Hundreds of Tokyo residents took part in the Japanese capital's first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II on Monday, amid ongoing tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme. But a drill simulating a North Korean missile attack on Tokyo is still a novel idea, although similar drills were held in other parts of Japan last year. Every time North Korea launches a missile over Japan, the nation's alert system warns residents via mobile phones and streetside loudspeaker broadcasts. That came just days after a false cellphone warning of an incoming ballistic missile terrified residents in Hawaii. A nuclear war would devastate everything,' she said.

Source: Daily Mail January 22, 2018 04:18 UTC