North Korea Launches Test Missile Towards Japan

The US Pentagon confirms it tracked the test launch of what it said was a medium or intermediate-range missile fired by North Korea into the Sea of Japan. The Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who's on a visit to the United States, condemned the missile launch as "intolerable". US President Donald Trump pledged his country's "100%" support for Japan.

(Photo: a woman in Seoul walks past a television screen showing file footage of North Korea's missile launch. Credit: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)