In response to repeated ballistic missile launches by North Korea, the government has put together a plan to implement a citizen-participatory evacuation drill that will be resumed for the first time in four years.
From the end of this month to the end of January next year, it will be held in 10 locations such as Hokkaido and Okinawa.
In response to North Korea's repeated launches of ballistic missiles mainly in the first half of this year, the government has announced that it will resume evacuation drills with citizen participation for the first time in four years in collaboration with local governments. We have put together a concrete implementation plan.
According to that, from the end of this month to the end of January next year, it will be held in a total of 10 municipalities in 8 prefectures, including Hokkaido, Niigata, Kagawa, and Okinawa.
In the drill, assuming that a ballistic missile has been launched that could reach Japan, we decided to check the procedures for transmitting information to the residents through disaster prevention administrative radio, etc., and for them to evacuate to a sturdy building or underground. I'm here.
Since 2017, when North Korea launched a series of ballistic missiles, these drills have been held at 29 locations across the country. , then was shelved.