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N. Korea fires 2 missiles, warns of more launches over Japan

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, with Pyongyang warning of more launches over the Japanese archipelago as the United States and its East Asian allies held joint exercises. Immediately after North Korea's launches on Monday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said Pyongyang had fired three projectiles, citing data from the Defense Ministry. But the ministry corrected the report later in the day, saying the North had launched two missiles. Matsuno said the Cabinet Secretariat, a governmental body that gathers data from the Defense Ministry and other administrative organizations, mistakenly sent a notification about the second missile launch by North Korea to the Japan Coast Guard twice.

Japan hosts int'l fleet review amid N. Korea concerns, S. Korea joins

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force held an international naval fleet review Sunday in the wake of North Korea firing off ballistic missiles at an unprecedented pace, with South Korea's navy participating amid efforts by the two East Asian neighbors to thaw their icy relations. The MSDF said that 18 vessels from 12 nations, including Australia, Canada, India and the United States, as well as a total of six French and U.S. warplanes, joined the review. A mass of vessels and aircraft gathered at Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida inspecting the fleets. On board the MSDF carrier Izumo, Kishida said North Korea has been launching ballistic missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, more frequently than ever since earlier this year.

N. Korea launched "monster" Hwasong-17 ICBM on Thurs. to counter U.S.

People watch Korean Central Television's news of the previous day's launch by North Korea of a new "Hwasong-17" intercontinental ballistic missile in Pyongyang on March 25, 2022. North Korea confirmed it fired a new "Hwasong-17" intercontinental ballistic missile under the guidance of leader Kim Jong Un, state-run media reported Friday, jeopardizing regional security and reminding the United States of the threat the nation can pose. The ICBM, fired from Pyongyang International Airport, was claimed to have traveled up to a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 kilometers and a distance of 1,090 km on its 68-minute flight before hitting a target in the Sea of Japan, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. Kim was quoted by KCNA as saying North Korea has been "fully ready for long-standing confrontation with the U.S. imperialists," as bilateral talks between Washington and Pyongyang on denuclearization and sanctions relief have been stalled for more than two years.

N. Korea's military parade

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 15, 2017, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang shows a surface-to-air missile in North Korea.

Rear Adm. Alexander at press conference in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. John Alexander, commander of U.S. Navy's Battle Force 7th Fleet/Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5, speaks during a press conference at Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 25, 2014, upon the return there of U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington. He said a ceremony will be held at Naval Base San Diego, California, in August 2015 to mark the replacement of the George Washington in Japan by the Ronald Reagan.

U.S. Navy commander Harris at U.S.-Japan Council meeting

HONOLULU, United States - Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, nominated to be the next commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, delivers a keynote speech at the U.S.-Japan Council's annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Oct. 10, 2014.

Japanese-American MIS veteran talks experience in WWII

HONOLULU, United States - Takejiro Higa talks about his work at the Military Intelligence Service of the U.S. Army during World War II in an interview in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 10, 2014. As part of his assignment, he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, in his father's hometown, where he spent his childhood from two to 16 years old.

Last survivor of 12-member Enola Gay bomber crew dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2010 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum near Washington, the United States, shows the Enola Gay, the U.S. bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Theodore Van Kirk, the last survivor of the 12-member crew of the B-29 Superfortress has died at the age of 93.

Japan, S. Korea vow cooperation on N. Korea nuclear programs

TOKYO, Japan - Hwang Joon Kook (L), South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, prior to their talks. They agreed to strengthen bilateral and trilateral coordination with the United States on reining in North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows a Scud short-range ballistic missile in a military parade at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan early on July 9, 2014, and the projectiles, which appear to be versions of the Scud missile, flew about 500 kilometers, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

U.S. commander confident in missile defense system

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