Japan takes no destroy action after DPRK's rocket passes Okinawa

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) did not take any destroy action to a rocket launched by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) earlier Sunday heading for the direction of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa.

The Japanese government ordered its SDF to interrupt incoming rockets launched by the DPRK if they threaten safety of Japan. Anti-missile rockets were deployed in Okinawa.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed that the rocket posed no threat to Japan, but adding that the move, following DPRK's recent nuclear test, is a violation against relevant UN resolution and put Japan's security in danger.
  Xinhua -china.org.cn
7/2/16
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