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UNCLAS TOKYO 001573 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR, 
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM; 
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; 
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI; 
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA; 
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE; 
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 SUMMIT 
 
¶1. LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Asahi gave top coverage to the 
revelation by several unnamed former GOJ officials that a senior 
MOFA official in around 2001 instructed his deputies to dispose of 
all ministry documents pertaining to a U.S.-Japan secret accord on 
the introduction of nuclear weapons. 
¶2. "Step toward Nuclear Abolition" On the G8 statement concerning a 
world free of nuclear weapons, the liberal Asahi editorialized 
(7/10): "Arms control and nuclear nonproliferation are essential in 
order to create the 'conditions for a world without nuclear 
weapons,' because calls for non-nuclear powers to take additional 
measures meant to halt nuclear proliferation might not be heeded as 
long as the nuclear powers maintain large volumes of nuclear 
weapons. Arms reduction and nuclear nonproliferation must be pursued 
concurrently in order to head off both a nuclear war and nuclear 
terrorism." 
 
¶3. "Roadmap Set for Coordination to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism" A 
correspondent for the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from 
L'Aquila, Italy (7/10): "By  successfully enlisting G8 support for a 
comprehensive strategy for the creation of a world free of nuclear 
weapons, President Obama paved the way for expanding his efforts 
toward nuclear arms reduction and nuclear nonproliferation 
worldwide. However, it will take a very long time for the existing 
nuclear nations to eliminate their nuclear stockpiles, and there are 
no effective tools to force North Korea and Iran to give up on their 
nuclear programs. These realities point to a tough road ahead for 
the realization of the Obama initiative." 
 
¶4. "U.S.-Japan Coordination Needed to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons" The 
liberal Mainichi argued in an editorial (7/10): "What is important 
from now on is that the Obama administration steadily implements the 
ideas it has laid out. A resolution proposed by Japan every year 
since 1994 at the UN General Assembly calling for the total 
elimination of nuclear weapons has been adopted. However, several 
nations, including the U.S. and North Korea, opposed it last year 
and the previous year. It seems strange that the U.S. and North 
Korea are on the same side concerning a resolution on the nuclear 
issue. The Obama administration's support for this motion will be 
the first step toward carrying out this noble cause." 
 
¶5. "80 Percent Reduction Is Too Ambitious" The conservative Sankei 
contended (7/10): "The goal of an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse 
gas emissions over the next 40 years by advanced countries is too 
ambitious to be achieved.... Having ideals is not wrong, but this 
target is extremely bold. It will be difficult to achieve it without 
technological innovation of unprecedented magnitude.... Instead, 
concrete proposals and negotiations should be undertaken concerning 
emissions reductions by developing countries." 
 
¶6. "G8 Alone Cannot Guide World" The business-oriented Nikkei 
asserted (7/10): "The L'Aquila summit visibly displayed the reality 
of a major shift from the dynamics in which the G8 managed world 
order.... The time has come to consider new systems for dealing with 
the peace, economic, and environmental issues of this century by 
reorganizing such international institutions as the UN, the IMF, the 
World Bank, and the OECD, in addition to the G8." 
 
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