Yoshihide Yoshida, head of the joint headquarters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, reacted to North Korea’s missile launch, noting that it could fall on the country’s territory for the first time. Announced in the broadcast TBS.
According to him, such a situation was the first, the predictions speak in his favor.
“Yes, I understand,” Yoshida answered a journalist’s question at a press conference.
On the morning of Thursday, April 12, North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. After that, the media reported that the rocket fell outside the exclusive economic zone. It was soon suspected that North Korea was launching an intercontinental missile.
It is known that the Cabinet Secretary General, Hirokazu Matsuno, is also present. arguedThat Japan did not order the armed forces to shoot down the DPRK missile.
In contrast, Japan protested Due to North Korea launching a missile.