“Representatives of responsible departments are holding an emergency meeting at the formed crisis headquarters at the Prime Minister’s Office in order to collect information and confirm possible damage,” RIA Novosti reports with reference to the NHK television channel.

According to a Kyodo agency source in the government, the rocket fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.

Earlier, the Japanese coast guard informed about the launch by North Korea, presumably, of a ballistic missile towards the Sea of ​​Japan.

On January 14, the Yonhap agency, citing South Korean military personnel, reported another launch of an unidentified projectile from the DPRK in an easterly direction.