Japan conducts missile drills in Tokyo despite detente

The Japanese government conducted a missile drill in the heart of Tokyo, the first time the current administration has coordinated a rehearsal evacuation in the capital.


The drills come after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a speech about North Korea's provocations "becoming worse," despite several weeks of détente on the peninsula, following North Korea's decision to participate in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

The drills began Monday with the ringing of sirens that warned hundreds of people in central Tokyo to duck for cover in buildings and under ground, Bloomberg reported.
 (UPI)
 22/1/18