Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the U.S.- based Federation of American Scientists tells IPS in an e-mail interview from Washington: "The (Diet members') letter together with the Japanese government's statements serve an important role of conveying loud and clear that the most important U.S. ally in the Pacific does not oppose the Obama administration's nuclear disarmament vision but supports not only reductions in nuclear weapons but also a reduction in the mission that those weapons have."
Hans M. Kristensen, mkurugenzi wa Mradi wa Habari wa Silaha Kali katika Shirikisho wa Wanasayansi wa Marekani analiambia shirika la habari la IPS katika mahojiano kupitia barua pepe kutoka Washington: "Barua (ya wajumbe wa Diet) pamoja na matamko ya serikali ya Japan zinatoa mchango mkubwa muhimu wa kupeleka ujumbe wa wazi kwamba mdau mkubwa wa Marekani kutoka Pasifiki hapingi ndoto za serikali ya Obama ya kupunguza silaha za nyuklia lakini anaunga mkono sio tu upunguzaji wa silaha kali bali pia upunguzaji wa ujumbe uliomo katika silaha hizo."