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Japan and US had secret nuclear pact
Philippines News.Net
Saturday 28th November, 2009
The credibility of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Japan has sunk lower after revelations about secret deals between Washington and Tokyo about the presence of nuclear weapons on Japanese soil.
For decades, authorities had denied that nuclear weapons were allowed in Japan.
It now appears the LDP party, while it was in power, had a pact to allow the US to stockpile and transport nuclear weapons on Japanese soil.
Declassified documents have shown that secret deals between Washington and Tokyo took place with regards to the presence of the nuclear weapons.
Since 1960, the government led by the Liberal Democratic Party repeatedly denied that nuclear weapons were ever present in Japan or that any agreement existed to that effect.
The National Security Archives in Washington released declassified telegrams in October, with details of US nuclear weapons policy in Okinawa and other parts of Japan between the 1950s and 1972.
They show that when Japan and the United States renewed their mutual security treaty in 1960, the principle was established that if US ships and planes carried nuclear weapons they could only enter Japanese waters or air space with prior consultation.
In the wake of the two atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese people were strongly opposed to the presence of nuclear weapons on Japanese soil, but in 1972, just before Okinawa was put back under Japanese control, the leaders of both countries agreed that for the defence of countries in the Far East including Japan, in time of great emergency, the United States Government would require the re-entry of nuclear weapons and transit rights in Okinawa.
A secret document signed by the leaders said the Government of Japan would meet the requirements without delay, if suitable prior consultation was made.  Email this story to a friend
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Syed Suhail Khalid
11-29-09, 02:28 AM |
Japan agreed to hold nuclear weapons for US
Japan’s govt is a stooge of USA.It is not at all respectable.
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Anonymous
11-29-09, 04:25 AM |
How many American nukes are still kept on Japanese and South Korean soil?
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Matthew Ross
11-29-09, 04:53 AM |
intresting
it takes 20 generations for a mutation to form from radtion, we are lucky to have 3 generations of people who survied, those that didnt die from the cancer and those that countiune to have to deal with the many different forms of cancer. Japan people choose to be a peaceful country and are admit they want nothing at all to remind them of the destruction of the past. They have to wait for the full effects of radtions before they and the world see the full out come. The people of Japan must be heart broken with this news after the many different campaigns they have done to promote world peace, and understanding of this terrible destruction to man kind. The powers that be that choose this course should hung there heads in shame
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Anonymous
11-29-09, 06:50 AM |
Re: Syed Suhail Khalid
I rather be a stooge of the USA than be a stooge to IGNORANCE and the DEVIL !!!
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Anonymous
11-29-09, 07:52 AM |
A matter of discussion culture
I do not understand this etiquette of blaming another poster of being a stooge to ignorance and to the devil.
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Anonymous
11-29-09, 08:46 AM |
Re : A matter of discussion
This is because USA has done a lot more good in the world but the agents of the DEVIL only bring death, destruction, lies and thievries.
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Anonymous
11-29-09, 11:37 AM |
How many nukes. Enough to keep you in check. Please dont give me that odious poor japanese crap either.
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Julio-14 years old
11-29-09, 03:03 PM |
wtf at the devil guy
Dude o_o wtf at calling countries the devil every president has his own goals and priorities. The US may have done good but even i know that at times USA has been as cruel as hell ..
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