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...OZAWA: It is quite natural to say that the two countries have to pursue a very close relationship in the area of national security. If Japan is exposed to any kind of military attack, we can exercise our right to self-defense, and also, according to the terms of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, we can request assistance from the United States. In other words, it is only in such a case that we can exercise our right to defense, whether individually or collectively...
...OZAWA: As far as Afghanistan is concerned, there is a U.N.-led military organization there called ISAF. Japan will be able to render as much support as possible to that kind of organization under a DPJ government. However, what ISAF is trying to do is to bring peace by suppression, by force. My philosophy is that no people can be ruled by sheer force. In the past Afghanistan was a self-sustaining country in terms of food supply, but now the self-sufficiency rate has plunged to a level of 40%. They are living in a kind of sheer poverty...
...OZAWA: The Japan-China relationship is important next to the relationship with the United States...
...OZAWA: Whether we are talking about political contributions, or the accounts of private entities, or government agencies, what is crucially important is full disclosure. We have to make everything open. My view is that Japanese society is a very closed society. But when it comes to political donations, I think that politicians should be able to rely on donations from anyone and should be able to use them as they wish, so long as everything is fully disclosed, and is available to the Japanese voters. It is up to the voters to make the decision as to whether such donations...
...OZAWA: I was, I was surprised, I was very surprised. My secretary was arrested by the prosecutors and the reason for the arrest was entry errors in the political fundraising records. Similar things have happened many times over not only with politicians, but also with ministers as well as former prime ministers. When this has happened before, the only thing that was often required was to make corrections (to entry errors). But in this case, all of a sudden my secretary was arrested. So I was very surprised by the whole thing and I was also very puzzled about...