Eyeing North Korea, Tokyo holds first missile evacuation drill in years


  • World
  • Monday, 06 Nov 2023

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo residents dashed for cover inside a train station on Monday as part of the first missile evacuation drill in the capital for years as Japan frets over the growing threat from nearby North Korea.

Around 60 residents participated in the drill in Tokyo's Nerima ward, which follows a series of recent test launches from the nuclear-armed North of everything from short-range and cruise missiles to massive intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that can strike the continental United States.

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