Roughly 90 percent of Japan's major train operators are prepared to halt services upon receiving a government alert over an imminent threat from a ballistic missile from North Korea, a Kyodo News tally showed Tuesday.This means such an alert could freeze the country's public transportation systems in an instant, a response transport experts say is necessary to minimize potential damage from an attack but that others say could temporarily paralyze urban activities.The finding comes after Tokyo Metro, a major subway operator in central Tokyo, suspended train services on media reports of a bal…READ FULL ARTICLE
