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2009 OCTOBER 7 - OCTOBER 13
U.S. used secret nuclear pact to pressure Japan to enable U.S. nuclear subs to pass through 5 Japanese straits Declassified U.S. documents show that the United States had pressured Japan to exclude five Japanese straits, including Soya, Tsugaru, and Tsushima, from the enforcement of the 1977 Territorial Waters Act that extended Japan’s territorial water limit to 12 nautical miles from the three mile limit so that free passage of U.S. nuclear submarines would be secured.
JCP chair attends JA assembly for the first time The Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (JA-Zenchu) has for the first time invited a head of the Japanese Communist Party to its national assembly.
Issues involved in Yanba dam project New land minister Maehara Seiji’s announcement that the controversial Yanba dam construction project will be scrapped has unleashed a nationwide debate over whether the cancellation is appropriate.
