Japan needs no umbrella

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 46-51

  Kaneko, Kumao ^a,b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Council on Nuclear Disarmament and Non Proliferation ^*

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EID: 0012721058     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00963402.1996.11456608     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. From the Japanese government's written reply to the relevant questions raised by Cong. Hiroshi Tachiki, a member of the Japan Communist Party, December 11, 1993, para. 4.
2. Ibid., para. 5.
3. Henry A. Kissinger, Diplomacy (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), p. 608.
4. Although the concept has long been referred to as "Asiatom," I personally prefer "Pacificatom," or more simply, "Paciatom," because the new regional mechanism will have to include such non-Asian countries as the United States, Canada, and Australia among its members. They supply most Asian countries with nuclear reactors, technologies, and raw and enriched uranium; therefore, their cooperation is indispensable to effective nuclear fuel-cycle activities. Indeed, the proposed "Pacificatom" may well be established within the broad framework of the existing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (APEC). Like "Euratom," "Asiatom" or "Pacificatom" would be an informal name.
5. The current Russian-North Korean security treaty expires in 1996. The Russian foreign ministry announced in September 1995 that Russia has proposed that a new security treaty with North Korea omit the obligation to automatically provide military assistance to North Korea should the latter be attacked by a third country.