“Five ballistic missiles fired by the Chinese military have fallen into Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japanese government said Thursday, making it the first time that Chinese ballistic missiles have dropped within the EEZ.
The missiles fell in a training area designated by China, located southwest of Hateruma Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa, it said, and it urged Beijing to immediately halt the military exercise. China is holding the drills to protest U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
"This is a grave issue that concerns our country's national security and the safety of the people," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said, calling China's move "extremely coercive."”