North Korea¡¯s launch Wednesday morning of what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles prompted a fresh protest from Tokyo, but appears unlikely to derail ongoing talks over the abduction of Japanese nationals.
According to South Korea¡¯s Yonhap news agency, the Scud-type missiles were fired from an air base in the western province of Hwanghae at 4 a.m. and 4:20 a.m., flying approximately 500 km eastward before splashing down harmlessly into the sea.
Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tokyo had confirmed that multiple ballistic missiles ¡ª probably two or three ¡ª had been fired into the Sea of Japan from North Korea, adding that Tokyo had filed a protest via Pyongyang¡¯s embassy in Beijing.
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