FOCUS: North Korea's missile over Japan may prod Tokyo to review strategy

North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile, which crossed over Japan on Tuesday for the first time in five years, is likely to compel Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to contemplate how to tackle military provocations by Pyongyang.As the two Asian countries do not maintain diplomatic relations, it is believed Tokyo has not had contact with Pyongyang for years, given that they have been at odds over the unresolved abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.Japanese lawmakers lambasted the latest missile launch by North Korea, with Toshimitsu Motegi, the secretary gen…READ FULL ARTICLE