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Viewing cable 08TOKYO2112, JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08

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08TOKYO2112 2008-08-01 01:09 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tokyo
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P 010109Z AUG 08
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 11 TOKYO 002112 
 
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 08/01/08 
 
Index: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
 
Fukuda in action: 
4) Prime Minister to shuffle cabinet and party executives today, 
with Machimura remaining as chief cabinet secretary and Aso asked to 
be secretary general  (Asahi) 
5) New Komeito distancing itself from Fukuda administration, members 
openly critical, but Prime Minister will meet party head Ota today 
to repair ties  (Asahi) 
6) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) surprised by Fukuda's decision to 
speed up timing of his cabinet shuffle  (Mainichi) 
7) Key question is whether a cabinet shuffle will boost Fukuda's 
popularity ratings  (Yomiuri) 
 
Opposition party in action: 
8) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), expecting an early Lower House 
election, moving toward reelecting Ozawa without a formal vote 
(Asahi) 
9) DPJ expects Diet dissolution during the extra Diet session 
(Nikkei) 
10) DPJ proposing election amendments that would allow use of 
Internet for campaigning, ban "hereditary" Diet seats  (Yomiuri) 
 
Takeshima flap: 
11) President orders BGN to restore designation of Takeshima (Dokdo) 
as South Korean  (Sankei) 
12) Japan taking Takeshima's redesignation calmly  (Yomiuri) 
13) No sign of repairing Japan-ROK relations  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
Defense affairs: 
14) U.S.S. George Washington to arrive at Yokosuka in Sept. after 
repairs completed to burned out area  (Akahata) 
15) Okinawa base issue: Central and local government to form two 
study teams to look into possible changes in Futenma relocation plan 
 (Asahi) 
 
16) Japan reaches record on longevity chart, with women living an 
average 85.99 years, men reaching 79.19 years  (Asahi) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: Mainichi: Yomiuri: Nikkei: Sankei: Tokyo Shimbun 
Fukuda to carry out major cabinet shuffle today: Sounds out Aso for 
LDP secretary general post; Machimura likely remain chief cabinet 
secretary 
 
Akahata: 
Medical associations in 35 prefectures call for abolishing or 
revising public health insurance scheme for people aged 75 and 
older 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Five proposals to ensure peace of mind should address major 
anxieties 
 
TOKYO 00002112  002 OF 011 
 
 
(2) Assistance to fishing industry: Pork-barrel largesse will not be 
effective 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Cabinet shuffle: Clarify aims of new administration 
(2) Takeshima issue: U.S. government accountable for offering 
convincing explanation 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Low-carbon action program: Key is practical application of 
innovative technologies 
(2) Heat-induced illness: Surviving the hot weather 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Carry out cabinet shuffle with a focus on policy 
(2) Raise average monthly electric bill for households in convincing 
manner 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Decision to shuffle cabinet: Premier should show what he wants 
to realize 
(2) Takeshima issue: We hope South Korea will deal with the issue in 
an adult manner 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Takeshima issue: Restrain from South Korea needed 
(2) Goodwill closes business: Workers are not goods 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Triple whammy for household budgets: Focus on people's 
livelihood 
 
3) Prime Minister's schedule, July 31 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
August 1, 2008 
 
10:08 
Met at the Kantei with Administrative Reform Minister Watanabe and 
Public Servant System Reform Taskforce Head Tachibana. Followed by 
Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director 
General Saiki. 
 
12:07 
Arrived at his official residence. 
 
12:48 
Attended the funeral for former Upper House member Hiroshi Inoue at 
the funeral hall on the Aoyama grave site. 
 
14:07 
Arrived at his official residence. 
 
16:20 
Met Cabinet Office's Special Advisor Kurokawa at the Kantei. 
 
16:58 
Met Agriculture Minister Wakabayashi, METI Minister Amari, Chief 
Cabinet Secretary Machimura, Agriculture Deputy Vice Minister 
Murakami, METI Trade and Commerce Policy Bureau Director General 
Ishige, and Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Bureau Director 
General Otabe. 
 
TOKYO 00002112  003 OF 011 
 
 
 
18:30 
Arrived at his official residence. 
 
19:34 
Dined with his secretaries at a Chinese restaurant in the Grand 
Prince Hotel Akasaka. 
 
21:08 
Met Machimura at the official residence. 
 
23:14 
Met Secretary General Ibuki. 
 
4) Premier to sound out Aso for LDP secretary general post in 
shuffling his cabinet today: Likely to retain Chief Cabinet 
Secretary Machimura 
 
ASAHI (Top Play) (Full) 
August 1, 2008 
 
Prime Minister Fukuda has firmed up his intent to shuffle the 
cabinet and reshuffle the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party 
(LDP) on August 1. He will make a final confirmation after a meeting 
today with New Komeito head Ota at his office. Fukuda wants to 
replace Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki with Taro Aso, who previously 
served in the post. He yesterday sounded out Aso about assuming that 
post on the phone. Today, he will meet him face to face and ask him 
to accept his offer. Aso is considering the offer with the 
possibility of accepting it, if conditions are met. Machimura, the 
chief cabinet secretary, the key post in the cabinet, will likely 
stay on. 
 
This will be the first cabinet shuffle since the Fukuda 
administration was launched in September 2007. Some 15 of 17 
incumbent ministers of his cabinet were either reappointed to the 
same posts or different posts from the previous Abe cabinet. All 
eyes are fixed on the prime minister to see if he can form his own 
cabinet and prepare the way for a dissolution of the Lower House for 
a snap election, taking the initiative. 
 
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Fuyushiba from the New 
Komeito will likely be replaced. Amid concern about an economic 
recession, the selection of economic ministers is also drawing 
attention. Chances are that the cabinet shuffle will be minor if 
Fukuda fails to persuade Aso to assume that post. 
 
With a Lower House dissolution strategy in mind, Fukuda will give 
top priority to the selection of the secretary general, who will be 
tasked with leading the election campaign, in reshuffling the LDP 
leadership. He wants to replace Ibuki with Aso, who is popular with 
the public. Persons such as Finance Minister Nukaga have been 
floated as candidates in the event Aso turns down the offer. Ibuki 
has been at odds with the New Komeito over the timing of convening 
an extraordinary Diet session. As such, it has been pointed out that 
if he stays on, the LDP's relations with the New Komeito would be 
strained. A plan has been floated to appoint him to a key cabinet 
post. 
 
Concerning a cabinet shuffle, the prime minister on the evening of 
July 31 told reporters after meeting Agriculture Minister 
Wakabayashi and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Amari, who have 
 
TOKYO 00002112  004 OF 011 
 
 
returned home from multilateral trade talks sponsored by the World 
Trade Organization (WTO), "I have that in mind. We as heads of the 
ruling parties will reach a decision at a meeting tomorrow." 
 
Referring to the planned meeting with Ota, Fukuda said, "I would 
like to confer on various matters with him, including a future 
political schedule. I want to discuss with him how to address future 
policy themes and what system we will make." He thus indicated his 
intention to coordinate views with Ota on when to convene the 
extraordinary Diet session, an issue over which both parties are at 
odds, and the issue of extending the law governing the MSDF 
refueling operation in the Indian Ocean, on which some New Komeito 
members are taking a cautious stance. 
 
The prime minister will first deal with reshuffling the LDP 
leadership after the party head meeting with the New Komeito. He 
will select new party executives this afternoon. He will then 
receive letters of resignation from all cabinet ministers at a 
special cabinet meeting and set up a cabinet formation headquarters 
at the Kantei this evening. An attestation ceremony at the Imperial 
Palace for new ministers will likely take place tomorrow. 
 
5) New Komeito distances itself from government, criticizing LDP and 
calling for caution on using override vote 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts) 
August 1, 2008 
 
The distance between New Komeito and the Fukuda administration is 
rapidly growing. The New Komeito has thrust one demand after another 
at the government regarding the timing for a dissolution of the 
House of Representatives, Diet management, and policies. New Komeito 
President Ota is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Fukuda today amid 
a growing sense of alarm in his party over the next Lower House 
election. 
 
Ota to meet Fukuda today 
 
Senior New Komeito members began to voice criticism of the 
government around when Fukuda entered his summer vacation and 
started looking into a cabinet shuffle. 
 
In a meeting of senior members of the Liberal Democratic Party and 
the New Komeito on July 17, Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa 
proposed opening an extraordinary Diet session in late September, 
raising an objection to the plan of the government and the ruling 
camp to convene the session in late August. Following Kitagawa's 
remark, one New Komeito member after another presented views 
critical of the prime minister and the Liberal Democratic Party. 
Election Committee Chairman Yosuke Takagi said: "Unless the LDP 
changes itself, the party will be ruined." Policy Research Council 
Deputy Chairman Natsuo Yamaguchi commented: "It would be better to 
avoid a Lower House dissolution under pressure." 
 
When the senior leaders of the two parties met again on the 30th, 
LDP Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Tadamori Oshima cautioned the 
participants: "I want you to refrain from making comments publicly 
on a Lower House dissolution, because such remarks will limit the 
prime minister's supreme authority." 
 
The remarks critical of the LDP reflect growing dissatisfaction with 
the LDP in Soka Gakkai, the power base of the New Komeito. Soka 
 
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Gakkai has been increasingly irritated with the LDP since the ruling 
camp suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election 
last year. A senior member of the religious group claimed: "The LDP 
has little sense of alarm." Group members interpret the remarks by 
senior New Komeito members as fully reflecting their feelings. In 
late July, a senior group member reportedly told senior LDP Election 
Committee members about the atmosphere in the Soka Gakkai. 
 
6) Prime Minister Fukuda's decision to shuffle cabinet creating 
commotion in LDP; Party leaders misread timing 
 
MAINICHI (Page 3) (Full) 
August 1, 2008 
 
The report that the cabinet will be shuffled this week is creating a 
stir in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in which 
speculation was rife that a cabinet shuffle would occur next week. 
One LDP lawmaker had to suddenly cancel his planned seminar in his 
home constituency. General Council Deputy Chairman Kyogon Hagiyama 
told General Council Chairman Toshiro Nikai last evening at LDP 
headquarters: "Since the nation and party are more important (for me 
than a meeting), I will not go (to my hometown) to give a speech." 
Hagiyama had planned to give a speech at a meeting on the evening of 
August 1 in the city of Himi, Toyama Prefecture, which had invited 
him. He cancelled his plan after receiving information about the 
cabinet shuffle. Hagiyama, a member of the Ibuki faction, is 
regarded as a possible candidate to join the new cabinet. A senior 
party official said: "He may be eager for a cabinet post." 
 
The LDP leadership, too, has misjudged the outlook. Policy Research 
Council Chairman Sadakazu Tanigaki in a speech last evening said 
with a forced smile: " Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki and I planned 
to give speeches at a seminar hosted by Mr. Ibuki tomorrow in 
Kyoto." 
 
Although the seminar will be held this morning in the city of Kyoto, 
Ibuki will not attend it because he will have to join a meeting 
between Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and New Komeito leader Akihiro 
Ota that will take place this morning. He suddenly recorded his 
speech on a DVD and it will be shown in the seminar. Tanigaki will 
attend the seminar for 25 minutes by reducing the planned 90 minutes 
and he will return to Tokyo. 
 
Ibuki was in Kyoto last night to attend a meeting, but he went back 
to Tokyo after staying there for only one hour. 
 
One party executive member said displeasingly: "I wonder if the 
Prime Minister makes all decisions by himself. No information was 
leaked. I wonder why the Prime Minister does this thing, even to the 
party leadership." 
 
7) Will cabinet shuffle boost Fukuda administration's popularity? 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
August 1, 2009 
 
The cabinet shuffles carried out in recent years have not 
necessarily led to gaining public support. 
 
According to the results of nationwide (interview-based) polls the 
Yomiuri Shimbun conducted before and after the last 12 cabinet 
shuffles, the support rate increased in seven shuffles and decreased 
 
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in five ones. Of the 12 shuffles, just a small change -- a drip or 
surge of only two percentage points -- was seen in eight shuffles. 
 
The major successful example is the shuffle of the cabinet of Prime 
Minister Keizo Obuchi in January 1999. The Obuchi government's 
approval rate jumped 11 percentage points because of public 
expectations of the coalition government of the Liberal Democratic 
Party and Jiyuto (Liberal Party), although only one new minister was 
named. 
 
In addition, the first shuffle of the cabinet of Prime Minister 
Junichiro Koizumi in September 2003 was a successful example, 
gaining seven percentage points in the support rate. Koizumi changed 
nine of the 17 ministers and carried out some "surprise 
appointments," naming Yuriko Koike as environment minister and 
Shinzo Abe as secretary general of the LDP. 
 
On the other hand, there were the cases of failure. In the reshuffle 
of the second cabinet of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, 17 of the 
20 ministers were replaced. Since the appointment of Takayuki Sato, 
who had been convicted on charges of being involved in the Lockheed 
scandal, was severely criticized by the public, Sato resigned as a 
minister after serving in his cabinet post only 12 days. As a 
result, the Hashimoto cabinet's approval rating plunged 12 
percentage points. 
 
8) Calls for determining DPJ leader without a vote growing; Focus, 
too, on Edano, Noda 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts) 
August 1, 2008 
 
With the Democratic Party of Japan presidential race coming up in 
September, the growing mood in the party is to reelect President 
Ichiro Ozawa for a third term without a formal vote. Amid a rumor 
that the Lower House might be dissolved before the end of the year, 
Vice President Katsuya Okada, who was regarded as a promising 
candidate, has indicated that he would not run in the race. Calls 
for policy debate in the leadership race are likely to be deafened 
by the roaring wind of dissolution that has begun to blow. 
 
In a press conference on July 30, Okada said: "At present, I do not 
have a strong desire to run in the leadership race. One individual 
should serve as party president until the next general election. It 
is not desirable to carry out a presidential election at a time like 
this when the next general election seems near at hand." As a 
result, the view that Okada will not run in the race has spread in 
the party. 
 
Consideration then was given in the party for former Policy Research 
Committee Chairperson Yukio Edano of the Ryounkai group, which 
includes Vice President Seiji Maehara and Yoshito Sengoku, to become 
a candidate. Public Relations Committee Chair Yoshihiko Noda, who 
heads the Kaseikai group, also hinted at being a candidate, saying, 
"A presidential election will be carried out without fail." Although 
moves by Edano and Noda are the center of attention for the time 
being, the future course of the presidential race, including the 
gathering recommendations, remains murky. 
 
At the same time, there are growing calls for selecting the leader 
without a vote. Former Secretary General Tatsuo Kawabata, who is 
leading the former Democratic Socialist Party group, at his 
 
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fund-raising party on July 29, put pressure on the group to favor 
such a course: "People should grow out of the argument that an 
election should be held in order to demonstrate that the Democratic 
Party of Japan is an open party. Those who are looking for someone 
must be confusing the means for the objective." 
 
Deputy President Naoto Kan, who is close to Edano, also said in his 
workshop on July 30: "Putting aside likes or dislikes, I think at 
this political conjuncture, we need a leader who is feared by the 
Liberal Democratic Party. I believe fighting the next general 
election under President Ozawa will maximize the chances of a change 
of government." Kan also made this comment about Edano in a press 
conference on July 31: "He has what it takes to be a leader. 
Generally speaking, it is good for a variety of people to come 
forward, but my judgment will not change." 
 
9) DPJ to intensify offensive in extra Diet session and force Fukuda 
to dissolve Lower House 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Excerpts) 
August 1, 2009 
 
Following Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's decision to shuffle his 
cabinet, the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will 
intensify its political offensive in the next extraordinary Diet 
session in order to force Fukuda to dissolve the House of 
Representatives and hold a snap election. Since discord is evident 
between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior 
coalition partner New Komeito, the largest opposition party has 
judged that the Lower House will be dissolved earlier than expected. 
It intends to attend deliberations in the extra session in order to 
gill the new Fukuda cabinet over such issues as the controversial 
health insurance system for people aged 75 and older, as well as 
reform of the system of using dedicated revenue sources for road 
projects. 
 
DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa said at a press meeting yesterday in 
Saitama City: "What the public hopes is not just changing the 
cabinet lineup but a change of government." 
 
At the final stage of the recent regular Diet session, the DPJ 
submitted to the House of Councillors a censure motion against 
Fukuda, but Fukuda ignored it. Reacting strongly against it, the DPJ 
boycotted all deliberations. However, it has now changed its tactic, 
thinking that pursuing the new Fukuda cabinet in debate would be 
more effective to undermine it. 
 
In the upcoming extra Diet session, the DPJ plans to call for an 
early abolition of the health insurance system for the elderly. It 
will present a bill abolishing the provisional tax rates, including 
gasoline-related taxes. Regarding a bill extending the special 
measures law on Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, about 
which the New Komeito has been cautious, Diet Affairs Committee 
Chairman Kenji Yamaoka said: "If they try to take an overriding 
vote, we will boycott deliberations." 
 
10) DPJ's Public Offices Election Law amendment plan designed to ban 
Diet seat hereditary practice and allow use of Internet in 
campaigning 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Abridged) 
August 1, 2008 
 
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The Democratic Party of Japan's task force to promote political 
reform is scheduled to produce an interim report in August on 
reviewing the Public Offices Election Law. The report is mainly 
designed to prohibit the hereditary transfer of Diet seats and allow 
the use of the Internet in election campaigning. The DPJ plans to 
call the ruling bloc for talks on amending the Public Offices 
Election Law in the next extraordinary Diet session. 
 
The report shows eight policies, including greater freedom, more 
consideration to the aged and the handicapped, and less costly 
campaigning. Based on these policies, the report includes: (1) the 
lifting of the ban on the use of the Internet in campaigning and on 
door-to-door canvassing by candidates, (2) preventing the children 
of former Diet members from running in the same constituencies, (3) 
prohibiting lawmakers from sending congratulatory or condolence 
telegrams to voters in their constituencies, and (4) prohibiting 
local heads from serving multiple terms. 
 
At the same time, some believe that prohibiting the hereditary 
practice should be made into a party rule rather than legislation 
from the viewpoint of freedom of employment. Some also think the 
step is unconvincing in view of the fact that both President Ichiro 
Ozawa and Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama are from prominent 
political families. 
 
11) Japan to wait and see on Takeshima issue 
 
SANKEI (Page 1) (Abridged) 
August 1, 2008 
 
Takashi Arimoto 
 
WASHINGTON-The Board on Geographic Names (BGN), a U.S. government 
organization, has now restored its description of Takeshima (Dokdo 
in Korean), a pair of rocky islets in the Sea of Japan, from 
"undesignated sovereignty" to "South Korean territory." The White 
House, faced with strong reactions from the South Korean government, 
ordered the BGN to do so. The U.S. government takes the position 
that it does not acknowledge South Korea's territorial right to the 
disputed group of islets and remains committed to its neutral 
stance. However, a source familiar with Japan-U.S. relations 
revealed that the Japanese government had not been informed that the 
U.S. would regard the islets as South Korean territory again. 
 
"I regret that the change of description made South Koreans think 
that our policy has changed," U.S. National Security Council (NSC) 
Senior Director for Asian Affairs Wilder said yesterday. 
 
The BGN's change in its description of the islets to "undesignated 
sovereignty" was originally intended to make the U.S. government's 
neutral stance clearer. According to Wilder, however, there was a 
request to President Bush from a "very high level" official of the 
South Korean government. Bush told Secretary of State Rice to 
reconsider the matter and decided to restore the original status of 
the islets, judging that there was no good reason to change it at 
this point, Wilder said. 
 
Bush is scheduled to visit South Korea from Aug. 8. Given this, the 
decision can be taken as a measure giving first consideration to the 
success of his meeting with the South Korean leader. However, there 
is also a backlash against a U.S. government stance that can be 
 
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taken as "Japan passing" or making light of Japan. 
 
12) Japan to take wait-and-see attitude over Takeshima description 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full) 
August 1, 2008 
 
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has now restored its 
description of Takeshima, a pair of rocky islets in the Sea of 
Japan, from the previous "undesignated sovereignty" to "South 
Korea."  On this issue, the Japanese government is underscoring its 
calm response. The Japanese government, while maintaining that 
Takeshima is Japan's inherent territory, will neither call on the 
United States to change its description nor file a protest, which 
would cause Japan's relations with South Korea to deteriorate 
further. 
 
The Japanese government presumes that the U.S. government had 
intended to prepare a better atmosphere ahead of U.S. President 
Bush's scheduled visit to South Korea on Aug. 5. It also considered 
that Japan and South Korea are currently at odds over the 
description of Takeshima in an education ministry manual explaining 
new middle school curriculum guidelines for social studies. 
 
However, the Japanese government is not planning to just take a 
wait-and-see attitude; it is also considering working informally on 
the U.S. government to restore "undesignated sovereignty." After 
President Bush's visit to South Korea, the Japanese government will 
explain to the U.S. government that the United States had previously 
acknowledged Takeshima as part of Japan's territory, according to a 
government source. "We want the United States to understand this 
fact," the source said. 
 
13) Government perplexed at South Korea's reaction to Takeshima 
issue, with no signs of improvement in relations, but intends to 
take wait-and-see attitude 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
August 1, 2008 
 
Over a U.S. government organization's reversion of its description 
about the sovereignty of the disputed Takeshima islets (called Dokdo 
in South Korea) from "non-designated sovereignty" to "South Korea," 
the Japanese government intends to take a wait-and-see attitude for 
a while. In the Foreign Ministry, however, many officials are 
perplexed at South Korea's unabated ire over the Takeshima issue. 
 
The dominant view in the government is that the U.S. government 
agency's reversion of its description of the islets will have little 
impact on the Takeshima dispute itself, based on the view that 
Washington's neutral stance remains unchanged. 
 
Seeing the government's uncommitted stance, some might think that 
the government has given its tacit approval, but the government's 
judgment is that an overreaction could result in exacerbating 
resentment toward Japan among South Koreans. 
 
Even so, the government is concerned about South Korea's unrelenting 
strong reaction to the Takeshima issue. 
 
The Japanese government has made efforts to improve relations with 
South Korea, based on the judgment that it would be wiser to build a 
 
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new age of future-oriented Japan-South Korea relations, instead of 
underscoring the rift between the two countries over the Takeshima 
and school textbook disputes. In dealing with North Korea, as well, 
cooperation and understanding from South Korea are indispensable for 
Japan, which is saddled with the issue of abducted Japanese 
nationals. 
 
Affected by the Takeshima issue, however, the Japanese and South 
Korean foreign ministers just stood and talked, though they had a 
chance for bilateral talks on the sidelines of the unofficial 
six-party foreign ministerial on the North Korean nuclear issue. 
Visible effects have also begun to appear, such as the cancellation 
of planned exchanges of private-sector personnel and other events. 
 
The government expects the situation to calm down quickly, as a 
senior Foreign Ministry official said: "Setting aside both sides' 
different positions, it is important for the two countries to 
cooperate on matters on which they have common consensus. There are 
many things for Japan and South Korea to tackle in cooperation." But 
the government remains unable to find a way to improve the strained 
relations with South Korea. 
 
14) U.S. nuclear-powered carrier to be deployed to Yokosuka in 
September; Cause of fire was smoking 
 
AKAHATA (Page 1) (Excerpt) 
August 1, 2008 
 
The U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet has carried out an investigation of 
the cause of disastrous fire on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 
George Washington in late May and concluded on July 30 that 
"unauthorized smoking" started the fire. The vessel's commanding 
offer Capt. Dykhoff and the executive officer Capt. Dober both 
resigned. The announcement stated that the carrier would be deployed 
to the U.S. Navy base at Yokosuka in late September. 
 
15) Gov't sets up 2 teams to study Futenma relocation with Okinawa 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
August 1, 2008 
 
The government yesterday set up two working-level study teams for 
discussions with officials from Okinawa Prefecture and its 
municipalities over the planned relocation of the U.S. military's 
Futenma airfield in the city of Ginowan in the island prefecture. 
The Okinawa prefectural government had called on the government to 
set up the teams. The two teams will hold their first meetings on 
Aug. 5. 
 
The two study teams are under a currently existing consultative body 
for central government officials and Okinawa's prefectural and 
municipal officials over Futenma relocation. One of the two working 
teams is intended to discuss how to remove danger in the periphery 
of Futenma airfield, and the other working team is intended to 
facilitate the planned construction of an alternative base and the 
implementation of an environmental impact assessment for Futenma 
relocation. 
 
The two working teams will discuss Futenma relocation, with the 
Defense Ministry's Local Cooperation Bureau deputy director general 
presiding. The two teams are made up of officials at the division 
director level from the Foreign Ministry, Cabinet Secretariat, and 
 
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Cabinet Office, and the chief of the Okinawa governor's office and 
other local officials at the department director general or division 
director level from the municipal governments of Nago City and 
Ginoza Village. 
 
In the working teams, Okinawa Prefecture will ask the government to 
move the planned alternative facility's location offshore. The 
government takes the position that it would be difficult to change 
the planned relocation site without a rational reason. However, the 
government will try to find a way out of the deadlock by considering 
Okinawa's requests. 
 
16) Average Japanese life span reaches record 85.99 years for women, 
79.19 years for men 
 
ASAHI (Page 1) (Abridged) 
August 1, 2008 
 
Average life expectancies stood at a record 79.19 years for men and 
85.99 years for women in the nation last year, up 0.19 year and 0.18 
year, respectively, from the previous year, the Health, Labor and 
Welfare Ministry (MHLW) announced yesterday. The ministry attributes 
the increased average life spans mainly to improved treatment 
results for three major diseases: cancer, heart disease and 
strokes. 
 
According to the latest overseas data held by the MHLW, the 
longevity of Japanese women was ranked number one in the world for 
the 23rd straight year, followed by Hong Kong's 85.4 years and 
France's 84.1 years. Japanese men ranked third following Iceland's 
79.4 years and Hong Kong's 79.3 years. 
 
The chance of dying from the three major diseases was 55.57 PERCENT 
for men and 53.02 PERCENT  for women in 2007, down 0.43 points and 
0.55 points respectively from the previous year. 
 
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