Japan: "North Korea launches suspected ballistic missiles one after another... It appears to have landed outside the EEZ."

(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Sung-mi = The Japanese government announced that North Korea launched a series of presumed ballistic missile projectiles on the morning of the 12th, and all of them appear to have landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

According to Kyodo News and NHK, Japan's Coast Guard announced at 9:26 a.m. that day, based on information received from the Ministry of Defense, that "an object presumed to be a ballistic missile launched by North Korea appears to have already landed outside the EEZ."

The Korea Coast Guard subsequently announced that a projectile presumed to be a North Korean ballistic missile was launched at around 9:40 a.m.

The Coast Guard warned ships sailing to be careful.

The Defense Ministry said it was gathering information to determine whether there would be any impact on Japan.

The Japanese government has established an emergency team composed of government officials at the Prime Minister's Office Crisis Management Center and is checking for damage.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi instructed relevant ministries to make every effort to collect and analyze information on North Korean projectile launches and to thoroughly check the safety of aircraft and ships.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff also announced that an unknown projectile was launched into the East Sea this morning.

If the North Korean launch vehicle is confirmed to be a ballistic missile, this will be the first launch in 9 days following the 3rd launch.