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08TOKYO1357 2008-05-19 01:05 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tokyo
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 10 TOKYO 001357 
 
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 05/19/08 
 
Index: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's weekend schedule  (Nikkei) 
 
Aid to Africa and the world: 
4) Joint statement on assistance to Afghanistan to be released at 
G-8 foreign ministerial (Yomiuri) 
5) Prime Minister Fukuda's marathon of meetings with 50 leaders in 
17 hours during TICAD  (Yomiuri) 
6) Fukuda calls for increasing ODA budget in order to meet 
international obligations  (Mainichi) 
7) Fukuda to announce 1 trillion yen in environmental aid to Africa 
over five-year period  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
8) Government's target is to double private investment in Africa 
over five years, provide $600 million for fighting infectious 
diseases  (Nikkei) 
9) Japanese aid to focus also on increasing rice production 10 fold 
in Africa  (Mainichi) 
 
10) Government considering the use of obligatory rice imports as 
food aid, with the U.S.' concurrence  (Nikkei) 
 
11) Defense Minister Ishiba since last September has been too tied 
up in ministry issues to visit Okinawa  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
Political affairs: 
12) Jiji polls shows 49 PERCENT  of public favor Diet dissolution is 
a censure motion is filed by the opposition camp against Prime 
Minister Fukuda  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
13) DPJ Secretary General Hatoyama changes mind and now is inclined 
to favor a censure motion against Prime Minister Fukuda  (Sankei) 
14) LDP branches in 22 prefectures want to dump Fukuda before going 
into the next Lower House election  (Nikkei) 
 
15) Child pornography bill: LDP agrees to tough penalties for those 
found possessing child porno  (Asahi) 
 
16) Educational ministry will have school teaching guidelines state 
that Takeshima, which both Japan and South Korea claim, is Japan's 
territory  (Mainichi) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
Aftershocks continue in China, death toll hits 32,476 
 
Mainichi: 
4.5 million stay in shelters one week after earthquake in China 
 
Yomiuri: 
10 million affected people are in it for long haul 
 
Nikkei: 
Consumer goods producers having hard time passing on higher costs 
 
Sankei: 
China suspends torch relay for three days of national mourning 
 
 
TOKYO 00001357  002 OF 010 
 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
Government to prolong lives of three bridges designated as important 
cultural property by 200 years 
 
Akahata: 
In TV program, JCP Chairman Shii calls for an orderly economic 
society 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Justice Ministry, Welfare Ministry must join hands to help 
prisoners with mental retardation return to society after released 
from prison 
(2) Deregulation of financial services: Banks' reform capabilities 
being tested 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Quickly resolve legal problems to rescue asbestos-exposure 
victims 
(2) Merger of factions: Don't stick to old-fashioned groups 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Food price rises: Consumers should now review eating habits 
(2) Effective restrictions necessary to prevent expansion of soil 
contamination 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Quickly establish system satisfactory to Japanese, foreigners in 
accepting foreign workers 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Government urged to improve health insurance system for elderly 
without changing principles 
(2) Agriculture White Paper: Reform needed for agricultural policy 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Agriculture White Paper: Drastic reform necessary for 
agricultural policy, eating habits 
(2) Avoid entrusting maintenance of aircraft to foreign firms as 
much as possible 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Drafting treaty banning cluster bombs an imminent task 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, May 16 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 17, 2008 
 
08:40 
Attended a relevant ministers' meeting on revenues for road projects 
in Diet. 
 
09:00 
Attended a cabinet meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura and 
Foreign Minister Koumura remained. Afterwards, issued an appointment 
letter to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Ito, 
jointed by Machimura. 
 
 
TOKYO 00001357  003 OF 010 
 
 
10:26 
Attended a meeting of the Council on National Social Welfare at 
Kantei. Afterwards, met with Masajuro Shiokawa, manager of the 
700-Person Committee for Promotion of Administrative Reform for 
Rebuilding Japan. Later, met with LDP Research Commission on Foreign 
Affairs Yamasaki. 
 
13:00 
Attended a session of the Upper House Special Committee on ODA. 
 
15:21 
Met with members of the Committee on Measures for Rehabilitation of 
Genkai Island, joined by House of Representatives member Seiichi 
Ota.. 
 
15:52 
Met with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yosano at Kantei. 
 
16:30 
Met with Ambassador to African Development Conference Odano and MOFA 
International Cooperation Bureau Director-General Bessho. 
Afterwards, met with Machimura. 
 
17:41 
Arrived at Kantei residence. 
 
17:52 
Attended a session of the Council on Rebirth of Education at Toshi 
Center Building in Hirakawa-co. 
 
19:43 
Arrived at Kantei residence. 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, May 17 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 18, 2008 
 
Morning 
Stayed at Kantei residence. 
 
12:58 
Met with New Komeito Representative Ota. 
 
18:58 
Met with Junko Edahiro and Takeshiro Suekichi of the Council Climate 
Change, joined by Special Advisor to Cabinet Kusaka and member 
Jitsuro Terashima. 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, May 18 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 19, 2008 
 
Stayed at Kantei residence all day. 
 
4) Joint statement on assistance to Afghanistan to be released at 
G-8 foreign ministerial: Coordination with related countries 
underway 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 18, 2008 
 
TOKYO 00001357  004 OF 010 
 
 
 
The government yesterday firmed up a plan to release a joint 
statement on assistance for the reconstruction and development of 
Afghanistan at a foreign ministerial of the G-8 to be held on June 
26-27 in Kyoto.   It has started undertaking coordination with 
related countries. The envisaged joint statement will be mapped out 
separately from the chairman's statement at the foreign 
ministerial. 
 
Its judgment is that in view of the present situation in which the 
Taliban militants are activating anti-government activities in 
Afghanistan, it would be necessary to indicate the G-8's fresh 
resolve to fight terrorism and support the reconstruction of 
Afghanistan. 
 
The envisaged joint statement would point out that with Al Qaeda, an 
international terrorist group, having established bases in the 
southern, south-eastern and eastern parts of Afghanistan, which have 
a border with Pakistan, public security in those regions is of 
particular concern. Based on that notion, it will incorporate the 
G-8's policy of emphatically tackle the economic development and 
stabilization of those border regions. To be precise, the joint 
statement will likely include as cardinal features the promotion of 
the construction of schools and roads, the removal of land mines, 
evacuation assistance and food aid. 
 
5) Prime Minister Fukuda to engage in a marathon of meetings at 
TICAD4: 50 leaders over three days for a total of 17 hours 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Excerpt) 
May 19, 2008 
 
Prime Minister Fukuda will meet individually with 50 leaders or 
other representatives from African countries attending the African 
Development Conference (TICAD4) held in Yokohama City May 28-30. He 
is expected to spend a total of 17 hours in such meetings over the 
three-day period, which one senior Foreign Ministry official called, 
"An unprecedented marathon of meetings at the summit level." 
 
Attending the conference will be representatives of 53 of the 54 
countries in Africa. Forty five countries will send summit-level 
representatives: 35 heads of state, seven prime ministers, and three 
vice presidents. 
 
6) Prime Minister Fukuda calls for increasing ODA budget 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 17, 2008 
 
Ken Uzuka 
 
At a session yesterday of the Upper House Special Committee on 
Official Development Assistance (ODA), Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda 
discussed Japan's ODA to Africa that he plans to announce at the 
upcoming fourth Tokyo International Conference on African 
Development (TICAD) in Yokohama City , which is to open on May 28. 
He revealed that the government was making arrangements to increase 
ODA to Africa, noting: "We must not let leaders of participating 
countries leave Japan disappointed. I would like to deal with the 
matter appropriately." Fukuda was replying to questions posed by 
Kohei Otsuka of the major opposition Democratic Party of Japan 
(DPJ). 
 
TOKYO 00001357  005 OF 010 
 
 
 
The special committee also adopted a resolve to increase the current 
level of ODA, which is 0.17 PERCENT  to gross national income (GNI) 
in 2007 to 0.7 PERCENT  to GNI in 2015. 
 
7) Fukuda to announce 1 trillion yen in aid to Africa for 
global-warming countermeasures during African Development 
Conference 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Full) 
May 19, 2008 
 
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will announce Japan's assistance plan 
for Africa in the opening ceremony of the 4th Tokyo International 
Conference on African Development (TICAD4), which will start on May 
28 in Yokohama. According to a draft revealed yesterday, the 
government will donate a total of 10 billion dollars, or 
approximately 1.04 trillion yen, to African countries over the next 
five years to finance measures to fight global warming, as well as 
create a new loan system to promote investment (by Japanese firms) 
in Africa. 
 
Over the coming five years, the government is also willing to double 
official development assistance (ODA) disbursements to Africa and 
the values of trade with and investment in Africa. Japan is willing 
to display its leadership in containing global warming and assisting 
Africa - major agenda items at the Group of Eight Summit (the Lake 
Toya Summit) in July. 
 
Included among the measures to be announced by Prime Minister Fukuda 
will promoting infrastructure construction and Japanese companies' 
investment in Africa by reducing risks involved. To that end, Fukuda 
will propose improving the nation's current trade insurance system 
and establishing a new loan system called the "Africa investment 
facility." 
 
Great attention is being focused on whether an agreement will be 
reached on a new international framework following the 2012 
expiration of the Kyoto Protocol in the upcoming conference. Japan 
intends to respond to African countries' desire to seek economic 
growth as well as reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by helping them 
develop grain species suitable for arid land with high temperatures 
and introduce technological know-how to curb greenhouse gas 
emissions and clean energy. 
 
As measures to promote trade, the government plans to promote 
Japanese firms' investment, as well as to involve 12 countries in 
the "One Village One Product Movement," which originated in Oita 
Prefecture. 
 
8) Africa aid: Government plans to double private-sector investment 
over five years; 600 million dollars for measures to prevent 
infectious diseases 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Excerpts) 
May 18, 2008 
 
The government has decided to present its goal of doubling 
private-sector investment in Africa over the next five years at a 
meeting of the fourth Tokyo International Conference on African 
Development (TICAD) to be held in Hamamatsu City, starting on May 
ΒΆ28. Since Africa has abundant natural resources, there is a high 
 
TOKYO 00001357  006 OF 010 
 
 
potential of private companies carrying out projects there. The 
government will help them engage in official development 
assistance-related projects. It will also release a plan to disburse 
another 600 million dollars for measures to deal with infectious 
diseases as part of a comprehensive measures to assist Africa. 
 
The government will shortly discuss its plan at a meeting of the 
Council on Overseas Economic Cooperation (chaired by Prime Minister 
Yasuo Fukuda) and incorporate it in an action program to be adopted 
at TICAD. Its aim is to help Africa become self-reliant, by 
accelerating its economic growth through the boosted inflow of 
private companies' money. 
 
The average amount of money Japanese companies invested in Africa in 
a year in a five-year-period from 2002 to 2006 reached 1.723 billion 
dollars. The government wants to raise that amount to 3.446 billion 
dollars by 2012. 
 
As government-sponsored aid measures, the government will adopt 
projects related to the consolidation of infrastructure, such as 
road construction, after taking into account private companies' 
needs. It will also improve systems of loans provided by the Japan 
Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and trade insurance. It 
will also announce a plan to significantly increase ODA to Africa in 
order to back its effort to consolidate infrastructure. 
 
9) Japan's aid to Africa: "Aims to double rice production in Africa 
in 10 years 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 19, 2008 
 
Ken Uzuka 
 
The government will unveil a plan at the upcoming fourth Tokyo 
International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama 
City slated for May 28 to double rice production in Africa over the 
next 10 years. Given acutely soaring food prices, Japan intends to 
make good use of its long experience in rice cultivation. Japan will 
work together with the World Food Program (WFP) in this aid and it 
will use official development assistance (ODA) and obtain financial 
support from Bill & Mellinda Gates Foundation organized by Microsoft 
Chairman Bill Gates. 
 
In Africa, escalating food prices are becoming a serious issue with 
riots occurring in the Cameroons and Cote d'Ivoire. Japan has 
decided to offer a total of 10 billion yen in emergency aid to 
Africa. In addition to that, Japan intends to demonstrate its 
attitude of aiming to improve the structural problems related to the 
food issue in Africa, for instance, the need to improve the 
self-sufficiency ratio in food and farmers' income by showing a 
long-term aid framework under which Japan's unique technology will 
be better used. 
 
Japan's plans include (1) expanded Africa rice cultivation promotion 
initiative, (2) rice varieties improvement; (3) spread of irrigation 
technology; and (4) production by adoption of Japan's agricultural 
cooperative system and improvement in distribution. 
 
Japan plans to spread the cultivation of New Rice for Africa 
(NERICA), which is better adapted to African weather and which 
produces a good crop, and double the current rice production of some 
 
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14 million tons in 2006 in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Japan 
International Cooperation Agency has already tackled this sort of 
effort in Uganda. 
 
10) Food aid: Government considering expanded use of imported rice 
in stock; Working-level talks with U.S. to be held shortly 
 
NIKKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
May 17, 2008 
 
Asian and African countries are having difficulty procuring rice due 
to the sharp rise in international prices. Following the move, the 
government will consider expanding rice aid using rice which it 
imports under the minimum-access quota system. Tokyo and Washington 
are now undergoing coordination with the possibility of holding 
working-level talks as early as later in the month. The U.S. will 
likely approve the use of such rice for an aid purpose, although it 
has strongly called for its domestic consumption. Since the plan 
requires coordination with countries that are experiencing a rice 
shortage and fiscal measures, the government will consider it, while 
monitoring the international situation. 
 
Japan has been importing minimum-access rice since it was urged to 
open its market during talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO). 
The government annually imports approximately 770,000 tons without 
imposing a tariff from the U.S., Thailand and China under such a 
quota through trading houses. Of that amount, U.S. rice accounts for 
about 40 PERCENT .  Japan has sent part of imported rice to 
developing countries as aid. It now intends to expand that amount. 
 
Domestically, part of minimum-access rice is sold as staple food as 
well as for a processing purpose, such as making miso paste, and 
feed grains. The amount of stocks as of the end of October last year 
stood at 1.52 million tons. The accumulated total of imports is 8.32 
million tons, of which 2.2 million tons have been used for aid. The 
sharp rise in rice prices in developing countries is now an 
international issue. In a bid to put the problem to rest, the United 
States Trade Representative (USTR) recently released a statement 
approving exports of minimum-access rice. Working-level talks 
between the governments of Japan and the U.S. will likely focus on 
the use of minimum-access rice for aid purposes. 
 
11) Ishiba has yet to visit Okinawa due to new refueling 
legislation, Aegis accident and other problems 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
May 19, 2008 
 
It has been almost eight months since Shigeru Ishiba assumed office 
as defense minister last September, but he has never visited Okinawa 
Prefecture in that capacity. It has been a custom for the defense 
minister to visit Okinawa ahead of other prefectures to demonstrate 
the government's consideration to the southernmost prefecture, which 
hosts the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan and plays an important 
security role. Ishiba's response is extremely unusual at a time when 
Okinawa is being shaken by the plan to realign U.S. forces. 
 
Over the last 10 years, 11 defense chiefs out of a total of 12 have 
visited Okinawa within four months after assuming office. Ishiba 
previously became defense chief in 2002 and he visited the 
prefecture in two months after assuming office. It is considered 
natural in the Defense Ministry for the defense minister to travel 
 
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to the prefecture soon after assuming the post. 
 
Ishiba's assumption of office was followed by a spate of problems 
and scandals, such as heated Diet debates on a new Antiterrorism 
Special Measures Law governing the Maritime Self-Defense Force's 
refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, an underreport by the MSDF of 
the amount of fuel Japan supplied to a U.S. supply ship, a scandal 
involving a former vice-defense minister, and an Aegis destroyer's 
collision with a fishing boat. Ishiba has been busy dealing with 
those events. 
 
The planned relocation of Futenma Air Station to the Henoko district 
in Nago, the biggest issue in Okinawa, has been stalled due to the 
prefectural government's request to move the replacement facility 
into the sea. The focus in on when Ishiba will visit Okinawa to 
break the gridlock in the Futenma issue. 
 
12) Jiji poll: 49 PERCENT  think prime minister should dissolve the 
Lower House if censure motion against him is adopted by the Upper 
House 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Abridged slightly) 
May 18, 2008 
 
In a Jiji Press opinion survey conducted on May 9-12, 49.2 PERCENT 
of respondents said that Prime Minister Fukuda should dissolve the 
Lower House for a snap general election in the event a censure 
motion against him is adopted by the Upper House. In addition, 21.7 
PERCENT  said the cabinet should resign en masse, while 14.1 PERCENT 
 indicated that there was no need for a general resignation or Lower 
House dissolution. 
 
The survey was conducted face-to-face toward 2,000 men and women 
across Japan, with 66.9 PERCENT  of them giving valid answers. 
 
By party, 64.5 PERCENT  of DPJ supporters and 41.0 PERCENT  of LDP 
supporters said the prime minister should dissolve the Lower House, 
in comparison to 48.1 PERCENT  of those with no party affiliation. 
 
Asked for the timing for Lower House dissolution, 60.0 PERCENT 
pointed to by the end of the year. Of them, 22.1 PERCENT  said it 
should be in the summer after the July G-8 Summit, 20.6 PERCENT 
pointed to from the fall through the end of the year, and 17.3 
PERCENT  favored "immediate" dissolution. 
 
Meanwhile, 62.7  PERCENT  expressed opposition to the reinstated 
provisional tax rates on gasoline and other items, while only 29.2 
PERCENT  voiced support for it. 
 
13) DPJ Secretary General Hatoyama again expressed intention to file 
censure motion against Prime Minister Fukuda 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Excerpt) 
May 19, 2008 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama 
appearing yesterday on the NHK program, Sunday Talk, stated: "The 
(Fukuda) Cabinet support rate is now at 20 PERCENT . From the 
nation's perspective, they are asking that something be done, that 
politics be changed. We have no intention of doing nothing and just 
let the current Diet session end." 
 
 
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He repeatedly expressed the intention of pursuing the Fukuda Cabinet 
on such issues as the controversial medical system for the elderly 
and the road tax revenues. 
 
14) Local LDP chapters turning away from Fukuda; 22 prefectures want 
a new party president for next election 
 
ASAHI (Page 1) (Excerpts) 
May 17, 2008 
 
Timed with the Lower House's re-adoption of legislation governing 
road-related tax revenues, the Asahi Shimbun has conducted an 
opinion survey covering the 47 prefectural chapters of the Liberal 
Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Japan. In the survey, 
only 12 LDP prefectural chapters said that the party should face the 
next Lower House election under Prime Minister Fukuda, who is also 
LDP president, while 22 prefectures indicated the need for a new 
party president. Local chapters seem to be turning away from Fukuda, 
reflecting sagging support ratings for his cabinet. 
 
The survey was conducted on May 12-15, including May 13, the day a 
bill amending the Road Construction Revenues Special Measures was 
readopted, toward the secretaries general and others of two parties' 
prefectural chapters. 
 
In the wake of the party's defeat in the April 27 Lower House 
Yamaguchi by-election, the view is gaining ground in the LDP that 
Prime Minister Fukuda is not appropriate to serve as the party's 
"poster boy" for the next general election. In the survey, many 
expressed views writing the prime minister off, with a Saitama 
member saying: "Too many bad things have happened since Mr. Fukuda 
took office. It's difficult to face the next election under him." 
Local calls for an early resignation of the former Mori 
administration, which was suffering from flagging support, led to 
Mori's resignation as prime minister. Local opinions cannot be 
discounted. LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki in a press conference 
yesterday defended Fukuda, saying, "The prime minister has been 
working hard." Another LDP officer expressed a sense of alarm, 
noting: "Local organizations are close to the public and sensitive 
to public opinion. Shuffling the cabinet is a must." 
 
Asked about persons fit to become a new party president, prefectural 
chapters named only one person: former Secretary General Taro Aso. 
Seven prefectures, such as Iwate, Gifu, Osaka, and Hiroshima 
explained: "Mr. Aso is a seasoned politician who is good at 
speeches. Considered to be the solar opposite of Mr. Fukuda, he will 
be well received by the public." 
 
15) Ruling parties team agree on revisions to law that would 
penalize by imprisonment even the simple position of child 
pornography 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Excerpt) 
May 17, 2008 
 
The Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito's ruling parties 
project team to reconsider the child prostitution and child 
pornography law held a meeting on May 16 and reached general 
agreement on amending the law. Although the current version of the 
law does not ban the simple possession of child porno, such as 
photos or film obtained for one's personal hobby, this will be 
banned, and violations will be subject to imprisonment. 
 
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16) MEXT intends to specify "Takeshima as Japanese territory" in 
teaching guidelines for junior high school curriculum guidance 
 
MAINICHI (Page 26) (Full) 
May 19, 2008 
 
Takahiro Kato 
 
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology 
(MEXT) decided to specify in teaching guidelines for new junior high 
school curriculum guidance (which are to be put into complete 
practice in fiscal 2012) Takeshima (Dokdo in Korean), a group of 
small islets both Japan and South Korea have claimed, as "Japan's 
inherent territory." The teaching guidelines have no legal binding 
force like curriculum guidance has, but textbook publishers compile 
textbooks based on teaching guidelines. Given this, MEXT's new 
policy is likely to significantly affect the way teachers instruct 
in classrooms. 
 
In line with modifications to curriculum guidance, MEXT compiles 
teaching guidelines for each subject for elementary, junior and 
senior high schools. Teaching guidelines for junior high schools are 
scheduled to be prepared by July. 
 
In the past, there were cases where curriculum guidance and teaching 
guidelines for junior high schools made mention of the Northern 
Territories, but there have been no cases until now of referring to 
Takeshima in curriculum guidance and teaching guidelines out of 
consideration with South Korea. 
 
Regarding the question of whether to specify Takeshima, in 2005, 
then Education Minister Nariaki Nakayama said in his Diet reply: "It 
should be specified in curriculum guidance." Since then MEXT had 
discussed the matter. New curriculum guidance was unveiled this past 
February, but MEXT reportedly refrained from announcing this sort of 
specification in part because the timing of the announcement 
coincided with the timing of the inauguration of Lee Myung Bak as 
new president of South Korea. 
 
SCHIEFFER