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DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 
November 16, 2007 
 
INDEX: 
 
(1) Prime Minister Fukuda to visit China late next month for meeting 
with President Hu; Two leaders to agree to set up hotline (Mainichi) 
 
 
(2) Government concerned about early delisting of North Korea as 
state sponsor of terrorism; Fukuda to ask Bush for support on 
abduction issue (Nikkei) 
 
(3) Prime Minister Fukuda must persuade Washington to keep North 
Korea as state sponsor of terrorism (Sankei) 
 
(4) Asia and Japan-US alliance (Part 1-b): Fukuda diplomacy gets 
underway; Shift from attaching too much importance to public 
opinion; Prime minister to use US approach to North Korea as tool 
(Mainichi) 
 
(5) Asia and Japan-US alliance: Fukuda diplomacy gets underway; 
Mismatched international cooperation; "Arc of freedom and 
prosperity" initiative falls apart (Mainichi) 
 
(6) Foreign Ministry requests funds for establishing new embassies, 
even in countries with fewer than 10 Japanese residents (Sankei) 
 
(7) TOP HEADLINES 
 
(8) EDITORIALS 
 
(Corrected copy) US Air Force apologizes for approaching civilian 
flight over Guam (Asahi) 
 
(9) Political Cartoons 
 
ARTICLES: 
 
(1) Prime Minister Fukuda to visit China late next month for meeting 
with President Hu; Two leaders to agree to set up hotline 
 
MAINICHI (Top play) (Lead paragraph) 
Evening, November 16, 2007 
 
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has decided to visit China in late 
December to meet President Hu Jintao and other senior officials of 
the Chinese government. The two countries will celebrate the 30th 
anniversary of the Japan-China Peace and Friendship Treaty 
(concluded in 1978). Prior to this, Fukuda and Hu are expected to 
confirm the importance of developing a strategic reciprocal 
relationship between the two countries and also to agree in 
principle to set up a hotline between the two leaders. Foreign 
Minister Masahiko Koumura will visit Beijing on Nov. 30 and will 
meet his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi to carry out final 
 
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coordination on the prime minister's China trip. Hu is also 
scheduled to visit Japan next April. The two countries are expected 
to expedite shuttle diplomacy between their leaders. 
 
(2) Government concerned about early delisting of North Korea as 
state sponsor of terrorism; Fukuda to ask Bush for support on 
abduction issue 
 
NIKKEI (Page 1) (Abridged slightly) 
November 15, 2007 
 
The administration of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is concerned about 
the growing consensus that the United States will soon delist North 
Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. The reason is that if the US 
swiftly removes the North from its list of terrorist nations when 
there are no prospects for a solution to the issue of Japanese 
nationals abducted to North Korea, public trust in the Japan-US 
alliance would decline. Fukuda makes his first official visit to 
United States today. The focus is on the extent to which he can 
confirm the policy course of taking concerted action during his 
meeting with President George W. Bush. 
 
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura at the Prime Minister's 
Official Residence (Kantei) on Nov. 9 ordered Ambassador to the 
United States Ryozo Kato to tell Washington that (Japan's policy 
toward North Korea) has not softened since the establishment of the 
Fukuda administration. 
 
With an eye on the abduction issue, the Fukuda administration has 
shifted weight from pressure to dialogue in dealing with the North. 
Machimura's order comes from the judgment that the shift might have 
misled the United States to believe that Japan has given a nod to 
putting the abduction issue on the back burner. 
 
As if to back up the government's concern, a US State Department 
deputy spokesman said on Nov. 13 that the abduction issue and 
delisting are not necessarily specifically linked. 
 
The recent rapprochement between the US and North Korea has been led 
by the State Department duo of Secretary Condoleezza Rice and 
Assistant Secretary and chief delegate to the six-party talks 
Christopher Hill. Japan's hope is President Bush, who despises North 
Korean leader Kim Jong Il. In his meeting with then Prime Minister 
Shintaro Abe in April, the president promised continued support for 
the Japanese government. 
 
The government has told the North that if it repatriates all 
surviving Japanese abductees to Japan, Tokyo will respond to its 
calls in steps for lifting the sanctions and extending assistance. 
But the North has been slow to react. We would like to see Fukuda 
make the president promise that Washington will not sacrifice 
Japan-US relations for US-DPRK relations and give Pyongyang the 
impression that progress on the abduction issue is essential for 
dissolving hostile US-DPRK relations. 
 
A Japan-DPRK government source said: "If the United States puts off 
delisting, the North might delay implementing denuclearization steps 
by bringing up the principle of 'commitment for commitment, action 
for action.'" 
 
Fukuda yesterday expressed his hope for the president's decision, 
saying to the press: "In view of the importance of Japan-US 
 
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relations, I think the United States must make a comprehensive 
decision on the matter." 
 
(3) Prime Minister Fukuda must persuade Washington to keep North 
Korea as state sponsor of terrorism 
 
SANKEI (Page 3) (Full) 
November 15, 2007 
 
Yoshio Komori, Washington 
 
A joint Japanese delegation to the United States calling for US 
cooperation for resolving the abduction issue is now in actively 
working on in Washington. In order to have the US government keep 
North Korea in its list of terrorism-sponsoring states, which is the 
main purpose of the delegation's visit to Washington, the focus now 
is on how far the Japanese side will be able to get the Bush 
administration to acknowledge its prediction that delisting the 
North as a state sponsor of terrorism would severely damage Japan-US 
relations. 
 
The first members of the joint delegation composed of the three 
groups -- the Parliamentarians' League to Address North Korea's 
Abductions of Japanese Nationals (PLANKAJN), the Association of the 
Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea (AFVKNK), and the 
National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North 
Korea (NARJKNK) -- arrived at Washington on Nov. 11. The first batch 
includes five members, including AFVNK deputy chief Shigeo Iizuka 
and PLANKAJN Secretary General Shingo Nishimura. They have begun 
making their appeal to US government officials to get cooperation to 
prevent the US administration from delisting the North as a state 
sponsor of terrorism. On Nov. 14 former MITI Minister Takeo 
Hiranuma, who heads the delegation, and five Diet members joined the 
other five. Hiranuma also heads the PLANKAJN. The delegation will 
meet high officials of the National Security Council, the State 
Department and the Defense Department, as well as lawmakers. 
 
Under the initiative of the Department of State, the US government 
has been trying to delist North Korea as a state sponsor of 
terrorism in return for the disablement of the North's nuclear 
facilities. In the event the US removes it, (1) North Korea will be 
able to get assistance from the World Bank and Asia Development Bank 
without US opposition, (2) the North will be able to regain its 
assets in the US worth about 30 million dollars that has been 
suspended in accordance with the Trading with the Enemy Act, a US 
federal law, and (3) the issue of North Korea's abductions of 
foreign nationals, including Japanese, will be regarded as resolved. 
For Japan, however, delisting means that the North will be exempted 
from responsibility for the abduction issue, and Japan's economic 
sanctions on Pyongyang will lose effectiveness. 
 
In the United States, there remains strong opposition inside and 
outside the Bush administration, as well as in the Congress, toward 
the State Department-led policy of delisting the North. John Bolton, 
who served as undersecretary of state in the first Bush 
administration and as US ambassador to the United Nations, has 
expressed his opposition to delisting the North, saying, "Delisting 
North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism is tantamount to 
accepting such outrageous acts as North Korea's abductions." 
Congressperson Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the ranking Republican member of 
the House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee, submitting 
to the Congress a new bill calling for setting a resolution of the 
 
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abduction issue as a premise for removing the North from the US list 
of terrorist-sponsoring states. As of Nov. 13, she has obtained 
support from some 20 congressional members. 
 
President Bush reportedly is inclined to support the State 
Department's policy direction. However since there still remain 
uncertain factors, such as the response of North Korea on the issue, 
whether the US will delist the North remains unpredictable. 
 
A former high State Department official, who was in charged of East 
Asian affairs until recently, stated: 
 
"Japan's response could be a major factor for the US to make a final 
decision on whether to remove the North from its list of state 
sponsors of terrorism. If Japan were to react strongly to the 
possibility of delisting the North and if the US assumes that 
delisting would seriously damage bilateral relations and the 
Japan-US alliance, President Bush would not delist the North." 
 
The former official suggested that Japan play up the negative impact 
on Japan-US relations to the maximum extent possible. 
 
A congressional source familiar with US-North Korea relations also 
said: 
 
"Although President Bush is inclined to support the State 
Department's policy led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and 
Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, it is not impossible for Japan 
to change that trend." 
 
The source also suggested three cases that would prevent the US from 
delisting: 1) Fukuda succeeds in persuading Bush, stressing Japan's 
strong opposition to delisting North Korea while pointing to an 
erosion of the Japan-US alliance; 2) there are untruths in North 
Korea's nuclear declaration; and 3) the North's support for and 
involvement in Syria's construction of nuclear facilities is 
proved. 
 
(4) Asia and Japan-US alliance (Part 1-b): Fukuda diplomacy gets 
underway; Shift from attaching too much importance to public 
opinion; Prime minister to use US approach to North Korea as tool 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 15, 2007 
 
Then Prime Minister Abe was desperate at a Japan-US summit held in 
Australia on Sept. 8 in Sydney and said, "I will do my best to 
continue refueling operations by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in 
the Indian Ocean. Therefore, please wait to take North Korea off the 
US list of state sponsors of terrorism." 
 
Abe, who took office as prime minister capitalizing on his hard-line 
stance toward North Korea, presumably thought that removing North 
Korea from the US blacklist, which would lead to normalization of 
ties between the US and North Korea, would be a nightmare. 
 
President Bush responded, "I understand that the abduction issue is 
important for Japan. Please contact me if anything happens." However 
the president himself is in a fix, because since the US is in 
quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan, he would not be able to bring his 
career into a successful conclusion unless he succeeds in bringing 
about a rapprochement between the US and North Korea during the 
 
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remaining tenure, as a source familiar with Japan-US relations put 
it. 
 
Four days later, Abe announced his resignation. He cited a lack of 
prospects for continuing the refueling operation. However, the 
fundamental cause of the deadlock could be found in that Abe, who 
adopted a North Korea policy that put emphasis on North Korea 
diplomacy, became unable to keep up with the sudden moves of the US 
and North Korea to bring about a closer relationship. 
 
North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles in July 2006, when Abe was 
the chief cabinet secretary of the Koizumi administration. He took 
the initiative for the adoption of a sanctions resolution against 
North Korea by the United Nations Security Council by frequently 
contacting US Presidential Adviser for National Security Hadley by 
mobile phone. He believed that the ties between Japan and the US 
serve as pressure on North Korea. However, since the US and North 
Korea reached an agreement in Berlin in January this year, Hadley 
also fell in step with Assistant Secretary of State Hill's policy of 
bringing about a rapprochement between the US and North Korea . 
 
North Korea's nuclear issue is vital for the security of East Asia 
and of Japan, in particular. If the US gets down to the work of 
bringing progress on the issue, its efforts would become Japan's 
burden. This tells of the Abe administration's North Korea diplomacy 
being inconsistent with the Japan-US alliance. This is the case of a 
political leader having fettered his diplomatic means, attaching 
high importance to public opinion. 
 
One senior Foreign Ministry official regretted Abe's resignation, 
noting, "If he had not resigned, a close meeting at Crawford Ranch 
in Texas, President Bush's home, would have been planned. However, 
such a meeting never realized." However, an alliance that tilts 
toward playing up the personal relations of top leaders cannot mend 
gaps in their policies. 
 
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has been consistently critical of 
diplomacy that attaches high importance to public opinion since the 
time he was chief cabinet secretary under the Koizumi 
administration. Fukuda scrambled to settle the commotion caused by 
then Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, whom the Prime Minister Koizumi 
picked as a measure to control public opinion. 
 
Fukuda was deeply involved in Prime Minister Koizumi's first visit 
to North Korea in September 2002 at a time when public approval 
ratings for the cabinet had sharply dropped due to the replacement 
of Tanaka. However, when Koizumi visited North Korea for the second 
time, Fukuda fiercely opposed it and resigned as chief cabinet 
secretary. 
 
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Then senior government officials said, "When Mr. Koizumi visited 
North Korea for the first time, Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi 
Tanaka, an official diplomatic route, served as a channel. However, 
when he visited that country for the second time, close aides to Mr. 
Koizumi prepared his visit, using unofficial channels, such as the 
(pro-Pyongyang) General Federation of Korean Residents in Japan 
(Chongryon or Chosen Soren). Being furious about this, Fukuda urged 
Mr. Koizumi to cancel the plan. He has belief that dual diplomacy 
should never be pursued." 
 
The Foreign Ministry's official view is that though the prime 
minister has been replaced, there is no change in Japan's 
 
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dialogue-and-pressure diplomacy. However, some revealed their real 
feeling that if the government uses progress on the US-North Korea 
nuclear issue as a tool to settle the Japan-North Korea abduction 
issue, the administration's policy scope would gain momentum, as one 
senior Foreign Ministry official revealed. The prime minister has 
reiterated his eagerness to bring about progress on Japan-North 
Korea talks. His real intention appears to be at odds with his own 
policy, that is, seeking synergy of strengthening the Japan-US 
alliance and promoting Asia diplomacy, which is neither blindly 
following the US nor becoming independent, regarding North Korea. 
 
However, some remain cool toward this policy. That is because the 
phenomenon of the US and North Korea moving closer is one sign of 
the Bush administration approaching its end. There is naturally 
doubt about to what extent North Korea will disable its nuclear 
facilities, because there are indications that Secretary of State 
Rice thinks that if North Korea gets as far as the second phase of 
denuclearization, it could be a limited triumph for the Bush 
administration, as the same source explained. 
 
If relations between the US and North Korea become closer the Fukuda 
administration would press ahead for a settlement of the abduction 
issue. However, if progress is unclear, then relations between Japan 
and North Korea would remain on the same level. This is the reason 
why the word "settlement," which has cropped up since the launching 
of the Fukuda administration, is tinged with some vagueness. Japan 
and the US would wait and see what the other party does first with 
North Korea in mind. A new way of an equal relationship of alliance 
will be put to the test with the prime minister's first visit to the 
US as the occasion. 
 
(5) Asia and Japan-US alliance: Fukuda diplomacy gets underway; 
Mismatched international cooperation; "Arc of freedom and 
prosperity" initiative falls apart 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Slightly abridged) 
November 15, 2007 
 
Visiting Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with five lawmakers 
from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the New Komeito and the 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto) on November 9 at the 
official residence of the US ambassador to Tokyo. He called for a 
resumption of the suspended refueling operations in the Indian Ocean 
by the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), saying, "Anyway, I would 
like to see the MSDF operations resumed without further delay." It 
was a direct request, though he refrained from mentioning this issue 
when he met with key government officials, including Prime Minister 
Fukuda, the previous day. 
 
LDP Executive Council Chairman Toshihiro Nikai replied, "We will 
send the new antiterror special measures bill to the Upper House 
next week. We have extended the Diet session until December 15. We 
will make efforts to pass the bill before the Diet session closes." 
However, former DPJ President Seiji Maehara remained silent. LDP 
Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Tadamori Oshima was also invited to 
the meeting, but he was absent. 
 
A week before this meeting, Prime Minister Fukuda and DPJ President 
Ozawa were close to reaching an agreement at policy talks on 
establishing a permanent law for the overseas dispatch of SDF 
troops. Though they are at odds over resuming the refueling 
operations, they are both positive toward the idea of dispatching 
 
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SDF troops abroad for international cooperation. 
 
However, US irritation stems from the fact that Japan is still 
discussing creating a mechanism for dispatching SDF troops. One 
senior Defense Ministry official said: "Japan's discussion on the 
issue has made little progress since the 1991 Gulf War, while other 
countries are facing a deeper challenge of how to prevent terrorism, 
which cannot be rooted out even with the use of military troops." 
 
Regarding international cooperation, Ozawa tackled the Gulf War as 
secretary general of the LDP. However, he has been outside the 
 
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administration since then, while Fukuda, who was first elected to 
the Lower House in the year preceding the Gulf War,  faced the 9/11 
terrorist attacks and the Iraq war as chief cabinet secretary. 
 
An aide to the prime minister said, "They have come closer through 
two rounds of the talks, because they shared the experience of going 
through hard times in dealing with international cooperation." 
 
However, the DPJ insists on giving priority to deliberations on a 
bill scrapping the Iraq Reconstruction Special Measures Law 
concurrently with passage of the new antiterror legislation in the 
Lower House and the sending of it to the Upper House. In contrast, 
Fukuda stressed, "I made a reply as a minister in charge during 
deliberations on the Iraq Special Measures Law and received 
encouragement from many opposition parties." Fukuda thus indicated 
his intention to promote his international cooperation policy, based 
on the track record of the dispatch of SDF troops to Iraq. One 
senior DPJ official noted, "If Hillary Clinton of the Democratic 
Party is elected in the next US presidential election, the US will 
pull out of Iraq. Our stance is going ahead of that scenario." The 
bilateral alliance appears to be beginning to get off the track over 
international cooperation, intertwined with the future courses of 
the administrations of both countries. 
 
Japan's foreign policy has also changed due to the replacement of 
the Abe administration by the Fukuda administration. Former Foreign 
Minister Taro Aso last November came up with an arc of freedom and 
prosperity policy with the consent of former Prime Minister Shinzo 
Abe. 
 
The idea is based on the notion of an "arc of instability" referred 
to in the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review Report (QDR) of the US. 
The Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula are viewed 
as a breeding ground for terrorists. There are few US bases in those 
regions. The Indian Ocean, where the MSDF started refueling 
operations in support of various countries taking part in 
antiterrorism operations, is in the center of the arc. 
 
However, India, which is located in the center of the arc, rejected 
the idea of an arc of instability, saying that there is an "arc of 
prosperity" covering the developing Asian community. The US now no 
longer calls the region an arc of instability. A policy advisor to 
Taro Aso, who jockeyed for LDP presidency to succeed Abe reportedly 
borrowed the word "prosperity" as the keyword of his policy and 
characterized it as a pillar of Japanese diplomacy. 
 
The idea was supposed to become a grand Asia policy also supported 
by the US, but the plan fell through, because China opposed it, 
suspecting that the idea was to encircle China. Former Ambassador to 
China Koreshige Anami in a speech given at the Japan Press Club in 
March said, "I do not think that is wise diplomacy." 
 
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One senior Foreign Ministry official said, "Though Prime Minister 
Fukuda does not say anything about it, he is certainly negative 
about the arc of freedom and prosperity initiative. He is envisaging 
a totally different Asia policy." 
 
(6) Foreign Ministry requests funds for establishing new embassies, 
even in countries with fewer than 10 Japanese residents 
 
SANKEI (Page 11) (Excerpts) 
November 15, 2007 
 
The Foreign Ministry has requested that eight more diplomatic 
establishments, including embassies, be established overseas. Views 
about this request are divided. The Foreign Ministry aims to make 
more countries supportive of Japan's bid for United Nations Security 
Council permanent status and to promote resource diplomacy. The 
ministry also hopes to expand itself by increasing the number of 
embassy members. To build a new embassy, however, about 900 million 
yen is needed in the initial year, including both facility and 
personnel expenses. Given this, the Finance Ministry, which is 
aiming to cut expenditures, is opposed to the Foreign Ministry's 
request. The government will be pressed to make a hard decision 
prior to the start of compiling next fiscal year's budget later this 
year. 
 
In a meeting of the Fiscal System Council (advisory panel to the 
finance minister) on Oct. 22, one participant said: "It is 
questionable to establish a diplomatic establishment in a country in 
which a small number of Japanese live." 
 
The Foreign Ministry has proposed in its budget request for 2008 
allocations for establishing six embassies in Barbados (Latin 
America), Burkina Faso (Africa), Mauritania (Africa), and three 
other countries. 
 
Japan has established embassies in 123 countries, while 
industrialized countries, such as the United States, have set up 
embassies in 140 to 160 countries. The government and the ruling 
parties will set the goal of establishing new embassies, bringing 
the total number of Japan's embassies to 150 -- the same level as 
other industrialized countries' -- over the next decade but many of 
them in the coming three years. 
 
The duties to be performed by an embassy include holding 
negotiations with the government of the host nation, collecting and 
analyzing information on political and economic affairs, issuing 
passports and visas, such civil services as expatriate voting, and 
protecting Japanese nationals in times of emergency. 
 
However, the Finance Ministry remains cautious about the Foreign 
Ministry's request for new embassies that include those in countries 
in which the number of Japanese residents is fewer than 50. A senior 
ministry official said: "Given the government's fiscal constraints, 
it is questionable that new embassies will be established in a hasty 
way. It is necessary to carry out coordination, focusing on costs, 
countries, and timing." 
 
Enormous expenses are needed to establish a new embassy. According 
the Finance Ministry, if a new embassy with 15 Japanese officers and 
22 local staffers is set up in Africa, a total of about 374 million 
yen will be needed, with 56 million yen to purchase new vehicles, 38 
 
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million yen as allowances for embassy officers taking up their new 
positions, and 100 million yen to construct facilities designed to 
ensure security. In operating the embassy, it will also cost 
annually 497 million yen, which includes 200 million yen in 
personnel costs and 38 million yen in pay for cooks at official 
residences. 
 
(7) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi, Yomiuri, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun & Akahata: 
Former Vice Defense Minister Moriya says politicians Nukaga, Kyuma 
wined and dined by former defense trading house Yamada Corp. 
executive now under arrest 
 
Mainichi: 
120,000 bullying cases in elementary, secondary schools in school 
year 2006 
 
Nikkei: 
Toyota to reduce body weight of major models to improve fuel 
efficiency 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Moriya's Diet testimony: Nukaga, Kyuma must explain 
(2) Poll on school bullying: How to teach children about the pain it 
causes 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Moriya's testimony: Nukaga, Kyuma must make clear accounts 
(2) Bullying: Draw lessons from 125,000 bullying cases 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Moriya's testimony: Suspicions have deepened 
(2) Rapid increase in school bullying: Blackmail by mobile and 
internet e-mail 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Shed light on Moriya scandal 
(2) Environmental improvement urgent for next-generation network 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Moriya's testimony: Politicians must give convincing 
explanations 
(2) Bullying poll: Dispel mistrust 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Kyuma, Nukaga should be summoned to testify before Diet 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Politicians should provide answers to allegations 
 
(Corrected copy) US Air Force apologizes for approaching civilian 
flight over Guam 
 
ASAHI (Page 37) (Full) 
November 16, 2007 
 
US military aircraft during training in August approached a JALWAYS 
Sydney-Narita passenger jet (carrying 414 passengers and 
crewmembers) -- flight number 772 -- in the skies over Guam 
(altitude of about 11,500 meters). In this connection, US 5th Air 
Force headquarters aircraft director Michael Bishop and others met 
 
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representatives of the Air Line Pilots' Association of Japan (ALPA) 
at the US Embassy in Tokyo yesterday and offered an apology. They 
also produced a written statement vowing to make efforts to prevent 
a recurrence. It is unusual for the US side to admit fault in 
tailing a commercial airplane with a military aircraft. 
 
According to ALPA, the US side admitted that the US military 
aircraft had picked up the JALWAY jetliner as an unidentified plane 
due to insufficient communication with air traffic control and 
approached it to within about 600 meters from behind to identify it 
and that the military aircraft did not follow proper procedures 
stipulated by international treaty for approaching a plane. 
 
DONOVAN