information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
9 Juin 2013
June 9, 2013
NAGASAKI--The peace declaration to be delivered on the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of this city on Aug. 9 will oppose the signing of a pact enabling Japanese companies to export nuclear technology and reactors to India.
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said June 8 his declaration will criticize the Japan-India agreement to conclude a nuclear energy pact at an early date on the grounds that it jeopardizes the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
India, a nuclear power, is not an NPT signatory.
The Japan-India agreement was reached during a May 29 summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, in Tokyo.
The Abe administration is pushing exports of nuclear technology and reactors to potential customers such as energy-starved India. A bilateral nuclear energy agreement is a precondition for such exports.
At a meeting of Nagasaki’s peace declaration drafting committee on June 8, one member said the declaration must absolutely oppose the concluding of a Japan-India nuclear energy agreement.
Another member said the government is not making serious efforts to put the brakes on nuclear proliferation.
Taue met with Masaji Matsuyama, a senior vice foreign minister, on June 3, and called for suspending negotiations on a nuclear energy pact with India.
The mayor said there are concerns that India may divert Japan’s nuclear technology to nuclear weapons development.