North Korea's Ballistic Missile Landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone

• 07.04.2017, 10:24
•  Asia,  World

AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS

North Korea launched a ballistic missile from its western region into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, according to officials in South Korea and Japan, Al Jazeera reports. 

Japanese officials say a ballistic missile fired from North Korea's western coast is believed to have landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters the missile flew for 40 minutes - an unusually long flight time.

"This launch of a ballistic missile can never be tolerated, and Japan strongly protested to North Korea and condemned it," he told a briefing.