DPJ to form team to investigate purported secret Japan-U.S. pact

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TOKYO, Sept. 12 Kyodo -
The Democratic Party of Japan is preparing to form a team of experts to
investigate a purported secret Japan-U.S. pact allowing U.S. military vessels
carrying nuclear weapons to enter Japanese territory, party sources said
Friday.
The move comes after DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama, who is set to be installed
as prime minister next week, said Thursday that his administration will launch
the investigation because the new ruling party wants to ''reveal the facts to
the public.''
The Japanese government has denied the existence of such a pact that would
contradict the country's non-nuclear principles of not possessing, producing or
allowing nuclear weapons on its territory.
But several former government officials have made comments hinting at the
existence of such a pact.
==Kyodo