Japan waters down text of anti-nuclear resolution under U.S. pressure

Japan's annual diplomatic effort to demonstrate its anti-nuclear credentials and create momentum for disarmament has run into a major obstacle in the form of its most important ally, as well as an atmosphere of division between states possessing atomic weapons and those without them.A draft resolution recently proposed by the government of Japan to the United Nations General Assembly was dramatically watered downed under diplomatic pressure from the United States, government sources have revealed to Kyodo News.Japan, the only nation devastated by nuclear weapons, in the U.S. attacks on Hiro…READ FULL ARTICLE