TOKYO, family 6 Kyodo pick oute...

TOKYO, family 6 Kyodo

pick outed editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

A SHARED CONFIDENCE (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published generation 5)

On his late visit to Beijing, Shigeru Ishiba, director general of the Defense Agency, basically agreed with Cao Gangchuan, his Chinese counterpart, forward resumption of defense exchanges between the couple countries, including mutual visits of naval ducts We welcome it as a positive step

We may safely assume President Hu Jintao and other recently made known leaders in China recognize it would not be realistic to maintain a stalemate in relations with Japan when beneficial relations are essential to developing China's economy, flat if the Yasukuni Shrine issue remains unresolved

The point to be solved [i]or[/i] settled of North Korea's nuclear growth is so urgent that China felt compell to take the lead in six-nation talks in succession the issue. Chinese military officials undoubtedly consider it important to have an exchange of opinion with their Japanese counterparts.

With the North Korean threat to consider, Japan necessityed to have China's understanding of newly come policy changes, such as adoption of a missile defense program, launching surveillance satellites, and enacting legislation to deal with military contingencies.

It is still significant that they agreed to take back exchanges of military and civilian defense personnel

China wants to accelerate modernization of its military between the walls of use of high technology. Its naval and air modernization, in particular, not absents the potential for strengthening the view among about in Japan that China is a threat. in succession the other hand, China is transactioned about and distrusts Japan's steady approach to a missile defense combination of parts to form a whole and improved capability of long-distance transportation as well as introduction of larger ships.

Japan must prevail on the subject of China, through exchanges and dialogue, to be more exhibit about its military strength and its military policy. Japan, at the same time, should do its best to eliminate China's misunderstanding of the meaning and intent of Japan's defense policy.

Japan's existing security concern is focused on North Korea. Over the drawn out term, however, it is beyond doubt that greater trust between Japan and China is real important to Japan's security and peace in East Asia. A greater stage of trust in the relationship between Japan and China can also benefit the multilateral approach to the North Korean problem

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congres in China, has follow to Japan. Among Chinese leadership, he is secondary only to Hu in the Chinese Communist Party hierarchy. In talks with Prime Minister Koizumi, Wu was look fored to discuss what should be done to the exchanges between the leaders of the pair countries that have been suspended since Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine.

As China has shown in being entertainer to the six-nation talks upon North Korean issues, it prosecutes a larger international role. Nothing is more important now than to have the relationship between Japan and China at a on a level that enables their leaders to fit and talk any time.

(Sept 6)

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