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NEW DELHI: India will on Friday become the first non-NPT country to sign a civil nuclear deal with Japan, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
Japan, which saw Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by US atomic bombs at the end of World War II, has in the past not even considered signing such a deal with India because it isn't a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Now, though, while Japan has relented, the two countries will also agree that if India conducts a nuclear test, Japan will stop civil nuclear cooperation, Yomiuri reported, according to SCMP.Last week, Japan Times said the deal may draw criticism from the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for hindering non-proliferation efforts.
Modi is expected to arrive in Japan Thursday for a three-day visit and is expected to sign the civil nuclear deal on Friday.
The treaty will allow Japan to export nuclear power plants to India, giving a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to promote infrastructure exports as a way of fueling economic growth, sources told Japan Times last week.
Some analysts say Japan shed its long-term aversion to a deal with India, in the context of China's growing military presence in the region and in the disputed South China Sea. Others said the deal will be beneficial to both countries.
"...if one considers the matter carefully, it becomes clear that civil nuclear cooperation between Japan and India will have virtually no negative impact on the non-proliferation regime," said Satoru Nagao, a research fellow at the Tokyo Foundation, in an article for thediplomat.com last month.
India, he said, has a good non-proliferation record.
"First of all, India has demonstrated a firm commitment to non-proliferation principle in practice. It clearly differs from countries like North Korea, Pakistan, and Iran, which have conducted shady dealings on the 'nuclear black market'. If India continues to control its nuclear technology as carefully as it has for the past half-century, cooperation on the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes should not undermine the NPT regime," Nagao wrote.
Eleven countries have already signed civil nuclear cooperation agreements with India. They are the US, Russia, Britain, France, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Argentina, and Namibia.
"Provided that India appreciates the need to refrain from nuclear testing, civil nuclear cooperation could well become the basis for a long-term cooperative relationship with major benefits," Nagao wrote.
Japan, which saw Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by US atomic bombs at the end of World War II, has in the past not even considered signing such a deal with India because it isn't a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Now, though, while Japan has relented, the two countries will also agree that if India conducts a nuclear test, Japan will stop civil nuclear cooperation, Yomiuri reported, according to SCMP.Last week, Japan Times said the deal may draw criticism from the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for hindering non-proliferation efforts.
Modi is expected to arrive in Japan Thursday for a three-day visit and is expected to sign the civil nuclear deal on Friday.
The treaty will allow Japan to export nuclear power plants to India, giving a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to promote infrastructure exports as a way of fueling economic growth, sources told Japan Times last week.
Some analysts say Japan shed its long-term aversion to a deal with India, in the context of China's growing military presence in the region and in the disputed South China Sea. Others said the deal will be beneficial to both countries.
"...if one considers the matter carefully, it becomes clear that civil nuclear cooperation between Japan and India will have virtually no negative impact on the non-proliferation regime," said Satoru Nagao, a research fellow at the Tokyo Foundation, in an article for thediplomat.com last month.
India, he said, has a good non-proliferation record.
"First of all, India has demonstrated a firm commitment to non-proliferation principle in practice. It clearly differs from countries like North Korea, Pakistan, and Iran, which have conducted shady dealings on the 'nuclear black market'. If India continues to control its nuclear technology as carefully as it has for the past half-century, cooperation on the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes should not undermine the NPT regime," Nagao wrote.
Eleven countries have already signed civil nuclear cooperation agreements with India. They are the US, Russia, Britain, France, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Argentina, and Namibia.
"Provided that India appreciates the need to refrain from nuclear testing, civil nuclear cooperation could well become the basis for a long-term cooperative relationship with major benefits," Nagao wrote.
