Japan, U.S., South Korea missile info-sharing system in final stage

Japan, the United States and South Korea affirmed Sunday that their system to share real-time information on North Korean ballistic missiles is "in the final stage" toward launch by year-end, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said.Kihara told reporters in Tokyo after holding a virtual meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts, Lloyd Austin and Shin Won Sik, that the three countries will further accelerate their work on the mechanism, saying "smooth progress" has been seen in their arrangements.Currently, the United States has a system that is separately linked to Japan and S…READ FULL ARTICLE