TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan believes one of the ballistic missiles test-fired by North Korea earlier in the week may have come closer to its coast than any other missile launched by Pyongyang in the past, splashing down some 200 kilometers out to sea, a Japanese government source said Thursday.
The missile, one of four launched nearly simultaneously Monday morning from North Korea's northwest, fell into the Sea of Japan around 200 km north-northwest of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference.
"The latest launch again clearly shows that North Korea's threat is at a new phase," Suga said. "The government will continue to closely coordinate with the United States, South Korea and other related countries to strongly urge North Korea to exercise restraint."
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada told a parliamentary committee that the government is analyzing whether the spot that the missile fell was the closest to Japan.
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