N. Korea missile fears in Japan: ‘Whatever will be, will be’
FUSSA, Japan — Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighbourhoods are on the front-line of North Korea’s dispute with America and if Pyongyang were to attack they would have just minutes to shelter from incoming missiles.
“It’s impossible. There is no way we can run away from it,” said Seijiro Kurosawa, a 58-year-old taxi driver in Fussa, near Yokota Air Base. “We don’t have bunkers, shelters or anything like that.”
His company recently instructed drivers to park their cabs and take immediate refuge in the event of an attack, but he isn’t sure where he could go. “All we can do is run into a department store perhaps,” he said.
A possible missile strike and what to do about it have dominated TV talk shows and other media in Japan in recent weeks as regional tension has spiked, with the North Korean regime continuing to test-fire rockets and President Donald Trump sending an aircraft carrier to nearby waters in a show of force.