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 by Staff Writers Vienna (AFP) Feb 15, 2018
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced Thursday that it will help Japan in "enhancing nuclear security measures" for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. A cooperation agreement between the UN agency's director Yukiya Amano and Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono was signed in Vienna, where the IAEA is based. "The possible areas of cooperation include the IAEA offering Japanese authorities training courses, workshops, technical visits and exercises related to nuclear security, hosting preparatory technical meetings and lending supplementary radiation detection equipment," the IAEA said in a statement. "The know-how of the agency will boost the security of the Games," Japan's foreign ministry spokesman Norio Maruyama told AFP. While the agreement is not directly related to a nuclear threat from North Korea, "the uncertainty exists and we must use all means necessary to eliminate this uncertainty", he added. The IAEA regularly works to ensure nuclear safety at major international events and has already been called upon in the preparations for the 2016 Rio Olympics and Euro 2012 football in Ukraine and Poland.
US island Guam stays relaxed amid North Korea nuclear standoff Andersen Air Force Base, United States (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 When North Korea last year bragged of plans to lob a salvo of ballistic missiles toward Guam, residents of this relaxed American island in the western Pacific didn't seem too worried. Months later, and with tensions still high, they remain sanguine. "We know that if anything was to happen, there would be a lot of efforts to keep us safe and make sure we aren't hit by anything," says Blake Bristol, manager of Mosa's Joint diner in the capital Hagatna. "We are just going to hang out and enjoy ... read more
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