TOKYO - Japan has dispatched a high-tech surveillance ship to the Sea of Japan near North Korea. The Japanese move comes amid media reports that unusual activity is taking place around North Korean missile bases. The Japanese would be especially nervous since the latest reports suggested that Pyongyang could be preparing to test-fire a missile that can reach almost any part of Japan. Many would still remember 1998, when the North launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japan. But a government spokesman denied the latest reports. 'There are all kinds of movements around North Korea's missile bases... But we...
