It came hours after the US leader left Asia following a trip where he vowed to deter North Korea.
North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles early Wednesday morning, South Korea's military has said.
Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said first missile flew about 300km with a maximum altitude of around 550 km, while the second, reaching as high as 50 km, travelled around 750 km. The launches came hours after US President Joe Biden departed for the US on Tuesday evening, after a five-day trip that saw him visiting South Korea and Japan.
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