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SUBJECT:  DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/09 
 
INDEX: 
 
(1) Pact with United States not only SOFA Japan has concluded 
(Sankei) 
 
(2) Diversity seen in fundraising methods of Hatoyama 
administration's cabinet ministers (Yomiuri) 
 
(3) Ozawa continues to give top priority to elections; DPJ members 
dissatisfied with delay in party appointments (Yomiuri) 
 
(4) China trying to expand its territorial waters in "sea of 
fraternity"; Deploys research vessel near Senkaku to continue work 
at gas field (Yomiuri) 
 
(5) Field report from Afghanistan: Poor security situation obstacle 
to civilian aid (Yomiuri) 
 
(6) Message to the nation (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet) 
 
 
ARTICLES: 
 
(1) Pact with United States not only SOFA Japan has concluded 
 
SANKEI (Page 7) (Abridged) 
October 1, 2009 
 
Kunihiko Miyake, a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University and 
research director of the Canon Institute for Global Studies 
 
The propriety of "proposing" the revision of the Japan-U.S. Status 
of Forces Agreement (SOFA) has been discussed lately. The pact with 
the United States is not the only SOFA Japan has concluded; Japan 
has concluded similar agreements with such countries as Kuwait and 
Djibouti since 2003. 
 
Let us take a look at the agreement with Djibouti. It is formally 
called "Exchanges of Notes between the Government of Japan and the 
Government of the Republic of Djibouti concerning the status of the 
Self-Defense Forces of Japan, etc. in the Republic of Djibouti." The 
agreement contains a provision pertaining to criminal jurisdiction 
over SDF personnel sent to Djibouti. 
 
According to the provision, Japanese personnel, including SDF 
personnel, are granted the privileges and immunities specified in 
the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The provision also 
stipulates that Japan "has the right to exercise within the 
territory of the Republic of Djibouti criminal jurisdiction and 
disciplinary powers over all (the Japanese) personnel." 
 
In short, SDF personnel are exempt from Djiboutian criminal 
jurisdiction and are subject only to Japanese criminal jurisdiction. 
I believe the terms are the same in Kuwait and Iraq, where SDF 
personnel were also dispatched. Needless to say, the terms do not 
constitute a violation of sovereignty. 
 
Although a simple comparison cannot be made, the Japan-U.S. Status 
of Forces Agreement is generally favorable to Japan, the host 
nation. For instance, if an off-duty U.S. service member is caught 
red-handed by Japanese police, Japan will keep the service member in 
custody. 
 
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If an off-duty U.S. service member commits a crime and is on a U.S. 
military base, the U.S. side will have custody of the individual 
until he or she is indicted in Japan. However, if accused of heinous 
crimes such as rape and murder, the service member can be 
transferred to Japanese custody prior to indictment. 
 
Although their names differ, the Japan-U.S. and Japan-Djibouti 
agreements are equally effective. As far as criminal jurisdiction is 
concerned, Japan has more rights regarding foreign troops than 
Djibouti does. 
 
The Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement now in force gives Japan, 
the host nation, primary jurisdiction over U.S. service members who 
committed crimes while off duty, as is the case with NATO nations 
and South Korea. Further, Japan is a step ahead of other countries 
regarding the pre-indictment transfer of custody. 
 
I do not think the Japan-U.S. SOFA is markedly unfair when viewed 
objectively. 
 
In addition, a joint committee has been established to solve new 
problems under the SOFA. As a result of serious discussions between 
Japan and the United States over the last 50 years, a large number 
of agreements have been reached by joint committees and implemented. 
It can be said that the Japan-U.S. SOFA has been "revised" daily. 
 
Some are calling for inclusion of environmental rights in the SOFA 
on the model of the German agreement. But in every instance of 
environmental pollution, the matter has been referred to a joint 
committee and settled according to local circumstances. 
 
Of course, I do not mean to say that achievements until now have 
been sufficient. I support the idea of "proposing" the revision of 
the SOFA as necessary. However, I am deeply skeptical about the 
appropriateness of top Japanese and U.S. leaders taking political 
risks to discuss environmental cases amenable to effective solution 
by joint committee. 
 
To deliver on what was promised in the manifesto (of the Democratic 
Party of Japan), it would be sufficient to order administrative 
officials to bring the question of environmental rights to the 
attention of the U.S. side at Japan-U.S. joint committee meetings. A 
raft of security issues require earnest discussion by Japan and the 
United States. The new administration must use the assets conferred 
by its public mandate more effectively. 
 
(2) Diversity seen in fundraising methods of Hatoyama 
administration's cabinet ministers 
 
YOMIURI (Page 3) (Full) 
October 1, 2009 
 
Political reporters Kenichi Aoyama, Junya Hashimoto 
 
The political funds accounting reports of Prime Minister Yukio 
Hatoyama and 17 cabinet ministers reflect the fact that the 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is a potpourri of political forces, 
with its members ranging from former Japan Socialist Party members 
to former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members, and there is great 
diversity in their fundraising methods. While the party advocates a 
complete ban on donations from companies and organizations, the main 
 
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source of income for many of its cabinet ministers is donations from 
companies or labor unions. It appears that there is a considerable 
gap between the DPJ's ideal and reality. 
 
Manifesto 
 
At a news conference held after the cabinet meeting on September 29, 
Health and Labor Minister Akira Nagatsuma said: "I don't think all 
corporate and organizational donations are evil, but there is the 
possibility of being misunderstood (being suspected of collusion)." 
He emphasized that he will not rely on corporate and organizational 
donations. In fact, Nagatsuma has not received any such donations. 
Of the total income of his fund management organization and the DPJ 
chapter he chairs, 70 percent (27.36 million yen) consisted of 
personal donations, while the rest was mostly government subsidy 
handed over from the party. 
 
The share of corporate and organizational donations in Hatoyama's 
political funds is also negligible. 
 
The DPJ submitted an amendment to the Political Funds Control Law to 
the House of Representatives in June that will impose a total ban on 
the purchase by companies and organizations of tickets for political 
fundraising parties in three years. This was also included in its 
campaign pledges (manifesto), and the party's policy is to "make 
efforts to enact this bill," according to Nagatsuma. 
 
Corporate, organizational donations 
 
However, powerful cabinet ministers in the party actually receive 
large amounts of donations from groups and companies, especially 
labor unions. If the law is enacted, some Diet members will lose a 
lucrative source of income. 
 
Around 70-80 percent of the political funds of Minister of Economy, 
Trade, and Industry Masayuki Naoshima, Chief Cabinet Secretary 
Hirofumi Hirano, and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and 
Fisheries Hirotaka Akamatsu came from companies, labor unions, and 
other groups. All three are Diet members affiliated with Rengo 
(Japanese Trade Union Confederation), and they all receive large 
amounts of donations from the labor unions and related groups that 
they once belonged to. 
 
In the case of Naoshima, 77 percent or 52.5 million yen of his total 
political funds came from groups related to the Federation of All 
Toyota Workers' Unions, where he used to be an official. Hirano 
received 51 million yen in donations from the Japanese Electrical, 
Electronic, and Information Union and Matsushita Electrical Co. (now 
Panasonic Corporation). Akamatsu not only received a total of 45 
million yen from the All Japan Federation of Transport Workers' 
Unions and the All Nittsu Labor Union, but also raised funds from 
many businesses, including from the pachinko and fisheries 
industries. Organizational and corporate donations constituted 69 
percent of his political funds. 
 
Akamatsu said that he will "make efforts to switch to personal 
donations from now on" at his news conference after the cabinet 
meeting on September 29, indicating that he will conform with the 
party's policy. But he also said: "It is too harsh to ask one person 
alone to stop right away." 
 
LDP style 
 
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Some cabinet ministers' main source of political funds is 
fundraising parties, which is similar to the style of the LDP. 
 
Income from fundraising parties and other activities constituted a 
significant part of Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada's political 
funds. His fund management group, the "Katsuya Okada Support 
Organization" raised 94.57 million yen by holding seven "political 
and economic seminars" in Tokyo and his constituency in Mie, and 
this made up 64 percent of his total funds. 
 
Since the DPJ has decided to ban the purchase of tickets for 
fundraising parties by companies and groups, party members complain 
that "it is now difficult to ask companies and organizations to buy 
tickets." It is possible that there might be a significant change in 
the DPJ Diet members' fundraising methods when the 2009 political 
funds accounting reports are issued next year. 
 
Ozawa's group sold some properties 
 
How about the coffers of Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, the real 
power holder in the Hatoyama administration? His government-paid 
first secretary has been arrested for receiving illegal donations 
from second-tier general contractor Nishimatsu Construction Co. 
 
The total income of Ozawa's fund management group Rikuzan-kai, the 
DPJ chapter in the fourth district of Iwate, and five other 
political groups related to Ozawa in 2008 was 240.79 million yen 
(excluding funds carried over from last year and redundant entries). 
The Rikuzai-kai's income, including redundant entries, was 163.03 
million yen, representing an increase of 57 percent over the 
previous year. This made up 70 percent of total political funds. 
 
The Rikuzan-kai is the only fundraising group of Diet members at the 
national level that owns real property. The increase in its income 
was from the sale of a property in Tokyo worth 110 million yen in 
July 2008, which was logged as "miscellaneous income." This property 
is the land and building formerly used by the International Exchange 
Foundation, which Ozawa chairs, as its office. Ozawa's office 
explained that, "Since the Foundation is having financial 
difficulties, we donated the property." 
 
The Nishimatsu scandal is related to Nishimatsu's alleged political 
donations in 1997-2006 to Rikuzan-kai and two other groups using the 
names of fictitious political groups in order for the donations not 
to be traced. 
 
The Rikuzan-kai received 52.59 million yen in donations in 2008, of 
which 15.57 million yen was personal donations, while 37.02 million 
yen was from political groups. 
 
The breakdown is as follows: 21 million yen from the DPJ chapter in 
the fourth district of Iwate, which Ozawa chairs; 12 million yen 
from the political group "Ichiro Ozawa Political and Economic Study 
Group"; 1 million yen from the Nippon Pharmacy Association; and so 
forth. Four fundraising parties were held in 2008, generating 63.49 
million yen in income. The DPJ chapter in the fourth district of 
Iwate, which is the only body receiving corporate and organizational 
donations, obtained donations from companies and other organizations 
to the amount of 25.17 million yen (18 percent less than the 
previous year). 
 
 
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As of the end of 2008, the Rikuzan-kai owned properties in Tokyo, 
Iwate, and Miyagi worth 924.29 million yen which were used as 
offices and housing for secretaries. According to the real estate 
registers, the Rikuzan-kai sold two more properties on July 10, 
2009, so it currently owns properties worth 867.54 million yen. 
Ozawa's office says it is "taking the appropriate procedures in the 
order of properties that can be disposed of most easily." 
 
The Political Funds Control Law has prohibited the acquisition of 
new properties by politicians' fund management groups since 2007. 
Reports on the state of usage are required for properties acquired 
before that date. 
 
(3) Ozawa continues to give top priority to elections; DPJ members 
dissatisfied with delay in party appointments 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
October 1, 2009 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa gave 
his first news conference after becoming the party's secretary 
general on September 30. He took a bullish stance on the House of 
Councillors election in summer 2010, planning to field two official 
candidates in the two-seat constituencies. He thus demonstrated his 
intention to lead the party's election campaign. DPJ members have 
expressed dissatisfaction with Ozawa's management of the party 
because he has refused to reveal his appointments to key positions. 
 
Ozawa's first news conference was held in Shizuoka City because he 
was there to announce the candidacy of Hirokazu Tsuchida, 59, 
chairman of a medical corporation, in the Upper House by-election in 
Shizuoka Prefecture on October 25. Ozawa said: "The DPJ alone still 
does not control a majority in the Upper House. This by-election 
concerns a very important seat. We will give all possible support 
(to Tsuchida)," expressing his enthusiasm for this election. 
 
Another Upper House by-election is also taking place in Kanagawa 
Prefecture on the same day. The DPJ hopes to win both elections, 
riding on its momentum in the recent House of Representatives 
election, and keep this momentum until the full Upper House 
election. 
 
Ozawa has continued to give top priority to elections in his 
activities even after the Lower House election. 
 
At his news conference on September 30, Ozawa also said, "We will 
seek the support of all groups that have expectations on the new 
administration," hinting at his desire to co-opt the support groups 
of the Liberal Democratic Party. Ozawa will head for Kobe City on 
October 1 to announce the candidate endorsed by the DPJ in the 
mayoral election there. 
 
No one in the DPJ is in a position to complain about Ozawa's 
campaign strategy right now. 
 
Participants in a forum for newly elected DPJ Diet members held in 
Tokyo on the evening of September 29 lavished praises on Ozawa. 
Lower House member Yukiko Miyake said: "Prime Minister Hatoyama will 
have to excuse me when I say that anybody can become a prime 
minister, but Mr. Ozawa is the only person who can do what Mr. Ozawa 
is doing. He is a genius when it comes to elections." 
 
 
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However, there is also dissatisfaction with Ozawa in the party. 
 
Ozawa has still not announced the appointments for deputy secretary 
general, who assists the secretary general, the chairman of the 
election strategy committee, and other key positions. There are 
speculations that "Mr. Ozawa begrudges the smooth launching of the 
Hatoyama administration, and he has not announced the appointments 
because he is unhappy." 
 
Diet members who did not get an appointment in the administration 
also complain about the abolition of the DPJ's policy research 
bodies at Ozawa's suggestion, which has made the submission of bills 
by Diet members more difficult. They are saying: "We have no more 
work to do." 
 
Ozawa has not held the secretary general's regular news conference 
even once after taking office. Some Diet members fear that "this may 
result in insufficient publicity for the party." 
 
A veteran Diet member explains that, "Not saying much in order to 
strengthen his leadership is the Ozawa style. DPJ Diet members are 
all unsettled by this Ozawa style." 
 
(4) China trying to expand its territorial waters in "sea of 
fraternity"; Deploys research vessel near Senkaku to continue work 
at gas field 
 
YOMIURI (Top play) (Abridged) 
September 30, 2009 
 
In early August, a large Chinese oceanographic research vessel 
suddenly approached the 12 nautical miles (about 22 kilometers) of 
Japanese waters around Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku Islands in 
Okinawa Prefecture in the East China Sea. A Japan Coast Guard (JCG) 
patrol boat then placed itself between the island and the Chinese 
research vessel, and the two faced off against each other across the 
territorial waters line. They were only 200 to 300 meters away from 
each other. 
 
The JCG patrol boat issued a Chinese-language message ordering the 
research vessel to immediately leave the Japanese waters. But the 
Chinese vessel did not budge. 
 
"This type of occurrence has now become an everyday event," said a 
source connected with the 11th Regional Japan Coast Guard 
Headquarters. Late last year China, which has claimed its 
sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands, permanently deployed a 
research vessel in waters near the islands. The Chinese research 
vessel faces Japanese territorial waters around the clock. It is no 
longer unusual for the research vessel to enter Japanese territorial 
waters. 
 
The permanent deployment of the research vessel is tantamount to 
China's declaration that the Senkaku Islands, which are called 
Diaoyu in China, are in Chinese territory. The move reflects China's 
naval expansion and intention to secure resources resulting from its 
economic growth. Given slim chances of a showdown with the United 
States, China has begun making serious efforts to expand its 
territorial waters. 
 
Such an attempt is evident in gas fields in the East China Sea as 
well. Japan and China agreed last year to jointly develop the 
 
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Shirakaba gas field, or Chunxiao in Chinese, and to continue 
discussions on Kashi, or Tianwaitian. Despite the agreement, China's 
work at the Kashi drilling facility was observed from a Yomiuri 
helicopter on Sept. 25. 
 
On Sept. 21, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said to Chinese President 
Hu Jintao that they should turn (the East China Sea) into a "sea of 
fraternity." The reality is a far cry from a "sea of fraternity." 
 
China is trying to expand its territorial waters in the South China 
Sea as well. 
 
In late August, fighters took off from Vietnam's Danang coast facing 
the South China Sea. Six countries and areas, including China and 
Vietnam, have claimed sovereignty over the Spratly (Nansha) Islands 
in the South China Sea. China has sent new and powerful naval 
vessels there one after another. (China) has built the world's 
largest submarine base on Hainan Island, according to a military 
source. 
 
A senior Vietnamese government official in Hanoi has acknowledged 
his government's plan to purchase six Kilo-class submarines from 
Russia, saying that China is posing a clear threat. Vietnam had 
naval clashes with China in the South China Sea in 1974 and 1988. 
"Another clash might be inevitable," a Vietnamese Foreign Ministry 
source said with a worried look on his face. 
 
China is being driven by the ambition to secure its national 
interests in the name of "sovereignty." The world and Japan are now 
faced with a new form of unilateralism. 
 
(5) Field report from Afghanistan: Poor security situation obstacle 
to civilian aid 
 
YOMIURI (Pages 1, 3) (Full) 
September 28, 2009 
 
Michinobu Yanagisawa 
 
Darvan Village, Panjshir Province, eastern Afghanistan - Prime 
Minister Yukio Hatoyama has just completed his first visit to the 
United States after assuming office on September 26. While he is 
saying that the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean "will not 
simply be extended," he has indicated an idea to focus on "civilian 
aid," such as agricultural instruction and vocational training, in 
Japan's contributions for Afghanistan. Thus, civilian aid is certain 
to emerge as a key issue in the Japan-U.S. relationship. However, 
there are numerous obstacles at the sites of aid operations, the 
most serious of which is the security situation. 
 
In mid-September, we traveled with the International Security 
Assistance Force (ISAF) to the province of Panjshir, where streams 
flow rapidly through the mountains of bare rock. 
 
A young man screamed at the U.S. forces' convoy in fury at the foot 
of the bridge: "Infidels!" U.S. soldiers alighted from their 
vehicles and tried to pacify him politely, telling him in English 
and the local Dari dialect, "We are here to help you," as prescribed 
in the handbook they were given. 
 
Eight years have passed since the U.S. began its military attack 
after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The action program announced by 
 
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ISAF in August emphasizes the importance of the construction of 
power plants, schools, and other projects as civilian aid that will 
win the local residents' support and prevent the penetration of the 
radicals, in addition to military action. 
 
Lt. Col. Eric Hommel, 43, commander of the Provincial Reconstruction 
Team (PRT) consisting of both military and civilian personnel in 
Panjshir Province, said: "For now, our mission is to raise the 
children and work for stability in Afghanistan." He then pointed at 
the newly completed middle school building in the nearby Darvan 
Village. 
 
The Japanese government has also dispatched four Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs (MOFA) officials to participate in the PRT in Ghor Province 
in midwest Afghanistan last June to work on the construction of 
schools and other projects. Senior officers of the U.S. forces in 
Afghanistan have expressed their hope for the dispatch of Japanese 
officials to train police officers, which is indispensable for 
improving the security situation. However, public safety continues 
to deteriorate. Hommel's predecessor actually died from a suicide 
bomb attack in May. 
 
Hommel sighed and said: "I did not tell my wife about the death of 
my predecessor because she would worry." 
 
There are expectations on Japan to play a bigger role in civilian 
aid for Afghanistan. This is an important component of the U.S. 
forces' new policy of watering down the "war against terrorism" 
aspect and giving greater priority to social stability. 
 
Reflection on operations so far 
 
The background to the importance given to civilian aid is the lesson 
learned from the fact that past that mop-up operations against 
insurgents have resulted in many civilian casualties, and this has, 
in turn, given rise to the people's hatred and helped the armed 
insurgents to gain momentum. Furthermore, there is also an 
assessment that a "majority" of those who joined the armed insurgent 
groups "did so for money" (according to a NATO source), and so if 
their livelihoods improve, they will leave these groups. 
 
The handbook given out to U.S. soldiers operating in Afghanistan 
asks them to speak as humbly as possible when there is trouble with 
the local residents. Making the people understand that the foreign 
troops are exerting their utmost efforts to improve the people's 
lives is an important part of current operations. 
 
However, prospects are dim for any dramatic improvement in the 
security situation right now. As many as 370 soldiers have been 
killed since January, which is the highest rate since the collapse 
of the Taliban regime. 
 
Power of the authorities 
 
There is also concern that the increasing number of aid projects may 
exacerbate corruption in the Afghan government. The views of the 
Afghan and provincial governments are respected in the selection of 
projects to be funded by the PRTs in order to avoid the criticism 
that the U.S. is pulling the strings behind the scenes in civilian 
aid. However, with increasing power in the hands of the Afghan 
authorities, there is concern that "corruption and embezzlement may 
also increase," according to a U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan. 
 
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The prolonged confusion over the presidential election in August has 
also had an adverse effect. Panjshir is the political base of former 
Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, President Hamid Karzai's rival 
candidate who blasted the president's camp for "cheating." The above 
U.S. diplomat is worried that "if Mr. Karzai's reelection becomes 
final, projects in this province may be deferred." 
 
In this election, the Abdullah camp has denounced the Karzai camp's 
"cheating," and it is thought that finalizing the election results 
will take a few months. Reconstruction projects will inevitably be 
suspended during this period. 
 
Expectations of Japan 
 
Hisako Ishizaki, 31, a MOFA official who is a member of the PRT in 
Ghor Province, said that, "We would like to push the projects 
forward as much as possible before the severe winter begins." She 
spends her days going around the construction sites of schools and 
clinics with NGO members with the protection of Lithuanian armored 
vehicles. 
 
The headache of Rashid Bashir, deputy chief at the Ghor Province 
police headquarters in Chagcharan, is that "we are very short of 
personnel." The police force of Ghor now has 900 officers. While 
there have not been serious terrorist incidents recently, Rashid 
said he needs 1,600 men to patrol the hundreds of kilometers of 
highway linking Ghor with the Taliban strongholds in the southern 
province of Helmand and the western province of Herat. 
 
The expansion of the police force is a major component of civilian 
aid. While the army is responsible for mopping up the armed 
insurgents, the police force is indispensable for investigations, 
check points, and other such mundane activities to nip terrorism in 
the bud. 
 
Major General Richard Formica, commander of the Combined Security 
Transition Command, which is responsible for the reinforcement of 
the Afghan armed forces and police force, admitted that, "The 
development of the police force is behind (that of the armed forces) 
by several years. This spring, Japan provided 125 million dollars 
(approximately 11.1 billion yen) to pay for half of the salaries of 
Afghan police officers, among other things. Formica said that he is 
hoping for contributions from Japan both in terms of money and 
training, voicing his expectation for the dispatch of Japanese 
police officers. 
 
However, in addition to requests for civilian aid, there are high 
expectations from the U.S. and the international community for the 
refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. Even Afghanistan has asked 
Japan to continue this operation "as aid in the war against Al 
Qaeda." (Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta) The refueling 
mission is highly appreciated by the participants in "Operation 
Enduring Freedom (OEF)," which aims at mopping up the armed 
insurgents. Maneuvering between Japan and the U.S. relating to the 
expiration of the mission is expected to continue. 
 
The international community's efforts for the stability of 
Afghanistan consist of two main components: "Operation Enduring 
Freedom," which is under NATO command and is led by the U.S. forces 
to mop up the Taliban and other armed insurgents, and ISAF, which 
supports the Afghan government's security efforts indirectly. A 
 
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total of 100,000 troops are engaged in these operations. 
 
OEF is part of the "war against terrorism" which started with the 
attack on the Taliban regime in October 2001 after the 9/11 
terrorist attacks, under which special forces are assigned to attack 
the terrorist groups directly. Nearly 40,000 troops are involved, 
with more than 30,000 of them U.S. troops. 
 
On the other hand, the main task of ISAF is to train Afghan security 
forces and support the disarming of the people. ISAF was set up 
under a UN Security Council resolution in December 2001. NATO has 
taken over the command since 2003. Forty-two countries deploy a 
total of 64,500 troops for this purpose, and about 30,000 are U.S. 
soldiers. 
 
However, at present, 80 percent of the troops engaged in the OEF 
have been assigned to train security forces in order to strengthen 
the powers of the Afghan government. Therefore, the boundary between 
OEF and ISAF activities has become ambiguous. 
 
The Obama administration announced the deployment of an additional 
21,000 troops in Afghanistan in March. Gen Stanley McChrystal, 
commander of U.S. forces who is also the ISAF commander, is said to 
have requested the additional troops. However, U.S. papers have 
reported that some administration officials favor reducing the troop 
level in Afghanistan and devoting more troops to attacking Al Qaeda 
bases in Pakistan. Therefore, it is unclear whether additional 
troops will actually be sent to Afghanistan. 
 
There are PRTs engaged in reconstruction aid by both military and 
civilian personnel under ISAF command in 26 different locations in 
Afghanistan right now. Japan sent its first civilian officials to a 
PRT under the protection of Lithuanian troops in June. 
 
(6) Message to the nation 
 
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN AND HIS CABINET (website) 
September 26, 2009 
 
Yukio Hatoyama 
 
After all the G-20 meetings were over, I called on President Barack 
Obama to say good-bye. I said, "This morning, I had pancakes at 
Pamela's Diner (his favorite pancakes)." The President immediately 
beamed with joy and said, "Did you like them? I wish I could have 
joined you." He seemed really happy. The President seems to have 
mentioned this episode in a news conference. The Barack-Yukio 
relationship has made a smooth start. 
 
I visited the United States only five days after the change of 
government. But my apprehension was utterly groundless. I received 
heartfelt blessings from all the top leaders I met. My reception was 
probably helped by our overwhelming victory in the election. They 
were filled with expectations that with this victory Japanese 
politics will change. My address at the United Nations Summit on 
Climate Change, held the day after I arrived in the United States, 
was a great success in underscoring that Japan has actually changed. 
I presented a bold mid-term greenhouse-gas-emission-cut target, 
albeit based on the participation of other major countries. The 
target was highly evaluated for having significantly lightened the 
heavy atmosphere owing to COP15 being near at hand. If someone must 
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Japan serve as the chief flag waver. The Japanese people, who 
possess a high level of science and technology, will be able to 
clear the target without fail. 
 
I delivered a speech at the UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear 
Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament on the fourth day. 
(Representing) the only country to have suffered an atomic attack, I 
expressed my resolve to take the lead, along with President Obama, 
in making the world free from nuclear weapons. Afterward, I 
addressed the UN General Assembly, and declared that Japan will 
serve as a bridge for the globe, while disseminating the spirit of 
"yuai" (fraternity) to the world. 
 
The venue shifted from New York to Pittsburgh for the last two days. 
There the G-20 energetically conducted four meetings, including 
working dinners and lunches. Heated debate on financial and economic 
affairs took place. I was skeptical about making decisions at a 
roundtable of 25 to 50 people. Contrary to my expectations, the 
meetings produced a report thanks to the skillful steering of the 
event by President Obama and the sherpas. 
 
The simultaneous occurrence of the United Nations and G-20 meetings 
allowed me to hold talks with other countries' top leaders in a 
relaxed atmosphere. That is now an invaluable asset for me. With 
President Obama, I was able to frankly discuss the abduction issue, 
North Korea's nuclear development, aid to Afghanistan, and other 
matters. To President Hu Jintao, I proposed turning the East China 
Sea into a "sea of fraternity." The President agreed to my proposal. 
To Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, I proposed to resolve the 
Northern Territories issue within our generation and to conclude a 
peace treaty. It was also fortunate that I was able to have talks 
with the top leaders of Britain, Australia, South Korea, India, 
Indonesia, Vietnam, and Canada. 
New Japanese diplomacy has taken a step forward. I firmly believe 
that this will serve the national interests of Japan without fail. I 
will do my best to meet your expectations. Please give the new 
administration your heartfelt blessing. 
 
ROOS