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07TOKYO1931
2007-05-01 02:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
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MEDIA REACTION - ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001931
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 - ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Asahi front-paged Defense
Minister Kyuma's meeting Monday morning (local time) with
Defense Secretary Gates in Washington.
UNCLAS TOKYO 001931
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 - ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Asahi front-paged Defense
Minister Kyuma's meeting Monday morning (local time) with
Defense Secretary Gates in Washington.
1. "Bush-Abe Meeting: Efforts Needed to Make Alliance
Rock Solid" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri
editorialized (4/29): "During their meeting in
Washington, Prime Minister Abe and President Bush agreed
to create an 'irreplaceable' US-Japan alliance. To do so,
both allies must make constant efforts to further
strengthen their alliance. This is the challenge made
clear at the Bush-Abe meeting. Both firm will and strong
cooperation by the US and Japan are necessary to press
North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. But will gaps
develop between the US, which is focusing on
nonproliferation, and Japan, which is prioritizing the
DPRK's denuclearization? Some in Japan are concerned that
the US has been taking a conciliatory approach by
complying with North Korean calls to release DPRK-linked
funds at a Macau bank."
2. "Did Abe and Bush Close Gap in US-Japan Alliance?" An
editorial in the business daily Nihon Keizai commented
(4/29): "Although PM Abe's visit to Washington, realized
seven months after his inauguration, has been criticized
as 'too little, too late,' at least there was sufficient
time to prepare for the visit. The US and Japan went out
of their way to close their gap over policy on North
Korea. It is only natural that the two allies would do
so, as the party most pleased by any US-Japan discord
would be Pyongyang. Nonetheless, was the warning issued
by the two leaders at Camp David sufficient to draw a
sincere response from Pyongyang? During their meeting,
Abe presumably stated his own views on North Korea
policy, and though his statement was likely laden with
diplomatic rhetoric, he must have at least indirectly
expressed dissatisfaction with the policy turnaround by
the Bush administration at the six-party talks in
February."
DONOVAN
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 - ABE'S VISIT TO US - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Asahi front-paged Defense
Minister Kyuma's meeting Monday morning (local time) with
Defense Secretary Gates in Washington.
1. "Bush-Abe Meeting: Efforts Needed to Make Alliance
Rock Solid" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri
editorialized (4/29): "During their meeting in
Washington, Prime Minister Abe and President Bush agreed
to create an 'irreplaceable' US-Japan alliance. To do so,
both allies must make constant efforts to further
strengthen their alliance. This is the challenge made
clear at the Bush-Abe meeting. Both firm will and strong
cooperation by the US and Japan are necessary to press
North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. But will gaps
develop between the US, which is focusing on
nonproliferation, and Japan, which is prioritizing the
DPRK's denuclearization? Some in Japan are concerned that
the US has been taking a conciliatory approach by
complying with North Korean calls to release DPRK-linked
funds at a Macau bank."
2. "Did Abe and Bush Close Gap in US-Japan Alliance?" An
editorial in the business daily Nihon Keizai commented
(4/29): "Although PM Abe's visit to Washington, realized
seven months after his inauguration, has been criticized
as 'too little, too late,' at least there was sufficient
time to prepare for the visit. The US and Japan went out
of their way to close their gap over policy on North
Korea. It is only natural that the two allies would do
so, as the party most pleased by any US-Japan discord
would be Pyongyang. Nonetheless, was the warning issued
by the two leaders at Camp David sufficient to draw a
sincere response from Pyongyang? During their meeting,
Abe presumably stated his own views on North Korea
policy, and though his statement was likely laden with
diplomatic rhetoric, he must have at least indirectly
expressed dissatisfaction with the policy turnaround by
the Bush administration at the six-party talks in
February."
DONOVAN