JAPAN REFINES NUCLEAR SAFETY CONTROLS
October 1st, 2006
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
ON October 9, North Korea carried out its notorious nuclear test in a mine shaft some 240 miles to the north of Pyongyang. The North Korean government proclaimed the test to be successful and an "historic event." Most of the rest of the world reacted with anger and, subsequently, the imposition of sanctions. One of the most vocal critics of the test was Japan, within missile range of North Korea and the only nation to have been the target of nuclear weapons.
Politicians, the media and the Japanese public were quick to ...
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