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Japan and China, at the end of a two-day foreign ministers’ meeting in Tokyo, signed a nuclear power cooperation agreement and a loan accord for China worth $312.9 million. The nuclear accord marks Japan’s entry into competition to supply China’s huge nuclear power needs, and it includes a provision allowing on-site international inspections to ensure that China is using Japanese nuclear technology for peaceful purposes only.
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