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Tokyo Registers No Damage to Ships, Aircraft From North Korean Missile Launch

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Tokyo's Minato District. Foreground is the Atago Green Hills Mori Tower skyscraper. Foreground, left is the Atago Green Hills Forest Tower skyscraper. - Sputnik International
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Japan has not currently registered any damage to its ships and aircraft from the recent missile launch by Pyongyang, which took place earlier in the day, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference Monday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) – Earlier in day, Suga expressed Tokyo’s strong protest to Pyongyang as the latter has fired a missile from the North Korean city of Wonsan on Monday’s morning at 05:40 am local time (21:10 GMT on Sunday), which fell in Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The official said that the missile launch is a violation of UN Security Council’s resolutions.

“At this hour, no damage to Japanese aircraft and ships has not been registered,” Suga said.

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Tensions around North Korea's activities with both nuclear and non-nuclear weapons have drastically escalated in recent months, after Pyongyang conducted a number of nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches in violation of the UN Security Council's resolutions.

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