SEOUL/TOKYO — North Korea fired a ballistic missile of intermediate range or longer on Thursday (April 13), South Korea and Japan said, prompting an alert for residents in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido to take cover. Japanese authorities later retracted the alert, saying an emergency warning system had made an erroneous prediction the missile would fall near the island. Prime...
A TV screen displays a warning message called "J-alert" after the Japanese government issued an alert, following a ballistic missile launch by North Korea, at an office in Tokyo, Japan April 13, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. The message reads: Japanese government warns citizens of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido to take immediate cover and stay inside buildings, saying a missile was likely to fall near the island.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan said his government would hold a National Security Council meeting on the launch. Japan's coast guard said the projectile had fallen in the sea to the east of North Korea. Hamada said he could not confirm whether the missile flew over Japan's exclusive economic zone.
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