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Japan's government has discovered documents indicating the existence of a secret agreement allowing the U.S. to transport nuclear weapons through its territory, public broadcaster NHK reported on its Web site. The government will set up a panel of experts to examine the documents and will announce the findings early next year, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said yesterday, according to NHK. To contact the reporters on this story: Chris Cooper in Tokyo at ccooper1@bloomberg.net

Japan's government has discovered documents indicating the existence of a secret agreement allowing the U.S. to transport nuclear weapons through its territory, public broadcaster NHK reported on its Web site. The government will set up a panel of experts to examine the documents and will announce the findings early next year, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said yesterday, according to NHK. To contact the reporters on this story: Chris Cooper in Tokyo at ccooper1@bloomberg.net

Outgoing IAEA Chief Presses Iran to Resolve 'Issues of Concern' With just four days left in his term of office, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei lashed out at the Iranian government, declaring that their ongoing probes "have effectively reached a dead end, unless Iran engages fully with us." Mohamed ElBaradei ElBaradei also expressed disappointment that the Iranian government didn't immediately accept the draft third-party enrichment deal. Iran has called for more talks on the issue and is seeking guarantees that Western nations, notably France, will follow through on their part of the deal.

Outgoing IAEA Chief Presses Iran to Resolve 'Issues of Concern' With just four days left in his term of office, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei lashed out at the Iranian government, declaring that their ongoing probes "have effectively reached a dead end, unless Iran engages fully with us." Mohamed ElBaradei ElBaradei also expressed disappointment that the Iranian government didn't immediately accept the draft third-party enrichment deal. Iran has called for more talks on the issue and is seeking guarantees that Western nations, notably France, will follow through on their part of the deal.