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06TOKYO2895
2006-05-25 05:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
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MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
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UNCLAS TOKYO 002895
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
- TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged
Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe's plan to announce his
candidacy for the LDP presidential election in September
after the G-8 Summit in mid-July.
UNCLAS TOKYO 002895
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
- TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged
Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe's plan to announce his
candidacy for the LDP presidential election in September
after the G-8 Summit in mid-July.
1. "Aso-Li meeting Ends Year-Long Diplomatic Vacuum" The
liberal Asahi editorialized:(5/25): "...Japanese Foreign
Minister Aso and his Chinese counterpart Li met for the
first time in Qatar Tuesday. It was the first China-Japan
foreign ministerial in a year. Although Li called for the
'Japanese leader' to refrain from visiting Yasukuni
Shrine, he agreed with Aso on the need to promote
dialogue and cooperate on such issues as natural gas
field development in the East China Sea, security, and
cultural exchanges. China and Japan are extremely
important to each other economically and in terms of
security. Although a summit will be impossible so long as
PM Koizumi continues to visit Yasukuni, the two countries
agree on the need to minimize the effects of those
visits.
2. "In the absence of summits or foreign ministerials
during the past year, the two countries came to realize
that Japan-China relations are important and that the
overall relationship should not be destroyed by the
Yasukuni issue alone.... Although Japan and China remain
unable to hold a summit, both sides have managed to make
progress on improving bilateral ties through working-
level dialogue. For now, there is no option but to build
on this."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
- TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged
Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe's plan to announce his
candidacy for the LDP presidential election in September
after the G-8 Summit in mid-July.
1. "Aso-Li meeting Ends Year-Long Diplomatic Vacuum" The
liberal Asahi editorialized:(5/25): "...Japanese Foreign
Minister Aso and his Chinese counterpart Li met for the
first time in Qatar Tuesday. It was the first China-Japan
foreign ministerial in a year. Although Li called for the
'Japanese leader' to refrain from visiting Yasukuni
Shrine, he agreed with Aso on the need to promote
dialogue and cooperate on such issues as natural gas
field development in the East China Sea, security, and
cultural exchanges. China and Japan are extremely
important to each other economically and in terms of
security. Although a summit will be impossible so long as
PM Koizumi continues to visit Yasukuni, the two countries
agree on the need to minimize the effects of those
visits.
2. "In the absence of summits or foreign ministerials
during the past year, the two countries came to realize
that Japan-China relations are important and that the
overall relationship should not be destroyed by the
Yasukuni issue alone.... Although Japan and China remain
unable to hold a summit, both sides have managed to make
progress on improving bilateral ties through working-
level dialogue. For now, there is no option but to build
on this."
SCHIEFFER