A Japanese coast guard official said that North Korea has notified Japan of a plan to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11. | Reuters
The Japanese prime minister’s office urged North Korea to refrain from the launch and said it would work closely with allies.
“We strongly urge North Korea to refrain from launching,” the prime minister’s office said on Twitter, adding it would cooperate “with relevant countries such as the US and South Korea.” The Japanese government would do all it could to collect and analyze information from the launch, it said. North Korea had said it had completed work on its first spy satellite. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in May inspected a military satellite facility, North Korean state media KCNA reported.The KCNA report said Kim had approved next steps of the non-permanent satellite-launching preparatory committee.
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