North Korea News [UPDATE]: Kim Jong-un Missile Launch 'Any Day Now', Japan Deploys Missile Defense Troops, Pyongyang Weapons Likely to Hit Tokyo

The threat of a possible North Korean missile launch may become a reality and Japan, the country that could presumably get caught in North Korean U.S. crossfire, has deployed defense team, as a preventative action.

Two PAC 3 Patriot anti-missile batteries currently occupy the leafy grounds of Japan's Ministry of Defense. They point northwest -- in the general direction of North Korea, reported CNN.

However, according to CNN reports, North Korea has moved one, maybe two mid-range missiles to its eastern coast, any test firing it might choose to conduct could conceivably have its trajectory over Japan.

In real time it would between five and 10 minutes for a North Korean launched missile to reach Tokyo, as Pyongyang is just 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) from Tokyo, CNN pointed out.

American and South Korean troops increased alert levels on Wednesday as South Korea’s foreign minister warned that North Korea could launch its medium-range Musudan missile “any time from now,” according to the New York Times.

While America, South Korea, and Japan bare the grunt of North Korean threats, European Unions are more laxed about Kim Jong-un warnings.

Maja Kocijancic a spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, the top foreign policy official at the European Union, said in Brussels that despite North North Korea’s “aggressive rhetoric, we judge that the situation on the ground does not justify evacuation or relocation,” The NY Time reported. North Korea “has a continuing obligation in all circumstances to protect diplomatic missions and E.U. citizens.”

Although European Union Citizens are “protected” Japanese and U.S. citizens are on edge, as the day of a North Korean missile launch continues to be a mystery.

One historian, James Person, noted that it isn't the first time North Korea has warned foreign embassies to prepare for a U.S. attack, Fox News reported.

However; some analysts say there are many signs that North Korea is not a country on the verge of war.North Korea has not called up the 7.7 million men in its military reserve, according to The Journal News.

Both U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies have publicly reported seeing no mobilization of troops and equipment toward the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, reported The Journal News.

The United States, has had more than 28,000 troops stationed near the North Korea and South Korean border, since the Korean War, 60 years ago, according to PIX 11 News reporter Larry Mendte.

If the US shows resolve, it will get the North’s attention and put it on the defensive. That’s what happened in August 1976. President Ford took the unusual step of placing US military forces on high alert in the region in response to the North’s murder of two US Army officers in the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. Pyongyang quickly backed down, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington on Tuesday that the U.S. military would be ready to strike back if provoked, according to The Journal News.

Japan’s deployment of troops Wednesday, is another step toward global preparation for a possible North Korean attack on the United States of America.