Japan tests alert system in likely flight path of N. Korea missiles

The Japanese government carried out Friday a drill for its emergency alert system in areas in and around the likely flight path of ballistic missiles North Korea has recently threatened to launch toward Guam.The drill for the satellite-based J-Alert system covered 202 municipalities in nine prefectures in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions of western Japan, and tested the ability of municipalities receiving alerts to automatically broadcast them to residents.North Korea threatened last week to simultaneously launch four ballistic missiles toward waters near the U.S. territory of Guam in the we…READ FULL ARTICLE