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SUBJECT:  DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/09 
 
INDEX: 
 
(1) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Roos calls on Kanagawa governor, 
exchanges views on Japan-U.S. relations after change of government 
(Mainichi) 
 
(2) Study of DPJ (Part 3): "Mavericks" dominate DPJ supporters 
(Asahi) 
 
(3) Study of DPJ (4th and final part): Direct payouts expanded 
gradually; Is it possible to narrow the gap with public opinion? 
(Asahi) 
 
(4) IT-assisted agricultural efficiency promotion (Nikkei) 
 
(5) Change of government (Part 4 - Conclusion): Futenma relocation 
plan remains deadlocked with no hint of a solution in sight (Nikkei) 
 
 
(6) U.S. serviceman rearrested on suspicion of stealing car 
(Yomiuri) 
 
(7) Prime Minister's schedule, September 7 (Nikkei) 
 
ARTICLES: 
 
(1) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Roos calls on Kanagawa governor, 
exchanges views on Japan-U.S. relations after change of government 
 
MAINICHI ONLINE Kanagawa Edition (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Tsuyoshi Yamaemori 
 
U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, who assumed office in August, 
called on Kanagawa Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa at the Kanagawa 
prefectural government office on Sept. 7. 
 
After exchanging greetings, Matsuzawa briefly touched on his 
attendance at Barack Obama's inauguration as U.S. President in 
January and other events. The two exchanged views on base issues and 
Japan-U.S. relations after the change of government (in Japan). 
 
After the meeting, Roos said: "We discussed matters constructively 
we are going to address jointly. I am looking forward to building a 
constructive relationship with you on a personal level as well." 
Meanwhile, Matsuzawa said: "The Ambassador called on me first, the 
governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, ahead of other governors in Japan. 
He is aware of the importance of base issues and the association of 
base-hosting governors." 
 
Roos also called on Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi. The two 
discussed, among other matters, the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic 
Cooperation) meeting to be held in Yokohama next fall. "Yokohama 
wants to build closer ties with the United States," Hayashi said. 
 
(2) Study of DPJ (Part 3): "Mavericks" dominate DPJ supporters 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full) 
September 5, 2009 
 
Keiichi Kaneko, Hidetoshi Isogai 
 
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The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been in power most of 
the time for over half a century, has had strong connections with 
all the mainstream groups in various sectors. In contrast, 
supporters of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) are mostly 
"mavericks" who pin their hopes on a change of administration. 
 
Practically the only patron of the DPJ in the economic circles, with 
which it has rather few connections, is Kazuo Inamori, chairman 
emeritus of Kyocera Corporation. Inamori is the former chairman of 
the support group of Vice President Seiji Maehara and has been 
acquainted with Deputy President Ichiro Ozawa for more than 10 
years. He played a "decisive role" (according to an Ozawa aide) as 
intermediary when the DPJ merged with the Liberal Party in 2003. 
 
Now that a change of administration has been achieved, he has 
volunteered to be an intermediary between the DPJ and the business 
sector. Soon after the general election, he held a national 
convention of the "Seiwajyuku," a study group for small- and 
mid-sized business owners that he runs, in Yokohama on September 1. 
Ozawa attended the reception and gave a speech in which he said, "It 
is important that the DPJ implements its pledges without fail." 
 
The policy adviser for the DPJ is Waseda University Professor Eisuke 
Sakakibara (former deputy finance minister), who is known as "Mr 
Yen." Sakakibara has criticized the structural reforms under the 
Koizumi administration for "upholding market fundamentalism and 
aiming at the Americanization of Japan." He has argued for drastic 
reform of the economic system through a change of administration and 
has influenced the DPJ's economic policy. During the 2003 election, 
he was named by (then) DPJ President Naoto Kan to be the finance 
minister in case of a change of administration. He is close to 
Ozawa, and rumor has him being tapped for a position in the Hatoyama 
administration. 
 
Chairman Jitsuro Terashima of the Japan Research Institute exercises 
influence on the DPJ's foreign policy. He was involved with 
President Yukio Hatoyama's proposal regarding a "security treaty 
without permanent stationing of troops" aimed at reducing the size 
of U.S. forces in Japan when the old DPJ was in its infancy. He has 
also provided the theoretical foundation for Hatoyama's concept of 
an "East Asian community," which he unveiled at his meeting with 
President Lee Myung Bak during his visit to South Korea in June. 
This concept of a community, symbolic of the DPJ's foreign policy of 
giving equal importance to relations with the U.S. and Asia, was 
also included in the manifesto for the recent election. 
 
The old DPJ's "Basic Philosophy," which was its political platform, 
was written by journalist Hajime Takano. The basic spirit of this 
document was yuai (fraternity), which values "self-reliance of the 
individual" and "coexistence with others." When (then) President 
Ozawa's secretary was arrested for receiving illegal political 
donations from Nishimatsu Construction Company, he took the lead in 
criticizing the prosecutors, asserting that the arrest was "a 
preemptive strike by the prosecutors, who are part of the 
bureaucracy, due to their anxiety and fear about 'revolutionary 
reforms'." 
 
Yasuyo Yamazaki, former president of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, 
was the originator of the idea of "toll-free expressways." This idea 
was included in the manifesto for the 2003 general election by 
(then) President Naoto Kan. Since then, toll-free expressways have 
 
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been one of the major policies of the DPJ. 
 
Rengo (Japanese Trade Union Confederation), comprising some 6.8 
million union members who are civil servants or employees of big 
companies, is the DPJ's biggest support group. However, relations 
between them were often strained over such issues as the system 
design for the unification of pensions. Current Rengo Chairman 
Tsuyoshi Takagi and Ozawa were instrumental in the reconciliation of 
the two organizations. During the 2007 House of Councillors 
election, Ozawa and Takagi worked hand-in-hand to campaign all over 
country to unite the local groups, which led to the DPJ becoming the 
number one party in the Upper House. 
 
More than 10 years after its founding, there have been a number of 
DPJ members who became heads of local governments, the most recent 
one being Takashi Kawamura, who was elected as the mayor of Nagoya. 
Kawamura ran successfully for mayor last April when serving his 
fifth term as House of Representatives member. He flew all over the 
country to campaign for the DPJ's official candidates in the recent 
Lower House election. 
 
The first DPJ lawmaker to become a local politician is Kanagawa 
Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa. He once ran against Kan in the party's 
presidential race and was considered a young future leader. He is 
now serving his second term as governor. In 2007, he became the 
first governor in Japan to enact an ordinance limiting the tenure of 
the governor to three terms, or a total of 12 years. Kiyoshi Ueda, 
governor of Saitama, who once became famous for questioning 
corruption in the Lower House, is now serving his second term. Other 
DPJ members who became local leaders include Iwate Governor Takuya 
Tasso and Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi. 
 
The DPJ's foreign connections include Harvard University Professor 
Emeritus Ezra Vogel and Columbia University Professor Gerald Curtis. 
These experts on Japan have been in frequent contact with party 
leaders. Candid advice from overseas has been valuable in the 
management of the party. 
 
(3) Study of DPJ (4th and final part): Direct payouts expanded 
gradually; Is it possible to narrow the gap with public opinion? 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpts) 
September 8, 2009 
 
Kenichi Goromaru 
 
The centerpiece of the manifesto of the Democratic Party of Japan 
(DPJ) in the recent House of Representatives election was the 
reshuffling of the national budget in order to realize its slogan of 
"the people's livelihoods come first" and the reform of government 
bodies to shift from reliance on bureaucrats to political 
leadership. The revenue required to fund the DPJ's major policies 
will amount to 16.8 trillion yen per year. The party has also 
indicated the revenue sources and the implementation process to a 
certain extent. 
 
Many of these policies, including child allowances, toll free 
expressways, free high school education, and income subsidies for 
farming households, originated from the time of Naoto Kan's 
presidency, when the first manifesto-based election was held in 
¶2003. They have since been carried over to the manifestos for the 
2005 House of Representatives election under President Katsuya Okada 
 
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and the 2007 House of Councillors election under President Ichiro 
Ozawa. 
 
However, the proposals until 2005 to "abolish business regulations" 
and to "downsize postal savings and insurance operations in order to 
facilitate the flow of capital from the government to the private 
sector," which emphasized market mechanisms, have faded out. On the 
other hand, the child allowance has been increased from 16,000 yen 
to 26,000 yen per child; the livestock industry has been added to 
the coverage of income subsidy for farming households; and the 
abolition of the temporary tax rates for gasoline has also been 
included. The scope of "direct payouts," where the benefits are 
easily visible to the people, has been expanded. 
 
The DPJ explains that such methodology is being adopted because 
"this is more effective than the method of channeling through 
industrial organizations adopted by the Liberal Democratic Party 
(LDP)," but a former DPJ policy staff member says the party probably 
wants to "present big figures so that it can claim 'see, we 
delivered on what we have promised' later." Behind this is Ozawa's 
election campaign strategy of chipping off support from the LDP's 
traditional support groups, such as the agricultural cooperatives. 
 
During the election campaign, the DPJ's pledges were criticized 
strongly by the LDP and New Komeito as "pork barrels meant to win 
votes." From the DPJ's landslide victory, it would seem that its 
manifesto has won the people's approval, but public opinion polls 
show that the people's thinking is not that simple. 
 
In a post-election poll conducted by Asahi Shimbun, respondents gave 
low marks - 20 percent approval and 65 percent disapproval - to toll 
free expressways, which was one of the showcase policies. Even for 
the child allowance, a much larger number of pollees were negative 
than positive. With regard to why many voters voted for the DPJ, a 
junior Diet member who was elected in the recent election had noted 
during the campaign that the reason was "expectations for a change 
of administration and not that they liked our policies. Toll free 
expressways have always been criticized in the campaign meetings of 
individual candidates." 
 
The DPJ's policies have been shown to deviate from popular will. 
 
The policy debate during the campaign concentrated on the question 
of revenue sources - whether the DPJ will be able to raise the 
required funding without increasing the consumption tax rate. The 
debate on the substance of the policies was rather superficial. The 
DPJ itself will have to provide the answers to the remaining 
unanswered questions - whether the policies it pledged were indeed 
of high priority and whether its methodology is appropriate - 
through the formulation of the budget toward the end of 2009. 
 
President Yukio Hatoyama emphasized to reporters on September 1 
that, "If the policies in the manifesto are not implemented, we will 
be questioned for breaking our promises." However, with the low 
marks given to these policies in mind, he also said: "The most 
important thing is the people's will. I would like to manage the 
administration in the way the people want us to," hinting at the 
possibility of making flexible policy decisions based on trends in 
public opinion. 
 
(4) IT-assisted agricultural efficiency promotion 
 
 
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NIKKEI (Page 9) (Full) 
September 7, 2009 
 
Various information system developers plan to expand the IT-assisted 
agricultural support business. Fujitsu will provide agricultural 
management software through cloud computing via the Internet. The 
Hitachi Group has developed technology capable of specifying 
varieties of crops and harvests by analyzing images sent from 
satellites. They will develop new markets based on the assessment 
that it is possible to support the promotion of agricultural 
efficiency using IT. 
 
Fujitsu has started providing software targeting agricultural 
production corporations, which are growing in number, based on a 
Saas system, a type of cloud computing. Under the Saas System, 
software users do not need to have their own information systems. As 
such, even small agricultural corporations that lack capital 
strength would find it easy to employ the system. 
 
For the first step in this business, the company has put up for sale 
business management software for 200,000 yen a year. The software 
caters to such demands as information on depreciation or a dividend 
payment system appropriate for agricultural corporations. It plans 
to gradually boost its product variety, including a production 
traceability system and soil analysis. It will aim to attain annual 
sales of 1 billion yen in the term ending in 2011. 
 
Hitachi and its subsidiary Hitachi Software Engineering, have 
jointly developed technology capable of identifying more than 10 
varieties of crops, such as rice and soy beans, from satellite 
images and determine their yields. The system will help farmers to 
customize how they grow crops, such as by using more fertilizer on a 
certain part of a field, based on information obtained from image 
analysis. 
 
This system uses the technology of determining the content of 
protein in the crops, based on reflected wavelengths. It is possible 
to evaluate crop conditions by analyzing satellite images. 
Colorado-based Digital Globe, a leading U.S. satellite image 
provider, in which Hitachi Software Engineering has a stake, will 
launch a satellite in October. Hitachi and Hitachi Software 
Engineering will boost the accuracy of the analysis based on images 
sent from that satellite, and commercialize the analyzed images in 
two years at the earliest. The farmers targeted for this service 
will be agricultural cooperatives and large-scale farms. 
 
NEC has released a system capable of determining temperature and 
humidity and luminous intensity in vinyl greenhouses 
around-the-clock from a remote place. Data measured with a censor 
installed in an IC tag is sent by a RFID (radio frequency 
identification) system. When any abnormal data is obtained, farmers 
will be immediately notified of via the Internet. The company says 
that it is unusual to use IC tags in the production stage of crops. 
 
An increasing amount of farmland is being abandoned in Japan, and 
the people willing to take responsibility for operating the farms 
are aging rapidly. In view of the nation's low food self-sufficiency 
ratio, it is imperative to improve the productivity of domestic 
agriculture. 
 
(5) Change of government (Part 4 - Conclusion): Futenma relocation 
plan remains deadlocked with no hint of a solution in sight 
 
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NIKKEI Kanagawa Edition (Page 35) (Abridged slightly) 
September 5, 2009 
 
Koichi Sugino 
 
The U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab is located in the Henoko district 
in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. Attached to the barbed wire dividing 
Camp Schwab from the beach are countless ribbons and handkerchiefs 
saying, "We don't need the base," and "We want a peaceful sea." 
 
An area off Camp Schwab emerged 13 years ago as a candidate site for 
a base replacing Futenma Air Station, which is to be returned to 
Japan. After many twists and turns, the government aims to begin 
construction work next spring with a goal of completion of the 
replacement base in 2014. Under such circumstances, the Democratic 
Party of Japan (DPJ), which advocates relocating (Futenma Air 
Station) out of Okinawa, is about to assume power. 
 
On Sept. 1, Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima held talks with DPJ 
Okinawa chapter representative Shokichi Kina and others. 
 
Problems at planned relocation site 
 
Kina: It is best to have Futenma Air Station returned without 
building the (replacement) base off Henoko. 
 
Nakaima: (Moving) the base out of the prefecture is the best option, 
but realistically speaking, (the relocation) is unavoidable. 
 
As seen in the fact that a U.S. State Department spokesman said on 
the same day that the United States will not renegotiate the matter 
with Japan, Washington has repeatedly indicated that it will not 
respond to a call for a review of the Futenma relocation plan. 
 
"I want to ask DPJ headquarters whether or not it will change its 
policy," Governor Nakaima said (in the meeting). 
 
Yasuhide Miyagi, representative of a committee of Henoko district 
volunteers promoting the construction of a replacement facility also 
raised a question, saying, "Even if the relocation plan is returned 
to square one, will there be any place that will accept the new 
base?" 
 
Sept. 4 marked the 1,965th day since members of the anti-helicopter 
base council began a sit-in in tents in the Henoko district. "We 
want the DPJ to stop the current base plan first and then doggedly 
hold talks with the United States," council chairman Hiroshi 
Ashitomi said. 
 
Carrot-and-stick policy 
 
Ashitomi also described the Liberal Democratic Party's policy as a 
carrot-and-stick policy. After (Nago) announced its decision to 
accept the replacement facility, the central government announced a 
ten-year 100-billion-yen package to stimulate the economy of the 
Northern area, including Nago. The Okinawa National College of 
Technology and a special financial zone have been established as 
part of the package. But the budget has been put on hold every time 
local governments locked horns with the central government. 
 
In addition to plans in Okinawa, realignment of U.S. bases in Japan, 
 
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on which Tokyo and Washington agreed in 2006, has fallen behind 
schedule. The former mayor of Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 
which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station, opposed the 
transfer of a carrier-based aircraft unit from the U.S. Atsugi Naval 
Base to Iwakuni Air Station. As a result, the central government 
temporarily stopped providing subsidies to the Iwakuni municipal 
government. Yoshihiko Fukuda, who favors the relocation, was elected 
mayor of Iwakuni in February 2008. 
 
Tokyo provides subsidies on a priority basis to local governments 
that cooperate with the realignment of U.S. forces. This year 
Iwakuni topped the government's list of subsidies with 1.11 billion 
yen, followed by Nago with 993 million yen, and Yokosuka with 917 
million yen. 
 
Carrier-based aircraft have temporarily been conducting 
night-landing practice (NLP) on Iwo Jima rather than at Atsugi. Work 
to select a site replacing Iwo Jima has run into difficulties owing 
to the serious noise factor. "If this situation persists, 
carrier-based jet fighters might not be able to move anywhere and we 
might suffer from aircraft noise night after night," an Atsugi 
resident said with apprehension. 
 
"The change of administration will be a plus in a sense of reviewing 
the base plan and bringing flexibility to the matter," University of 
the Ryukyus professor Masaaki Gabe said. Gabe also pins hopes on the 
DPJ's pledge to investigate purported secret agreements between 
Japan and the United States. 
 
Although some people have begun mentioning the secret pacts on the 
return of Okinawa and the introduction of nuclear weapons into 
Japan, the government has consistently denied the existence of such. 
Professor Gabe added: "It is not enough for the government to admit 
the existence of the secret agreements. It must clarify how it is 
going to take responsibility for its failure to disclose the pacts 
to the public and how it is going to deal with other countries in 
the future." 
 
The central government has been absorbed in maneuvering around local 
governments without conducting a fundamental discussion on how to 
defend Japan. Whether or not the change of administration can break 
the impasse on the base issue remains to be seen. 
 
(6) U.S. serviceman rearrested on suspicion of stealing car 
 
YOMIURI, FUKUOKA EDITION (Page 31) (Full) 
September 7, 2009 
 
Fukuoka Prefectural Police's Higashi Station on Sept. 6 rearrested 
an 18-year-old U.S. serviceman based at the U.S. Sasebo Naval Base 
on charges of theft. 
 
According to the local police, the U.S. serviceman is suspected of 
stealing a truck from a construction equipment rental firm in 
Yayoi-Oda, Saeki City, Oita Prefecture, between the night of Sept. 3 
and next morning, in conspiracy with an 18-year-old servicewoman 
stationed at the same U.S. base. The two reportedly have admitted 
the allegations. 
 
The two U.S. service personnel were arrested on charges of violating 
the road traffic law because they drove the truck on the sidewalk 
along the national road in Chigusa 4, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City. 
 
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Regarding the car that the two drove to Saeki City, since a theft 
report was made in Kita-Kyushu City, the local police are 
investigating the circumstances. 
 
(7) Prime Minister's schedule, September 7 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
September 8, 2009 
 
08:03 Took a walk on the grounds of official residential quarters 
10:10 Met Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura at the Prime 
Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
13:15 Met Chairman Satoshi Aoki of Japan Automobile Manufacturers 
Association at the Jidosha Kaikan in Shiba Daimon, followed by 
meeting with Vice Chairman Atsushi Kawashima of Japan Automobile 
Dealers Association and Chairman Tadayuki Kotani of Japan Mini 
Vehicles Association 
13:56 Met Vice Chairman Kobayashi of Japan Tobacco Growers 
Association; Upper House member Toshio Yamada also present 
14:08 Met Chairman Yasuhiro Kawashima of the Federation of Japan 
Ports and Airports Construction Association at Shinbashi Goko 
Building 
14:30 Met Chairman Yoshifumi Ishizawa of Central Federation of 
Societies of Commerce and Industry at New Shinbashi Building 
14:55 Met Chairman Tadashi Okamura of Japan Chamber of Commerce and 
Industry at JCCI Building in Marunouchi 
15:23 Met Chairman Atsutoshi Nishida of Japan Electrical 
Manufacturers' Association at JEMA Building in Ichiban-cho 
15:59 Met Chairman Eiichiro Nakanishi of the Japan Trucking 
Association at Shinjuku L Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku 
16:24 Met Chairman Minoru Sawada of Japan Used Car Dealers 
Association at Aioi Insurance Shinjuku Building in Yoyogi 
16:52 Arrived at personal office in Nagata-cho 
18:03 Arrived at Kantei 
18:43 Arrived at official residential quarters 
 
DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama's Schedule, September 7 
 
09:02 Left residence in Denenchofu 
09:36 Arrived at personal office in Nagata-cho 
11:06 Arrived at DPJ headquarters 
12:15 Met Asahi Shimbun chief editor Yoichi Funabashi, followed by 
Secretary General Yvo de Boer of UN Framework Convention on Climate 
Change, IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri, Keizai Doyukai Chairman 
Masamitsu Sakurai, others; spoke at Asahi World Environment Forum 
2009 
13:10 Met Mayor Nagasaki, others of Toyako Town, Hokkaido at DPJ 
headquarters; followed by meeting with Mayor Akiba of Hiroshima, 
chief secretary of Nagasaki City's Tokyo office; followed by meeting 
with Osaka Mayor Hiramatsu 
13:46 Met Secretary General Katsuya Okada, Policy Research Committee 
Chairman Masayuki Naoshima, Chairman Hirofumi Hirano of DPJ 
Executive Office; Okada, Hirano stayed behind 
15:03 Arrived at personal office 
17:02 Met Deputy Presidents Ichiro Ozawa, Naoto Kan, Okada, Chairman 
Azuma Koshiishi of DPJ Upper House caucus at DPJ headquarters 
17:25 Met Ozawa, Kan; Kan stayed behind 
18:44 Dinner with Upper House members Emiko Uematsu, Minoru Kawasaki 
at Chinese restaurant Gozenbo in Roppongi 
22:32 Arrived home 
 
 
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