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Created
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07TOKYO1418
2007-04-02 02:12:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001418
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 Q IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Nihon Keizai and Tokyo
Shimbun front-paged the results of weekend polls on
gubernatorial and local elections to be held April 8,
with incumbent Gov. Ishihara running ahead in Tokyo,
followed by DPJ-backed former Miyagi Gov. Asano.
UNCLAS TOKYO 001418
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 Q IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Nihon Keizai and Tokyo
Shimbun front-paged the results of weekend polls on
gubernatorial and local elections to be held April 8,
with incumbent Gov. Ishihara running ahead in Tokyo,
followed by DPJ-backed former Miyagi Gov. Asano.
1. "Chaos in Iraq Cannot Be Ignored" The top-circulation,
moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/31): "With terrorist
attacks continuing and sectarian violence intensifying,
the situation in Iraq is becoming more serious. As a
member of the international community, it is a matter of
course that Japan should continue cooperating with the UN
and the 26 countries working to keep Iraq from falling
apart to open the way for reconstruction. The GOJ has
sent to the Diet a bill revising the Iraq Reconstruction
Special Measures Law to extend AIR Self-Defense FORCE
airlift operations in Iraq by another two years. The
government must pass this bill during the current Diet
session. Although the US military and Iraqi security
forces are undertaking large-scale operations to restore
security in Iraq, there are no visible signs of
improvement. If the chaos in Iraq were to destabilize the
region as a whole, this would damage Tokyo's national
interests, as Japan depends on the Middle East for about
90 percent of its crude oil imports."
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 Q IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's Nihon Keizai and Tokyo
Shimbun front-paged the results of weekend polls on
gubernatorial and local elections to be held April 8,
with incumbent Gov. Ishihara running ahead in Tokyo,
followed by DPJ-backed former Miyagi Gov. Asano.
1. "Chaos in Iraq Cannot Be Ignored" The top-circulation,
moderate Yomiuri editorialized (3/31): "With terrorist
attacks continuing and sectarian violence intensifying,
the situation in Iraq is becoming more serious. As a
member of the international community, it is a matter of
course that Japan should continue cooperating with the UN
and the 26 countries working to keep Iraq from falling
apart to open the way for reconstruction. The GOJ has
sent to the Diet a bill revising the Iraq Reconstruction
Special Measures Law to extend AIR Self-Defense FORCE
airlift operations in Iraq by another two years. The
government must pass this bill during the current Diet
session. Although the US military and Iraqi security
forces are undertaking large-scale operations to restore
security in Iraq, there are no visible signs of
improvement. If the chaos in Iraq were to destabilize the
region as a whole, this would damage Tokyo's national
interests, as Japan depends on the Middle East for about
90 percent of its crude oil imports."
SCHIEFFER