Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on Saturday touched on the possibility of shooting armed refugees from North Korea in the event of a contingency on the Korean Peninsula when he talked about Japan's response on the matter.In a speech delivered in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Aso, who also serves as finance minister, said, "Can police handle them? Will the Self-Defense Forces be dispatched and shoot them down? We'd better think about it seriously."His remarks come at a time when tensions remain high as the United States and North Korea continue to criticize each other. In th…READ FULL ARTICLE
