Japan holds evacuation drills as N Korea missile fears grow

Tokyo

HUNDREDS of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill on Sunday as fears grow that a North Korean missile could hit the country.

The drill in the town of Abu, about 800 km west of Tokyo facing the Sea of Japan, simulated a ballistic missile attack in the surrounding mountains in Yamaguchi prefecture which hosts a major US Marine Corps air station, a disaster agency official said.