Japan on alert over N. Korean missile threat

Japan on alert over N. Korean missile threat

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor on April 10, 2013, deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Aibano base in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture. Japan is on high alert, expecting North Korea to launch missiles.

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