{"id":"072f7f34-62df-4833-8e4b-b91fe232a950","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/20/japan/north-korea-missile-september-20/","domain":"japantimes.co.jp","outlet":{"name":"The Japan Times","country":"JP","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"North Korea fires off apparent ballistic missile","plainHeadline":"North Korea fired an apparent ballistic missile that fell into the sea.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["North Korea launched an apparent ballistic missile on Sunday, according to Japan's Defense Ministry.","South Korea confirmed the launch occurred from North Korea's eastern coast.","The missile reportedly fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.","This marks another ballistic missile test following events on Sept. 12.","Japan had just concluded trilateral drills with the U.S. and South Korea earlier."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-20T06:14:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-20T07:14:35.870Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a0bcc88f-276c-4200-9d42-17cddf2755e2","storyId":"a0bcc88f-276c-4200-9d42-17cddf2755e2","image":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2026/09/20/564104.jpg","author":"Jesse Johnson","dek":"The weapon was believed to have fallen into the sea shortly after launch, landing in waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone."}