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1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule

Visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki:
4) Prime ministers Abe, Maliki agree to build a strategic
relationship between Japan and Iraq
5) Japan strengthening ties with Iraq as part of policy effort to
secure vital resources

Visit of Chinese Premier Wen:
6) China sending prime minister to Japan as part of drive to improve
relations with Japan
7) China to promise cooperation to resolve Japan's abduction issue
in joint statement during premier's visit
8) Government to start this fiscal year an energy-conservation
project with China that may set the "Asian standard" for
global-warming countermeasures

North Korea problem:
9) Assistant Secretary Hill, transiting Japan, confirms US-Japan
cooperation on restarting six-party talks with North Korea
10) Government will today extend sanctions against North Korea for
another six months

11) Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) urges government to speed
up preparation for US-Japan economic pact

Local elections analysis:
12) Mainichi exit polls in Sunday's gubernatorial races queried
voters about Upper House election party preferences to gauge level
of confrontation of major parties
13) In 47 municipal and prefectural assembly races, LDP garnered
1310 seats; Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) took 416, a big
jump from last election
14) Minshuto jumped from 235 to 375 in 44 prefectural assemblies
15) Local elections underscore early trend of New Komeito starting
to distance itself from LDP

Articles:

1) TOP HEADLINES

Asahi:
Simulation trials show professional judges may overly lead lay
judges' views

Mainichi & Sankei:
Health Ministry in first guidelines proposes entrusting judgment to
medical teams on whether to continue life support for terminal
patients

Yomiuri:
Comsun obtains business licenses for three nursing care centers
through fraudulent applications

Nihon Keizai:
Japanese, US leading firms, including Hitachi, expanding research
and development units in China

Tokyo Shimbun:
Education Rebuilding Council proposes differentiating wages based on

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evaluations

Akahata:
JCP Central Committee issues report on results in first round of
nationwide local elections

2) EDITORIALS

Asahi:
(1) All political parties lacking in spirit in local elections
(2) Increase the number of doctors for children

Mainichi:
(1) Ishihara, elected to third term, must swiftly implement campaign
pledges
(2) Shiga assembly election: Let's send out ripples, starting with
Lake Biwa

Yomiuri:
(1) Iraqi prime minister's Japan visit: Japan must make strategic
arrangements in terms of energy strategy
(2) Revised Equal Employment Law: Foster better working environment
for both men and women

Nihon Keizai:
(1) Bill to unify pensions designed to benefit bureaucrats
(2) Presidential election and agony of East Timor

Sankei:
(1) Japan's bid to host 2016 Olympic Games: Future vision must be
shown for mature metropolis
(2) Japanese Association of Medical Sciences meeting: Reflect
up-to-date knowledge in healthcare measures

Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Countermeasures to global warming: World's attitude beginning to
change
(2) Revision of Copyright Law: Caution needed for restricting
private reproductions

Akahata:
(1) Bill to create human resources bank goes against public call for
banning Amakudari practice

3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)

Prime Minister's schedule, April 9

NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
April 10, 2007

09:47
Met with Asian Development Bank Governor Kuroda and Vice Financial
Minister for International Financial Affairs Watanabe.

11:03
Met with Vice Foreign Minister Yachi.

12:01
Government-ruing parties liaison council meeting.

14:00

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Met with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Amari and Resources
and Energy Agency Director General Mochizuki. Agriculture Minister
Matsuoka and Ambassador Yokota for international trade and economic
affairs of the Foreign Ministry joined, after Mochizuki left.
Matsuoka remained.

15:22
Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Matoba, followed by LDP
Secretary General Nakagawa.

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16:37
Met with Chinese Ambassador to Japan Yang Yi. Foreign Ministry
Asia-Pacific Affairs Bureau Director General Sasae was present.

17:03
LDP executive meeting in the Diet building.

18:18
Met with Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki. Then dinner party he hosted.

20:41
Returned to the official residence.

4) Premiers of Japan, Iraq agree to build strategic relationship,
work together in a broad range of areas

YOMIURI (Page 2) (Full)
April 10, 2007

Prime Minister Abe last night met with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister
Maliki at the Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei). The two
leaders agreed to aim to build a long-term, strategic partnership in
an effort to promote cooperation between the two countries in a
broad range of fields, including political and economic affairs. Abe
conveyed to Maliki his policy of extending the Iraq Reconstruction
Special Measures Law for another two years and to keep AIR
Self-Defense FORCE (ASDF) troops carrying out operations in the
region.

Maliki is visiting Japan for the first time since he assumed the
post of prime minister in May 2006. In the session, Abe indicated
his plan to cooperate in the area of reconstructing Iraq in the
future as well, telling Maliki: "A stable Iraq is indispensable for
the stability of the Middle East and directly leads to Japan's
national interests as well." Abe also urged Maliki to make efforts
for national reconciliation in Iraq, where sectarian disputes are
continuing.

Maliki expressed gratitude for Japan's assistance and stressed:
"Iraq is making a challenge for a new age. We must further develop
our friendship with Japan."

Iraq is the third largest oil reserves in the world, but its oil
production in 2006 was two-thirds or so before the Iraq war. By
strengthening relations with Iraq, Abe wants to somehow secure a
stable oil supply from Iraq in the future.

An agreement was reached yesterday between Tokyo and Tehran on yen
loans worth 103 billion yen for repairing oil refineries in Iraq's
major southern city of Basra and other purposes. Both sides
exchanged letters of agreement.


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5) Japan-Iraq summit: Japan to strengthen bilateral relations for
natural resources; Japan to positively involve itself in
reconstruction assistance

NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
April 10, 2007

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday met with Iraqi Prime Minister at
the Prime Minister's Office (Kantei). During the talks, Abe
clarified Japan's stance of positively involving itself in the Iraqi
reconstruction process, pledging the continuation of airlifting
operations between Kuwait and northern Iraq by the AIR Self-Defense
Forces (ASDF) and the extension of yen loans. The two leaders agreed
on the idea of building a long-term and strategic partnership for
bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas for political and
economic ties.

Abe stressed, "The stabilization of Iraq is indispensable for the
international community. It will also meet our country's national
interests." He conveyed to Maliki that Japan has extended the Iraq
reconstruction assistance special measures law for another two
years.

Maliki expressed his gratitude and said, "Iraq should further
develop friendship with Japan. He invited Abe to visit Iraq.

Japan's assistance to Iraq has started with cooperation for the US
fight against terrorism as a major objective. However, the emphasis
has now shifted to securing resources with the situation in Iraq
thrown into turmoil. Iraq ranks third following Saudi Arabia and
Iran in terms of oil reserves. However, its production amount stands
at 2 million barrels a day due in part to the ongoing war. The
contract to extend yen loans to Iraq worth up to 102.8 billion yen
signed this time includes the restoration of crude oil export
facilities.

Iran, Japan's third largest crude supplier, is increasingly being
isolated in the international community due to its nuclear
development ambitions. Abe will visit five Middle East nations in
late April to strengthen relationships with them. Abe diplomacy is
focusing on the Middle East, which has a significant bearing on
energy security.

Iraq is also doing its utmost to invite foreign capital. Key cabinet
ministers, such as the oil minister, the electricity minister and
the industry and minerals minister, are accompanying Maliki on his
Japan visit. Maliki yesterday met with METI Minister Akira Amari in
Tokyo and said: "Some areas have restored public security. I
strongly hope Japanese companies will make investment in such
areas." European companies are positive toward making investment in
such areas as the Krudish autonomous region, where public security
is relatively good. Japanese companies are still cautious about
investing in Iraq as they are concerned about public security
there.

6) Chinese premier to arrive in Japan tomorrow, aims to improve
relations with Japan

YOMIURI (Page 2) (Excerpts)
April 10, 2007

Tetsuya Suetsugu, Beijing

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Using the opportunity of Premier Wen Jiabao's official visit to
Japan starting tomorrow, China intends to ease the mutual distrust
that had grown between the two countries and make efforts to bring
improving relations with Japan back on track through the
implementation of steps to build a strategic, reciprocal
relationship. Improving relations with Japan will directly be in
China's national interest and also help it to firm up the foundation
of its government. On the other hand, concerns are still smoldering
in China about the question of whether Prime Minister Abe will visit
Yasukuni Shrine and about Abe's foreign policy.

During Wen's visit to Japan this time, China plans to confirm with
Japan the strengthening of cooperation with Japan in such areas as
energy-saving, environmental preservation, high-tech and finance.
China is under pressure to overcome such problems as energy
shortages, the worsening environment, and the weakness of its
financial system.

Ahead of the 17th Convention of the Chinese Communist Party slated
for this fall, the Chinese leadership apparently wants to reinforce
the foundation of the government by improving relations with Japan
as well as keeping its foreign policy stable.

7) China's cooperation to resolve abduction issue to be mentioned in
Japan-China joint document for the first time

YOMIURI (Page 1) (Full)
April 10, 2007

An outline of a joint document to be formed during summit talks
between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who is to arrive in Japan
tomorrow, and Prime Minister Abe, was revealed. The joint document
will state that the two countries will further develop strategic,
reciprocal relations as agreed on during the Japan-China summit in
last October. The joint document will also include such items as the
start of high-level economic dialogue of ministerial-level
officials, the lifting of the ban on exports of Japanese rice to
China, and China's offer of Japanese crested ibises. On the
abduction issue caused by North Korea, the joint document will
include the wording that China "will offer necessary corporation."
Doing so will be the first time among the joint documents between
Japan and China.

The high-level economic dialogue will be co-chaired by Japan's
Foreign Minister Aso and China's Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan and deal
with a wide spectrum of subjects, such as natural
resources/energies, the environment, and the protection of
intellectual property rights. On the history issue, the joint
document will state "we will learn lessons from the unfortunate
past" and declare the two countries will advance such programs as a
joint history study of Japanese and Chinese experts and the disposal
of chemical weapons abandoned in China by the former Imperial
Japanese Army.

Regarding cooperation in the areas of the environment and
energy-saving, a separate document will be formed.

The last joint statement formed at the time of a Chinese leader's
visit to Japan was the one at the time of (then) Chinese President
Jiang Zemine's visit to Japan in 1998.


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8) Project to make Japan's environment-related systems into Asian
standard: Government to provide international assistance, including
revision of China's energy-conservation law

NIHON KEIZAI (Top Play) (Excerpts)
Evening, April 9, 2007

The government will launch a project to spread Japan's
environment-related legal system and qualifications as Asian
standards. As part of such efforts, it will start a project to
cooperate with China in its effort to amend its energy law. Japan
also reached a consensus with Vietnam on a similar project. It will
thus back Asian countries in their move to adopt environmental
measures, which tend to be slow, compared with the speed of economic
growth.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Japan on Apr. 11 and meet with
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. A meeting of energy ministers is also
expected. Tokyo and Beijing will likely agree on Japan's cooperation
with an amendment to China's energy-conserving law.

China established an energy-conserving law in 1997. However, since a
government agency responsible for this law is not clear, the law
does not stipulate a punitive clause. It contains almost no articles
stipulating specific procedures on the implementation of the law.
Calls for a drastic revision of the law have been raised from the
private sector. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will
dispatch experts versed in energy conservation and related laws to
China. Japan will accept trainees from China.

Japan and Vietnam agreed in general outline that Japan helps Vietnam
establish an energy-conserving law by 2009. The Vietnamese
government will formulate an action plan to press ahead with energy
conservation involving Japanese experts possibly by June. Those
experts will also give advice regarding areas to be regulated and
the way a punitive clause should be set.

9) Hill, Sasae reaffirm Japan-US cooperation for resumption of
six-party talks

ASAHI (Page 1) (Full)
April 10, 2007

Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, US chief
negotiator to the six-party talks on North Korean nuclear programs,
met last night with his Japanese counterpart Kenichiro Sasae,
Foreign Ministry Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau chief. The two
officials reaffirmed a policy course for Japan and the United States
to continue working closely for a resumption of the six-party
talks.

Referring to the transfer of North Korean linked funds at Banco
Delta Asia in Macau, Hill said after the meeting, "We have some
plans. But we will have to wait for the next couple of days to see
if we can implement them. (North Korea) will not start addressing
the nuclear issue unless there is progress on the bank in Macau." He
thus explained North Korea's failure to implement the agreement
reached in February to shut down and seal its Yongbyon nuclear
complex.

10) Government to decide to extend unilateral sanctions against
North Korea for six months

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TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 1) (Full)
April 10, 2007

The government will decide in a cabinet meeting today to extend for
another six months the unilateral sanctions Japan imposed on North
Korea in reaction to its nuclear test last October.

Japan invoked sanctions against the North on Oct. 14 of last year,
with a time limit of six months. The sanctions include measures to
(1) ban imports of every kind of products from North Korea; (2)
prohibit vessels of North Korean registry from calling at Japanese
ports; and (3) ban North Korean nationals from entering Japan in
principle. Seeing no positive change seen in North Korea's posture,
the government has decided to extend the sanctions prior to their
expiration.

11) Keidanren chairman to call for accelerated preparations for
Japan-US economic pact

NIHON KEIZAI (Page 5) (Full)
April 10, 2007

In a press conference yesterday, Nihon Keidanren (Japan Business
Federation) Chairman Fujio Mitarai said in reference to a free trade
agreement (FTA) signed recently between the United States and South
Korea: "The agreement reached between the US and South Korea showed
that moves pursuing bilateral economic agreements have begun in full
swing. Japan must not lag behind this global trend." He then
indicated that he would call on the government to accelerate
preparatory work for Japan and the United States to conclude an
economic partnership agreement (EPA),remarking: "I would like to
work on the government to establish a joint academic, industrial,
and government research at an early date."

12) Exit poll: Voting behavior in governor races correlating to this
summer's upper house election

MAINICHI (Top play) (Full)
Eve., April 9, 2007

In campaigning for yesterday's gubernatorial elections held in five
prefectures, including Tokyo and Hokkaido, the ruling Liberal
Democratic Party and the leading opposition Democratic Party of
Japan (Minshuto) faced off for candidates they backed. The Mainichi
Shimbun conducted an exit poll of voters there to ask them whom they
voted for and also asked which political party and which political
party's candidate they would vote for if an election were to be held
now for the House of Councillors. In Hokkaido, Iwate, Tokyo, and
Fukuoka, 56-62% of those who voted for a candidate recommended or
supported by the LDP answered that they would vote for the LDP and
its candidate. Meanwhile, the pro-DPJ figure also reached 51-67%,
showing a certain correlation with the pro-LDP figure. In Kanagawa,
however, there was a distortion, indicating that the trend of urban
voters is invisible.

In Tokyo, 58% of those who voted for Shintaro Ishihara, now elected
for a third term with the LDP's backing, said they would vote for
the LDP in the upper house election, with 12% of them choosing the
DPJ. Among those who voted for Shiro Asano, a lost candidate backed
by the DPJ, 54% said they would vote for the DPJ in the upper house
election, with only 11% choosing the LDP.

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In Hokkaido and Fukuoka Prefecture, where the candidates recommended
or supported by the LDP won governorship, similar trends were shown,
with the LDP and the DPJ locking on more than half of those who
voted for their respective tickets in the governor race.

In Iwate Prefecture, where Tatsuso Takuya, recommended by the DPJ,
was elected for the first time, 61% of those who answered that they
voted for Tatsuso said they would vote for the DPJ in the upper
house election, and 62% of those who voted for Junichi Yanagimura, a
lost candidate recommended by the LDP, said they would vote for the
LDP. As seen from these figures, similar trends were shown in Iwate
as well.

In Kanagawa Prefecture, however, voters came out with a different
trend. Shigefumi Matsuzawa, now elected for a second term, was
backed by the DPJ as a matter of fact. However, 35% of those who
voted for Matsuzawa answered that they would vote for the LDP in the
upper house election, with 32% of them preferring the DPJ. As seen
from these figures, the pro-LDP percentage topped the pro-DPJ figure
among those who voted for Matsuzawa, who was the successful
candidate with the DPJ standing behind him. Among those who voted
for Tadashi Sugino, a lost candidate who garnered votes mainly from
LDP supporters in the governor race, the proportion of those who
chose the LDP was only 47%, lower than that of those who preferred
the DPJ.

Such findings indicate that there are many people who will choose a
candidate to vote for in this summer's upper house election while
going beyond the framework of showdown in the gubernatorial
elections. This can be taken as featuring the electorates of urban
districts. In Tokyo, which represents the nation's urban
electorates, the governor race turned out to be a de facto proxy war
for the LDP and the DPJ in its last phase, with voters marked out
for either party. In Kanagawa Prefecture, however, each candidate's
election campaign did not go thoroughly with organized supporters.
Instead, the Kanagawa voter came out with a trend that is peculiar
to the electorate of urban districts.

13) LDP adds up to 1,310 seats, Minshuto holds 416 in 47 prefectural
assemblies

YOMIURI (Page 4) (Full)
April 10, 2007

The counting of votes ended yesterday for the 44 prefectural
assembly elections. Adding to those elected to the Tokyo, Ibaraki,
and Okinawa assembly members, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
(LDP) now has 1,310 seats -- 110 fewer than it gained in the 2003
election -- in all 47 prefectural assemblies, accounting for 47% of
the entire prefectural assembly seats, a drop of two points.

The main opposition party, Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan),
holds 416 seats, up 161 from the previous election and 15% of all
assembly seats, up 6 points. The number of assembly seats won by the
LDP and Minshuto totals 1,726, which accounts for 62% of all seats,
up about four points from four years ago.

The New Komeito has 211 seats, up four from four years ago. The
Japanese Communist Party has 118 seats, down 10. The Social
Democratic Party holds 56 seats, down 18.


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14) Minshuto wins 375 prefectural assembly seats, up from 230,
showing signs of recovery in metropolitan area; Two-party system
looming over horizon

TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 2) (Excerpts)
April 10, 2007

In the 44 prefectural assembly elections in the first round of the
nationwide local elections on April 8, the major opposition party
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) made a big leap, though still
far behind the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The nation's
political scene has begun showing some signs of a two-party system.
Minshuto squared off with the LDP in five gubernatorial races in
which the major opposition party achieved only two victories.
Nevertheless, Minshuto head Ichiro Ozawa's strategy to solidify the
party's local footing seems to have proven successful with an eye on
the Upper House election this summer.

A Minshuto executive indicated that the party's leap in the
prefectural assembly races is far more important than the
gubernatorial contests, saying: "After all, (most of the governors)
who won the races are incumbents. What really matters is the number
of prefectural assembly seats we won."

Local lawmakers, including prefectural assemblymen, are important
not only because they send out messages on political parties'
policies and visions but also because they serve as the main
workforce in national elections. This can explain why Minshuto party
headquarters played an active role in fielding candidates for the
April 8 races.

As a result, Minshuto garnered 375 seats -- up 145 seats from the
previous election's 230 (including those won by the now defunct
Liberal Party) - in the 44 prefectural assembly races, shrinking the
difference with the LDP (including those of the now defunct New
Conservative Party) by 246 seats.

It is particularly noteworthy that Minshuto won seats in six
prefectures, including Fukui and Mie, where the party did not hold
any seats in the previous elections. The party now holds seats in
all prefectures except for Okinawa, where no seats were contested
this time.

In Mie, six Minshuto candidates were elected. In one case an
incumbent who had declined Minshuto's endorsement in the previous
election accepted its support this year. "Aversion to Minshuto has
gone," a local Minshuto source explained. Another Minshuto source
pointed out the party's growing positive recognition in rural areas.
The party has apparently succeeded in solidifying its support base
in regional areas.

Minshuto also made a big leap in the metropolitan area. In the five
prefectures -- Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa -- the
party won a total of 78 seats, up 34 seats from the previous race.
In the 2005 Lower House election, the party lost to the LDP in
single-seat constituencies across the board. Minshuto is now showing
signs of revival.

In contrast, the LDP's strength is now 101 seats below the previous
level. Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa explained the LDP's poor
showing this way: (1) the party reduced the number of candidates by
32 to cope with the number of total local seats, which is now 90

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seats less than before, and (2) the number of seats has increased
due to municipal mergers, creating constituencies that can give an
advantage to Minshuto candidates.

15) Unified local elections in 2007: Subtle distance between LDP and
New Komeito; New Komeito backers take sever view of Abe cabinet

YOMIURI (Page 4) (Excerpts)
April 10, 2007

Thirteen gubernatorial elections took place on Sunday and eight
candidates backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and
its junior coalition partner New Komeito were all elected. The two
ruling parties now think that they were able to solidify election
cooperation for the House of Councillors election this summer.
However, it is clear that the Abe cabinet's approval rating among
the New Komeito supporters has recently been on the decline.
Observers see that friction has marked recent relations between the
LDP and New Komeito.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday said with satisfaction, "As the
ruling coalition, I'm relieved" at the results of the unified local
elections.

After a meeting yesterday of the government and the ruling parties
held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, New Komeito
President Akihiro Ota also told reporters: "The results stemmed from
mature cooperative relations between the LDP and New Komeito. We
were able to gain a foothold toward the Upper House election."

According to Yomiuri's exit polls, 75% of New Komeito backers voted
for Shintaro Ishihara in the Tokyo governor's election, while 80% of
them voted for Wataru Aso in the Fukuoka gubernatorial race. A
person affiliated with the New Komeito commented: "Our supporters
were reluctant to vote for Ishihara since he has a strong hawkish
bent." If the Abe administration strengthens a right-wing stance in
working on foreign policy, security, and the historical perception
of the war, it might have a negative impact on cooperation between
the LDP and New Komeito on the Upper House race.

Actually, New Komeito supporters have taken a sever view of the Abe
cabinet. According to a Yomiuri poll, 70% of New Komeito backers had
supported until January, but the percentage plunged to 50% in March,
while 80% of LDP backers have supported the Abe cabinet. In a poll
conducted in March, asked about whether Prime Minister Abe displayed
his leadership, about 80% of New Komeito backers responded: "He is
not as good as expected. He has yet to achieve results." Only 10%
said: "He has steadily made achievements as he pledged."

One senior official of the religious sect, Soka Gakkai, the New
Komeito's main backer, analyzed this trend: "They are still unhappy
with Abe's decision to allow former Lower House member Seiichi Eto,
a postal rebel, to rejoin the LDP." The senior official meant that
New Komeito backers were distrustful of Abe, who had the party
reinstate Eto, as well as let him run in the summer's Upper House
election as a candidate for the proportional representation
segment.

SCHIEFFER