No debris fell into Japan's territory: Tokyo
Updated: 2012-12-12 13:10
(Xinhua)
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A woman holds an extra edition of a newspaper report on DPRK's rocket launch in Tokyo December 12, 2012. DPRK successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday.[Photo/Agencies] |
The Japanese government said it will convene Security Council at 10:50 local time on the rocket launch.
It said earlier that the DPRK launched a rocket at 9:49 am and the rocket has passed Japan's Okinawa at around 10:01 local time.
The rocket is believed to have gone down into waters off the Philippines at 10:05 am and part of the rocket have fallen into Yellow Sea, it said.
The Republic of Korea's news agency Yonhap reported the first stage of the rocket fell in the Yellow Sea off Byeonsan-bando in its North Jeolla Province.
Japan's Self-Defense Forces in Okinawa did not launch their missile interceptors.
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