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North Korea launches missile, reports Japanese media North Korea launches missile which may have landed within 200 miles off coast of Japan, says Shinzo Abe
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North Korea appears to have fired a missile which has landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to national public broadcaster NHK. North Korea has fired a missile which may have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), according to the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The zone reaches 200 nautical miles from the country's coast. The zone reaches 200 nautical miles from the country's coast. 
More follows… Mr Abe has called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council. 
  Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Japan "absolutely cannot tolerate" repeated provocations from North Korea, also known as the DPRK. 
Soon after reports of the launch emerged from Japan, the Pentagon and South Korean military officials confirmed they detected a ballistic missile launch from North Korea. 
It was not immediately clear what type of weapon was used, where it landed, and how far into the EEZ. It flew for around 45 minutes, according to Reuters, citing Japanese government officials. 
According to Yonhap news agency, South Korean military officials said the missile was launched from Jagang Province, in the north of the DPRK. 
South Korea has also called a national security meeting. 
It comes just one day after the 64th anniversary of the end of the Korean War -- known as Victory Day in the North. 
Intelligence officials in both the US and South Korea feared the DPRK could launch a missile to mark the event. 
North Korea fired what was believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile earlier this month. 
North Korea, led by unpredictable ruler Kim Jong-un, has fired missiles into the EEZ several times before.
International tensions have been mounting over the nuclear ambitions of North Korea in recent months, and Donald Trump has threatened to "take care" of the unstable situation. 
Just yesterday, a senior US military official warned the DPRK’s weapons technology was improving faster than expected. 
"North Korea is extremely dangerous and more dangerous as the weeks go by,” said General Mark Milley, chief of staff of the Army.