Alarm is a matter of degree. (Case in point, this Steven Wright quote: “You know when you’re sitting on a chair and you lean back so you’re just on two legs and you lean too far so you almost fall over but at the last second you catch yourself? I feel like that all the time…”) I’m far from that level of paranoia, but certain events regarding North Korea have caught my attention. I have two students who work for the Self Defense Force, and both have said a sudden increased work level will prevent them from attending until further notice.
Kengun (健軍 ー literary, “build the military”) has been a major base since the Meiji era. It is currently the headquarters of the Western Army, tasked with defending Kyushu and Okinawa. As such, it is a potential target for North Korea’s inaccurate intermediate missiles if hostilities do break out. Read more about the Western Army at the link. - William
