TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Minister of Defence Taro Kono said on Thursday that acquiring weapons that would let Japan strike enemy missile bases was an option Japan will consider as a way to bolster its ballistic missile defences.
In a surprise decision Kono this month suspended deployment of Aegis Ashore radar stations, reigniting a discussion of how Japan should defend itself against North Korean ballistic missiles.
(Reporting by Tim Kelly; editing by Jason Neely)
