Japan PM Suga calls North Korea's ballistic missile launch 'outrageous'

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo, Japan, September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/Files
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo, Japan, September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/Files

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday called North Korea's ballistic missile launch "outrageous", and strongly condemned the action as a threat to peace and security of the region.

The South Korean military said earlier in the day the North had fired two ballistic missiles.

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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