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Viewing cable 09TOKYO1013, JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/09

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09TOKYO1013 2009-05-01 00:56 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tokyo
VZCZCXRO3967
PP RUEHFK RUEHKSO RUEHNAG RUEHNH
DE RUEHKO #1013/01 1210056
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 010056Z MAY 09
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2692
INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEHAAA/THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEAWJA/USDOJ WASHDC PRIORITY
RULSDMK/USDOT WASHDC PRIORITY
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5//
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RHHMHBA/COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI
RHMFIUU/HQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HI//CC/PA//
RHMFIUU/USFJ //J5/JO21//
RUYNAAC/COMNAVFORJAPAN YOKOSUKA JA
RUAYJAA/CTF 72
RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA 6141
RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 3803
RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 7606
RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA 1457
RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO 4340
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 9084
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 5103
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 4890
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 09 TOKYO 001013 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR E, P, EB, EAP/J, EAP/P, EAP/PD, PA; 
WHITE HOUSE/NSC/NEC; JUSTICE FOR STU CHEMTOB IN ANTI-TRUST DIVISION; 
TREASURY/OASIA/IMI/JAPAN; DEPT PASS USTR/PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; 
SECDEF FOR JCS-J-5/JAPAN, 
DASD/ISA/EAPR/JAPAN; DEPT PASS ELECTRONICALLY TO USDA 
FAS/ITP FOR SCHROETER; PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR; 
CINCPAC FLT/PA/ COMNAVFORJAPAN/PA. 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
 
SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/09 
 
Index: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
 
Nuclear non-proliferation: 
4) JCP Chairman Shii visits U.S. Embassy, hands Charge Zumwalt 
letter to President Obama seeking international negotiations toward 
nuclear-free world  (Akahata) 
5) In letter to President Obama, Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 
thanks him for his speech calling for abolition of nuclear weapons 
(Sankei) 
 
6) Prime Minister Aso, Chinese President Hu Jintao agree to 
cooperate in tackling "very serious" issue of new type influenza 
(Asahi) 
 
7) METI Minister Nikai travels to the U.S. today to sign agreement 
on energy and environment  (Nikkei) 
 
8) U.S., Japan agree to nuclear power cooperation  (Yomiuri) 
 
9) Mexico to receive 100 million yen grant for medical supplies 
(Nikkei) 
 
Pandemic threat: 
10) Government to set policy steps today to cope with new-type flu 
as Japan's first case is discovered  (Yomiuri) 
11) Government to do everything it can to avoid panic in Japan over 
new-type flu  (Yomiuri) 
12) With government on alert to cope with possibility of flu 
epidemic, Lower House election maneuvering may be recede into 
background  (Nikkei) 
 
13) Prime Minister Aso tells press: I will decide when the Diet will 
be dissolved  (Nikkei) 
 
14) Ruling parties, faced with strong objections from the opposition 
camp, puts off early start of constitutional reform panel 
(Mainichi) 
 
15) Japanese parts companies will suffer blow if Chrysler declares 
bankruptcy  (Yomiuri) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, &Tokyo: 
Japan has first suspected case of new-type flu 
 
Nikkei: 
Chrysler to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 
 
Sankei: 
17-year-old boy in Yokohama suspected of new-type flu infection 
 
Akahata: 
JCP Chairman Shii sends letter to President Obama calling for start 
of international talks on international treaty to eliminate nuclear 
weapons 
 
TOKYO 00001013  002 OF 009 
 
 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) New-type flu: Long battle required 
(2) IT friction: Glory and threat of Chinese markets 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Phase 5: Need for quick and appropriate information 
(2) Japan-China summit: Exchange between top leaders important, but 
... 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Phase 5: Government should prepare for flu to hit Japan 
(2) Japan-China summit: Superficial strategic reciprocal 
relationship 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Need to act calmly even with outbreak of new-type flu in Japan 
(2) Can Japan and China share sense of crisis? 
 
Sankei: 
(1) NHK program: Voluntary investigations insufficient 
(2) New-type flu: Deal with the crisis in a flexible manner and act 
according to circumstances 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) New-type flu: Special consideration needed for the elderly 
(2) 100 days of Obama administration: Can the President prepare for 
change? 
 
Akahata: 
(1) 80th May Day: Opportunity to stop employment destruction 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, April 30 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
Morning Inspected Capital Steel, a steel maker in Beijing. 
Afternoon Interview to Chinese Central Television. Met with 
President Hu Jintao in the Great Hall of People. Gave press briefing 
to Japanese and foreign reporters at The St. Regis Beijing. 
Evening Left Beijing Airport by government plane. 
Japan time 
23:44 Arrived at Haneda Airport. 
May 1 
0:22 Arrived at the official residence. 
 
4) JCP Chairman Shii meets U.S. Charge Zumwalt, hands over letter to 
President Obama calling for start of international negotiations 
toward "world with no nuclear weapons" 
 
AKAHATA (Top play) (Excerpt) 
May 1, 2009 
 
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Chairman Kazuo Shii met yesterday 
with the press in the Diet to announce that in response to a recent 
speech by U.S. President Obama in which he had called for the 
elimination of all nuclear weapons from the world, he had sent a 
letter to President Obama urging the start of international 
 
TOKYO 00001013  003 OF 009 
 
 
negotiations aiming at the signing of an international treaty 
abolishing nuclear weapons. He then released the contents of the 
letter. Chairman Shii visited the U.S. Embassy on April 28 to meet 
with Charge d'Affaires ad interim James Zumwalt and hand over the 
letter. 
 
5) JCP Chairman Shii sends letter to President Obama expressing 
heartfelt welcome of his speech calling for nuclear-free world 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Executive Committee Chairperson Kazuo 
Shii indicated in a press conference yesterday that he had sent a 
letter to U.S. President Barack Obama expressing his heartfelt 
welcome of the President's call for a nuclear-free world in his 
Prague speech on April 5. According to Shii, this was "probably the 
first time" for the JCP, which basically takes an anti-U.S. policy 
stance, to positively evaluate a U.S. response. 
 
The letter notes this about the Obama speech: "The United States, 
the country possessing the most nuclear weapons, indicated clearly 
for the first time that it will aim at the abolition of nuclear 
weapons." It also says: "We strongly ask President Obama to 
demonstrate an initiative to conclude an international treaty on the 
abolition of nuclear weapons." 
 
Shii visited the U.S. Embassy (in Tokyo) on April 28 and handed the 
letter to Charge d'Affaires ad interim James. P. Zumwalt. The Charge 
reportedly said: "This is an important letter. We will deliver it to 
the White House without fail." 
 
6) Japanese, Chinese leaders agree on cooperation on new type of flu 
prevention 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
Katsuhisa Kuramae, Toru Higashioka, Beijing 
 
Prime Minister Aso and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed in a 
meeting on April 30 that the two countries should cooperate to 
prevent new strain of influenza (swine flu) from spreading further. 
In the meeting held for about one hour at the Great People's Hall in 
Beijing, the two leaders also confirmed the need for joint efforts 
to overcome the ongoing global economic crisis. Aso emphasized: "The 
two countries can take the initiative to turn around the economy by 
taking economic stimulus measures." 
 
Aso said of the new type of flu: "The two countries should fully 
cooperate in dealing with (the flu epidemic), given the serious 
situation." Hu replied: "Japan and China can cooperate as they are 
neighbors and have the risk of infection spread from person to 
person." In a press conference after the meeting, Aso called on the 
Japanese people to remain calm, saying: "The government will take 
thorough measures, for example, giving accurate information and 
taking full countermeasures at borders." 
 
In the meeting, Hu referred to the history issue, bearing in mind 
Aso's recent sending of an offering to Yasukuni Shrine, as Premier 
Wen Jiabao did on the previous day, saying: 
 
 
TOKYO 00001013  004 OF 009 
 
 
"It is imperative for the two countries to appropriately resolve 
friction, contradictions, and differences in opinion arising in the 
process of developing bilateral relations. It is particularly 
important to properly dispose of the history issue and develop a 
strategic mutually-beneficial relationship." 
 
 In response, Aso said that the government has taken the view 
expressed in a statement issue by then Prime Minister Tomiichi 
Murayama in 1995 and a statement by then Prime Minister Junichiro 
Koizumi in 2005. In these statements, the prime ministers apologized 
and expressed remorse for Japan's colonial rule and atrocities 
before and during World War II. He added: "Our position of looking 
squarely at our history and the future remains unchanged." 
 
In reference to North Korea, which warned it would carry out more 
nuclear tests and missile launches, Aso and Hu agreed that the two 
countries should take a cool response. Aso said regarding the 
presidential statement adopted by the United Nations Security 
Council following Pyongyang's missile launch in April: "We were able 
to issue a statement with substantial contains owing to the Chinese 
government's close cooperation." He added: "The six-party talks are 
the most practical framework to promote the denuclearization 
process." Hu said: "The six party talks are now facing a difficult 
situation, but each country should remain cool and take a restrained 
attitude. They should try to turn around the tables through dialogue 
and consultations." 
 
Aso asked for China's cooperation for global nuclear disarmament 
efforts, saying: "Japan, the sole victim of atomic bombing, highly 
evaluates the U.S. Obama administration's approach." Hu replied: "We 
will continue positive efforts to promote nuclear disarmament." 
 
7) Japan, U.S. agree to strengthen cooperation on energy, 
environment areas: METI minister to visit U.S. today to discuss 
specifics 
 
NIKKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
This newspaper has learned that the governments of Japan and the 
U.S. will strengthen cooperation in the energy and environment 
areas. The envisioned cooperation will focus on R&D for the 
introduction of recyclable energies, such as the use of solar energy 
generation, and technical development at government-affiliated 
research centers. Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister 
Toshihiro Nikai, who will visit the U.S. starting on May 1, is 
expected to reach an agreement with his U.S. counterpart Energy 
Secretary Steven Chu. 
 
Tokyo and Washington agreed on a basic framework for cooperation in 
such areas at the bilateral summit in February. Both countries' 
cabinet ministers for energy affairs will meet and discuss matters 
for the materialization of the basic framework. Concerning the 
introduction of recyclable energies, such as the use of solar energy 
generation, Nikai and Chu are expected to clinch a deal to conduct 
research into a smart grid electricity supply system, which can 
adjust supply-demand of electricity in detail. 
 
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 
(AIST), an independent administrative agency, and the Los Alamos 
National Laboratory (LANL) under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Energy 
Department will cooperate for technical development. Their research 
 
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subjects will include the development of fuel batteries, carbon 
dioxide (CO2) and nanotechnology. In the nuclear energy area, they 
will collaborate in assisting the building of nuclear power plants 
and extending cooperation to third countries. 
 
Nikai will also meet with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. They 
are expected to discuss how to prevent trade protectionism and an 
early settlement of the multilateral trade talks (Doha Round). 
Coordination is now under way with the possibility of issuing a 
joint statement. They will also likely discuss a compulsory 
certification of information technology security system, which 
Beijing plans to introduce in May next year. 
 
8) Japan, U.S. to wrap up agreement for nuclear energy cooperation 
 
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun learned on April 30 that Tokyo and Washington 
will likely reach a comprehensive agreement for the peaceful use of 
nuclear energy. Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister Nikai 
and U.S. Energy Secretary Chu will announce the plan on May 4. 
Details of the agreement will be included in a joint statement on 
bilateral cooperation in the energy and environment areas. 
 
Major elements of the agreement will include cooperation for R&D on 
nuclear fuel cycle, Japan cooperating for the building of new 
nuclear power plants in the U.S. on the financial and personnel 
fronts and both countries collaborating for the building of nuclear 
power plants in third countries amid a growing trend for the use of 
nuclear energy. 
 
The governments of Japan and the U.S. share the view that expanding 
the use of nuclear energy, while securing nonproliferation and 
nuclear energy safety, will hold the key to settling the energy 
issue. 
 
9) Government to donate to Mexico medical supplies worth 100 million 
yen 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
The government decided yesterday to donate medical supplies, such as 
thermographic cameras and masks, to Mexico where infection is 
spreading. The step is in response to a request from the Mexican 
government. The aid will total 100 million yen. The government plans 
to utilize the stockpiles held by itself and the Japan International 
Cooperation Agency (JICA). A formal decision will be made at today's 
meeting of the new-type influenza taskforce chaired by Prime 
Minister Taro Aso. 
 
10) Gov't to decide today on policy measures to cope with new flu 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Abridged) 
May 1, 2009 
 
With the first suspected case in Japan of a new influenza strain or 
swine flu detected, the government will do all it can to prevent it 
from spreading. The government will hold a second meeting of its new 
influenza taskforce this morning at the prime minister's office to 
decide on a course of action, with Prime Minister Aso presiding. 
 
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The government is going to take countermeasures based on its already 
formulated action plan for the new type of influenza, Health, Labor 
and Welfare Minister Masuzoe told a press conference early today. 
The action plan includes such countermeasures as closing schools and 
scaling back on business activities. However, Masuzoe indicated that 
such countermeasures would be left to their own decisions. 
 
According to the action plan, the alert level of a new international 
influenza strain-when there is a suspected case in Japan-will be 
raised from the phase of "overseas outbreak" to the phase of 
"domestic outbreak at an early stage." In response to this raised 
phase, the action plan specifies counteractions to be taken by the 
government. At this alert level, the government will ask that 
schools close, businesses scale back on their operations, and the 
public abstain from holding gatherings that are not necessary or 
urgent. 
 
But the reason why Masuzoe showed the flexible course of action is 
because the flu's virulence is increasingly believed to be 
attenuating and also because the counteractions, if implemented as 
prescribed in the action plan, will have an enormous impact on 
social and economic activities. The government will forgo such 
countermeasures as scaling back on business activities at its 
request as long as there are no signs of mass outbreak. 
 
For the time being, the government is expected to take such 
countermeasures as readying specialized medical institutions 
throughout the country for feverish outpatients and isolating 
suspected patients. 
 
11) Government stepping up efforts to avoid panic situation, 
following suspected case of new type of flu reported 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
A suspected case of the new type of influenza (swine flu) has been 
reported for the first time in Japan. In response, the government 
will call a meeting of the special taskforce on new strains of flu, 
headed by Prime Minister Aso, at the Prime Minister's Office this 
morning to discuss countermeasures. The government intends to take 
steps to isolate persons infected with the virus and all those who 
had contact with the infected persons. To avoid public panic from 
arising, the government has decided to cautiously study the 
possibility of imposing restrictions on the movement of persons, 
such as self-restraint on corporate business activities. It is 
asking people to remain calm. 
 
According to the revised action plan on new strains of influenza 
adopted this February, if a person is found infected with a new 
strain of flu in the nation, the taskforce, composed of the prime 
minister and all cabinet ministers, will determine what measures 
basically should be taken, based on views provided by an advisory 
committee of experts. 
 
The revised action plan includes the following measures to be taken 
at an early date if an infection is confirmed in the nation: (1) 
self-restraint on gathering and entertainment activities; (2) 
cancellation of classes; and (3) reduction in business activities. 
The original plan placed emphasis on measures at airports and 
harbors, but the revised plan prioritizes measures to prevent a 
 
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spread of infections in the nation. 
 
Even so, the action plan was worked out on the premised of a highly 
toxic strain of bird flu. Regarding the swine flu virus, however, 
many experts take the view that even if persons are infected with 
the virus, they are expected to have fairly mild symptoms, because 
the virus is considered to be a "mildly toxic strain." 
 
In the U.S., which confirmed some citizens infected with the flu 
virus and flu deaths, President Barack Obama called on its people to 
remain calm, without taking any measures to strictly restrict the 
movement of persons. 
 
A Japanese government official for the issue made this comment: 
 
"Under the current gloomy economic situation, the U.S. and other 
countries are worried about their peoples getting into a panic. It 
is undesirable for Japan alone to take strict countermeasures. The 
government should implement measures in the action plan in a 
flexible manner." 
 
12) View gaining ground that outbreak of new type of influenza in 
country could affect timing of Lower House election 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
With a new type of influenza mutated from swine flu spreading across 
the world, the view is growing in Japan that in the event infections 
are confirmed in the country, it could impact on the political 
timetable as well, such as the next House of Representatives 
election. 
 
The ruling bloc's taskforce against a new type of influenza met 
yesterday and decided to urge the government to reinforce the 
medical system to be prepared for a possible pandemic in Japan. 
 
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura made the following comment 
regarding the new type of flu during a press briefing yesterday 
afternoon: "We will not link it to Lower House dissolution, but when 
a situation actually arises where (election) campaigning cannot be 
conducted, we will have to think." 
 
The faction headed by Liberal Democratic Party Election Strategy 
Council Chairman Makoto Koga held a general meeting yesterday in 
which Koga said: "There might be no dissolution until after the 
influenza scare is over." The vaccine immunization parliamentary 
group also met yesterday in which many indicated that an entry of 
the virus into Japan would not allow the envisaged election to 
occur. 
 
There is a strong likelihood that once the new type of influenza 
breaks out in Japan, election campaigning, such as delivering 
roadside speeches and holding meetings, would be strictly 
restricted, effectively blocking the Lower House election. Under the 
Public Offices Election Law, any prefectural election administration 
committee is allowed to decide to postpone the voting following a 
major natural disaster. In the 1965 and 1974 House of Councillors 
lections, some municipalities that were hit by heavy rains postponed 
the voting for one week. 
 
13) Aso says he will decide when to dissolve Diet, expresses 
 
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eagerness for enactment of antipiracy legislation, consumer agency 
bill 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 1, 2009 
 
Yusuke Nakajima, Beijing 
 
Prime Minister Taro Aso held a press conference in Beijing 
yesterday. In it, he said: "There is the fiscal 2009 supplementary 
budget bill, related bills, and various other important bills. They 
are all extremely important for the people's livelihoods and we must 
rush (to enact them)." He expressed his eagerness for passage of an 
antipiracy bill, a consumer affairs agency establishment bill and 
other bills, in addition to the extra budget bill and the related 
bills. 
 
Asked if he would not dissolve the House of Representatives for a 
snap general election until after important bills clear the Diet, 
Aso simply replied: "I will make the final decision on whether to 
dissolve the chamber or not." 
 
14) LDP, Komeito puts off setting Constitution panel rules 
 
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Abridged) 
May 1, 2009 
 
Noriaki Kinoshita 
 
As a step to amend the Constitution, the Diet must determine rules 
for starting a deliberative council in the House of Representatives. 
This procedure, however, will be after the 'Golden Week' holidays. 
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the 
New Komeito, wanted to take a vote before May 3 Constitution Day. 
However, the Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto) and other 
opposition parties are strongly opposed to the move. Meanwhile, the 
House of Councillors remains inactive. Taking such into 
consideration, the ruling coalition abstained from steamrollering in 
the House of Representatives. 
 
The National Referendum Law is set to be fully enforced in May next 
year. The ruling parties were therefore willing to determine the 
rules at an early stage. "The absence of rules for the deliberative 
council is the Diet's failure," said Kenji Kosaka, chairman of the 
House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Administration. The 
Rules and Administration Committee, which is to deliberate on the 
ruling coalition's draft rules, held a hearing on April 27 with 
former Foreign Minister Taro Nakayama, who presided over the House 
of Representatives Research Commission on the Constitution. The 
ruling coalition was to have taken a vote on April 30 to adopt its 
draft rules and presented the ruling coalition's draft rules to the 
House of Representatives in its plenary sitting that day. 
 
However, the DPJ demanded a hearing with its lawmaker who 
vice-chaired the Research Commission on the Constitution. The ruling 
parties concurred. The Rules and Administration Committee will 
resume deliberations after the holidays. 
 
15) Chrysler's bankruptcy petition to inevitably affect Japanese 
parts makers 
 
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full) 
 
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May 1, 2009 
 
Chrysler's insolvency filing will unavoidably have an impact on the 
production of Japanese manufactures and related parts makers. 
 
Honda Motor Vice President Koichi Kondo said: "There are several 
parts companies for which we have to consider our response." Major 
Japanese automobile manufacturers have increased their production 
ratios in the United States with improved production efficiency in 
mind. If parts makers go into chain-reaction bankruptcies due to 
Chrysler's insolvency filing, Japanese auto manufactures will have 
to find different part makers. 
 
Nissan Motor Co., too, must reconsider its business partner 
relationships. Nissan expects to produce compact cars in Mexico, 
which Chrysler plans to sell in Latin America. Nissan and Chrysler 
have concluded an OEM agreement, which is effective until 2011. If 
Chrysler drastically shifts its management strategy to an alliance 
with Italy's Fiat, there is a possibility that the OEM agreement 
will be reviewed. 
 
Although Mitsubishi Motors Co. sells pickup trucks in the United 
States based on an OEM agreement (with Chrysler), the unit sales of 
pickup trucks have been slow, for example 4,500 units sold in 2008. 
Mitsubishi, therefore, has decided to put an end to the OEM 
agreement in 2010 when the contract expires. Mitsubishi Motors 
President Osamu Mashiko is worried about the cooling U.S. economy 
due to a loss of consumer confidence and other factors. He said: 
"(Due to Chrysler's bankruptcy) there is no effect on our 
management, but the impact on the U.S. market is serious." 
 
In order to avoid loans from going sour, Japanese-affiliated parts 
makers intend to use the loan guarantee program introduced by the 
U.S. government. 
 
Akebono-brake Co. and Aishin Seiki Co. have already applied for this 
program. Denso Co. is now considering using the program as well. 
 
ZUMWALT