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'MAINICHI' Commenta on Reault of Japan Local Elections
(Editorial; MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, 10 Apr 79)............ 1 `
'AKAHATA' Editorializes on Reaults of Local Elections ~
(JPS, 10 Apr 79) 3
'AKAHATA' Decriea Den Yingchao Remarka on Tokyo Elections
(JPS, 12 Apr 79) 5
'Bureaucratization' of Governorships Ahead
(Mitsuro Sukamoto; MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, 7 Apr 79)...... 6
Receiving, Civing Much Money Becomes Way to Power
(Hider~ Matsuoka; MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, 10 Apr 79)....... 7
Exciae Tax Strategy Key to Diet Dissolution .
(Takehiko Takahashi; MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, 11 Apr 79)... 10
Briefa -
Japan Regarding NATO 12
MILITARY
Econ~~nic Expert Raps JDA for Manipulating its Information -
(NIKKEI BUSINESS, 26 Feb 79) 13
ECONOMIC ~
r'.LCOUnting Practices Facilitate Illegal Payments
(MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, 2 Mar 79) 15
Denman Warns Japan of EC Counteraction
(MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, 29 Mar 79) 17 ~
Recession-Plagued Industries' Statu3 Reviewed
(MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, �~rgrious dates) lg
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CONTENTS (Continued) pag~ _
Japan-U.S.-FRG Cooperation in Dealing With PRC Uesired
(Isao Maedn; SANKEI SHINBUN, 5 Apr 79) 25 _
Government To AssisC in Mexican Industrial Pro~ect
(ASAHI SHINBUN, 7 Apr 79) 27
Oil Firms To Team Up To Buy Mexican Crude
(ASAHI EV~NING NEWS, 9 Apr 79) 29
Briefe
Sumatra LNG Pro~ecC 30
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
_ New Technology for Municipal Waste Recycling Developed "
(THE JAPAN TIMES, 18 Mar 79) 31 -
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'MAINI:CHI' COM~tENTS QN RESULT OF JAPAN LOCAL ELECTIONS _
Tokyo MAINICHI DAILY NEWS in English 10 Apr 74 p 2 OW
[Cditortal: "Conservativea Win Game"] =
- ['1'exCJ Cnndiclates running on conservative or middle-of-rhe-road tickets ~
swept to victories throughout the n3tion in the first round of the ninth -
unified local elections held Sunday. It is believed almost ce?-tain now
that the local political mapa will be redrawn in f~vor of conservatives,
or the Liberal-Democratic Party for that matter, while the progressives
are destined to face a long-drawn out� fight over the next 4 years to regain
the lost ground.
~ The defeat of progressive candidates in Tokyo and Osaka was most indicative
of wh~Lch way the political winds will blow in the future. The vict.^ry
of Shunichi Suzuki in the race for Tokyo's governorship, running with the
- combined support of the Liberal Democratic, Komei and Democratic Socialist =
parties, puts an end to the 12,year-long metropolitan administration under
progressive leadership.
The Liberal-Democratic Party is expected to take a strong posture in the
future, while groping to find common meeting ground with the centrist camps.
The Socialist Party, on the other hand, appeared greatly shocked at the
election turnout ~zcross the country. Observers believe the na*ion's
No 1 opposition pnrty is in for more trouble, with intra-party factions
now rolling up their sleeves to hold the present leadership respon$ible
Cor the poor election strategy.
Tiie conservative and centrist confederation that won sweeping victories in
tlie nation's two l.argest cities will take the lead in the local political _
picture of ,.:?,e 1980's. As is often said, the era of "local politics" is
to begin wfth the advent of the 1980's; and candidates, conservative and
progressive alike, have campaigned for the cause of decentralization and
autonomy. We have repeatedly emphasized that the advent of an era of
"?.ocal Politics" should not end as a mere slogan of political parties,
desi~;ned to curry favor with voters.
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The poaitive parricipation in 1ocn1 polirics by residents is an import~nt
facror in realizing the ideal of autiomony. Itt Chi,s re~;ard, Che poor Curnout
in 5unday's ~lecGion w~~ts most disappoinCing eo us. The turnouC for guber-
naCorial elections wus estiimated aC abouC 60 percenC, or below the 68.7
percent in the previous elecrions in 1975. The voCing rete was a record
low :tn postw~r election history.
, Thc inclement weaCher ChaC h:~t Che western half oF L�he nation with downpours ~
in some re~ions, and the absence of renl competition, can be taken to r~slc
1'or the record low. The turnout nlone may no~ be the yardstick of Che
vorery' political consciousness, but we ca~inot but take a serious view of
- the flgur~s when the narion is saddled with many knotty political problems.
- l~rom the 1960's to tlie 1970's, progressive governors and mayors emerged one
aft~r anottier, heraldin~ rise of the progressive camps in national politics.
The conservative camp, led by Che Liberal-Democratic Party, remained idle
despite repeAted warnings sounded in various qc~arters. The subsequent
= local elections only helped the progressives and centrists increase their
' strength, culmiciating in virCually equal stren~th between the two camps
- in the national diet. The series of scandals, including the Lockheed -
payofF scandal, and monetary politics all have soiled the image of the ~
conservative camp. A sense of crisis gripped the rank and file of the LDP.
The progressives, as represented by the Socialist Party, in the meantime
failed to capitalize on the favorable turn of events. The socialists _
have engaged in petty intraparty struggles, at one time over the covered -
[words as oublished] post of party leadership and mostly over their
= ideological differences, while domestic politics, to say nothing of the
world situation, have been undergoing a change.
- The defeat of progressive candidates in the gubernatorial elections spells
out the possible collapse of the much ballyhooed "confrontation between the -
conservatives and progressives based on equal strength" in national politics. ~
The 1980's loomed large as a period of "reconstruction of the progressive -
camps." Socialist leaders are, in this regard~ urged to reflect on the
- current failure of their political strategy. _
= The LDP leaders, too, should reappraise the outcome of the election instead
= of rejoicing over a victory that cou?d be only a"4-year" affair if they
fail to listen to the voice of the people.
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1'Ui,~~'i'CCAL AND SOCIOLOCICAL
'AKAHATA' EDITORIALIZES ON RE5ULTS OF LOCAL ELECTIONS
Tokyo JPS in English 0911 GMT 10 Apr 79 OW
_ [1'ext] 'rokyo, 10 Apr (JPS)--AKAHATA on 10 April carried an editorial entitled
"Results of the First Half of the Simult~~neous Local ElecCions and rhe Motive
Power Cor Progress." The gist of Che editorial follows:
- 1, A new political situation created in the election battle for heads of
local governments is ~hat alliances of the Liberal-Democratic Party and anti-
communist "centriat" parties have been formed in many localities. Tliese
alliances were successful in overthrowing progressive local governments or
- maintaining conservative prefectural governments. But, this does by no means
prove "recovery of the LDP." On the cantra�ry, this shows that the LDP is
maneuvering to put a brake on its historical decline and to prop up its
political rule, with the help of the anticommunist "centrist" forces.
2. It is clear that the LDP-"centrist" course cannot win support from the
people in the long run. These anticommunist "centrist" parties will be
subject of severe ,judgment of history, sooner or later. The fact that the
' Komei Party has decreased its seats, and both the DSP and NLC are at a
- standst-ill suggests this as early as this time.
3. As for such an inclination of arguing an "ebb of the progressive forces,"
analyses should be made from two angles. One is to recognize weakpoints
inside the progressive movement. The Socialist Party, which stood for the
progressive union in Tokyo, allied with the reactionary alliance centering -
~n the LDP in Osaka. This is a most symbolic fact. The JSP was forced ,
to suEfer a setback, with many seats lost, in the prefectural assembly
- elections. If the JSP continues to take such a contradictory attitude
- towarci the progressive united front, it will not only amount to suicide for
the JSI', but also create a very serious situation in the Japanese progressive
movement as a whole. The JCP earnestly hopes that the JSP will frankly
review that r~~ritude. In the light of the result of the elections, and make
.1 stride forward toward new joint struggles of the progressive forces. As
to the 'fakyo gubernatorial elections, it must be pointed out that
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_ Cc~v~~rn~r Ryoklcf~.~. riinah~ raaf.firmed t~is ~etrayal of the progressives, ~it
tl?e c:ritlcul moment of the eLecti.on, giving advanta~es to the LllP~Kome~.~D5P
- re.lctionary ~111nnce, by declaring thae he "strictly keeps neutraliCy~"
4. The other angle of analysis of Che argumenC of "an ebb of the progres-
_ sives" is to criticize the error in this argumen~t which puts the communist
party in one same basket of "ebbing progr~ssives." Because one of the
r~esults, and one hopeful result, of these elections is the conspicuous big
advance mude by the Japanesa Communist Party--the motive force for over-
coming weakpoinCe in the progreasive forces camp and reconstrucCing a
progressive united fro'nt. The hopeful answer was given by the Osaka
gubernatorial election contested between the six-party alliance and one
political party (JCP). Governor Ryoichi Kuroda, supported by the Japanese
Communist Party, made an almost even confronCation, by increasing his votes
won in the previous election 4 yeaxs ago. The hopeful answer was given
by the leap forward made by the communist party, which overcame the two
straight defeats in the national elections and reached the highest mark -
in t}~e prefectural assembly elections in history since the inauguration
of et~e party. There is no room for doubC that this will encourage people
_ of var.ioua wr~lks of life, who eagerly hope for the formation of a progres-
sive united front, including conscious people in the Japan Socialist Party,
and t}~at this will be the first step for a new advance of the progressive
~orces towarr~ the 1980's. -
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'AKAHATA' DECRIES DENG YINGCHAO REMARKS ON TOKYO ELECTIONS
_ Tokyo JPS in English 0925 GMT 12 Apr 7g OW
[Text] Tokyo, 12 Apr (JPS)~-The visiting Vice Chairwoman of the Standing
= Committee of the National People's Congress of China, Deng Yingchao (widow
- of ttie late premier Zhou En1ai) was reported by ASAHI SHINBUN on 10 April
as saying in a conversation with Yoshikatsu Takeirri, chairman of the Komei
Party, on 9 April on ~he results of the first half of the simultAneous
- local elections, that she was "very glad to see that the Komei Party is well
backed by the citizens of Tokyo."
- AKt'~HATA on 12 April took this up, saying that Deng Yingchao's remarks clearly
- point at the election of Shunichi Suzuki as go~;ernor of inetropolitan Tokyo
AKAIiATA added, "Suzuki actively took part in the Japanese war of aggression
against China as a member of the Japanese army's special agency in Shanxi
Province. And even a�Cer the war, he still takes an ultrareactionary posi-
_ tion in such a case as drafting a bill to introduce the small constituency
system, which the Liberal -Democratic Party schemes to lay as the base for
advancing toward Japanese style fascism."
AKAHATA went on to say, "Where on earth does proletarian internationalism
s[and...to rejoice at the 'overturn of the progressive metropo?itan -
administrat~on by the reactionary forces?' Deng Yingchao's remark amounts
to really an antiprogressive international act of betrayal."
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- 'I'c~kyo h1~IN1CHI DAiLY NI;W5 in l:nglish 7 Apr 79 p 1 -
(~rtic.lc l~y MitGUro Sukamoto, Mainichi Shimbun: "Bureaucrats Drawn
C~~vernorshLps"] _
~'I'~,x t ~ One of the most notAbl~ governments after the end of Home Aftairs Min(stty otticials,
ieatures ot the current the lastwar, governorscame to i When; udd~r a rapid~economlc
aubernatorlal electldns in ~IS ~ be elected by popular vote. ~ ~ gro~vth, tax revenuea were
p r e f e c t u r e s i s t h e There are three maior ' increasingly, rapidly, it was
predominance of former of� reusons for the ateady increase , rather easy for anybody to
ilctals ot the Home Affafra in governors Aa~1ng from ~the manage local finantes. Under
Ministry and its prewar HomeAtfairsMinistry. iinancial crises caused by the
predeeessor-the Interlor One is the continuous emslon slowdown in economlc growth,
- Ministry-among th~ leading in ~ the inpuences of the two however, aj~ acute sense of
candidates. They number m~or political camps: the balance and a high degree of
eiqht: including four in- ruling Litieral-Democratic,and expertise are required to
cumbents, and two challengers the opposltion Sociallst Parties. manage local governments.
for qovernorships in Tokyo and As a resu~t, it has become quite Since bureaucrats at the
Osaka, ditflcult !or either of them to ministry are experts on local
Should all these ex- W~n gubernatortal , elections administration~ they are often -
- bureaucrats win in Sunday's w�out the help of mlddle-of- considered as among the best
balloting, the total of prefec�. ~e-road forces. Under this candidates for prefectural
tural governors with simllar situatiorr, nonpartisan', can- ~ governorships.
backgroundswouldriseto20,or dtdates pleasing to several Besides the increasing
more than 40 percEnt ot the partles are otten found' among number of governors formerly
national total oi 47, scholars or bureaucrats. with the Home Affairs Ministry,
Most of them have run in thefr ~condly, of the various types there are also those with other
natlve pretec~ures to devote of bureaucrats, ~those . at the bureaucratic backgrounds-
thefr later lives to these Nome Aflatrs Mlnistry stand In those who were with other
the~ most advantageous posltlon ministrles of the central
pretectures. Isevertheless their ~ that they have often fought government or who were
ascendancy creates a situ$tion q~~~ other ministries of the ~ureaucrats in pretectural
qulte resembling that before government for the sake ~ governments.
_ and darr.ng the last war, when a~~~ ~ governmEnts. Such ~.This means a steady decrease
bureauq'ats of the Interior � back~rmmds are of help.. ia ~ politicians-turned-governors. ~
Mlnistry monop~ollzed gover- . g~~~g ~pport, not oply irom Wlll the dawning of the much-
norshlps as government ~ap~ conservatives but also from ~ s p o k e n� a b o u t " A g e o f
- ~Wl hethe introduction o[ a seli progress(ve circles. Regionalism" co[ncide wf ~h the
Finally, the financial dif- bureaucratization of
~overnment system tor local ficultlea faced by many IocaI governorshtps?
. qovernments are familiar to
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itl~;(:I? I V I NC, (TIV l.N(~ hillCll MUNI:Y I31:COhtI:S WAY 'CO POWCR
'I'c~kyu M~ I N f(',}I I I)nIl,Y N1:WS in Isn~lish 10 Apr 79 p 4 _
~%~ium i i~};-] n co.l.umn by Elideo Ma tsuoka : "Money Made and Broke Tanaka,
h.?~~r?,~~ ~
~'I'ext ~ Kakuei Tanaka and Hach(ro Japan as U,S. Attorney~General What is important is whether
Kaltu have one thing in com- for his brother . Jack, a well� one can prostltute himself to
mon. Both belleve in the clrcNlated episode ln the p r a c t 1 c e t h 1 s w o r 1 d 1 y
worldly phtlosophy that there 1s pollticai circles has it that phllosophy. Anybody knows
nobody who wouldn't be ~lad to Tanaka, then secretary general that people ~vill be ~lad to
be given money. Tanaka of the Llberal�Democratic recetve money and things. But
received much and gave much. Party, asked Bobby it America ordlnary persons would have
Going into the constructlon would return Okinawa to Japan inhibitlons ~n taking advantage
business on hts�own at the age of if Japan rearmed. This is a of this human psychology. This
l9, he learred ibe power ot thinking that is characteristfc intiibition or hesitation is
money the harfl.w.ay, and came ot Tana~ca: In his worldly related to the sense oi shame.
to appreclate that power. ,In philosophy, this was a deal in Tanaka had none of this sense. _
Nme, he developed e. belief that whlch both sldes would make a It was Taaaka's thinking that
anybody must feel as delighted gain and thus had no reason to such a sense would oNy help
as he in getting money. oppose it. He applied this tpwart his political ambitions.
. W h e n t h e K a t a y a m a philosopt~y to his dealing with He must be proud ot hIs social ~
_ government presented the bill opposition parties, and won success that he earned by
- tor nattonal control ot coal tame for; "being quick on the making others ~lad through
mines, Tanaka, then a tresh- uptalce," gtvIng and by taking advant.~ge
man Representattve, received a Tanaka's celebrated "Okay I. ot their indebtedness to him.
mlilion yen or two from coal got you."-traqslates dlrectly into
- mit~e op~rators and opposed the his another celebrated "You LBte Sterter
bill. (He was tound gutlty in the can leave it to me." Money has All this fits into Hachiro
tirst trlal). His political the nature of flowinq to a guy Kaifu. A late starter of mid- -
philo.sophy of recelving and who can handle it. And Tanaka dling size, his NisshaIwai was
~ivinq money kept growing was a guy who could handle It. no match to established big-
until it led to his receipt ot if500 Money that flowed into Tanaka time trading houses in -
million in the Lockheed payotf. was parceled � out to his organizatton, ~credibillty, f~nds
For polltictans in high piaces, follower~ and hangers-on. The and personal telent: In order to
the ~bjects ot recetving and Tanaka Corps was tormed, His cut in on the business ground of
Rivin~ are not llmlted to money. philosophy that there is nobody the big timers, it was necessary
= 7'hey involve logrolling, whoisn'tdellghtedtogetmoney
privileges, posts and posltlons. is proved Into the bargain in the for Nlssho-Iwai to attack
When Robert Kennedy vlsited real worldof polltlcs. bus[neas at blind spots. Th(s is
not to say that established bi~ ~