Kyodo news summary -2-
Asian Political News, April 12, 2010
TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo
———- U.S. to limit nuke-use conditions, but not for Iran, N. Korea
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday he plans to ”significantly narrow” the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons in a nuclear strategy, but Iran and North Korea are exceptions, The New York Times reported.
In referring to the soon-to-be-released Nuclear Posture Review, Obama said in an interview with the paper that the United States would limit the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons, even for self-defense purposes.
———- China executes convicted Japanese drug smuggler
BEIJING – China carried out Tuesday the death penalty imposed on convicted Japanese drug smuggler Mitsunobu Akano, the official Xinhua News agency said, quoting an announcement from the Supreme People’s Court.
Akano, 65, was executed Tuesday morning in northeast Liaoning Province, Xinhua quoted the announcement as saying, the first time China has executed a Japanese national since the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1972.
———- N. Korean leader Kim’s trip to China appears delayed: Seoul paper
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s trip to China may be delayed until late April, a Seoul daily reported Tuesday, citing a source in Beijing.
”There is a possibility that Kim may delay his visit to sometime later in April as Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Washington to attend the nuclear security summit and tour three South American nations, including Brazil,” the source told the JoongAng Daily.
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