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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/09 
 
Index: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
 
F-22 Raptor: 
4) F-22 now off Japan's FX selection list for ASDF  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
5) Japan's air defense strategy upset  (Asahi)    5 
6) No impact on Japan's defense initiative: CCS Kawamura  (Sankei) 
 
Fallout from DPRK missile launch: 
7) North Korean missile flies 3,200 km  (Yomiuri) 
8) North Korean missile launch a failure: U.S. military's top brass 
(Sankei) 
9) Taepodong-2 booster off Akita irrecoverable: GOJ source  (Nikkei) 
 
10) Foreign Minister Nakasone says Japan to aim for new UNSC 
resolution  (Nikkei) 
11) Lower house resolves to protest North Korean missile launch 
(Sankei) 
12) Upper house also to adopt resolution today against North Korea 
(Asahi) 
13) Japan should go nuclear: LDP exec  (Yomiuri) 
14) LDP Secretary General Hosoda calls Rice, Hill "weak-kneed" 
(Sankei) 
15) Hard-line arguments from within LDP: "U.S. dialogue policy 
questionable" "Japan should break away from United Nations or go 
nuclear otherwise"  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
16) LDP's Yamasaki concerned about anti-DPRK hard-line arguments 
(Asahi) 
17) Defense Minister Hamada suggests need to discuss the option of 
striking enemy bases  (Akahata) 
 
U.S. visits: 
18) Coordination underway for Defense Minister Hamada to meet with 
Secretary of Defense Gates  (Yomiuri) 
19) Former Prime Minister Abe, ex-DPJ President Maehara to visit 
U.S.  (Asahi) 
 
Defense & security issues: 
20) MSDF may use weapons against pirates to help foreign merchant 
ships: MSDF chief of staff  (Mainichi) 
21) Venezuelan President Chavez in Tokyo hails President Obama's 
speech on "nuke elimination"  (Mainichi) 
 
IAEA race: 
22) Japan to field Ambassador Amano again  (Yomiuri) 
 
Stimulus package: 
23) State funding for 5 PERCENT  discount eyed for buying 
eco-friendly electric needs  (Nikkei) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
Quake-hit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant to reopen with 
Niigata governor's OK 
 
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Mainichi: 
'Kanpo' life insurance benefits remain unpaid in as many as 800,000 
cases 
 
Yomiuri: 
Agriculture ministry last year secretly surveyed employees illegally 
engaged in full-time labor union activities 
 
Nikkei: 
Government, ruling parties eye 5 PERCENT  redemption from state 
coffers in consumer purchases of energy-saving electrical 
appliances 
 
Sankei: 
Government, ruling coalition to include in supplementary budget 
support for J-ALERT system consolidation 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
Government, ruling parties to expand subsidies for new cars to 
regular cars 
 
Akahata: 
50 PERCENT  of greenhouse gas in 2007 emitted by 166 business 
places 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Israeli government: Don't go against dialogue trend 
(2) Kanpo hotels: What left after the rumblings of a great mountain? 
 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Flu vaccine: Need for discussions on inoculation method on broad 
range of areas 
(2) U.S. administration's support for auto manufacturers: Don't 
distort policy of indiscriminately providing assistance 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) MSDF's policing activities: Enhance effectiveness of anti-piracy 
measures 
(2) Government's public works projects: Local governments should 
share expenditures 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) BOJ Gov. Shirakawa should take bold response toward financial 
crisis 
(2) Will Malaysian politics change? 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Missile resolution: We highly value the contents of resolution 
(2) A Cabinet Personnel Bureau: New bureau should be established as 
early as possible 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Extra budget: Budget should be used for the future 
(2) Obama diplomacy: Extraordinary challenges ahead of President 
Obama 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Government should formulate emergency measures to help college 
 
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students 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, April 7 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
09:02 
Cabinet meeting in the Diet building. Land, Infrastructure and 
Transport Minister Kaneko remained. Former Internal Affairs Minister 
Masuda, Finance Minister Yosano and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura 
were present. Then met with METI Minister Nikai. 
 
10:15 
Met with Chairman Hamada of Nagoya Port Administration Management 
Union Assembly. 
 
10:59 
Arrived at the private residence in Kamiyama-cho. 
 
11:44 
Arrived at the Kantei. 
 
12:50 
Legislators' meeting in the Diet building. 
 
13:03 
Lower House plenary session. 
 
13:36 
Met with Youth Division Director  Inoue, Lower House member 
Yasutoshi Nishimura and Daishiro Yamagiwa. 
 
13:39 
Lower House plenary session. 
 
13:44 
Met with former Prime Minister Abe and Chairman Furuya of the LDP 
Special Commission on Measures to Deal with the Abduction Issue 
 
13:55 
Met with former Secretary General Nakagawa, chairman of the 
supra-partisan Ocean Policy Basic Law Follow-up Study Group, and 
Lower House member Oguchi at the Kantei. 
 
14:53 
Met with Kawamura. 
 
15:46 
Met with Chairman Imazu of the LDP's Group to Rebuild Japan 
Vigorously. 
 
16:32 
Gave a letter of appointment to Special Advisor to the Cabinet 
Masuda. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsumoto, Konoike and Uruma 
were present. Then met with Government Representative Yachi. 
 
17:33 
Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting. 
 
 
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18:57 
Dined with Chubu Economic Federation Chairman Fumio Kawaguchi, 
Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Kunihiko Okada and 
Chubu Association of Corporate Executives Chairman Kawamura. 
 
20:52 
Met his secretaries at Imperial Hotel Bar "Imperial Lounge Acqua" 
 
22:29 
Arrived at the official residence. 
 
4) U.S. decision to stop F-22 fighter project to affect ASDF's FX 
selection 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Excerpts) 
April 8, 2009 
 
The U.S. government decided on April 6 to stop producing the 
state-of-the-art F-22 fighter. With this decision, it has become 
certain that the F-22 will be removed from the list of candidate 
models for the Air Self-Defense Force's (ASDF) next-generation 
mainstay fighter (FX) that is to replace the aging F-4 fighter. 
 
5) U.S. decision to end F-22 production upsets Japan's air defense 
strategy; FX selection returns to square one 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Hisashi Ishimatsu 
 
The U.S. Defense Department's decision to end placing orders for the 
F-22 Raptor fighter jet has forced Japan's Defense Ministry and the 
Self-Defense Forces to give up their plan to introduce the 
state-of-the-art stealth fighter, which they defined as the leading 
candidate for the country's FX next-generation mainstay striker. 
 
There is a possibility that the scheduled procurement of the FX 
would be delayed further, having an impact on a review of the 
country's air defense strategy as a result. 
 
In addition to the F-22, the Defense Ministry is checking the 
performance of the F-15FX and the FA-18 of the United States; the 
F-35 of the United States, Britain and other countries; the 
Eurofighter of four European countries, including Britain and 
Germany; and the Rafale of France. The ministry is expected to 
hurriedly determine the FX from among the five models. 
 
6) Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura: End of F-22 production will not 
affect Japan's defense capability 
 
SANKEI (Page 9) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura indicated in a press 
conference yesterday that U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' 
announcement to end producing the F-22A would have no impact on 
Japan's overall defense buildup program. Kawamura said: "Our 
country's defense buildup program will not change depending on 
whether or not to acquire the F-22." 
 
7) North Korean missile splashed into projected oceanic area after 
 
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flying 3,200 km 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Excerpts) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Ahead of launching a ballistic missile on Sunday, North Korea 
notified that the missile's second booster would fall into Pacific 
waters between 2,150 kilometers and 2,950 kilometers east of the 
Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture. According to the analysis 
conducted by the Defense Ministry based on data from the Maritime 
Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped vessels and the U.S. military 
that tracked the trajectory of the ballistic missile, the North 
Korean missile finally splashed into waters in the projected area 
closest to the Japanese archipelago, it was learned yesterday. As a 
result, the missile is believed to have flown about 3,200 kilometers 
from the missile base in Musudan-ri. The ministry is conducting a 
detailed analysis. 
 
8) U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman calls North Korean 
missile launch a failure 
 
SANKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Takashi Arimoto, Washington 
 
General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, clearly said in a press conference on April 6 that North 
Korea's missile launch on April 5 ended in failure. He said: "The 
technology they were seeking after the first two failures was the 
ability to stage - in other words, transition from one stage of 
(rocket) boost to the next, but they failed." 
 
The vice chairman also indicated that the missile's second and third 
stages fell into spots that were close to one another, adding that 
they were beyond recognition. 
 
Meanwhile, a missile expert speculated that the third stage was a 
disguise and that it did not carry a satellite or propulsion fuel. 
 
9) Government source: Retrieving Taepodong booster in waters off 
Akita difficult 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
The first-stage booster of the Taepodong-2 missile launched by North 
Korea on Sunday which the country claimed to have carried a 
satellite is believed to have splashed into waters off Akita 
Prefecture. A government source revealed a view yesterday that 
retrieving the booster is difficult, saying: "The booster seems to 
be lying at a depth of about 3,000 meters. I wonder if it is 
retrievable." The government is split over the booster's retrieval. 
A lack of unity might become a problem. 
 
10) Foreign Minister Nakasone stresses policy of aiming at adopting 
new UNSC resolution 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Yesterday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, Foreign 
 
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Minister Hirofumi Nakasone stressed that Japan would aim for a new 
United Nations Security Council resolution condemning North Korea 
for its recent launch of Taepodong-2 missile. He said: "It is 
important that the UNSC will take an appropriate action to make 
North Korea realize that its provocative act will have the 
consequences." 
 
Nakasone took a position that Pyongyang's missile launch this time 
was a violation of UNSC resolutions. He then pointed out: "If 
nothing is done against the violation, the UNSC will lose its 
reliability and authority." 
 
11) Lowe House endorses resolution condemning North Korea 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
The House of Representatives yesterday endorsed a resolution at a 
plenary session condemning Sunday's missile launch by North Korea by 
a majority of lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the New Komeito, and the People's 
New Party. The Japanese Communist Party voted against the 
resolution, while the Social Democratic Party abstained from voting. 
 
 
The resolution jointly submitted by the LDP and the New Komeito 
states: North Korea launched a missile, not a flying object. The 
North's missile launch is a clear violation of United Nations 
Security Council resolutions and the act cannot be tolerated. The 
resolution calls for the government to strengthen its sanctions 
against Pyongyang and urges the UNSC to adopt a new resolution. 
 
12) Upper House to endorse today resolution condemning North Korea's 
missile launch 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts) 
April 8, 2008 
 
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Democratic Party of Japan 
(DPJ), and the New Komeito agreed yesterday to adopt a resolution 
condemning Sunday's missile launch by North Korea by a majority of 
lawmakers from the three parties at a plenary session today of the 
House of Councillors. The resolution also calls for the government 
to impose additional economic sanctions on the North and for the 
United Nations Security Council to adopt a new resolution. The 
contents of the resolution are the same as those of the resolution 
endorsed yesterday by the House of Representatives. 
 
13) Senior LDP member: "Japan should go nuclear" 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Excerpt) 
April 8, 2009 
 
In an executive meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party yesterday, 
Goji Sakamoto suggested in reference to North Korea's missile launch 
on April 5 that Japan also should arm itself with nuclear weapons. 
He said: "They (North Korea) have nuclear weapons. Japan can say 
that it will possess nuclear weapons." He then referred even to the 
possibility of Japan withdrawing from the United Nations, according 
to informed sources. 
 
14) Hosoda: Rice, Hill were weak-kneed toward North Korea 
 
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SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
In a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party's Executive Council 
yesterday, Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda sharply criticized 
former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Assistant 
Secretary of State Christopher Hill, who served as chief U.S. envoy 
to the six-party talks, for their approach to North Korea over its 
nuclear development. He said: "They were weak-kneed. Their approach 
was wrong." It is unprecedented for a senior ruling party member to 
criticize certain high-ranking U.S. officials by name. 
 
Hosoda said that North Korea "only exploded a cooling tower at its 
reactor complex" as a result of efforts by the six-party talks, 
emphasizing that little progress has been made so far. He also 
indicated the view that Washington's "lenient" attitude has made 
North Korea more selfish, saying: "It has yet to be revealed how 
many nuclear bombs it has and to what extent its uranium-enrichment 
program has advanced." 
 
15) Hard-line arguments heard in LDP -- "U.S. dialogue policy line 
is questionable," "Japan should opt out of the UN or possess nuclear 
weapons" 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda 
during the party's General Council meeting on April 7 criticized 
former U.S. Secretary of State Rice and Assistant Secretary of State 
Hill, who served as the top envoy to the six-party talks, for 
adopting a policy line of attaching importance to talks in dealing 
with North Korea. He noted, "The policy line Rice and Hill adopted 
was weak-kneed." 
 
Hosoda at an earlier meeting of party executives also questioned the 
achievements of the six-party talks, saying: "All the six-party 
talks have so far is that a cooling system of North Korea's graphite 
reactor was blown up. How many nuclear bombs that nation possesses 
or to what extent its uranium enrichment has made headway have yet 
to be determined." He then made a hard-line statement against North 
Korea: "It is clear that Japan is being exposed to a nuclear threat. 
The government lacks a sense of crisis." 
 
Goshi Sakamoto, chief of the LDP Organization Headquarters, during 
the meeting also put forward an argument in favor of Japan going 
nuclear, noting, "If Japan's stance is not accepted at the UN, we 
should say that Japan is ready to opt out of the UN or it will 
possess nuclear weapons." 
 
16) Yamasaki concerned about hard-line argument against North Korea 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Referring to a hard-line argument in favor of Japan possessing the 
capability of striking an enemy base, former Liberal Democratic 
Party (LDP) Secretary General Taku Yamasaki in a speech given at a 
party of his faction urged restraint, noting: "I am very concerned 
that a bullish view like that of the one-time Kwantung army (an army 
group of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army) in the past will 
 
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become rampant. We should discuss the issue in a cool-headed 
manner." Referring to the firing of a missile by North Korea, 
Yamasaki said, "I take it seriously." He also said, "Views such as 
that Japan should possess weapons capable of attacking the enemy's 
missile launching base or if they are nuclear-armed, Japan should 
also go nuclear are an argument that will lead mankind to 
annihilation. I want to warn against such views heard in the 
party." 
 
17) Defense chief advocates discussing enemy base strike option 
 
AKAHATA (Page 2) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
In connection with the issue of North Korea's recent launch of a 
rocket, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, sitting in yesterday on 
the House of Councillors Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, 
clarified that positive discussions should be held on the 
advisability of allowing Japan to have the capability of striking 
enemy bases. "It is important that wide-ranging discussions are 
held," Hamada stated before the committee. He was replying to a 
question asked by Katsuhito Asano, a House of Councillors member of 
the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. 
 
Asano referred to the option of striking enemy bases or the notion 
of entering North Korean territory to raid its missile launch pads 
if North Korea launched a Nodong missile at Japan. Asano asked if 
Hamada would consider changing the Self-Defense Forces' role of 
defending Japan and U.S. Forces Japan's role of striking enemy 
countries. 
 
Hamada stated that, speaking from the SDF's equipment systems, it 
would be "extremely difficult" at this point to carry out a 
militarily effective strike on an enemy base. Meanwhile, he also 
stated: "We need a political judgment when it comes to the question 
of whether or not to have equipment systems for the purpose of 
striking enemy bases. Given such factors as the advancement of 
military and scientific technologies as well, it is important to 
hold wide-ranging discussions in Diet deliberations and on other 
occasions from the perspective of what we should do to defend our 
country." 
 
18) Coordination underway for a visit to U.S. by Defense Minister 
Hamada 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
The governments of Japan and the United States are now coordinating 
a visit to the United States by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada 
during this May's Golden Week holidays to hold talks with Defense 
Secretary Robert Gates, the Yomiuri Shimbun learned. 
 
19) Abe, Maehara to visit U.S. 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Appearing on a BS program yesterday, former Prime Minister Shinzo 
Abe revealed a plan to make a trip to the United States along with 
Seiji Maehara, former president of the main opposition Democratic 
Party of Japan (DPJ), and others. According to informed sources, 
 
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several lawmakers from the two Diet chambers, including Abe and 
Maehara, will visit Washington and other cities from April 14 to the 
18th. Since Abe and Maehara have similar views on foreign and 
security policy, their planned U.S. visit will likely prompt all 
sorts of conjectures. 
 
20) MSDF chief of staff indicates possibility of weapons use by SDF 
troops on anti-piracy mission 
 
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Excerpts) 
April 8, 2009 
 
Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Chief of Staff Adm. Keiji 
Akahoshi told a press conference yesterday that MSDF troops on an 
anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia would be allowed to use 
weapons in self-defense or averting imminent danger if they are 
attacked by pirates while they are escorting ships that fall outside 
the list of escorted vessels. 
 
A provision in the Self-Defense Forces Law for maritime patrols, 
however, allows the MSDF to guard only Japan-related vessels, such 
as Japanese-registered ships and foreign ships carrying Japanese 
cargo. The provision also prohibits troops from launching a damaging 
attack unless it is for legitimate self-defense or averting imminent 
danger. 
 
Early on April 4, Japan time, an MSDF vessel was asked over the 
radio for help by a Singaporean-flag tanker. The MSDF vessel closed 
in on the unidentified ship and repelled it with a warning. 
 
21) Venezuelan president praises Obama's goal of eliminating all 
nuclear weapons 
 
MAINICHI (Page 6) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
In a press conference in Tokyo yesterday, visiting Venezuelan 
President Hugo Chavez praised U.S. President Barack Obama's goal 
announced on April 5 of eliminating all nuclear weapons across the 
globe. He said: "That is very good. The declaration by the president 
of the United States, which has once used nuclear weapons, is very 
encouraging." But he added: "The U.S. should make an apology to 
Japan for its past dropping of atomic bombs." 
 
Chavez is known for his anti-U.S. stance, but he expressed his 
expectations on President Obama, remarking: "The new U.S. government 
has no preconceived idea." 
 
22) Amano fielded again 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
April 8, 2009 
 
The Foreign Ministry on April 7 announced that it has once again 
fielded Yikiya Amono, ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Japan 
to the International Organizations in Vienna, as a candidate in the 
election to choose the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 
director general. The voting day has yet to be set. 
 
23) Government, ruling parties eye 5 PERCENT  redemption from state 
coffers for consumer purchases of energy-saving electronic 
appliances 
 
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NIKKEI (Top play) (Lead para.) 
April 8, 2009 
 
The government and the ruling parties on April 7 decided to include 
a new system to promote the dissemination of energy-saving-type 
electronic appliances in an additional economic stimulus package. To 
be precise, it will pass on 5 PERCENT  of sales prices to purchasers 
in the form of eco-action points (EAP) at government expense. EAP 
can be exchanged for other items. The ratio of redemption will be 
increased for purchases of flat-screen television sets for digital 
territorial broadcasting. The government will earmark related 
budgetary funds in the fiscal 2009 extra budget. The new system will 
be put into practice in July at the earliest. Funding resources 
worth 370 billion yen have also been secured for the promotion of 
purchases of eco-friendly compact cars. 
 
ZUMWALT