Japan has 'concerns' on US-India nuclear deal

By Associated Press Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - Added 8m ago NEW DELHI - Japan’s foreign minister said today that his country had concerns about a landmark civil nuclear deal between India and the U.S. because New Delhi has not signed international nonproliferation accords and has tested nuclear weapons. The deal with Washington would reverse more than three decades of U.S. policy that has barred the sale of nuclear fuel and technology to India. "We need to confirm that this nuclear cooperation is satisfactory in the sense that it will maintain and further strengthen the international nuclear disarmament and not undermine the nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation regime," Masahiko Koumura told reporters in New Delhi at the end of a three-day visit to India. Koumura’s comments come as India attempts to strike an agreement... [read full story]