Japan warning after North Korea believed to have 'fired two ballistic missiles'

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READ MORE: South Korean missile test goes wrong as it destroys golf course amid North Korea tensionsJapan expects the sudden launches to be in protest to the return of the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Ronald Reagan, sailing on the Korean Peninsula.The Twitter account belonging to Japan's Prime Minister wrote in response: "North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile."Several of the first followers to comment on the tweet all asked the same thing, "Again?".According to multiple government officials, the missile is believed to have fallen outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).The Japan Coast Guard said North Korea may also have fired a second missile, adding that they appeared to have landed already.The US and South Korea have fired four surface-to-surface missiles towards the Sea of Japan as tensions with North Korea continue to rise.However, one of the four missiles failed shortly after launch, but luckily there were no casualties.The firing of the rockets came almost 24 hours after Kim Jong-un's launching of a missile over Japan.That missile landed in the Pacific Ocean but only after a worried Japanese government ordered citizens to seek shelter underground or in buildings in fear of an attack on the mainland.It was the first time North Korea had fired a missile over Japan in five years.The missiles that the US and South Korea were testing are known to be capable of flying 200 miles.For more shocking stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereThey formed part of a second response to North Korea's act of aggression with the US and South Korea also carrying out a precision bombing exercise on Tuesday (October 4).That involved a South Korean F-15K fighter.