Japan's Shinzo Abe calls North Korean missile test 'reckless act': Media

He said that it was a grave threat to Japan's security environment

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned a ballistic missile launch by North Korea earlier in the day as a "reckless act", Jiji Press reported.

"It is a grave threat to Japan's security environment," Abe told reporters today, according to the news agency. "It is an unforgivable, reckless act," he added.