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| U.S. warships in Japanese waters. As per a secret agreement with Japan, the United States should not enter Japanese waters without consultation. |
TOKYO - Japan and the United States have made a secret agreement permitting U.S. forces to bring the nation's nuclear weapons secretly, a national Japanese newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Monday (12/11).
A former secretary of the administrative vice minister, Ryohei Murata, who served in that position from July 1987 until August 1989, said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun that he believed there was a deal like that.
"There is a document of this kind," said Murata, 79, referring to speculation that Japan and the U.S. government has secretly had an agreement whereby Japan would tacitly approve port calls and provide a pathway through Japanese territorial waters by U.S. warships carrying weapons nuclear.
A former secretary of the administrative vice minister, Ryohei Murata, who served in that position from July 1987 until August 1989, said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun that he believed there was a deal like that.
"There is a document of this kind," said Murata, 79, referring to speculation that Japan and the U.S. government has secretly had an agreement whereby Japan would tacitly approve port calls and provide a pathway through Japanese territorial waters by U.S. warships carrying weapons nuclear.
The agreement was reached in 1960, when both countries extend bilateral security pact.
Although the Japanese government has formally to reject the deal, the first time a recent revelation by a former administrative vice foreign minister has confirmed that such an agreement exists.
During negotiations through bilateral agreements, Japan and the United States agreed to continue to discuss if the U.S. troops would bring nuclear weapons into Japanese territory as a matter that is "important changes in equipment."
But the two governments are believed to have agreed to a secret deal making port calls and a pathway through Japanese territorial waters by U.S. warships will be exempt from prior consultation in the event of martial law in the Far East.
The existence of a secret agreement was made by an official document of the U.S. government, known as NSSM5 obtained by the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1997, and by the testimony of sources on the U.S. side.
During negotiations through bilateral agreements, Japan and the United States agreed to continue to discuss if the U.S. troops would bring nuclear weapons into Japanese territory as a matter that is "important changes in equipment."
But the two governments are believed to have agreed to a secret deal making port calls and a pathway through Japanese territorial waters by U.S. warships will be exempt from prior consultation in the event of martial law in the Far East.
The existence of a secret agreement was made by an official document of the U.S. government, known as NSSM5 obtained by the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1997, and by the testimony of sources on the U.S. side.
Speaking with the Yomiuri, Murata said, "My predecessor told me to convey the contents (of the secret agreement) to minister in my capacity as administrative vice minister."
Murata said he discussed the contents with the foreign minister at the time.
Murata also said that the territorial waters of the Strait of five has been limited to three nautical miles from land to prevent the lane from U.S. warships carrying nuclear weapons there be a political focal point.
Although the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea allows a country to adjust the distance to the territorial waters along the 12 nautical miles, the numbers in the Strait of Soya, Tsugaru, and Osumi, Higashi-Suido well as the Strait of Tsushima Strait and Nishi-Suido only set at a distance of three nautical miles.
Murata said: "This is how I understand the meaning of it., And although it was not me who decided this, I think it's clear everything is just temporary measures cunning."
Murata said he discussed the contents with the foreign minister at the time.
Murata also said that the territorial waters of the Strait of five has been limited to three nautical miles from land to prevent the lane from U.S. warships carrying nuclear weapons there be a political focal point.
Although the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea allows a country to adjust the distance to the territorial waters along the 12 nautical miles, the numbers in the Strait of Soya, Tsugaru, and Osumi, Higashi-Suido well as the Strait of Tsushima Strait and Nishi-Suido only set at a distance of three nautical miles.
Murata said: "This is how I understand the meaning of it., And although it was not me who decided this, I think it's clear everything is just temporary measures cunning."
Because part of the waters of the strait is the fifth part of international waters so that ships from China and other countries often through area waters.
However, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs denied the existence of such an agreement on June 10.
"The prime minister and foreign minister in the past clearly denied the existence of a secret agreement," he said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka, meanwhile, said at a press conference on June 1, "There is no secret deal, that's all I know about this issue."
However, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs denied the existence of such an agreement on June 10.
"The prime minister and foreign minister in the past clearly denied the existence of a secret agreement," he said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka, meanwhile, said at a press conference on June 1, "There is no secret deal, that's all I know about this issue."
Meanwhile, on 17 June, a meeting of the Japan-US secret agreement began in Tokyo District Court, demanding that the government disclose three documents on bilateral agreements. Although the 1960 agreement had been uncovered in Japan since the U.S. classify the documents in 1997, Tokyo has consistently denied that they had allowed all aircraft and nuclear-armed U.S. ships to stop in the country without consultation.
'' In general, documents compiled in the process of negotiating bilateral or multilateral sometimes abandoned later if it's not a deal eventually. "Said the Rising Sun. They claimed the documents may have been lost, although it can not confirm whether there was such a document in the ago. Judge Norihiko Sugihara said,'' it is understandable that the prosecutor argued that the Japanese should have documents like those of the U.S... I would expect the state has a rational explanation if it says it does not have the documents.''
'' In general, documents compiled in the process of negotiating bilateral or multilateral sometimes abandoned later if it's not a deal eventually. "Said the Rising Sun. They claimed the documents may have been lost, although it can not confirm whether there was such a document in the ago. Judge Norihiko Sugihara said,'' it is understandable that the prosecutor argued that the Japanese should have documents like those of the U.S... I would expect the state has a rational explanation if it says it does not have the documents.''
Source: A national Japanese newspaper
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