Missile Shields aren't just for Eastern Europe and Alaska anymore. According to the BBC:
The Japanese military carried out their [Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)] assessment in the capital overnight.
According to a military spokesman, the two sites surveyed were Shinjuku Park, a business hub in central Tokyo, and a site in Ichigaya, not far from the Imperial Palace and key government offices.
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PAC-3 missile defence systems have already been installed at two bases in Japan, with authorities planning an expansion to a total of 11 sites by 2011.
The Japanese government is also co-operating with the US on ship-based missile defence systems.
In December 2007, a Japanese warship successfully shot down a mock ballistic missile off Hawaii, in the first test of a system that will ultimately be installed on four destroyers.
Interesting. While Japan has more of a definable threat from North Korea than Eastern Europe from Iran, this leads me to bigger questions. Is the US actively proliferating ABM technology? Certainly seems that way.
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Source
BBC News - Asia Pacific, Japan plans Tokyo missile shield
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