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SUBJECT:  JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/10 
 
INDEX: 
 
1) Top headlines 
2) Editorials 
 
Futenma facility replacement: 
3) PM Hatoyama: No continued use of Futenma facility  (Yomiuri) 
4) Ambassador Roos says existing relocation plan best  (Sankei) 
5) Tokunoshima yet to undergo formal review as candidate site 
(Nikkei) 
 
Defense & security: 
6) Part falls from carrier-based Super Hornet, strikes home in 
Kanagawa  (Mainichi) 
 
Foreign relations: 
7) What was the real reason Japan was not mentioned in President's 
State of the Union Address?  (Yomiuri) 
8) Okada to visit ROK Feb. 10-11  (Nikkei) 
 
Ozawa scandal: 
9) Ozawa: "I'm innocent."  (Nikkei) 
10) Ozawa bought land near Henoko  (Sankei) 
11) Ozawa fund-managing body also failed to record funds in '04-'05 
(Mainichi) 
 
Politics: 
12) View that Hatoyama will step down in May bruited about in DPJ 
(Sankei) 
13) Upper House Budget Committee  (Yomiuri) 
 
Economy: 
14) JAL to make decision on tie-up next month  (Nikkei) 
15) Opposition to expansion of postal services  (Nikkei) 
16) Keidanren chief hopes successor Yonekura will accelerate 
conclusion of Japan-U.S. FTA  (Nikkei) 
 
Education: 
17) Number of high school students studying abroad falls to lowest 
level on record  (Yomiuri) 
 
Articles: 
 
1) TOP HEADLINES 
 
Asahi, Yomiuri: 
Justice Ministry panel proposes scrapping statute of limitations for 
murders 
 
Mainichi: 
Ozawa's funds body, Rikuzan-kai, failed to report 1.3 billion yen 
from his political organization in 2004-2005 
 
Nikkei: 
Smaller manufacturers increase shares in digital consumer 
electronics market with low-priced products 
 
Sankei: 
Ozawa bought land 9 kilometers away from Henoko in Okinawa in 2005 
possibly for speculation purposes 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
 
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Woman arrested on robbery-murder charges over mysterious death case 
in Tottori 
 
Akahata: 
Concerns increasing about government's plan to allow daycare centers 
to outsource food services 
 
2) EDITORIALS 
 
Asahi: 
(1) Decision by prosecution inquest committee agrees with citizens' 
good sense 
(2) President Obama's State of the Union address: Get rid of 
inward-looking mentality in adversity 
 
Mainichi: 
(1) State of the Union address: Steadily overcome the economic 
crisis 
(2) Akihabara killing spree trial: Motive must be uncovered 
 
Yomiuri: 
(1) Can President Obama turn the tables? 
(2) Prosecution inquest committee's decision: Lawyers, prosecutors, 
judges have heavy responsibility 
 
Nikkei: 
(1) Frustration evident in Obama's State of the Union address 
(2) Expectations on new prosecution inquest system 
 
Sankei: 
(1) Prosecution inquest committee must be operated strictly and 
fairly 
(2) One-year-old Obama administration: Greater cooperation necessary 
between Japan, U.S., and Taiwan 
 
Tokyo Shimbun: 
(1) Decision by prosecution inquest committee: Mindset of ordinary 
people opens new door 
(2) Obama's State of the Union address: Credibility of statements to 
be tested 
 
Akahata: 
(1)  Competition on consumption tax hike offers no bright prospects 
 
3) Hatoyama: No continued use of Futenma base 
 
YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Prime Minister Hatoyama vowed yesterday to aim for a cabinet 
decision on where to relocate the U.S. military's Futenma airfield 
in Okinawa Prefecture (to the Henoko area of Nago City in the 
prefecture), with understanding obtained from the United States and 
Okinawa Prefecture's people. "I will prepare myself to make a 
decision by the end of May," Hatoyama said. However, Okinawa and the 
ruling parties have a growing sense of distrust in Chief Cabinet 
Secretary Hirano, who is responsible for selecting an alternative 
site for Futenma airfield's relocation. Dark clouds are hanging over 
Hatoyama's envisaged scenario for "a complete settlement over the 
final four months." 
 
Hatoyama, attending yesterday's House of Councillors Budget 
 
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Committee meeting, declared that he would "come up with something 
that is understandable to all those concerned" by the end of May. 
That evening, Hatoyama definitely ruled out the possibility of 
continuing to use Futenma airfield when he was asked by reporters at 
his office about what he would do should he fail to find out a 
relocation site. "We've never talked about such options as continued 
use (of Futenma airfield)," he said. 
 
Meanwhile, Hirano met yesterday at the prime minister's office with 
Kantoku Teruya, chair of the Social Democratic Party's Diet Affairs 
Committee, and other members of "Urunokai," a group of Diet members 
elected from Okinawa Prefecture. In the meeting, Teruya protested 
Hirano's remarks over Nago's recent mayoral election that ended in 
the victory of a candidate opposed to accepting the relocation of 
Futenma airfield. In this regard, Hirano had said, "There's no 
reason to consider it." Teruya said, "It shocked the people of 
Okinawa Prefecture and the residents of Nago City." 
 
"There was a misunderstanding," Hirano explained: "I will respect 
the will of the people, as a matter of course," he added. However, 
Hirano did not deny that the current plan to relocate Futenma 
airfield to Nago is included in the list of possible options. "We'd 
like to consider, from scratch, where to relocate," he said. 
 
4) U.S. envoy: Current plan is best 
 
SANKEI (Page 4) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Roos met yesterday in Tokyo with former 
Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga, an opposition Liberal Democratic 
Party lawmaker seated in the House of Representatives. In the 
meeting, Roos referred to the issue of relocating Futenma airfield, 
a U.S. military facility located in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. 
"The United States still thinks the current plan (to relocate 
Futenma airfield to a coastal area of Camp Schwab) is best," Roos 
said. 
 
5) Tokunoshima not yet under consideration as possible Futenma 
relocation site 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yorihisa Matsuno clarified yesterday 
at a press conference that Seishu Makino, a House of Representatives 
member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), had surveyed 
the island of Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture as a possible 
relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in 
Okinawa Prefecture. Matsuno said, "We greatly appreciated it as 
information," admitting that the government has received a report on 
the survey. He also pointed out: "The government has yet to reach 
the stage of looking into the island as a possible relocation 
site." 
 
6) Component drops from U.S. military aircraft and damages house 
 
MAINICHI (Page 27) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
A U.S. Navy "Super Hornet" fighter jet that took off from a 
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier dropped one of its components when 
 
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flying over the city of Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, the U.S. Navy's 
Atsugi base said yesterday. The dropped object was a duralumin rod, 
about 57 centimeters long about 3 centimeters in diameter. The rod 
fell on the house of a 55-year-old local resident living in the 
city, according to the Yamato Police Station of Kanagawa prefectural 
police. The fallen rod broke a windowpane and a sliding shutter on a 
second-floor balcony. No injuries were reported. The house was 
undergoing soundproofing work against carrier-based aircraft noise, 
and windowpanes and other removed materials were placed on the 
porch. The rod had a 20-centimer wire attached to it. The base is 
now investigating the cause of the incident. 
 
7) Obama in address makes no reference to Japan, although China, 
South Korea, and India mentioned 
 
YOMIURI (Page 3) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
By Satoshi Ogawa, Washington 
 
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address 
on Jan. 28. Japanese observers were paying attention to whether he 
would mention now strained Japan-U.S. relations, but he made no 
reference to Japan. From a historic viewpoint, it is not rare that 
Japan is unmentioned in a State of the Union address, but President 
Obama fell short of mentioning Japan in speaking of even the areas 
in which Japan has been deeply involved. Meanwhile, there was 
mention of such major countries in Asia as China, South Korea, and 
India. The absence of reference to Japan is likely to cause 
speculation over the president's real intentions. 
 
In reference to the plan to introduce high-speed rail services in 
the U.S., Obama said: "There should be no reason for Europe and 
China to have the world's fastest railway systems." Japan has been 
eager to market its Shinkansen technology in the U.S. This remark 
can be taken to mean his interest lies in the technologies of 
European companies, rivals of Japanese firms, and in China's plan to 
expand its railway network. 
 
During the summit meeting last February, then Prime Minister Taro 
Aso persuaded Obama to introduce Shinkansen technology in the U.S. 
Given this, the president should be fully aware of the political 
importance of this matter for Japan. 
 
In the first joint seminar of the public and private sectors held in 
Washington on Jan. 21 by the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism Ministry, Japan Railways, and other organizations, Transport 
Secretary Ray LaHood pleased Japanese participants by saying: "Japan 
is a leader and pioneer in the high-speed railway industry." 
 
In his State of the Union address a year ago, President Obama said 
that the U.S. "has lagged behind Germany and Japan" in the area of 
photovoltaic power generation. In the address this time, however, he 
cited China, Germany, and India as countries that have successfully 
turned around their economies through green-tech jobs. 
 
Touching on trade liberalization, Obama listed South Korea, with 
which the U.S. is promoting negotiations on concluding a free trade 
agreement (FTA), as one of its "major trade partners." The 
Democratic Party of Japan stated in its campaign manifesto released 
last July for the previous general election: "The party will 
conclude an FTA with the U.S." But faced with a backlash from 
 
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domestic agricultural organizations, the party revised the statement 
to "the party will promote FTA negotiations," disappointing the U.S. 
 
 
8) Foreign Minister Okada to visit South Korea in February 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada decided yesterday to visit the 
Republic of Korea on Feb. 10-11. He will hold talks with ROK Foreign 
Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung-hwan. The two ministers are 
expected to make arrangements for a visit to Japan by President Lee 
Myung-bak with an eye on the first half of this year. They are also 
expected to discuss the resumption of talks on a Japan-ROK economic 
partnership agreement (EPA), the North Korea situation, and other 
issues. 
 
9) DPJ Secretary General Ozawa reportedly says land deal scandal to 
be settled "soon" 
 
NIKKEI (Page 2) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa had 
dinner with senior officials of the three ruling parties at a 
Japanese restaurant in Tokyo on the evening of Jan. 28. According to 
one participant in the gathering, Ozawa talked about the alleged 
violation of the Political Funds Control Law by his fund management 
group in a land deal and said, "I have an absolutely clear 
conscience." He indicated his anticipation that "the prosecutors' 
understanding will be obtained and the case will be settled soon." 
 
According to another participant, Ozawa said: "I am innocent. It may 
take some time but I will work hard to prove my innocence." Seiji 
Mataichi, deputy leader of the Social Democratic Party, suggested 
that Ozawa give an explanation to the (Diet's) Council on Political 
Ethics, but Ozawa did not respond. 
 
10) Ozawa bought land 9 kilometers away from Henoko in Okinawa in 
2005, possibly for speculation purposes 
 
SANKEI (Top play) (Excerpts) 
January 29, 2010 
 
It became clear yesterday from a register and a House of 
Representatives property report that Democratic Party of Japan 
Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa purchased a 5,200-square-meter plot 
of land in the village of Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, in November 
¶2005. The land is in a state of wilderness with no buildings on it, 
and its use is unknown. It is close to the relocation site for the 
U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, and Ozawa purchased the land 
shortly after Tokyo agreed to a preliminary report on the 
realignment of U.S. forces in Japan that included the Futenma 
relocation. As such, the land purchase might be considered to have 
been made for speculation purposes. Questions are likely to be 
raised about the morals of Ozawa as a politician. 
 
According to the register, Ozawa purchased two pieces of land - one 
measuring 1,593 square meters and another one 3,601 square meters, 
both located in Kannamikibaru, Ginoza Village - on November 28, 
¶2005. 
 
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The use of the land facing the coast is specified as "wilderness." 
The owner of the land is Ichiro Ozawa and the address of Ozawa's 
home in Iwate Prefecture is specified in the register. Ozawa appears 
to have paid for the land in cash as it does not carry a mortgage. 
The land is listed in Ozawa's property report. 
 
Although the land sits only about 9 kilometers away from Camp Schwab 
(in Henoko, Nago City), the relocation site for the Futenma Air 
Station under the existing plan, it is not included in the area 
expected to suffer from noise under the relocation plan. Ozawa 
purchased the land shortly after Tokyo agreed in October 2005 to the 
preliminary U.S. force realignment report that included the Henoko 
relocation plan. As such, Ozawa might have purchased the land for 
speculation purposes. 
 
11) Ozawa's fund body, Rikuzan-kai, failed to report 1.3 billion yen 
from his political organization in 2004-2005 
 
MAINICHI (Top play) (Excerpt) 
January 29, 2010 
 
It has become clear that in connection with a land purchase by 
Rikuzan-kai, the fund management organization of Democratic Party of 
Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, a total of 900 million yen was 
withdrawn from the Rikuzan-kai's bank account between 2004 and 2005 
and that the amount was not listed in the body's political fund 
reports. It is believed that the money was exchanged between 
Rikuzan-kai and Reform Forum 21, a political organization 
effectively run by Ozawa, along with the 400 million yen that was 
moved between March and May 2005. It appears that during its 
questioning of Ozawa on Jan. 23, the special investigation team of 
the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office asked about the total 
amount of 1.3 billion yen and that it put his reply that he does not 
know about it on the interrogation record. 
 
12) Rumors circulating in DPJ that PM Hatoyama will step down in 
May 
 
SANKEI (Page 4) (Lead paragraph) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Hiroshi Sakai 
 
Rumors that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will step down in May are 
circulating in the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). With the 
cabinet's support rating continuing to decline due to the scandal 
involving his falsified political donations and the violation of the 
Political Funds Control Law by Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's fund 
management group relating to a land purchase, it is widely believed 
that it will be impossible to manage a soft landing on the issue of 
the relocation of the U.S. forces' Futenma Air Station (in Ginowan 
City, Okinawa). It is speculated that at the time a decision on the 
Futenma issue is made, moves to "topple" Hatoyama will occur, in 
anticipation of the House of Councillors election this summer. At 
the Upper House Budget Committee on Jan. 28, Hatoyama remained 
noncommittal when asked if he plans to put his premiership on the 
line over a solution to the Futenma issue. 
 
13) Exchanges on Futenma issue at Upper House Budget Committee on 
January 28 
 
 
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YOMIURI (Page 11) (Abridged) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Below are the main questions and answers at the House of Councillors 
Budget Committee on Jan. 28. The following Upper House members asked 
questions: Ryuji Yamane (Democratic Party of Japan), Ichita 
Yamamoto, Hiroshige Seko (Liberal Democratic Party), Kazuo Hirotomo 
(New Komeito), Satoshi Inoue (Japanese Communist Party), and 
Tokushin Yamauchi (Social Democratic Party). 
 
Futenma relocation 
 
Yamamoto: Are you still committed to settling the issue of the 
relocation of the U.S. forces' Futenma Air Station by May? 
 
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama: I will come up with a conclusion by 
obtaining the understanding of the United States, the Japanese and 
Okinawan people, and the ruling coalition parties. I will (make a 
decision on the relocation site) before the end of May. 
 
Yamamoto: Will you resign in case you are unable to do so? 
 
Hatoyama: I am determined to make a decision by May. I am saying 
this is the government's responsibility. 
 
Yamamoto: Is there any possibility of realizing the proposal to 
integrate (the Futenma base) with the Kadena Air Base? 
 
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada: An examination committee (of the 
government and the ruling parties) has been created under the chief 
cabinet secretary to consider (the relocation site) from scratch. I 
cannot go into details. 
 
Yamamoto: Is relocation to the islands of Iejima or Shimojishima (in 
Okinawa) possible? 
 
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano: We are considering (the 
relocation site) from scratch without any preconditions. This issue 
is being looked into from all angles. 
 
Yamamoto: Do you think it is possible that Mr. Susumu Inamine, the 
mayor-elect of Nago City in Okinawa, will accept the relocation? 
 
Hatoyama: The election of Mayor Inamine is a manifestation of the 
popular will of the citizens of Nago. I am still unable to determine 
what the new mayor will think (by May). 
 
Yamamoto: Is it possible that the issue will be settled by adopting 
the current relocation plan (to relocate the Futenma base to Nago 
City)? 
 
Hatoyama: We are keeping all options open and considering the issue 
from scratch. 
 
Yamamoto: If the relocation site turns out to be the same as the 
current plan, will the Social Democratic Party (SDP) bolt the 
coalition government? 
 
Consumer Affairs Minister Mizuho Fukushima (SDP leader): The SDP is 
doing everything it can in this cabinet to prevent the construction 
of an offshore base (in waters off Henoko in Nago City). 
 
 
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Yamamoto: What did you mean when you said "trust me" at the 
Japan-U.S. summit meeting? 
 
Hatoyama: I meant "trust me as a person." 
 
Yamamoto: Have you not caused any misunderstanding? 
 
Hatoyama: I might have caused some misunderstanding. However, I 
believe that understanding has been achieved through the discussion 
between Foreign Minister Okada and U.S. Secretary of State Clinton. 
 
Yamauchi: Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirano said that there is no need 
to take the result (of the Nago mayoral election) into 
consideration. I demand the withdrawal of this statement. 
 
Hirano: I regard the outcome (of the mayoral election) as an 
expression of popular will. The examination committee (of the 
government and the ruling parties) will make a decision from 
scratch. 
 
14) JAL to decide on new business partner next month: Inamori to 
meet with executives of U.S. carriers 
 
NIKKEI (Page 11) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Japan Airlines (JAL) is now conducting business tie-up talks with 
Delta Air Lines and American Airlines separately. Kazuo Inamori, 
honorary chairman of Kyocera Corporation, who is set to assume the 
chairmanship of JAL on Feb. 1, met with executives of both carriers 
and received explanations on the advantages of forming a business 
tie-up with their companies. A source connected with the Enterprise 
Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC) on the same day 
revealed a policy of reaching a final decision, based on Inamori's 
wishes, saying, "Forming a business tie-up with an American carrier 
is a major decision for JAL. We give careful consideration to the 
matter and decide on a business partner by the end of February." 
 
In forming a business alliance with an American carrier, the 
Transport Ministry and ETIC have been leaning toward opting for 
Delta. Talks between Inamine and executives of the two carriers were 
held separately. However, no decision was made. The same source said 
that the selection of JAL's business partner will go into high gear 
from February onward. How JAL's move to tie up with an American 
carrier will unfold is yet to be seen. Tokyo and Washington agreed 
to sign an open skies agreement at the end of last year. 
 
15) Opposition to expansion of postal business 
 
NIKKEI (Page 7) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Financial institutions are increasingly opposed to the (government) 
move to revise the postal business out of concern over a resultant 
expansion. Members of the Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) on Jan. 
28 met with State Minister for Financial Affairs and Postal Reform 
Shizuka Kamei. During the meeting, they once again took a position 
of opposing moves to scrap the upper limit of postal savings and 
allow (Japan Post Group) to make inroads into new businesses. Their 
opposition is based on the notion that as long as government 
subscription is kept intact, competitive conditions cannot be 
considered fair because private financial institutions would be 
 
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placed at a disadvantage. Kamei intends to search for ways to ensure 
freedom of management while giving consideration the private sector. 
Coordination of opinions, which will continue until early February 
when the government plans to come up with a draft plan, will likely 
encounter complications. 
 
Chairman Yoshio Sato of the Life Insurance Association of Japan on 
the 28th conveyed the sense of crisis to Kamei, saying, "If the 
postal business is expanded amid the understanding among the public 
that the government will extend a certain amount of assistance (to 
Japan Post), a serious impact will be felt by our sales staff and 
agencies." After the meeting, Sato indicated his perception that he 
had obtained understanding from the postal minister on his view. 
 
The JBA appears to have conveyed its position that in the event 
government subscription is kept intact, it cannot approve the 
expansion of the postal business premised on overall privatization. 
The JBA is concerned that Japan Post Bank with deposits totaling 
about 180 trillion yen will expand if the upper limit to savings is 
eased. With the life insurance area in mind, Chairman Tommy Kullberg 
of the European Business Council also called for ensuring a level 
playing field. 
 
In the meantime, a representative of the national special 
postmasters association (Zenkoku Yubinkyokucho-kai) asked Kamei to 
take a second look at the revision plan from the perspective of the 
public. Chairman Takushoku told reporters, "If (the government) asks 
us to provide universal service throughout the nation, it will be 
unfair if it does not guarantee our business to some extent." His 
stance is opposite that of the private financial industry. The 
association intends to seek special treatment, such as tax exemption 
and a monopoly on the business. 
 
16) Keidanren Chairman Mitarai: I have high expectations of Yonekura 
on a Japan-U.S. FTA 
 
NIKKEI (Page 5) (Full) 
January 29, 2010 
 
Nippon Keidanren Chairman Fujio Mitarai, speaking at a press 
conference in Osaka City, said with regard to Hiromasa Yonekura, who 
will succeed him in May: "Keidanren has aimed to promote talks on a 
Japan-U.S. free trade agreement. I have great expectations that Mr. 
Yonekura will be able to move the talks forward because he is 
well-versed in Japan-U.S. relations." 
 
17) Fewer high school students studying abroad in 2008 
 
YOMIURI (Page 1) (Excerpts) 
January 29, 2010 
 
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry 
announced yesterday that the number of high school students who 
studied abroad for more than three months in the 2008 academic year 
was 3,190, which accounts for about 70 PERCENT  of its peak level 
and marks the second lowest number since 1986, when the survey was 
started. Experts attribute the poor result to the recent trend of 
young people opting to stay in Japan rather than going abroad, in 
addition to the economic recession. 
 
The survey is conducted of high school students across the nation 
every other year. The number reached 4,487 in 1992 due partly to 
 
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improvements in the nation's study-abroad system. Afterward, 
however, the number has been on the decline, and the number this 
year was nearly 20 PERCENT  less than in the 2006 survey. The U.S. 
topped the list of destinations for those studying abroad with 1,150 
(down 23 PERCENT  from the previous survey), accounting for 40 
PERCENT  of its peak level, followed by Canada with 460 (down 25 
PERCENT ), and Australia with 438 (down 27 PERCENT ). 
 
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