News in photo: Japan readies surface-to-air missile after North Korea missile test

A PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch system is seen in position from behind a fence at Japan’s Defence Ministry in Tokyo on August 29, 2017.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said North Korea’s launch of a missile over its territory was an “unprecedented, serious and grave threat” following a North Korean missile test that passed over the country on August 29. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI