Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada has warned that North Korea may have already completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test, all while conducting a spate of test missile launches that began at the start of this year.
North Korea has fired a missile that flew over northeastern Japan, the Japanese government says, just days after the North launched ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan despite an international outcry.
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Oct. 1, Japanese and South Korean authorities say, in the fourth such provocation by Pyongyang in less than a week.
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, Japan s Defense Ministry says, in the third such provocation by Pyongyang this week.