The Japanese government claims that North Korea conducted another test of its ballistic missiles. The ball flew over the Northern part of Japan at 06:06 am local time and landed in the open sea.
Armed forces of Japan made no effort to shoot down a missile that dawn flew over Japanese territory.
According to local media, the projectile is divided into three parts, before falling into the water.
This test has become the most recent in a chain of tests, the Korean war guns. On Saturday, North Korean troops released into the sea three rockets of near radius of action.
In connection with the incident, the Japanese government urged people in the Northern provinces to take precautions, but NHK (Japanese public Central broadcasting company) reports that signs of any damage is not observed.
The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe said that the government is doing everything possible to protect residents. Chief Cabinet Secretary yoshihide Suga called the ordeal «an unprecedented and serious threat» and promised that Japan would take retaliatory measures.
The North Korean news Agency, Yonhap reported that Pyongyang fired a missile from the East coast of the country.
