Japan to comprehensively review alliance with U.S.: Hatoyama
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''As I have repeatedly said, the Japan-U.S. alliance is the cornerstone of Japan's foreign policy,'' Hatoyama said during a House of Councillors plenary session.
But he said his government, which took power in mid-September, will comprehensively review the entire status of the alliance on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the revision of the bilateral security treaty next year.
''Through the review and in a mid- to long-term perspective, we will deepen ties in a multilayered way,'' the leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan said.
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At the House of Representatives' plenary session later in the day, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii said the Hatoyama government has caved in to U.S. pressure too quickly.
''How can you call it an 'equal Japan-U.S. relationship'? It is no different'' from the relations in which Japan was subservient to the United States during the LDP-New Komeito coalition, he said, referring to the DPJ's campaign manifesto which notes the party will aim for ''close and equal'' relations with the United States.
Hatoyama said he disagrees that his government's relationship with Washington is a subservient one.
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After Hatoyama wrote his controversial editorial and also his permanent coalition with the socialists (even if DPJ wins majority in Upper House), the Hatoyama Cabinet has totally backed down (Kitazawa agreeing with the Futenma relocation while Okada attempts to sacrifice the people of Kadena to consolidate the Americans) to little pressure from the United States, this is quite unbelievable! *shakes head*