JAPAN:Tottori trains officials to call for evacuation after missile launch

TOTTORI, Japan-(AP)(Kyodo)-Local government officials in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan engaged in a drill Saturday to smoothly relay information that North Korea has launched a missile and quickly urge residents to evacuate.The drill was conducted as North Korea has announced that it will put an experimental communications satellite into orbit between April 4 and 8, a claim that Japan, South Korea and the United States suspect is a cover for the test-firing of a Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile.In the drill, Tottori prefectural government officials first sent "urgent information" that the central government has notified the prefecture about the missile launch to municipal governments, using dedicated fax machines.The municipal governments then used antidisaster radio communications systems in their communities to publicize the information.Since it is expected that a missile would land roughly 10 minutes after its launch, the Tottori officials aimed to take 10 minutes maximum for the information to reach local residents. However, two of its 19 municipal governments failed to accomplish the goal, they said.The drill was the second of its kind in Tottori, after the first on Wednesday. The officials said the latest drill was to enhance their readiness to deal with the situation on the weekend.Japan is concerned that if the launch fails, the rocket or its debris, such as its boosters, could fall somewhere in northeastern Japan, over which the rocket is expected to fly.
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