United Press International:
June 14 (UPI) — Japan’s plans to deploy a land-based component of a missile interceptor system, the Aegis Ashore, is being met with resistance following the easing of tensions with North Korea.
Local residents in Akita Prefecture are expressing their opposition to the deployment, following a visit from Tatsuo Fukuda, the vice minister of defense, Kyodo News reported Thursday.
The decision to deploy the Aegis Ashore was made in June 2017.
Plans were being expedited following two tests of what North Korea had claimed is its intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-14.
