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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/03/09 
 
Index: 
1) Editorials 
2) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
3) DPJ President Hatoyama's Schedule  (Nikkei) 
 
Foreign relations 
4) Obama and Hatoyama affirm Japan-U.S. alliance during telephone 
conference  (Nikkei) 
5) -Hatoyama says "Japan-U.S. relationship is cornerstone"  during 
telephone conference with President Obama:  (Asahi) 
6) -Hatoyama and Obama agree during first telephone conversation 
that Japan-U.S. alliance is cornerstone  (Yomiuri) 
7) DPJ begins coalition talks with SDP, PNP, proposes "equal 
Japan-U.S. relationship" in draft policy agreement  (Yomiuri) 
8) LDP-New Komeito administration requested U.S. strengthen "nuclear 
umbrella"  (Akahata) 
 
Politics 
9) DPJ, SDP, and PNP put off foreign policy and security at policy 
meeting; DPJ puts coordination team on hold  (Mainichi) 
10) DPJ, SDP, and PNP hold first conference on forming a coalition; 
aim to reach agreement this week  (Asahi) 
11) Gist of the rough draft of the coalition government's accord 
(Nikkei) 
 
12) DPJ presents policy draft at three-party coalition conference; 
SDP requests coordination team  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
13) DPJ Transition team: Okada, foreign affairs; Naoshima, finance. 
Will they assume these portfolios in the cabinet?  (Sankei) 
 
Defense & security 
14) - Foreign policy and security flashpoints in coalition; DPJ's 
proposals full of vague language  (Yomiuri) 
 
Economy 
15) Japan Federation of Economic Organizations asks DPJ to oppose 
target of a 25 PERCENT  reduction in greenhouse gases during 
international negotiations (Yomiuri) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
DPJ, SDP, PNP begin coalition talks, confirm common policies, aiming 
at agreement this week 
 
Mainichi: 
DPJ proposal on toll free expressways: Ministry of Land, 
Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism seeking ways to collect tolls 
for some expressways 
 
Yomiuri: 
Hatoyama, Obama hold first teleconference, agree on "Japan-U.S. 
alliance as cornerstone" 
 
Nikkei: 
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma acquires U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturer 
in 250 billion yen takeover bid, to make inroads into U.S. market 
 
Sankei: 
Bill to pay out "child allowances" from June 2010, eyeing Upper 
 
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House election, to pass extraordinary Diet session 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
DPJ presents draft policy proposals at three-party coalition talks; 
SDP demands coordination body 
 
Akahata: 
U.S. official testifies that LDP-New Komeito administration asked 
U.S. to strengthen "nuclear umbrella," "upgrade weapon capability" 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Three-party coalition talks: Do not leave source of future 
trouble with ambiguous agreement 
(2) Launch of Consumer Affairs Agency: New administration should 
create a strong organization 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Launch of Consumer Affairs Agency: Appoint a minister with 
authority 
(2) New influenza countermeasures: Delay due to administration 
transition must be avoided 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Coalition government talks: Pragmatic security policies are 
indispensable 
(2) Launch of Consumer Affairs Agency: End the confusion, start 
normal functioning at early date 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) DPJ and ruling parties should work for smooth transfer of power 
(2) Prevent North Korea-Iran nuclear cooperation 
 
Sankei: 
(1) International conferences: Can national interest be protected 
without participation of cabinet ministers? 
(2) Coalition government talks: DPJ bears serious governing 
responsibility 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Transfer of power: Set rules to avoid political vacuum 
(2) New influenza: Implement uninterrupted countermeasures 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Disaster prevention will be too late after Tokai earthquake 
occurs 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, September 2 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
08:03 Took a walk around the official residence. 
10:31 Met with Bhutan Prime Minister Thinley at the Kantei. 
11:16 Award ceremony for distinguished service in disaster 
preparedness, followed by a photo session. 
12:35 Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura. 
13:26 Met with State Minister for Science and Technology Policy and 
Lawmaker Masuo Aizawa of the Council for Science and Technology 
 
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Council, and Assistant Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuda. Then 
met with incoming and outgoing Vice Defense Minister Nakae and 
Masuda. 
15:27 Met with former prime minister Mori. 
17:01 Met with Secretary General Hosoda, Policy Research Council 
Chairman Hori and General Council Chairman Sasagawa. Kawamura was 
present and stayed behind. 
18:06 Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Uruma. 
19:05 Dined with members of his support group at Tawashita, a 
restaurant in Higashi-Azabu. 
22:23 Arrived at the official residence. 
 
4) DPJ President Hatoyama's Schedule 
 
September 3 
 
09:06: Left his residence in Denenchofu 
09:53: Met with Chairman Tanaka of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly 
11:52: Suichuka, a restaurant in Hirakawa-cho 
12:19: Arrived at the party headquarters 
14:00: Meeting of the Central Executive of the Japanese Trade Union 
Confederation at Raporu Nikkyousai in Yamabuki-cho. Secretary 
General Okada also attended. 
15:13: Met with Upper House member Yoshihiro Kawakami, followed by 
Lower House member Kenko Matsumoto. 
16:20: Met with DPJ abduction issue measures headquarters chief 
Nakai, followed by Deputy President Kan. 
17:12: Met with Social Democratic Party leader Fukushima. SDP 
Secretary General Shigeno and DPJ Executive Office chief Hirano were 
present. 
17:30: Arrived at the party headquarters. 
19:40: Arrived at his residence. 
22:49: Arrived at the party headquarters. 
 
September 3 
 
00:09: Telephone conversation with U.S. President Obama. 
01:05: Arrived at his residence. 
 
5) Hatoyama, Obama agree to firmly maintain bilateral alliance 
 
NIKKEI (Page 1) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama held a 
telephone conversation with U.S. President Obama for about 10 
minutes early this morning. Hatoyama and Obama agreed that it would 
be important to firmly maintain the bilateral alliance between Japan 
and the United States. Hatoyama clarified his intention to attach 
importance to bilateral relations between the two countries, saying, 
"We would like to build a constructive, future-oriented relationship 
between our two countries." 
 
Obama called Hatoyama to congratulate him on the DPJ's victory in 
the recent election for the House of Representatives. Hatoyama 
quoted Obama as saying, "The two democratic parties won on both 
sides of the ocean." 
 
Hatoyama expressed his gratitude to Obama, saying: "This is the 
first time for Japan to undergo a change of government through the 
democratic process. It's thanks to you. Change needs courage, but 
you and the American people encouraged me." 
 
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Hatoyama also told Obama that he would like to meet with Obama when 
he addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York and 
attends a Group of Twenty (G-20) summit in Pittsburgh. 
 
6) In telephone conversation, Hatoyama tells Obama that Japan-U.S. 
alliance is cornerstone of Japan's diplomacy 
 
ASAHI (Page 1) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama talked by 
telephone for about 12 minutes with U.S. President Barack Obama 
early in the morning on Sept. 3. According to Hatoyama, he told 
Obama: "The Japan-U.S. alliance is the cornerstone of Japan's 
diplomacy. I want to build a constructive, future-oriented 
Japan-U.S. relationship." He also told Obama: 
 
"You have exercised your initiative in dealing with climate change 
and nuclear disarmament issues. Our party feels the same way as you. 
I also want to work together in resolving economic issues." 
 
Hatoyama said that they agreed to develop the Japan-U.S. 
relationship while keeping pace on these issues. 
 
The telephone call was requested by the U.S. side. According to 
Hatoyama, Obama congratulated the DPJ on its victory in the recent 
House of Representatives election, and Hatoyama responded: 
 
"Thanks to your victory (in the presidential election), our party 
managed to win the general election. Bringing about change requires 
courage. The American people and the President gave the Japanese 
people courage (to change the government)." 
 
Moreover, referring in the telephone conversation to his planned 
visit to the United States to attend such international conferences 
as the UN General Assembly, Hatoyama told Obama: "I hope to meet 
with you as soon as possible," conveying his hope for an early 
summit between the two. 
 
7) Hatoyama, Obama agree on Japan-U.S. alliance as "cornerstone" in 
first teleconference 
 
YOMIURI (Top play) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama had his 
first telephone conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama for 
about 10 minutes at the party headquarters in the early hours of 
September 3. The two leaders agreed the Japan-U.S. alliance is the 
cornerstone and on cooperation in such issues as climate change, 
eradication of nuclear weapons, and economic stimulation measures 
after the launch of the new Japanese administration. 
 
This teleconference was proposed by the U.S. side to extend the 
President's congratulations to Hatoyama for his victory in the 
recent House of Representatives election. 
 
The President noted that "the Democratic Party won on both sides of 
the ocean" and conveyed his congratulations on the DPJ's landslide 
victory following his own victory in the presidential election. 
 
 
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"The DPJ won thanks to President Obama," responded Hatoyama. "Japan 
has achieved a change of administration through a democratic process 
for the first time. The President gave the Japanese people courage 
to change." 
 
Hatoyama added, "We would like to build a constructive 
future-oriented Japan-U.S. relationship. The President is exercising 
leadership on the issues of climate change and elimination of 
nuclear weapons. We are a party with the same thinking. We would 
also like to cooperate closely on economic issues in order to 
improve (the economic situation)." 
 
In response to the President's proposal to strengthen bilateral 
relations, Hatoyama told Obama "we also regard the Japan-U.S. 
alliance as the cornerstone." He added, "I would like to attend the 
financial summit and the UN General Assembly if possible and would 
like to meet with you at an early date. 
 
After the teleconference, Hatoyama told reporters the two leaders 
had "confirmed that the bilateral alliance is the cornerstone." No 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs official was present during the 
conversation. 
 
After being elected as prime minister on September 16, Hatoyama is 
expected to visit the U.S. in late September to attend the UN 
General Assembly and other international conferences. He intends to 
meet the President and build a relationship of trust with him during 
this trip. 
 
8) DPJ begins coalition talks with SDP, PNP, proposes "equal 
Japan-U.S. relationship" in draft policy agreement 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Excerpts) 
September 3, 2009 
 
On September 2, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the Social 
Democratic Party (SDP), and the People's New Party (PNP) began 
negotiations for forming a coalition government. They agreed to 
draft soon an agreement on forming the coalition. The agreement will 
contain provisions for countermeasures against the new influenza and 
timely disaster prevention measures, in addition to the common 
policies compiled by the three parties for the House of 
Representatives election in August. The three parties aim to sign 
the agreement before DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama is elected as 
prime minister at the special Diet session on September 16. The key 
issue will be how to handle foreign and security policies. 
 
DPJ Policy Research Committee Chairman Masayuki Naoshima presented a 
document entitled "(draft) policy agreement for establishing a 
coalition government" at his meeting in the Diet building with SDP 
and PNP policy officers Tomoko Abe and Shozaburo Jimi. The draft 
agreement contains two additional provisions on new influenza 
countermeasures and disaster prevention in addition to the six 
previous common policies. As for foreign and security policies, the 
draft advocates "building a close and equal Japan-U.S. alliance 
relationship " and "exerting every effort to make North Korea halt 
its development of nuclear weapons and missiles and to seek a 
solution to the abduction issue." 
 
The SDP and the PNP agreed to the provisions on new influenza and 
disaster prevention. However, the SDP asserted that a solution to 
the problem of U.S. military bases in Japan and the codification of 
 
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the three non-nuclear principles should be included. The three 
policy officers will resume discussions on September 3. 
 
9) LDP-New Komeito administration asked U.S. to strengthen nuclear 
umbrella, according to congressional testimony by U.S. official in 
charge 
 
AKAHATA (Top play) (Abridged slightly) 
September 3, 2009 
 
Japanese government representatives under the LDP-New Komeito 
administration asked the United States to strengthen its nuclear 
umbrella by presenting specific capabilities to a congressional 
panel to assess the U.S. nuclear strategy, such as weapons that can 
penetrate hard targets with minimum collateral damage. This was 
revealed in a testimony by John S. Foster, 86, the panel's chair, 
before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on May 7. 
 
Following the U.S. Obama administration's declaration to aim for a 
world without nuclear weapons, momentum is gathering in the 
international community toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. 
Under such circumstances, attention is focused on how the next 
administration led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) expected 
to be launched on Sept. 16 will modify such a stance and address the 
question of the nuclear umbrella. 
 
Foster indicated that some allies expressed concerns during the 
panel's meeting. He also made the following testimony on Japan: 
 
"In particular, the representatives from Japan have described in 
some detail the kind of capabilities that they believe the U.S. 
nuclear umbrella should possess and so they have talked about 
capabilities that are - that can be stealthy and they can be 
transparent and they can be prompt, and then they would like 
capabilities that can penetrate hard targets with minimum collateral 
damage" 
 
He also said, "Those are not the characteristics that we currently 
deploy," adding that in order to respond to concerns of the allies, 
the question is whether or not organizations manufacturing and 
developing nuclear weapons can conduct nuclear tests, which are now 
suspended, for developing new types of nuclear weapons. 
 
10) DPJ, coalition partners to forgo talks on foreign, security 
policies 
 
MAINICHI (Page 1) (Abridged) 
September 3, 2009 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) yesterday started policy talks 
with the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDP) and the People's New 
Party (PNP) in order to launch a coalition government. The three 
parties concurred on their common policies, with the exception of 
foreign and security policies. They have put off reaching a 
conclusion on foreign affairs and security issues. The SDP proposed 
setting up a consultative body to coordinate the ruling parties' 
policies. However, the DPJ withheld its answer. The three parties 
will resume their policy talks today, aiming to reach an agreement 
tomorrow for their coalition. 
 
The three parties held a meeting of their policy chiefs in the Diet 
yesterday afternoon, with the participation of Naoyuki Naoshima from 
 
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the DPJ, Tomoko Abe from the SDP, and Shozaburo Jimi from the PNP. 
 
On foreign and security policies, Abe sought to revise the 
Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. In addition, she also called 
for legislating Japan's self-imposed three nonnuclear principles of 
not producing, possessing, or allowing nuclear weapons into the 
country. The three parties have forgone their conclusion. Abe 
proposed setting up a consultative body for the ruling parties to 
discuss policies. However, Naoshima went no further than to say, 
"This is a matter to be discussed at the level of DPJ President 
Yukio Hatoyama and Secretary General Katsuya Okada." 
 
In the area of foreign relations and security issues, the SDP 
clarified its stance against the Maritime Self-Defense Force's 
ongoing antipiracy mission in waters off the eastern African coast 
of Somalia. The DPJ has accepted the MSDF's antipiracy mission there 
without calling for its immediate withdrawal. Given this, the three 
parties will probably encounter twists and turns in their policy 
talks over these issues. 
 
11) First DPJ-SDP-PNP talks held on establishing coalition 
government; Aim to reach agreement this week; Common policies 
confirmed 
 
ASAHI (Top play) (Excerpts) 
September 3, 2009 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the Social Democratic Party 
(SDP), and the People's New Party (PNP) held their first policy 
meeting in the Diet building yesterday evening on launching a 
tripartite coalition government. They agreed to address the new 
influenza and heavy rains in addition to a set of common policies 
that was formulated before the (Aug. 30) general election. A 
solution to foreign and security policies on which the three parties 
are split has been postponed. Representatives of the three parties 
will meet again this evening with the aim of reaching an agreement 
before the end of the week. 
 
The common policies include a policy of maintaining the current 
consumption tax rate until the next general election, the abolition 
of the medical insurance system for people 75 and older, and the 
creation of a child-rearing allowance. The three parties intend to 
reach a coalition government agreement that covers foreign and 
security policies, which are not specified in the common policies. 
The establishment of a policy coordination body among the three 
ruling parties, a strong proposal by the SDP, is also a point at 
issue. 
 
Yesterday's talks were attended by DPJ Policy Research Committee 
Chairman Masayuki Naoshima, SDP policy board head Tomoko Abe, and 
PNP policy board head Shozaburo Jimi. In the session, the DPJ 
presented a draft plan including five security-policy items: (1) 
equal Japan-U.S. relations; (2) building an East Asia Community; (3) 
elimination of nuclear weapons; (4) a solution to the abduction 
issue, and (5) efforts to curb global warming. The SDP called for a 
reference to a revision of the Status of Forces Agreement. The DPJ 
will present a new plan. The PNP sought a drastic review of the 
postal businesses without fail. 
 
The SDP remains unyielding about setting up a policy coordination 
organization. The SDP apparently intends to simply confirm policies 
in outline without going into the controversial details to make it 
 
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easier for its views to be reflected in common policies when tough 
issues crop up after joining the new administration. 
 
But coordination of policies by the ruling parties outside the 
cabinet might run counter to the DPJ's goal of a unified 
decision-making system by the government and the ruling parties. As 
such, Naoshima stopped short of replying by simply saying that he 
will consult with the party president and secretary general. 
 
12) Gist of draft agreement on coalition government 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
Q Implement measures against new strains of flu 
Q Promptly deal with damage caused by torrential rains, earthquakes 
and climate change 
Q Build a close and equal alliance relationship with the U.S. by 
establishing a proactive diplomatic strategy 
Q Aim to build an East Asian community 
Q Stop North Korea from developing nuclear arms and missiles and 
exert all-out efforts to settle the abduction issue 
Q Spearhead the movement to eliminate nuclear weapons 
 
The following are the same as the common policies the three parties 
- the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the 
People's New Party - compiled on August 14 for the Lower House 
election. 
 
Q Do not raise the sales tax while in power 
Q Take a second look at the four separate postal services 
Q Set up child allowances 
Q Scrap the current policy of curbing growth in social security 
spending to 22 billion yen 
Q Adopt a pension system combining a contribute-as-you-earn system 
and a minimum guarantee system. 
Q Ban, in principle, a registration-based worker dispatching service 
system and dispatching workers to manufacturing firms. 
Q Set up a job seekers assistance system for people in vocational 
training. 
Q Raise the minimum wage level 
Q Substantively transfer administrative authorities to local 
governments by legislating talks between the central and local 
governments 
Q Compensate individual farm households' incomes 
 
13) Three-party coalition talks: DPJ presents draft policy 
proposals; SDP demands coordination body 
 
TOKHYO SHIMBUN (Top Play) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the Social Democratic Party 
(SDP), and the People's New Party (PNP) on September 2 formally 
entered into talks for the establishment of a coalition government. 
The DPJ presented a draft policy agreement that included five points 
relating to security and foreign relations, among which were a close 
and equal relationship of alliance between Japan and the U.S., 
building an East Asian community, and spearheading the movement to 
abolish nuclear weapons to eliminate threats of terrorism. The SDP 
and the PNP took the proposals to their headquarters to be ready for 
the second-round meeting to be held on the evening of the 3rd. 
 
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During the meeting the SDP called for establishing a coordination 
body involving the three parties. The PNP is expected to support the 
proposal. Foreign relations and security policies, over which the 
SDP and the DPJ are at odds, and how to coordinate differences in 
each party's policy stances will become the focus of the coalition 
talks. 
 
DPJ President Hatoyama will launch a coalition government, following 
his nomination for prime minister at the special Diet session to be 
convened on the 16th. The three parties will aim to reach an 
agreement before the end of the week. 
 
The meeting brought together Masayuki Naoshima, DPJ Policy Research 
Council Chairman; Tomoko Abe, the head of the SDP policy board; and 
Shozaburo Jimi, the chief of the PNP policy board. 
 
The draft proposals presented by the DPJ are based on common 
policies the three parties compiled for the Lower House election, 
including maintaining the present sales tax rate and a revision of 
the four spun-off postal services. Newly added proposals are 
measures against the spread of the new strains of flu and measures 
to deal with damage caused by natural disasters, such as torrential 
rains. 
 
Although the draft does not mention refueling operations by the 
Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Indian Ocean and anti-piracy 
operations off Somalia, the three parties discussed foreign affairs 
and security measures as well. 
 
14) Okada, Naoshima are DPJ officials in charge of negotiations on 
change of power; Will Okada be appointed as foreign minister and 
Naoshima as finance minister? 
 
SANKEI (Page 1) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) yesterday informed the 
government that DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada and DPJ Policy 
Research Committee Chairman Masayuki Naoshima are responsible 
respectively for "foreign affairs" and "financial affairs" as the 
persons to contact concerning negotiations for a smooth change from 
the current administration to a DPJ government. DPJ President Yukio 
Hatoyama will become the next prime minister on Sept. 16. All eyes 
are now focused on whether Okada and Naoshima will be appointed as 
foreign minister and finance minister in the Hatoyama cabinet. 
 
Okada and Naoshima met Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura 
yesterday at the Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) and 
requested that consultations be held on the transfer of power. In 
the consultations, Okada will be in charge of "diplomatic schedules 
and disclosure of diplomatic information" and "crisis management," 
and Naoshima will be responsible for "cooperation on the compilation 
of budgets and information disclosure on the state of budget 
implementation." The government side decided to ask the deputy chief 
cabinet secretary for crisis management and administrative vice 
foreign and finance ministers explain the situation to Okada and 
Naoshima. 
 
In the meeting, Okada handed to Kawashima a letter from Hatoyama 
letter calling for a smooth change of power to Prime Minister Taro 
Aso. He then asked the government to provide information on 
 
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diplomatic schedules, measures against the H1N1 swine flu, and the 
process of implementation of the supplementary budget for fiscal 
¶2009. Kawamura then said: "We will cooperate in principle for a 
smooth change of power." They agreed to launch consultations for the 
transition of power. Aso on Sept. 2 instructed Kawamura to cooperate 
with the DPJ. 
 
After the meeting, Okada stated: "We have to start making 
preparations immediately for a smooth change of power. We need to 
grasp the present situation of the H1N1 flu, crisis management 
issues, and the budgets." 
 
DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama considers chief cabinet secretary, 
foreign minister, finance minister, and minister in charge of the 
National Strategy Bureau (post to be created), which draft budgets 
and foreign policy, key government posts. It remains to be seen 
whether Okada will serve as foreign minister and Naoshima as finance 
minister. 
 
15) Foreign, security policy potential source of future dispute in 
the coalition; DPJ proposals ambiguous throughout 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Slightly abridged) 
September 3, 2009 
 
The policy consultations among the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), 
the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the People's New Party (PNP) 
toward the formation of a coalition government addressed 
countermeasures for the new influenza, disaster prevention, and 
foreign and security policies, in addition to the common policies 
the three parties compiled for the recent House of Representatives 
election. Although the three parties are aiming at reaching an 
agreement early next week, their differences in foreign and security 
policies, which have been shelved so far, have emerged. It is 
possible that the consultations will experience rough sailing. 
 
Because the DPJ was criticized by the ruling parties during the 
election for failing to include foreign and security policies in the 
three parties' common policies, it has now (decided to do so). 
"Unless the three parties can show that they agree on security 
policy, which is a basic national policy, the people may feel 
uneasy," explained a senior DPJ official. Therefore, the DPJ has 
included foreign and security policies in the proposed coalition 
agreement. 
 
However, the DPJ's proposals contain only abstract expressions - 
such as "build a close and equal Japan-U.S. relationship of 
alliance," "aim for establishing an East Asian community," and "take 
the lead in the eradication of nuclear arms and remove the threat of 
terrorism" - that the three parties can agree to. There is no 
mention of specific policies about which the DPJ and the SDP 
disagree, such as the continuation of the refueling mission by the 
Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Indian Ocean. 
 
However, the SDP is poised to demand the inclusion of a solution to 
the problem of U.S. military bases in Japan and the three 
non-nuclear principles in its bid to demonstrate its distinctive 
character. The coordination process is expected to take time. 
 
With regard to U.S. military bases in Japan, U.S. Department of 
State spokesman Ian Kelly has stated that the U.S. "has no intention 
to renegotiate with the Japanese government," indicating that a 
 
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change of plans is unacceptable. For this reason, some DPJ members 
strongly believe that there should be no compromise with the SDP 
that will result in constraints on Prime Minister Hatoyama when he 
visits the U.S. for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in 
late September." 
 
16) Nippon Keidanren asks DPJ not to make international pledge of 25 
percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full) 
September 3, 2009 
 
The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) on September 2 
decided to ask the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to take a 
cautious stance in international talks aiming to cut greenhouse gas 
emissions. It will incorporate this in a set of requests to the DPJ 
to be finalized at a meeting on September 14 between the chairman 
and the vice chairmen. It will also try to put pressure on the party 
at the working level. 
 
The reason Nippon Keidanren is seeking a cautious environmental 
measure is that there is a growing view that DPE President Hatoyama 
might refer to his party's tough emissions cut goal at a 
summit-level meeting on climate change at the UN. 
 
The DPJ adopted in its policy manifesto a goal of cutting emissions 
by 25 percent by 2020, compared with the 1990 level, which is 
stricter than the mid-term goal advocated by the government. 
 
Nippon Keidanren opposed that goal, noting that such a strict goal 
would have an adverse impact on economic activities. The business 
federation is increasingly concerned that if Hatoyama refers to the 
25 percent emissions cut at the meeting, his speech will be taken as 
a virtual public pledge and Japan might have to accept 
disadvantageous conditions, as a senior Nippon Keidanren member 
said. 
 
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