] Japan has given a warning it would launch a pre-emptive ] military action against North Korea if it had firm ] evidence Pyongyang was planning a missile attack. ] Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it would be "a ] self-defence measure" if North Korea was going to "resort ] to arms against Japan". ] Mr Ishiba said it would be too late if a North Korean ] missile was already on its way. ] His remarks were the latest in the international row over ] Pyongyang's nuclear intentions, and followed a North ] Korean warning that it had the ability to strike American ] targets anywhere in the world, if provoked. Kudo's to Japan! Japan threatens force against N Korea |