Nobel Peace Prize winner raps Japan over nuclear weapon treaty

A key member of an international organization that won this year's Nobel Peace Prize criticized Wednesday the Japanese government for effectively ignoring a landmark U.N. treaty that outlaws nuclear weapons."This extraordinary silence on this treaty by the Japanese government is very, very disappointing and frustrating," Akira Kawasaki of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.ICAN won the prize last week for its efforts that led to the adoption in July of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.But the statement rele…READ FULL ARTICLE