Civilian car driver safe as stray shell smashes window during drill

A mortar round landed outside a Ground Self-Defense Force training area in western Japan on Wednesday, nearly hitting a civilian car parked on the roadside, police said.A 71-year-old farmer, a resident of Takashima in Shiga Prefecture, who was in the vehicle at the time was not injured but a car window was shattered, according to the police.[Shiga prefectural police force]The 81-millimeter mortar round, about 40 centimeters in length and 4 kilograms in weight, landed about 40 meters from the car and around a kilometer off target."We sincerely apologize for the occurrence of such an incident…READ FULL ARTICLE