North Korean Plans Receive Warnings From Japan

Japanese Defense Minister, Naoki Tanaka told Parliament on Monday that he is, "considering giving an order to intercept it". It being a North Korean rocket that is scheduled to cross over Japanese territory in April.

North Korea states that the rocket is carrying a satellite into space. The date chosen would be the hundredth birthday of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung. His grandson, Kim Jong-Un rules the country now.

The United States says that a launch would violate North Korea's agreement to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment, and long-range missile launches. And that such a move would stop US planned food shipments.

China has also come out against the launch, saying it could jeopardize peace in the region.

North Korea maintains that a launch of a working satellite is a far different matter than that of a long range missile test.

In 2009, North Korea launched a rocket claiming it had a satellite on it. The rocket once fired appeared to be a ballistic missile test, and was decried as such by South Korea, Japan, and their allies. The North still holds to it having been a failed satellite launch.