Japan Orders It's Military To Shoot Down Any North Korean Missile That It Deems A Threat

Japan Ready To Intercept Any N Korea Missile Deemed A Threat -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Japan will strike any North Korean ballistic missile that threatens to hit Japan in the coming weeks after Pyongyang recently fired medium-range missiles, a government source said on Saturday.

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera issued the order, which took effect on Thursday and runs through April 25, the day that marks the founding of North Korea's army, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

Following the order, meant "to prepare for any additional missile launches," a destroyer was dispatched to the Sea of Japan and will fire if North Korea launches a missile that Tokyo deems in danger of striking or falling on Japanese territory, the source said.

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My Comment: Not surprising .... after much publicity from Japan on renewed Japanese - North Korean relations.... the senior North Korean diplomat that was suppose to meet his Japanese counterpart in Beijing this morning was a no-show.