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SUBJECT:  JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/09 
 
INDEX: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule (Nikkei) 
 
Futenma relocation: 
4) Minister of Defense's rejection of Guam incites backlash from SDP 
 (Yomiuri) 
5) Hirano to Kitazawa: Avoid making statements that can elicit 
misunderstanding  (Sankei) 
6) Hatoyama says Japan-U.S. summit would be difficult  (Sankei) 
 
Economy: 
7) Prime Minister back pedals on capping bond issue at 44 trillion 
yen  (Nikkei) 
8) JOGMEC and Mozambique  exchanges memorandums on rare metal 
exploration  (Yomiuri) 
9) Japan-U.S. "open skies" negotiations: U.S. airlines granted slots 
at Haneda  (Asahi) 
10) Negotiations for tie-up with JAL to be postponed to next year 
(Asahi) 
11) Government will likely not incorporate framework of bond 
guaranty for JAL bailout  in second supplemental budget  (Asahi) 
 
Foreign relations: 
12) Ozawa meets Hu in Beijing  (Sankei) 
13) Hatoyama convinced East Asian Community framework will become 
more probable  (Mainichi) 
 
Defense & security: 
14) Document on secret Japan-U.S. accord allowing introduction of 
nukes in time of emergency on Korean peninsula discovered  (Yomiuri) 
 
 
Opinion: 
15) Yomiuri poll: 17 PERCENT  of Japanese, 30 PERCENT  of Americans 
think bilateral relations will improve under Hatoyama administration 
 (Yomiuri) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi: 
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech: Let's pursue justice 
and aim for peace 
 
Mainichi: 
40 PERCENT  of Japanese municipalities do not allow entrance exams 
in Braille 
 
Yomiuri: 
Document on secret Japan-U.S. accord on Korean Peninsula contingency 
discovered 
 
Nikkei: 
Hatoyama withdraws goal of capping new bond issuance at 44 trillion 
yen 
 
Sankei: 
Ozawa-led delegation arrives in Beijing; "I am commander of 
 
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liberation army," Ozawa tells Hu 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech: NPT is cornerstone of 
U.S diplomacy 
 
Akahata: 
Government in turmoil over Futenma 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Free high school education should be realized by cutting 
specified dependent exemption 
(2) North Korea must return to Six-Party Talks 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) Discord in coalition government: Prime Minister Hatoyama, who 
has yet to express his own view, is responsible 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Life-prolonging therapy: Even guilty verdict handed down, 
serious issues remain 
(2) Suzuki-VW tie-up ushers in new era 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Obama administration confronted with challenge of creating jobs 
(2) Fair and transparent investigations of political funds urged 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Hatoyama's donation issue: Will the issue be solved if the Prime 
Minister amends tax return? 
(2) Nikai's secretary indicted: LDP must show capability of 
self-purification 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Nikai's secretary's penalty: Smoldering collusive ties with 
construction firms 
(2) Terrorist attacks in Iraq: Unyielding determination and public 
security needed 
 
Akahata: 
(1) Revisions to Diet Law: We are concerned about possible change in 
interpretation of the Constitution 
 
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei) 
 
Prime Minister's schedule, December 10 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
Local time 
Early morning Met with Indonesian President Yudhoyono at Grand Hyatt 
Bali in Bali, Indonesia. Attended a signing ceremony for economic 
cooperation. 
Later in the morning Delivered a speech at the Bali Democracy Forum. 
Then attended a general debate. 
Afternoon Photo session with leaders of participating nations. 
Luncheon hosted by the president. Chairmen's joint press conference. 
Departed from Ngurah Rai Airport by government plane. 
Japan time 
23:07 Arrived at Haneda Airport. 
 
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23:41 Arrived at his official residence. 
 
4) SDP reacts to defense minister's negative view about relocation 
of Futenma airfield to Guam 
 
YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
 
Social Democratic Party (SDP) head Mizuho Fukushima is scheduled to 
visit on Dec. 17 U.S. Camp Schwab, where Japan and the U.S. decided 
(in 2006) to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. 
 
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa expressed a negative view toward 
the proposed relocation of the Futenma facility to Guam while he was 
visiting there. In a press conference yesterday, DPJ Secretary 
General Yasumasa Shigeno fiercely reacted to Kitazawa's comment, 
remarking: "It should be impossible to reach a conclusion during a 
quick trip." Fukushima yesterday also met with Yoichi Iha, the mayor 
of Ginowan City, which hosts the Futenma Air Station. She said: "The 
Futenma issue should be resolved on the premise that the facility 
will be moved to Guam." She then indicated that she would ascertain 
the defense minister's real intention. 
 
If the friction with the SDP becomes even more serious, options 
available for the prime minister will further decrease. Chief 
Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano made a phone call to Kitazawa, who 
has just returned from Guam, and warned him: "You should not make 
statements that invite misunderstanding." 
 
The People's New Party has fallen in step with the SDP. Policy 
Research Council Chairman Mikio Shimoji said in a TV Asahi program 
yesterday: "Many members of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly have 
opposed (the existing relocation plan), so if the governor issues 
permission for reclamation work, a no-confidence motion (against the 
governor) will inevitably pass in the assembly." 
 
5) Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirano cautions Defense Minister Kitazawa 
regarding Futenma remarks 
 
SANKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
 
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano cautioned Defense Minister 
Toshimi Kitazawa over the phone "not to make comments that may 
elicit misunderstanding." Hirano made the phone call after 
Kitazawa's comment that relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Air 
Station at Futenma to Guam would be difficult incited a backlash 
from the Social Democratic Party. 
 
Prior to this, at a press conference, SDP Secretary General Yasumasa 
Shigeno said with regard to Kitazawa's comment: "We need to confirm 
whether or not he is speaking for the government," indicating that 
he will ask Kitazawa and the Prime Minister's Office about the 
comment. The SDP has proposed moving the Futenma air station to Guam 
or Iwo Jima. 
 
6) PM Hatoyama admits summit with President Obama at COP15 now 
unlikely, to make Futenma relocation decision before year's end 
 
SANKEI (Page 1) (Abridged) 
December 11, 2009 
 
 
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Hiroshi Funatsu in Bali 
 
Referring to his previous plan to meet with U.S. President Barack 
Obama on the issue of the relocation of the U.S. forces' Futenma Air 
Station (in Ginowan City, Okinawa), Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama 
stated on Dec. 10: "The Japanese side is not at the stage of 
deciding on a government policy (on the relocation issue) yet. It is 
not a simple matter and we are not at the stage of proposing (a 
meeting)," indicating that it will be difficult to realize a 
meeting. He made the above statement to reporters accompanying him 
on his trip at his hotel in Bali, Indonesia. 
 
The Prime Minister had wanted to set up a meeting with President 
Obama on Dec. 18 during the summit level meeting of the 15th 
Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate 
Change (COP15). 
 
Regarding when a decision on the Futenma relocation site will be 
made, Hatoyama said: "I am thinking of making a decision before the 
end of the year. (A summit meeting) will come after that." 
 
7) Prime minister rescinds goal of capping new issuance of 
government bonds at 44 trillion yen 
 
NIKKEI (Top play) (Lead para.) 
December 11, 2009 
 
It was learned on Dec. 10 that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama 
conveyed to concerned ministers his decision to basically withdraw 
the goal of limiting the new issuance of government bonds in the 
fiscal 2010 budget to 44 trillion yen - a goal that was set by the 
prime minister himself. According to the basic policy on the 
compilation of the budget to be adopted at a cabinet meeting as 
early as the 15th, the government is likely put on hold stipulating 
an upper limit for the issuance of government bonds. Efforts to 
scale down estimated budgetary requests, which have ballooned to the 
highest-ever level of 95 trillion yen under political leadership, 
are now encountering difficulties. Amid escalating pressure from the 
ruling camp for increased spending, the prime minister's leadership 
has now been put to the test. 
 
8) JOGMEC exchanges memorandums with Mozambique for cooperation for 
rare metal exploration 
 
YOMIURI (Page 11) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
 
It was learned on Dec. 10 that the Japan Oil, Gas, Metals National 
Corporation (JOGMEC) had exchanged memorandums with Mozambique in 
southern Africa for cooperation for the exploration of mineral 
resources. The aim is to secure interests in nickel and cobalt, both 
of which Mozambique has in abundance, as part of its effort to 
secure stable supplies of rare metals, which are essential for 
state-of-the-art industries. 
 
In return for the Mozambique government's helping Japanese companies 
acquire mineral rights, the Japanese government will provide 
technical cooperation for the exploration of deposits. 
 
To be specific, JOGMEC will invite Mozambique's geological engineers 
to its exploration center in Botswana, Mozambique's neighbor, and 
they will jointly analyze areas where there are probable mineral 
 
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reserves. They will try to locate deposits by using an exploration 
system for analyzing artificial satellite images brought to the 
center by JOGMEC. 
 
9) No increase in U.S. flights at Narita Airport 
 
ASAHI (Page 11) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
 
Japan and the U.S. have been discussing the allocation of landing 
and departure slots to be increased in 2010 both at Haneda Airport 
and Narita Airport. They have now entered the final coordination 
phase with the likelihood that four late night and early morning 
slots at Haneda will be allotted to the U.S., while no additional 
slots at Narita will be allocated to it. 
 
The governments of both countries are expected to reach an agreement 
as early as the afternoon of the 10th, local time (morning of the 
11th, Japan time). 
 
Haneda Airport will have 20 additional slots for late night and 
early morning times starting on Oct. 10, 2010. Of those slots, 14 
have been allocated to carriers other than U.S. carriers. 
 
10) Talks on JAL's business tie-up to be postponed until next year 
 
ASAHI (Page 9) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
 
Japan Airlines is now engaged in talks with Delta Air Lines and 
American Airlines on a possible business tie-up. On Dec. 10, Japan 
Airlines decided to postpone a decision until early next year. 
President Haruka Nishimatsu indicated his stance on reaching a 
decision by the end of the year at a press conference in November 
when the carrier released its mid-term account settlement. However, 
he has decided that it will take more time to look into better 
conditions amid the intensifying tug-of-war over capital assistance 
to JAL. 
 
Delta, a member of SkyTeam, an international aviation alliance, had 
offered assistance totaling 1.02 billion dollars (approximately 89.8 
billion yen), including capital investment and funds to cover the 
losses JAL will likely incur when shifting to SkyTeam from its 
present alliance. Delta apparently offered improved conditions at 
talks between the two carriers on the 9th. American Airlines, a 
member of Oneworld, to which JAL belongs, is trying to retain JAL by 
offering capital investment worth up to 1.1 billion dollars (roughly 
96.8 billion yen). Attention is now focused on whether it will 
increase its offer to compete with Delta's additional assistance 
offer. 
 
11) Inclusion of government guarantee framework in second extra 
budget to be postponed 
 
ASAHI (Page 9) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
 
The government has been looking into setting up a government 
guarantee framework for a bridge loan to be extended to support 
Japan Airline's (JAL) cash flow. The plan is now not expected to be 
included in the fiscal 2009 second extra budget. The government has 
apparently determined that it will be necessary to set up the 
 
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guarantee framework after careful examination of the carrier's 
management. 
 
In November, JAL signed a contract with the Development Bank of 
Japan to receive a bridge loan of up to 100 billion yen. It intends 
to reorganize the airline's management under the leadership of the 
Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC). The 
government is now considering taking legal measures to attach an 
ex-post facto government guarantee to the bridge loan in order to 
provide full assurance for JAL's cash flow. 
 
12) Ozawa-led 600-member delegation arrives in Beijing, members meet 
with President Hu 
 
SANKEI (Top play) (Lead para.) 
December 11, 2009 
 
Takao Harakawa, Beijing 
 
Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of 
Japan (DPJ), arrived in Beijing yesterday afternoon and met with 
Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People. Ozawa 
and Hu agreed to strengthen Japan-China relations and promote 
government-to-government exchanges between the DPJ and the Chinese 
Communist Party. 
 
Ozawa discussed the House of Councillors election next summer with 
reporters after the meeting, saying: "I told Mr. Hu that to use an 
analogy from this country (China), our liberation war is not yet 
over. The final battle will take place next July. I am doing my best 
in a role similar to the commander of the People's Liberal Army." 
 
Ozawa also revealed to the reporters that he said to Hu: "The DPJ 
will be able to deepen relations with (China) if we secure a 
majority in the Upper House election, because the environment in 
which we can discuss issues on our own will be established." 
 
Hu said, "Exchanges (between the two countries) have deepened even 
after the DPJ-led administration was inaugurated. The Japan-China 
reciprocal relationship has entered a new stage," praising the 
Hatoyama administration's policy of placing priority on Asia. 
 
13) Hatoyama: Concept of East Asian Community will take shape 
through promotion of democratization process 
 
MAINICHI (Page 11) (Slightly abridged) 
December 11, 2009 
 
Nusa Dua, Indonesia 
 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama held a joint press conference with 
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, with whom Hatoyama 
chaired the Bali Democracy Forum. In the press conference, Hatoyama 
emphasized: "I believe the concept of forming an East Asian 
Community (proposed by the prime minister) will take shape if the 
democratization process is promoted (in the region)." Yudhoyono 
pointed out the ambiguity on how the community would handle the U.S. 
and China and said: "We would like to discuss how this concept 
differs from the existing framework." 
 
14) Documents on Japan-U.S. secret agreements on operational plans 
for contingency on Korean peninsula, introduction of nuclear arms 
 
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found by MOFA 
 
YOMIURI (Top play) (Abridged) 
December 11, 2009 
 
It was learned on Dec. 10 that documents were found on secret 
agreements between Japan and the U.S. on the U.S. forces' combat 
operations in the event of a contingency on the Korean peninsula and 
the introduction of nuclear arms signed in connection with the 
revision of the bilateral security treaty in 1960. Internal 
investigations by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on "secret 
agreements" between the two countries revealed the existence of 
these documents. While the government has consistently denied the 
existence of such documents, if MOFA's experts' committee concludes 
that the documents are indeed related to the secret agreements, this 
will be the first time that documents attesting to these agreements 
have been found inside the government. 
 
The documents found consist of a draft of the "discussion record" 
which allegedly shows that Japan tacitly agreed to the introduction 
of nuclear arms and minutes of a meeting on the U.S. forces' combat 
operations in a contingency on the Korean peninsula at the time of 
the security treaty revision in 1960. 
 
MOFA is currently investigating the following secret agreements: (1) 
agreement on the introduction of nuclear weapons signed at the time 
of the security treaty revision in 1960; (2) agreement on combat 
operations in a contingency on the Korean peninsula; (3) agreement 
on the introduction of nuclear arms in a contingency signed at the 
time of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese administration in 1972; and 
(4) agreement on Japan's payment of the cost for restoring U.S. base 
land to its original state at the time of Okinawa's reversion. It is 
now very likely that MOFA's committee will judge that documentary 
evidence has been found for two secret agreements. 
 
MOFA's investigations uncover a document believed to be the 
"discussion record" signed by then Foreign Minister Aiichiro 
Fujiyama and U.S. Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II, which attests to 
the secret agreement on introducing nuclear arms at the time of the 
security treaty revision. However, since there are no signatures on 
this document, it is reckoned to be a draft. It is said that the 
document that was actually signed might have been destroyed. 
 
A similar document has already been made public in the U.S. 
 
With regard to combat operations by U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ), 
minutes of a meeting between Fujiyama and MacAurthur on "exceptions 
to the rule" in a contingency on the Korean peninsula were found. 
 
The minutes contain a passage to the effect that "Japan will allow 
the use of military facilities for military operations by the USFJ 
deemed to be of immediate necessity by the UN Command," which would 
mean that Japan will allow US forces mobilization without prior 
consultation. This may have an impact on the present day issue of 
Japan-U.S. defense cooperation in a contingency on the Korean 
peninsula. 
 
15) Yomiuri-Gallup poll: 17 PERCENT  in Japan, 30 PERCENT  in U.S. 
see bilateral ties as improving under Hatoyama administration 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full) 
December 11, 2009 
 
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The Yomiuri Shimbun and the Gallup Organization, a U.S. pollster, 
conducted a telephone-based joint poll in Japan and the United 
States on Nov. 14-23. In the poll, respondents were asked if they 
thought Japan-U.S. relations will improve under Prime Minister 
Hatoyama and his government. To this question, public opinion was 
split in Japan, with 17 PERCENT  saying the bilateral relationship 
will "improve" and 16 PERCENT  saying it will "worsen." In the 
United States, "improve" accounted for 30 PERCENT , with "worsen" at 
12 PERCENT . In a previous poll conducted last November right after 
President Obama won the presidential race, "improve" accounted for 
28 PERCENT  in Japan and 50 PERCENT  in the United States. The 
proportion of those who think the Hatoyama government will have a 
favorable impact on Japan-U.S. relations was low both in Japan and 
in the United States. 
 
The poll was conducted before the issue of relocating the U.S. 
military's Futenma airfield became serious. However, when asked the 
biggest problem between Japan and the United States, the issue of 
realigning U.S. forces in Japan accounted for 31 PERCENT , topping 
all other answers. Many people in Japan seem to regard the Futenma 
issue as a touchstone for Hatoyama diplomacy. In the United States, 
the question of how to deal with trade and economic issues was top 
at 27 PERCENT . 
 
However, when asked whether Japan-U.S. relations are in good or bad 
shape on the whole, "good" accounted for 48 PERCENT  while "bad" was 
at 26 PERCENT  in Japan. As seen from these figures, positive 
answers outnumbered negative ones. In the United States as well, 
public opinion was affirmative, with "good" marking 51 PERCENT  and 
"bad" at 8 PERCENT . Respondents were also asked if they trust the 
United States. To this question, 49 PERCENT  replied "yes" and 41 
PERCENT  "no" in Japan. In the United States, 66 PERCENT  answered 
"yes" and 31 PERCENT  said "no" when asked if they trust Japan. 
 
Meanwhile, when it comes to relations with China, which is now on 
the rise, the American public regarded that country as important. In 
Japan, respondents were further asked which country they thought 
would grow in importance politically. 52 PERCENT  picked the United 
States, while 36 PERCENT  chose China. In the United States, 57 
PERCENT  said China and 36 PERCENT  Japan. In the economic area, 73 
PERCENT  of the Japanese respondents picked China and 18 PERCENT 
the United States, while 69 PERCENT  of the American respondents 
picked China and 25 PERCENT  Japan. 
 
ROOS