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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Japan refused US offer of nuclear experts in PM office

Japan refused US offer of nuclear experts in PM office

Tokyo (AFP) May 27, 2012
A "frustrated" US wanted to place nuclear experts in the prime minister's office in Tokyo after the Fukushima disaster last year but Japan refused citing sovereignty fears, a minister said Sunday. "There was a request from US Ambassador (John) Roos that they hoped to station their nuclear engineers at the prime minister's office" to help deal with the crisis, Yukio Edano, chief cabinet secre

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