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On August 29th, 2017, at around 6 A.M. Japan time, a missile from North Korea was fired and passed over Japan. Then it landed on the place where is about 1000 km to the east of Erimo Cape. At the time, J-Alert was heard. Regarding J-Alert, it is defined as follows;
J-Alert is a nickname known all over Japan. It is an alarm system that is immediately heard to inform the people of emergency situations by using a satellite and disaster prevention radio of cities. It aims to notify the citizens directly from the government during emergencies such as earthquake, tsunami, firing ballistic missile, and the like. It was installed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Fire Department. It has been operating since 2007.
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- Why do you think that J-Alert is needed from now on?
- What were you doing when J-Alert was heard?
- Do you think that the development and installation of J-Alert is worthy and cost effective even if it costed around 10 billion yen?
- Do you think North Korea would launch another missile to another country? In that case, which country do you think it will be?