small step toward privatization of public employment service
agencies
Sankei:
(1) Prime minister's offering to Yasukuni Shrine is not an issue to
make a fuss over
(2) Epidemic of measles: Prevent spread of infection with
vaccination
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Epidemic of measles: Are you immune against it?
(2) Iraqi situation: Use framework for stabilization
Akahata:
(1) Social Insurance Agency reform bill: Leaving operations to
private sector will accelerate distrust in pension system
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
Prime Minister's schedule, May 9
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
May 10, 2007
08:46
Met at Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Suzuki at the Kantei.
TOKYO 00002077 003 OF 011
09:22
Met Hokkaido Governor Takahashi. Followed by Internal Affairs and
Communications Minister Suga.
10:01
Attended an Upper House plenary session.
11:12
Met Foreign Vice Minister Yachi at the Kantei. Later, met former
Defense Agency Director General Ono, former Science and Technology
Minister Matsuda, and former Justice Minister Sugiura.
12;)7
Met Cabinet Office Special Advisor Kurokawa.
14:00
Met Lower House member Taro Nakayama. Followed by Deputy Chief
Cabinet Secretary Matoba. Later, met Foreign Ministry North American
Affairs Bureau Director General Nishinomiya and Defense Ministry
Defense Policy Bureau Director General Ofuru.
15:02
Met Special Advisor Koike.
16:00
Met Environment Vice Minister Tamura. Posed for a photo for "cool
biz" PR. Joined by Special Advisor Seko. Later, met Finance Minister
Omi and Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs Watanabe.
17:31
Attended a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting.
20:07
Dined with Central Education Council outgoing and incoming chairman
Masakazu Yamazaki and Yasuhiko Torii, Education Minister Ibuki, and
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki at a Japanese restaurant in the
Hotel New Otani.
22:02
Returned to his official residence.
4) Japan mulls total DPRK export ban as additional sanction
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full)
May 10, 2007
The Japanese government is considering imposing a new set of
sanctions against North Korea if that country continues to fail to
implement the initial-stage action, including the shutdown of its
nuclear facility in Yongbyon, as promised at a six-party talks (in
February), government sources said yesterday. Sanctions being
considered include (1) a shift from the current ban on exports of
luxury items and items related to weapons of mass destruction to
North Korea to a total export ban; (2) tougher controls on ships by
prohibiting any foreign vessels in addition to North
Korean-registered ships from entering Japanese ports if they have
been to any North Korea port before arriving here; and (3) widening
the ban on fund transfers, which is currently applied to one person
and 15 organizations. Japan intends to make a final decision on
whether to impose additional sanctions in watching North Korea's
TOKYO 00002077 004 OF 011
moves from now on, as well as consulting with concerned countries.
These measures are all intended to strengthen the sanctions
currently taken independently by Japan in response to the North's
missile and nuclear tests conducted last year.
At a meeting yesterday of the Lower House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, Foreign Minister Aso in this regard stressed that the
government was considering further sanctions. Aso said: "We will
wait a week or so (to watch North Korea's moves)." Prime Minister
Abe late yesterday told reporters; "If North Korea doesn't act on
the issue, we should discuss it with other concerned countries,
including the United States. We have a limit to our patience."
China and South Korea, however, are expected to oppose tougher
sanctions, and some officials in the US are reportedly cautious
about such sanctions.
5) Foreign Minister Aso hints at additional sanctions against DPRK
despite deep-seated cautious view in government
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
May 10, 2007
North Korea has yet to implement the first-stage action as agreed on
in the six-party talks, including shutting down and sealing a
nuclear facility, citing as the reason its still frozen funds at
Banco Delta Asia (BDA) in Macao. Faced with this situation, some in
the Japanese government are beginning to insist on the need to
impose further sanctions on the North as quickly as possible. But
many in the government take the view that it is difficult for Japan
to independently impose more sanctions on the North because other
member nations of the six-party talks are very cautious about
additional sanctions.
At a session yesterday of the Lower House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, Foreign Minister Taro Aso implied the possibility of
imposing additional sanctions by saying: "We must raise the level of
pressure if the North fails to take action even after (the BDA
problem is resolved) and its funds are sent to it." Aso also made
clear his intention to consult with concerned countries how to deal
with the North if there is no sign that it will move to implement
the (first-stage action) one week from now.
These tough remarks are apparently backed by President Bush's
commitment made during the recent Japan-US summit, "We are capable
of imposing further sanctions." Additional sanctions the Japanese
government is supposed to take independently include: (1) a ban on
any ship that calls at a North Korean port before arriving in Japan
and (2) a total ban on exports.
The tide of opinion in the government is, however, cautious about
additional sanctions. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, when asked by
reporters about the question of additional sanctions late yesterday,
went no further than to say: "We must consider various approaches,
while fully consulting with every concerned country." Even in the
Foreign Ministry, "It's not time for us to be able to play a
'sanction card' effectively," a senior ministry official said,
echoing the views of many others.
6) Kyuma's call for eased arms-export rules creates sensation;
Kantei trying to calm storm, Kyuma stands firm
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MAINICHI (Page 2) (Abridged lightly)
May 10, 2007
There is now a visible gap between Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma, who
has called for easing the three arms-export restrictions, and Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki,
who are desperate to minimize the impact of the defense chief's
remarks. Although the Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
apparently does not want another source of domestic contention with
the Upper House election coming up in July, Kyuma has not shown any
signs of budging in his view. Debate on this issue in the government
and the ruling coalition is likely to grow even more.
"The concept of weaponry is broad, and protective gear and the like
are also handled as if they were weapons. (Unless the three rules
are relaxed), we won't be able to conduct research and development
in the defense area, and as a result, we will have to buy high-price
products." Before the Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee on May 8, Kyuma reiterated the need to relax the three
principles -- his stock argument -- from the standpoint of promoting
international joint development. Kyuma had proposed the idea in a
speech during his recent visit to the United States.
Kyuma's call comes from the perception that the joint research,
development, and production of military equipment, including
fighters, are a major trend in Western countries in order to reduce
costs. Some Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, mostly defense
policy experts, back Kyuma's call, with one former defense chief
saying, "Amid growing calls for defense spending cuts, it is natural
for a lawmaker to raise this question." Kyuma apparently is aware of
his supporters in the party.
Meanwhile, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki indicated in a press
conference on May 7 that the government has no intention of
expediting a review, saying: "The government will continue dealing
with the matter cautiously by seriously considering the country's
basic vision as a peace-oriented country." Prime Minister Abe also
indicated to reporters on the same day that the government would
continue studying the matter carefully.
The Kantei is keeping a watchful eye on Kyuma's comments so as not
to irritate the New Komeito, the LDP's junior partner, which has
been alarmed by hawkish overtones in the Abe administration.
New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa took this view in a
press conference yesterday: "Keeping the three principles is the
government's traditional view. We don't see any need to relax them."
A senior Upper House LDP lawmaker also noted: "We mustn't raise
contentious matters before the Upper House election."
7) LDP policy chief Nakagawa calls for relaxed arms rules only for
peaceful purposes
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
May 10, 2007
Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council Chairman Shoichi
Nakagawa indicated in a speech yesterday that the government should
consider relaxing the three arms export rules strictly for peaceful
purposes. He said: "Prohibiting exports for even peace building does
not fit the times," adding, "Eliminating antipersonnel mines is
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allowed but not anti-tank mines. I don't understand the
distinction."
Meanwhile, New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa in a press
conference yesterday took a negative view on Defense Minister
Kyuma's call for relaxed three arms rules, saying: "That is the
government's traditional view. I don't see any need to ease them."
8) Japan, US considering redeploying F-22s to Japan before year's
end
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
May 10, 2007
The governments of Japan and the United States will study the
possibility of redeploying F-22A Raptor fighter jets, which have
temporarily been deployed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa since
February, in Japan before the end of the year, according to
government sources yesterday. The two governments have recognized
the need to remain on high alert due to the North Korea situation
and other factors. The Foreign Ministry announced yesterday: "We
have received a notice from Washington that it would terminate the
temporary deployment of F-22s and that they will depart for the
United States at around 3:00 a.m. May 10." It was Washington's
initial plan to deploy the F-22s to Kadena for about three months.
The US government will recall them for the time being.
9) Lawmaker Kasai pursues Foreign Ministry in Lower House committee
on cooperation with NATO, mentioned for the first time in joint
statement on Japan-US security cooperation; Criticizes bilateral
alliance taking on global scope
AKAHATA (Page 5) (Excerpt)
May 10, 2007
Shinichi Nishimiya, director general of the Foreign Ministry's North
America Bureau, revealed in the Lower House Foreign Affairs
Committee yesterday that the joint statement of Japan-US Security
Consultative Committee (2-plus-2) (May 1) mentioned for the first
time in a joint Japan-US statement "cooperation with NATO." Japanese
Communist Party lawmaker Toru Kasai criticized this, saying: "The
Japan-US alliance has taken on a global scope, moving toward joint
cooperation with NATO."
Nishimiya in his reply said: "Compared to pas joint statements
between Japan and the US, this is the first time for this to be
mentioned." The statement also characterized the relationship
between the Japan-US alliance and NATO as complementary. Foreign
Minister Aso stated, "There are specific examples like these,"
citing such activities as fueling ships in the Indian Ocean.
10) Fierce battle between the ruling and opposition parties at final
stage of current Diet session; Ruling camp prioritizes passing of
bills, opposition to submit counterproposals
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Excerpts)
May 10, 2007
A fierce tug-of-war is now occurring between the ruling and
opposition camps in the final stage of the current session of the
Diet. The government and ruling parties wish to pass important bills
through the Diet during the ongoing session in order to gain an edge
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on the opposition in the campaigning for the July House of
Councillors election. The opposition camp, however, intends to
submit counterproposals and call for thorough deliberations.
Maneuvering between the two sides is intensifying.
In a meeting yesterday of the Diet affairs committee chairmen of the
ruling an opposition parties, Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan)
Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Yoshiaki Takagi blasted the ruling
camp's Diet management, saying, "(The ruling coalition's) bulldozing
bills are too much to tolerate."
In the meeting, the opposition demanded that intensive debate on the
issue of "politics and money" be conducted at the House of
Representatives Budget Committee and that party-heads debate be held
at least once in both houses of the Diet. The ruling coalition
accepted the request to hold intensive deliberations and indicated
that they will respond to another request to hold debate among party
heads in a positive manner. With the July Upper House drawing
closer, it is difficult to extend the current session. In a bid to
pass key bills through the Diet, the ruling bloc asked the
opposition to allow senior vice ministers answer questions instead
of cabinet ministers, as well as to hold deliberations at the
committees in addition to regular deliberations.
The opposition camp plans to bring up again the issue of office
expenditures of the political fund management organization of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka and
seek his accountability for the matter. The ruling parties have
agreed to revise the Political Funds Control law to require
political fund management organizations to attach to fund reports
receipts for expenditures of 50,000 yen or more for operating
expenses (excluding labor costs), and prohibit real property
holding. However, the opposition has criticized the bill for
"insufficient." Although the main opposition party Minshuto
(Democratic Party of Japan) has its president Ichiro Ozawa's fund
management organization's property holding issue, it intends to
pursue the ruling coalition over issues involving money and politics
until the end of the session.
11) Prime minister orders full review of independent public
corporations
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Excerpts)
May 10, 2007
Prime Minister Abe instructed the Council on Economic and Fiscal
Policy in a meeting yesterday that the 101 independent public
corporations (dokuritsu gyousei houjin) and their business
operations should be receive a full review, with the idea of their
privatization or abolishment in mind. State Minister in Charge of
Administrative Reform Watanabe and Minister of Internal Affairs and
Communications Suga will draw up a reorganization and
rationalization plan by the end of this year. However, independent
public corporations offer plum jobs to retiring officials, so
objections are likely to come from government offices.
Private-sector members of the council, including Nihon Keidanren
(Japan Business Federation) Chairman Fujio Mitarai, proposed the
reform plan for independent public corporations. Prime Minister Abe
said: "I want you to carry out a full-scale review as the first step
in the process of reforming the government's functions."
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The proposal is based on this judgment: "Since independent public
corporations have become nesting grounds for retired bureaucrats and
bid-rigging schemes, it is necessary to carry out reform, including
such options as role-sharing with the government, and privatization
of their business operations."
12) Prime Minister Abe's private secretary and others file lawsuit
against Asahi Shimbun for defamation of character
SANKEI (Page 5) (Excerpts)
May 10, 2007
Three persons, including a policy secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe, yesterday filed a lawsuit with Tokyo District Court against the
editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Shukan Asahi and a reporter
of the Asahi Shimbun, which publishes the journal. The three
complaints have called for an apology advertisement and damage
compensation of 51.59 million yen.
The three in the lawsuit say that the Weekly Asahi's article and
advertisement carried by the Asahi Shimbun gave the public the
impression that secretaries of the Abe office had been threatened by
the suspect in case of the shooting of the Nagasaki mayor and that
this extremely damaged their social reputation.
The article and advertisement in question was carried in the May
4-11 issue. In response to the complaint by the prime minister's
secretaries, the Asahi Shimbun and the Weekly Asahi carried an
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apology advertisement, but the lawsuit points out: "The
advertisement again gave readers the impression that was completely
different from the facts and damaged the plaintiffs' reputations."
Weekly Asahi's article and apology advertisement
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full)
May 10, 2007
The Weekly Asahi carried the article titled "senior police officer
admits plainly 'relationship' between the gangster organization
Yamaguchi-gumi affiliated Suishinkai and Prime Minister Abe" in its
May 4-11 issue. The article wrote that as the testimony by the
senior police officer the Tokyo Metropolitan had been consulted by
Prime Minister Abe's side that a former secretary was being
threatened by right-wing members and gangsters. As result of the
investigation, the police specified Suishinkai's involvement. Since
the suspect of the Nagasaki mayor's assassination incident belongs
to Suishinkai, the Asahi Shimbun carried in its April 24 edition the
advertisement of the weekly that said that there were "contacts"
between the Nagasaki mayor assassination case and Prime Minister
Abe's secretary. In response to the complaint by the prime minister,
The Asahi Shimbun and Weekly Asahi carried an apology article in its
May 18 issue as follows:
The article in question was verified based on the statements of
those involved who said that the prime minister's former secretary
had been threatened by senior members of the gang organization to
which the suspect of the Nagasaki mayor shooting incident belonged.
13) LDP's Taku Yamasaki criticizes Prime Minister Abe: It is
premature to make constitutional reform an election campaign issue
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpt)
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May 10, 2007
Taku Yamasaki, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic
Party (LDP), in a speech in Fukuoka City, criticized Prime Minister
Abe for raising constitutional revision to a campaign issue in the
upcoming Upper House election. "Isn't it premature to do so? Even if
the national referendum bill is passed, the draft amendments must be
deliberated on by the constitutional research panel for three
years." He also revealed a sense of alarm about the prime minister's
private advisory panel debating the right of collective
self-defense, saying, "It will have an impact for sure on the Upper
House election."
14) LDP's Yamasaki found to have met in China with senior North
Korean Embassy diplomat
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
May 10, 2007
It was learned yesterday that Taku Yamasaki, former vice president
of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), had met with a senior
diplomat of the North Korean Embassy in Beijing when he visited
China. Yamasaki, however, has denied the report.
15) Chinese competitiveness tops Japan's in world yearbook
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 5) (Slightly abridged)
May 10, 2007
In the 2007 World Competitive Yearbook, released by IMD, an
influential business school in Switzerland, Japan ranks 24th, down
from last year's level of being 16th. Meanwhile, China is 15th, up
from being 18th, topping Japan for the first time in nine years.
IMD prepares an annual ranking of the competitiveness of 55 economic
powers, based on statistics and survey results regarding 323 items
in four areas - macro economy, government effectiveness, business
effectiveness, and infrastructure.
Japan moved down in all the four areas. In the area of government
effectiveness, Japan's ranking dropped from the 26th of last year to
34th, with the 55th ranking in the item "corporate tax rate" and
54th in the "government debts," These items brought down Japan's
position. In the macro economy area, as well, Japan, despite the
ongoing recovery of its economy, fell from 14th to 22nd, reflecting
decreasing foreign direct investment and other factors. Affected by
the low rating of 53rd in the "managers' entrepreneur spirit" item,
Japan dropped from 22nd to 27th.
In contrast, China saw its position up in all the four areas. It
moved up from 3rd to 2nd in the macro economy area, given its rapid
economic growth, and from 17th to 8th regarding government
effectiveness. However, China remained low in the ranking about such
items as discrimination (53rd), environmental contamination (54th),
and fund procurement from banks (54th), showing the challenges
facing Chinese economic society.
Eight countries that overtook Japan include such Asian countries as
China, Taiwan, Malaysia, as well as European countries, like Germany
and Britain. The United States retained top place this year, too.
But it fell from 14th to 19th on government effectiveness and from
4th to 6th on business effectiveness.
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16) US may apply pressure on Japan to ease import conditions; MHLW
remains cautious
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 5) (Slightly abridged)
May 10, 2007
A research team of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW)
released a report noting that mice injected with brain tissue
extract from 21-month-old and 23-month-old cows that were found to
have contracted BSE in 2003 did not get the disease. Based on the
cases of these two cattle, Japan has set the condition of importing
from the US only beef from cattle 20 months of age or younger, so
the US is expected to ratchet up its pressure on Japan to ease the
import condition. Meanwhile, the MHLW intends to be cautious about
reviewing the condition, including an inspection of the United
States safety control system.
Many countries set the age limit of cattle eligible for import at 30
months. But Japan set it at 20 months, given growing concerns about
the safety of beef due to the discovery of BSE-infected calves in
Japan in 2003.
The Japanese government resumed US beef imports in late July of last
year, but the import volume remains only about 10% of that before
Japan placed a total ban on imports. The World Organization for
Animal Health, known as OIE, is expected to designate the US as
allowable to export beef without age limit in late May. Given this,
the US has been calling on Japan to ease its import conditions.
Japan will shortly carry out inspections of US plants with licenses
to ship beef to Japan. Later, the Food Safety Commission is likely
to review the import conditions, reflecting a final report to be
released by the MHLW study team in late June and the state of
recognition by OIE.
Regarding the MHLW study team's report, an official of the Ministry
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries commented: "We will take
various elements into account in making a judgment on safety. Japan
will not immediately ease the age-limit condition."
17) Global warming gas emissions cut: Government to set framework to
helping with energy conservation investment by small and medium-size
companies: Leading companies to purchase emissions rights
NIHON KEIZAI (Top Play)
May 10, 2007
The government will begin assisting small and medium-size companies
in their efforts to conserve energy with the aim of achieving a
target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions set under the Kyoto
Protocol. The plan is to establish a mechanism of small- and medium
companies reducing emissions of global warming gases through the
installation of new production equipment and selling reduced
portions to leading companies as emissions rights. The government
will start an authentication test this summer with a view to
introducing the system next spring. The aim is to back small and
medium companies, which are lagging in their efforts to deal with
global warming, thereby raising the energy efficiency of Japan's
entire industry.
Support for achievement of target for cutting greenhouse gas
emissions set under Kyoto Protocol
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An experts study council to be established by the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) on May 15 will work out ways to
conduct an authentication test. Steel and electronics manufacturers
will also take part in the panel.
The Kyoto Protocol mandates Japan to cut the average global warming
gas emissions during a 2008-2012 period by 6% compared with the 1990
level. However, the amount of carbon emissions by Japan in 2005 was
up 8% from the base year. It is difficult for it to achieve the
target if the situation remains unchanged. As such, it is now
imperative to cut emissions of global warming gases by small and
medium-size companies, which are lagging behind leading companies in
terms of financial power and technology.
Under the new arrangement the government will back leading companies
assisting small and medium-size companies in their efforts to renew
equipment to cut global warming gas emissions in terms of money and
technology. The Kyoto Protocol approves the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM), under which industrialized countries invest in
emission reducing projects leading to energy conservation in
developing countries, such as China, and regard the amount of
emissions reduced that way as their emissions rights. The envisaged
system is its domestic version.
Under the new system, small and medium-size companies invest in
energy-conservation projects and sell emissions rights gained
through such efforts to leading companies. A third-party
organization consisting of experts on environmental accounting will
assess emission reducing effects and the government will authorize
such effects as emissions rights.
Leading companies, which find it difficult to achieve voluntary
targets of cutting global warming gas emissions, can include
purchased emissions rights as amounts of gases they have reduced.
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