Defense Capacity

Air raid sirens sounded in Japan on the morning of October 4 as a North Korean ballistic missile passed directly over the country for the first time in five years. Train services were put on hold and the government warned citizens to take shelter.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the foreign ministers of both Japan and South Korea. According to the U.S. Department of State, Blinken “underscored that the U.S. commitment to the defense of the [Republic of Korea] and Japan remains ironclad.”

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