North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the test launch of the solid fuel-powered Hwasong-16 missile in a Pyongyang suburb. He claimed all missiles his country has developed are now based on solid fuel technology and are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Meanwhile, a tsunami warning issued for Miyakojima and Okinawa islands in Japan following a powerful earthquake in Taiwan has been downgraded from a warning to an advisory, CNN reported citing Japan's Meteorological Agency.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that it detected the launch from the area of the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Tuesday at 6.53am (21:53 GMT on Monday).
The earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan on New Year's Day, is still affecting thousands of individuals, as over 8,000 individuals continue to live in evacuation centres, reported The Japan Times.
New Delhi [India], April 1: Japanese cuisine has taken the world and India by storm in the last few years with its delicate and distinct flavors attracting the food connoisseurs as well as the health conscious across the world.
Oscar-winning film 'Oppenheimer' finally premiered in Japan, where J. Robert Oppenheimer's nuclear weapons led to the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Jaipur Police arrested three people for duping foreign tourists on Friday. Commissioner Biju George Joseph said that after the information about fraud with foreign tourists was received, the accused have been arrested.
The defence plans that are expected to be announced at a summit in April are being considered as the biggest upgrade to the security alliance between Washington and Tokyo in decades.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss ways the agency could enhance its transparency and governance, including ensuring the traceability of funds and the neutrality of staff.