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09TOKYO417
2009-02-24 06:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY CLINTON'S
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UNCLAS TOKYO 000417
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: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY CLINTON'S
TRIP TO ASIA
UNCLAS TOKYO 000417
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: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY CLINTON'S
TRIP TO ASIA
1. LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning
included an estimate revealed on Monday by the Health
Ministry that the ratio of employees' pension benefits
to the average after-tax salary payment is expected to
fall from the current 62.3 percent to 50.1 percent in
fiscal 2038. The ministry said the latest projection
narrowly clears the 50 percent threshold it promised in
2004.
2. "New Era for U.S. Diplomacy toward China" The
liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (2/24): "Secretary
of State Clinton visited Japan as the first stop of her
tour of Asia and offered Prime Minister Aso a summit
with President Obama. This removed concern in Japan
that the U.S. will attach greater importance to China.
During her visit to China, the Secretary agreed with
her Chinese counterpart that the two nations will
launch a strategic dialogue on political and security
issues on top of their ministerial talks on economy,
which were already held under the Bush administration.
China had hoped to hold a security dialogue in a
bilateral framework with the U.S. or in a trilateral
setting with the U.S. and Japan. The new administration
altered the Bush administration's approach to China."
3. "Reconciliation with Asia" The liberal Mainichi's
Washington correspondent wrote (2/24): "Secretary
Clinton gave the impression through her 'listening
tour' of Asia that the U.S. is trying to reconstruct
its relations with Asian nations that have been damaged
under the Bush administration. The Secretary's tour of
the region also indicated that her diplomacy toward
Asia will be different from that of the Clinton
administration... Her visit to the ASEAN secretariat in
Jakarta and her meeting with ASEAN Secretary-General
Surin demonstrated the difference. Secretary Clinton
has expressed the U.S. position of reviewing its policy
toward Myanmar, which has been centered on sanctions,
and stressed to Surin the U.S. policy of placing
importance to cooperative diplomacy based on dialogue
with ASEAN. Surin later said: 'The U.S. is trying to
listen to us. The meeting with Secretary Clinton was
significant.'"
ZUMWALT
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: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SECRETARY CLINTON'S
TRIP TO ASIA
1. LEAD STORIES: Front-page items on Tuesday morning
included an estimate revealed on Monday by the Health
Ministry that the ratio of employees' pension benefits
to the average after-tax salary payment is expected to
fall from the current 62.3 percent to 50.1 percent in
fiscal 2038. The ministry said the latest projection
narrowly clears the 50 percent threshold it promised in
2004.
2. "New Era for U.S. Diplomacy toward China" The
liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (2/24): "Secretary
of State Clinton visited Japan as the first stop of her
tour of Asia and offered Prime Minister Aso a summit
with President Obama. This removed concern in Japan
that the U.S. will attach greater importance to China.
During her visit to China, the Secretary agreed with
her Chinese counterpart that the two nations will
launch a strategic dialogue on political and security
issues on top of their ministerial talks on economy,
which were already held under the Bush administration.
China had hoped to hold a security dialogue in a
bilateral framework with the U.S. or in a trilateral
setting with the U.S. and Japan. The new administration
altered the Bush administration's approach to China."
3. "Reconciliation with Asia" The liberal Mainichi's
Washington correspondent wrote (2/24): "Secretary
Clinton gave the impression through her 'listening
tour' of Asia that the U.S. is trying to reconstruct
its relations with Asian nations that have been damaged
under the Bush administration. The Secretary's tour of
the region also indicated that her diplomacy toward
Asia will be different from that of the Clinton
administration... Her visit to the ASEAN secretariat in
Jakarta and her meeting with ASEAN Secretary-General
Surin demonstrated the difference. Secretary Clinton
has expressed the U.S. position of reviewing its policy
toward Myanmar, which has been centered on sanctions,
and stressed to Surin the U.S. policy of placing
importance to cooperative diplomacy based on dialogue
with ASEAN. Surin later said: 'The U.S. is trying to
listen to us. The meeting with Secretary Clinton was
significant.'"
ZUMWALT