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| June 7, 2011 |
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| 2011 G8 Summit |
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Prime Minister Kan Naoto attended the G8 Summit held at Deauville, France, on May 26 and 27 and pledged that Japan would recover from the devastation caused by the earthquake of March 11 and that the country would ensure safety of nuclear power generation and urge to use natural energy sources. His policy is partly incorporated in the Declaration in the context to justify this type of energy generation that all the participants, including the government of Japan, advocate.
G8 SUMMIT - MEETING OF BIG POWERS' HEGEMONY
The Summit Declaration has 93 articles, out of which 11 refer to a theme of nuclear safety in the independent column.
Stipulating that learning lessons from the accident in Japan, the document does not touch on a question to go nuclear or not. Being advocates of nuclear energy, the G8 nations 'promote the highest levels of safety' to maintain and develop the industry. The statement does not mention anti-nuke popular movements in various countries, including Germany, and says that 'countries may have different approaches regarding the use and contribution of nuclear energy'.
In his speech given in the OECD meeting May 25 Premier Kan Naoto emphasized challenges to ensure safety in the nuclear power generation, which was hailed by the leaders as the top politician of the nation which had caused the worst nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquakes and tsunami expressed an active commitment in nuclear energy.
Prime Minister told: Japan will work so that the rate of renewable energy sources will occupy over 20% in the beginning of the decade of 2020, reduce the generation cost of solar cell to 1/3 in 2020 and to 1/6 in 2030 and set up solar panels on the roofs of 10 million houses. But he did not mention an occupying rate of nuclear energy. The described figures for natural energy sources were groundless as he did not show proofs. Again his pledge may end in vain as an utter.
Deceptive 'Peace and Security'
Out of the 93 clauses 30 are put under the column 'Peace and Security', in which the biggest number of descriptions are made. A viewpoint, however, on these values is of Europeans, in particular, of powerful European nations. Items are enumerated at random.
The G8 countries, as usual, expressed concerns over Iran, North Korea and Syria in terms of nuclear development programs. The participants demand ceasefire of the ongoing armed conflicts in Libya, Syria and Yemen, but it was US and EU countries that had supported the respective dictatorship governments to keep generous relationships.
A deceptive stance is seen clearly in the attitudes to the events in the Israeli-occupying Palestine: President Obama had expressed to 'agree with the border accord reached before the 1967 War as a base line', then he withdrew the comment after attacked severely by Israel. In the Deauville declaration is simply presented a solution 'through negotiations', including 'aspirations of Israelis for security and regional integration'.
Under the column Peace and Security 'the enlargement of equipment, materials and scientific and technological information for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy' is specified.
Embarrassed by the disclosure by WikiLeaks, the G8 members inserted as many as 19 items under the column Internet. The items imply harsher restrictions, describing 'the Internet can potentially be used for purposes that are inconsistent with the objectives of peace and security, and may adversely affect the full range of critical systems, remains a matter of concern', and accuses 'censorship or restrictions on access to the Internet', hinting a case in China.
Visit of Japanese Premier to Washington
In the bilateral talk held during the event between President Obama and Prime Minister Kan the former proposed a visit of Japanese counterpart to Washington in September with an estimation that the current administration will be kept until that time.
As for a meeting of 2 plus 2, the two leaders agreed to set in late June to be approved by the Diet. As for the growing criticisms in the US Senate over the realignment issue of US Military in Okinawa, in particular the Henoko issue, the heads of states, reportedly, confirmed the policy deriving from the May 2010 bilateral accord. However, people of Okinawa adamantly refuse it and the General Accounting Office (GAO)'s recalculation is three-times bigger than the original budget for relocating US troops to Guam from Okinawa - the agreement stands on the brink of collapse.
An exit of the crisis cannot be opened to a new, aspired stage in the framework of G8 Summit.
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