North Korea has fired its first ballistic missile tests in five months, days before US President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea.

South Korea's military detected multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles launched from an area south of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

The weapons flew about 350km each in a northeastern direction but South Korea's military didn't say where they landed.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters that none of the missiles reached Japan's territorial waters or exclusive economic zone and that there had been no reports of damage.

She said Tokyo was closely communicating with Washington and Seoul, including by sharing real-time missile warning data.

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