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A large explosion has taken place at a Sodium Hydroxide Factory in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward. 35 fire engines have been dispatched to the site, which is situated in a residential neighbourhood. Firefighting efforts are ongoing. https://twitter.com/gonta8332/status/1607552613276581892?s=46&t=Oibb0Kqh2qAagzDmKjXtFA https://twitter.com/kara_ken/status/1607551348207423488?s=46&t=dzhxCJE8x1lO-ze9yc-1GA https://twitter.com/mansai800/status/1607552468568924160?s=46&t=ODf2LQHQdKw4-CZZsbRKJg

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force flew for the first time a new RQ-4B Global Hawk drone. The drone comes from American defense company Northrop Grumman and the drone was first delivered to the Japanese back in March of this year. The militarization of the Japanese military is definitely an interesting topic that deserves to be followed closely as tensions with China...

Japanese media has reported on the government announcement of the JPT 5T Plan, which outlines the purchase and integration of standoff defensive weapons to ensure the security of the Nansei Islands. This plan will focus on developing and purchasing "standoff defense capability" weapons, unmanned aerial, surface, and subsurface vehicles, and mobile deployment of batteries in defense of the Nansei Islands....

Japanese officials have reported that the North Korean ICBM launched earlier tonight landed in waters off of Hokkaido in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after a 60 minute flight time. This marks the 34th North Korean launch this year, which is an all time high.

Japanese media is reporting that the Japanese Coast Guard is reporting a third ballistic missile launch. This is the third missile in the hour. Details on trajectory still coming in, but the second missile has reportedly fallen into the Pacific Ocean. Japanese media also reporting that the initial missile may have not overflown Japan, but information is still coming...