Thursday, September 25, 2008

U.S. nuclear warship arrives in Japan amid protests

Hundreds of people protested the arrival of a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier at its new home port in Japan on Thursday, demanding greater safety measures.

The United States has been trying to allay fears over the stationing of the USS George Washington carrier in Japan, the only country to have suffered nuclear attacks.

"I hope that a safe operating system of the aircraft carrier would be established, and that the emergency drills will be reinforced," Shigefumi Matsuzawa, governor of Kanagawa prefecture was quoted by Kyodo News Agency as saying.

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