“The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced plans to build a missile shelter in an underground parking garage near Tokyo Station.”
“The push to build more durable shelters comes amid North Korea’s ramped-up pace of ballistic missile tests and China’s growing arsenal of powerful weapons.”
“The Tokyo governor said detailed surveys for the renovations would begin this fiscal year.”
“North Korea has in the past conducted training for striking U.S. military bases in Japan.”
“The shelter will be the second in the capital, after the renovation of a disaster supplies storage facility attached to Toei Subway’s Azabu-Juban Station.”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/08/japan/tokyo-missile-shelter/
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“The government also plans to convert 1,400-square-meter disaster preparedness storage warehouse adjacent to Azabu-Juban Station on the Toei Oedo subway line in Minato Ward into an underground shelter, with renovation work scheduled for fiscal years 2026–2027.”
“North Korea has been launching ballistic missiles and other projectiles at alarming rates: four times in 2025, 11 in 2024, and 18 in 2023.”
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20260807-342261/