North Korea fires four 'ballistic missiles', some land 300 km off Japan coast

Tokyo

NORTH Korea on Monday fired four projectiles, said to be ballistic missiles, with some of them landing in the sea some 300 km short of Japan's coastline in the nation's exclusive economic zone, prompting renewed outbursts of concern and anger over Pyongyang's tactics.

Japan lodged what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described as a strong protest at the actions. "Today's launches of ballistic missiles clearly represent a new threat from North Korea," he said in a statement while pledging to convene a meeting of Japan's National Security Council.