TOKYO, Japan: In response to the rising menace from nuclear-armed North Korea, this week, Tokyo residents took half within the first missile evacuation drill held within the capital for a few years.
Some 60 residents participated within the drill held inside a prepare station in Tokyo’s Nerima ward, which was in response to a sequence of current North Korean check launches that included short-range and cruise missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Some of the missile launches, together with one which flew over Japan’s southern islands on August 24, have triggered Japan’s J-Alert system, which allows authorities to immediately ship warnings by means of tv, e mail, and cell phone notifications to residents.
However, catastrophe prevention official Mutsumi Takahashi, who helped run the drill on November 6, stated some folks have been nonetheless uncertain about what to do when the J-Alert goes off, highlighting the necessity for extra drills.
“I think we need to continue conducting training to inform residents of the correct actions to take in the event that a missile falls or passes over,” she stated.
Although this week’s drill was the primary in Tokyo since 2018, Japan has held greater than a dozen such drills nationwide this 12 months.
However, a number of dozen anti-war demonstrators, who chanted and held up indicators that learn, “Missile drill is preparation for war” and “Diplomatic dialogue instead of missile drills,” gathered in entrance of the prepare station the place the drill was performed.