UN nuclear agency chooses veteran Japanese diplomat as its new director general

VIENNA — The world’s top nuclear watchdog chose Japan’s Yukiya Amano as its next head on Thursday — and he touched on the devastation U.S. atom bombs wreaked on his country in pledging to do his utmost to prevent the spread of nuclear arms.

Diplomats: UN nuclear agency chooses veteran Japanese diplomat as its new director general

VIENNA — Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency’s governing board has chosen a veteran Japanese diplomat as its new head.