You know all the hoo-haa about Japan having a "secret" pact with the US to let them park their nukes in the country without causing a scene (you know how important wa is and all that). Well, it got Our Man to thinking what other secret pacts were agreed? He hasn't got a clue (they are secret) so wondered if you could help him come up with a top 10. Pleeeaaase...
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Top 10 secret Japan-US Pacts: Help Wanted, Apply Within
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Japanese High School Students to Use Nuclear Reactor
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A group of science students from Japan's Hitachi 1st Senior High School may get to live out the ultimate geek fantasy by using the JRR-3 research nuclear reactor in Tokaimura - where the third most serious accident in the history of nuclear power occurred just 10 years earlier.
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North Korea reprocessing fuel rods to develop weapons grade plutonium
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North Korea has started to reprocess spent fuel rods at its nuclear plant, says the country's state media.
The reprocessing is a possible move towards producing weapons grade plutonium and comes after Pyongyang's launch of a long-range rocket in April.
Earlier, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on three North Korean companies in response to the launch.
World's largest nuke plant to restart in Japan
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A strong earthquake shut down the world's largest nuclear power plant here almost two years ago.
The clock is now ticking for it to restart -- but fears about a nearby seafloor faultline and a string of fires inside the dormant facility have deepened distrust in local communities.
Sod nuclear reactor safety - I'm going on holiday!
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Homer Simpson is alive and well, and appears to be living in Japan.
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Japan to Go Nuclear If Unified Korea Is Nuke-Armed
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Japan will likely go nuclear if a unified Korea decides to keep the nuclear arsenal developed by North Korea, setting the stage for a tense military competition between the two Northeast Asian rivals, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday, quoting a U.S. congressional report.
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Japan in '65 sought US nuclear shield versus China
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During his first trip to Washington as Japan's PM in 1965, Eisaku Sato told then-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara that American military forces could launch a nuclear attack on China by sea if needed.
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Fire at Japan nuclear plant, no radiation leak
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TOKYO: A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan and a worker was sickened by smoke inhalation, but there was no release of radioactivity, the plant operator said Monday.
A small fire broke out at a turbine facility at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex during welding of pipes aimed at enhancing quake resistance, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said in a statement.
Read more »Video Game Censored for Japanese Audiences
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All the censorship seems to deal with editing out usage of nuclear weapons in the game. Was this really necessary? "The online reaction from the Japanese users seems to be largely disappointment to these edits."
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