JAPAN ( North Korea fires Rocket - Missile passed over Okinawa )

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman voiced protest over North Korea's rocket launch on Wednesday, saying it was "extremely regrettable."

 

 

"Japan cannot tolerate this action," Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told a news conference.

North Korea launched a rocket on Wednesday and the missile appears to have passed over Okinawa, Japan's government said.

(Reporting by Leika Kihara, Editing by Mayumi Negishi)