--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '1999-10-07T09:52:32' draft: false title: Japan Braces for New Round --- [Japan Braces for New Round of Monster Attacks](http://ss.gettingit.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_FutureTenseContentServer=033c431e8bf391dc&pagename=FutureTense/Demos/GI/Templates/Article_View&parm1=A1480-1999Oct6&topframe=true) _TOKYO -- In the wake of last Thursday's nuclear accident at Tokaimura, Japanese police and military forces are rapidly mobilizing for what many officials fear could be the worst wave of giant monster attacks in Japanese history._