Japan lodged protest to North Korea over missile launch: Kyodo

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government has lodged a protest to North Korea via its embassy in Beijing over the reclusive state's latest missile launch, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast city of Wonsan early on Thursday, flying approximately 500 km (300 miles), South Korea's military said. (Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)