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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/09 
 
Index: 
1) Editorials 
2) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
3) DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama's schedule (Nikkei) 
 
Politics 
4) 70 PERCENT  of governors place hopes on new administration; 27 
governors worried about funding sources  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
5) Parties to agree on coalition perhaps as early as today  (Asahi) 
 
6) Hirano picked as chief cabinet secretary; Hatoyama chooses close 
adviser  (Yomiuri) 
7) Kan picked as vice prime minister and strategy minister; Okada, 
foreign minister; Fujii, finance minister  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
8) Kan picked as strategy minister; Okada, foreign minister; Fujii, 
finance minister  (Yomiuri) 
9) DPJ confirms it will establish party-head level committee in 
cabinet  (Mainichi) 
 
Opinion 
10) Sankei-FNN poll:  Termination of MSDF refueling mission in 
Indian Ocean unpopular  (Sankei) 
 
Foreign Relations 
11) U.S. Special Ambassador Bosworth and Director-General of the 
Asian and Ocean Affairs Bureau Saiki agree on demand North Korea 
abandon its nuclear weapons  (Mainichi) 
12) U.S. Special Ambassador and Ministry of Foreign Affairs agree 
negotiations with North Korea should take place within the framework 
of the Six Parties  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
13) Okada indicates new administration will maintain sanctions on 
North Korea  (Nikkei) 
14) Japan, China, and Korea to hold summit meeting in China this 
year  (Nikkei) 
15) DPJ President Hatoyama to visit China as early as Oct. 
(Yomiuri) 
16) U.S. and China to coordinate North Korea policies with Hatoyama 
administration  (Nikkei) 
17) Hiroshima mayor asked Hatoyama to take lead in abolishing 
nuclear arm  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
Defense & Security 
18) U.S. examining small adjustment in position of Futenma 
replacement facility ; eyeing DPJ-led government  (Yomiuri) 
19) Three parties' politicians from Okinawa oppose transfer of 
Futenma within prefecture  (Asahi) 
 
Sports 
20) New U.S. Ambassador watches Giants game  (Yomiuri) 
 
Environment 
21) Hatoyama states goal of reduction of greenhouse gases to a level 
25 PERCENT  below the 1990 level  (Asahi) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Ministry to freeze payments of 
subsidies to farm families 
 
 
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Mainichi: 
22 prefectures see shortage of doctors prior to peak of new flu 
 
Yomiuri: 
Chiba Prefecture involved in false accounting of 3 billion yen 
 
Nikkei: 
Japanese companies' sales in China exceed those in Japan 
 
Sankei: 
DPJ, SDP, PNP likely to set up "Cabinet Ministers Committee" 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
25,000 children on waiting lists for day-care centers 
 
Akahata: 
Time to create a society that can provide education for all 
children 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) 25 PERCENT  emission cuts: DPJ should show convincing path for 
achieving its goal 
(2) G-20: New prime minister's challenges 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Selection of "Hatoyama cabinet" ministers: How to eliminate 
bureaucracy's influence is the key to the fate of new 
administration 
(2) New leadership of New Komeito: Party should return to its 
original stance of attaching importance on people's daily lives and 
peace 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Smooth transfer of power essential 
(2) Drastic measures needed for establishing technology for nuclear 
fuel recycle 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Dam construction projects should be reviewed with clear-cut 
reason 
(2) Hatoyama should form government that can take advantage of 
National 
Strategy Bureau 
 
Sankei: 
(1) New administration must first present its vision for building 
country 
(2) 25 PERCENT  emission cuts: Hatoyama should explain how to 
achieve goal 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) "What to do first is important" for forming new government 
(2) Conviction on circumstance evidence: Crucial challenge for 
citizen judges 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Return of ashes of war dead: Japan needs to admit fault of its 
colonial rule 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
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Prime Minister's schedule, September 4 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 5, 2009 
 
07:46 Took a walk near official residential quarters 
10:01 Cabinet meeting at Prime Minister's Official Residence 
(Kantei) 
10:26 Met former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications 
Hiroya Masuda 
11:01 Met Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura 
13:00 Met Cabinet Intelligence Director Hideshi Mitani 
13:41 Met former Lower House member Yukari Sato at LDP headquarters 
14:02 National meeting of LDP secretaries general 
16:53 Conference on Support for Advanced R&D meeting at Kantei 
17:12 Council for Science and Technology Policy meeting at Kantei 
17:40 Met Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura 
18:44 Arrived at official residential quarters 
 
DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama's schedule, September 4 
 
09:02 Left residence in Denenchofu 
09:34 Arrived at personal office in Nagata-cho 
10:31 Arrived at DPJ headquarters 
12:12 World Economic Forum Japan meeting at Roppongi Academic Hills 
13:28 Met PRC Ambassador Cui Tiankai at DPJ headquarters 
14:26 Met South Korean Ambassador Kwon Chul Hyun 
15:36 Met new Muroran City mayor, followed by Director Koizumi and 
others of Leagues of Residents of Habomai Islands, Chishima 
16:26 Met DPJ Deputy President Naoto Kan 
19:22 Arrived home 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, September 5 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 6, 2009 
 
09:59 Took a walk near official residential quarters 
18:47 Dinner with wife Chikako, Mr. & Mrs. Toyohisa Asada of support 
group Hokuriku Sowai-kai, Kanazawa Chapter at Chinese restaurant 
Fook Lam Moon in Ginza 
20:46 Arrived at official residential quarters with Mr. & Mrs. 
Asada 
 
DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama's schedule, September 5 
 
09:50 Met Hokkaido assemblyman Nobuyoshi Takiguchi at residence in 
Denenchofu 
11:19 Visited grave of grandfather Ichiro at Yanaka Cemetery with 
wife Miyuki 
11:48 Spent time with mother Yasuko, wife Miyuki at condominium St. 
Luke's Residence in Akashi-cho 
12:44 General meeting, reception of Tokyo Muroran Association at 
Arcadia Ichigaya in Kudankita; accompanied by wife Miyuki 
13:07 Lunch with wife Miyuki at Japanese restaurant Senbazuru at 
Hotel New Otani 
14:51 Met DPJ Deputy President Ichiro Ozawa at DPJ headquarters 
16:09 Met DPJ Executive Office Chair Hirofumi Hirano 
18:25 Hair cut at beauty parlor Peace in Okusawa 
19:48 Returned home 
20:37 Dinner at yakitori restaurant Toriei with wife Miyuki, others 
 
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21:44 Arrived home 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, September 6 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 7, 2009 
 
10:03 Took a walk near official residential quarters 
 
DPJ President Yukio Hatoayama's schedule, September 6 
 
Morning Stayed home in Denenchofu 
13:01 Met DPJ Executive Office chief Hirofumi Hirano at party 
headquarters 
14:24 Met Hirano 
16:30 Arrived home 
 
4) Poll: 70 PERCENT  of governors pin hopes on new government 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 1) (Abridged) 
September 6, 2009 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) advocated "childcare allowances" 
and other policy-based measures in its manifesto or public pledges 
for the recent general election for the House of Representatives. 
These policies require an annual outlay of 16.8 trillion yen (for 
fiscal 2013). However, 27 governors, or about 60 PERCENT  of the 
nation's governors, are feeling uneasy about how to secure ways and 
means for these DPJ policies, according to results of a survey by 
Kyodo News released yesterday. 
 
Meanwhile, 35 governors, or more than 70 PERCENT  of all governors, 
expressed their high expectations for the incoming DPJ-led 
government. There is a mood growing among the nation's governors as 
well for accepting the new government. Even so, the survey shows 
that they have raised questions about the feasibility of these 
in-depth policy measures. 
 
The survey was conducted after the general election that ended in 
the DPJ's landslide victory. There were answers from 46 governors, 
excluding the Aichi governor who was on an official overseas trip. 
Among the 27 governors who are feeling uneasy about ways and means, 
21 say they have high expectations for the new government. 
 
5) Agreement on forming coalition government likely to be reached 
today 
 
ASAHI (Page 1) (Excerpt) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama proposed in 
the party's top three executives' meeting yesterday a plan to 
appoint Deputy President Ichiro Ozawa as secretary general and to 
retain Azuma Koshiishi as the party's Upper House Caucus chairman. 
The plan was approved by the three officers. In connection with the 
management of the coalition government expected to be formed with 
the Social Democratic Party and the People's New Party, (Hatoyama 
and the three officers) also confirmed a policy course to ask the 
two parties' party head-level persons to join the envisaged cabinet 
and to build a framework to carry out coordination in the cabinet. 
Talks on forming the coalition government are now in the final 
stage. An agreement is likely to be reached at today's three party 
 
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heads' talks. 
 
6) Hatoyama to appoint Hirano as chief cabinet secretary 
 
YOMIURI (Top play) (Lead paragraph) 
September 5, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama on Sept. 4 
informally appointed Hirofumi Hirano, 60, currently head of the DPJ 
executive office, as chief cabinet secretary for the new government. 
With his decision to name his aide to the key cabinet post following 
the appointment of DPJ Deputy President Ichiro Ozawa as secretary 
general for managing party affairs, Hatoyama intends to set about 
appointments to other key posts of the new administration probably 
early next week, after the DPJ reaches a conclusion with the Social 
Democratic Party and the People's New Party to form a coalition 
government. Azuma Koshiishi, 73, will be retained in his current 
post as chairman of the DPJ caucus in the House of Councillors. 
 
7) Kan likely to serve as deputy prime minster and national strategy 
minister, Okada as foreign minister, Fujii as finance minister 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Top play) (Lead paragraph) 
September 6, 2009 
 
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Sept. 5 decided on key posts 
of the new government. DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama informally 
decided to appoint deputy chief Naoto Kan, 62, as deputy prime 
minister and state minister of the National Strategy Bureau, 
Secretary General Katsuya Okada, 56, as foreign minister, and 
Supreme Advisor Hirohisa Fujii, 77, as finance minister. Besides the 
three, Policy Research Committee Chairman Masayuki Naoshima, 63, 
will likely join the cabinet. The DPJ is coordinating a plan to pick 
former Lower House Vice Speaker Takahiro Yokomichi, 68, or Kozo 
Watanabe, 77, former Lower House vice speaker, as speaker of the 
House of Representatives. 
 
8) Hatoyama likely to appoint Kan as national strategy minister, 
Okada as foreign minister, Fujii as finance minister 
 
YOMIURI (Top play) (Excerpts) 
Evening, September 5, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama decided on 
Sept. 5 to appoint Deputy President Naoto Kan, 62, as state minister 
of the National Strategy Bureau, which will be established directly 
under the prime minister's control and responsible for outlining the 
national budget in the new government. Hatoyama has also made up his 
mind to appoint Secretary General Katsuya Okada, 56, as foreign 
minister. In order to unify decision-making on policies between the 
cabinet and the ruling camp, the state strategy minister will 
concurrently serve as DPJ policy chief. Coordination is underway for 
appointing Hirohisa Fujii, 77, a supreme advisor to the DPJ, to 
serve as finance minister. 
 
Hatoyama has already decided to appoint Deputy President Ichiro 
Ozawa as DPJ secretary and DPJ Executive Office head Hirofumi Hirano 
as chief cabinet secretary. He had decided to give Kan and Okada, 
who once headed the DPJ, important cabinet posts. 
 
9) DPJ vows to set up party head-level committee in cabinet 
 
 
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MAINICHI (Page 1) (Excerpt) 
September 8, 2009 
 
President Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on 
September 7 held a staff meeting at the party headquarters. 
Participants discussed the ongoing coalition talks with the Social 
Democratic Party (SDP) and the People's New Party (PNP) and key 
party personnel selections. They also vowed to present a proposal to 
the SDP and the PNP on setting up a cabinet ministerial committee to 
discuss basic policies (tentative name), participated in by party 
head-level persons, as a consultative body for the three ruling 
parties to discuss policies. Concerning the selection of party 
executives, the meeting informally decided to name Deputy President 
Ichiro Ozawa as secretary general. However, it put off the formal 
selection of key cabinet members, such as Deputy President Naoto Kan 
as a minister in charge of the national strategy bureau and 
Secretary General Katsuya Okada as foreign minister, with Hatoyama 
saying that it would be logical to release cabinet appointments 
after reaching a settlement in the coalition talks. 
 
10) Poll: 64 PERCENT  pin hopes on Hatoyama; MSDF pullout 
unacceptable to public 
 
SANKEI (Page 3) (Abridged) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Following up the recent election for the House of Representatives 
that ended in a landslide victory for the leading opposition 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the Sankei Shimbun conducted a 
joint public opinion survey with Fuji News Network (FNN) on Sept. 
5-6, in which a total of 63.8 PERCENT  answered "yes" when asked if 
they had high expectations for DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama, who is 
expected to become Japan's next prime minister, while 31.6 PERCENT 
said "no." However, 66.0 PERCENT  also said the DPJ has "too many 
seats" in the Diet's lower chamber. Asked why the DPJ won the 
election, 52.8 PERCENT  cited the public's criticism of the policy 
measures and political stances of the ruling Liberal Democratic 
Party and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party. The poll 
indicates that the public's view of the DPJ has yet to be fixed. 
 
In its manifesto of public pledges for the election, the DPJ 
incorporated "toll-free expressways" as a showcase. This policy, 
however, was unpopular, with affirmative opinions accounting for 
less than 30 PERCENT . Respondents were also asked if they supported 
the DPJ's policy of withdrawing the Maritime Self-Defense Force from 
its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for antiterror operations. 
To this question, the proportion of negative opinions was nearly 10 
points higher than that of affirmative ones, with 45.7 PERCENT 
saying "no" and 36.4 PERCENT  saying "yes." As seen from these 
figures, some of the incoming government's policies were 
unacceptable to the public. 
 
11) Ambassador Bosworth, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau 
chief Saiki agree on demanding that DPRK implement denuclearization 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Naoyuki Inukai 
 
U.S. special envoy for North Korean policy Stephen Bosworth met 
Directory General Akitaka Saiki of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs 
 
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Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Sept. 7. The two 
officials discussed how to respond to North Korea's current soft and 
tough diplomatic stance, under which it is launching a "dialogue 
offensive" toward the U.S. and South Korea, while announcing its 
successful enrichment of uranium. They agreed to implement the 
sanctions based on the UN Security Council resolutions thoroughly 
and demand that North Korea implement the 2005 Six-Party Talks 
agreement, where it made a commitment to abandon its nuclear 
programs. Bosworth stressed at the meeting that "unless the 
agreement is implemented, no dialogue in any form will be held." 
 
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei also had a meeting with his 
Japanese counterpart Mitoji Yabunaka at MOFA on Sept. 7. They 
confirmed that the two governments will communicate closely in 
anticipation of the inauguration of a Democratic Party of Japan 
administration. 
 
12) MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs chief Saiki, U.S. special envoy 
Bosworth agree that U.S.-DPRK dialogue should take place under 
Six-Party Talks framework 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Director General Akitaka Saiki of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs 
Bureau and U.S. special envoy for North Korean policy Stephen 
Bosworth held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on 
September 7. They agreed that U.S.-DPRK talks should take place 
under the Six-Party Talks framework after the DPRK returns to the 
talks. 
 
At this meeting, Bosworth said that, "Unless North Korea reconfirms 
the 2005 Six-Party Talks agreement (on the DPRK's abandonment of its 
nuclear programs), there will be no U.S.-DPRK dialogue." 
 
The two officials also exchanged views on North Korea's "successful" 
enrichment of uranium, criticizing this as a provocative act. They 
assessed the UN Security Council resolutions on economic sanctions 
against North Korea to be effective and confirmed that the two sides 
will continue to call on other countries to implement the 
sanctions. 
 
13) DPJ Secretary General Okada says sanctions on North Korea will 
be "continued" 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 5, 2009 
 
At a news conference on September 4, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) 
Secretary General Katsuya Okada commented on North Korea's recent 
letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) chairman declaring that it 
is "in the final phase of uranium enrichment." He said: "We will 
continue to implement the current sanctions without fail in order to 
make (North Korea) understand that nothing good comes from taking a 
tough line." This statement indicates that the new DPJ 
administration will continue the policy of sanctions against the 
DPRK. 
 
Okada pointed out that, "This is a very critical period where doing 
nothing about the situation will make (North Korea's) nuclear 
weapons a fait accompli." With regard to additional sanctions, he 
said: "Discussions should take place first in the UNSC. If that is 
 
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insufficient, additional sanctions remain to be an option." 
 
14) Japan-China-ROK summit to be held before end of year in China 
 
NIKKEI (Page 1) (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
It is now expected that a summit between the top leaders of Japan, 
China, and South Korea, which was originally planned for late 
August, will be held by the end of the year in China, according to a 
senior Foreign Ministry official on Sept. 7. The event was postponed 
due to the dissolution of the House of Representatives for a general 
election (in Japan) that coincided with the planned trilateral 
summit. Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, who is 
certain to lead the next administration, has announced an 
Asia-oriented policy. China is also seeking an early (trilateral 
summit). (The two countries) are also considering the option of 
holding a Japan-China summit on the sidelines of the planned 
trilateral summit. 
 
15) Hatoyama to visit China in October 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full) 
September 7, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama has decided 
to visit China soon after becoming prime minister, possibly in 
October, to hold talks with President Hu Jintao, a senior DPJ 
official said. By visiting China soon after assuming the 
premiership, Hatoyama intends to play up his stance of attaching 
importance to Japan-China relations. With the Chinese president, 
Hatoyama intends to exchange views on Japan-China cooperation on 
global challenges, such as climate change, and outstanding bilateral 
issues, such as the development of gas fields in the East China 
Sea. 
 
The DPJ vowed in its manifesto for the House of Representatives 
election to "do its utmost to build a relationship of mutual trust 
with China, South Korea, and other Asian countries." Hatoyama has 
said that he will develop Japan and China's "strategic and mutually 
beneficial relations into substantial relations." 
 
China welcomes Hatoyama as the next prime minister and praises his 
stance on Yasukuni Shrine. Hatoyama has criticized visits to the 
shrine by prime ministers and cabinet ministers. 
 
Hatoyama is scheduled to visit the United States late this month to 
attend the financial summit and the UN General Assembly. He plans to 
meet with Hu for the first time as prime minister on the sidelines 
of one of the two events. 
 
16) U.S., China to work closely with Hatoyama administration in 
dealing with North Korea 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Vice-Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met yesterday with visiting 
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, chair of the Six-Party Talks 
on the North Korean nuclear issue. They agreed that the two 
countries will continue working closely in dealing with the North 
Korean issue and other matters even after a Hatoyama administration 
 
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is launched. Ahead of this meeting, Asian and Oceanian Affairs 
Bureau Director-General Akitaka Saiki agreed with visiting U.S. 
Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth on 
the continuation of international sanctions on North Korea. The 
talks stopped short of discussing a concrete response to the North 
Korean issue. 
 
17) Hiroshima mayor asks Hatoyama to take initiative for elimination 
of nuclear arms 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba on the afternoon of Sept. 7 met with 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Hatoyama at party 
headquarters. Akiba during the meeting asked Hatoyama to play a 
leading role for the total elimination of nuclear arms by 2020 and 
speed up the recognition of atomic bomb survivors. Hatoyama 
responded: "I understand how you feel. I would like to study the 
matter." Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City are aiming to adopt the 
Hiroshima and Nagasaki protocol, which indicates the way to the 
elimination of nuclear weapons, at the Review Conference of the 
Treaty on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to be 
held in the U.S. in May next year. 
 
18) U.S. mulls offshore location for Futenma alternative 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full) 
September 7, 2009 
 
Satoshi Ogawa, Washington 
 
On the issue of relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air 
Station in Okinawa Prefecture, the U.S. Department of Defense is 
looking into the possibility of conditionally responding to Okinawa 
Governor Hirokazu Nakaima's call for a "slight revision" to the 
planned construction of an alternative facility at Camp Schwab in 
the island prefecture's northern coastal city of Nago, sources on 
Japan-U.S. relations have revealed. 
 
The Pentagon makes it a precondition to complete the relocation of 
Futenma airfield in 2014 as planned. According to Okinawa 
Prefecture's environmental impact assessment regulations, it is 
acceptable for the construction site to be moved within a range of 
about 50 meters in the process of carrying out procedures for an 
environmental assessment. The Pentagon wants to shorten this range 
as much as possible. 
 
The U.S. government has so far asked the Japanese government to 
obtain Okinawa Prefecture's cooperation on the current Futenma 
relocation plan. However, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which 
has been calling for Futenma airfield to be relocated outside 
Okinawa Prefecture, will shortly come into office. Given this, 
Washington seems to have judged that it would be necessary to 
consider Okinawa Prefecture's standpoint in order for the current 
plan to be implemented. Nakaima has said the government should deal 
with the issue in a pragmatic way for the early reversion of Futenma 
airfield. Based on this position, Nakaima is not in agreement with 
the DPJ and is calling for the Futenma replacement facility to be 
relocated to a coastal area of Camp Schwab. 
 
Meanwhile, the U.S. government does not intend to renegotiate with 
 
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the Japanese government on the Futenma replacement facility, as U.S. 
State Department spokesman Kelly said Aug. 31. However, the U.S. 
government takes the position that the "slight revision" is not "a 
change to the intergovernmental agreement" between Japan and the 
United States since it could be made in Japan's environmental impact 
assessment procedures, according to the sources. 
 
In 2008, the then Fukuda cabinet sounded out the U.S. government on 
the idea of moving the replacement facility's location to a site 50 
meters offshore. However, the Pentagon rejected it. 
 
19) DPJ, SDP, PNP Diet members from Okinawa hope to include 
opposition to present Futenma relocation plan in "common policies 
for coalition government" 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
A total of seven Diet members of the Democratic Party of Japan 
(DPJ), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the People's New Party 
(PNP) from Okinawa decided on Sept. 7 to ask their party executives 
to include opposition to the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' 
Futenma Air Station to the Henoko district in Nago City in a list of 
common policies that will be compiled in forming a coalition 
government. The seven lawmakers also confirmed that they will call 
for suspending the implementation of relocation-related budgets, 
including one for an environmental impact assessment. 
 
In the recent House of Representatives election, candidates on the 
LDP's, SDP's, and PNP's tickets defeated four LDP candidates in the 
Okinawa No.1, 2, 3, and 4 districts. Kantoku Teruya of the SDP, who 
was elected in the Okinawa No. 2 district, said: 
 
"We, the four Diet members, won in the election by pledging to 
oppose the new base construction plan in Henoko. We will convey the 
will of the Okinawan people shown in the election and our 
determination to the new administration through our parties." 
 
20) New U.S. envoy watches Giants game 
 
YOMIURI (Page 32) (Full) 
September 6, 2009 
 
U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, who just arrived at his post in 
Tokyo two weeks ago, visited Tokyo Dome yesterday to watch a 
baseball game between the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants and the Tokyo Yakult 
Swallows. The ambassador came to the ballpark with his wife Susie 
and his son David two and a half hours before the game started. On 
the field, he chatted with Giants Manager Hara and two foreign 
players, Alex Ramirez and Seth Greisinger. 
 
When the game began, Roos cheered for the Giants with fans while 
waving an orange Giants towel. Roos is a big fan of the San 
Francisco Giants, a U.S. Major League Baseball team. He talked about 
his dream for baseball exchanges between Japan and the United 
States. "I hope we can invite the American team to play a game 
between the Japanese Giants and the American Giants," he said. 
 
21) DPJ President Hatoyama vows 25 percent cut in greenhouse gas 
emissions 
 
ASAHI (Top play) (Lead para.) 
 
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Evening, September 7, 2009 
 
The Asahi Global Environment Forum 2009, hosted by the Asahi 
Shimbun, kicked off in Tokyo on Sept. 7. The two-day conference is 
designed to explore challenges to materialize a low carbon society. 
Referring to Japan's midterm goal to curb greenhouse gas emissions 
by 2020, President Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) 
in a speech vowed to aim for a 25 percent cut, compared with the 
1990 level. He indicated his intention to transmit to the world his 
incoming government's measures to curb global warming greenhouse gas 
emissions, including measures to assist developing countries, at a 
UN conference to be held later in the month. 
 
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