SEOUL/TOKYO: Japan aims to destroy any North Korean missile that violates its territory and is making preparations to do so, its defence ministry said on Monday (May 29) after North Korea told Japan of a plan to launch a satellite between May 31 and Jun 11. Nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed i
North Korea has also undertaken a series of missile and weapons tests in recent months, including a new, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile.
Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Hirokazu Matsuno, said any launch by North Korea, even if termed a satellite launch, affected the safety of Japanese citizens. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that any North Koran missile launch would be a serious violation of a United Nations Security Council resolution.
Staunch US ally Japan would do all it could to collect and analyse information from the launch, it said.
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