According to the prime minister, it is necessary to rely only on one's own forces to protect Tokyo from launching missiles on the part of the DPRK.

The Minister of Defense of the country, Isunori Onodera, spoke about the new missile defense system "Aegis Ashore", as well as about the ground version of the Aegis antimissile defense system,.

The prime minister instructed the minister to draw up a plan-preparation for a possible strategy of action in case of tension of the conflict.

Abe is confident that it is urgent to take all necessary measures to "pacify" Pyongyang. His government insists that the UN Security Council and the entire world community take even more "tough" sanctions against North Korea.

As reported in "URA-Inform", earlier the Japanese government deployed Patriot anti-missile systems in the western and south-western prefectures in case of an attack from the DPRK.