Japan puts troops on higher alert after NKorean missile tests
 
Wednesday July 5, 03:30 AM
 

Japan puts troops on higher alert after NKorean missile tests
TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Japan put its troops on a higher state of alert following a series of missile test launches by North Korea, the defense agency chief said.
Japanese vessels are scouring the Sea of Japan to try to retrieve the fallen missiles for analysis, Defense Agency head Fukushiro Nukaga told reporters.
'The Self Defense Force has strengthened its alert level and are maintaining their alert warning against North Korea.
'They have begun searching for the remains of the fallen objects in a bid to discover the details. We are in a hurry to analyze those objects,' he said.
Japan, which renounced war under a US-imposed 1947 constitution, does not officially have a military and calls its troops Self Defense Force.
North Korea launched six missiles early today, one of which was a long-range Taepodong-2 believed to be capable of reaching the US state of Alaska and possibly Hawaii, according to US and Japanese officials.
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