North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan, Tokyo protests

TOKYO - North Korea on Tuesday launched two ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan, with the projectiles assessed to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japanese government said, adding it has lodged a strong protest.

One of the missiles, launched near North Korea's western coast at around 3:54 p.m., reached a maximum altitude of approximately 80 kilometers and flew about 350 km, Japan's Defense Ministry said. Another followed several minutes later and flew nearly as far.