During a hearing in the parliamentary committee on foreign policy and security, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of Japan said that the country’s government was protesting through diplomatic channels over the missile launch. It has been reported TASS.
“A strong protest was voiced through diplomatic channels through the embassy in Beijing.”
Earlier, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters that North Korea could. to run An intercontinental ballistic missile that crashed outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
At the same time, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced an emergency meeting of the National Security Council on 13 April to discuss the incident.
Before that, it was learned that North Korea was on April 13. launched Unidentified type ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.