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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 
 
 
Index: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
 
North Korea problem: 
4) ROK President Roh in summit meeting urges DPRK's Kim to improve 
relations with Japan, but Kim remains silent (Yomiuri) 
5) South Korea will brief Japan today on results of Roh-Kim summit, 
with focus on whether there were any developments on the abduction 
issue (Tokyo Shimbun) 
6) Japan has doubts about the South-North summit meeting results, 
including the nuclear issue's resolution (Asahi) 
7) Japan concerned that ROK, US will cut deals with North Korea, 
leaving Japan increasingly isolated (Mainichi) 
8) Japan watching carefully to see in North Korea faithfully 
implements six-party agreement (Yomiuri) 
9) Prime Minister Fukuda is confident that US will not remove North 
Korea from list of terrorism-sponsoring countries until the 
abduction issue is resolved (Mainichi) 
 
Defense and security affairs: 
10) New anti-terror bill to be presented to Diet with two-year time 
limit and requirement to report to Diet annually (Yomiuri) 
11) Prime Minister in Diet reply stresses that use of MSDF oil in 
Indian Ocean was proper (Nikkei) 
12) Text of prime minister's Diet replies on foreign and security 
affairs (Yomiuri) 
13) US spokesperson: US forces are cooperating on disclosing Indian 
Ocean oil supplying information (Asahi) 
14) Japanese civic group out to prove that MSDF supplied oil in 
Indian Ocean went for the Iraq war (Asahi) 
15) MSDF now providing 79 PERCENT  of its refueling to US warships 
in the Indian Ocean (Nikkei) 
 
DPJ in action: 
16) DPJ President Ozawa: When my party is in power, Japan will join 
UN peace force (Tokyo Shimbun) 
17) DPJ on the attack constantly against the LDP in Diet 
interpellations in attempt to take the lead (Nikkei) 
18) LDP unhappy with Business Federation (Keidanren) for policy of 
comparing policies of LDP, DPJ, and then supporting the party with 
better measures (Tokyo Shimbun) 
19) - DPJ's Watanabe, a close aide of Ozawa, resigns from honorary 
party post over money scandal (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
List of hospitals with survival rates of cancer patients released 
 
Mainichi: 
Joint declaration by South, North Korea: Will join hands for 
economic development and peace building; Top leaders to meet as 
needed 
 
Yomiuri: 
Inter-Korean talks: President Roh  Moo Hyun calls for improved 
Japan-North Korea relations; General Secretary Kim kept silence 
 
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Nikkei: 
Independent administrative agencies: Government considering publicly 
seeking opinions on business areas private sector can replace with 
aim of streamlining 
 
Sankei: 
Taxi fare: Basic rate to be increased to 710 yen; First rise of 
minimum rate in 10 years 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
Inter-Korean talks: General Secretary Kim indicates intention to 
scrap nuclear development program, South Korean president reveals 
 
Akahata: 
Chair Shii takes podium in interpellation in  Lower House plenary 
session; Urges fundamental shift in politics over poverty, social 
disparities, funding resources, dispatch of Self-Defense Forces 
troops 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Inter-Korean talks: Concerns about joint declaration 
(2) "Enten" scam: Do not be deceived by sweet deal 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Inter-Korean summit: Take advantage of North Korea's declaration 
to denuclearize 
(2) Resumption of Conference on Economic and Fiscal Policy: How will 
Prime Minister Fukuda use it? 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Inter-Korean talks: There can be no peace or prosperity without 
denuclearization 
(2) "Enten" business: Taking advantage of people with sweet talk 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Denuclearization the premise for peaceful prosperity of South 
and North Korea 
(2) Cellular phones: Lower call rates instead off offering handset 
at 1 yen 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Six-party talks: Agreement includes many problems 
(2) Joint declaration by South and North Korea: There must be change 
from dictatorship 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
 (1) Joint declaration by South and North Korea: It is questionable 
whether peaceful prosperity can be achieved without reform, 
liberalization under dictatorship 
(2) Forcible investigation into L&G: Enten scheme was intended to 
mislead customers 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Agreement at six-party talks: Key step toward denuclearization 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, October 4 (Nikkei) 
 
 
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NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
09:04 
Met Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwaki at the Kantei. 
 
10:01 
Attended an Upper House plenary session. 
 
12:03 
Met Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ono at the Kantei. 
 
14:02 
Attended a Lower House plenary session. 
 
16:38 
Met Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura at the Kantei. 
 
17:20 
Met Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Ota, Nippon Keidanren 
Chairman Mitarai and others. Later attended a meeting of the Council 
on Economic and Fiscal Policy. 
 
18:20 
Met representatives from six local organizations, including Fukuoka 
Governor Aso. 
 
19:09 
Returned to his private residence in Nozawa. 
 
4) Inter-Korean summit: Roh calls for improved Japan-DPRK relations 
but Kim remains silent (Yomiuri) 
 
YOMIURI (Top play) (Excerpts) 
October 5, 2007 
 
Masahiko Takekoshi, Seoul 
 
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun yesterday signed a joint 
declaration with DPRK leader Kim Jong Il titled the "Development of 
Relations between the South and the North and Peaceful Prosperity" 
in Pyongyang, North Korea. Roh returned to South Korea last night 
and addressed the people at the immigration office near the 
South-North military demarcation line. In his remarks, Roh indicated 
that he had urged North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to accelerate 
efforts to improve relations with Japan. Roh, however, stopped short 
of mentioning whether he had raised the issue of Japanese having 
been abducted by North Korea, as was sought by Japan. A six-party 
agreement released on Oct. 3 on North Korea's denuclearization also 
calls for improved relations between Japan and North Korea. The 
North's response remains to be seen. 
 
In a Japan-South Korea foreign ministerial held in New York on Sept. 
29, South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Song Min-soon 
had indicated that President Roh would raise the abduction issue in 
the upcoming inter-Korean summit. 
 
In the address, President Roh indicated that he had urged the North 
Korean leader to speed up the efforts to improve relations with the 
United States and with Japan for the sake of establishing a 
permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula, expanding economic 
cooperation between the South and North, and building a cooperative 
 
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framework in Northeast Asia. Kim quietly listened to Roh's advice, 
according to the South Korean president. Roh indicated that he could 
not tell whether he had obtained Kim's concurrence regarding his 
proposal. 
 
5) Japan takes wait-and-see attitude on whether abduction issue will 
make headway; ROK today to give account of results of two Koreas 
summit 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
Yuji Nishikawa 
 
The government has lauded the joint declaration signed by the 
leaders of the two Koreas during their summit meeting, in the belief 
that it will lead to easing the tensions on the Korean Peninsula. 
The joint declaration includes mention of steps leading to ending 
the Korean War. The joint declaration, however, does not mention the 
abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea. The government, 
based on a detailed account of the summit it will receive from South 
Korea, intends to analyze the possibility of whether North Korea 
will shift its attitude. 
 
Prime Minister Fukuda, asked yesterday by reporters about the two 
Koreas summit, made this positive comment: "It is a very good thing 
to remove the tensions between the two Koreas. I hope a stable 
situation will continue." 
 
Fukuda conversed with President Roh Moo Hyun by phone on Sept. 28 
and asked for his cooperation in order to resolve the abduction 
issue. Fukuda hoped that Roh would bring up the abduction issue and 
fathom how North Korean General Secretary Kim Jong Il would respond. 
This would allow Fukuda to be able to analyze how Pyongyang felt 
toward the abduction issue at this time. As of yesterday, however, 
it remained unclear whether the Japanese abduction issue was taken 
up in the summit. Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura noted: "Based on 
a detailed report (we will receive from South Korea), we'd like to 
decide our position." 
 
The joint declaration specifies economic cooperation, such as 
industrial development on the coastal area of North Korea. Referring 
to this specific, some in the government have expressed concern that 
a "reward" to North Korea may precede any other steps, with one 
senior Foreign Ministry official noting: "In order to elicit 
something from North Korea, we will be forced to bring it a 
significant 'present'." 
 
6) Japan has doubts about outcome of inter-Korea summit, with 
"nuclear issue left unresolved" (Asahi) 
 
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
Prime Minister Fukuda told reporters yesterday: "It is desirable 
that tensions existing between South and North Korea ease up. I pray 
that an atmosphere without tension will take hold." But no specific 
progress has been made on the issue of North Korea's 
denuclearization. Many persons are skeptical of the outcome of the 
inter-Korea summit, with a senior Foreign Ministry official 
remarking: "Is it possible to establish a peace system while leaving 
the issue of North Korea's denuclearization unsettled?" Foreign 
 
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Minister Komura only said last night: "We would like to make a 
judgment after receiving an explanation by the South Korean 
government (scheduled for today)." 
 
There was no mention of the issue of North Korea's past abductions 
of Japanese nationals in a joint declaration issued after the 
inter-Korea summit. Although President Roh Moo-hyun said: "We 
referred to the abduction issue," it is unclear whether the two 
leaders touched on not only abductions of South Koreans but also 
those of Japanese nationals. 
 
Progress in economic cooperation between South and North Korea is a 
mixed blessing for Japan. Japan has slapped its own economic 
sanctions against Pyongyang since last year, citing as the reasons 
North Korea's nuclear test and abductions of Japanese. Though the 
sanctions will soon expire, Japan has decided to extend them for 
another six months. 
 
Only Japan, among the members of the six-party talks, has refrained 
from joining the energy aid program to North Korea, the aim being to 
break the impasse in the abduction issue. If cooperation between the 
two Koreas deepens, the value of this "card" for Japan might be 
lessened. 
 
7) Japan feels more isolated in six-party talks, concerned about 
North Korea taking lead (Mainichi) 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
Yudai Nakazawa 
 
The Japanese government officially hails a joint declaration 
released by the two Koreas, with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda saying, 
"It's a very good thing to remove the tensions." But there is 
concern that Japan is left out on a limb in the six-party talks. So, 
by hailing the joint declaration, the government wants to somehow 
avoid giving the impression that Japan is "out of the loop" at a 
time when a new framework for four-party talks is expected to be 
established to discuss how to bring peace and stability to Northeast 
Asia, particularly on the Korean Peninsula. 
 
Referring to the four-party framework, Foreign Minister Masahiko 
Komura late yesterday said to the press corps: "Establishing it has 
been already decided at the six-party talks. Details of the 
four-party talks without fail will be fed back to the six-party 
talks." Komura's comment stems from the six-party agreement released 
in this past February, which specifies that "how to bring peace to 
the Korean Peninsula should be discussed at a forum of the direct 
parties concerned." 
 
A senior Foreign Ministry official likewise explained: "It means 
that 'the direct parties concerned' have now taken shape as a 
four-party framework. That is what we'd already assumed." This 
official continued, "The six-party talks have a working group on 'a 
mechanism for peace and security in Northeast Asia,' where Japan can 
take the initiative." 
 
However, it is obvious that Japan, which gives the top priority to 
resolving the abduction issue, is being further isolated from other 
members of the six-party talks, namely, the United States, China, 
Russia, and South Korea. Given that the above working group is the 
 
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only forum Japan can rely on, there is the possibility that the 
Japanese government will reach a deadlock. 
 
Additionally, if the four-party talks make headway, the US and North 
Korea may come even closer to each other. Given this, Japan cannot 
welcome the current situation without reservation. 
 
Another concern is that the inter-Korean summit unfolded in a way in 
which "North Korea elicited concessions from South Korea," according 
to a government source. This implies that North Korea may try to 
take the initiative in dealing with its relations with Japan. If the 
four-party talks make progress, then Japan will be tested as to how 
far it can firmly uphold its basic policy of no diplomatic 
normalization without any progress on the abduction issue. 
 
Prior to the inter-Korean summit, the South Korean government told 
Japan that it would take up the abduction issue in the summit, but a 
senior Foreign Ministry official assumed that the abduction issue 
would not be a priority issue in the summit. It is unknown how far 
the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea was discussed in 
the two Koreas summit. One government official noted: "The gap of 
views between Japan and South Korea over the abduction issue has now 
been made much clearer." 
 
8) Government to pay attention to implementation of what was agreed 
on at six-party talks (Yomiuri) 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
Regarding the joint declaration issued after the inter-Korean talks, 
the Japanese government is paying special attention to the fact that 
the declaration specifically mentioned that both South and North 
Korea will make joint efforts to implement the agreement reached at 
the six-party talks. That is because the promotion of the 
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the goal of the six-party 
talks, as a result of the inter-Korean summit would extensively 
contribute to the improvement of Japan's security. The government 
has also heightened interest in how North Korea's General Secretary 
Kim Jong Il referred to the issue of the abductions of Japanese by 
North Korea agents. 
 
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda yesterday gave high scores to the 
outcome of the summit, noting, "It is good that the strained 
relations between South and North Koreas will disappear. I hope this 
situation will take root." Foreign Minister Komura also said, "The 
joint declaration as a whole indicates a good direction due to the 
inclusion of cooperation for the ending of the war." 
 
Fukuda is expected to receive a report on the inter-Korean summit by 
phone from South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun on Oct. 5 at the 
earliest. The official view of government officials positively 
evaluates the declaration as a whole. In the meantime, they are also 
analyzing it in a cool-headed manner. 
 
A source familiar with Japan-South Korea relations yesterday took 
the view that the focus of highest attention is whether South Korea 
was able to assert its influence on North Korea for the disablement 
of its nuclear facilities. He said that whether the inter-Korean 
summit this time was successful or not can be determined, based on 
whether North Korea will implement the disablement of its nuclear 
facilities before year's end or not. 
 
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The declaration also notes that the US and China as well as South 
and North Korea will hold talks to end the Korean War. Some are 
alarmed about this with one Foreign Ministry official saying, "I 
hope this will not lead to the bypassing of Japan." 
 
Whether the talks covered the abduction issue or not is not known 
yet. The government wants to promptly obtain information from South 
Korea. 
 
9) Prime Minister Fukuda: Delisting should come after abduction 
issue is resolved (Mainichi) 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
When asked yesterday about a six-party agreement that includes a 
phrase touching on the delisting of North Korea, Prime Minister 
Yasuo Fukuda said, "It does not mention the date for the United 
States to delist North Korea. It says (the US) will make a decision 
upon taking everything into consideration. The nuclear and 
humanitarian issues, for instance, must be considered. (The 
delisting) would be considerably (difficult) unless such issues are 
resolved." Fukuda thus indicated that America's delisting of North 
Korea is premised on a resolution of the abduction issue. Fukuda was 
replying to questions by reporters at the Prime Minister's Official 
Residence. 
 
10) Government, ruling parties agree on two-year new refueling law, 
yearly Diet report (Yomiuri) 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Abridged slightly) 
October 5, 2007 
 
The government and ruling parties basically agreed yesterday that 
the duration of a new law replacing the Antiterrorism Special 
Measures Law for continuing the Maritime Self-Defense Force's 
refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for the stability of 
Afghanistan should be two years. They also decided not to include a 
provision requiring retroactive approval by the Diet in the new 
legislation and make it mandatory to report to the Diet every year 
after the law takes effect. The government and ruling parties are 
set to brief the opposition parties, including the Democratic Party 
of Japan (Minshuto or DPJ) on the draft plan at a meeting today of 
the chiefs of Diet affairs of the ruling and opposition parties. 
 
Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura and New Komeito Secretary General 
Kitagawa held a meeting yesterday and confirmed the content of the 
draft plan. The government had insisted on setting the law's term at 
two years from the viewpoint of conducting the refueling mission 
stably. The New Komeito, on the other hand, called for one year from 
the standpoint of putting high priority on civilian control. 
 
The draft plan is designed to: (1) include mention of UN Security 
Council Resolution 1776 expressing appreciation for the Maritime 
Interdiction Operations, in which the MSDF is taking part, in the 
new law as grounds for the MSDF mission, and (2) limit the MSDF's 
activities to supplying fuel and water. 
 
In a meeting yesterday of the ruling bloc antiterrorism law project 
team chaired by former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki, objections 
erupted about eliminating the Diet approval provision, one saying, 
 
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"The state should remain engaged in security affairs." Some also 
called for making the new law good for just one year, as before. 
Some in the ruling bloc also think that a final decision must be 
made on the content of the new law after hearing views of the DPJ 
during Budget Committee deliberations in the current session of the 
Diet. 
 
11) Prime minister in Diet reply: "I have perception that 
MSDF-provided fuel has been properly used" (Nikkei) 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Excerpts) 
October 5, 2007 
 
An allegation has come up that fuel supplied by the Maritime 
Self-Defense Force (MSDF) to United States' warships in the Indian 
Ocean was used in Iraq war. Asked about this, Prime Minister Fukuda 
replied in representative interpellations at a House of 
Representatives plenary session yesterday: "The Defense Ministry is 
still checking whether the allegation is true or not." He added: "I 
have a perception that the fuel has been properly used in accordance 
with the purport of the Antiterrorism Special Measures Law." 
 
Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii pointed out the 
diversion allegation. The prime minister explained: "Before offering 
refueling service, Japan specified in exchange notes that the 
service is based on the Antiterrorism Law and explained the purport 
of the law. It then confirmed that recipient ships are participating 
in operations by the multinational naval force whenever the ships 
are refueled." Fukuda further said: "The refueling operation does 
not come under the category of use of force, which is prohibited in 
the Constitution. The service is a role Japan should fulfill in the 
international community." 
 
12) Refueling contributes to national interests: Fukuda 
 
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
The following is a gist of Prime Minister Fukuda's replies to 
interpellations in the Diet yesterday. 
 
MSDF refueling 
 
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission is part of the 
international community's joint efforts to prevent terrorists from 
proliferating. Japan depends on sea transportation for the greater 
part of its resources, so the MSDF's refueling activities contribute 
to Japan's national interests. That is also Japan's responsibility 
in the international community. It can't be replaced with civilian 
assistance. 
 
Foreign policy 
 
There is no change in my understanding that fundamental values and 
systems like freedom, democracy, fundamental human rights, the rule 
of law, and market mechanisms are important. Japan will establish a 
reciprocal relationship based on common strategic interests, and 
Japan will work together with China to contribute to world peace and 
stability. 
 
North Korea 
 
 
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I will make my utmost efforts to have all abductees return home, 
liquidate the unfortunate past, and normalize diplomatic relations. 
We still cannot see any progress on the abduction issue. As it 
stands, there's no change in the government's stance of not 
participating in energy supply (to North Korea). 
 
Burma 
 
I have strong concern about the current circumstances of 
pro-democracy movements and human rights in Myanmar (Burma). Japan 
has been implementing economic cooperation that is limited to 
humanitarian areas directly in the interests of people in Myanmar. 
It's not in support of the military junta, but in view of the 
present situation the government is looking into the possibility of 
narrowing Japan's economic cooperation further. 
 
USFJ realignment 
 
The realignment of US forces in Japan is intended to mitigate 
Okinawa's burden through various steps, such as relocating Futenma 
airfield at an early date, returning the airfield's vacated site, 
moving about 8,000 troops from the US Marines in Okinawa and their 
dependents to Guam, and returning the sites of bases situated south 
of the Kadena airbase. I will continue to listen in an earnest 
manner to the voice of Okinawa, and I will push ahead with the US 
military realignment in a steady way. 
 
Six-party talks 
 
The recent statement says North Korea will take action within the 
year to denuclearize. I appreciate it for specifying steps to 
diplomatic normalization between Japan and North Korea. I hope North 
Korea will take action in conformity with the agreement. 
 
13) US military poised to cooperate on refueling information 
disclosure 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
WSHINGTON-Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has been engaged in 
the task of refueling US and other foreign naval vessels in the 
Indian Ocean under the Antiterrorism Special Measures Law to back up 
their antiterror drive in Afghanistan. However, the US military is 
now suspected of having used MSDF-supplied fuel for its operations 
in Iraq. In this regard, US Air Force Brigadier General Holmes, 
deputy director of operations at the US Central Command (CENTCOM), 
which is headquartered at Tampa, Florida, and covers the Middle East 
and Afghanistan, indicated in his press briefing yesterday of 
foreign reporters that the US military would make efforts to 
disclose information on facts about the MSDF's fuel supplies. "I 
also understand the importance of discussions in Japan," Holmes 
said. "The US government is now working together with the Japanese 
government so we can reveal necessary information in detail," he 
added. 
 
Concerning the suspected use of fuel supplies for other purposes, 
Holmes explained: "I'm not saying there is no information (to 
confirm or deny). I'm not in a position to know." The antiterror law 
allows the MSDF to refuel foreign vessels participating in Operation 
Enduring Freedom (OEF). In this regard, Holmes was asked if CENTCOM 
was ordered to use MSDF-supplied fuel for OEF only. "I don't know if 
 
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there was such an order," he said. 
 
14) Refueled US supply ship possibly involved in Iraq war 
 
ASAHI (Page 34) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
In connection with a Maritime Self-Defense Force supply ship's 
indirect refueling of a US aircraft carrier that participated in 
Iraq operations, Peace Depot, a Yokohama-based civic group, revealed 
yesterday that the USS Pecos, a US naval tanker that was directly 
refueled by the Tokiwa, an MSDF supply ship, refueled the USS Kitty 
Hawk, a US aircraft carrier, and the US Navy oiler later continued 
to refuel US warships in the Persian Gulf shortly before the Iraq 
war. 
 
Peace Depot obtained information about the USS Pecos' log (Feb. 15, 
2003 through Mar. 15, 2003) through the US information disclosure 
system and analyzed it. According to the log, the USS Pecos 
conducted 24 refueling services for 16 US naval vessels, including 
assault landing craft and ammunition supply vessels in the Persian 
Gulf or elsewhere from Feb. 25, 2003-the day the USS Pecos refueled 
the Kitty Hawk-through Mar. 15 that year. 
 
The USS Pecos only received fuel supply from the Tokiwa on Feb. 25 
and refueled the Kitty Hawk shortly thereafter, according to Peace 
Depot. 
 
"The Pecos refueled naval vessels, including those for anti-ground 
and anti-ship attacks," a Peace Depot official said. "We think the 
greater part of fuel from the Pecos might have been used for Iraq 
operations," the official added. 
 
The Tokiwa refueled the Pecos with approximately 800,000 gallons in 
the Indian Ocean. In the meantime, the Kitty Hawk, which received 
about 800,000 gallons of fuel from the Pecos on the same day, 
participated in the Iraq operations. 
 
15) Defense Ministry presents data showing 79 PERCENT  of fuel goes 
to US ships (Nikkei) 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
The Defense Ministry yesterday submitted to executive members of the 
House of Representatives Budget Committee a document on 
nation-specific refueling by the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) 
based on the Antiterrorism Special Measures Law. According to the 
document, the United States received 385,000 kiloliters, which 
accounts for 79.5 PERCENT  of the 484,000 kiloliters fuel provided 
to 11 countries from December 2001 through Aug. 30 this year. 
 
The US was given about 74 PERCENT  of all the fuel in FY 2001 and 
¶2002. France was the second-largest recipient, with 26,000 
kiloliters, or about 5.4 PERCENT  of the total. 
 
The ministry also revealed official documents exchanged between the 
governments of Japan and the US before the MSDF provided fuel to 
vessels from the US, Britain and other countries engaged in maritime 
intercept operations to prevent terrorists from transiting the 
Indian Ocean. The note from Japan said that it would provide fuel to 
the US side under the Antiterrorism Law. The note from the US 
 
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confirmed the exchange of documents. 
 
16) Ozawa: Japan will join ISAF under a DPJ administration (Tokyo) 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan's (Minshuto or DPJ) newsletter dated 
Oct. 5 carries President Ichiro Ozawa's statement on the Maritime 
Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. It goes: 
"The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan 
does not conflict with the Constitution. Once we come into a 
position to determine foreign and security policies, I want to 
realize (ISAF) participation." He thus indicated that once the DPJ 
takes the reins of government, Japan would join the ISAF. 
 
Pointing out that the ISAF is based on a UN Security Council 
resolution, Ozawa says that taking part in a UN peacekeeping 
operation, even if it involves the use of force, is consistent with 
the spirit of the Constitution. Cautious views also exist in the DPJ 
about joining the ISAF, thinking it is too dangerous although doing 
so is constitutionally possible. Ozawa is believed to have 
contributed his essay to the newsletter in an attempt to unify views 
in the party. 
 
17) DPJ's Upper House caucus taking the offensive in interpellations 
(Asahi) 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts) 
October 5, 2007 
 
Interpellations started yesterday at the plenary session of the 
House of Councillors, where the opposition camp holds a majority. 
Azuma Koshiishi, chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) 
caucus in the Upper House, in which the DPJ is the largest party, 
underscored that the opposition has now holds a strong card, 
threatening to submit a censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo 
Fukuda. The DJP Upper House caucus is looking for ways to enact its 
own bills by taking advantage of the initiative in the upper 
chamber. 
 
Koshiishi stressed, "In case a bill approved in the Upper House is 
voted down at the Lower House, it is an act of violence that ignores 
popular will." One lawmaker from the ruling bloc then jeered at him, 
saying, "That's the bicameral legislature." Koshiishi then 
continued, saying, "We can submit a censure motion against the prime 
minister and we can approve it." Opposition lawmakers clapped their 
hands with delight. 
 
Koshiishi also pointed out that the opposition would be able to use 
the right of the Diet to investigate state affairs, as well as to 
reject Diet appointments, including the appointment of governor of 
the Bank of Japan. He said: "We want to use effectively the 
initiative with an eye on a change in government." 
 
The DPJ has positioned the Upper House as the main battle field to 
which the party will submit its own bills and enact them. The 
party's basic strategy is to force the ruling parties to accept all 
its bills. Koshiishi told reporters after the interpellations that 
the opposition would submit a censure motion against the prime 
minister if the ruling coalition scrapped bills the opposition had 
approved. 
 
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However, there is no guarantee that the hard-line stance alone will 
pave the way for the passage of the bills. The DPJ plans to submit 
about 10 bills to the current session. The first hurdle is 
preparations for answering questions in the interpellations. The 
party's Upper House members are proceeding with preparations for 
each bill with a barrage of questions from the ruling camp in mind. 
 
18) Keidanren indicates it will decide which party -- LDP or DPJ -- 
it will back after comparing policies of two parties; LDP expresses 
displeasure (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 1) (Full) 
October 5, 2007 
 
In a meeting between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and 
the Japan Business Federation (JBF or Keidanren), which was held for 
the first time since the inauguration of the Fukuda government, the 
LDP strongly reacted to a senior Keidanren official's remarks that 
after comparing politics of the LDP and the Democratic Party of 
Japan (DPJ), Keidanren would decide which party it would support. 
This was learned yesterday. 
 
The meeting was held on Oct. 3. According to several sources, LDP 
General Council Chairman Toshihiro Nikai said in the session: "Why 
do you say this when you know we are in trouble since the House of 
Councillors is controlled by the opposition camp?" 
 
LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki also stated: "Even if 
commentators praise our policy, our policy will be laughed at if we 
cannot explain where the funds come from. The LDP cannot craft 
policies without funds just like that." 
 
Nikai told reporters yesterday: "Keidanren should consider if it is 
a good idea for it to compare the policies of the LDP and the DPJ, 
since the policies of Keidanren and the LDP are almost the same." 
 
19) DPJ's Watanabe quits advisor post over political-fund scandal 
(Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Excerpts) 
October 5, 2007 
 
Kozo Watanabe of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ 
or Minshuto) yesterday stepped down as supreme advisor of the DPJ to 
take responsibility for a political money scandal involving one of 
his political organizations. This money scandal may become a 
hindrance to the DPJ, which is about to press the government of 
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda hard regarding the politics-and-money 
issue. 
 
Watanabe's political organization listed his former secretary's 
condominium as its office even though it was not used for such 
purposes, and reported a huge amount of money in ordinary 
expenditures. This political-fund scandal is similar to that 
involving former Agriculture Minister Norihiko Akagi, who was sacked 
by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. 
 
Watanabe explained yesterday he had decide to step down so as not to 
prevent his party from losing its pursuit of the government. He 
stated: "With my resignation, young lawmakers of my party will be 
able to debate at the Diet." 
 
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