Japan Seeks Countermeasure Against NK Rocket Launching

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura speaks during a news conference held after the Security Council of Japan, in Tokyo Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket Wednesday, the second launch under its new leader and a clear sign Pyongyang is pushing forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. <AP Photo/Kyodo News>

Japan’s Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, center, talks during a meeting with the ministry’s top officials at the defense ministry in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. <AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye>