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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/09 
 
Index: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's weekend schedule  (Nikkei) 
 
4) Yomiuri poll: Aso Cabinet support climbs to 28.7 PERCENT , while 
non-support drops to 59.7 PERCENT ; Over 70 PERCENT  of public 
"unconvinced" by Ozawa staying on as DPJ head  (Yomiuri) 
 
Political agenda: 
5) Supplementary budget bill to pass Lower House on the 13th 
(Asahi) 
6) Ruling parties eyeing 51-day extension of Diet session in order 
to clear the legislative backlog  (Sankei) 
7) Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Hatoyama acknowledges 
that party hear Ozawa is in a difficult situation  (Yomiuri) 
8) Ozawa remains reticent to explain his role in the Nishimatsu 
scandal, despite his public secretary's indictment on charge of 
accepting illegal donations  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
9) Lower House to pass resolution calling for nuclear ban  (Yomiuri) 
 
 
Defense and security affairs: 
10) JCP lawmaker Koike to pursue in the Diet treating USFJ troops 
like rest of population in dealing with new-type influenza epidemic 
(Akahata) 
11) Cost to Japan of realignment of U.S. forces to run 2-3 trillion 
yen  (Akahata) 
12) Government to request USFJ for environmental survey of Futenma 
Air Station prior to reversion  (Nikkei) 
13) Unable to wait for MSDF, Japanese companies relying on EU to 
protect their vessels traveling in pirate-infested waters off 
Somalia  (Mainichi) 
 
14) Keidanren proposes a 4 PERCENT  increase in the target for 
reduction of greenhouse gases  (Yomiuri) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
Education ministry to examine levels of entrance exams for public 
middle schools 
 
Mainichi: 
Fourth new-type flu infection confirmed in Japan 
 
Yomiuri: 
Poll: 70 PERCENT  dissatisfied with Ozawa's continued leadership of 
DPJ 
 
Nikkei: 
Summer bonuses to post first-ever double-digit decline this year 
 
Sankei: 
Ruling camp likely to extend Diet session for 51 days 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
Another student infected with new-type flu 
 
 
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Akahata: 
Marine construction political organization contributes 100 million 
yen to LDP and its lawmakers 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Entrepreneurs: Let's nurture new way of working 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Organ transplant law revision bill: Thorough study needed 
(2) Traffic jam due to 1,000 yen toll charge: Haste brings about 
confusion 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Job measures: Safety net alone insufficient 
(2) Juki net: Juki Net scofflaws must be made to comply 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Consumer's view, business sense necessary for agricultural 
reform 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Putin's Japan visit: Depending on Russia risky 
(2) Restart of Kashiwazaki No. 7 nuclear power plant: Standards for 
safety and sound important 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Re-estimation of DNA: Eliminate acquittal by proactively using 
DNA appraisement 
(2) Child poverty: Indifferent adults' responsibility 
 
Akahata: 
(1) U.S. military's auto garaging violation: Policy of blindly 
following U.S. cannot prevent unlawfulness 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, May 9 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
May 10, 2009 
 
10:36 
Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Ito at 
the Kantei. 
 
10:55 
Took a walk around the official residence. 
 
14:38 
Inspected Mirai, a vegetable producer and seller in Matsudo City, 
Chiba Prefecture. 
 
15:46 
Inspected Abbey, a freezer manufacturer and seller in Kashiwa City, 
Chiba Prefecture. 
 
17:20 
Went to Tailor Moriwaki in Kita-Aoyama. 
 
17:45 
 
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Sorted out documents at Imperial Hotel. 
 
20:20 
Met with secretary at Nakata, a sushi restaurant at the same hotel. 
 
21:35 
Arrived at the official residence. 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, May 10 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
 
May 11, 2009 
 
09:58 
Took a walk around the official residence. 
 
13:56 
Sorted out clothes at his private residence in Kamiyama-cho. 
 
14:59 
Went to Tani Shirts Shokai in Hotel Okura. 
 
15:12 
Met with his secretary in Terrace Restaurant in the same hotel. 
 
15:33 
Met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura at the official residence. 
 
 
4) Poll: 70 PERCENT  unhappy with Ozawa; Cabinet support rises to 29 
PERCENT 
 
YOMIURI (Top play) (Abridged) 
May 11, 2009 
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun conducted a telephone-based nationwide public 
opinion survey on May 8-10, in which a total of 71 PERCENT  answered 
"no" when respondents were asked if they could understand Democratic 
Party of Japan (Minshuto) President Ozawa's remaining his party's 
head while his state-funded secretary has been indicted on the 
charge of violating the Political Funds Control Law. Meanwhile, 
"yes" accounted for 22 PERCENT . Respondents were also asked which 
one between Prime Minister Aso and DPJ President Ozawa they thought 
would be more appropriate for prime minister. To this question, 40 
PERCENT  chose Aso, up from 34 PERCENT  in the last survey taken 
April 3-5, with 25 PERCENT  preferring Ozawa, down from 27 PERCENT 
. 
 
The rate of public support for the Aso cabinet rose from the 24.3 
PERCENT  rating in the last survey to 28.7 PERCENT . The nonsupport 
rate was 59.7 PERCENT  (66.5 PERCENT  in the last survey). In the 
breakdown of public support for political parties, the ruling 
Liberal Democratic Party stood at 26.8 PERCENT  (27.2 PERCENT  in 
the last survey), with the DPJ at 23.4 PERCENT  (24.2 PERCENT  in 
the last survey). 
 
5) Ruling parties plan to take roll call on extra budget on the 
13th 
 
ASAHI (Page 1) (Full) 
May 10, 2009 
 
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The government and the ruling camp have decided to get the 
largest-ever fiscal 2009 extra budget and related bills through the 
Lower House as early as May 13. In readiness for the Democratic 
Party of Japan's (DPJ) strategy to prolong Diet deliberations, they 
have also started looking into significantly extending the current 
session, which is to recess on June 3. 
 
The ruling and opposition camps have agreed to hold intensive 
deliberations on the 12th at the Lower House Committee. The ruling 
parties plan to take a vote on the extra budget, by holding a Budget 
Committee meeting after party head talks slated for the 13th, get it 
along with related bills through a Lower House plenary session to be 
held the evening of the same day and then send them to the Upper 
House. Their judgment is that amid DPJ members being in discord over 
President Ozawa's decision on his future and its approach to the 
party head talks, it would be advantageous to pursue deliberations 
in one sweep. However, since the DPJ is reluctant to hold the party 
head talks and the Budget Committee meeting the same day, the ruling 
camp will reach a final decision, after nailing down the political 
situation until the last moment. 
 
The ruling parties are in a hurry to get the extra budget through 
the Lower House in order to broaden options for timing for Lower 
House dissolution. If the extra budget is not adopted during the 
current session in the Upper House, where opposition parties have a 
majority, they intend to largely extend the session and secure Diet 
passage for the extra budget by mid-June, a time when the budget can 
secure Diet passage automatically, and for related bills by 
mid-July, a time when a revote in the Lower House becomes possible 
in accordance with the 60-day rule. They thus want to pave the way 
for Lower House dissolution. 
 
6) Ruling camp likely to extend Diet session for 51 days; Timing of 
Lower House dissolution would be made clear after extra budget 
clears Diet 
 
SANKEI (Top Play) (Excerpts) 
May 11, 2009 
 
The government and ruling parties have started looking into 
extending the current Diet session, which will end on June 3, for 51 
days until July 24. They have judged that in order to make certain 
that the first supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 and antipiracy 
bill are enacted, it is absolutely necessary to extend the ongoing 
session. This also means that they will give Prime Minister Taro Aso 
a free hand to dissolve the House of Representatives, with an eye on 
the Sept. 10 expiration of the terms of the Lower House members. 
Following the driving force for him, what strategy does Aso have for 
the second half of the current Diet session? 
 
"I don't think the (Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)) will oppose the 
extra budget draft, since it has agreed to hold a party-heads 
debate. What do you think?" Aso asked this of Chief Cabinet 
Secretary Takeo Kawamura yesterday afternoon at the prime minister's 
official residence. Aso indicated that he would like to clarify 
points of contention regarding the extra budget and antipiracy bill 
in the second debate between DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa and him, 
which will take place on May 13, and that he would urge Ozawa to 
agree to an early vote on them. 
 
Aso has placed top priority on passage of the extra budget totaling 
 
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57 trillion yen in projects. In addition, he also strongly hopes to 
enact the antipiracy bill, Consumer Affairs Agency establishment 
legislation, and a bill amending the National Pension Law. 
 
The ruling camp intends to get the supplementary budget draft 
through the Lower House by May 15 and automatically receive Diet 
approval on June 14 if the House of Councillors does not put the 
bill to a vote. Since the Consumer Affairs Agency establishment and 
National Pension Law revision bills cleared the Lower House April 17 
and the antipiracy bill on April 23, it will be possible for the 
Lower House to take an overriding vote on the agency setup and 
pension reform bills on June 15 and the antipiracy bill on June 21 
based on (Article 59 of the Constitution), which allows for a bill 
to be sent back to the Lower House if rejected by the Upper House or 
if the bill has not been voted on within 60 days after being 
presented to the upper chamber. If the six bills related to the 
extra budget clear the Lower House May 15, the Lower House will be 
able to take a second vote on July 13 or later. 
 
DPJ Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Kenji Yamaoka said that the 
opposition would not drag out deliberations, but the ordinary 
session is allowed to be extended only once. The ruling coalition's 
judgment is that in order to avoid a risk, an extension of the 
session is indispensable. 
 
In short, if the Upper House rejects taking a vote on those bills, 
Lower House dissolution will slip to late July. However, there is a 
view that since 90 PERCENT  of the second budget is implemented even 
if the related bills are not passed, the prime minister will still 
be able to dissolve the lower chamber. Therefore, chances are strong 
that the countdown for Lower House dissolution will start in late 
June. 
 
7) DPJ Secretary General Hatoyama: Ichiro Ozawa in confused 
situation 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
May 9, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama 
yesterday at press conference revealed that DPJ President Ichiro 
Ozawa's political fund management organization had received a letter 
from a tripartite committee on how politicians, prosecutors and the 
media should deal with political funds problems. The committee is 
seeking an explanation about the fund-raising scandal involving 
Ozawa's accountant. Ozawa's organization on May 8 sent a reply to 
the committee, which is chaired by Jun Iio, professor at the 
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. Hatoyama said: 
 
"There is criticism that (Ozawa) should explain politely. However, 
he gave explanations and answered questions at press conferences 
every day at that time. Regarding requests that he should explain 
what has already been disclosed (in political fund reports), 
President Ozawa appears to be confused about how he should fulfill 
his accountability." 
 
8) Ozawa reluctant to explain about donations from Nishimatsu 
Construction 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
May 11, 2009 
 
 
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Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa has not yet shown 
readiness to explain about donations received from the Nishimatsu 
Construction Co. Despite Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama's advice 
to hold a town meeting, Ozawa remains inactive. There has now 
appeared the possibility of his indecisive attitude fueling pent-up 
emotions leading to a call for his resignation. 
 
Ozawa and Hatoyama met twice in Tokyo during the Golden Week 
holidays. Hatoyama asked Ozawa, "I want you to hold an informal 
meeting so that people can understand what had happened. I want you 
to lend an ear to harsh opinions, as well. This is a matter of not 
so much as what you say, but a formality." Ozawa responded, "I 
understand." 
 
However, whether Ozawa will really hold direct talks with voters 
remains to be seen. A town-hall meeting has yet to take place 
despite Hatoyama's advice, which he has been giving for over a month 
using every available opportunity. 
 
Holding a town hall meeting is the idea suggested in early April by 
Columbia University Professor Gerald Curtis, a political scientist 
and a Japan expert. Alhough Ozawa restarted visiting local regions 
in late April in the run-up to the next Lower House election, all he 
has done was to attend supporters' meetings. He has not yet 
explained about the matter directly to voters. 
 
Becoming impatient about Ozawa because he has not yet held such a 
meeting, Curtis during a meeting of an experts council, which the 
DPJ set up in the wake of the sandal, criticized him, "Any person 
who lacks the capability to communicate with the people is not 
entitled to become prime minister." 
 
The experts' council was coordinating to hold a session to listen to 
the views of Ozawa and Hatoyama on May 7. However, the group has 
shelved the idea, citing that there could be confusion. As a result, 
Ozawa never had the occasion to give an account on the matter. 
 
Hatoyama in a reply to a questionnaire asking Ozawa's 
accountability, which the panel sent, defended Ozawa, noting, "Ozawa 
is discomfited by the idea of how he should explain what in order to 
fulfill his accountability and whether he can obtain understanding 
from the public by doing so." 
 
DPJ members are increasingly becoming dissatisfied with Ozawa not 
giving an account on the Nishimatsu Construction case, with one 
mid-ranking member saying, "Nothing can be done as long as the party 
head does not appear in front of the public." With dissolution of 
the Lower House and a general election just ahead, criticism of 
Ozawa is bound to mount if this situation continues. It is becoming 
unavoidable for Ozawa to hold a town hall meeting. 
 
9) Lower House likely to adopt resolution calling for abolition of 
nuclear weapons 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
May 9, 2009 
 
The House of Representatives Steering Committee launched 
coordination yesterday to adopt a resolution calling for eliminating 
nuclear weapons during the current Diet session. Highly evaluating 
U.S. President Barack Obama's speech calling for creating a nuclear 
weapons-free world, the resolution will stipulate that Japan will 
 
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step up its effort for the abolishment of nuclear weapons and 
nuclear arms reduction. At the request of Lower House Speaker Yohei 
Kono, the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) also has 
drafted its own resolution. The opposition parties are now working 
on the matter. 
 
10) JCP's Koike calls for application of domestic laws to U.S. 
forces in Japan as measure against new type of influenza 
 
AKAHATA (Page 2) (Abridged slightly) 
May 9, 2009 
 
Japanese Communist Party lawmaker Akita Koike in a House of 
Councillors Health, Labor and Welfare Committee meeting on May 8 
pressed the government to require U.S. forces in Japan to strictly 
follow the rules in Japan in connection with measures at the borders 
to keep out the new type of influenza, such as quarantine 
inspections. 
 
Koike asked the government if it has a thorough grasp of the numbers 
of U.S. service members and U.S. military-connected persons entering 
and exiting Japan. Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Bureau 
Director General Kazuyoshi Umemoto replied that the government 
receives a report periodically from the U.S. military. He also 
indicated that the government has not made public the specifics 
about U.S. forces in Japan, such as the number of U.S. military 
personnel entering Japan, because there is no bilateral agreement to 
do so. Umemoto also said: "The U.S. military has its own quarantine 
officers stationed at its every facility and area, but we are not 
aware of how many." 
 
Koike attacked Umemoto, saying: "You said that quarantine officers 
are stationed but you don't know their numbers? Your statement is 
contradictory. Such an answer is not appropriate as an official on 
behalf of an independent country." Under the Quarantine Law, people 
who entered Japan are required to report to the health centers in 
areas where they are staying and their health conditions are 
monitored for 10 days. Koike asked: "Are these rules applicable to 
the U.S. service members, civilian employees, and their dependents 
in the same way?" 
 
Umemoto replied that neither the Quarantine Law nor the Infectious 
Disease Law applies to U.S. forces in Japan. He also indicated that 
the government has simply "asked" the U.S. side, saying, "We have 
requested the U.S. side to conduct follow-ups." 
 
Koike press the government harder, saying: "Efforts for 
countermeasures at borders would end up wasted. (U.S. service 
members) should report to their nearby health centers and follow-up 
checks must be conducted." 
 
 
Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe replied: "We would 
like to request the U.S. military side to take thorough measures." 
 
11) U.S. Defense Department budget plan specifies 2-3 trillion yen 
as Japan's share of USFJ realignment cost 
 
AKAHATA (Top play) (Abridged slightly) 
May 10, 2009 
 
It has been learned that the U.S. Department of Defense submitted to 
 
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the Congress on May 7 its draft budget for fiscal 2010 (October 2009 
- September 2010) in which the department has estimated Japan's 
total contribution to the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan (USFJ) 
at 20 to 30 billion dollars, or 2 to 3 trillion yen based on the 
exchange rate of 100 yen to the dollar. The total of 3 trillion yen 
is equivalent to 23,000 yen per capita, which is about twice the 
cash-handout amount. In other words, more than 90,000 yen must be 
borne by a family of four. 
 
The department emphatically explains in its report that the fiscal 
2010 budget is designed to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance by 
realigning the composition of U.S. troops in Japan and moving some 
of them to Guam as part of a review of the global transformation of 
U.S. forces. In particular, the report points out plans to: (1) 
relocate the transport capacity of U.S. Marines in Okinawa 
(construction of a new base replacing Futenma Air Station) and 
maintain 10,000 Marines, and to (2) relocate 8,000 Marines from 
Okinawa to Guam. 
 
The report goes on to explain: "Japan will bear a large part of the 
cost of the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, which is projected 
to come to 20 - 30 billion dollars. This includes Japan's 
contribution of 6.1 billion dollars for building necessary 
facilities for relocating U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam." 
 
The USFJ realignment plan includes the transfer of a carrier-based 
aircraft unit to Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the 
relocation of U.S. military aircraft training to six Air 
Self-Defense Force bases, in addition to the construction of the 
Futenma replacement facility and the transfer of U.S. Marines to 
Guam. 
 
In 2006, then U.S. Deputy Defense Undersecretary Richard Lawless 
estimated Japan's share at 26 billion dollars or 3 trillion yen 
based on the exchange rate at the time. In 2007, then USFJ Commander 
Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright presented the same outlook. 
 
Meanwhile, the Japanese government made it clear for the first time 
recently that the construction of the Futenma replacement facility 
would cost over 350 billion yen. The government has yet to reveal 
the total realignment cost. 
 
Now that (Japan's share) has been clearly specified in the U.S. 
Defense Department's official document, the Japanese government's 
stance of hiding the country's huge financial contribution from the 
public will be seriously called into question. 
 
12) Gov't to ask USFJ for on-base survey before reversion 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Abridged) 
May 11, 2009 
 
The government will embark on environmental improvements to push for 
the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, including the relocation of 
Futenma airfield in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. The government 
wants to conduct a preliminary environmental survey of U.S. military 
bases to be returned to Japan. For this purpose, the government will 
ask U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) to allow access to the bases. This is 
intended to provide consideration for base-hosting municipalities. 
The government hopes to see progress in the situation during fiscal 
¶2009. 
 
 
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Japan and the United States have reached an intergovernmental 
agreement to move Okinawa-based U.S. Marines to Guam, incorporating 
Japan's burden of up to 2.8 billion dollars. In the meantime, the 
Diet is expected to approve this Guam relocation pact on May 13. The 
U.S. government's position is that if the Futenma relocation is 
delayed, all other realignment plans will be affected. 
 
In the Diet, the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan 
(Minshuto) is opposed to the Guam relocation pact. However, the 
ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the New 
Komeito party, are now planning to take a vote in the Diet on the 
pact for its approval in defiance of the DPJ's opposition. The 
government will therefore need to show its utmost consideration 
toward Okinawa. Meanwhile, the government has been facing 
difficulties in its negotiations with Okinawa and its base-hosting 
localities, which seek to alter the government's Futenma relocation 
plan. The government believes that access to the bases before their 
reversion, if allowed, will likely serve to convince Okinawa. 
 
The government hopes to obtain information on base soil 
contamination and other environmental conditions before reversion. 
If it is possible to do so, the government expects that 
post-reversion land development planning will be easier and that 
local development will be facilitated. The government will propose 
this to the United States in a meeting of their intergovernmental 
joint committee during fiscal 2009 in order to reach an agreement. 
 
The government's on-site environmental survey plan includes Futenma 
airfield and other bases located south of Kadena Air Base in Kadena 
Town, Okinawa Prefecture. The survey is intended to look mainly into 
soil and water contamination. The government will ask USFJ to allow 
all on-base environmental surveys in principle. If contamination 
that could seriously affect public health is discovered, the 
government will then consider asking USFJ to decontaminate soil and 
water before reversion. 
 
13) Japan firms depend on EU forces 
 
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Abridged) 
May 11, 2009 
 
The European Union (EU) maintains a headquarters in a suburb of 
London for its naval operations. NYK Line, Japan's largest shipping 
company, has detailed a ship captain there since late March. It is 
unusual for a Japanese private business to locate an employee at a 
foreign military organization. However, the headquarters needed 
information about merchant ships to deal with pirates. NYK Line 
responded to the request, saying, "This is in return for valuable 
information we have received from them." Why do EU forces and 
Japanese businesses have such a link? That is because Japanese 
commercial shipping companies have had no choice but to depend on 
foreign naval forces against pirates. 
 
On the early morning of April 21, 2008, an NYK Line tanker was 
attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the eastern African 
coast of Somalia. A pirate ship fired a rocket, which hit the 
tanker. The tanker, with its fuel spilling out, somehow escaped the 
attack, and a nearby German naval vessel then rushed to the scene. 
The tanker used to zigzag at sea while monitoring foreign radio 
communications. However, this time, the tanker actually came under 
attack from the pirates. The company asked the Land, Infrastructure 
and Transport Ministry for safeguards. But the ministry took no 
 
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specific action. 
 
Japanese commercial ships and Japanese-chartered ships passing 
through the gulf a total of about 2,100 times a year. They prop up 
Japan as a trading nation. They had no time to wait for the 
government to take action. 
 
Five days after the incident, an NYK Line executive flew to the 
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO) in Dubai in the 
United Arab Emirates. This executive also met with a staff officer 
of the Combined Task Force (CTF) in Bahrain. How will the pirates 
attack, and where is the comparatively safe sea area? Based on 
gathered information, NYK Line created its own security manual. 
"They were really open," said the NYK Line executive. NYK Line asked 
foreign naval forces for their convoy. 
 
The shipping industry and its seamen's union had expected the Japan 
Coast Guard to move out. However, the JCG gave up quickly, noting 
difficulties with its equipment and operation. The industry strongly 
worked on the government to send out Maritime Self-Defense Force 
vessels as soon as possible. However, the government did not move 
until China's announcement in late December of its naval 
deployment. 
 
The JCG cannot send any patrol ships? Why the MSDF? After such 
arguments, Japan sent out two MSDF destroyers. It was not until 
March 30, about a year and a half after the NYK Line tanker was 
attacked, that the MSDF began escorting Japanese ships there. 
 
14) Nippon Keidanren opinion paper recommends 4 PERCENT  increase as 
goal for greenhouse gas emissions 
 
YOMIURI (Page 9) (Full) 
May 11, 2009 
 
The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) on May 10 revealed 
an opinion paper on goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. 
Concerning the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, the 
report notes that among six proposals made by the government, 
between a 4 PERCENT  increase and a 25 PERCENT  cut compared with 
the 1990 level, the 4 PERCENT  increase plan with the smallest 
amount of emissions cuts is the most reasonable. Industrial 
organizations, such as the steel industry, have shown a similar 
stance. Clashes of opinion with environmental groups, which are 
seeking a major reduction, will likely intensify. The opinion paper 
pointed out that it is especially important to ensure a level 
playing field internationally for industrial circles, which are 
facing global competition." 
 
ZUMWALT