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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

'Secret U.S.-Japanese Nuclear Pact' Revealed

USS John C. StennisJapan and the U.S. signed a secret nuclear pact when they revised their security treaty in 1960, a Japanese Foreign Ministry probe has revealed according to the Asahi Shimbun last Saturday.

The existence of such a pact had been the subject of conjecture for some time, and as the new ruling Democratic Party continues to dig into past dealings between the U.S. and Japan, this could pose new threats to the already tense relationship between Washington and Tokyo.

The relationship was barely patched up following conflicts involving the relocation of the Futenma U.S. Marine Base in Okinawa and Japan's refusal to continue its mission on the Indian Ocean to refuel multinational ships involved in operations in Afghanistan.

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