Seoul, March 19: Japan says North Korea has launched a suspected missile toward the sea. Japan's coast guard said it confirmed that what appeared to be a North Korean missile was fired Sunday morning.

Further launch details were not immediately available, it said. South Korea's Yonhap news agency cited the South's military as saying that North Korea had fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. North Korea Launches Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Ahead of South Korea-Japan Summit at Tokyo.

Calls to the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff were not immediately answered on Sunday. North Korea Tests Two Submarine-Launched Missile off East Coast, Says Seoul.

The launch, if confirmed, would be the North's fourth round of weapons tests since the U.S. and South Korean militaries began joint military drills last week.

The North views the drills as an invasion rehearsal.

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