Monday, April 27, 2009

Japan unveils 11-point initiative for nuke-free world.

Who needs nukes when you've got tentacle monsters? From Breitbart:
Japan unveiled an 11-point initiative Monday to achieve a nuclear-free world, including a call for the imposition of "effective global restrictions" on North Korea's ballistic missile development and a plan to hold an international conference in Japan early next year on global nuclear disarmament.

In a speech titled "Conditions towards Zero -- 11 Benchmarks for Global Nuclear Disarmament," Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone urged China and other nuclear powers to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons and to ensure transparency regarding their arsenals, which he described as "vital" for advancing global nuclear disarmament.

"Without transparency in its strategic direction, China is continuing to modernize its nuclear arsenals and has undertaken no nuclear arms reduction until today," Nakasone said. "Nor does the country disclose any information on nuclear arsenals."

Nakasone made the pitch ahead of Prime Minister Taro Aso's two-day visit to China from Wednesday.

The speech came amid a growing mood for nuclear disarmament around the world after U.S. President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious vision April 5 for a world without nuclear weapons, saying Washington has "a moral responsibility to act" as the only power to have used a nuclear weapon.

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