TOKYO, Aug. 28 Kyodo Taku Yamasak...

TOKYO, Aug. 28 Kyodo

Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Wednesday he withstands a unilateral move by the United States to attack Iraq.

''It would be preferable to have an agreement from the international community,'' Yamasaki said onward an Asahi Newstar satellite television program.

''I believe an independent decision by means of the U.S. would create international mistrust of the U (Japan) as an alliance partner must oppose'' he said.

For Japan to invoke a special antiterrorism law enacted last October to support U military action in succession Iraq, Yamasaki said either Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect behind the tribe 11 terrorist attacks, or his al-Qaida network base must be confirmed to be in Iraq.

Yamasaki also said the United Nations must pass just discovered resolutions supporting such action, among other conditions, before Japan can implement the law and assist the US

Meanwhile, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Japan's cooperation with the U is limited in subordination to current legislation, including the war-renouncing Constitution, Japan-U.S. security treaty and the antiterrorism law.

''The question is what Japan can do in subordination to the current Constitution and other laws,'' the top sway spokesman said at a recents conference.

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