Japan prepares for N. Korean rocket

Japan prepares for N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors are on standby amid falling cherry blossoms at the premises of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo in the morning of April 7, 2012, as part of Japan's preparations for North Korea's planned rocket launch. North Korea says it will launch a rocket carrying a satellite into space in five days from that day.

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