Communist Party against Mr.Abe

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe on September 1 officially announced his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party president. And he became the LDP president on September 20 and will be the prime minister on September 26. In Japan there is still the Communist Party. They told about Mr. Abe:

Japan Press Weekly
September 2, 2006

Abe made public his election platform that gives priority to enacting a new constitution as well as a "drastic educational reform." At a press conference in Hiroshima City, he expressed his intention to take the leadership in having the Diet initiate the revision of the Constitution. By stating, "I want to first work to get the national referendum bill enacted," he showed his strong determination to enact in the next Diet session the bill that will establish a procedure for the revision of the Constitution.

Asked by reporters, Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Ichida Tadayoshi on the same day said, "Abe's remarks and his book show his imprudence and precariousness."* Abe characterizes the preamble to the Constitution as a "written apology to the Allies in WWII," and asserts that Japan needs to abandon the "masochistic view of history."

Referring to these remarks, Ichida said, "It is very dangerous to make such remarks and deny that the war Japan waged was a war of aggression."*

Ichida pointed out that .....the next government will inevitably further promote the mal-administration of the Koizumi Cabinet, because (Mr. Abe) insist on maintaining the structural reform policy that has increased the social gap as well as adversely revising the Constitution and the Fundamental Law of Education.

With regard to the Yasukuni Shrine question, pointing out that (Mr. Abe) asserts that the prime minister must refrain from visiting the shrine based on a reflection over the past war of aggression and colonial rule, Ichida said, "(Mr. Abe )cannot advance diplomacy for peace and friendship in Asia."*
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I summarized Mr. Ichida's remarks: Abe's remarks and his book show his imprudence and precariousness. It is very dangerous to make such remarks and deny that the war Japan waged was a war of aggression. He cannot advance diplomacy for peace and friendship in Asia.

He said no more than that he is against Mr. Abe. No policy proposal is made by Mr. Ichida. I think Mr.Ichida and the Communist Party should show us more rigorous policy visions and proposals to obtain a wide support from many people. I have heard nothing but they say the LDP breaks the society of Japan.