Japan protested to North Korea on Friday over the launch of what Tokyo has identified as ballistic missiles, government officials said, amid renewed tensions over its arms development program."The ballistic missile launch clearly violates relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions and is extremely regrettable," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kotaro Nogami said at a press conference. The protest was lodged through the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.The government scrambled to determine what was behind North Korea's second launch of missiles in a week on Thursday, in close coordination with the …READ FULL ARTICLE
