JPRS ID: 9434 JAPAN REPORT

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CON"tENTS
_ POLITICAL AND SOCICLL)GICAL
Cab:inet Officer Cautions U.S. on Iran, Iraq
(Minoru Hirano; TAE DAILY YOMIiJRI, 2 Nov 80) .o.oooooaooo. 7-
Debate on Constitution Continues
(Hideo Matsucka; MAINICHI DAIZY NEWS, 11 Nov 80)..,0..0... 3
Prospects for Opposition Parties Exairdned
(Editorial; MAINICHI DAIZY IV~'WS, 12 Nov 80) ..o.o.ooo~o.o. 6
Komoto Moves To Solidify Position
(Raisuke Honda; THE DAILY YOMIURI, 1 Nov 80) ..oo.,oooo... 9
LDP~s 25th Anniversary Reviewed
(Editorial; THE DAILY ~QMIURI, 15 Nov 80} ....o.....oo.... 11
Struggle for I~eadership of NLC Noted
(Takehiko Takahashi; MAINICHI DAILY NE'W5, 5 Nov 80)....... 13
Lack of I7iscussion in Cabinet Meetings Deplor2d
(Takehiko Takahashi; MATNICHI DAII,Y NEWS, 12 Nov 80)...... 15
- Plan for Streamlining Ministries Submitted
(Editorial; THE DAILY YOMIURI, 1 Nov 80)..o.ooa.ooooooo..� 17
ECONO1~ffC
~ Gap Widens Between Bureaucracy, Business
- (Y~yj i Adachi; THE DAII,Y YOI~URI, l~ Nov b0 o o, o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.. 19
Unemployment: Government S~rvey on ~Labor Force' Criticized
(SH[TKAN SHINCHO, llt Aug 80) .................o.o..oooaoa�� 21
LDP T,eader Ca11s Sor Subsidies Cut
(MAINICHI DAILY NEW.', 13 Nov 80) ..........ooooo.ooooo~��� 28
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Draft Plan of JSP Criticized
(Editorial; THE DAII,Y YQI~IIURI, 8 Nov 80) .....o..~oo.oo... 29
Capital Investment Seen Slowing Bown
(THE DAIZY YOMIURI, 7 Nov 80) ..,......,o ..............o.. 31 _
Major Shipbuilders Overcome Slump
(THE DAII,Y YOMIURI, 11 Nov 80) .....o.o.....oa............ 32
Nippon Steel Makes 10l~ Billion Yen Profit
(THE DAILY YOMIURI, 12 tdov 80) ...oa.o .............o...o.. 33 _
Shipbuilders See Steac~j? Upturn
(THE DAII,Y YOI~IIURI, 15 Nov 80)..o...a.......o 3!~
Government Urged To Set FiscaZ Aouse in Order
(Edit~rial; T:~ DAILY YOMIURI, 7 Nov 80) ...s...o..o.oa... 35
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Mitsubishi Completes CCV Aircraft Basic Design
(NIKI~I SANGYO SHII~IDDN, 23 Oct 80) ,.o.,,,.,,o,,,o.,.a.... 37
- Zinc-Aluminum Corrosion Resistant Plated Steel Developed
(NIHON KOGYO SHIl~UN, 15 Oct 80) ..,..o �o.....o.o....,... L~1
Mechanized Toyota Assembly Plant Qperation Outlined
(NIKKAN JIDOSHA SHINNIBUN, 8 Nov 80) ..o.....o...o.......... 42 ,
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F'OLIT.ICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAI.
CA.BINET OFFICFR CAUTTONS U.S. ON IRAN, IRAQ
_ Tokyo TNE DAILY YOMIURI in English 2 Nov 80 p 3
- [Behind ehe Scenes Column by Minoru Hirano: "Need for Neutrality"]
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Chiei Cabinet Becrptary K11ch! Miyazawa US reply to Japan is based on the same
told a press conference Wednesday that policy~ but the US economi~ sanctions, un-
the U8 should aet cautlously to avoid like Japan's, ineiude weapons. Accordingly,
alvtng the impression that iC is stding its awwed policy of nectTality !s uniikely
aatth etther Iran or Iraq. Miyazawa wiced to be accepte~ by Iraq and the C3ulf
strong Je,panese ~pprehension over a states at its face value.
~tatement made bq Pre~ident Carter dur- However, Japan '~as no poc~er to stop
!n~ a trleviaed debata with Republican delivery of weapons by the L'S to Iran.
preaidentlal rtval Ftonald Reagan to the ~~r receiving the US reply, the Fnrelgn
etiect that U8 aouid deliv~r arms spares ~nistry inclined to the view thut ship-
lncluded tn the irc~zen Iranian aesets ii ments of weapons covered '.y ou~.scandl~zg
Iran freed the U8 ~'.�mbassy hoatagee. contracts by the US to Iran a�ere un-
As expectatlon,~ roee hiBh that Iran avoidable and made mention of the f~ct
would releaee t~.~ hostages, there was a that the Soviet Unlon, which is also
growlnQ ConCCrn that US !n exchange taking Lhe position of nvnlnterventicn in
woulci suppty weapons to Iran. If Iraq the Iran-Iraq war, is svpplying weapons
and the C7ulf states which back up Iraq covered by outstanding contracts to Iraq.
ahould take retaliatory steps, the Iran- The statement by b~tiyazawa has caused
Ira~ war would escalate and become pro- the Foreign Mfnistry to change tts position -
loaged. T'nat ls the last thing the Japanese again. 81nce he was foreign tninlster, Ml-
C}overnment desires to see. yazawa has been strongly Criticizing wea-
Helore MSyazawa's stotement, the pons exports by superpowers. He has al-
Fbreign Mini~try iniormed the UB Gi~v- ways been convinced that oil-producing
ernment that the Japanese C'~overnment countries shouid use their surplus foreign
~nu strongiq interestad in the signs for exchange reserve in h~lping developing
release oi the hoatsges and desires the countries instead of us~ng them to bay
UQ t3orrernment Lo adhere to the policy of weapons and that thls presupposes r~- _
noninterventton in the uan-Iraq war even straint hy superpowers ln export of wea-
after ttutr release. pons. He strongly made this aopeal when
The US dovernment answered thia re- M1ke Mansfleld, then Democratic Senate
qweat on OcWbar 27 yaying (1) the eco- leader (now US ambassador to Japan),
nomic sanctions againat Iran had been arrived in Japan tn July 1976.
taken to counter the selzure of the US Zentaro 3{osaka, who succeeded Miyaza-
Embassy sta,B as hostages and would be wa as forelgn minister, urged the super- _
- liited as soon as the hostage problem is pnwers to embargo weapons export when _
settled and (2) the U9 Sa adhering tio the hi addressed the UN (3eneral Assembly ln
policy o? nonlntervention tn the war. September of the same year.
The Japanese C3overnment als~ Intends JgPan i~ not exporting weapons to any
to Utt lts economlc sanctions ti Iran re- countries because oi its three
lea~e~ all the hoatagea. Sefore doing so. P~nciple, whlch virtually ban such export. ~
however, Japan will lnform Iraq and the 'I'herefore, Japan has the right to demand
C3utf states that lts neutra! position to- that other countries, too, embargo weap-
ward the Iran-Iraq wur la unchanged. The ons export.
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It is said ln Japan that a monkey is
atill a monkey e~:en if he falIs from a tree
but a politician 1s no lunger a politician
ft he falls in an electloii. We can we!1 un-
deratund that Carter rias to resort to every
tactic to avin reelection, But a~ president of
the U9 he haa the responatbtlity tor world
peace. :Wyazawa probably wanted to say
that Curter ehould remember thls res-
pona~Wlity when he aa~sed that Cnrter act
prudently.
Japan has pledged to the rest of the
world that it wlll perform a pollttcal role
whlch beSts its economlc strength. But
auch a political role !s not subservience to
Lhe U6 or ~imply acting as a member of
the Wastern camp. Japan should also
aiake contributfons to world peace from its
unique position.
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POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL
DEBATE ON CONSTITUTZON CONTINUES
Tok,yo MAIP~ICHI AAILY NEWS in Engliah 11 Nov 80 p 4
["Zooming-in Coluttcn by Hideo Matsuckd: "What's Okuno Really Af.ter?"]
_ [Text] Juattce Mtnister Seiauke genera! atmosphere tn which cabinet in order to keep
Okuno has some enthusiasm for cabinet minlsters are averse to lukewa~m poiitical peace.
conetiiutlon~l amendment - touch on anything that had He is right, up to a point.
- enthusi~stn that Dord?rs on age� anytbing to do with the Con- Freedom of speech is ?i~e
hardened obetlnancy. Prime stitution. In this coutexi. in foremost prerequisite of
- 411nister Zenko Suzuki's Okuno'sview,boththeLDPand democratlc government. It is
toremost governtrig princfple is - the opposition parties shoWd be suicidal for democracy to
to avoid ~oCking the boat. btamed for ~tlfling con� restrict political statements In
~kuno apptf~ently consld.ers it stitutlatal debates. ariy way. Voltalre's celebrated .
hJs God�~lven mfselon to rock Whlle the agriculture remark, '~I disapprove of what -
i the n8;iop'~ polltlcal boat by minister, Tadao Kuraishi got you say, but I wiil defend to ihe
br~ecb~~a tta controverslal hIs ministerla! walking papers death yaur right !o say it."
cons:tutdoad lewe. Suzukl rww torcallingJapan'ssupremelaw retains its undytng ring of !ruth
mtust tegrot l~ivittg Okwo 1n his a"coacubine constitution." to this day. It may be that the -
~abinet, mearttug, perhaps. that it was cabinet minister's obligatlon to
The prim~?ry polnt of Okuno's forced on Japan without really respect and uphold the Con-
- stated vtews la thet the natian wishin~ to have it. This no doubt stitution may be compatible
shouJd not milke !t taboo to was a gross sllght of the wich his responsibility as a =
Qublicly d~bate the Consiitution supreme law. which is in poiitician to freely deb~te the
from all ar~gies. lneluding those violation of Article 99 of the Constitution.
that lead to a poasibie amend- C o n s Ci t u t i o n r e q u i r i n g But thls is so only in for-
ment. ministers of state to respect and mal;ty. Okuno's advocacy at
In the past, whenever a uphold the Constitution. It ~vas tiree debate on the Canstitution
cabfaet minfeter made a oNy a matter of course that has a clear purpose. It i~ aimed
at~tement eritkal of ihe Con- Kuraishf was forced to resign. at changing Article 9, thereby to
stitutfon, the opposition Such a development must be ~pe1~y aad formally start
potmced on the prttqe minlster, highly unsatisfactory to Ok~mo. rearming Japan and to
d~e~slht~ 60 ~ck the con� As much as the Consiltution is recognize the ]ong-renounced
stitutiAf~aal detr~Ctor, The op- 1m tant, .so !s the duty of right of belligerency also.
positiQtl dem~nd often got iticians to publicly debate it, Okuno i~ not just talking about
tM'ou . Ad ~ reault, !t bee~me U~uno must thlnk. It is the the kind of freedom of debate
a tdC t 8~~ ont for the past l~et~t of political irrespon- that constitutional scholars
Liber8l=DemOCrstic ceblaet sibilfty, in his view, to gag imagine. He is pushing �~ith a
mblieter3 t0 ste~' cle~u' ot tt~e publiC criticism ot the Con- clear-cut politically motivated -
ConeClt+~t,ion. Th1e rosulted (n a stitutlon by members ot the PurP~~
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`~,'hen Okuno say; "frzedom ecuntry Into desolate ruins' He clearly stated in ;Vippon y~o.
ot constitutional debate." It lpso has not learned anything from kokka tare iJapan. B� a State~.
lacto means "ireedom of the war. If he gets his way, the 3 w~ritten by [kutaro Shimizu. A
rearmaanent" and "treedom of mlllion Japanese died tor sample of military hard~vare
~oina to war." ~Vhen this much ~u8h~� , described in the book as needed
~S C1~1f, we Ju~l cwinot readlly for an effectlve defense of
True Patriotfsm
agree tu hls demand for tree Japan in the views of militar~�
constltuti~naI dybat~. Okuno's Some may call Okuno's ad- experts is: four astack carriers.
type a( tree eunstitutiolal vocacy of constitutional about 100 cruisers. destroyers
- debate ls iuEended to rearm reviston an outpouring of true and submarines. about 1.000
Japan a~28 re~tnr