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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. 
 
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TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
 
SUBJECT:  DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08 
 
INDEX: 
 
(1) Japan-China joint poll (Yomiuri) 
 
(2) Overseas advance of non-manufacturing companies accelerating: 
External direct investment increases 35 PERCENT  in fiscal 2007; 
Retailing, transportation companies finding way out of stagnant 
domestic demand (Nikkei) 
 
(3) Impact of removing DPRK from list of states sponsoring 
terrorism: Shizuoka Prefectural University Professor Hajime Izumi 
says U.S. concern about abduction issue has not changed (Yomiuri) 
 
(4) Interview with Defense Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi: Reform needed 
to recover public trust (Mainichi) 
 
(5) Editorial: Georgian conflict: Use of force can never solve 
anything (Asahi) 
 
(6) TOP HEADLINE 
 
(7) EDITORIALS 
 
(8) Prime Minister's schedule, Aug. 8 (Nikkei) 
 
ARTICLES: 
 
(1) Japan-China joint poll 
 
YOMIURI (Page 13) (Full) 
August 4, 2008 
 
Questions & Answers 
(Figures shown in percentage) 
 
Q: Do you think Japan-China relations are now in good or bad shape? 
 
 Japan China 
Very good 2.7 6.9 
Good to a certain degree 33.0 59.6 
Bad to a certain degree 46.9 26.2 
Very bad 10.3 3.2 
No answer (N/A) 7.0 4.1 
 
Q: Do you think China (Japan) is trustworthy? 
 
 Japan China 
Very trustworthy 1.1 8.0 
Somewhat trustworthy 18.0 48.4 
Not very trustworthy 48.0 35.5 
Not trustworthy at all 29.9 6.9 
N/A 3.0 1.2 
 
Q: In May this year, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Japan and 
met with Prime Minister Fukuda. Do you appreciate this? 
 
 Japan China 
Appreciate very much 21.0 14.8 
Appreciate somewhat 47.8 67.4 
Don't appreciate very much 21.1 9.3 
Don't appreciate at all 5.6 1.3 
N/A 4.5 7.2 
 
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Q: China was hit by a devastating earthquake in its southwestern 
province of Sichuan, and Japan sent an emergency rescue team and a 
medical team to disaster-stricken areas. Do you appreciate this? 
 
 Japan China 
Appreciate very much 67.7 33.2 
Appreciate somewhat 26.3 58.3 
Don't appreciate very much 4.0 6.4 
Don't appreciate at all 1.3 1.2 
N/A 0.8 1.0 
 
Q: In what area do you think Japan and China should cooperate from 
now on? Pick as many as you like from among those listed below, if 
any. 
 
 Japan China 
Politics, diplomacy 50.3 47.9 
Economy 44.8 56.1 
Security 37.0 25.8 
Natural resources, energy development 44.7 37.6 
Science & technology 10.1 54.5 
Environmental issues 57.6 23.7 
Epidemic prevention, including new-type flu viruses 21.6 8.1 
Education, culture 17.2 19.2 
Other answers (O/A) 0.5 --- 
Nothing in particular (NIP) + N/A 5.6 2.2 
 
Q: Do you think Japan-China relations will improve, deteriorate, or 
remain unchanged? 
 
 Japan China 
Improve very much 5.1 14.6 
Improve to a certain degree 32.4 60.0 
Remain unchanged 51.2 21.1 
Deteriorate to a certain degree 6.8 2.5 
Deteriorate very much 1.0 0.2 
N/A 3.4 1.7 
 
Q: Do you think Japan has been a pacifist nation over the postwar 
six decades? 
 
 Japan China 
Yes 54.5 23.0 
Yes to a certain degree 35.7 45.9 
No to a certain degree 5.7 15.0 
No 2.4 11.7 
N/A 1.8 4.4 
 
Q: Do you think the plus impact of China's economic growth on 
Japan's economy will be bigger, or do you otherwise think its 
negative impact will be bigger? 
 
 Japan China 
Plus impact 23.3 55.2 
Negative impact 38.1 16.7 
About the same 32.4 20.8 
N/A 6.1 7.2 
 
Q: Which country or area do you think will play a role as Asia's 
leader? Pick up to two from among those listed below. 
 
 
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 Japan China 
Japan 71.1 50.1 
China 59.7 82.8 
South Korea 12.4 21.4 
Taiwan 1.2 9.7 
India 21.9 10.3 
Thailand 0.9 3.7 
Malaysia 1.1 1.5 
Indonesia 1.4 1.0 
Other ASEAN member countries 1.4 1.9 
O/A+NIP+N/A 6.0 1.8 
 
Q: What's your impression of China? Pick as many as you like from 
among those listed below, if any. 
 
 Japan China 
It's economically rich 10.6 37.7 
Its technology level is high 11.7 29.7 
It's a growing military power 57.4 44.9 
It's promoting tradition, culture 21.7 72.9 
It's protecting the natural environment 2.8 42.6 
It's a safe place 2.6 29.4 
O/A 5.2 0.0 
NIP 19.9 0.3 
N/A 2.5 0.6 
 
Q: What's your impression of Japan? Pick as many as you like from 
among those listed below, if any. 
 
 Japan China 
It's economically rich 42.1 72.2 
Its technology level is high 71.2 74.7 
It's a growing military power 3.1 25.2 
It's promoting tradition, culture 21.3 30.3 
It's protecting the natural environment 20.7 23.7 
It's a safe place 42.7 8.7 
O/A 1.1 0.1 
NIP 5.1 2.1 
N/A 0.7 0.6 
 
Q: What's your impression of the Chinese people? Pick as many as you 
like from among those listed below, if any. 
 
 Japan China 
Diligent 16.0 78.3 
Big-hearted 5.9 61.3 
Kind 3.9 52.5 
Social 4.4 20.7 
Patriot 64.7 61.9 
Creative 8.7 27.6 
Clear-cut 48.6 15.1 
Rational 10.5 6.9 
O/A 2.0 --- 
NIP+N/A 13.3 0.6 
 
Q: What's your impression of the Japanese people? Pick as many as 
you like from among those listed below, if any. 
 
 Japan China 
Diligent 63.1 55.4 
Big-hearted 18.9 15.3 
Kind 41.5 19.9 
 
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Social 9.6 20.7 
Patriot 7.9 38.8 
Creative 10.9 53.2 
Clear-cut 4.1 18.6 
Rational 17.7 6.4 
O/A 1.5 0.2 
NIP+N/A 8.3 3.8 
 
Q: The Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China, from Aug. 8. 
Are you interested in the Beijing Olympics? 
 
 Japan China 
Very interested 35.6 64.3 
Somewhat interested 37.0 32.3 
Not very interested 20.2 2.4 
Not interested at all 7.0 0.8 
N/A 0.2 0.2 
 
Q: Japan and many other advanced countries have set specific 
numerical benchmarks to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and 
other greenhouse effect gases. Do you think China should also set 
its own? 
 
 Japan China 
Yes 78.4 65.4 
Yes to a certain degree 17.3 29.8 
No to a certain degree 1.3 2.0 
No 0.9 0.3 
N/A 2.0 2.5 
 
Q: (Asked in Japan) In China, young people, who were born in or 
after 1980 and who are called the "one-child generation," are said 
to be self-centered as compared with those older than them. Do you 
think the same is true of Japanese young people in their 20s? 
 
 Japan China 
Yes 43.2 --- 
Yes to a certain degree 30.9 --- 
No to a certain degree 12.4 --- 
No 9.8 --- 
N/A 3.7 --- 
 
Q: (Asked in China) Do you think young people, who were born in or 
after 1980, are self-centered as compared with those older than 
them? 
 
 Japan China 
Yes  59.1 
Yes to a certain degree  32.1 
No to a certain degree  4.6 
No  2.3 
N/A  1.9 
 
Polling methodology 
 
Japan 
Date of survey: July 12-13. 
Subjects of survey: 3,000 persons chosen from among all eligible 
voters throughout the country (at 250 locations on a stratified 
two-stage random sampling basis). 
Method of implementation: Door-to-door visits for face-to-face 
interviews. 
 
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Number of valid respondents: 1,828 persons (men-48 PERCENT , 
women-52 PERCENT ). 
 
China 
Date of survey: July 11-16. 
Subjects of survey: Outlook Weekly outsourced the survey to Horizon 
Research. Men and women, aged 20 and over, were chosen in Beijing, 
Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xian, Dalian, Hefei, Harbin, 
and Kunming. 
Method of implementation: Door-to-door visits for face-to-face 
interviews 
Number of valid respondents: 1,286 persons (men-49 PERCENT , 
women-51 PERCENT ). 
 
(2) Overseas advance of non-manufacturing companies accelerating: 
External direct investment increases 35 PERCENT  in fiscal 2007; 
Retailing, transportation companies finding way out of stagnant 
domestic demand 
 
NIKKEI (Page 3) (Full) 
August 11, 2008 
 
Foreign investment by non-manufacturing companies from the 
retailing, transportation and communications industries is 
accelerating. External direct investment by those companies in 
fiscal 2007 jumped to approximately 4.3 trillion yen, up 35 PERCENT 
compared with the preceding year. The investment balance as of 
fiscal 2007 increased to approximately 28 trillion yen. Retailers 
have expanded operating bases in Asia because of stagnant sales on 
the domestic market. Investment in the development of resources, 
such as natural gas, also increased. However, since emerging 
countries strictly regulate foreign investment by services 
industries  and the like, efforts to liberalize investment through 
trade talks are indispensable in order to turn investment in foreign 
countries into profits. 
 
According to the balance of payments statistics issued by the 
Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan, external direct investment 
by nonmanufacturing companies reached 4.3396 trillion yen in fiscal 
¶2007. Direct investment means business-purpose investment, such as 
investment in foreign subsidies and the purchases of foreign 
companies. The amount invested in such sectors as real estate by 
nonmanufacturing companies topped 6 trillion yen a year during the 
bubble era. However, the amount dropped below 2 trillion yen in 
fiscal 2005. A major feature of the accelerating foreign investment 
is that with the domestic market hitting the ceiling due to the 
declining birthrate and the aging society, domestic demand-oriented 
industries are advancing into emerging countries in search of new 
opportunities there. 
 
Development of resources on the rise 
 
By industry sector, overseas investment by the retailing and 
wholesaling industry, which dropped to the 200 billion yen level in 
fiscal 2004, picked up to approximately 560 billion yen in fiscal 
¶2007. Aeon is continuing to open stores in Asia, such as China, 
Malaysia and Thailand, after fiscal 2008 as well. Its plan is to 
boost overseas investment for the next three years to 140-160 
billion yen, about four times the level recorded in the past three 
years. 
 
The transportation industry is expanding the network of the 
 
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distribution of goods targeting Japanese companies. Its external 
direct investment reached approximately 330 billion yen in fiscal 
2007, double the amount marked in the previous year. The industry is 
visibly increasing operating bases in Asia, as can be seen the 
purchase of an Indian company by Nippon Express. Overseas advance of 
service businesses in general is also becoming robust, as seen in 
the case of QB House, a low-priced barber chain. 
 
Investment in the development of resources against the backdrop of 
the steep rise in resources prices is also growing rapidly. 
Investment in the mining industry in fiscal 2007 rose to 
approximately 480 billion yen, up 76 PERCENT  from the previous 
year. The development of gas fields and oil fields in such countries 
as Australia and Indonesia by Japanese companies, such as Inpex 
Corporation, also accelerated. The investment balance at the end of 
fiscal 2007 jumped to 2.1104 billion yen, 1.5 times the level of the 
end of the preceding year. 
 
Increase of 76 PERCENT  in investment in Asia 
 
Looking at the investment balance according to area of the 
destination of investment, North America accounts for the largest 
portion of 35 PERCENT  of the whole, followed by the EU with 23 
PERCENT  and Asia with 16 PERCENT . However, when it comers to the 
track record in fiscal 2007, the amount invested in Asia stood at 
836.4 billion yen, up 76 PERCENT  from the preceding year, topping 
investment made in North America (803.2 billion yen), where the 
economy is slowing. The investment balance with China, into which 
retailing and wholesaling companies are successively making inroads, 
reached approximately 220 billion yen, up 37 PERCENT  from the 
preceding year. Investment in the Philippines by communications 
companies also grew. 
 
The scale of Japanese nonmanufacturing companies' overseas business 
is still smaller than that of European and U.S. companies. Of the 
external investment balance, the proportion held by nonmanufacturing 
companies is 45 PERCENT  in Japan, while such a proportion in the 
U.S. and main European countries is 70 PERCENT -80 PERCENT . 
Concerning emerging countries in Asia, on which Japan is focusing 
emphasis, some countries have foreign investment restrictions, 
including restricting the number of operation bases established by 
service businesses, hampering Japanese companies from improving 
profits. 
 
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is aiming to liberalize the 
service sector, by abolishing foreign investment restrictions in 
such areas as communications, construction and retailing as well as 
the agriculture and industrial fields. The Ministry of Economy, 
Trade and Industry calculates that an agreement at WTO talks would 
promote the consolidation of the investment and business environment 
for nonmanufacturing countries, producing an economic effect of 
about 20 trillion yen throughout the world. It intends to seek an 
early resumption of the talks. 
 
The business downturn and the steep rise in raw material prices are 
casting a pall over corporate profits. As such, there are some 
unclear aspects about whether external direct investment will 
continue to increase this fiscal year and thereafter as well. 
 
(3) Impact of removing DPRK from list of states sponsoring 
terrorism: Shizuoka Prefectural University Professor Hajime Izumi 
says U.S. concern about abduction issue has not changed 
 
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YOMIURI (Page 4) (Excerpts) 
August 10, 2008 
 
¶Q. It looks like the U.S. is heading in the direction of removing 
North Korea from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. 
 
¶A. North Korea was designated in 1988 as a terrorist-supporting 
state due to its involvement in the bombing of a KAL airliner in 
Nov. 1987. When it was so designated, such sanctions were imposed as 
a ban on exports of weapons and on economic assistance. Afterward, 
other elements keeping it on the list were the protection of the 
hijackers of the JAL airliner Yodo and Japan's abduction issue. 
 
Removing the DPRK from the terror list is the decision of the U.S. 
President. The report to Congress includes: 1) assurances that the 
country so designated did not provide assistance to terrorists for 
the past six months, and 2) no fear of assistance being provided in 
the future. The delisting becomes possible if the Congress raises no 
objections by resolution within 45 days. President Bush on June 26 
presented the Congress with a report on North Korea. It will be 
possible to delist North Korea after Aug. 11. 
 
The U.S. government has used delisting as a card in its negotiations 
with North Korea on making it give up its nuclear development 
programs. The current move to delist is because there has been a 
certain amount of progress on this issue. 
 
¶Q. What impact would delisting have? 
 
¶A. For North Korea, it would be meaningful since the U.S. would 
change its policy of viewing it as an adversary. But the real impact 
would be small, I think. 
 
The U.S. government would continue its sanctions measures based on 
the revised provisions of the Weapons Export Control Act. Although 
expenditures can be used for denuclearization, the U.S. can provide 
neither economic assistance nor financing. It is also against the 
IMF and World Bank providing financing to North Korea. So delisting 
North Korea does not mean that it would be immediately receiving 
economic benefits. 
 
The U.S. is the only country that clearly tells North Korea what 
Japan's position is on the abduction issue. Concern has emerged in 
Japan that if the U.S. decides to delist North Korea, Japan would 
lose is effective card for resolving the abduction issue. However, 
since the U.S. government treats the abductions as a human rights 
issue, which is connected to that country's foreign policy 
principles, it would not lose interest in that issue. It will not 
become something that will cause harm to the Japan-U.S. alliance. 
 
(4) Interview with Defense Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi: Reform needed 
to recover public trust 
 
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Full) 
August 9, 2008 
 
-- What is your Diet strategy to continue the Maritime Self-Defense 
Force's refueling activities in the Indian Ocean? 
 
Defense Minister Hayashi: The government has yet to make a decision. 
But the September 11 anniversary (of the terrorist attacks on the 
 
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U.S.) will come soon. More than 40 countries made sacrifices on the 
war on terror (in Afghanistan), so I think there is a consensus that 
we should do something. 
 
-- New Komeito, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coalition 
partner, is reluctant to take a second vote in the House of 
Representatives on this issue. 
 
Hayashi: This is the same as shogi or chess, and no one would 
declare strategy from the beginning. We must explain the 
significance of the war on terror. 
 
-- There is an idea being floated from within the LDP to task the 
MSDF with escorting Japanese oil tankers. 
 
Hayashi: Generally speaking, we have to think about what kind of 
legislation we will need to do so, and we have also to think about 
what we should do. I wonder if we can do it easily. 
 
-- On the issue of relocating the U.S. military's Futenma airfield 
in Okinawa, local governments are calling for the planned relocation 
site of its alternative facility to be moved offshore. 
 
Hayashi: The Japan-U.S. agreement is balanced. It's difficult to 
change it without rational reason. We will have to find common 
ground. Working groups are making efforts to create a good idea. I'd 
like to visit Okinawa at the earliest possible time. 
 
-- A government advisory panel has presented a report of 
recommendations to reform the Defense Ministry. What's the future 
course? 
 
Hayashi: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told me to raise the SDF's 
morale. It's very important to carry out reform to recover public 
trust. We will work out an implementing plan this month, and we will 
have a roadmap. In the LDP, I have a long experience to reform the 
public servant system. This involves all government bureaucrats. 
There are government offices that are in charge of planning. In the 
meantime, the Defense Ministry, which is in charge of exercising 
force, will have to reform its organization in a different way. 
 
(5) Editorial: Georgian conflict: Use of force can never solve 
anything 
 
ASAHI (Page 3) (Full) 
August 10, 2008 
 
Fierce fighting has begun in Georgia, a newly emerging state on the 
coast of the Black Sea that became independent with the collapse of 
the former Soviet Union. Clashes are occurring between the Georgian 
and neighboring Russian troops, and there are reports of many lives 
being sacrificed from the shelling and air strikes. 
 
The conflict is occurring in an area centered on South Ossetia, 
which faces the border between Georgia and Russia. It is a place 
where many Ossetians, a minority group, live. They are seeking to 
separate and join the North Ossetia Republic on the Russian side of 
the border, and armed conflict between them and the Georgian 
government has continued ever since the country became independent. 
 
 
Russian troops were deployed as a peace-keeping force, and although 
 
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large-scale combat has abated, the region exists as if it were a de 
facto small independent state within the country of Georgia. 
 
It is not clear exactly what set off the current clashes. The 
picture that emerged was one of Georgian government sending in 
forces, aiming at subduing the autonomous state, with Russia then 
coming in to counterattack, expanding the conflict. 
 
Although the United Nations convened an emergency Security Council 
session, nothing could be accomplished since Russia confronted the 
United States and other members on the issue. Russia should first 
put aside its own interests and motivations and work toward an 
immediate cease fire. That is its responsibility as a member of the 
UN Security Council with veto power. 
 
The United States, too, must step in as an intermediary. Georgia's 
President Saakashvili (40) has deep ties to the U.S., having studied 
in America and having had a career working at a law firm in New 
York. Since the U.S. in part has supported President Saakashvili, 
who has heightened the confrontation with Russia, it should be held 
partly responsible. 
 
The confrontation centered on Southern Ossetia goes beyond being a 
simple minority group's issue, for it is also entangled in an 
international political power game. 
 
Georgia since its independence has clearly wanted to distance itself 
from Russia by such actions as its desire to join NATO. On the other 
hand, its strategic importance has grown as oil was found near the 
Caspian Sea and a pipeline route was laid down for natural gas. 
 
That is why Russia, rising from its dire economic straits in the 
1990s, began to strengthen its influence by squeezing the Georgian 
government. Its support for separatist movements in new Russia, such 
as in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, should not be seen as unconnected 
to such motivations. 
 
Although the U.S. and Europe have adopted a posture of cooperation 
with the Saakashvili government, which is tilting even further 
toward the West, the real intention is to avoid sharp confrontation 
with Russia. In the armed invasion that has just occurred, there 
seems to be a calculated move not to force the indecisive U.S. and 
Europe to make a move. 
 
Will Southern Ossetia break away or will it remain an autonomous 
state? If this is decided by armed force, it would no doubt set off 
sparks among the minority issues here and there in the former Soviet 
Union. There is no other means of resolving this except to stop the 
fighting and turn to the negotiating table. 
 
The international community must line up behind this, using the 
United Nations and other forums. 
 
(6) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: Mainichi: Yomiuri: Sankei: Tokyo Shimbun: 
Uchishiba wins judo gold again, Nakamura strikes bronze 
 
Nikkei: 
Government unlikely to hike pension payments in fiscal 2009 despite 
inflation 
 
 
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Akahata: 
Justice Ministry's data at Diet Library record privileges regarding 
crimes committed by U.S. servicemen: Reference prohibited due to 
government pressure 
 
(7) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Raise minimum wages of working poor 
(2) South Korea getting impatient: Is diplomacy toward neighboring 
countries all right as is? 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Possession of nuclear weapons: It is risky to treat India as 
exception 
(2) Worker Dispatch Law: Amend the Law in manner of rooting out 
unstable employment 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Relocation of Futenma Air Station: Do not lose sight of big 
picture of reducing burdens 
(2) Blood-drawing equipment: Hospitals too insensitive to infection 
risk 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Subprime mortgage fiasco has changed trend of global economy 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Shuffled cabinet should pave way for administrative reform, 
decentralization 
(2) E-encephalitis: Speed up effort to create preventive inoculation 
system 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Toyota Motors marks fall in profits: Be prepared for recession 
in global economy 
(2) Ossetia: Prevent conflict from escalating 
 
Akahata: 
(1) It is a problem that the government tries to settle noise damage 
caused by U.S. military planes with money 
 
(8) Prime Minister's schedule, Aug. 8 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
August 9, 2008 
 
08:34 Depart for China on ASDF U-4 supporting aircraft from Haneda 
Airport. 
Morning Arrived at Beijing International Airport. 
Noon Attended welcoming reception hosted by Chinese President Hu 
Jintao and his wife at Great Hall of the People in Beijing. 
Afternoon Gave words of encouragement to Japanese team to Beijing 
Olympics. Met with President Hu at Zhougnanhai. 
Night Attended opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics. 
Before down on Aug. 9 Left Beijing Airport on ASDF U-4 supporting 
aircraft. 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, Aug. 9 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
August 10, 2008 
 
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03:56 Arrived at Nagasaki Airport on ASDF U-4 supporting aircraft. 
04:46 Et with Nagasaki Mayor Taue. 
 Attended welcoming reception hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao 
and his wife at Great Hall of the People in Beijing. 
10:36 Attended 63rd Nagasaki memorial service at Peace Park. 
12:16 Held press conference at Hotel New Nagasaki. Met 
representatives of atomic bomb victims, joined by Health Minister 
Masuzoe and Nagasaki Gov. Kaneko. 
13:33 Visited Meguminooka Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Home. 
14:52 Met with Nagasaki Mayor Taue at Nagasaki Airport. 
15:11 Left Nagasaki Airport on ASDF U-4 supporting aircraft. 
17:21 Arrived at Haneda Airport. 
18:02 Signed in to report his return at the Imperial Palace. 
18:16 Returned to his official residence. 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, Aug. 10 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
August 11, 2008 
 
He spent the whole day at his official residence. 
 
SCHIEFFER