At the same time is is troubling that some senior ranking officers remain at large in their homes without being referred to the judiciary or referred to trial."--Japan's Defense Minister condemns the North Korean ballistic missile launch through their embassies in Beijing, ahead of US-South Korean military drills.Shinjiro Koizumi says the missile is suspected to have reached its maximum altitude of some 90 kilometers and flew around 690 kilometers.Mr Koizumi says the weapon landed in waters outside its exclusive economic zone, between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.Japan translated to English "This kind of ballistic missile launch violates the relevant U.N We have strongly condemned North Korea for the launch through the channel of our embassy in Beijing