Japan said that if the path of the missle crossed Japanese territory that they would shoot it down. It did. They didn't
From Reuters/Yahoo:
Japan did not try to shoot down North Korean rocket: NHK
Japan did not take action to shoot down a rocket launched by North Korea on Sunday, though it flew over Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture, public broadcaster NHK said.
North Korea launched the long-range rocket carrying what it has said is a satellite, South Korea's defense ministry said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters that the launch of the "missile" was unacceptable.
I am sure we will find out more in the weeks to follow.
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