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SUBJECT:  JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/09 
 
INDEX: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
 
Futenma issue: 
4) Nagashima says MOD to seriously consider plan to move Futenma 
replacement facility runways farther offshore  (Asahi) 
5) SDP on edge over Futenma relocation  (Mainichi) 
6) Prime Minister meets with Okinawa Governor  (Yomiuri) 
7) Hatoyama admits he met with Okinawa Governor  (Mainichi) 
 
Defense & security: 
8) Okada tells Foreign Ministry to examine dispatch of several 
hundred SDF personnel to Sudan PKO  (Sankei) 
9) MSDF and Chinese navy hold first joint exercise  (Nikkei) 
 
North Korea: 
10) Hatoyama asks Chinese Defense Minister for cooperation on 
abduction and nuclear issues  (Nikkei) 
11) Kim Jong Il took his third son on inspection tour of countryside 
 (Mainichi) 
12) Trilateral conference issues statement calling for early return 
of abductees  (Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
Economy: 
13) Plant and equipment investment down 17 PERCENT   (Nikkei) 
 
Opinion: 
14) Asahi poll: 50 of 100 major companies report deflation; 26 say 
economy recovering  (Asahi) 
15) Nikkei poll: Cabinet support at 68 PERCENT   (Nikkei) 
16) Kyodo poll: 74 PERCENT  unconvinced by explanation of fake 
contributions; 77 PERCENT  give high marks to budget screening 
(Tokyo Shimbun) 
 
Secret accords: 
17) Blue-ribbon commission on secret accords holds first meeting 
(Yomiuri) 
18) GOJ to change tack in lawsuit on "secret agreement" on Okinawa's 
reversion to Japanese administration (Tokyo Shimbun) 
19) Foreign Ministry's internal investigation did not find documents 
on secret nuclear pact on reintroduction of nuclear weapons after 
Okinawa reversion  (Nikkei) 
20) Prime Minister plans to change govt.'s stance if existence of 
secret nuclear pacts is confirmed  (Asahi) 
 
Space: 
21) Fourth intelligence-gathering satellite launched  (Yomiuri) 
 
Politics: 
22) Land Minister Maehara discloses plan to submit to regular Diet 
session bill to clarify Japanese sovereignty over outlying islands 
(Sankei) 
 
Foreign relations: 
23) Japan to exchange views regarding Hague Convention with France 
(Nikkei) 
 
Articles: 
 
 
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1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
19 prefectures halt or scale down electronic application system 
 
Mainichi: 
Man admits he is person in image from ATM security camera in 
connection with murder of female college student in Chiba 
 
Yomiuri & Tokyo Shimbun: 
Government to include measures to deal with yen's rise, stock falls 
in second extra budget under prime minister's instruction 
 
Nikkei: 
Government to enable workers to pay defined contribution pension 
plans 
 
Sankei: 
Prosecutors to question DPJ lawmaker Ishikawa over falsified 
donation reports by Ozawa's office 
 
Akahata: 
Okinawan people adamantly opposing relocation of Futenma airfield 
within prefecture 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Japan should step up efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism in 
cooperation with U.S. 
(2) Drastically review current academic examinations 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Abolition of provisional tax rates: Carefully design an 
environment tax 
(2) Reduction of academic examinations: Full examination and 
improvement measures needed 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) New strategy necessary to increase jobs 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Review wage regulations while taking economic situation into 
consideration 
(2) Recall might undermine Toyota's reputation 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Examination of documents on nuclear secret pacts: Pour energy 
into strengthening deterrence of Japan-U.S. alliance 
(2) AIDS report: Hopes finally in sight 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) COP15: Carefully nurse small buds of U.S.'s and Chinese targets 
for cutting midterm greenhouse gas emissions 
(2) Toyota should use recall as opportunity to review "safety" 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Plunge scalpel into wasteful spending in next fiscal year's 
budget 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
 
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Prime Minister's schedule, November 29 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 30, 2009 
 
morning Spent at official residential quarters 
13:33 Met Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano and Deputy Chief 
Cabinet Secretary Koji Matsui; joined by National Strategy Minister 
Naoto Kan, Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, Administrative Reform 
Minister Yoshito Sengoku, Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko 
Noda, and Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office Motohisa 
Furukawa 
18:15 Dined with Matsui and Cabinet Office adviser Oriza Hirata at 
Chinese restaurant Ryuen in Nishi-asakusa 
21:52 Arrived at official residential quarters 
 
4) "I am seriously looking into" shifting to a offshore plan, says 
Parliamentary Defense Secretary Nagashima 
 
ASAHI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 29, 2009 
 
Defense Ministry Parliamentary Defense Secretary Akihisa Nagashima 
on Nov. 28 held a press conference in Oita City. Referring to 
switching from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air 
Station (Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture) to Henoko, Nago City, in 
the same prefecture, to an offshore plan, Nagashima said that the 
ministry is seriously looking into that option. Okinawa Governor 
Hirokazu Nakaima is calling for the offshore plan as a condition for 
him to accept the relocation plan. 
 
Nagashima pointed out that Governor Nakaima is sticking to a plan to 
shift to an offshore plan and to disperse Futenma functions until 
the relocation work is over. He indicated his view that the 
Japan-U.S. working group should discuss this possibility, noting, 
"If the premise is to implement the existing plan, the governments 
of Japan and the U.S. should make efforts to make these to 
modifications in good faith." 
 
5) SDP nervous about Futenma issue 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 30, 2009 
 
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has become nervous about what 
decision the government will make on the issue of relocating the 
U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan City, Okinawa 
Prefecture. In the party, which has proposed relocating the airfield 
out of the prefecture or even outside the nation, many of its 
lawmakers elected from Okinawa and its supporters have begun to 
assert that if a settlement is reached on relocating the facility 
within the prefecture, the party should break away from the 
coalition government. If the leadership gives priority to remaining 
in the coalition, the party could be break up. 
 
A group of 100 SDP local chapter members and others yesterday 
visited the planned relocation site in a coastal area of the Henoko 
district of Nago City and other areas. After visiting the site, SDP 
Secretary General Yasumasa emphasized in a press conference in Nago 
City: "If the government takes local voices into consideration, it 
naturally should not decide to construct the alternative facility in 
the waters off Henoko." 
 
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A senior party member commented: "Local supporters have told me that 
if the party makes a compromise on the Futenma relocation issue, 
they will not support the SDP in the next House of Councillors 
election. I would like the government and the Democratic Party of 
Japan to understand the seriousness of the current situation." 
 
6) Hatoyama meets Nakaima 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Abridged) 
Eve., November 28, 2009 
 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama met yesterday morning at his office 
with Okinawa Prefecture's Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the pending issue 
of relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the 
prefecture, sources have revealed. Nakaima explained the situation 
in Okinawa over the Futenma relocation issue and asked Hatoyama to 
settle the issue at the earliest possible time. Hatoyama did not 
clarify when he will make a decision over the Futenma relocation or 
where to relocate Futenma airfield, according to the sources. 
However, Hatoyama himself has begun to explore a settlement of the 
issue, so the issue will likely enter the final phase of 
coordination for a conclusion by the end of the year. 
 
7) Hatoyama admits he met with Okinawa governor 
 
MAINICHI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 30, 2009 
 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama admitted last night that he had 
unofficially met with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima on Nov. 27. 
He told reporters in Tokyo: "It is true that I met him." According 
to Hatoyama, they exchanged views mainly on the issue of relocating 
the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan City, Okinawa 
Prefecture, but the prime minister stopped short of detailing their 
conversation. 
 
Hatoyama and Nakaima are scheduled to meet again at the Prime 
Minister's Official Residence this morning. 
 
8) Foreign minister looking into dispatch of several hundred SDF 
troops to Sudan for PKO 
 
SANKEI (Page 3) (Excerpts) 
November 29, 2009 
 
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada has instructed Foreign Ministry 
officials to study the possibility of having several hundred 
Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops participate in the United Nations 
Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) as part of UN peacekeeping operations 
(PKO), sources said yesterday. The Foreign Ministry and the Defense 
Ministry have already started coordination on this plan. The 
Hatoyama administration has decided to halt the Maritime 
Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in 
January. Under such a situation, the administration aims to push for 
Japan's personnel contributions with its proactive participation in 
PKO. 
 
Japan dispatched Ground Self-Defense Force engineering troops to 
East Timor for PKO for about two years from 2002. The Foreign 
Ministry is also looking into resending troops to that nation. 
 
 
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9) Japanese, Chinese defense chiefs agree on first joint naval drill 
between MSDF and Chinese Navy 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 28, 2009 
 
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa held talks with his Chinese 
counterpart, Liang Guanglie, on Nov. 27. The two defense leaders 
agreed on a plan to conduct the first joint naval search-and-rescue 
drill between the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) and the Chinese 
Navy. They also formulated a nine-point joint statement centering on 
a plan to begin troop-level exchanges envisaging joint exercises in 
2010 between the Ground Self-Defense Force and the People's 
Liberation Army. The two countries also plan to exchange information 
on UN peacekeeping operations (PKO). 
 
During the talks, Kitazawa expressed concern over China's rapid 
military buildup, saying: "There is a shortage of information on the 
possession of equipment, records on procurement, the deployment and 
organization of mainstay troops, and the breakdown of the budget." 
In response, Liang simply said, "We have been working hard to 
increase transparency." 
 
10) Premier asks for Chinese cooperation on abduction and nuclear 
issues involving North Korea 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 28, 2009 
 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Nov. 27 met with Chinese National 
Defense Minister Liang Guanglie at the Prime Minister's Official 
Residence (the Kantei). The prime minister during the meeting asked 
for his cooperation for a settlement of issues involving North 
Korea, such as the abduction of Japanese nationals by that nation 
and its nuclear development program. Defense Minister Toshimi 
Kitazawa, who met Liang after that, said, "North Korea is attaching 
importance to bilateral talks with the U.S. The national defense 
minister told me that North Korea would return to the Six-Party 
Talks, once bilateral talks with the U.S. are held." 
 
11) North Korean internal document shows Kim Jong Il's third son 
accompanied him on regional inspection tour in late April 
 
MAINICHI (Top play) (Abridged) 
November 29, 2009 
 
Shoji Nishioka in Beijing 
 
An internal document obtained by Mainichi Shimbun shows that the 
third son of North Korea's General Secretary Kim Jong Il, Jong Un 
(Chinese character of last syllable changed from "un" to "gin" (both 
pronounced as "un" in Korean)) is officially recorded as having 
accompanied his father on a regional inspection tour in late April. 
This is the first time that Jong Un's accompanying the General 
Secretary on an inspection tour has been substantiated by a 
document. The document itself indicates that "this is the first 
public document making an announcement related to Comrade General 
Kim Jong Un," which shows that the recording of his activities has 
begun as part of efforts to prepare for his succession. 
 
The document was drafted during Kim Jong Il's visit to Wonsan, a 
major city in the southeast of the DPRK, to give on-site 
 
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instructions. It is dated "April 26, the 98th year of Chuche (2009)" 
and is entitled "Conversation with Activists at Wonsan Agricultural 
University while Giving On-site Instructions," containing remarks by 
Kim Jong Il on that occasion. 
 
Kim praised the university as "a significant university representing 
the zealous accomplishments of the Great Leader (the late President 
Kim Il Song) and my mother Kim Jong Suk." He also said: "I came with 
General Kim today" and "The Wonsan Agricultural University has 
become a glorious university serving the Great Leader, mother Kim 
Jong Suk, myself, and General Kim," thus conveying the presence of 
Jong Un. 
 
12) International parliamentary union issues joint statement on 
early return of North Korean abduction victims 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 3) (Slightly abridged) 
November 29, 2009 
 
Hiroki Hayashi in Chang Mai 
 
The "International Parliamentary Union on North Korean Refugees and 
Human Rights," consisting of members of parliament from Japan, the 
U.S., South Korea, and other countries, held its sixth general 
meeting in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand on Nov. 28 and adopted a 
joint statement demanding the early return of the victims of North 
Korea's abductions, among other things, before ending its 
proceedings. 
 
Some 40 participants from 11 countries, including Japan's Minister 
for the Abduction Issue Hiroshi Nakai, attended the general meeting. 
This is the first time that a Japanese cabinet minister has attended 
the meeting. It is believed that this is meant to publicize the 
Hatoyama administration's positive stance on the abduction issue and 
to obtain the cooperation of other countries by presenting the 
abductions as a human rights issue. 
 
13) Capital spending for current fiscal year dips 17 percent: 
survey 
 
NIKKEI (Top play) (Lead para.) 
November 29, 2009 
 
The capital spending trend survey (1,598 companies' modified plans) 
for fiscal 2009, conducted by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, has found 
that the amount of capital spending in all industry sectors had 
dropped 17.6 percent from the track record of fiscal 2008. The 
figure is down 2.7 percent from the initial plans, marking the 
largest fall since 1990, the year when data for comparison with the 
initial plans became available. The management environment has 
improved. For instance, a number of upward revisions of estimated 
business performances have been made. However, the future of the 
economy is unclear due in part to the current sharp appreciation of 
the yen. Many companies, mainly leading manufacturers, such as auto 
makers and home appliance makers, are becoming increasingly cautious 
about making investment. 
 
14) Poll of leading 100 companies: 50 recognize deflationary trend; 
26 see economy is turning around 
 
ASAHI (Page 1) (Excerpts) 
November 29, 2009 
 
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In a poll of leading 100 companies throughout the nation conducted 
by the Asahi Shimbun, 26 replied that the economy is indicating 
signs of picking up, up one from the previous survey carried out in 
June. Fifty companies said that although increased exports and the 
government's stimulus measures are producing effects, the economy is 
sinking into a deflationary trend with prices continuing to drop due 
to sluggish consumption. Few companies plan to hire more personnel. 
There is a growing concern that the economy is sinking into a 
double-dip recession, in which the economy once again deteriorates 
due to the strong yen and the deflationary trend, while the recovery 
of the economy is not being felt, because it is not creating jobs. 
 
Forty-eight companies praise Hatoyama administration 
 
The poll is carried out twice a year. It was carried out from Nov. 9 
through Nov. 20, before the sharp appreciation of the yen kicked in 
-- the yen temporarily tested 84 against the collar. The poll, which 
targeted 50 manufacturing and nonmanufacturing companies 
respectively, was conducted on a face-to-face basis, in which CEOs 
were, in principle, interviewed. 
 
Concerning current economic conditions, a total of 52 companies 
replied "the economy is turning around moderately" or "the economy 
is on the standstill, although some sectors are showing rosy signs." 
The rapid economic plunge, which kicked in last fall, is gradually 
coming to a halt. However, the views of pollees on the present 
economic conditions are harsh, with Sumitomo Rubber Industries 
President Tetsuharu Mino noting, "Although the economy might have 
picked up, it has just recovered to the level before the 
recession." 
 
Regarding the measures the Hatoyama administration has taken so far, 
48 companies replied that they deserve a certain degree of score. 
Support for new measures, such as a goal to cut greenhouse gases, 
was visible. On the other hand, many respondents called on the 
government to map out a mid-term economic growth strategy. Nippon 
Oil Corporation Chairman Fumiaki Watari said, "Its effort to display 
leadership in removing wasteful spending deserves high scores. 
However, as it has not yet come up with a growth strategy, companies 
remain unable to develop an investment plan." 
 
15) Poll: Cabinet support at 68 PERCENT 
 
NIKKEI (Page 1) (Abridged) 
November 30, 2009 
 
The approval rating for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his 
cabinet dropped 5 percentage points from October in a public opinion 
survey jointly conducted by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and TV Tokyo on 
Nov. 27-29. The disapproval rating for the Hatoyama cabinet rose 3 
points to 24 PERCENT . A total of 75 PERCENT  approved of the 
Hatoyama cabinet's screening of budget requests to ferret out 
wasteful spending. Meanwhile, 57 PERCENT  disapproved of the 
Hatoyama cabinet's way of addressing the current high yen and low 
stock prices, almost double the proportion of those approving of 
it. 
 
16) Poll: 74 PERCENT  unhappy with Hatoyama's account on his 
fund-managing body's falsified political fund reports 
 
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 1) (Abridged) 
 
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November 30, 2009 
 
In a telephone-based nationwide public opinion survey conducted by 
Kyodo News on Nov. 28-29, a total of 74.9 PERCENT  answered "no" 
when asked if they thought Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's account 
of his fund-managing body's falsification of political fund reports 
was convincing. The figure rose 6.9 percentage points from the last 
survey conducted about a month ago. Meanwhile, 77.3 PERCENT 
approved of the Hatoyama cabinet's screening of budget requests from 
all government ministries and agencies in the process of compiling 
the budget for next fiscal year. 
 
The Hatoyama cabinet's support rate was 63.7 PERCENT , remaining at 
nearly the same level as in the last survey, 61.8 PERCENT .The 
disapproval rating was 25.1 PERCENT , up 2.2 points from the last 
survey. 
 
In the breakdown of public support for political parties, the ruling 
Democratic Party of Japan stood at 45.0 PERCENT , up 1.6 points from 
the last survey, while the opposition Liberal Democratic Party was 
at 16.2 PERCENT , down 4.9 points. The New Komeito was at 4.1 
PERCENT , the Japanese Communist Party at 2.4 PERCENT , the Social 
Democratic Party at 2.1 PERCENT , the Your Party at 1.4 PERCENT , 
the People's New Party at 0.3 PERCENT , and the New Party Nippon at 
0.4 PERCENT . "None" accounted for 27.8 PERCENT . 
 
17) Blue-ribbon panel on nuclear pacts goes into action 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Excerpts) 
November 28, 2009 
 
A panel of experts tasked with verifying the Foreign Ministry's 
internal investigation into the secret pacts that reportedly exist 
between Japan and the United State, including one on the 
introduction of nuclear weapons, held its first meeting at the 
ministry on Nov. 27. "Although diplomacy is inseparable from 
secrets, leaving questionable elements unresolved to the end of time 
does not serve the national interest," University of Tokyo Professor 
Shinichi Kitaoka, who chairs the panel, said in the opening 
statement. Later in the day, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told 
reporters at the Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei), "If 
the truth comes to light, there is a possibility that the government 
will make a decision that is different from the one in the past." 
Hatoyama thus expressed a plan to alter the government's stance that 
has consistently denied the existence of secret pacts after the 
panel's verification work is over. 
 
The panel plans to analyze the diplomatic documents produced by 1989 
when the Cold War ended and interview former senior Foreign Ministry 
officials as necessary with an eye to producing by the end of next 
January a report on, among other matters, whether or not the secret 
agreements exist. 
 
The investigation will cover four points, including: (1) the 
introduction of nuclear weapons (under a pact reached) during the 
conclusion of the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in 1960, and 
(2) Japan's shouldering the cost of returning land to its original 
state during the revision of Okinawa in 1972. 
 
18) GOJ to change tack in lawsuit on "secret agreement" on Okinawa's 
reversion to Japanese administration 
 
 
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TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 27) (Excerpts) 
November 30, 2009 
 
The hearing for the administrative lawsuit concerning the disclosure 
of documents relating to the so-called "secret agreement" reached 
between the Japanese and U.S. governments in relation to Okinawa's 
reversion to Japanese administration will take place at the Tokyo 
District Court (presided by Justice Norihiko Sugihara) on Dec. 1. 
The government has informed the plaintiffs that it will change its 
hitherto position that "there was no secret agreement and no such 
documents exist" and withhold entering a plea of guilty or not 
guilty. 
 
The government is changing its position on two of the three 
documents subject to a request for disclosure. It is believed that 
this is in light of Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada's order to the 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to investigate whether the secret 
agreement exists. Bunroku Yoshino, 91, former director general of 
MOFA's North American Affairs Bureau, is scheduled to take the 
witness stand on Dec. 1 and admit the existence of the secret 
agreement. The government is likely to be forced to change its 
official position of denying the existence of this agreement. 
 
MOFA is currently investigating the following four secret 
agreements: agreement on the introduction of nuclear arms during the 
revision of the Japan-U.S. security treaty, U.S. Forces Japan 
operational plans in a contingency on the Korean peninsula, 
agreement reached at the time of Okinawa's reversion on the 
re-introduction of nuclear arms in a contingency, and agreement on 
Japan's paying for expenses to restore military base land in Okinawa 
to its original state. 
 
19) Documents on secret nuclear pact on reintroduction of nuclear 
weapons after Okinawa reversion not found through Foreign Ministry's 
internal investigation 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 28, 2009 
 
It became clear on Nov. 27 that the Foreign Ministry's internal 
investigation has failed to discover any documents on a secret 
agreement specifying that the United States is allowed to 
reintroduce nuclear weapons into Japan in the event of a contingency 
in Japan after Okinawa is returned to the country in 1972. At the 
same time, the largest group of documents unearthed by the 
investigation were related to a secret nuclear pact 
designed to exempt from prior consultations U.S. warships carrying 
nuclear weapons calling at Japanese ports and passing through 
Japan's territorial waters. 
 
The document on the reintroduction of nuclear weapons into Okinawa 
was reportedly signed in 1969 by then Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and 
U.S. President Richard Nixon in a small room next to the Oval Office 
in the White House. Kei Wakaizumi, a former Kyoto Sangyo University 
Professor who conducted talks with the U.S. on Okinawa's reversion 
as Prime Minister Sato's emissary, published a book in 1994 in which 
he disclosed that he and then National Security Advisor Henry 
Kissinger had drafted the documents, along with a photograph of the 
documents. 
 
An expert noted: "It is a fact that as an emissary Mr. Wakaizumi 
maneuvered behind the scenes, but it cannot be said that the secret 
 
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pact does not exist simply because (the Foreign Ministry) could not 
find the documents." 
 
20) Prime Minister plans to change government's stance if existence 
of secret nuclear pacts is confirmed 
 
ASAHI (Page 4) (Excerpt) 
November 28, 2009 
 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama made the following comment regarding 
the government's stance on secret Japan-U.S. agreements, including 
one on the introduction of nuclear weapons: "There could be a 
decision that is different from the one in the past." Thus the Prime 
Minister expressed a plan to alter the government's traditional 
position denying the existence of secret pacts if the existence of 
such is confirmed. Meanwhile, a panel of experts tasked with 
verifying the Foreign Ministry's investigation held its first 
meeting on the same day. 
 
21) Fourth information-gathering satellite launched successfully 
 
YOMIURI (Top Play) (Excerpts) 
Evening, November 28, 2009 
 
An H-2A No. 16 rocket carrying the government's fourth 
information-gathering satellite was successfully launched from the 
Tanegashima Space Center in Minami-Tanecho, Kagoshima Prefecture, at 
10:21 a.m. on Nov. 28. The satellite was confirmed to have reached 
orbit. It was the nation's 10th consecutive successful launch of an 
H-2A rocket and the 15th successful launch overall. 
 
The new satellite carries the most advanced high-resolution imaging 
equipment of all the nation's information-gathering satellites. With 
a high-quality digital telecamera, it can identify objects on the 
ground as small as about 60 centimeters in size. The total cost of 
the satellite, including its launch, is approximately 58 billion 
yen. Previous satellites could only see objects at least one meter 
in size. 
 
22) New law eyed for conservation of Japan's outlying islands 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
November 28, 2009 
 
The government plans to present a bill to the Diet during next 
year's ordinary session for a new law that is intended to conserve 
Japan's outlying islands, including its southernmost island of 
Okinotorishima and its easternmost island of Minamitorishima, in 
order to develop undersea resources and protect Japan's national 
interests in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) waters, Land, 
Infrastructure and Transport Minister Seiji Maehara said yesterday. 
 
The newly planned law is aimed at maintaining and strengthening 
Japan's sovereignty by legally defining the conservation of Japan's 
outlying islands, including the two islands. 
 
23) GOJ decides to create panel for consultations with France on the 
Hague Convention 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
November 30, 2009 
 
 
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The government decided on Nov. 29 to create in early December a 
consultative body with France on the Hague Convention governing the 
settlement of disputes arising from failed international marriages. 
There have been numerous disputes involving one parent returning to 
his or her home country with the children, thus preventing the other 
parent from seeing them. While Japan is not a member of the 
convention, it wants to facilitate the settlement of disputes 
through close exchange of information. 
 
Under the Hague Convention, when children are taken away, it is 
possible to demand their return and visitation rights from the 
country where they are taken. Japan and Russia are the only G-8 
countries that have not signed the treaty. The treaty has not been a 
major problem so far in Japan since most cases involved Japanese 
women married to foreign men returning home with their children. 
 
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