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SUBJECT:  DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/09 
 
INDEX: 
 
(1) No one can see Ozawa's real intention; he may decide on his 
course of action as early as next week (Asahi) 
 
(2) Will the secretary general step down, too, if President Ozawa 
quits?: Hatoyama on tightrope (Sankei) 
 
(3) Interview with Jun Iio, professor of government at National 
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, on political distrust -- 
Policies do not coincide with perception of times (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
(4) U.S. Navy puts off Ishigaki visit (Okinawa Times) 
 
(5) Mayor asks Defense Ministry for Kadena pact (Okinawa Times) 
 
(6) Report from Somalia: SOS over pirate attack: Differentiating 
pirate ships from fishing boats difficult for naval vessels 
(Yomiuri) 
 
(7) DPJ submits counterproposal on child pornography: Purchasing 
such to be prohibited (Jiji) 
 
(8) TOP HEADLINES 
 
(9) EDITORIALS 
 
(10) Prime Minister's schedule, March 18 (Nikkei) 
 
ARTICLES: 
 
(1) No one can see Ozawa's real intention; he may decide on his 
course of action as early as next week 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
March 18, 2009 
 
Lawmakers in the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) are 
now busy with considering what decision President Ichiro Ozawa will 
make on his course of action. Ozawa said on March 17 that he would 
decide after seeing what punishment prosecutors would give his 
secretary, who has been arrested for receiving alleged illegal 
donations from Nishimatsu Construction Co. The outlook is that Ozawa 
will likely make a decision as early as next week. However, since 
nobody can knows his real intention on his course of action, 
political maneuvering has already started in the DPJ with an eye on 
a leadership election. 
 
Okada keeps silent 
 
Ozawa met on March 17 with Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party 
(DPP) Chairperson Cai Ying-wen at DPJ headquarters. He told her: "I 
think the DPJ and DPP are in similar circumstances. Don't you think 
so? Taiwan is more democratic than Japan." He compared Japan with 
Taiwan where the DPP took the reins of government from the Chinese 
Nationalist Party in 2000. 
 
At a press conference after his meeting with Cai, Ozawa clarified 
that he was considering March 24 when his secretary's detention 
expires a juncture for him to make a decision on his course of 
action. Asked by reporters about whether the outcomes of such local 
elections as Chiba Prefecture's gubernatorial election on March 29 
 
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would affect his decision, Ozawa underscored: "They are not at all 
the same as the future course of my action. They are different in 
character." 
 
With Ozawa's possible resignation in mind, there is a growing call 
for Katsuya Okada to become president again among junior and 
mid-level DPJ lawmakers. Okada, however, has repeatedly said: "Unity 
in the party is important." Although Okada attended on the 17th a 
meeting of the party's anti-global warming taskforce, which he 
heads, he did not mention anything about Ozawa's resignation issue. 
 
 
There are two views on Ozawa's course of action. 
 
Calls for Ozawa's remaining in the presidency are regaining momentum 
among his aides. Takeo Nishioka, the steering committee chairman of 
the House of Councillors, who has acted in line with Ozawa since 
their were members of the now defunct Liberal Party, and other 
veteran and young lawmakers have given words of encouragement to 
him. "I presume that if he declares he will cut ties with general 
contractors, he would be able to overcome the situation," one senior 
lawmaker said. 
 
However, there is no change in the situation that he is coming under 
criticism from supporters in electoral districts. For this reason, 
some supporters are talking about the idea of Ozawa turning over the 
presidency to Okada in order to keep his influence over the party. 
One member pointed out: "In order to keep his influence, he should 
choose the best timing for stepping down." 
 
Ozawa's resignation is being talked about as if it were true. 
However, there remain hurdles for Ozawa to quit his post. Some party 
members hailing from the former Social Democratic Party are alarmed 
if it is Okada, for he is described as a person lacking in 
flexibility. Upper House Caucus Chairman Azuma Koshiishi is expected 
to back the option of Ozawa staying on in his post. 
 
Hatoyama, Kan taking cautious stance 
 
Okada is not the only candidate to succeed Ozawa. In the group-led 
by Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama and the other one led by Deputy 
President Naoto Kan, there are calls for them to become president. 
Hatoyama and Ozawa have supported Ozawa in managing the party under 
the so-called troika system. The two are, however, cautious about 
their remarks. Hatoyama told reporters after Ozawa's press 
conference on the 17th: "I would like to take a wait-and-see 
attitude until he makes a decision on his own." 
 
The leadership, however, has looked into choosing candidates for a 
presidential race, which will be held anyway. One senior member 
pointed out: "We should prevent a presidential election from 
criticizing as a back-room deal. We should hold a leadership race, 
but we should quietly carry it out, since the Diet is in session." 
The senior member's remarks indicated that the DPJ was considering 
electing a new president by its Diet members at a meeting of its 
members from the two chambers of the Diet. 
 
Hatoyama and Kan met in a National Diet Library room on the 
afternoon of March 9 for the first time since Ozawa's secretary had 
been arrested. According to individuals related to the two, Hatoyama 
and Kan referred even to the question of fielding only one 
candidate, with Hatoyama saying, 'I don't want to compete with 
 
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you." 
 
Kan has taken a stance of waiting for Ozawa's decision, saying, "I 
would like to take an appropriate response while waiting for the 
president's judgment." Many DPJ members view that Kan is 
enthusiastic about assuming the presidency as well as the prime 
minister's post. "If a leadership race is held, Kan will probably 
run for it." So, Hatoyama and Kan will continue efforts to prove the 
intentions of others. 
 
However, the biggest obstacle is that Hatoyama and Kan, who has 
supported Ozawa, appear to be taking responsibility for the donation 
scandal. A veteran lawmaker sought to constrain the two, saying: 
"Neither Hatoyama nor Kan is qualified to run a presidential 
election." 
 
A generational change will likely become a key word. Both Hatoyama 
and Kan are 62, but Okada is 55. The group supporting Okada has said 
that we should play up the need for a generational change, while the 
group backing Hatoyama has insisted that the DNA of the troika 
system must be retained. 
 
(2) Will the secretary general step down, too, if President Ozawa 
quits?: Hatoyama on tightrope 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
March 19, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama is 
now placed in a delicate situation in the party due to the arrest of 
President Ichiro Ozawa's secretary. The reason is because there is a 
possibility that he might have to retire from the front stage, if 
Ozawa resigns as party president, due to the question of joint 
responsibility. Hatoyama has repeatedly expressed his support for 
Ozawa staying on in his post. In the meantime, he needs to make 
preemptive moves in the crisis the party is facing, while taking 
criticism of Ozawa into consideration. He will have to walk a 
tightrope in handling such a situation. 
 
Hatoyama in a speech given at a Tokyo hotel offered an apology for 
the scandal. He indicated a desire to aim for realizing a change in 
government, going into the upcoming election under the leadership of 
Ozawa. He said, "I want the party to overcome the incident in unison 
and open up the horizon." 
 
Hatoyama has been consistently supporting Ozawa staying on in his 
post ever since Ozawa's secretary was arrested. Since the DPJ made a 
leap forward in the Upper House election in 2007 under the 
Ozawa-Hatoyama leadership, its aim has been securing a single 
majority in the next Lower House election under the same leadership, 
Hatoyama reportedly had no option for rebelling against Ozawa, 
according to his aide, a mid-ranking party member. There is also a 
circumstance in which Hatoyama dissuaded Ozawa, who hinted at his 
intention to step down following the grand coalition incident in 
¶2007. 
 
As a matter of fact, as soon as Ozawa touched on his future at an 
executive meeting on the 10th, noting, "I want to stay on for some 
time to come," Hatoyama corrected his statement, saying, "What he 
means by 'for some time to come' is 'for a long period of time.'" He 
was concerned that participants would take such a statement that he 
was trying to lay down groundwork for his resignation. 
 
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One senior member, who keeps Hatoyama at arm's length with an eye on 
a likely post-Ozawa prime ministerial candidate, pointed out, "If 
Mr. Ozawa steps down, Mr. Hatoyama will have to quit, sharing his 
fate." If Vice President Okada, on whom many members pin hopes, 
replaces Ozawa, change of generation will accelerate, making 
Hatoyama as a person of the past. 
 
Some among persons close to Okada take this position: "If Ozawa 
steps down, Hatoyama will not stay on in his post. If an Okada 
administration treats him a key cabinet member, that will be 
enough." 
 
Will he be able to retain influence as before and exercise power as 
a likely post-Ozawa candidate? Will he be able to repel calls that 
he should take joint responsibility? 
Hatoyama is finding himself forced to handle a difficult situation 
in the party. 
 
(3) Interview with Jun Iio, professor of government at National 
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, on political distrust -- 
Policies do not coincide with perception of times 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
March 19, 2009 
 
-- What lies at the root of today's public distrust in politics? 
 
"In my view, policies are the biggest problem. Voters are 
uncomfortable with the lawmakers' mood of not giving serious thought 
to matters. There is a gap between the policies and the perception 
of the times. Voters are angry with the old mindset that huge 
disbursements would do in the face of the once-in-a-century crisis. 
We need to create a system that can come up with policies by 
consolidating people's views with the participation of voters 
centering on political parties. 
 
-- Specifically, what does coming up with policies by consolidating 
people's views mean? 
 
"Democracy rests on a two-way system with the voters. Policies do 
not result from just listening to the voters. Suppose a lawmaker 
received a petition to repair the road that has a hole in it. The 
lawmaker then has to hear views on how to fix it. That's not all. He 
has to consider why the hole was created and to generalize the 
answer. That would lead to the reviews of the road management system 
and of how to allocate funds. That's the consolidation of people's 
opinions." 
 
-- What problems does the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have in 
that respect? 
 
"Political parties are not confident in grasping voter trends, so 
they tend to rely on opinion polls. Polls ask who is best suited to 
become the prime minister, and the person most popular in the polls 
becomes the prime minister." 
 
-- As a result, the person who is not fit for the job has become the 
prime minister. 
 
"Prime Minister Taro Aso regards prime minister-led politics as 
acting based on his own beliefs, which is wrong. His administration 
 
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is awfully instable because he has proposed many things with no 
settlement lines in mind, believing that his duties end with the 
presentation of his beliefs. 
 
-- The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is also being shaken because 
of the Nishimatsu donation scandal. 
 
"The DPJ has grown owing to the ruling parties' failures. There has 
never been an occasion to test the DPJ's abilities. Attention is 
focused on whether the party can investigate in the situation to 
reach a conclusion that can convince the voters and also whether it 
can present its unified logic concerning matters, including the 
propriety of replacing the party president." 
 
-- The corruption of lawmakers has long been mentioned. Have the 
lawmakers' abilities really declined? 
 
"In the past when the legislators played a small role, they simply 
had to know how to behave. Today, they are required to play a 
greater role, and I think one could say that they are corrupt in 
that sense. Old-fashioned politicians won't do. Today's politicians 
must be good team players." 
 
-- Some ascribe the corruption of politicians to the single-seat 
constituency system 
 
"There are growing 'hereditary' seats, and that's a problem. 
Hereditary seats are a legacy from the medium-sized constituency 
system. Hereditary seats do not disappear because the individual 
supporter associations, a product of the old mid-sized system, play 
a main role in election campaigning under the single-seat system. 
The mid-sized system election strategy is alive because there has 
been no change of government. I think the form of political 
campaigning would change with power shifts. 
 
-- The next House of Representatives election will occur within six 
months. What should the lawmakers do until then? 
 
"The LDP and the DPJ, the two large parties, are urged to connect 
the people's day-to-day lives to the policies so that the voters can 
sense that they are linked to the policies. Voters are also 
encouraged to make orders. With the upcoming election likely to 
determine who takes the reins of government, the political parties 
are in a weak position. This makes easier for voters' opinions to 
reach lawmakers' ears, making it worthwhile for the general public 
to take part in politics. Public distrust in politics would then 
result in a good cycle, intertwined with their participation in and 
understanding of politics. 
 
(4) U.S. Navy puts off Ishigaki visit 
 
OKINAWA TIMES (Page 2) (Full) 
March 19, 2009 
 
The initially scheduled entry of two U.S. Navy minesweepers into the 
port of Ishigaki has been postponed, and the two U.S. naval vessels 
are rescheduled to enter port on April 3 and leave port on April 5. 
The U.S. Navy has informed Ishigaki City of this plan through the 
Japan Coast Guard's Ishigaki office, city officials said yesterday. 
Ishigaki Mayor Nagateru Ohama consulted with city officials 
yesterday evening. As a result, the mayor decided to oppose the two 
warships' rescheduled port call, given that the port is crowded and 
 
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that their port call could bring about unnecessary confusion. The 
mayor will meet the press on March 24 to announce his final 
decision. 
 
The U.S. Navy informed Ishigaki City on March 4 of its plan to have 
the two minesweepers enter port on April 1 and leave port on April 3 
for "their crew's rest" and also for "friendship and goodwill." A 
large passenger ferry is scheduled to arrive at a berth where the 
minesweepers can be berthed. The city answered in writing on March 
13 that it could not consent to the minesweepers' port call. 
 
According to the city's port and harbor division, a freighter and a 
sugar carrier are scheduled to use the port of Ishigaki on April 
3-5. The port will be left open for a while before they enter port 
and after they leave port, an official said. 
 
On March 11, Takehiro Funakoshi, director of the Status of U.S. 
Forces Agreement Division at the Foreign Ministry, visited the 
city's government office. On that occasion, the mayor told the 
Foreign Ministry official: "We are against the port call of any 
country's warship. We don't want you to throw the peaceful port into 
unnecessary confusion." 
 
Funakoshi has indicated that "just because it's a warship" is the 
reason to oppose its use of a port that can berth it is against the 
purpose of the Ports and Harbors Law that stipulates "equal 
treatment to ships using ports." 
 
(5) Mayor asks Defense Ministry for Kadena pact 
 
OKINAWA TIMES (Page 2) (Full) 
March 19, 2009 
 
Kadena Town Mayor Tokujitsu Miyagi yesterday called on Okinawa 
Coordinator Takafumi Fujii at the Defense Ministry and proposed 
concluding a special agreement on the U.S. military's use of Kadena 
Air Base and studying how to use the site of a naval tarmac after 
its relocation. Fujii gave no answer about the proposal of a special 
agreement. Concerning the tarmac, however, the mayor quoted Fujii as 
saying the Defense Ministry "will make efforts to avoid affecting 
local communities." 
 
Miyagi later told reporters, "I know it's difficult to conclude an 
agreement as well as concluding a treaty, but I told him that I want 
the government to do this as a target for voluntary efforts." With 
this, the mayor indicated that he would continue to request 
base-caused damage be reduced. 
 
Concerning the tarmac, Miyagi noted: "After the Navy is gone, if Air 
Force aircrafts or other aircrafts come from outside, that's the 
same and that's out of the question." The mayor said he has 
requested no aircraft be parked there for prepositioning or any 
other purposes. Japan and the United States have agreed to move the 
tarmac to the side of Okinawa City on the base premises. 
 
Miyagi also requested the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets, 
temporarily deployed to Kadena Air Base, not take off late at night 
or early in the morning when returning to the U.S. mainland. 
However, the Defense Ministry gave no answer, according to the 
mayor. 
 
Miyagi noted that noise occurred 4,042 times in February or 144 
 
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times a day on average. In addition, the mayor also showed noise 
statistics based on readouts in Kadena Town in 2008, and the mayor 
requested the aircraft noise regulatory action be followed. 
 
(6) Report from Somalia: SOS over pirate attack: Differentiating 
pirate ships from fishing boats difficult for naval vessels 
 
YOMIURI (Top play and page 3) (Abridged slightly) 
March 18, 2009 
 
Kenji Nakanishi on a Danish naval frigate in waters off Somali 
 
Two Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyers have now set sail 
for waters off Somalia, a major trade route connecting Asia and 
Europe. The area is increasingly tense. Naval vessels from many 
countries are now escorting and monitoring merchant ships. It is 
difficult to differentiate pirate ships from fishing boats from 
coastal countries that are operating in the waters in the area. I 
watched anti-piracy operations from a Danish naval frigate. 
 
"We were attacked by pirates, and we are fleeing from them at 
maximum speed!" 
 
On the morning of March 14, the Danish frigate Absalon (6,300 ton 
displacement with 130 crewmembers) received this radio message from 
the skipper of a Vietnamese-registered cargo ship. The ship was 
attacked by two rocket bombs from two vessels disguised as fishing 
boats, according to the skipper. 
 
"The pirates are three nautical miles ahead of us. Three nautical 
miles ahead of us." 
 
The Absalon received the SOS on the second day after taking a turn 
to the southwest from waters near Salalah, Oman, and entered the 
busy lane where 20,000 vessels come and go annually. The cargo ship 
was significantly out of the course of a convoy of merchant ships 
escorted by Malaysian naval vessels. The site in question was 45 
kilometers north of the Absalon. Helicopters hastily took off from 
the Absalon and disappeared into the sky. 
 
Thanks to international anti-piracy operations, the hijacking of 
commercial vessels in waters off Somalia has been declining since 
January, but attacks have been increasing. This year, there have 
been over 30 attacks as compared with four for the January-March 
period of last year. 
 
"Prevent the crewmembers from being taken hostage before it is too 
late," the Absalon's captain Dan Pedersen ordered his crew while 
gazing at the computer screen. 
 
Some 20 minutes later, helicopters of the Turkish Navy, which was 
under the command of the multinational unit along with the Danish 
Navy, reached the sky over the area in question, and confirmed the 
crewmembers were safe. An image of the cargo ship with three broken 
window glasses on the bridge told of the severity of the attack. 
 
The helicopters searched for the pirate ship, but it was difficult 
to identify it from among many fishing boats in the area from some 
100 meters above the sea. The search was called off in the 
afternoon. "At least, we were able to prevent pillage," captain 
Pedersen said. The Absalon received another radio message from the 
skipper. He said: "You have saved our lives. My crewmembers and I 
 
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are deeply grateful." 
 
Attacks rarely occur in nighttime, according to an Absalon crewman 
on lookout under the starry sky. He also told me that many pirates 
would sleep in their boats at sea and look for targets after dawn. 
Dawn was only several hours away. 
 
There were eight skull marks on the nose of the helicopter. "That 
tells you how many pirate attacks we have blocked," the Absalon's 
crewman in charge of machine guns who called himself Yesper said 
proudly on the deck. The rule on firing a warning shot was to keep 
an appropriate distance from a pirate ship, according to Yesper. He 
also said: "The appropriate distance is a distance that never hits a 
pirate boat. To me, that means 15 meters." 
 
The Absalon has fired a warning shot only twice since it was 
deployed there last September. The Dutch frigate has not encountered 
any case that required firing at the hull of a pirate boat. "Pirates 
are not soldiers. They would surrender as soon as they hear the roar 
of a helicopter." 
 
Helicopters that took off from the frigate fly over the sea at a 
speed of 220 km/h searching for a pirate ship the size of a grain of 
rice. 
 
(7) DPJ submits counterproposal on child pornography: Purchasing 
such to be prohibited 
 
Jiji 
March 19, 2009 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on March 19 submitted to the 
Lower House a bill amending the Law for Punishing Acts Related to 
Child Prostitution and Child Pornography designed to make the 
purchases of child pornography punishable. It will aim to negotiate 
changes in the legislation with the ruling parties, which also 
submitted an amendment bill to the regular session of the Diet last 
year. 
 
The present law prohibits offering child porn photos or electronic 
data on such to others with a motive to gain financial benefit or 
making and possessing such with a view to offering such. The 
DPJ-sponsored legislation prohibits purchasing such. A prison term 
of up to three years or a fine of up to 3 million yen would be 
imposed on offenders. 
 
The ruling party-sponsored legislation bans the simple possession of 
child porn because of concern that such images could be widely 
proliferated on the Internet or through other media. The 
DPJ-sponsored legislation does not include a punishment against the 
simple possession of child porn, taking the stand that a ban would 
give rise to the abuse of the right to investigate. 
 
(8) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
U.N. panel to urge developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions 
 
Mainichi: 
McDonald's agrees to give 10 million yen in overtime pay to "nominal 
manager" 
 
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Yomiuri: 
At least 30 patients have died since 2000 as hospitals fail to catch 
alarming signs 
 
Nikkei: 
Government, management, labor to back Japanese style work-sharing 
 
Sankei: 
Big firms not to increase base pays; Electronics makers to freeze 
periodic wage hikes 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
Mazda and other automakers to offer lowest-ever bonuses; Five 
electronics companies to freeze periodic wage increases 
 
Akahata: 
Government ordered for first time to pay compensation to people 
recognized as suffering from bomb-related illnesses 
 
(9) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Two murderers in Net case get death penalty 
(2) Court overturns Shika nuclear-plant shutdown ruling 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Net murder case: Capital punishment discussion must be deepened 
(2) Shika nuclear-plant ruling: Quake-resistance level requires 
constant review 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Annual wage negotiations: Labor and management must work 
together 
(2) Net murder case: Surrender was difference between life and 
death 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Economic stability requires closer cooperation between Bank of 
Japan and government 
(2) No wage increases reflect employment insecurity 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Web murder case: Death sentence appropriate 
(2) Wage negotiations: Greater efforts necessary for job security 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Death sentence to Web-using killers appropriate 
(2) Employment security a weight on wage negotiations 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Medical insurance system for people 75 and older must be 
abolished 
 
(10) Prime Minister's schedule, March 18 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
March 19, 2009 
 
09:01 
Met at Kantei with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Matsumoto and 
Konoike. Matsumoto remained. 
 
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10:09 
Attended Upper House plenary session. 
 
11:25 
Met at Kantei with Cabinet Public Relations Secretary Ogawa. 
 
11:59 
Met at LDP headquarters with Internal Affairs Senior Vice Minister 
Ishizaki and posed for a group photo of Ishizaki and his supporter 
group officials. 
 
12:03 
Met with LDP Youth Division Director Inoue. Attended Youth Division 
meeting. 
 
13:00 
Attended Lower House Consumer Affairs Special Committee session. 
 
15:24 
Met at Kantei with Nishi-Nippon City Bank President Kubota. 
 
16:07 
Met with Upper House LDP Secretary General Tanigawa. Met afterwards 
with Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura, Matsumoto and Konoike. 
 
17:27 
Met with Public Security Intelligence Agency Director General 
Kitada. 
 
18:22 
Attended Economic and Fiscal Policy Council meeting. 
 
19:03 
Attended meeting of experts to overcome economic crisis. 
 
20:46 
Returned to his official residence. 
 
ZUMWALT