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SUBJECT: DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/09
INDEX:
(1) ConGen Maher visits Okinawa Times, says "Okinawa tour was
enjoyable" (Okinawa Times)
(2) ConGen Maher pays farewell visit, looks back on three-year
Okinawa tour, says "Okinawans have become more pragmatic on
security" (Ryukyu Shimpo)
(3) U.S. military families required to live on base from August to
cut costs by over 2.8 billion yen annually; Not applicable to single
people (Okinawa Times)
(4) MOFA Ambassador for Okinawa affairs Tarui tells governor "noise
from Kadena to be reduced," explains "U.S. will also give
consideration" (Okinawa Times)
(5) Yomiuri-Waseda poll on political awareness (Yomiuri)
(6) Redefining Japan's policy stance (part 2): Government must not
be swayed by popularity contest (Nikkei)
(7) "Low support rate" ex-PM, "insensitive" ex-PM, and others having
their field day - from the feature "Zombies moving the lame duck Aso
administration behind the scenes" (Shukan Asahi)
(8) "Politically tone deaf" Yoshihide Suga: Everything this Aso
adviser does backfires -- from the feature "Zombies moving the lame
duck Aso administration behind the scenes" (Shukan Asahi)
(9) Ruling bloc presents anti-global warming bill that does not
specify any mid-term numerical reduction target (Mainichi)
ARTICLES:
(1) ConGen Maher visits Okinawa Times, says "Okinawa tour was
enjoyable"
OKINAWA TIMES (Page 2) (Full)
July 8, 2009
U.S. Consul General in Okinawa Kevin Maher, who is moving on to
become the director of the Japan desk at the Department of State,
paid a farewell visit to the Okinawa Times on July 7. He looked back
on his three-year tour in Okinawa and said that "the job was
enjoyable." He cited progress in the U.S. Forces Japan realignment
process, the deployment of Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3)
ground-to-air guided missiles, and port calls by U.S. naval vessels
to Ishigaki and Yonaguni as specific accomplishments and asserted,
"These contributed to reducing the burden on Okinawa and led to
improving the bilateral alliance."
Although his statements have also given rise to criticisms and
objections in Okinawa, he said that he "positively explained U.S.
policies." Maher is leaving Okinawa on July 17, but he said that:
"Okinawa is important for the Japan-U.S. alliance. I would like to
continue to be directly involved with Okinawa."
(2) ConGen Maher pays farewell visit, looks back on three-year
Okinawa tour, says "Okinawans have become more pragmatic on
security"
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RYUKYU SHIMPO (Page 2) (Full)
July 8, 2009
U.S. Consul General for Okinawa Kevin Maher paid a farewell visit to
Ryukyu Shimpo on July 7. He looked back on his three-year tour in
Okinawa from July 2006 and talked about his impressions: "I have
conveyed to the Okinawa people that they need to think realistically
about security. A number of elections were held during the past
three years, but bases have ceased to be the main point of
contention. The Okinawan people have become more pragmatic compared
to 10 or 20 years ago." Maher will assume the position of director
of the Japan desk at the U.S. State Department in July.
Commenting on the persistent calls for relocating the Futenma Air
Station outside Okinawa, Maher said: "If you ask an abstract
question, many people will say relocation outside the prefecture is
better. However, if you ask whether Futenma should be maintained or
relocated under the U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) realignment process,
most people will probably choose relocation."
Maher talked about his aspirations as the new Japan desk chief: "The
Japan desk director is in charge of all diplomatic relations between
the U.S. and Japan, but security affairs will remain one of the
important tasks. Since Okinawa plays an important role in the
bilateral security arrangements, my relationship with Okinawa will
continue. One of my goals is to work for the implementation of USFJ
realignment."
Giving his observations about local newspapers in Okinawa, Maher
said: "News reports conveyed what I had said adequately so I have
nothing to say. Editorials need to take a more realistic view."
(3) U.S. military families required to live on base from August to
cut costs by over 2.8 billion yen annually; Not applicable to single
people
OKINAWA TIMES (Page 1) (Full)
July 8, 2009
Kadena Air Base (KAB), which manages housing for the families of all
U.S. forces in Okinawa, announced on July 7 that U.S. military
officers and civilian employees arriving with their families to take
up post in Okinawa from August will be required to live on U.S.
military bases. According to the KAB public relations office, this
new housing policy for military families is part of the U.S.
Department of Defense's cost saving measures. The ratio of families
living on base will be raised to 95 percent.
The new policy was approved by senior officers of the U.S. forces in
Okinawa on July 1. In principle, the rule will not apply to military
officers and civilian employees with families already working in
Okinawa right now or to single personnel even after August. As long
as the ratio of families living on base is kept at 95 percent, some
military families can still live off base.
Lieutenant Colonel David Wilder, commander of KAB's 718th Civil
Engineer Squadron, explained that with the new family housing
policy, the Department of Defense can save some 30-50 million
dollars (approximately 2.85-4.75 billion yen) in its annual budget.
According to the Ministry of Defense, as of April 2008, the U.S.
government paid military families living off base housing allowances
TOKYO 00001558 003 OF 015
of 160,000-270,000 yen a month, depending on their rank.
A total of 11,901 or some 25 percent of U.S. military personnel live
off base in Okinawa as of the end of March. However, it is unclear
how many of them are single and how many have families.
The KAB says that there are over 8,300 family housing units on U.S.
military bases in Okinawa. The Japanese and U.S. governments plan to
jointly renovate and build new houses at a cost of 2.4 billion
dollars (approximately 228 billion yen) in the next 16 years.
(4) MOFA Ambassador for Okinawa affairs Tarui tells governor "noise
from Kadena to be reduced," explains "U.S. will also give
consideration"
OKINAWA TIMES (Page 2) (Full)
July 8, 2009
Ministry of Foreign Affairs ambassador for Okinawa affairs Sumio
Tarui discussed the question of increased noise at Kadena Air Base
when F-15 fighters based there fly to Air Self-Defense Force bases
on the Japanese mainland for exercises on July 7. He said: "The U.S.
side has explained that they will give utmost consideration with
regard to exercises involving aircraft from outside Okinawa. Noise
shortly will be reduced somehow, albeit not completely" Tarui paid a
courtesy call on Governor Hirokazu Nakaima at the prefectural
government after assuming his new post recently and told him: "We
take the issue raised by governor very seriously and have made
strong representations that 'this will not solve the problem at
all.' The U.S. side has also shown understanding."
Nakaima pointed out "Noise is produced not only during takeoff and
landing, but also during engine tuning." The governor brought up the
stray bullet incident in Igei district of Kin-cho and the demand for
the return of the Torishima shooting and bombing drill site. He
requested Tarui's cooperation, saying, "While base issues cannot be
resolved all at once, we hope for continuous improvements to
alleviate the problems one by one."
Tarui also touched on the U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) realignment
process and noted, "The realignment will create great momentum for
steadily reducing the excessive burden on Okinawa." Nakaima agreed
with him.
(5) Yomiuri-Waseda poll on political awareness
YOMIURI (Page 11) (Full)
July 5, 2009
Questions & Answers
(Figures shown in percentage)
Q: Do you think it's all right to let the Democratic Party of Japan
(Minshuto) run the government for once?
Yes 38.0
Yes to a certain degree 23.9
No to a certain degree 16.2
No 16.7
N answer (N/A) 5.3
Q: Do you have expectations for the future of the Liberal Democratic
TOKYO 00001558 004 OF 015
Party?
Yes 15.5
Somewhat 20.4
Not very much 31.4
No 30.6
N/A 2.2
Q: Do you have expectations for the future of the Democratic Party
of Japan (Minshuto)?
Yes 20.4
Somewhat 31.5
Not very much 27.8
No 17.4
N/A 2.8
Q: Do you feel uneasy about the LDP's future?
Yes 50.6
Somewhat 34.8
Not very much 7.6
No 4.4
N/A 2.6
Q: Do you feel uneasy about the DPJ's future?
Yes 34.6
Somewhat 41.8
Not very much 13.4
No 5.9
N/A 4.3
Q: Are you satisfied with the LDP so far?
Yes 3.2
Somewhat 15.1
Not very much 35.2
No 44.6
N/A 1.9
Q: Are you satisfied with the DPJ so far?
Yes 2.2
Somewhat 16.0
Not very much 42.1
No 35.0
N/A 4.7
Q: Are you disappointed with the LDP so far?
Yes 38.3
Somewhat 34.7
Not very much 14.9
No 9.2
N/A 3.0
Q: Are you disappointed with the DPJ so far?
Yes 19.3
Somewhat 32.7
Not very much 27.9
TOKYO 00001558 005 OF 015
No 12.8
N/A 7.2
Q: Do you think the LDP is competent to run the government?
Yes 23.0
Somewhat 32.6
Not very much 21.2
No 17.6
N/A 5.6
Q: Do you think the DPJ is competent to run the government?
Yes 14.3
Somewhat 36.5
Not very much 24.3
No 16.3
N/A 8.7
Q: When comparing Prime Minister Aso and DPJ President Hatoyama, who
do you think is more appropriate for prime minister?
Prime Minister Aso 27.0
DPJ President Hatoyama 48.9
N/A 24.1
Q: Are you interested in the next election for the House of
Representatives?
Very interested 49.1
Somewhat interested 29.8
Not very interested 15.1
Not interested at all 5.3
N/A 0.6
Q: What would you like the political parties or their candidates to
take up in campaigning for the next election for the House of
Representatives? If any, pick as many as you like from among those
listed below.
Economic policy 75.0
Job security 48.3
Fiscal reconstruction 26.2
Tax reform, including consumption tax 35.5
Foreign, security policies 14.3
Pension system 59.0
Healthcare system 46.1
Environmental disruption 22.8
Politics and money 25.9
Hereditary politics 14.3
Diet membership cuts 22.4
Administrative reform, including central government offices 16.3
Postal privatization review 11.1
Agriculture 18.7
Other answers (O/A) 2.1
Nothing in particular (NIP) 2.6
N/A 0.4
Q: Which political party's candidate are you going to vote for in
the next election for the House of Representatives in your
single-seat constituency? Pick only one from among those listed
below.
TOKYO 00001558 006 OF 015
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 24.8
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto) 32.4
New Komeito (NK) 3.6
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 2.5
Social Democratic Party (SDP or Shaminto) 0.7
People's New Party (PNP or Kokumin Shinto) 0.1
Reform Club (RC or Kaikaku Kurabu) 0.1
New Party Nippon (NPN or Shinto Nippon) 0.1
Other political parties 0.1
Independent 1.1
Undecided 34.2
N/A 0.7
Q: Which political party are you going to vote for in the next
election for the House of Representatives in your proportional
representation bloc? Pick only one from among those listed below.
LDP 23.5
DPJ 33.0
NK 3.9
JCP 3.1
SDP 1.0
PNP 0.2
RC 0.1
NPN 0.1
Other political parties 0.1
Undecided 34.4
N/A 0.7
Q: What would you like to consider first when you choose a political
party to vote for in the next election for the House of
Representatives in your proportional representation bloc? If any,
pick as many as you like from among those listed below.
Political manifesto 56.0
Political nature, management 29.8
Lineup for proportional representation 7.6
Party head's personality, competence 25.1
Party with favorite politician 7.0
Party I once voted for 5.6
Stance to change the current state of politics 45.5
To be asked by a person you know or by a group you belong to 4.0
O/A 0.6
NIP+N/A 8.8
Q: Do you think the LDP has been able to respond appropriately to
immediate political issues?
Yes 13.3
No 79.0
N/A 7.7
Q: There is an opinion saying the DPJ does not clearly show how to
secure ways and means for its policy measures. Do you agree to this
opinion?
Yes 69.6
No 20.5
N/A 9.9
Q: Do you think there are clear-cut differences between the LDP's
TOKYO 00001558 007 OF 015
policies and the DPJ's policies?
Yes 27.6
No 63.5
N/A 9.0
Q: When running the government, which political party do you think
can reconstruct Japan's economy, the LDP or the DPJ?
LDP 33.9
DPJ 35.2
N/A 30.9
Q: When running the government, which political party do you think
can display leadership toward the central government bureaucracy,
the LDP or the DPJ?
LDP 38.1
DPJ 36.7
N/A 25.2
Q: Would you like an LDP-led coalition government to come into
office after the next election for the House of Representatives, or
would you otherwise like a DPJ-led coalition government?
LDP-led coalition government 32.2
DPJ-led coalition government 49.0
O/A 1.4
N/A 17.4
Q: If the DPJ runs the government, do you think Japanese politics
will improve, worsen, or remain unchanged?
Improve 25.8
Worsen 9.1
Remain unchanged 58.9
N/A 6.2
Q: Are you going to vote in the next election for the House of
Representatives? Pick only one from among those listed below.
Yes (including early voting) 64.9
Yes, if possible 27.0
No, maybe 5.5
No (abstain from voting) 2.0
N/A 0.7
Q: Two years ago, which political party's candidate or which
political party did you vote for in the July 2007 election for the
House of Councillors in your proportional representation bloc? Pick
only one from among those listed below.
LDP 41.8
DPJ 24.6
NK 4.7
JCP 3.0
SDP 1.3
PNP 0.3
NPN 0.1
Ishin Seito Shimpu, Kyujo Net, Kyosei Shinto, Joseito (Women's
Party) 0.1
Abstained from voting 8.5
TOKYO 00001558 008 OF 015
Forgot, yet to reach voting age, N/A 15.6
Q: Who do you think is most appropriate for prime minister among the
present Diet members? Pick only one from among those listed below.
Taro Aso 6.0
Shinzo Abe 1.3
Nobuteru Ishihara 3.8
Akihiro Ota 0.5
Katsuya Okada 5.6
Ichiro Ozawa 2.9
Naoto Kan 2.7
Yuriko Koike 1.7
Junichiro Koizumi 12.2
Sadakazu Tanigaki 1.0
Shoichi Nakagawa 0.2
HIdenao Nakagawa 0.5
Seiko Noda 0.4
Yoshihiko Noda ---
Ikuo Hatoyama 3.5
Yukio Hatoyama 12.1
Seiji Maehara 1.5
Yoichi Masuzoe 12.2
Nobutaka Machimura 0.6
Kaoru Yosano 1.4
Yoshimi Watanabe 0.8
Other persons 0.4
None 21.6
N/A 7.0
Polling methodology
(The survey was jointly conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun and Waseda
University.)
Date of survey: June 27-28.
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.
Number of valid respondents: 1,836 persons (61.2 PERCENT )
Breakdown of respondents: Male-45 PERCENT , female-55 PERCENT ;
persons in their 20s-10 PERCENT , 30s-14 PERCENT , 40s-16 PERCENT ,
50s-20 PERCENT , 60s-24 PERCENT , 70 and over-17 PERCENT ; big
cities (Tokyo's 23 wards and government-designated cities)-23
PERCENT , major cities (with a population of more than 300,000)-18
PERCENT , medium-size cities (with a population of more than
100,000)-25 PERCENT , small cities (with a population of less than
100,000)-23 PERCENT , towns and villages-11 PERCENT .
(Note) In some cases, the total percentage does not become 100
PERCENT due to rounding.
(6) Redefining Japan's policy stance (part 2): Government must not
be swayed by popularity contest
NIKKEI (Page 1) (Excerpts)
July 8, 2009
By Mutsumi Nishida, member of editorial board
Harmful effects of short-lived party heads
TOKYO 00001558 009 OF 015
Shinzo Abe, Yasuo Fukuda and Taro Aso succeeded Junichiro Koizumi
(head of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2001 through 2006) as
prime minister. Then Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President
Katsuya Okada, who stepped down taking the responsibility for the
party's crushing defeat in an election, was also succeeded by three
persons - Seiji Maehara, Ichiro Ozawa and Yukio Hatoyama. One reason
for making Japan's political party politics second-rate is that the
tenures (of the two major political parties) have been far too
short.
With a major battle for the next Lower House election drawing near,
calls for the resignation of the prime minister are being openly
heard in the LDP. Hatoyama is also suffering from a setback due to
the false statement on individual political fund donations. Neither
party has released its manifesto.
The frequent replacements of party heads have made their policies
inconsistent. The mechanism of party heads being selected, with
priority being given to candidates' popularity instead of in-depth
policy debates within the party, has apparently weakened both
parties' capability to polish their policies.
With a policy confrontation over the postal privatization, which is
supposed to be the greatest achievement of the Koizumi reform drive,
emerging again in the LDP, the party remains unable to overview this
matter.
The Okada-led DPJ came up with a policy of hiking the sales tax by 3
PERCENT , proposing the establishment of a minimum guaranteed
pension system financed by the sale tax. However, his successor
Ozawa shut off the proposal for hiking the sales tax during 2007
Upper House election campaigns. Hatoyama inherited Ozawa's policy.
He says that there is no need to discuss the sales tax hike issue
for the next four years. We cannot help thinking that the DPJ is
avoiding bringing up the sales tax issue fearing opposition from
voters. This is a most irresponsible attitude.
As the election draws near, a political trend of catering to public
opinion is gaining further ground. One symbolic event is that the
LDP asked Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru to run for the
Lower House election. Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto, another popular
prefectural governor, is rattling the political parties over the
decentralization issue, insinuating that he and heads of other local
governments will announce the name of the party they will back.
The LDP intends to reflect reform of decentralization, including the
abolition of the system of local governments sharing the costs of
state-sponsored projects, as requested by Higashikokubaru. The DPJ
is trying to lure votes in rural areas, by shelving the
300-basic-municipality initiative, a policy adopted when Ozawa was
president. It is dubious whether the parties have given life to such
makeshift policies.
The DPJ achieved a landslide victory in the 2007 Upper House
election, by putting up such public pledges as the establishment of
child benefits of 26,000 yen per month and toll-free highways,
without indicating clear fiscal resources. It will adopt this policy
line for the upcoming Lower House election. The LDP is making a
desperate effort to come up with countermeasures, such as a cut in
highway tolls for fear of falling from power.
Acute insight to be brought into question
TOKYO 00001558 010 OF 015
The upcoming Lower House election is fraught with the danger of
becoming a pork-barrel battle between the two major parties. In the
meantime, what is Japan going to do about measures to deal with the
threat from the North, what approach to take toward a rising China
and how to grasp Japan-U.S. relations? There is concern that debate
on policies on the foreign affairs and security areas will be left
behind.
Voters' acute insight in terms of telling the real from the false of
policies will become most necessary in preventing the nation from
sinking due to political parties engaging in scoring popularity
points.
(7) "Low support rate" ex-PM, "insensitive" ex-PM, and others having
their field day - from the feature "Zombies moving the lame duck Aso
administration behind the scenes"
SHUKAN ASAHI (Pages 18-20) (Excerpts)
July 17, 2009
Takashi Uesugi
Yoshiro Mori is an unusual politician with the heart of a flea and
the brains of a shark. He emerges at key junctures of the political
situation as a self-proclaimed kingmaker. But he mostly makes his
claim of king-making ex post facto and has almost never been
successful. He has destroyed many an administration. The more a
prime minister listens to Mori, the shorter the life span of his
cabinet. As a matter of fact, only people who rejected his advice
have actually prospered.
In his speech in Kobe City on June 22, Mori said: "Mr Aso made
somebody who is totally unrelated to him secretary general. That is
why he is plagued with one disaster after another. While Mr Hosoda
is a serious-minded man, he is not the type to lead an election."
This statement was regarded as a go-ahead by Aso, who was then
contemplating changes in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
leadership. Aso immediately leaned toward making personnel changes.
At that time, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a "self-appointed"
close aide to Aso, came on the scene with Aso's adviser, Election
Strategy Council Vice Chairman Yoshihide Suga. Abe strongly
suggested a revamp of the party leadership and a major reshuffle of
the cabinet.
On the evening of June 24, Abe made a secret visit to the prime
minister's official residential quarters. His purpose was to advise
Aso to embark on a major cabinet reshuffle and revamp of the LDP
leadership. A strategy to buoy the administration with the personnel
changes and go into the general election was discussed.
The proposals Abe brought with him included such surprise
appointments as Masuzoe as LDP secretary general and Koizumi as
minister of internal affairs and communications. It was a bold
survival plan that also involved the appointment of faction leaders
who were rumored to lose in the election to the cabinet to show case
party unity.
Right after Mori gave his go-ahead, newspapers began to report on
the impending LDP leadership and cabinet reshuffle prominently.
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Mainichi Shimbun, for instance, carried a headline that went: "Prime
Minister Aso defending the right to appoint LDP executives,
desperate to dissolve Diet, taking big gamble."
However, Mori made an about-face at this point.
On the evening of June 30, just one week after his speech in Kobe,
Mori was having dinner with Aso at a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo. He
strongly opposed Aso's personnel plans.
"Secretary General Hosoda and others have worked very hard under the
guiding principle of 'economic measures rather than political
maneuvering.' You should appeal to the people with this team in the
election."
Finally, he kept pressing Aso: "Who chose Mr Hosoda? You did, didn't
you? You were the one who chose him, right?" Aso had no choice but
to nod in agreement.
With this, Mori fulfilled his long-cherished dream. Not only did he
suppress the prime minister's power of appointment, he even
restricted his power to dissolve the Diet, making Mori a true
kingmaker.
The appointments Aso announced on the next day, July 1 were only two
ministers to relieve ministers holding multi portfolios, which were
quite far from being "decisive."
Personnel appointment is the source of the prime minister's power.
His power to dismiss not only party executives and cabinet
ministers, but also all members of the House of Representatives at
one stroke is unrivalled.
Yet, Aso had to give up even his mightiest weapon. This is probably
his destiny, since he has the support of only a small weak faction,
the Aso group, and his allies, such as Kunio Hatoyama, have deserted
him. His administration cannot survive if he disobeys the number one
faction and its boss, Mori.
Newspaper headlines on July 2 were even harsher. Asahi Shimbun
claims: "Aso's appointments make 'hard' landing; Diet dissolution
now difficult; faces even danger of stepping down"
Not only the media but also LDP members were critical. Perhaps it is
more accurate to say that they were exasperated.
A senior LDP official said: "This was an exercise of the bare
minimum power of appointment. It will not raise the cabinet support
rating even by 1 percent. It would have been better if he did
nothing because at least, some fear of him would still remain. Such
pathetic appointments rather served to betray that the prime
minister has no power at all."
This LDP official would normally allow reporters to cite his name,
but this time, he has asked not to be named.
The reason is that such criticism of the prime minister is very
likely to have a serious impact on the political situation. In other
words, this is proof that the Aso administration is so precarious
that it may face a crisis of disintegration over the words of one
single politician.
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Aso's options are now very limited. Since his favorite word is
"kyoji (self-respect)," he should just attend the G-8 Summit and
exercise his right to dissolve the Diet decisively with the dignity
of a prime minister.
It is reported that Aso had at first planned to make his personnel
revamp on July 1, announce the dissolution of the Diet on July 6
right before the Summit, and actually dissolve the Diet on July 14,
immediately after the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. However,
a business leader who had talked to the prime minister directly
said:
"The impression I got is somewhat different. The prime minister's
original plan was a surprise reshuffle of the cabinet and the LDP
leadership on July 1, dissolution of the Diet on July 2, and then
plunge into the Tokyo election, whose official declaration of
candidacy is scheduled for July 3.
Will Aso really be able to dissolve the Diet? The above senior LDP
official said: "No matter how hard he tries, his hands are already
tied. It is impossible that Aso, whose appointment power has even
been suppressed, can play his trump card. Moreover, even if he
dissolves the Diet in desperation, the LDP may make its move at that
point. For example, if the presidential election is frontloaded,
there is nothing he can do."
There are no rules on the date of ad hoc presidential elections in
the LDP. Under certain circumstances, a new president can be elected
by a general meeting of both houses of the Diet without any voting
by the rank-and-file party members. In other words, if Mori gives
the go-ahead to the faction leaders to hold the presidential
election early, that will be the end of the Aso administration.
Even without the signatures of a majority of LDP Diet members, Aso
can be ousted as party president. At least 10 days is needed between
Diet dissolution and the official declaration of candidacy to allow
the election committees in the prefectures to make preparations. If
the presidential election is held during that period, the LDP will
not have to fight the general election under Aso.
On the other hand, even if the LDP wins the election, the
possibility of an "ultra C" trick of not giving Aso the premiership
cannot be completely discounted.
Right now, everything depends on what Mori will do. When the LDP
faced its gravest crisis since the founding of the party in summer
2000, Mori was the president.
Subsequently, "Kato's rebellion" occurred and poor crisis management
during the sinking of the training ship "Ehime Maru" in waters off
Hawaii forced Mori to step down.
It is really sad that the fate of Aso's LDP is in the hands of the
same man once again.
(8) "Politically tone deaf" Yoshihide Suga: Everything this Aso
adviser does backfires -- from the feature "Zombies moving the lame
duck Aso administration behind the scenes"
SHUKAN ASAHI (Pages 24-25) (Full)
July 17, 2009
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Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Election Strategy Council Vice
Chairman Yoshihide Suga, 60, is the most prominent adviser to Prime
Minister Taro Aso these days. However, it is well known that
everything he has done recently has "backfired."
A source in Nagata-cho confides: "Mr Suga and Mr Abe (former Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe) are the ones who advised Prime Minister Aso to
revamp the cabinet and the LDP leadership recently. However, this
was met by fierce opposition in the party. The move ended up
revealing Prime Minister Aso's weakened leadership."
Come to think of it, Suga was also the one who dissuaded Aso from
dissolving the Diet at an early date and told him to put off
dissolution. From his personal experience of working his way up from
the ranks, Suga had strongly advocated restrictions on hereditary
Diet seats, and this episode gave the impression that Aso was
wavering again. Furthermore, Suga suffered a setback by siding with
Japan Post President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, 70, in the row over the
appointment of the Japan Post president, where he was instrumental
in the replacement of Minister of Internal Affairs and
Communications Kunio Hatoyama.
The above source asserts that, "In the first place, Mr Suga was also
a close aide to Prime Minister Abe under the Abe administration and
was also responsible for the collapse of this administration. The
way it looks, he is nothing but 'politically tone deaf'."
Why has Aso taken someone like Suga into his confidence?
Political commentator Hirotada Asagawa observes: "Since Mr Aso hails
from an illustrious family, he has probably overestimated the
ability of Mr Suga, who is a self-made man, thinking 'he has
something that I don't have' and 'he understands the common folks'
feelings'."
For sure, the recent "suggestion" to revamp the party leadership was
a "tragedy" resulting from misunderstandings giving rise to further
misunderstandings. Political journalist Junichi Fujimoto offers the
following explanation:
"In this affair, the decisive factor triggering the opposition in
the LDP was rumors about Suga's appointment as secretary general. I
think these rumors were circulated by people who dislike him. As a
matter of fact, what Mr Suga and others had in mind was to make the
popular Masuzoe (minister of health, labor and welfare) secretary
general. In the name of protecting Aso from moves to oust him, Suga
started an information blitz for he wanted to use the media to make
the dash from cabinet reshuffle to Diet dissolution a fait accompli.
However, this backfired because the LDP heavyweights were offended.
In the end, the plan was probably crushed by the struggle to grab
initiative in the LDP."
Suga is known to be aggressive. He is the type who exercises strict
control over the bureaucrats and junior Diet members, and there is
no lack of anecdotes about him.
The above Nagata-cho source says: "When he was minister of internal
affairs and communications under the Abe administration, he hollered
at security guards who did not salute, showing them how nasty he is.
On the question of reforming NHK, one of his pet projects, he
ignored the resistance of senior ministry officials and forced
through his replacement of high-ranking division chiefs who were not
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keen on reform."
Still, even his strong arms were no match to the shrewd
"heavyweights" in the LDP.
(9) Ruling bloc presents anti-global warming bill that does not
specify any mid-term numerical reduction target
MAINICHI (Page 4) (Abridged slightly)
July 8, 2009
Kiyohiro Akama
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito submitted to the
House of Representatives yesterday a bill for promoting the creation
of a low carbon society that will serve as guideline for measures to
curb global warming. The major opposition Democratic Party of Japan
(DPJ) has already presented a bill to curb global warming to the
Diet. The clock is ticking for deliberations before the current Diet
session closes on July 28. The bills carry a strong aspect of being
environmental manifestos (campaign pledges) for the upcoming Lower
House election campaign.
The government's long-term target is to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by 60-80 percent from current levels by 2050 and its
mid-term goal is to reduce emissions by 15 percent from 2015 levels
by 2020.
The DPJ plan includes a mid-term target of reducing emissions over
25 percent from 1990 levels (or 30 percent from 2005 levels) in a
bid to play up its awareness of the environment. To achieve that
goal, the DPJ bill lists such means as the introduction of a green
tax and a system to buy up new energies at fixed prices, such as
solar energy generation.
In contrast, the ruling coalition's plan specifies an effort to
strike a balance between environmental conservation and economic
development, throwing a wet blanket on simply raising targets. The
ruling bloc's long-term target follows the government's policy
course, while its mid-term target is to be determined based on
international negotiations without mentioning any concrete figure. A
senior ruling party lawmaker said, "We were careful not to tie up
the government's hands in making policy decisions."
Mid-term targets are drawing attention because the international
negotiations to determine the major emitters' (post-Kyoto Protocol)
targets for 2013 and beyond are in the final stretch. Countries are
aiming to reach an agreement at the 15th session of the Conference
of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (COP15) to be held in December. There is a possibility that
Japan will be pressed for deeper cuts.
Achieving targets requires greater financial burdens on corporations
and households. For instance, in order to achieve the 2020 mid-term
target, solar energy generation must be increased 20 times the
current level and the ratio of next-generation vehicles, such as
electric cars, must be raised to 50 percent.
Business circles are alarmed at the DPJ plan specifying high
targets, with one leader saying, "Even achieving the mid-term target
seems difficult. If Japan is forced through international talks to
accept a reduction target that is less of an advantage than that for
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the United States and European countries, our country's
international competitiveness will decline."
Meanwhile, environmental organizations, which have been calling for
deep cuts, think the government's and the ruling bloc's responses
are insufficient. Opinions in Japan are split.
Interview with Takeshi Noda, chair of the LDP taskforce to promote
measures to curb global warming
The government's mid-term target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by 15 percent from 2005 levels deserves a positive assessment. I
must say that the DPJ plan that calls for a 25 percent reduction
from 1990 levels comes from an opposition party's thinking that
ignores its possible impact on the economy and people's
livelihoods.
We must keep in mind that the mid-term target is only a starting
point. It is out of the question to specify reduction targets in a
bill, for such will tie up the government's hands ahead of the
international negotiations. Opposition parties are free to put up
any slogans. But we, as a party in power, are required to come up
with a strategy that is pragmatic and carefully thought out. We have
produced an ambitious bill after hearing views of people in various
quarters for one year. The bill includes a special action period to
intensively address challenges in ten years after the legislation
takes effect. It should serve as the leverage to build a low carbon
society.
(Interviewed by Kiyohiro Akama)
Interview with Tetsuro Fukuyama, secretary general of DPJ taskforce
to curb global warming
Our party's bill specifies a 25 percent reduction from 1990 levels
with the aim of demonstrating to the world Japan's stance as a
signatory to the Kyoto Protocol. Our plan is unique in that it
incorporates specific steps, such as the introduction of a system to
buy up renewable energies at fixed prices and of a green tax.
The government has decided on the mid-term target of reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent from 2005 levels. Prime
Minister Taro Aso has not presented any specific policies, such as
environmental regulations and fiscal spending, preventing
corporations from determining which areas they should invest in. New
markets will emerge from the promotion of technological development
and the introduction of a renewable energy buy-up system, thereby
revitalizing the economy. The government is nipping economic growth
in the bud.
A 25 percent reduction from 1990 levels is attainable by employing
every possible policy. Once our party takes power, we will clarify
Japan's position at COP15 in December in line with our legislation.
Participation by major emitters, such as China and the United
States, is indispensable. The DPJ plan putting up high targets
offers ample chances for realizing it.
ZUMWALT