Comments on: Seijigiri #56: North Korea, a new US ambassador, Aso and Hatoyama square off, and a look at the the extra budget http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/05/31/seijigiri-56-north-korea-aso-hatyoyama-roos/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ken Worsley http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/05/31/seijigiri-56-north-korea-aso-hatyoyama-roos/#comment-1916593 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:49:52 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/05/31/seijigiri-56-north-korea-aso-hatyoyama-roos/#comment-1916593 It seems the three non-nuclear principles were only ever just for show: <blockquote>A secret accord between Tokyo and Washington on moving U.S. nuclear weapons through Japanese territory has been controlled by top Foreign Ministry bureaucrats who have told only a handful of "trusted" prime ministers and foreign ministers of its existence, four former top ministry officials have revealed.</blockquote> Given that they never really existed anyway, it shouldn't be that hard to do away with them and go nuclear, right? http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090601a1.html It seems the three non-nuclear principles were only ever just for show:

A secret accord between Tokyo and Washington on moving U.S. nuclear weapons through Japanese territory has been controlled by top Foreign Ministry bureaucrats who have told only a handful of “trusted” prime ministers and foreign ministers of its existence, four former top ministry officials have revealed.

Given that they never really existed anyway, it shouldn’t be that hard to do away with them and go nuclear, right?

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090601a1.html

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