On the 2nd, the Japanese government protested North Korea through the embassy route in Beijing about a ballistic missile launched by North Korea. “The launch of such ballistic missiles is a violation of the UN resolution, and we strongly protest and strongly condemn it,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters.
Prime Minister Abe has expressed his intention to achieve a meeting with Kim Jong-un, the chairman of the Korean Labor Party without any preconditions, in order to resolve the abduction issue. Regarding the impact of this missile launch, Mr. Tsuji stressed that “the idea of facing each other without any preconditions does not change”.
According to the Japanese government, the missile appears to have fallen into Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 350 km north of Shimano Prefecture Oki Islands, off Shimago. Since November 29, 2017, North Korea has launched a ballistic missile into the EEZ that has fallen about 250 kilometers west of Aomori Prefecture.
Secretary General Yiwei Yang explained at the press conference on the morning of the 2nd, "The missile has reached an altitude of 900 km and flew about 450 km." Later, Japan fell into the EEZ, where Japan has priorities such as the development of marine resources for fisheries and resource mining. Although damage to ships has not been confirmed, he pointed out that it is an extremely problematic and dangerous act and cannot be tolerated. (Ryo Aihara)
