TOKYO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Japan's House of Councilors on Friday passed two nuclear agreements with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which would pave the way for Japan to export nuclear power infrastructure to the two economies, local media reported.
The agreements, both concluded last May when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the two countries, won approval from the House of Representatives earlier this month. They would come into force by early May under the constitution, said Japan's Kyodo News agency.
The Japanese government initially sought parliamentary approval of the pacts during the extraordinary Diet session last fall. But the Diet failed to come to a decision at that time and carried the deliberations to the current 150-day regular session, which started Jan. 24.
Though committing peaceful use of nuclear materials and devices, those pacts cause strong public concern about nuclear safety. Anti- nuclear power sentiment still persists in the country as the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has yet to be resolved.
Japan has concluded similar pacts with 12 countries and an organization, including the United States, France, and the European Atomic Energy Community, while negotiating with other counties including India.
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