Update: US-Japan Nuclear Umbrella Talks

The Japan Times (July 19, 2009) reports that the United States and Japan have agreed to conduct official discussion regarding the so-called nuclear umbrella and other security deterrence measures. This agreement was reached in a meeting that included Kurt Campbell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs and his Japanese counterparts in the Foreign and Defense ministries on Saturday.

• For details, see: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090719a1.html.
• For related information, see: http://globalissuesjapan.blogspot.com/2009/07/us-japan-to-discuss-us-nuclear-umbrella.html