TOKYO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Japan is to carry out an evacuation drill to prepare for future North Korea provocations. Tokyo is planning the unprecedented exercise for March 2017 to get ready for a possible ballistic missile launch, local newspaper Sankei Shimbun reported Monday. Japan has previously conducted simulation training, but in the face of intensifying missile threats, the government has decided training should involve the mobilization of people, according to the report. The evacuation is to be carried out using "J-Alert," a national emergency alert system that can transmit urgent messages nationwide. In accordance with Japan's national security law, the drills are to be conducted with the ...
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