{"id":2432,"date":"2017-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T09:20:29","slug":"north-korea-were-not-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/blog\/north-korea-were-not-worried\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea &#8211; we&#8217;re not worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"title\"><\/div>\n<p>|<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\"><i><\/i>You&#8217;ve probably heard a lot on the news recently about North Korea, particularly their missile testing. While it has also been in the news in Japan, it&#8217;s important to note that North Korea is seen as much less of a threat here in Japan than it seems to be in other countries. Life goes on completely as normal here, whatever normal means in the country that invented these:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"null\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20170831-gadgets.jpg\" alt=\"null\" width=\"600\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be keeping an eye on the ongoing situation, because we want to make sure all GenkiJACS students stay safe, but we don&#8217;t anticipate any danger. Like all responsible businesses, we have evacuation plans in place for all major possibilities, from typhoon to Pikachu invasion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"null\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20170831-screen-shot-2015-01-01-at-9-59-29-pm.png\" alt=\"null\" width=\"650\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And we also have our faithful school managers, Tomoe-sensei in Tokyo and Yuuki-san in Fukuoka, to keep everybody in line!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"null\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20170831-hardhats.jpg\" alt=\"null\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Important points:<\/p>\n<p>1) North Korea has been test-firing missiles since 1984, and sending them over Japan since 1998. This is not a new problem.<\/p>\n<p>2) North Korea&#8217;s leadership doesn&#8217;t want to actually fight other countries, for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<p>3) North Korea&#8217;s military capability is intended as a defense against regime change (internal or external).<\/p>\n<p>4) The missile this time (and all the ones before it) was not aimed at Japan at all, it just passed through Japan&#8217;s air space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; On the other hand, the Pikachu invasion is a real and imminent threat and people should wake up and realize that we are all in danger!<\/p>\n<p>We should all be scared.<\/p>\n<p>They are coming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/\"><b><i>[click here to go back to GenkiJACS&#8217; homepage]<\/i><\/b><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/online-estimate.htm\"><b><i>[click here to throw caution to the wind and request a free quote for your study in Japan!]<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; | You&#8217;ve probably heard a lot on the news recently about North Korea, particularly their missile testing. 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