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Japan readies anti-missile defence for N Korea rocket (BBC)
Japan has ordered missile defence systems to be prepared in response to the planned launch of a North Korean long-range rocket next month, Japanese Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka has said.
Reports said the defence systems would be deployed near the island of Okinawa to shoot down the rocket should it threaten Japanese territory.
North Korea says the rocket will put a satellite into orbit.
But the US and its allies believe the launch is a pretext for a missile test.
'Grave provocation'
Pyongyang said last week it was to mark the 100th birthday of its late Great Leader Kim Il-sung with the launch.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17484628
